Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band - "Israelites" (Desmond Dekker & The Aces Cover)
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- When Jim White and the guys from Packway Handle Band came to visit our office this summer, we had no idea that they had never played live together before. The two acts combined forces last year to form Jim White Vs. The Packway Handle Band. The guys originally approached Jim about producing their new record and he did the next best thing. He joined the band.
We took them to a warehouse just outside of historic downtown Hillsborough to record their first live session together. They played us a few tunes, including a cover of “Israelites,” made famous by Desmond Dekker & The Aces.
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Most creative cover and it sounds great!
what a great version of a great song! outstanding, gents.
Unusual....yet captivating. I've loved the original (in real time) all these decades, but this version with those full harmonies & instrument mix was fantastic - bravo !
This is fantastic
UA-cam has truly been consciousness expanding for me in many ways. Now that I can actually understand the lyrics, the theme seems as suited to bluegrass as to reggae. I love both.
as a great fan of reggae. This was a really interesting transformation..its a yes from me...
One of my favorite old tunes. Great Job.
I came to this by searching some Jim white and glad I did. Spine tingling
All great players. Fantastic harmonies. White is a huge talent.
A great song is a great song no matter how it played, as long as it is played well
Amazing
I was not expecting this. This is really nice! 👍
The beginning of this tune is hypnotic… really nice .
this is so weirdly cool. love it!
👍👍👍👍
This was fucking amazing!!
Very impressive.
I love it
Flawless
Pretty Coool😎☇🖒
Great ..solid ..
This is quite compelling to me
Great harmony. Weirdest version of this I have ever heard.
I want to dislike this on general principle...but damn it, I can't.
Interesting version, tight performance, but still prefer the original reggae version. Desmond Dekker just had an incredible voice.
it is not a reggae song is ska
@@Federico-sv8yj by a real Israelite
this is really somethin...
I've played this video a hundred times and I should add that i also loved the original. I was 16yrs old when it came out and it was amazing. Love this cover too. Thx Jim White and The Packway Handle Band!
It didnt have that famous guitar tag in it.....
American Steve'N'Seaguls...
I like this version. It sounds very "roots" for me. Rocksteady had country influence.
roots??? wtf are u tlkin bout
i taste mayonnaise when i listen to this.
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hmmm no.
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how dare you guys destroy a classic... about my people... then show a damned pagan idol at the beginning... we cant haVE NOTHIN I TELLS YA
Pretentious hipster crap.
You changed the lyrics to make a racist reinterpretation of this once fun reggae song. Antisemitism is not becoming to an American genre like bluegrass. Shame.
Care to elaborate on how this is racist? Sorry, but that's about the most cockeyed interpretation of this cover I ever heard. This is a song about poor people making their way. It's a universal lament framed by happy music, both in the original and in this one.
Jim just for the record Dekker was also accused of antisemitism on first release. Your cover is fresh and new. Dumb is timeless.
The lyrics seem to be the original Reggae lyrics. References to Jamaicans being descended from Israel are common in Reggae music. This is an amazing cover of a great song!
Jim White: Thanks for responding.
DNA tests demonstrate that there are indeed pockets of actual, ethnic Hebrew "lost tribes" on the African continent, which may lend substance to claims of Jewish heritage by certain sects in the Caribbean islands, but when this song is performed in an over-the-top, parodic manner by what appears to be a group of Caucasian Americans of European descent, it just comes across as mocking.
Taking out the word, "Sir" and embellishing phrases like _poor [old] me_ and _[ I'm the ] Israelite_ turns this song from a legitimate song of distress and African/Rastafarian hardship into a whining, histrionic complaint, with a sarcastic tone which seems to mock real Jews or anybody who identifies with them for the purpose of attracting sympathy.
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@@asrose7979 yeah, no. racist? not even close. Histrionic? That seems like a bit of projection on your part. Lost Tribes in Africa. You got any credible evidence to back that up? I can't wait to see your sources.