Augustus Pablo — Point Blank
Album: This is Augustus Pablo
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Total ratings: 884
Released: 1973
Length: 2:31
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Oh no!!! Radio paradise is my favorite station. However, could play less reggae.
He showed them all the way to go with it..
Now this is a groove. Just love the melodica in it as well. Would like to hear some more from him.
Love me some AP! Perfect song for a perfect afternoon the first Friday of summer.
Die Anfänge eines neuen Sounds. Seiner Zeit weit voraus.
iMacomania wrote:
Verse vica!
sounds like Gorillaz!
SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
Well said. Peace back at you and this is an 8.
At last! More Reggae!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub.
While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).
Peace
Well said. Peace back at you and this is an 8.
Cool, now play some King Tubby, Scientist, and/or Mad Professor!
Oh man, it's getting better...thank you for this.
ScottN wrote:
Are you serious? This album was released about six years before "The River".
RP loves covers. This is an absolutely complete re-interpretation of Springsteen's so-so song from The River.
What did you say? Not Bruce's? oh... sorry. I guess my meds are off-balance again
Are you serious? This album was released about six years before "The River".
SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
I be right dere wit ya mon!
At last! More Reggae!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub.
While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).
Peace
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub.
While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).
Peace
I be right dere wit ya mon!
SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
I'm right there with you, brother! While Reggae isn't the genre I'm most familiar with, I do find a splash of it here and there is welcome to my ears, esp. in the hands of Mister Segue Master BillG. Long Live RP!!
At last! More Reggae!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub.
While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).
Peace
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub.
While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).
Peace
I'm right there with you, brother! While Reggae isn't the genre I'm most familiar with, I do find a splash of it here and there is welcome to my ears, esp. in the hands of Mister Segue Master BillG. Long Live RP!!
jah_blessed wrote:
Yeah, Damon Albarn was probably about 6 years old when this was released.
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
That would be like saying the Beatles sound like Gomez.
This track is from the early 70s, way before Gorillaz.
Yeah, Damon Albarn was probably about 6 years old when this was released.
At last! More Reggae!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub.
While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).
Peace
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub.
While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).
Peace
Zweiblumen wrote:
In 2002 I donated $500 to RP and said I would donate $5k more if Bill quit playing Reggae for a year, Rebecca responded "but we love reggae"
Arrgh. Reggae. If I ran a radio station, it would be exaclty like RP, but we would ban reggae, that's how much I hate it.
In 2002 I donated $500 to RP and said I would donate $5k more if Bill quit playing Reggae for a year, Rebecca responded "but we love reggae"
Zweiblumen wrote:
Then maybe you wouldn't easily find people to run your station. It would be exactly not like RP ^^
Arrgh. Reggae. If I ran a radio station, it would be exaclty like RP, but we would ban reggae, that's how much I hate it.
Then maybe you wouldn't easily find people to run your station. It would be exactly not like RP ^^
I don't think I've heard Augustus Pablo on RP before! I hope my neighbors don't mind.
slartibart_O wrote:
I, on the other hand, am willing to allow them to keep exporting Reggae if they promise to stop exporting Red Stripe...
I'm with you mahn. Do like their jerked pork with a cold Red Stripe though.
I, on the other hand, am willing to allow them to keep exporting Reggae if they promise to stop exporting Red Stripe...
Nap Time...
ScottN wrote:
RP loves covers. This is an absolutely complete re-interpretation of Springsteen's so-so song from The River.
What did you say? Not Bruce's? oh... sorry. I guess my meds are off-balance again
You know, I think you're right. At first, I didn't even recognize it due to the absence of vocals, different melody, different rhythym, new instruments, changed tempo, decreased Brucosity, and enhanced Augusticity.
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
Augustus Pablo played the melodica, which is a little keyboard powered by blowing into a tube. Gorillaz incorporates melodica into their songs sometimes.
