Page 2 of 2
Caribbean Music threads
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:22 pm
by sherban
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:10 pm
by mrscaptainjay
I've really gotten into calypso music since moving here. Onyan, Machel Montano, Nu Vybes Band, etc. Love it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oCTKgKVdVQ
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:10 pm
by Gromit
I've got one more suggestion: the soundtrack from the movie Blue Crush. There is a killer reggae version of "Cruel Summer" on their that rocks!
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:28 pm
by sherban
I dug up these old posts while searching for some new island music...ya'll are great...this is good stuff.
Bought some Toots, Stephen Marley, Mishka, Kassav, Third World, and Buena Vista...
Cool....Thanks!
......
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:02 pm
by Cruzan
I posted this a couple of days l8r...didn't c your post:
First off, iTunes....so dread! So, here are a few vintage, but totally rockin', songs to get you ready, or keep you in the rhythm....Mix between Soca, Reggae, Calypso,..etc.
Many of the songs are double entendre. See if you can figure them out. These are NOT dirty songs.
And, you can get them all on iTunes.
1. Byron Lee, "Nani Wine";
2. Lord Kitchener, "Bee's Melody"; me love it Wink)
3. Byron Lee, "Give me Soca";
4. The Mighty Sparrow, "Wanted Dear or Alive"
5. Mighty Sparrow, "Ah fraid p***y Bite Me";
6. The Mighty Sparrow, "Mango Vert"..fav of mine gotta' listen
7. Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, "Government Boots";
8. Mighty Sparrow, "My Connie" Smile) ;
9. Byron Lee....; "Lick Down Mi Nani"
10. You can NEVER, EVER go wrong w/the jah-man himself, Bob Marley's "Babylon By Bus"...the entire album;
11. Jimmy Buffet, "Don't Stop The Carnival"..it's a saga, a story, a broadway play, the whole album;
12. Kaoma, "Lambada";
13. Third World, "1865", "Try Jah Love", "Now That We Found Love";
14. Xpress Band, "Crucian", "Jouvet Mornin'", and "Hands Up"
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:22 pm
by KWL
Steel Pulse "Smash Hits" album available on itunes.
