The only real tragedy is that during the golden years of sound systems there wasn’t the video equipment around to record it for history. My days playing sound system will always remain some of the best days of my life.
@@harryhaller9386 To my understanding a sound system is just the speakers, amplifier, microphone and turntables etc which the dj's use to play the music in dance halls, dance parties or on the street wherever music was required
@@stephencapper1380 That´s correct, that´s what it basically is. The Hardware. Pyraminds of speakers, woofers and subwoofers, twitters on the top. The bigger the better. As many and as loud as possible... Your ribcage shakes to the low frequencies.
those bbc documentaries are treasures and i wish we could have had the same quality docs in France unfortunatly not . Reggae scene was very big in France like anywhere else in the world , but as neighbours with England we had it all nearly at the same time (a bit later on ) , as a youngster by the early 80's and living in the suburbs of Paris i got to see live a lot of thse bands , Steel Pulse , Aswad , Burning Spear , Big Youth and so on . They often played in the Espace Ballard (or Balard ) whitch to me , was dedicated to Reggae music , this was a blessed period (every old guy says that about his youth) , Steel Pulse was my farourite band and seing them live was a mystical experience that i did several times . i remember the issued of their lp True Democracy , i was maybe 16 at that time , my memories 's not too sure and weed was smooth and good not hydroponic and artificially charged . i still can sing a lot of their songs and learnt English with th.ose guys trying to undrestand their words ,at least more than in school . we had school exchanges with England and this was very nice, i have been welcomed in a gentle British family in Epsom witch i liked very much and found a nice little town . thanks for sharing this , very important and meaningful to me.
Nice input Raphael ! Feeling much like you, this music was my soundtrack in the Swedish suburbs in my teens (1977-82) still the most important music to me !!!! Will keep it close to heart to my death ............
UK musical talent is astounding. From the older couple that made the records, to how the art form was expressed so creatively and skillfully by everyone involved.
I fucking love reggae. The two Jamaican bands I wish they included, even though they weren't covering Jamaican reggae, would be The Viceroys and The Congos.
Of course, 2Tone was more or less a "serious" thing, but it has plenty of light-hearted moments too... Things like "I Love my Collie" (a song about herb by The Selecter, very similar to "My Boy Lollipop"), Rico's version of "Sea Cruise" (with Special AKA) come to mind, as well as other odd covers like The Body Snatchers' rendition of ”Too Experienced" (originally a Barrington Levy song, I think?)... It was not all political.
Such good documentary. You have to love the BBC for their wide scope and research on their own people´s cultures, whatever the ethnicity. That is waht make us a great country.
One of the first concerts I went to as an 11 yo in Brighton back in 82 was UB40, supported by Steel Pulse. I have to say, Steel Pulse stole the show. I remember their set more clearly than UB40.
My parent went to Jamaica to come back with dome pre-releases one was DAT another was an LP African Dub THe song title was Jah Jah Dub I think, cannot find it anywhere.
It’s kinda strange that Rock against Racism was started due to Eric Clapton’s drunken racist speech on stage....kind of ironic that his cover of I Shot the Sheriff was the catalyst for reggae to crossover into main stream. Clapton admits all these years on his hero’s were black blues players.
@Ingram www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/eric-clapton-opens-up-even-on-his-bizarre-racist-period-1.3327327 Quote: "...endorsing Enoch Powell and complaining that Britain was becoming a "black colony..."
Ska itself is a fusion of American jazz brass carrying a melody to Jamaican Mento. Which Mento is a further throwback towards Africa beats mixed with spanish calypso flair. So TwoTone is just part of the ever evolving musical conversation blend. Everyone riffing off the creation of music stretching back further than can be comprehended. So don't feel shame like you are not the real thing. The people who did the real thing sometimes felth they were not the real thing to the things they found inspiration in. Culture is evolving on and on.
I was born in 1979, so I only ever heard late 80s UB40, and wrote them off as crap parent garden party music. Imagine my surprise when I finally heard the first album, it's rather fantastic. What happened there?
