Reggae

Ivy 98.

Reggae, dancehall and soca.

If it's hot in the Caribbean, it blazes right here.

At Irene 98, Bermuda's feel-good station.

years ago.

And so this is not the kind of thing that I, when I want to put on reggae now, roots reggae and that kind of music, I don't go to this album anymore.

I would have in college or something because that would have been my only exposure at that point.

But still enjoy the listen, still enjoy.

So let's talk about the background here.

And before we talk about Bob Marley and the Wailers, let's talk about the music and its origins.

Prior to reggae, there was a genre of music in the 19th century called mento.

This drew from rhythms and folk stories that enslaved Africans brought to the island of Jamaica combined with European folk culture and gave rise to this genre called mento.

Maryland.

Reggae boys out there, man.

It's all nice.

Oh, babe.

body must feel What me say Enough ya loser

And to them no no style I cover up them body and I go on like them shy When me want me man me just be man me right Take out the weeper like a jockey me a glide Sometime me buzz well like a big beige kite Float from the top and kneel it on the two side It was it hard cold gentle a mile In a slow motion a acrobatic style Smooth sailing fan a boat ride Inna the rain and the brawling sun Send me with slide back boogie cause me bone them no hole Rock to the blues get out a control Boogie dance butterfly and wet up in snow That is it! That's time, Michigan! That's time with the gala! Whoa! Shit! Yeah! Dick ass! I want to walk a man but I want a salian Body of the feet, sturdy and strong Blessed with the strength for the awkward job No sissy, no funny man No love among me, no one, no Tarzan Sweet for my sweet guru up to me honey Any style you want it boy, you're going to get it Real baron can't stand up masterly

Hey woman, are you sick? Well, you! Pick up me friend and we're going to write a few letters Hey! Invite some girl to come down in a jungle Let's go! So we're going to check and stand around the corner Hey! If that's what we put for me baron Reggae boys don't a trouble me a man Dem a tear up me comment And a ball fi come in a me apartment Boy, the gal dem gimme a compliment Action, speak louder than argument Yes, the waterman wef fi work excellent Performance of the standard a hundred percent And no hypnosis suppose you a fi well confident She'll try to yoke emotional experience Remember that I am the doctor to tell me patient And the gal dem all a tell me me a real statement To me caress her dung a me You're a wicked story! Who no member? Hey! Hot! Pick up a layer and say, by the way,

looking nice.

Yeah,

we're trying to keep the city Clean up the city and we'll make it a proper city Reggae City, so

Musically wise, tune

in, don't be

a-trying to.

Welcome back to another episode.

Another episode of the Reggae in the City podcast.

This is episode number 213.