I remember this!.. In reference to an anti NF riot in London in the mid 70's Think it was Southall! Blair Peach from New Zealand was severely beaten during a baton charge by the riot police (The SPG) and later died!. I was only 14 at the time and learned from this incident from this record!.
Notice how slow and heavy Reggae Fi Peach song is including his voice? Hanier Family needs to react to Five Nights of Bleeding, gotta be the slowest and heaviest reggae poetry song ever recorded. Other ones that are also great from Linton Kwesi are, Street 66, Inglan is a Bitch, Down Di Road, which I also recommend for Hanier Family to hear.
Classic Black Ark production! I find the riddim pretty similair to Polive & Thieves (especally the bass ) I love the Curly Locks Riddim, its one of my favorites by The Upsetter! ua-cam.com/video/07UdZMaDZtU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/07UdZMaDZtU/v-deo.html
He's always been political, album "Forces of Victory" in '79 was something else, his next album "Bass Culture" '80 which this is off was slightly less political, his first album, "Dread Beat an' Blood" was probably his most political of his early albums. This was during the time of Thatcherism in the U.K. it was a time of unrest and there was the 'Nation Front' who was growing they were a Neo Nazi type party, they didn't last long thank heavens, but was an ugly time in some ways but also hopeful too.
LKJ performs his stuff almost the same wether he has a band behind him or not. His Backing Band are Amazing. A lot of his stuff was very Political and he did a few along the same lines as thing, some based on real events, some more Generalised. Sonny's Lettah is one that tells a very Sad Story and one of mi Faves.
This is a bit of a long one and it's copied directly fi Wikipedia but worth a read... Clement Blair Peach (25 March 1946 - 24 April 1979) was a New Zealand teacher who was killed during an anti-racism demonstration in Southall, London, England. A campaigner and activist against the far right, in April 1979 Peach took part in an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall against a National Front election meeting in the town hall and was hit on the head, probably by a member of the Special Patrol Group (SPG), a specialist unit within the Metropolitan Police Service. He died in hospital that night. An investigation by Commander John Cass of the Metropolitan Police's Complaints Investigation Bureau concluded that Peach had been killed by one of six SPG officers, and others had preserved their silence to obstruct his investigation. The report was not released to the public, but was available to John Burton, the coroner who conducted the inquest; excerpts from a leaked copy were also published in The Leveller and The Sunday Times in early 1980. In May 1980 the jury in the inquest arrived at a verdict of death by misadventure, although press and some pressure groups-notably the National Council for Civil Liberties-expressed concern that no clear answers had been provided, and at the way Burton conducted the inquest. Celia Stubbs, Peach's partner, campaigned for the Cass report to be released and for a full public inquiry. An inquiry was rejected, but in 1989 the Metropolitan Police paid £75,000 compensation to Peach's family. In 2009 Ian Tomlinson died after he was struck from behind by a member of the Territorial Support Group, the SPG's successor organisation; the parallels in the deaths proved to be the catalyst in the release of the Cass report to the public. The Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, released the report and supporting documentation. He also offered an official apology to Peach's family. The policing of the demonstration in Southall damaged community relations in the area. Since Peach's death the Metropolitan Police have been involved in a series of incidents and poorly conducted investigations-the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence, the death of Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005, the botched 2006 Forest Gate raid and the death of Tomlinson-all of which tarnished the image of the service. Peach's death has been remembered in the music of The Pop Group, Ralph McTell and Linton Kwesi Johnson; the National Union of Teachers set up the Blair Peach Award for work for equality and diversity issues and a school in Southall is named after him.
I remember the name Blair Peach being mentioned in the late 70s, but was unaware at that time of the circumstances behind his killing. As others have mentioned in the comments section, 'Sonny's Lettah' is a good choice for a reaction and covers similar ground to this song.