Not gonna lie: I'm a diehard fan of The Specials. I know they were a "ripoff" band but they were really awesome & seemed genuine in their love of the music. And they actually fought racism when their lives were on the line (Lynval got stabbed; Nazis at their gigs). The Special AKA album from '84 is every bit as great as the first 2 despite the new lineup. Totally underrated.
How come hundreds of other good bands didn't get mentioned? Hmmm,...maybe because there's a limit for what a TV documentary can do in around 90 minutes?
Danek it's called 'The piper calls the tune', from the album 'UB44'. The groups 3rd studio album. Whilst having some v good moments (including the classic 'love is all is alright'), I don't think it hit the heights of their first 2 albums.
Really interesting doco, but I think it came across as dismissive of brit ska as a five minute aberration that occurred as part of changes in reggae, rather than the emergence of an alternative to reggae that endures even today, worldwide.
Brit Ska, has it's own identity and deserves it's own Space and Time though it's Genesis is from Reggae with is from the Old Testament which are the ROOTS of everything that we know and exists. Oh My , look at Copeland, he speaks like a ruthless gangster and Plunderer so effortlessly and like second-nature. Look at Britain and The Isles and Engand ad it's own invasions by the Romans, and Normans, and saxons, and Catholics, and Christians from the Middle-East. Why is it that everything in HUMAN HISTORY and ENDEAVOUR necessarily has it's ORIGIN "only" in the Middle-East, and particularly in the Holy Spots and Holy Soil of The Holy Lands and Holy Waters. Why the Propaganda and Culture of the Middle East in everything we know and do and believe?
Mubeen Mughal well, not all life comes from the middle east. when the earth was formed there was NO middle east. and once humankind evolved, there was life outside the middle east. Very selective knowledge you're spreading
This guy fear Bob go Kenya all three sound system have a nice reggea day of his birth and death one celebrate his live you know nothing. I Three sounnd for Bob no one fight
We need to hear more about the Hassel* family !!!!! Reggae in suburbia !!! This question needs answering from all walks... The word Dread needs talking about within the black and the white within UK society. That Black White repeat is some stupid stuff.... Move on through music! Keep United!
I find it embarrassing that some of the bands that were completely made up of caucasians playing reggae. It completely defeats the addressing multi-ethnic tensions that reggae occasionally talked about.
You can definitely tell who's sincere & who's treating it as a passing phase. I prefer to judge bands on their talent & genuineness but it is a common theme of white people stealing Black music for sure. Some call it a "tribute" or "compliment" but it depends on how it's done. When Black artists aren't getting paid but white bands are getting rich off covers of their songs, yes. That's not cool.
The Police, did not need to steal from reggae or black music . they had their own style, All member have something unique Sting high pitched voice , bass playing ,songwriting, summers lush guitar chords, copeland bombastic and subtle drumming . The police success owe very little to reggae. They were just talented disciplined and motivated blokes You blacks should quit complainin waivin that race card for once
Pontiac. reggae doesnt belong to any race . Anyone on earth can play whatever he/she want as long as skills and soul show up. I m agree with you about one thing whites have definitely their way to groove. The same goes for blacks. ThAt why reggae doesn't come from Norway or Russia .
Uhh, how? Punk is one of the few genres white kids can claim to have created themselves. (Actual Punk...not Punk bands playing reggae). Bands like Fear, The Germs, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, A Million Dead Cops, etc are definitely their own "thing". But there were some great Black punks too, like Bad Brains & Fishbone.
Oh dear, Punk is not for one ethnic group... Punks mixed up with Skins, Rude Boys and so. So you musically you’re not only about RocknRoll on speed, you take influences from Reggae/Ska even Blues.
Di whole a dem use and still a misuse reggae and listen to how dem sound aggressive how they rip up reggae and bastardise it and everytime dem discover it it became a god to dem. And you know. None of dem jus Stop and sincerely say Reggae music I simply thank you. GRATITUDE Same old folly. not acknowledging your ancestors.
Great documentary. Love reggae, love ska, love dub. Very happy to see something of quality on youtube.
