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Friday, February 13, 2009
It's that time of the year when love comes a-calling . whether it's old love or new love. And it's also Reggae Month, so Splash paired the two and asked a few music industry players to get all romantic and tell us their favourite reggae love song.
Clinton Lindsay
Compiler - New York and South Florida charts
Gee, how do I choose? There are just so many good songs over the years...Well, let's say All I Have Is Love by Gregory Isaacs for Reggae and Oh Girl by the Chi-Lites for R&B.
left to right: Newell Morgan , Dahlia Harris and Collin Channer
Newell Morgan
Producer - Musical Riot
Ever since I was a boy, Johnny Clarke's Rock With Me Baby has always had that special sound and feel. When you are at a session and that song plays in the wee hours of the morning, trust me, it's a different thing completely. Also Queen Ifrica's Below the Waist is a great love song. it shows creative use of words to effectively get across her message about a particular subject, thus making it worthy for airplay.
Clyde McKenzie
Entertainment consultant
It would have to be a Dennis Brown or a Beres. If I can chose only one it would have to be For You by Dennis Brown.
Collin Channer
Author
My favourite reggae love song is Waiting In Vain. Marley allows himself to be so vulnerable on this one. He's unsure. His fate is in the hands of his beloved, has been that way for the three years in which he's been knocking at her door. Imagine - the Tuff Gong himself singing about love at first sight! The bass groove on it is sweet, the bridge sophisticated, the guitar solo jazzy and intricate, the emotion so raw.
Dr Donna Hope Marquis
Lecturer/Author
First I have to declare that I really love the music of the Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Brown. Therefore, it goes without saying that a D Brown tune should be at the top of my list. His track, Should I, has to be my favourite reggae love song because it speaks some serious words of love... how could I ever go on living this way, acting like a child so young and gay, you don't know what it means to be loved, oh no.
Dahlia Harris
Actress and Broadcaster
It has to be a Beres Hammond track. The voice, the music, the lyrics, the Man. The truth is give me any and every Beres Hammond song and I'm ok, but if I had to narrow it down I will take, No Disturb Sign, just listen to the lyrics and you will see why.
Assassin
Deejay
Boris Gardner's I Wanna Wake Up With You. When I was little, I was separated briefly from my mother and when we were reunited that is one song I can recall being played constantly on the radio . perhaps it had just been released. I was probably about four at the time, and I can remember it as if it were yesterday.
It's that time of the year when love comes a-calling . whether it's old love or new love. And it's also Reggae Month, so Splash paired the two and asked a few music industry players to get all romantic and tell us their favourite reggae love song.
Clinton Lindsay
Compiler - New York and South Florida charts
Gee, how do I choose? There are just so many good songs over the years...Well, let's say All I Have Is Love by Gregory Isaacs for Reggae and Oh Girl by the Chi-Lites for R&B.
left to right: Newell Morgan , Dahlia Harris and Collin Channer Newell Morgan
Producer - Musical Riot
Ever since I was a boy, Johnny Clarke's Rock With Me Baby has always had that special sound and feel. When you are at a session and that song plays in the wee hours of the morning, trust me, it's a different thing completely. Also Queen Ifrica's Below the Waist is a great love song. it shows creative use of words to effectively get across her message about a particular subject, thus making it worthy for airplay.
Clyde McKenzie
Entertainment consultant
It would have to be a Dennis Brown or a Beres. If I can chose only one it would have to be For You by Dennis Brown.
Collin Channer
Author
My favourite reggae love song is Waiting In Vain. Marley allows himself to be so vulnerable on this one. He's unsure. His fate is in the hands of his beloved, has been that way for the three years in which he's been knocking at her door. Imagine - the Tuff Gong himself singing about love at first sight! The bass groove on it is sweet, the bridge sophisticated, the guitar solo jazzy and intricate, the emotion so raw.
Dr Donna Hope Marquis
Lecturer/Author
First I have to declare that I really love the music of the Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Brown. Therefore, it goes without saying that a D Brown tune should be at the top of my list. His track, Should I, has to be my favourite reggae love song because it speaks some serious words of love... how could I ever go on living this way, acting like a child so young and gay, you don't know what it means to be loved, oh no.
Dahlia Harris
Actress and Broadcaster
It has to be a Beres Hammond track. The voice, the music, the lyrics, the Man. The truth is give me any and every Beres Hammond song and I'm ok, but if I had to narrow it down I will take, No Disturb Sign, just listen to the lyrics and you will see why.
Assassin
Deejay
Boris Gardner's I Wanna Wake Up With You. When I was little, I was separated briefly from my mother and when we were reunited that is one song I can recall being played constantly on the radio . perhaps it had just been released. I was probably about four at the time, and I can remember it as if it were yesterday.
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