Most of the story is in the song. Blair Peach was a guy from New Zealand, he moved to England and became a teacher. He was active in politics, and was opposed to the National Front. During an anti fascist rally he was murdered by members of The Special Patrol Group, a paramilitary arm of the Police. They were investigated but never tried, despite a wealth of evidence against them...the ones with beards shaved, the ones without grew them, their uniforms were dry cleaned before handing them over to be examined for blood etc, their lockers at their base were full of illegal weapons, metal knucle dusters, US style Police batons, metal coshes etc. They largely refused to give evidence or help in any enquiry. In one of the investigations, the members of the squad were listed, by the coroner, as being the most likely to have struck the fatal blow in order of probability. So it's known which officer it is, yet he has never been tried. The Special Patrol Group was later disbanded, all of the members of the kill squad retired or left soon after the event....the modern equivalent of the SPG repeated history and killed another man, during another protest years later. LKJ has done some amazing stuff over the years, some of it to music like this, some is just his poetry. A lot is about heavyweight subjects, fascism, poverty, the experience of being black in 70's Britain, and some of it is really sweet and abstract.
Sandy can you remember the punk band from England that wrote a song about Blair I've got memories of it from the long distance past but can't remember it
@@heathcornbeef there's a few songs that mention or are dedicated to Blair Peach, but the only other one I remember is The Pop Group, with a song called Justice.
Kia Ora hello my friends hope you are well I'm walking again and have a pulse so I'm even happier than usual. And this tune just upped my happy day to a higher level reggae just lifts my spirits even sad songs might make me mad at the bad things happening in the world but the beat the vibe just lifts me into a happy place SKA/ROCKSTEADY/DUB/ REGGAE HAPPY SKANKING MUSIC FOR MY EARS LEGS AND LIFE
I associate this chap with being a UK poet not singing .. this track does nothing for me but MY mum raised me to not be afraid to express my opinions … 👀 👍🏴
@@hanierfamily i skank up in my scone i try to leave the rest of my body out of the whole joyous SKANKING good time it's not my scones fault my body can't keep up well that's what my scone thinks 🤔 my body blames my scone and mouth for making STUPID decisions and statements at the wrong time in front of the WRONG PEOPLE (skinheads usely in my younger days)
Sometimes it wasn't my mouth 💯 % my scones fault like deciding to wear a bum flap with a big CRASS patch on it to a gig Scone knew skinheads would be at Scone knew I'd get at least lip about it BLOODY PEACE PUNK WANKER POOFTER HOMO and everything in-between but scone would think F them and my mouth would be one tooth less than before the gig if i was lucky Strangely at 25 i gave alcohol the flick and the fighting almost completely stopped not completely sometimes someone needs to be restrained and my years of judo when i was a kid helps with locking someone up without hurting them or me but you have to be sober to control yourself and the situation your in
The horns are amazing indeed but i like the whole production a lot tbh. Most times i do no mind a good dub version but for some reason i do not really like the LKJ Dub albums. The first one is oke, but 2 and 3 are just to electronic sound for me and i miss that oldschool dub feeling.
Saw him live in Johannesburg, South Africa in the mid-1990s. He was amazing on stage.
bass culture is a very good album , vive les années 80👍👍
I remember this!.. In reference to an anti NF riot in London in the mid 70's Think it was Southall! Blair Peach from New Zealand was severely beaten during a baton charge by the riot police (The SPG) and later died!. I was only 14 at the time and learned from this incident from this record!.
Notice how slow and heavy Reggae Fi Peach song is including his voice? Hanier Family needs to react to Five Nights of Bleeding, gotta be the slowest and heaviest reggae poetry song ever recorded. Other ones that are also great from Linton Kwesi are, Street 66, Inglan is a Bitch, Down Di Road, which I also recommend for Hanier Family to hear.
Enjoy? Oh yes, more reggae? Lee Perry "Dreadlocks in Moonlight" (ua-cam.com/video/Js_zrr2D3kc/v-deo.html). An absolute classic from this legend.