Wow - A totally wonderful documentary about a fantastic period in music!!! Thank you to all!!!
The only real tragedy is that during the golden years of sound systems there wasn’t the video equipment around to record it for history. My days playing sound system will always remain some of the best days of my life.
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What is actually meant by sound systems? Is it something like djing with talking in a microphone?
@@harryhaller9386 To my understanding a sound system is just the speakers, amplifier, microphone and turntables etc which the dj's use to play the music in dance halls, dance parties or on the street wherever music was required
@@stephencapper1380 That´s correct, that´s what it basically is. The Hardware. Pyraminds of speakers, woofers and subwoofers, twitters on the top. The bigger the better. As many and as loud as possible... Your ribcage shakes to the low frequencies.
those bbc documentaries are treasures and i wish we could have had the same quality docs in France unfortunatly not . Reggae scene was very big in France like anywhere else in the world , but as neighbours with England we had it all nearly at the same time (a bit later on ) , as a youngster by the early 80's and living in the suburbs of Paris i got to see live a lot of thse bands , Steel Pulse , Aswad , Burning Spear , Big Youth and so on . They often played in the Espace Ballard (or Balard ) whitch to me , was dedicated to Reggae music , this was a blessed period (every old guy says that about his youth) , Steel Pulse was my farourite band and seing them live was a mystical experience that i did several times . i remember the issued of their lp True Democracy , i was maybe 16 at that time , my memories 's not too sure and weed was smooth and good not hydroponic and artificially charged . i still can sing a lot of their songs and learnt English with th.ose guys trying to undrestand their words ,at least more than in school . we had school exchanges with England and this was very nice, i have been welcomed in a gentle British family in Epsom witch i liked very much and found a nice little town . thanks for sharing this , very important and meaningful to me.
I would love to see a documentary about the French scene at the time.
Nice input Raphael !
Feeling much like you, this music was my soundtrack in the Swedish suburbs in my teens (1977-82) still the most important music to me !!!!
Will keep it close to heart to my death ............
@@magnusforsman9150 Yup. Reggae and dub became the soundtrack of my life (and way more than that) right here in Suomi-Finland.
I have always loved Linton Kwesi Johnson. The precision and the empathy.
5:10
Finding a guy who cuts dubplates in his living room. An old white guy and his wife. Awesome story.
Where is that equipment ?
I literally laughed out loud
UK musical talent is astounding. From the older couple that made the records, to how the art form was expressed so creatively and skillfully by everyone involved.
Une Afv so grateful we know this story!
@@ehiggins360 😊
Reggae is in my heart. Reggae is love. One love to all humankind. ✌
REGGAE. MUSIC. IS. MY. LIFE. SUBLIME. INSPIRACION. . GRACIAS. POR. RSTOS. DOCuUMENTALES,. ME. RECUERDAN. PARA. SIEMPR3E. LOS. AÑOS. 79 -90. EN. PARIS. BAILANDO. EN. LOS. SOUND. SISTEM. Y. EN. LOS. REGGAE. PARTY....
Everywhere in every pocket of the land there are people who defy their stereotype.... Respect to the couple who could cut dub plate!!!
I was surprised to see them , we have been brainwashed to accept stereotypes. Never judge a book by its cover.
Totally agree! I’ve been surprised too many times....
Now I understand what Dub is!!! I love that sound.
Dub is an amazing sound. I can sit and listen to it for hours :-)
Brilliant upload thanks❤
There is nothing like music history...
I fucking love reggae. The two Jamaican bands I wish they included, even though they weren't covering Jamaican reggae, would be The Viceroys and The Congos.
Thanks so much for uploading.🤩
Love the 2 tone movement selecter specials special aka body snatchers etc🏴👍
Same.. Loved the specials. 💖
Same here
"Together they came out fighting" 👌 That so cool! Being it back and keep it up💗💗💗
Of course, 2Tone was more or less a "serious" thing, but it has plenty of light-hearted moments too... Things like "I Love my Collie" (a song about herb by The Selecter, very similar to "My Boy Lollipop"), Rico's version of "Sea Cruise" (with Special AKA) come to mind, as well as other odd covers like The Body Snatchers' rendition of ”Too Experienced" (originally a Barrington Levy song, I think?)... It was not all political.
