Let me put it This way for you.. No Desmond Dekker no reggae no dancehall!!!... How sad I haven't heard many artists pay homage to this man.. What a shame
The intro oozes with tension while Dessy slowly enunciates every syllable and by the time the tempo lets loose the entire room is primed... what a feeling, what a mood they create!
"Gets up in the morning slaving for bread. So that every mouth can be fed . . ." Yep! Heard that quite a few mornings at LZ Sally back in 1968 while we stood in line waiting for our C-rations for breakfast. So that every mouth could be fed. What an apt song with apt timing.
I was born in the 70s I listen to the lyrics of this song it is happening right now in 2021 you wake up in the morning searching for food so every mouth can be fed wow that's deep
The kinetics of the baseline when hit at the right cadence makes this song groove like no other. A masterpiece. Not such a great backup here, but when the Aces honed it into the right groove, the baseline becomes divine. This song and Sugar sugar are so elementally perfect they will never age.
Every time I hear this performed like different videos and such it’s like hearing it for the first time every time. It’s great. He is a great showman and singer.
Sheer Genius. .. came here from the Maxelll Cassette Tape advert/commercial lol...it's been years since I've heard the true greatness of Desmond D but it NEVER gets old. True brilliance never dims. Thanks and Cheers from an ex pat Brit in Canada 🇨🇦
Was that advert the one where it's mistaken for "me ears are alight?" I think I remember it. All I can picture is the skeleton from the Scotch tape ad, for some reason. (Re-record, not fade away!)😄
Jeff - I’m a 53 year old white guy from Scotland, I’ve loved this music all my days and this is the best 3 minutes of music on the internet, ever. Your brother took something brilliant and made it unforgettable, I will never tire of watching this. RIP Desmond and Wilf.
Desmond was a diamond, a rough-cut one with a soul of gold! Reminds me of the Fair daaan Harrow On The Hill way, and the atmosphere of the greatest Reggae artist of the day. Love it 👍
In the 1960s and 1970s the BBC disliked Reggae. BBC Radio 1 had a policy of not playing reggae even the few tunes that made it into the top of the record charts
This song is the ultimate definitive reggae beat ! Much better than anything Bob Marley ever did. Don’t get me wrong, I live Bob Marley, but Desmond had the rhythm. Just listen to that back beat! Play this in a graveyard and the dead will arise !
Something else you might like: Amy Winehouse's amazingly talented backup singers (the taller one is an especially elegant dancer). You can get a sense of him at 1:57 -- the link below is for a concert that runs more than an hour. ua-cam.com/video/QwAVN3rO_NQ/v-deo.html
I used to go to the "broken drum" bar in grand forks North Dakota. No matter what song was selected on the old juke box it would only play this sing. And often by itself. Hmmmmmmm🐹
It seems that so many live versions of songs are a tad too fast. Not this one by Desmond. It's perfect. Dare I say, it's got a groove the great hit single does not have. I love it.
They just don't make em like this anymore, Kids I am so sorry for what your going through! Listen to this stuff... It will help your mind and soul! Good luck! Bless you all!
Cheers for uploading. What a great version. I love his little wry smile before "The Isaraelites" just rolls from his lips for the first time. And I prefer the choppy delivery of his vocals to the studio release.
there a full version of this tv gig around youtube? Strange version.... BUT i loved it.. I love those impromtu moments that are as new for the musicians as for the audience. (At least that's how it felt?)
That was awesome. Wow I never saw disco reggae before. This song is one of the all-time greats. Could have sworn it was a classic that Dekker covered, but I guess he actually wrote it?
@@harveysmith100I think Desmond Dekker would have said it's reggae, but that's all kind of senseless squabbling, since it's all about rocksteady anyway amirite. No, but for real, though -- this is what happens when you take reggae away from Jamaica and put it in the disco halls of the UK -- the funny and overwrought facial expressions and hair dos kind of show what it is I'm talking about -- heavy drugs is what I'm seeing, and it's kind of hard to watch, honestly.
@@anotherlover6954 You are right, there are no borders between the genres, just good music. There is something clearly wrong with the Discoing of a classic though. The facial expressions do indicate a possible powder prior to going on stage. He was special though, not played enough nowadays. I love Fu Manchu
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
The guy dancing in the background with the blue trousers was really REALLY feeling this song.
lovin every minute
Dude had energy.
Hype man
Yeah he is!
Yeah man how could you not be? I would have loved to be there.
Let me put it This way for you.. No Desmond Dekker no reggae no dancehall!!!... How sad I haven't heard many artists pay homage to this man.. What a shame
You are absolutely correct man.
You got that right 😊.
Before there was Bob Marley, there was Desmond dekker!!
He ist a King of Reggae ❤☮️♾️🤝
I love this Live Version so much! It just hits different. The music, the energy... especially the background dancers! Just pure enjoyment throughout.
The "Rock Around The Clock" of Reggae! It's that significant!