YES YES YES 👏👏👏 IT'S ABSOLUTELY A MASSIVE YES 👏👏👍 BEAUTIFUL SONG 😍👍
Your a keeper kjejon1 💪👏👏👏🤘✌️
Classic Black Ark production! I find the riddim pretty similair to Polive & Thieves (especally the bass )
I love the Curly Locks Riddim, its one of my favorites by The Upsetter!
ua-cam.com/video/07UdZMaDZtU/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/07UdZMaDZtU/v-deo.html
the music is Dennis Bovell another legend
If you like old school reggae please try Wet dream by Max Romeo….
He's always been political, album "Forces of Victory" in '79 was something else, his next album "Bass Culture" '80 which this is off was slightly less political, his first album, "Dread Beat an' Blood" was probably his most political of his early albums. This was during the time of Thatcherism in the U.K. it was a time of unrest and there was the 'Nation Front' who was growing they were a Neo Nazi type party, they didn't last long thank heavens, but was an ugly time in some ways but also hopeful too.
LKJ performs his stuff almost the same wether he has a band behind him or not. His Backing Band are Amazing. A lot of his stuff was very Political and he did a few along the same lines as thing, some based on real events, some more Generalised.
Sonny's Lettah is one that tells a very Sad Story and one of mi Faves.
This is a bit of a long one and it's copied directly fi Wikipedia but worth a read...
Clement Blair Peach (25 March 1946 - 24 April 1979) was a New Zealand teacher who was killed during an anti-racism demonstration in Southall, London, England. A campaigner and activist against the far right, in April 1979 Peach took part in an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall against a National Front election meeting in the town hall and was hit on the head, probably by a member of the Special Patrol Group (SPG), a specialist unit within the Metropolitan Police Service. He died in hospital that night.
An investigation by Commander John Cass of the Metropolitan Police's Complaints Investigation Bureau concluded that Peach had been killed by one of six SPG officers, and others had preserved their silence to obstruct his investigation. The report was not released to the public, but was available to John Burton, the coroner who conducted the inquest; excerpts from a leaked copy were also published in The Leveller and The Sunday Times in early 1980. In May 1980 the jury in the inquest arrived at a verdict of death by misadventure, although press and some pressure groups-notably the National Council for Civil Liberties-expressed concern that no clear answers had been provided, and at the way Burton conducted the inquest.
Celia Stubbs, Peach's partner, campaigned for the Cass report to be released and for a full public inquiry. An inquiry was rejected, but in 1989 the Metropolitan Police paid £75,000 compensation to Peach's family. In 2009 Ian Tomlinson died after he was struck from behind by a member of the Territorial Support Group, the SPG's successor organisation; the parallels in the deaths proved to be the catalyst in the release of the Cass report to the public. The Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, released the report and supporting documentation. He also offered an official apology to Peach's family.
The policing of the demonstration in Southall damaged community relations in the area. Since Peach's death the Metropolitan Police have been involved in a series of incidents and poorly conducted investigations-the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence, the death of Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005, the botched 2006 Forest Gate raid and the death of Tomlinson-all of which tarnished the image of the service. Peach's death has been remembered in the music of The Pop Group, Ralph McTell and Linton Kwesi Johnson; the National Union of Teachers set up the Blair Peach Award for work for equality and diversity issues and a school in Southall is named after him.
Great choice again guys. And if they haven't been suggested yet, you could try other LKJ tracks like Sonny's lettah and Di black petty booshwah.
Lkj one of the best ever
I remember the name Blair Peach being mentioned in the late 70s, but was unaware at that time of the circumstances behind his killing.
As others have mentioned in the comments section, 'Sonny's Lettah' is a good choice for a reaction and covers similar ground to this song.
Most of the story is in the song.
Blair Peach was a guy from New Zealand, he moved to England and became a teacher. He was active in politics, and was opposed to the National Front.
