Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5

[tepista]

When She Begins
Prison Bound
Mommy's Little Monster
So Far Away
Sometimes I Do

[revbob]

Another tough one to narrow down to just 5. Probably one of my top 10 bands.

Another State of Mind
Prison Bound
Ball and Chain
Story of My Life
Dont Drag Me Down

[Marky Dread]

Another tough one to narrow down to just 5. Probably one of my top 10 bands.

Another State of Mind
Prison Bound
Ball and Chain
Story of My Life
Dont Drag Me Down

Really great band shame Mike was in and out of rehabilitation centres or we could've had even more great albums during that period.

[Marky Dread]

Jimmy Cliff Top 5.


1. The Harder They Come
2. You Can Get It If You Really Want
3. Many Rivers to Cross
4. The Guns of Brixton
5. Hard Road to Travel

[Heston]

Great, great singer but hard to look past the Harder They Come soundtrack as it's so great...

The Harder They Come
Many Rivers To Cross
Sitting In Limbo
Over the Border
I Can See Clearly Now

[Flex]

I saw Jimmy Cliff do a free concert in Vail a few years back. Exceptional. But yeah, hard to justify putting his (good) overall catalog above the The Harder They Come soundtrack.

[Low Down Low]

5. Wonderful World Beautiful People
4. Treat the Youths Right
3. Harder They Come
2. Sitting in Limbo
1. Vietnam

[Silent Majority]

the Harder They Come
VIetnam
Guns of Brixton
You Can Get It If You Really Want
Many Rivers to Cross

[101Walterton]

The Harder They Come
Many Rivers To Cross
You can get it if You Really Want
Sitting In Limbo
Wonderful World Beautiful People

Obvious choices but obvious because they are good!!

[muppet hi fi]

1. The Harder They Come
2. You Can Get It If You Really Want
3. Sitting In Limbo
4. Many Rivers to Cross
5. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (one of my bands, DCH, used to cover this. I'd never heard it before. We had three (!) clean guitars on it, and my late brother Nick on lead vox - who was a tremendous soul/R&B singer. I started it full on fast ska; 2nd verse broke it down a bit; 3rd verse full on early '70s reggae, then back to ska for the chorus/outro. Also sang high harmonies on the chorus - again, never having heard the tune before. Got a nice sounding rehearsal tape but 'puter's fucked so I can't upload it ).

[101Walterton]

There is another song that would be in my top 5 if Zi could remember what it was called and haven’t got time st the moment to dig out the CD.

[gkbill]

Hello,

Seven Day Weekend
Reggae Music
Viet Nam
The Harder They Come
Many Rivers to Cross

I really like a lot of his stuff. Rebirth is very good overall - I could have easily put both Ruby Soho and Guns of Brixton in the list.

[Marky Dread]

1. The Harder They Come
2. You Can Get It If You Really Want
3. Sitting In Limbo
4. Many Rivers to Cross
5. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (one of my bands, DCH, used to cover this. I'd never heard it before. We had three (!) clean guitars on it, and my late brother Nick on lead vox - who was a tremendous soul/R&B singer. I started it full on fast ska; 2nd verse broke it down a bit; 3rd verse full on early '70s reggae, then back to ska for the chorus/outro. Also sang high harmonies on the chorus - again, never having heard the tune before. Got a nice sounding rehearsal tape but 'puter's fucked so I can't upload it ).

It's a great song but I prefer the version Jimmy co-produced for The Pioneers best.

[Marky Dread]

The House of Love top 5.


1. I Don't Know Why I Love You
2. Christine
3. You Don't Understand
4. Shine On (both versions)
5. Destroy the Heart

[Heston]

I'll sign off Marky's pick but will add their cover of It's All Too Much at number 5.