That bassline climb always lifts my heart ♥️
The intro oozes with tension while Dessy slowly enunciates every syllable and by the time the tempo lets loose the entire room is primed... what a feeling, what a mood they create!
Brilliant intro, me ears are alight.
Still listen in 2019
Irie mon! I nd I definitely!! 👊🏽🤚🏿😎🤪🤟🏾
& 2020, Eh ?
2020....
I'm a big heavy metal fan but I love this track
I'm a big reggae fan but I love Nile lol.
"Gets up in the morning slaving for bread. So that every mouth can be fed . . ." Yep! Heard that quite a few mornings at LZ Sally back in 1968 while we stood in line waiting for our C-rations for breakfast. So that every mouth could be fed. What an apt song with apt timing.
I always thought the lyrics were "Get up in the morning same thing for breakfast".
I was born in the 70s I listen to the lyrics of this song it is happening right now in 2021 you wake up in the morning searching for food so every mouth can be fed wow that's deep
One of the greatest songs of any musical genres. Simply brilliant!
WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE AND YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM REGGAE.
The kinetics of the baseline when hit at the right cadence makes this song groove like no other. A masterpiece. Not such a great backup here, but when the Aces honed it into the right groove, the baseline becomes divine. This song and Sugar sugar are so elementally perfect they will never age.
Yes
Wonderful song and singer
How can you not like this song and artist
Every time I hear this performed like different videos and such it’s like hearing it for the first time every time. It’s great. He is a great showman and singer.
How priceless is this recording! I smile every time I hear this song. Poor me!
Such a great song....I just can’t get enough of that Bassline! 👌🏽
ריי שרחל רוצה אותך אל תסרב לה היא נעשתה אלימה
Can you translate this to English, please?
@@1computernew google translate
@@jenniplease it didn't work.
Wonderful Song. Brings back good old Memories. RIP Desmond Decker
Sheer Genius. .. came here from the Maxelll Cassette Tape advert/commercial lol...it's been years since I've heard the true greatness of Desmond D but it NEVER gets old. True brilliance never dims. Thanks and Cheers from an ex pat Brit in Canada 🇨🇦
Was that advert the one where it's mistaken for "me ears are alight?" I think I remember it. All I can picture is the skeleton from the Scotch tape ad, for some reason. (Re-record, not fade away!)😄
@@robertwright7937 Yes that's the one and I found it on UA-cam after all these years lol.
@@Silvanafromchester Thank you. 👍
Another legend, gone far too soon. Looks like my late brother (WILF SLACK) dancing in white shirt, blue tie, in the background, May they both R.I.E.P.
Excellent dancer!!
Jeff - I’m a 53 year old white guy from Scotland, I’ve loved this music all my days and this is the best 3 minutes of music on the internet, ever. Your brother took something brilliant and made it unforgettable, I will never tire of watching this. RIP Desmond and Wilf.
A True Israelite Desmond Decker . RIP🤴🏾
You just want this to go on and on. It is just so good.
Remember dancing to this in the 60s. Loved this song. Desmond is the king of reggae bar none.
Legendary, this was so special to see this!!!
OMG!! God made that back up dancer funky. Some serious mojo. Got to get myself some!!
Greetings From Super Extremes- Sri Lanka
💚 💛 ❤ 💙 💜
Thusitha Thanthirige
Love this song still listing to it in 2018
even now
Love this I used to sing slaving for breakfast
Also listening to it in April 2023...still brilliant...
Desmond was a diamond, a rough-cut one with a soul of gold! Reminds me of the Fair daaan Harrow On The Hill way, and the atmosphere of the greatest Reggae artist of the day. Love it 👍
In the 1960s and 1970s the BBC disliked Reggae. BBC Radio 1 had a policy of not playing reggae even the few tunes that made it into the top of the record charts
Notice how the young generation back then were all slim .
Maybe they didn't let them into the studio, just like today? Same thing with school classes we came across in the last 3 weeks of our trip.
Yes we were and had our natural hair.
Listening in 2022
Imagine my white middle class teacher in 1990s made us play this beat in class. What a song and musical score
I loved this song, think I was about 6 years old at the time😁
Same here! I remember hearing it on the radio when I was a kid.
memories, brilliant memories. oh to be young again
The lyrics is what is so great. Listen to the words. This song is about us. We are the Israelites.
Yes we are The Israelites
This song is the ultimate definitive reggae beat ! Much better than anything Bob Marley ever did.
Don’t get me wrong, I live Bob Marley, but Desmond had the rhythm.
Just listen to that back beat! Play this in a graveyard and the dead will arise !
Two completely different styles that’s all
HBO's Watchmen brought me here. Thank you uploader and RIP Desmond
So natural. I love the way the dancers dance too. They are talented..
Something else you might like: Amy Winehouse's amazingly talented backup singers (the taller one is an especially elegant dancer). You can get a sense of him at 1:57 -- the link below is for a concert that runs more than an hour.
ua-cam.com/video/QwAVN3rO_NQ/v-deo.html
Does not get any better than this...