During an anti fascist rally he was murdered by members of The Special Patrol Group, a paramilitary arm of the Police. They were investigated but never tried, despite a wealth of evidence against them...the ones with beards shaved, the ones without grew them, their uniforms were dry cleaned before handing them over to be examined for blood etc, their lockers at their base were full of illegal weapons, metal knucle dusters, US style Police batons, metal coshes etc. They largely refused to give evidence or help in any enquiry. In one of the investigations, the members of the squad were listed, by the coroner, as being the most likely to have struck the fatal blow in order of probability. So it's known which officer it is, yet he has never been tried.
The Special Patrol Group was later disbanded, all of the members of the kill squad retired or left soon after the event....the modern equivalent of the SPG repeated history and killed another man, during another protest years later.
LKJ has done some amazing stuff over the years, some of it to music like this, some is just his poetry. A lot is about heavyweight subjects, fascism, poverty, the experience of being black in 70's Britain, and some of it is really sweet and abstract.
Sandy can you remember the punk band from England that wrote a song about Blair I've got memories of it from the long distance past but can't remember it
SPG was also Vivian from The Young ones pet hamster and a right little prick
@@heathcornbeef there's a few songs that mention or are dedicated to Blair Peach, but the only other one I remember is The Pop Group, with a song called Justice.
@@Sandy-dd4le thanks that's not it but thanks for your time 🙂✌️👍
@@heathcornbeef could it be Jah War, by The Ruts?
Iirc it's about one of Misty In Roots being attacked, possibly at the same rally.
Kia Ora hello my friends hope you are well I'm walking again and have a pulse so I'm even happier than usual. And this tune just upped my happy day to a higher level reggae just lifts my spirits even sad songs might make me mad at the bad things happening in the world but the beat the vibe just lifts me into a happy place SKA/ROCKSTEADY/DUB/ REGGAE HAPPY SKANKING MUSIC FOR MY EARS LEGS AND LIFE
Please don't skank yet. Wait until you know it's not going to send you back to bed.
Good to hear there’s a wee bit of progress big man .. Rock on !
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I associate this chap with being a UK poet not singing .. this track does nothing for me but MY mum raised me to not be afraid to express my opinions … 👀
👍🏴
@@hanierfamily i skank up in my scone i try to leave the rest of my body out of the whole joyous SKANKING good time it's not my scones fault my body can't keep up well that's what my scone thinks 🤔 my body blames my scone and mouth for making STUPID decisions and statements at the wrong time in front of the WRONG PEOPLE (skinheads usely in my younger days)
Sometimes it wasn't my mouth 💯 % my scones fault like deciding to wear a bum flap with a big CRASS patch on it to a gig Scone knew skinheads would be at Scone knew I'd get at least lip about it BLOODY PEACE PUNK WANKER POOFTER HOMO and everything in-between but scone would think F them and my mouth would be one tooth less than before the gig if i was lucky Strangely at 25 i gave alcohol the flick and the fighting almost completely stopped not completely sometimes someone needs to be restrained and my years of judo when i was a kid helps with locking someone up without hurting them or me but you have to be sober to control yourself and the situation your in
The horns are amazing indeed but i like the whole production a lot tbh. Most times i do no mind a good dub version but for some reason i do not really like the LKJ Dub albums. The first one is oke, but 2 and 3 are just to electronic sound for me and i miss that oldschool dub feeling.
Spg special patrol group were a police group who had wide powers.
Yikes I gave my comment as a reply to Heath rather than as a stand alone comment ..🤦♂️.. hey ho !
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I want to be sedated
Commando? anyone
It's my favourite song by THE MIGHTY MIGHTY RAMONES
Jay 1!2!!3!!!4!!!!HAY HO LET'S GO
I've just had plum pudding and The Angelic Upstarts for PUDDING I'm HAPPY AS
Try eagle and the bear
Furtherer. What could be worserer than that?
@@Owlstretchingtime78 Hale and Pace
@@Owlstretchingtime78 It was a Hale and Pace sketch.