Conference mr1pst::music

    
    Isn't he the anti-Christ?

    Anti-Christ???
    I don't no ,it's possible.
    I just want understand his lyrics.
    I just want play his music... in a reggae rythm...
    In this way, someone know Gladiators?  Culture ?(or is Culture Dub?)
    Both are reggae style band.
    
    			-Fred-
    

    	
    
    	I like LKJ a lot - and I can understand his lyrics as well - any
    	particular song you want to know?
    
    
    						Stuart

    
    
           Thanks for your answer....
    
    	   Yes the songs named Time come, Forces of victory, and my
           favorite: I've forget his name!  he talk about his mother
    	   the rythm are very slow and the words I remember are:Mama...
           I like Street 66 too...
    	   But I don't want keep your time...
    
    		Thanks again
    
    				-Fred-
                                      

    
    	I'll give forces and the other one with mama in it - reggae fi
    dadda - I think -  a listen and note the lyrics but time? is that 
    tings n' time?
    
    				Stuart

    
    	Thanks again stuart, I don't understand your:
    	a listen and note the lyrics but time.......n'time
    	It's due to my poor english..
    	But no problem..
    	I try to tell you the song I mean by phonetic:
    	First in the song I can ear this "I'm really did try best" and
        "The policeman come down" , next in a break I ear (phonetic) "mama
    nek a tell ..(no understandable for me)... do to Jim" and "mama, nek a tell
    .....to do him" and in the next break "and crash, and dead".
    sorry, that's all I can ear...
    If you can't see what song I mean, forget it.
    Thank once again,    
    				-Fred-

    
    	That's Sonny's Lettah - 
    
    					I'll give it a listen also.
    
    
    				Stuart.
    
    

    Yes!
    That's the song I wanted...
    I'm waiting for it.
    Thanks Stuart, you're great!
    
    			-Fred-

  After following this topic, I looked up Linton Kwesi Johnson in the
  "All-Music Guide" (a flawed but remarkably comprehensive survey of musics
  to explore).
  
  First of all, in the reggae music map (page 883), he's given lead mention
  under the genre "dub poetry" (shown as deriving from "DJs late 60s
  -present", which covers U-Roy, Big Youth, I Roy, Dennis Alcaporane -- of
  which I know Big Youth well).
  
  Musicians listed under "Dub Poetry" are Mutabaruka and Mr. Johnson.
  
  [Incidentally, having done "history & styles" outlines & posters of jazz,
  blues, & country (current project, R&B), I have to say I respect the
  outlines of each provided in this book.]
  
  Under Lintom Kwesi Johnson, the Guide particulatly recommends "Forces of
  Victory" ("many of his finest numbers, recorded for the first time"), and
  "LKJ in Dub" ("better early material, w/ vocals deleted -- desert island
  dub").
  
  It quotes him as saying "I coined the term dub poetry because I was trying
  to argue that what DJs in Jamaica were actually doing is poetry --
  improvised, spontaneous, oral poetry".  It says "Johnson had emigrated
  with his family to England in 1963, eventually receiving an honors degree
  in sociology from the Univ. of London.  He joined the British arm of the
  Black Panthers in 1970, where he began writing poetry and reciting it
  publicly.  His topics were revolutionary in both content and style --
  using Jamaican patois to reflect the realities of immigranr life in the
  ghettos of Britain..."
  
  I'm interested in having a listen -- though I suspect he may be the
  reggage equivalent of the Art Ensemble of Chicago in jazz; hip concept,
  but listenable only when he forgets the agenda and has some fun with it.
    - Jay

    I recommends "Poets on the roots", there is a song about George Lindo,
    I don't know who is it, but it's a great song. In another song, you can
    ear to sing a woman (or may be a man sing as a woman?) with LKJ.
    another song is very great, I think it's called "War" which is very very
    "DUB". Stuart may be know what is it? I have just a copy of those
    album, so I can't tell about the title...
    		
    			-Fred-

    Hi,
    
    I'm still looking for any Tab, lyrics, or chords of any LKJ's songs...
    Thanks for any help.
    
    		-Fred-

    rep: .7
    
    	Hi Stuart, I've found Sonnys_lettah (the lyrics) in a ftp
        reggae-archives site... Do you want a copy??
    	I'm still looking for 'street 66' and others...
    
    		-Fred-
    

    
    	Thanks for the offer but I'm not bothered about the lyrics.
    
    				Stuart.