This version is bloody wicked!
I used to go to the "broken drum" bar in grand forks North Dakota. No matter what song was selected on the old juke box it would only play this sing. And often by itself. Hmmmmmmm🐹
This is a kick ass live version. Thanks!
A great song and artist. Thanks, cousins.
One of the greats! Legend!
Eddie amoo and Dave Smith from the real thing are there, harmonising
Loved this song from the day i first heard. Thanks to the internet I'm not sitting next to the Dansette playing a million times wondering what TF.
total reggae,my brother was at the boat house in Chiswick for a similar gig by des,thanks for giving it to us,much appreciated.
This man has it!... Number one hit!
Wow -- was a big fan of the 45 when it came out but I've never heard a live version until now. Thanks for sharing - this is AWESOME
genuinely masterpiece! 💕💕💕
Weird that I'm quarter Jamaican and my dad is the only white guy with afro dancing in the crowd
He re-recorded this in a faster harder version in the early eighties with some 2-Tone musicians. Butt kicker!
It seems that so many live versions of songs are a tad too fast. Not this one by Desmond. It's perfect. Dare I say, it's got a groove the great hit single does not have. I love it.
They just don't make em like this anymore, Kids I am so sorry for what your going through! Listen to this stuff... It will help your mind and soul! Good luck! Bless you all!
1964, Millie Small. (My boy lollipop) Was the 1st Jamaican artist to have a hit in the UK.
Desmond dekker
Might of been lord god almighty
As far as I am concerned
Saw him at every scooter rally
And more Legend
2019 still banging this loud
Daniel Fletcher
Proof Jews aren’t semitic
Thanks BBC!
🤣👌
I am still listening in 2023. Best wishes to you.
I can't stop watching this
Cheers for uploading. What a great version. I love his little wry smile before "The Isaraelites" just rolls from his lips for the first time.
And I prefer the choppy delivery of his vocals to the studio release.
A song like no other.
there a full version of this tv gig around youtube?
Strange version.... BUT i loved it..
I love those impromtu moments that are as new for the musicians as for the audience. (At least that's how it felt?)
Black current was the show. Also sang sing a little song. Would love to see the full show with The Real Thing and Billy Paul.
Always a moment for this band 🙏 many thanks for sharing...
cheers for the upload.....great version!
Love this song . .great to dance to!
That’s a great vibe
Wow!!!. Very cool.
This came out when I was in high school 50 years ago and I like ir
Great performance. Thry feeling that shit
Great moves from Desmond ❤
I had this on a 45rpm single when I was 10-12 yo. I thought they were singing, " Get up every morning have bacon for breakfast..." LOL!
So did I!
Love this so much !
the day after he died he was headline act at the UK biggest free festival Godiva in Coventry
I was lucky enough to see him live & he was awesome
Great version
That was awesome. Wow I never saw disco reggae before. This song is one of the all-time greats. Could have sworn it was a classic that Dekker covered, but I guess he actually wrote it?
Yes. He wrote it.
It's really Ska not reggae.
@@harveysmith100I think Desmond Dekker would have said it's reggae, but that's all kind of senseless squabbling, since it's all about rocksteady anyway amirite.
No, but for real, though -- this is what happens when you take reggae away from Jamaica and put it in the disco halls of the UK -- the funny and overwrought facial expressions and hair dos kind of show what it is I'm talking about -- heavy drugs is what I'm seeing, and it's kind of hard to watch, honestly.
@@anotherlover6954 You are right, there are no borders between the genres, just good music.
There is something clearly wrong with the Discoing of a classic though. The facial expressions do indicate a possible powder prior to going on stage.
He was special though, not played enough nowadays. I love Fu Manchu
Excellent 👍🏿👍🏿
- The Good Old Kolleges Of Millle Small and workfriend and friend!
- ;-)
1 reggae i Heard in the60s comunist country
HEARD THIS SONG FIRST TIME IN 1969 SPRITUAL.SELAH.
Ooooooo ooooooh me ears are alight!
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
WATCHMEN EPISODE 3
nabend hier die 9e grüße vom boss machen auch gerne musik mit schlagzeug
Hallo 9e ich spiele auch gerne Schlagzeug
Oh our ska godfather !! Jah a Israelites!!!!
Happy birthday desom, yous a aging blk, brits, from blk communities, london, england, united, kingdoms, now hes, aging man, 82th
Love it fool 😂
He changed the world
Love it
Classic!! 😍
yes we are still the Israelites don't forget god chosen people wake my brothers
and sisters
Bullshit.
De song is good one
i love this performance. this has surpassed the original recording in my opinion.
never old never forgot
Desmond : the Don
Is this Desmond that Paul McCartney talked about in obladi oblada?
Yes. Paul referenced Desmond Dekker in his song as Desmond had just finished a tour throughout the UK.
Gracias.
Ich liebe diesen song.
The dancers remind me the ones from "All Pink on The Inside".
Desmond Dekker is a fucking legend
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