No need to answer that question. I am sure it is possible for some people. I think I needed reggae artists like Big Youth to truly appreciate the Clash's sound. I was watching a rocumentry on the Clash and they mentioned Big Youth as an inspiration. I found that to be just the inspiration I needed to do a post on Big Youth. Here is a great alternate version of Tipper Tone Rock from Big Youth's ...
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First up, from his 1974 self-produced LP "Reggae Phenomenon", here is Manley Augustus Buchanan aka Big Youth covering the first big hit by the larynx of Pontypridd; not an obvious track for a Seventies reggae cover, but approached wityh a certain swagger of its own
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According to allmusic.com there are 105 versions of "Hit The Road Jack". I think I'm on safe ground in saying this interpretation by Big Youth is one of the most original.
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No need to answer that question. I am sure it is possible for some people. I think I needed reggae artists like Big Youth to truly appreciate the Clash's sound. I was watching a rocumentry on the Clash and they mentioned Big Youth as an inspiration. I found that to be just the inspiration I needed to do a post on Big Youth. Here is a great alternate version of Tipper Tone Rock from Big Youth's ...
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Here is the Big Youth extended 12" mix of "Whole Lot A Fire", on the "Blood and Fire" riddim. Both parts were released in a slightly different form as 7" 45s in their own right, the Big Youth single being "Fire Bunn", and the instrumental section being released as "Psalm 9 to Keep In Mind" by Tommy McCook, although the keyboards on this cut were overdubbed later
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| 2 Everyone Will Be There |
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