Desmond Dekker- "Israelites" 1969 (Reelin' In The Years Archive)

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 280

  • @benjiman7454
    @benjiman7454 Рік тому +90

    Everything is perfect about this song. The hook, the lyrics, the instruments, His Voice! The man EVEN DANCED IN THE COUNT! This Man is a damn Treasure! His facial expressions are icing on the cake with acting out the cadences, inflections and tones. R.I.P King Desmond! You're loved, Missed and still honored here sir!🤲🏿

    • @harolddottin10
      @harolddottin10 4 місяці тому +3

      You spoke like a bicycle wheel fella Amen!

    • @davidcurrie8564
      @davidcurrie8564 3 місяці тому +1

      I remember this fella when i was a 9 year old kid captivating!

    • @FrithonaHrududu02127
      @FrithonaHrududu02127 2 місяці тому

      They should use this song as like an AI test if you don't like this song you're obviously not a human being

    • @OH.A.M.
      @OH.A.M. Місяць тому

      Are you CHURRO!? Perfect is not even close with its crooked mouth

  • @stevieG.
    @stevieG. 9 місяців тому +27

    Timeless masterpiece by Mr Dekker even in 2023 !

  • @nickhanlon9331
    @nickhanlon9331 Рік тому +54

    Desmond was on the good stuff that day. Eyes tell no lies.

    • @margaretmestas1481
      @margaretmestas1481 Рік тому +2

      My thoughts exactly 😁

    • @josephthunderhorse8793
      @josephthunderhorse8793 Рік тому +1

      Yes l agree

    • @margaretmestas1481
      @margaretmestas1481 Рік тому +1

      I think we're talking about two different things, I know I was talking about his "pink eye" 😁 I believe his mouth is just how he sang

    • @mleh2512
      @mleh2512 Рік тому +2

      I’ve no idea what Mr Dekker and his crazy hippie friends were on here. I only know that I want some too please.

  • @jbfonfrias9133
    @jbfonfrias9133 4 роки тому +61

    The closer you listen to his singing, the more groove & soul you can feel Desmond Dekker pour into this song - a classic diamond !

  • @colindavid2078
    @colindavid2078 5 років тому +159

    Love how his mouth is having it's own party!!!!

    • @trancisfrancis
      @trancisfrancis 4 роки тому +15

      His whole face actually. Amazing!!

    • @MG-yv8dr
      @MG-yv8dr 3 роки тому +9

      His whole face a great showman

    • @russellcampbell9198
      @russellcampbell9198 3 роки тому +6

      @@trancisfrancis His body too!

    • @brinkybrinkz
      @brinkybrinkz 3 роки тому +5

      Man you made my day! I laughed so hard! Funny stuff! Wicked tune! Ohhhh Israelites!

    • @nacholibre1962
      @nacholibre1962 2 роки тому +8

      Looks like he's had a stoke!

  • @splodge5714
    @splodge5714 7 місяців тому +10

    I remember buying this record in 1969 when I was 12. Loved singing it on my way to school. Great times, wonderful music.

    • @nannydebs
      @nannydebs 3 місяці тому +1

      I was 10!!! Great song...

  • @57highland
    @57highland 6 років тому +95

    "Israelites" was the first reggae song to get into the American pop Top 40, in June 1969. I think it peaked at #9.

    • @rickyf243
      @rickyf243 6 років тому +5

      “Hold Me Tight” by Johnny Nash peaked at #5 in November 1968.

    • @57highland
      @57highland 6 років тому +2

      @Ricky F: Hey, I didn't know that .....

    • @b_uppy
      @b_uppy 6 років тому +7

      Its Ska.

    • @rtarbinar
      @rtarbinar 5 років тому +12

      @@b_uppy actually, i would classify both songs as rocksteady.

