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  • dogmeatD Offline
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    replied to Tim on last edited by
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    @Tim How can you say that about lkyrical genius like:

    No, woman, no cry
    No, woman, no cry
    No, woman, no cry
    No, woman, no cry

    Seh, seh, seh I remember when we used to sit
    In the government yard in Trenchtown
    Oba observing the 'ypocrites
    As they would mingle with the good people we meet
    Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've lost
    Along the way
    In this great future, you can't forget your past
    So dry your tears, I seh

    No, woman, no cry
    No, woman, no cry
    'Ere, little darlin', don't shed no tears
    No, woman, no cry

    Said, said, said, I remember when we used to sit
    In the government yard in Trenchtown
    And then Georgie would make the fire lights
    As it was log wood burnin' through the night
    Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
    Of which I'll share with you
    My feet is my only carriage
    And so I've got to push on through
    But while I'm gone

    Everything's gonna be all right
    Everything's gonna be all right
    Everything's gonna be all right
    Everything's gonna be all right
    Everything's gonna be all right
    Everything's gonna be all right
    Everything's gonna be all right
    Everything's gonna be all right

    So woman, no cry
    No, woman, no cry
    Oh my little sister, don't shed no tears
    No, woman, no cry

    I remember when we used to sit
    In the government yard in Trenchtown
    And then Georgie would make the fire lights
    As it was log wood burnin' through the night
    Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
    Of which I'll share with you
    My feet is my only carriage
    And so I've got to push on through
    But while I'm gone

    No, woman, no cry
    No, woman, no cry
    Oh my little darlin', seh don't shed no tears
    No, woman, no cry

    Little darling, don't shed no tears
    No, woman, no cry
    Little sister, don't shed no tears
    No, woman, no cry

    TBF plenty of songwriters would fail an examination of their verse

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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.

    Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?

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    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.

    hell yeah - its right up there

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  • MN5M Offline
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    replied to antipodean on last edited by
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    @antipodean said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    Terrible post.

    That is a beautiful, BEAUTIFUL song.

    Especially when Randy Watson sings it.

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    @Crucial said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.

    Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?

    THat song is a BANGER. I love the video too, so many hotties !

    Aside from that the Killers are rather shite though

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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @MN5 can't see those hotties when the song is just assaulting my ears.

    Just shows that one man's gold is an other mans corny turd.

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    replied to MN5 on last edited by paremata
    #174

    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @Crucial said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.

    Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?

    THat song is a BANGER. I love the video too, so many hotties !

    Aside from that the Killers are rather shite though

    They are one of the best live acts I’ve seen but they have made some dross . “I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier “ is just cringe .

    Having said that if my funeral doesn’t end up with an inebriated sing a long like this I’m haunting everyone who attends it

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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @paremata said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @Crucial said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.

    Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?

    THat song is a BANGER. I love the video too, so many hotties !

    Aside from that the Killers are rather shite though

    They are one of the best live acts I’ve seen but they have made some dross . “I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier “ is just cringe .

    Having said that if my funeral doesn’t end up with an inebriated sing a long like this I’m haunting everyone who attends it

    I heard that inebriated version many many times late at night on the tube.

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  • MN5M Offline
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    @paremata said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @Crucial said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.

    Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?

    THat song is a BANGER. I love the video too, so many hotties !

    Aside from that the Killers are rather shite though

    They are one of the best live acts I’ve seen but they have made some dross . “I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier “ is just cringe .

    Having said that if my funeral doesn’t end up with an inebriated sing a long like this I’m haunting everyone who attends it

    Hopefully I die before you.

    Absolutely can’t stand that song, instant radio change for me.

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  • boobooB Offline
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    replied to antipodean on last edited by
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    @antipodean said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    George Benson did it brilliantly.

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    Not sure what BBQ reggae is but proper old school reggae, rock steady and ska was great. A real hard edge to it, meaningful but often intelligible lyrics and so much laid back energy, if that isn't an oxymoron. But as soon as the music producers got hold of it and turned it more mainstream, adding strings and background harmonies it became something else entirely. An improvement that made things so much worse.

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    @Catogrande said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    Not sure what BBQ reggae is but proper old school reggae, rock steady and ska was great. A real hard edge to it, meaningful but often intelligible lyrics and so much laid back energy, if that isn't an oxymoron. But as soon as the music producers got hold of it and turned it more mainstream, adding strings and background harmonies it became something else entirely. An improvement that made things so much worse.

    BBQ reggae . You'll regret asking

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    replied to paremata on last edited by
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    @paremata

    Three points.

    1. I didn't ask.
    2. What the fuck has that pile of shit got to do with reggae.
    3. There was no way I was going to watch that all the way through. Did they get to a BBQ?

    Oh 4 points actually.

    1. I DIDN'T BLOODY ASK!
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  • MN5M Offline
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    @paremata said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @Catogrande said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    Not sure what BBQ reggae is but proper old school reggae, rock steady and ska was great. A real hard edge to it, meaningful but often intelligible lyrics and so much laid back energy, if that isn't an oxymoron. But as soon as the music producers got hold of it and turned it more mainstream, adding strings and background harmonies it became something else entirely. An improvement that made things so much worse.

    BBQ reggae . You'll regret asking

    I can’t wait for the day when SIX60 graduate to becoming hold music when you ring up IRD. Dave Dobbyn and Bic Runga will be quaking in their boots at the thought of being replaced.

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  • dogmeatD Offline
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    replied to Catogrande on last edited by dogmeat
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    @Catogrande said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    What the fuck has that pile of shit got to do with reggae.

    Nailed it!

    I wouldn't call Six-60 BBQ Reggae. They're just another anonymous, crap boy band laughing all the way to the bank.

    Although this example is more like Kiwi (BBQ) reggae I mean it has 'roots' in the song title. Rasta Maan

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    replied to dogmeat on last edited by
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    @dogmeat said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @Catogrande said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    What the fuck has that pile of shit got to do with reggae.

    Nailed it!

    I wouldn't call Six-60 BBQ Reggae. They're just another anonymous, crap boy band laughing all the way to the bank.

    Although this example is more like Kiwi (BBQ) reggae I mean it has 'roots' in the song title. Rasta Maan

    Simon Sweetman disagrees, hard to believe this is 12 years old

    And it's getting (so much) worse. We're now at phase two of NZ BBQ Reggae - and phase two stinks. You thought the original BBQ reggae players were nothing special (and trust me, they were not) well Six60 is leading music listeners down to the end of the cultural cul-de-sac. And people are following in droves; happy to all just pile up. There's no indication that anyone will be turning away anytime soon. In fact this traffic jam will happily wave a hand out the window in time with the lurch of lazy trance vamps; heads will bob to the sway of almost adequate guitar playing. quoted text here
    
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  • dogmeatD Offline
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    @paremata I must admit I haven't heard much of their music shit. My comment was more at your example. Although I only managed to listen to the first 40 seconds or so

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    replied to dogmeat on last edited by Catogrande
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    @dogmeat

    That lit really are a pile of wank.

    And have nothing in common with Toots. So they can stfu.

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    @dogmeat said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:

    @paremata I must admit I haven't heard much of their music shit. My comment was more at your example. Although I only managed to listen to the first 40 seconds or so

    I tapped out when Chloe Swarbrick showed up in the video.

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    replied to MN5 on last edited by
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    @MN5 I assume this is Kiwi music because I have never heard of it. It's just as bad a "How Bizarre" which managed to reach the US. Definitely annoying and potential on hold music. I dislike Reggae but if this is reggae I hate it.

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