Music Head Wrote:#453 - Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop - 1970It's purest form in many cases is US pop/R&B with the beat turned around. Anybody wanting to know reggae from the jump should hie themselves to this album and the 3 that followed--surprises abound. Incidentally "Pressure Drop" is cut # 5 on this: http://www.allmusic.com/album/20-reggae-...0000197624 << I'm good for playing the set about once every 3-4 months.
running recap for me - 3's=25, 2's=16, 1's=7
this one - *
from the album: Monkey Man
Written by Toots Hibbert
Produced by Leslie Kong
Chart action:
the players:
Toots Hibbert - lead vocal
other people - other stuff
One of the inventors of the genre. Then stupid americans hijacked it. Not a huge fan of reggae, but I do
appreciate it in it's purest form.
Another thing: Why would a reasonable person expect cogent lyrics to dance-hall music? If you heard about 70-80% of Salsa tunes in translation, you either laugh your ass off or turn it off in disgust. Consider the genre, my man...and just go with the tune.