    • @gdupkwin9676
      @gdupkwin9676 4 роки тому +4

      It definitely isn't typically American top 40 pop type music that's for sure 😂

  • @general8109
    @general8109 4 роки тому +33

    Reggae music, Jamaicas gift to the world

    • @jmart9414
      @jmart9414 4 роки тому +5

      I loved this song... And being only 6 yrs old, didn't realize the amount of racial disparity within this USA. And his country STILL continues its digusting hateful agenda. Check the billboard charts for 1969...get it? One of lowest compared to other countries.

  • @harolddottin10
    @harolddottin10 8 місяців тому +12

    This is the best ever song from the Ska- Reggae era What a song! what a voice! Bob Marley fans dig this!

    • @rifelaw
      @rifelaw 4 місяці тому +1

      This is the guy who spotted Marley and got him launched.

    • @donnaroberts4565
      @donnaroberts4565 4 місяці тому

      @@rifelaw really? how do you know that? :)

    • @rifelaw
      @rifelaw 4 місяці тому

      @@donnaroberts4565 Everybody from the 60s Jamaican music scene said so, including Marley and Tosh.

    • @MrTimothybratton
      @MrTimothybratton 4 місяці тому

      Lol its called dance hall bro..

    • @MrTimothybratton
      @MrTimothybratton 4 місяці тому

      And btw it was joe higgs that was one of marleys real inspirations, im sure des had a hand in it somehow as well but. Just listen to higgs urself "theres a reward for me" u will see marleys main inspiration and thats key

  • @JB707
    @JB707 2 роки тому +11

    En sus entrevistas, Desmond Dekker, era preguntado frecuentemente sobre el significado que escondía la letra:
    Habla sobre lo dura que es la vida en Jamaica, de la opresión que sufrimos, igual que los Israelitas que Moisés conducía a la tierra prometida.
    Era una forma de decir a la gente que no se diese por vencida, que las cosas mejorarían. No la escribí sentando en un piano o mientras tocaba la guitarra. Fue mientras daba un paseo por el parque comiendo palomitas de maíz y escuché a una pareja discutiendo sobre problemas económicos. Ella le decía que necesitaba más dinero y él replicaba que con el trabajo que tenía no le daba para más. Me quedé con esto, y empecé a componer en mi cabeza una canción que empezaba con lo de ‘te levantas por la mañana y eres esclavo del pan’. Cuando llegué a casa ya la tenía.

  • @recardomartin1244
    @recardomartin1244 8 місяців тому +8

    Shalom Israelites 🕎

    • @donnaroberts4565
      @donnaroberts4565 4 місяці тому

      Yeah now can you stop killing kids in gaza

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 2 місяці тому

      @@donnaroberts4565 When their mothers stop strapping bombs to their children there can be peace in Israel, shining and free, from the river to the sea.

  • @erniebuchinski3614
    @erniebuchinski3614 Рік тому +12

    Nobody can sing out of the side of their mouth cooler than Desmond Dekker did here. RIP, good sir.

    • @king77703
      @king77703 Рік тому

      Elvis didn't do too bad 👍

    • @SeahorsesJay
      @SeahorsesJay 9 місяців тому

      Brian Wilson is the most famous for doing this!

  • @ajanifowose6431
    @ajanifowose6431 2 роки тому +12

    Desmond Dekker is so care free that you can clearly see this through his performance. World Class Talent 💛♥️💚

  • @bodyworkkim
    @bodyworkkim 4 роки тому +16

    Best song ever! I have been loving Desmond Dekker as long as I live.

  • @donnaroberts4565
    @donnaroberts4565 Рік тому +6

    I listen to this & watch him dance & it reminds me of my real dad from about 50 years ago. Yep i'm old :)

  • @GermanShizos
    @GermanShizos 5 місяців тому +5

    2024 still in love❤❤❤

  • @peteiswriteingnow
    @peteiswriteingnow 3 роки тому +14

    Takes me back to when i was 14 at school, the whole class used to sing i get up in the morning baked beans for breakfast, times were hard then.

  • @teresanas6460
    @teresanas6460 5 років тому +15

    What a Tune.