I’m Mexican and I love Reggae ..
Cant stop watching!!!! Amazing!!
Such good documentary. You have to love the BBC for their wide scope and research on their own people´s cultures, whatever the ethnicity. That is waht make us a great country.
perfect Example of culture Blucher.
UB40 spoke for many of us. I remember I had a UB40...
One of the first concerts I went to as an 11 yo in Brighton back in 82 was UB40, supported by Steel Pulse. I have to say, Steel Pulse stole the show. I remember their set more clearly than UB40.
@web master.... After their first album Signing Off (1980), UB40 lost that political edge, though they remained successful
how i love "3 mns hero"!!!!thanks again
Nyceeeee am so glad that the likes of the Clash took a stand against segregation
HalleluYah .
Thank you Mrspencerone.
LKJ was brillant 70,s british raggae at it,s best.
My parent went to Jamaica to come back with dome pre-releases one was DAT another was an LP African Dub THe song title was Jah Jah Dub I think, cannot find it anywhere.
Stewart Coppeland is funny :)
nice to see an old friend in there
great great documentary !!
Nobody can stop Reggea lucky Dube Reggea is strong
It’s kinda strange that Rock against Racism was started due to Eric Clapton’s drunken racist speech on stage....kind of ironic that his cover of I Shot the Sheriff was the catalyst for reggae to crossover into main stream. Clapton admits all these years on his hero’s were black blues players.
Elaborate more on the speech please.
@Ingram
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/eric-clapton-opens-up-even-on-his-bizarre-racist-period-1.3327327
Quote: "...endorsing Enoch Powell and complaining that Britain was becoming a "black colony..."
@@haddingtoniangcp2464 don’t act as though you can’t look it up yourself. be a big boy
@@o.b.7217 Black, Muslim. Pakistani. He shouted against all strangers
@@o.b.7217 thank you. Strange UA-cam just brought me back here after a year. It was a good read
Marvelous ... We were struggling :(
Ska itself is a fusion of American jazz brass carrying a melody to Jamaican Mento. Which Mento is a further throwback towards Africa beats mixed with spanish calypso flair. So TwoTone is just part of the ever evolving musical conversation blend. Everyone riffing off the creation of music stretching back further than can be comprehended. So don't feel shame like you are not the real thing. The people who did the real thing sometimes felth they were not the real thing to the things they found inspiration in. Culture is evolving on and on.
1universal love
cheers very good
First experience of LKJ was hearing him from some Rasta's at Wandsworth College, him ribs go pop. Fucking superstar!
Squk unspoken uk artist p.steppa. dugout. Trevor..don luchi ....souljahqueen..Big up
YES I MON BLACK MUSIC IS TOPS THEY KEEP US DOWN BUT DEM LOVE OUR SOUND.
uh people melding cultures and living together is not keep us down
@@moreodat479 uh always injustice until yo dying day
Interesting
Reggae documentary without the one and only David Rodigan... And BBC😬
Rodigan is big enough to tell his own story. An unsung hero is Pete Waterman. Not many know his love of Reggae and involvement.
Realize the struggle in the business
I was born in 1979, so I only ever heard late 80s UB40, and wrote them off as crap parent garden party music. Imagine my surprise when I finally heard the first album, it's rather fantastic. What happened there?
26:14 how in the heck is he singing with that cigarette🚬 hanging out his lips like that 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Respect
Not gonna lie: I'm a diehard fan of The Specials. I know they were a "ripoff" band but they were really awesome & seemed genuine in their love of the music. And they actually fought racism when their lives were on the line (Lynval got stabbed; Nazis at their gigs). The Special AKA album from '84 is every bit as great as the first 2 despite the new lineup. Totally underrated.
The Specials were never a rip off band, how did you come to that conclusion ?
They were the greatest band of a generation. ❤
rise of the rightwing in times of social crisis.
sounds familiar
The vinyl cutter looks like Bobby Moore.