Zweiblumen wrote:
Arrgh. Reggae. If I ran a radio station, it would be exaclty like RP, but we would ban reggae, that's how much I hate it.
I'm with you mahn. Do like their jerked pork with a cold Red Stripe though. I like blues more than just about anything which is basically the same riff repeated forever too but for some reason a reggae rhythm just grates.
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
That would be like saying the Beatles sound like Gomez.
This track is from the early 70s, way before Gorillaz.
I & I dig dis track, mon!
ScottN wrote:
RP loves covers. This is an absolutely complete re-interpretation of Springsteen's so-so song from The River.
What did you say? Not Bruce's? oh... sorry. I guess my meds are off-balance again
Isn't Dub music usually a re-interpretaion of another work? way to go detective...
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
Right on point, though the opening drum break made me think we were about to hear "Watching The Detectives."
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
Yes, yes it does.
Arrgh. Reggae. If I ran a radio station, it would be exaclty like RP, but we would ban reggae, that's how much I hate it.
RP loves covers. This is an absolutely complete re-interpretation of Springsteen's so-so song from The River.
What did you say? Not Bruce's? oh... sorry. I guess my meds are off-balance again
play I some music...I&I bow our heads and give jah thanks n' praises...
timandjuliet wrote:
I usually like this sort of thing, but this song makes me feel like I'm walking up a hill on a hot day ...
... with a big greasy smile on my face!
sounds like Gorillaz!
moomatz wrote:
Wish that I could like reggae more, but it's always the same bass lines, same chord progressions, and same drum fills.
Dinjaknow - all reggae is "set to the beat of the healthy human heart at rest."
Me liketh much.
I just thought I'd Putamayo two cents in.
Jah bless his soul.
Why does every reggae artist with the exception of bob marley, jimmy clif, and toots come from that putumayo cd. You know there are alot better ones!!! I guess I'll just have to upload some and piss off all the reggae haters.
cynthos wrote:
did the gorrillaz sample this song or is it just me?
That's the exact reason I started reading these comments... it's pretty similar if it isn't a sample, anyway...
I usually like this sort of thing, but this song makes me feel like I'm walking up a hill on a hot day.
Wish that I could like reggae more, but it's always the same bass lines, same chord progressions, and same drum fills.
Not bad. Too short.
great to hear the King of the Melodica on RP!
8)
www.putumayo.com
Classic Augustus Pablo dub groove....transporting
cynthos wrote:
did the gorrillaz sample this song or is it just me?
I thought I was going crazy when I thought I heard some gorrillaz in this song. At least I'm not going crazy by myself.
Great call. I had never heard this particular track before. Not every Augustus Pablo tune is great, but his best stuff has a cool, transporting vibe that is unlike any other reggae artist. My favorite album is "East of the River Nile", highly recommend if you're into this type of melodica-dub groove.
Reggae Burlesque is an odd combo. Sounds like a Casio Demo.
beag wrote:
Try singing "Get Down Moses" over the top...
can't go wrong with this tune . . . reggae fan
Try singing "Get Down Moses" over the top...
cynthos wrote:
did the gorrillaz sample this song or is it just me?
I agree with your police work a hundred percent, there Cynthos! It sounds A LOT like the gorillaz, although they I think they stole that sound from a lot of classic reggae groups.
What would they have all done without that cool part time echo-echo-echo-echo?
Har!
Usually like reggae, but this sounds like reggae with a dash of polka.
nice choice
did the gorrillaz sample this song or is it just me?
jeepie dance dance dance ...fun!
this is very good. great find, RP!
actually reminds me of Natural Mystic (one of my favorite Bob tunes) minus the vocals.
great selection. hope Augustus is happily putting down the vibes with Jah now...
I don't think I've heard Augustus Pablo on RP before! I hope my neighbors don't mind.
It's good to challenge people. Your neighbours are probably far too comfortable in their comfort zones. Crank it up, share the joy