  • @brucemarmy8500
    @brucemarmy8500 4 роки тому +15

    That is one cool cat. Desmond Decker is the Ace. Boy, I'm tellin' ya.

  • @BrokeSolid
    @BrokeSolid 2 місяці тому +2

    Still lovin it in 2024

  • @aidjunkie5335
    @aidjunkie5335 Рік тому +10

    Desmond is a legend.

  • @connorjones9250
    @connorjones9250 6 років тому +12

    Thank you so much you don't know how long I've waited for this footage of one of my favourite songs

  • @nacholibre1962
    @nacholibre1962 2 роки тому +14

    I always thought he sang "baked beans for breakfast"...for like 50 years! I'm never going to get those words unstuck from my head!

    • @oughtonoughton2634
      @oughtonoughton2634 2 роки тому +2

      Albert i adore your comment ,,believe it or not i always thought he sang ,, Baked beans for breakfast xx i still sing the same , how lovely some one else thought that lol Jane x

    • @rolandoaponte214
      @rolandoaponte214 Рік тому +1

      LOL, I always misheard the same "baked beans for breakfast"🤣

    • @davisworth5114
      @davisworth5114 Рік тому +3

      a wake up in de mornin' slaving for bread suh, so dat ebry mout can be fed.........

    • @josephthunderhorse8793
      @josephthunderhorse8793 Рік тому

      Take heart ...l like those words as well

    • @kimberlyhendricks6388
      @kimberlyhendricks6388 Рік тому

      I thought he was saying belligerent lies 😂

  • @Leo-lr4eq
    @Leo-lr4eq 2 роки тому +8

    Always heard the song, but never seen this video. Pretty cool

  • @cintilanteasmr2884
    @cintilanteasmr2884 3 роки тому +6

    what a beautiful presentation, everlasting greetings to Desmond! 💕💕💕💕

  • @Peschso1
    @Peschso1 5 років тому +17

    This is from a German Music TV Show called 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (Musik für Junge Leute) 1967-1970 ZDF Television
    Very Very Rare because all episodes are Missing or Deleted !!!

  • @eddieingalls534
    @eddieingalls534 2 роки тому +10

    How can black men not even move and yet move so damn amazingly? Such smooth, incredible feel for rhythmic dancing.

    • @OligoST
      @OligoST Рік тому +4

      It has nothing to do with his ethnicity, everyone danced conservatively back then..

  • @bunkyman8097
    @bunkyman8097 Рік тому +5

    Truly a blast from the past!

  • @zezet0ni594
    @zezet0ni594 Рік тому +4

    Desmond's voice! Perfection 🖤

  • @TJamesBell
    @TJamesBell Рік тому +6

    Amazing. I've never seen this. Thanks for uploading.

    • @chuckmaddison2924
      @chuckmaddison2924 Рік тому +3

      I'm amazed,I heard it when first came out and loved ever since. Admittedly it took a few years to figure out what he was singing.

  • @salasamsung452
    @salasamsung452 2 роки тому +4

    Greatest thumbnail in the history of UA-cam

  • @MarkAnthonyJenkins
    @MarkAnthonyJenkins Рік тому +3

    I love this song so much

  • @rh7833
    @rh7833 5 місяців тому +3

    The greatest song and performance of all time. Hire the handicapped!

  • @VintageVera
    @VintageVera Рік тому +3

    Love the song and love the man!

  • @PsyVen
    @PsyVen 6 років тому +23

    Makes me wanna moon-stomp! Classic song, and a huge worldwide hit.

  • @julietigermoon9572
    @julietigermoon9572 Рік тому +3

    Loved this song forever 🎵❤️

  • @sheiladearlove8939
    @sheiladearlove8939 2 роки тому +4

    Fantastic.Saw him live

    • @David-kv9yh
      @David-kv9yh 2 роки тому +4

      So cool you got to see him

  • @Expectadorable
    @Expectadorable 3 роки тому +2

    Gracias.

