British Reggae

I was at the Butterboy site and got a compilation called Don't Call Us Immigrants which is quite good. It got me thinking of all the Reggae I was exposed to (and loved) that was not from Jamaica. So this pick is all British Reggae bands (It might already be posted on the BB site, but I had to post it here too). I came across these (mostly in the 80's) when I was disovering reggae in general. Not sure which I heard first, UB40 or Black Slate, but I quickly found reggae from the 70's. This has no doubles with the previously mentioned compialtion and also has none of the reggae influenced bands like Eric Clapton, nor any Two Tone or even the punk bands that played reggae songs like The Ruts or The Clash. Just British bands some with a Jamaican heritage, but some not at all, but showing their love for the music coming out of a special Caribbean island and putting their own spin on it. I hope you like it and I hope you come up with a few suggestions of songs I left off. Notice the Red, Green and Gold Union Jack.

British Reggae

01 Dub Syndicate - Night Train

02 Beshara - Men Cry Too

03 Gappy Ranks - Heaven In Her Eyes

04 Maxi Priest - In The Springtime

05 The Cats - Swan Lake

06 Aswad - Don't Turn Around

07 General Levy - Champagne Body

08 Black Slate - Amigo

09 Matumbi - Point Of View

10 Creation Rebel - Dub From Creation

11 UB40 - Food for Thought

12 Misty In Roots - How Long Jah

13 Mad Professor - Kunte Kinte-The African Warrior

14 Carroll Thompson - I'm So Sorry

15 Alpha & Omega - Rastafari

16 Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

17 Steel Pulse - Roller Skates

18 Pato Banton - Don't Sniff Coke

British Pick 2

Continuing the pick from yesterday, here are iconic tracks from iconic British bands, mostly songs about Britain or so highly associated with Britain, it might as well be. A few doubles here, but kind of obvious why when you listen to the tracks. I had to do it. Some of these artists had bigger hits, but these tracks were more British. And they were big enough hits. And I like them. Most had success outside of England, but a couple in this series, just didn't connect so much with an American audience. Sorry, too bad. Their loss.

British Pick 2

17 Oasis - Live Forever

18 Ray Blk featuring Stormzy - My Hood

19 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

20 Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

21 Spice Girls - Wannabe

22 New Order - World In Motion

23 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

24 PJ Harvey - Down By The Water

25 The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection

26 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

27 Stranglers - Peaches

28 Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

29 The Clash - This Is England

British 1 Pick

This was a stupid title, but what else could it be? I was making some compilation picks for playlists around the world and I thought what about the UK? No, that would be stupid. How could you possibly pare down the music from Britain. There's miles of it. So I came up with a solution. Songs or bands that were about Britain, while also being from Britain, or else so iconic of a British song that people think of Britain when they hear the song. And I had to really like the song. I think I did pretty good. I'm sure there are some I just didn't think of, so enlighten me in the comments. Some were really easy. C'mon. Kate Bush. Iconic artist from England with a song about England? Too easy. Robbie Williams? So many people outside of England may not even know who he is, but in England? A god. And a song like Angels is just too easy to pick, because who in England doesn't associate that with Britain? So enjoy this part of the world.

British 1 Pick

01 The English Beat - Stand Down Margaret

02 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

03 Buzzcocks - What Do I Get

04 Giggs - Talking Da Hardest

05 The Jam - Town Called Malice

06 Wire - 1 2 X U

07 Oasis - Wonderwall

08 Kate Bush - Oh England My Lionheart

09 Beatles - A Day in the Life

10 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

11 The Fall - British People In Hot Weather

12 Blur - Song 2

13 The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

14 Skepta featuring JME - That's Not Me

15 Amy Winehouse - Rehab

16 Robbie Williams - Angels