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Augustus Pablo — Point Blank
Album: This is Augustus Pablo
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Released: 1973
Length: 2:31
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 MJdub wrote:

I don't think I've heard Augustus Pablo on RP before!  I hope my neighbors don't mind.



It's good to challenge people. Your neighbours are probably far too comfortable in their comfort zones. Crank it up, share the joy
Posted 7 months ago by ed_cardiff    [ Reply ]
Oh no!!!  Radio paradise is my favorite station.  However, could play less reggae.  
Posted 7 months ago by Randy1cleo    [ Reply ]
He showed them all the way to go with it..
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Now this is a groove.  Just love the melodica in it as well.  Would like to hear some more from him.
Posted 1 year ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
Love me some AP!  Perfect song for a perfect afternoon the first Friday of summer.
Posted 1 year ago by Clark_Novato    [ Reply ]
Die Anfänge eines neuen Sounds. Seiner Zeit weit voraus.
Posted 1 year ago by Majoran    [ Reply ]
 iMacomania wrote:

sounds like Gorillaz!

Verse vica!

Posted 3 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:

At last! More Reggae! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub. 

While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).

Peace 


Well said.  Peace back at you and this is an 8.
Posted 3 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
Cool, now play some King Tubby, Scientist, and/or Mad Professor! 
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Oh man, it's getting better...thank you for this.

Posted 5 years ago by Noni163    [ Reply ]
 ScottN wrote:
RP loves covers. This is an absolutely complete re-interpretation of Springsteen's so-so song from The River. What did you say? Not Bruce's? oh... sorry. I guess my meds are off-balance again
 
Are you serious?  This album was released about six years before "The River".
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
At last! More Reggae! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub. 

While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).

Peace 
 
I be right dere wit ya mon! 
Posted 6 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
At last! More Reggae! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub. 

While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).

Peace 
 
I'm right there with you, brother!  While Reggae isn't the genre I'm most familiar with, I do find a splash of it here and there is welcome to my ears, esp. in the hands of Mister Segue Master BillG.  Long Live RP!!
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 jah_blessed wrote:
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
That would be like saying the Beatles sound like Gomez. This track is from the early 70s, way before Gorillaz.
 

Yeah, Damon Albarn was probably about 6 years old when this was released.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
At last! More Reggae! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

This is as smooth as it gets. I love 70s dub. 

While I know a lot of you REALLY dislike this music, please just allow me a moment of joy and let a brother have a little dance and smile at a track that gives me real pleasure before we get back to something you may like (and I perhaps don't).

Peace 
Posted 6 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Zweiblumen wrote:
Arrgh. Reggae. If I ran a radio station, it would be exaclty like RP, but we would ban reggae, that's how much I hate it.
 
In 2002 I donated $500 to RP and said I would donate $5k more if Bill quit playing Reggae for a year, Rebecca responded "but we love reggae"
Posted 6 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
 Zweiblumen wrote:
Arrgh. Reggae. If I ran a radio station, it would be exaclty like RP, but we would ban reggae, that's how much I hate it.
 
Then maybe you wouldn't easily find people to run your station. It would be exactly not like RP ^^
Posted 6 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
I don't think I've heard Augustus Pablo on RP before!  I hope my neighbors don't mind.
Posted 6 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
 slartibart_O wrote:
I'm with you mahn. Do like their jerked pork with a cold Red Stripe though.
 
I, on the other hand, am willing to allow them to keep exporting Reggae if they promise to stop exporting Red Stripe...

Posted 15 years ago by ladron    [ Reply ]
Nap Time...