  • @SeahorsesJay
    @SeahorsesJay 9 місяців тому +2

    As a 12 year old white boy from Leeds, Yorkshire I could understand every lyric - only now that I'm 30 and looking at this comment section am I learning that this was actually impressive talent apparently 👀

  • @jimtaylor1204
    @jimtaylor1204 5 років тому +5

    I remember this from 1969, hearing it on WLS Chicago...

  • @andrewbennett7756
    @andrewbennett7756 Рік тому +2

    A grand old age of 7 Wen this was out OMG 😱 were have the years gone ❤ now 60

  • @toddkurzbard
    @toddkurzbard Рік тому +7

    It's a shame this song wasn't more popular. This is my first time hearing it in YEARS.
    Till now (after seeing another video of this with the lyrics), I always thought the chorus was "Oooooooooohhhhhhh, The Israelites".

  • @manuelfernandez6441
    @manuelfernandez6441 6 років тому +10

    "Israelites" es una canción del grupo jamaicano Desmond Dekker & The Aces que fue lanzada como single en Octubre del año 1968.
    Esta canción es considerada como una de las primeras piezas musicales con alta influencia del Ska en ser un hit mundial, pese a que Dekker, un jamaicano que escribía letras muy difíciles de entender para el publico común y corriente que no entendía mucho sobre el movimiento rastafari. (906 vis.)

    • @rickyf243
      @rickyf243 6 років тому +2

      “Hold Me Tight” de Johnny Nash entró a las listas de Billboard en Estados Unidos en septiembre de 1968 (un mes antes del lanzamiento de “Israelites”) y llegó a la posición número 5 en noviembre del 1968.
      En los Estados Unidos, no es hasta mayo 1969 que “Israelites” entra a las listas de Billboard bajo el sello Uni, alcanzando la posición número 9 un mes más tarde.

    • @nickbishop8930
      @nickbishop8930 4 роки тому

      English?

    • @Cash82Mx
      @Cash82Mx Рік тому +2

      "Israelites" aparece en un época en que el ska ya había pasado de moda y la nueva música jamaiquina se había hecho más lenta, pasando del rocksteady al reggay.

  • @neilgibbons2532
    @neilgibbons2532 4 роки тому +2

    Love that out fit sir

  • @stwads
    @stwads Рік тому +2

    Desmond the King of Rock Steady!

  • @sherigentry4955
    @sherigentry4955 6 років тому +6

    Wow... A lost memory & I was 5 that year but when I heard I remember! 😊

    • @b_uppy
      @b_uppy 6 років тому

      Sheri Jolly
      Same here, recognized it and loved it

    • @michaelmapes4119
      @michaelmapes4119 5 років тому

      Me too...I Just turmed Five and my 18 year old brother had the 45....One of the memories we still share to today!

  • @stevenmajors
    @stevenmajors 6 років тому +13

    Takes me back, nice place to be YES

  • @daniellobo1680
    @daniellobo1680 4 роки тому +7

    I love it😂❤❤

  • @EPA18
    @EPA18 Рік тому +3

    This song is great, even if you don't understand the words!

  • @lucimaraferreira7026
    @lucimaraferreira7026 Рік тому +4

    Nem te conto , o quanto sou fã é incontavel . Amo de mais 😍 meu coracão bate pot ti

  • @jackduguid177
    @jackduguid177 2 роки тому +2

    Wore this record out 50 years ago..

  • @imannonymous7707
    @imannonymous7707 2 роки тому +2

    Ive always liked this song , i remember hearing on oldies channels as young man and almost suprised , thinking it was more modern

  • @johnaugsburger6192
    @johnaugsburger6192 2 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @alanwilliams9372
    @alanwilliams9372 6 років тому +4

    What a record brill

  • @aaronschroder3663
    @aaronschroder3663 Рік тому +3

    Def far out. Thank you Desmond…

  • @ianmorrison6302
    @ianmorrison6302 4 роки тому +14

    We black who came to the Americas and Caribbean island are the Hebrew Israelites scatter around the world through slavery.i guess he new he was a Israelite.