Every genre of music has the thread of black music running through it.though they fought it, it still prevailed
Heard stories about The Hassle couple from elders
I want that exact version of when the piper calls the tune by ub40! Where can I get it??
Has anyone got a copy of , roots , reggae and rude boys , it was a radio 1 series, i have half of it but would really like to have it in full.
The ever changing evolution of Reggae, this is the only Reggae they know around here.
How come, British group Black Slate were not mentioned they made good music.
How come hundreds of other good bands didn't get mentioned?
Hmmm,...maybe because there's a limit for what a TV documentary can do in around 90 minutes?
where is part 2?
Where's part 4 ?
Whatever happenned to Ro D n Def crew from Stockton?
The Youth Are ALL THE SAME within the UK NOW?
Yeah mate, a fuckd up generation , blame the parents.
very cool prefer Jamaican style but very cool Britain I was unaware of this
@ciao214Z what are u talking about bitch speak when u dont have a stroke
I wanted to right poetry that sound like a bassline...
Greetings, any1 kno the dub at 6.38? Blessings!
yo one of camron's producers sample of that Roxanne song from the police aand cam called what mean the world to u
britannia documentary where is David Rodigan?
Two hours havent heard Mr Rob Nester Marley
Part1
Copyright...
American Here: Whats a UB40 Card? Like a social service ID??
We had similar system in Europe. First daily at dole office then twice a month..
whos still watching 2020 #Georgefloyd#blacklivesmatter#1970's until now we are tired.........🙋🏽
Can anyone tell me what the melodica tune is in this episode
WOW JUST FOUND IT - DENNIS BOVELL - CABBAGE
What's the tune at 4.49
dillen
nger
A knife, a fork a bottle and a cork..thats how u spell New York...
Do someone know the title of the song UB40 play at 22:02?
Danek it's called 'The piper calls the tune', from the album 'UB44'. The groups 3rd studio album. Whilst having some v good moments (including the classic 'love is all is alright'), I don't think it hit the heights of their first 2 albums.
why is part 2 blocked?
Get proxy
Misty In Roots?
Title of the track at 6:37 ?
hedjamavieille dude same anyone know??
ROCK GUITAR DIDNT CREEP INTO REGGAE…THE SELECTORS WAS ALREADY USING ECHOS IN THERE DUBS AND MIXES KNOCK IT OFF
Really interesting doco, but I think it came across as dismissive of brit ska as a five minute aberration that occurred as part of changes in reggae, rather than the emergence of an alternative to reggae that endures even today, worldwide.
Brit Ska, has it's own identity and deserves it's own Space and Time though it's Genesis is from Reggae with is from the Old Testament which are the ROOTS of everything that we know and exists. Oh My , look at Copeland, he speaks like a ruthless gangster and Plunderer so effortlessly and like second-nature. Look at Britain and The Isles and Engand ad it's own invasions by the Romans, and Normans, and saxons, and Catholics, and Christians from the Middle-East. Why is it that everything in HUMAN HISTORY and ENDEAVOUR necessarily has it's ORIGIN "only" in the Middle-East, and particularly in the Holy Spots and Holy Soil of The Holy Lands and Holy Waters. Why the Propaganda and Culture of the Middle East in everything we know and do and believe?
Mubeen Mughal well, not all life comes from the middle east. when the earth was formed there was NO middle east. and once humankind evolved, there was life outside the middle east. Very selective knowledge you're spreading
What is the tune called at 11:23? thank you
Poet and the roots - Song of blood, but a live dub in studio
@@gavin1moore156 Do you happen to know the song at 1:00, appreciate it .
If ub40 didn't have those wights in the band they never would have made it period .
What's the jam at 4:27?
Captain here! Sorry im late :I ua-cam.com/video/7banZJ9tJ_U/v-deo.html
Whats the song at 1:00, please.
Charlie Monfared Bad Man Steel Pulse
Richard Paradinas thanks a lot, knew they were Steel Pulse just couldn’t figure out the song.
