MYSTERY BABYLON (178)

Dubroom Online - November 18, 2008


"MYSTERY BABYLON (178)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 18 2008 - It didn't take me long to discover what I had put myself in, after I joined that group of "Christians involved in Reggae Music".

I thought we would be Chanting Down Babylon and tell our Christian brothers and Sisters the truth about Babylon. But in reality, it turned to be nothing more than, well, a cult.

The goal was not to tell the Christians about Babylon, but to basically create a "Gospel Reggae Industry" and use that Industry to infiltrate Reggae Culture and even Rastafarian Culture.

I would meet people who would carry dreadlocks. They would tell me, that the only reason they do it is to "gain trust" from a Rasta, in order to make that Rasta just another Babylonian.

More Tomorrow...

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

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GEMINI SOUND DUB PLATES: THE EIGHTIES (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - A great impersonation just another Gospel Preacher man opens up a very, very special Podcast. Check out a couple of DUB Plates as they were used by the Gemini Sound System, in the 1980's.

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BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS - KINKY REGGAE (1975) (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, November 2008 - After the bizarre introduction, Bob Marley and the Wailers perform their track for American television. The year is 1975, and a lot was about to happen.

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GEMINI SOUND DUB PLATES: THE EIGHTIES

GEMINI SOUND DUB PLATES: THE EIGHTIES
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - A great impersonation just another Gospel Preacher man opens up a very, very special Podcast. Check out a couple of DUB Plates as they were used by the Gemini Sound System, in the 1980's.

The Heptones, Lt. Stitchie, Terror Fabulous, and Dennis Brown: all of them are represented on this Reggae Rarity. These Dub Plates have been used by the Gemini Sound System back in the 1980's.

The vocalists would voice over the riddims and the Sound System would play these special versions on the Dances and at Clashes with other Sound Systems.

This is a historical document, and if only for that reason, a must have in your collection.


PLAYLIST

1. the heptones - love dont come easy
2. dennis brown - put some love in your heart
3. the heptones - please let me go
4. terror fabalus - big man
5. lt stitchy -/??/
6. lt stitchy - mad mad
7. lt stichy - /SCORCHER sleng teng riddim
8. lt stitchy - bun it down //sleng teng

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BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS - KINKY REGGAE (1975)

BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS - KINKY REGGAE (1975)
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW



WWW, November 2008 - After the bizarre introduction, Bob Marley and the Wailers perform their track for American television. The year is 1975, and a lot was about to happen.

The quality of the video is abominable, but the historic value of this Bob Marley performance for American television is just too big.

America was not ready for Reggae, as many Reggae historians would say, about that time around the early 1970's. In a documentary called "Catch a Fire", we see just how much effort was put into getting Bob Marley and Reggae Music accepted by the mainstream in the land of R&B.

The performance on this video can be seen in that historical context. It was a time wherein not just Bob Marley and the Wailers, but many more tried to get Reggae Music into the main stream. A long, long struggle that would take quite a few years still...

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