  • @colindavid2078
    @colindavid2078 2 роки тому +3

    1:20 The young boy very bottom right of screen seems "more than happy" with his view of the stage! lol

  • @andrewharrison4608
    @andrewharrison4608 Рік тому +3

    Jah Bless The Benjamin Israelite of Jamaica R.I.P.

  • @specialized29er86
    @specialized29er86 4 роки тому +7

    in clips after this one we don't see him singing like he's had a stroke

  • @stephencarroll230
    @stephencarroll230 3 роки тому +3

    Rude Boy Extraordinaire!

  • @JLLaurens
    @JLLaurens Рік тому +1

    I was a kid when listen that. Miss that times !

  • @rickrolledtruth5834
    @rickrolledtruth5834 6 років тому +5

    wow .... speechless

  • @mitchcornacchia968
    @mitchcornacchia968 4 роки тому +3

    Too funny love the rhythm

  • @josemarysantos3422
    @josemarysantos3422 3 роки тому +3

    Uma lenda do reggae

  • @bradcoulter1316
    @bradcoulter1316 7 місяців тому +1

    Love this song r.i.p des 👍

  • @joedebaun4547
    @joedebaun4547 4 роки тому +2

    Takes me back to 8th grade at Haskell Junior High in Lakewood.

  • @privacyantiscum6453
    @privacyantiscum6453 2 роки тому +3

    This was the original reggae song

  • @stevoowens2735
    @stevoowens2735 2 роки тому +3

    Love the track. Honestly thought he was having a stroke 😂

  • @JB707
    @JB707 2 роки тому +2

    hermosa canción

  • @jhonyermo
    @jhonyermo 6 років тому +4

    Love this song but somehow I had forgot! OMG have to get for my iPOD-ASAP.

  • @figment1988
    @figment1988 3 місяці тому +1

    Im sure this is where Shinsuke Nakamura got his facial expressions from

  • @paulwhite5289
    @paulwhite5289 2 роки тому +2

    There's that OG screw face haha
    Really tho, grew up on this shit. Couldn't possibly love it more.

  • @joshmay817
    @joshmay817 5 років тому +5

    They played this over the P.A. at the J.C.C. swimming pool when I was 7. I kept wondering, "Is this about US??"

    • @barleycorn3384
      @barleycorn3384 3 роки тому +1

      Ha Ha yes yes that is what we wondered too!

  • @katharinamuller681
    @katharinamuller681 2 роки тому

    Kann ich immer wieder hoeren. Love this song.

  • @buzzwerd8093
    @buzzwerd8093 2 роки тому +1

    I only ever heard that on radio. I thought he sang "misery light"!

  • @lindabishop7266
    @lindabishop7266 Місяць тому

    2024 still good song

  • @kb6kgx
    @kb6kgx 5 років тому +18

    What did the title and lyric, "Israelites", have to do with the song?
    By the way, Bob Marley said that Desmond Dekker was his favorite Reggae singer.

    • @sonofnaphtalifromisrael8531
      @sonofnaphtalifromisrael8531 4 роки тому +12

      Because the black americans are israelites

    • @AllisonYYZ
      @AllisonYYZ 4 роки тому +2

      @@sonofnaphtalifromisrael8531 and Caribbean

    • @kb6kgx
      @kb6kgx 3 роки тому

      @Brian Quint That has to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

    • @brianquint6126
      @brianquint6126 3 роки тому +1

      @@kb6kgx Your tricks don't work on me Canaanite. Take your Sithian lies somewhere else while the Israelites are talking.

    • @kb6kgx
      @kb6kgx 3 роки тому

      WHAT is?

  • @ingriddouglas408
    @ingriddouglas408 4 роки тому +2

    Dam!!!what's ip with the mouth movements. I love the voice of the backup singer.

