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Just thought I would share these awesome guys with you.. They go by the name of Radio Riddler and they're about to cheer up your day. :biggrin1:
Radio Riddler is Brian Fast Leiser and Frank Benbini from Fun Lovin' Criminals. They are lovers of Reggae/Dub music. They began their musical journey by remixing many artists in a unique Reggae/Dub style.
This is my favourite cover so far, the guys bringing their own special flavour to Prince's 'Purple Rain'.
<span style="font-family:verdana;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;">[video=youtube;w_IXDSdoCpQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_IXDSdoCpQ[/video]
Make sure and check out more of their stuff!
https://www.facebook.com/RadioRiddler
https://soundcloud.com/Radio-Riddler-Productions
https://www.youtube.com/user/RadioRiddlerPresents
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Isn't that vocalist the guy from UB40?
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yes, Ali Campbell is "the guy from UB40"
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10-09-2014, 15:08
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2014, 17:09 by jazzboCR.)
I love the puppy stuffin's out of what they've done with this Marvin Gaye classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJdmtjUX7po
The bigger thing is they are returning reggae/dub to it's roots: covering R&B/soul songs from a different perspective. I wish them much success and will be looking forward to next doin's, whether side-project or main vein.
ADD--They do it right with this one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRLZNZfK_0o
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10-09-2014, 16:48
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The only album of UB40's I ever liked was the first one - Signing Off. It was quite experimental as well. A real milestone. Minimalistic and groovy all at the same time. The rest was complete rubbish. What I could not stomach was that 'Reeeeeed Reeeeeed WHINE' crap. They had a brilliant formula and they abandoned it in favour of public acceptance and banal covers.
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Geffery Morgan was excellent in my opinion!
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Jerome Wrote:The only album of UB40's I ever liked was the first one - Signing Off. It was quite experimental as well. A real milestone. Minimalistic and groovy all at the same time. The rest was complete rubbish. What I could not stomach was that 'Reeeeeed Reeeeeed WHINE' crap. They had a brilliant formula and they abandoned it in favour of public acceptance and banal covers. Dumb shits. The biggest sell-out in the music business. Their well-documented tbanal coversrack record of how they treated people on their tours (in hotels etc.) is nothing to be proud of either.
i agree with you Jerome....
"signing off" was brilliant....
i did buy a few of their follow up albums on vinyl, and probably 20 of their singles on vinyl back in the day...
very few of the singles are listenable now as i found out when i played them last year in that singles thread i posted...
like you said.....
banal covers
i would not be surprised if people like Marley,Tosh etc sold a lot more records after UB40 made the genre acceptable to the general population
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Like it or not, sometimes it takes an African/ other ethnic musician playing with or having their music covered by Western/European groups to raise awareness of their music. Ry Cooder in particular has done great things with Ali Farka Toure (African) and Manuel Galban (older Cuban styles). And natch, the same has happened with reggae (The Specials, UB40 and others).
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Paul Simon - Graceland. Gave black South African mineworkers' local folk songs exposure on the world platform. His solo 'Live in Central Park' album is worth every penny.
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Jerome Wrote:Paul Simon - Graceland. Gave black South African mineworkers' local folk songs exposure on the world platform. His solo 'Live in Central Park' album is worth every penny.
Double up the praise on this one:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/concert-in...0000675371 << available inexpensively on CD from The Usual Suspect...or at a hair-curling price on vinyl. There is a video version but on VHS--no DVD I'm aware of--which is just a damned shame.
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