@@fishmixx yes on the brilliant Handsworth Revolution album
tune id starts around 7:11?
Anyone
It's Linton Kwesi Johnson's "Reality" off the LKJ in Dub record.
Linton Kwesi Johnson tune
So at :59 ?
After three years, I am finally able to answer my own question. The song is called “Bad Man” by Steel Pulse.
Reggae got really white at 340. WTF? Anyone know the name of that group?
what.. with the girls? The Slits iirc,,,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slits
This guy fear Bob go Kenya all three sound system have a nice reggea day of his birth and death one celebrate his live you know nothing. I Three sounnd for Bob no one fight
Your just a cymbal/symbol short on your radio!!!
Song at 0:59?
After three years, I am finally able to answer my own question. The song is called “Bad Man” by Steel Pulse.
Stewart Copeland talking about Jerry Dammers made my day.
tax dodgers....sad
@MITNGTV the slits
We need to hear more about the Hassel* family !!!!! Reggae in suburbia !!! This question needs answering from all walks... The word Dread needs talking about within the black and the white within UK society. That Black White repeat is some stupid stuff.... Move on through music! Keep United!
I find it embarrassing that some of the bands that were completely made up of caucasians playing reggae. It completely defeats the addressing multi-ethnic tensions that reggae occasionally talked about.
I think that's what the Police band member addressed halfway through the video
You can definitely tell who's sincere & who's treating it as a passing phase. I prefer to judge bands on their talent & genuineness but it is a common theme of white people stealing Black music for sure. Some call it a "tribute" or "compliment" but it depends on how it's done. When Black artists aren't getting paid but white bands are getting rich off covers of their songs, yes. That's not cool.
@@MsNooneinparticular yes I agree 💯 white people always imitate black culture to much. It really annoys me
The Police, did not need to steal from reggae or black music . they had their own style, All member have something unique Sting high pitched voice , bass playing ,songwriting, summers lush guitar chords, copeland bombastic and subtle drumming . The police success owe very little to reggae. They were just talented disciplined and motivated blokes You blacks should quit complainin waivin that race card for once
Pontiac. reggae doesnt belong to any race . Anyone on earth can play whatever he/she want as long as skills and soul show up. I m agree with you about one thing whites have definitely their way to groove. The same goes for blacks. ThAt why reggae doesn't come from Norway or Russia .
16:13
23:05 hahaha he sings with a cigarrette in her mouth!
millenial alert lol
Watch The Drama, Brixton: ua-cam.com/video/Ap6SIjq-6kk/v-deo.html
@13:23
Stewart Copeland describing british imperialism and cultural appropriation
why do people not from the generations and cultures who didn´t grow up in the eras and cultures have an opinion when they don´t understand the culture
was all ggod except the dread track by that guy rubbish
STING TRIED TO SAY HE DIDN'T STEAL FROM REGGAE! BOMBOCLATH THEIFING LIAD!
Punk was just a white wash imitation of reggae
Uhh, how? Punk is one of the few genres white kids can claim to have created themselves. (Actual Punk...not Punk bands playing reggae). Bands like Fear, The Germs, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, A Million Dead Cops, etc are definitely their own "thing". But there were some great Black punks too, like Bad Brains & Fishbone.
Oh dear, Punk is not for one ethnic group...
Punks mixed up with Skins, Rude Boys and so. So you musically you’re not only about RocknRoll on speed, you take influences from Reggae/Ska even Blues.
Countries , cultures mixe ,take from each other , the same goes for music, it is nature , nothing wrong with that.
Mimosa40 you clearly know nothing about music!
Di whole a dem use and still a misuse reggae and listen to how dem sound aggressive how they rip up reggae and bastardise it and everytime dem discover it it became a god to dem.
And you know. None of dem jus Stop and sincerely say Reggae music I simply thank you.
GRATITUDE
Same old folly. not acknowledging your ancestors.
Appropriate and profit, then abandon . Thanks punk
that wasn´t what it was or is about millenial ? stick to jay z and eminem mate
ub40 worst white washed boring reggae so booooorrrrring