    • @barleycorn3384
      @barleycorn3384 3 роки тому +2

      It's a technique known locally as yaumbus it enhances annunciation and clarity

    • @oughtonoughton2634
      @oughtonoughton2634 2 роки тому

      iNGRID THE DEAR CHAP HAD A STROKE ,,,,, LOL jANE

    • @davisworth5114
      @davisworth5114 Рік тому

      @@barleycorn3384 nice try this is lip sync. and that is his rude boy face.

  • @chicolopez8722
    @chicolopez8722 4 роки тому +2

    excellente!!

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee 3 роки тому

    Rich, me for listening to this song.

  • @ianmckinnon8461
    @ianmckinnon8461 2 місяці тому

    timeless you have to watch drugstore cowboy
    ..this song makes that film haunting

  • @sashaturner6793
    @sashaturner6793 2 роки тому

    Gold

  • @roustabout4fun
    @roustabout4fun Рік тому

    Raw and unc00ked sometimes is BEST~

  • @stevestheboy1
    @stevestheboy1 9 місяців тому

    gotta luv the dd

  • @jcorkable
    @jcorkable Місяць тому +3

    Hands down my favorite song about Jews

  • @Anonymous-is2qb
    @Anonymous-is2qb 2 роки тому

    The thumbnail is no joke

  • @officer50sapar55
    @officer50sapar55 2 роки тому +2

    This cat groovy.

  • @maskedman1337
    @maskedman1337 2 роки тому +3

    Desmond Dekker is incredible. The crotch close-ups weren't necessary, though :)

  • @tommyhaynes9157
    @tommyhaynes9157 2 роки тому +2

    Not much reggae broke through to the US . This did in 69' and Jimmy Cliff's Bight Sunshiny Day did in 74' . Clapton had a hit with Marley's I Shot the Sheriff around 75' but Marley, the king of reggae, himself didn't have any US hits although his output was vast and excellent . But he did develop a following despite that

  • @joenewkirk6136
    @joenewkirk6136 2 роки тому +1

    bro is rollin off the molly ngl

  • @Spumini75
    @Spumini75 4 роки тому

    te adoro

  • @user-bu9nb8wr6e
    @user-bu9nb8wr6e Рік тому +1

    That’s my school disco I think.😂

  • @iangibson5054
    @iangibson5054 Рік тому

    Deep love

  • @alicepohl7846
    @alicepohl7846 Місяць тому

    Rhythmus wo man mit muß 💃💃💃

  • @hartleycwhite
    @hartleycwhite 8 місяців тому +1

    Great performance by Desmond Dekker. Only drawback the Aces were absent in person, which leads me to believe it was a staged performance(Miming)

  • @KC-gy5xw
    @KC-gy5xw 9 місяців тому +1

    I defy anyone who thinks they can do better DD mouth than I can .. been doing it ever since and NO ONE has ever beat me,.. NO ONE...

  • @nicolek.3614
    @nicolek.3614 Рік тому +1

    He would have huge if not for the Bell's Palsy.

  • @vangroover1903
    @vangroover1903 2 місяці тому +3

    Israelites everywhere should sing this as their anthem!!! Long live a Free, Proud and Strong Israel, a shining light in a region often lacking it.

  • @CannibalKen
    @CannibalKen 4 роки тому +2

    "Are you ready to venture into the great beyond?
    I never doubted you sir
    That is because you are incapable of doubt."
    #Watchmen

  • @nord1486
    @nord1486 2 роки тому +6

    Get up in the morning sleeping for bread sir
    Sold out to every monk and beef-head
    Oh-oh, me ears are alight
    Why find my kids? They buck up and a-leave me
    Darling cheese-head, I was yards too greasy
    Oh-oh, me ears are alight

    • @oughtonoughton2634
      @oughtonoughton2634 2 роки тому +2

      Smith my word i never knew the words to this very fab classic , you learn some thing new every day ,,WOW LOL jANE X

    • @charliegirl3056
      @charliegirl3056 Рік тому

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