Posted 15 years ago by halo    [ Reply ]
ScottN wrote:
RP loves covers. This is an absolutely complete re-interpretation of Springsteen's so-so song from The River. What did you say? Not Bruce's? oh... sorry. I guess my meds are off-balance again
You know, I think you're right. At first, I didn't even recognize it due to the absence of vocals, different melody, different rhythym, new instruments, changed tempo, decreased Brucosity, and enhanced Augusticity.
Posted 16 years ago by RongoTBurg    [ Reply ]
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
Augustus Pablo played the melodica, which is a little keyboard powered by blowing into a tube. Gorillaz incorporates melodica into their songs sometimes.
Posted 17 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Zweiblumen wrote:
Arrgh. Reggae. If I ran a radio station, it would be exaclty like RP, but we would ban reggae, that's how much I hate it.
I'm with you mahn. Do like their jerked pork with a cold Red Stripe though. I like blues more than just about anything which is basically the same riff repeated forever too but for some reason a reggae rhythm just grates.
Posted 17 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
That would be like saying the Beatles sound like Gomez. This track is from the early 70s, way before Gorillaz.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
I & I dig dis track, mon!
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
ScottN wrote:
RP loves covers. This is an absolutely complete re-interpretation of Springsteen's so-so song from The River. What did you say? Not Bruce's? oh... sorry. I guess my meds are off-balance again
Isn't Dub music usually a re-interpretaion of another work? way to go detective...
Posted 18 years ago by calray    [ Reply ]
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
Right on point, though the opening drum break made me think we were about to hear "Watching The Detectives."
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
iMacomania wrote:
sounds like Gorillaz!
Yes, yes it does.
Posted 18 years ago by the_bink    [ Reply ]
Arrgh. Reggae. If I ran a radio station, it would be exaclty like RP, but we would ban reggae, that's how much I hate it.
Posted 18 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
RP loves covers. This is an absolutely complete re-interpretation of Springsteen's so-so song from The River. What did you say? Not Bruce's? oh... sorry. I guess my meds are off-balance again
Posted 18 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
play I some music...I&I bow our heads and give jah thanks n' praises...
Posted 18 years ago by godspeed    [ Reply ]
timandjuliet wrote:
I usually like this sort of thing, but this song makes me feel like I'm walking up a hill on a hot day ...
... with a big greasy smile on my face!
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
sounds like Gorillaz!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
moomatz wrote:
Wish that I could like reggae more, but it's always the same bass lines, same chord progressions, and same drum fills.
Dinjaknow - all reggae is "set to the beat of the healthy human heart at rest."
Posted 18 years ago by Steven_G    [ Reply ]
Me liketh much. I just thought I'd Putamayo two cents in.
Posted 18 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Jah bless his soul.
Posted 19 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Why does every reggae artist with the exception of bob marley, jimmy clif, and toots come from that putumayo cd. You know there are alot better ones!!! I guess I'll just have to upload some and piss off all the reggae haters.
Posted 19 years ago by snowak    [ Reply ]
cynthos wrote:
did the gorrillaz sample this song or is it just me?
That's the exact reason I started reading these comments... it's pretty similar if it isn't a sample, anyway...
Posted 19 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
I usually like this sort of thing, but this song makes me feel like I'm walking up a hill on a hot day.
Posted 19 years ago by timandjuliet    [ Reply ]
Wish that I could like reggae more, but it's always the same bass lines, same chord progressions, and same drum fills.
Posted 19 years ago by moomatz    [ Reply ]
Not bad. Too short.
Posted 19 years ago by netdiver    [ Reply ]
great to hear the King of the Melodica on RP!
Posted 19 years ago by amv    [ Reply ]
8) www.putumayo.com
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Classic Augustus Pablo dub groove....transporting
Posted 20 years ago by fdobbs    [ Reply ]
cynthos wrote:
did the gorrillaz sample this song or is it just me?
I thought I was going crazy when I thought I heard some gorrillaz in this song. At least I'm not going crazy by myself.
Posted 20 years ago by JCEntMan    [ Reply ]
Great call. I had never heard this particular track before. Not every Augustus Pablo tune is great, but his best stuff has a cool, transporting vibe that is unlike any other reggae artist. My favorite album is "East of the River Nile", highly recommend if you're into this type of melodica-dub groove.
Posted 20 years ago by RongoTBurg    [ Reply ]
Reggae Burlesque is an odd combo. Sounds like a Casio Demo.
Posted 20 years ago by mig7    [ Reply ]
beag wrote:
Try singing "Get Down Moses" over the top...
can't go wrong with this tune . . . reggae fan
Posted 20 years ago by rf    [ Reply ]
Try singing "Get Down Moses" over the top...
Posted 20 years ago by beag    [ Reply ]
cynthos wrote:
did the gorrillaz sample this song or is it just me?
I agree with your police work a hundred percent, there Cynthos! It sounds A LOT like the gorillaz, although they I think they stole that sound from a lot of classic reggae groups. What would they have all done without that cool part time echo-echo-echo-echo? Har!
Posted 20 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Usually like reggae, but this sounds like reggae with a dash of polka.
Posted 20 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
nice choice
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by Zukiwi    [ Reply ]
did the gorrillaz sample this song or is it just me?
Posted 20 years ago by cynthos    [ Reply ]
jeepie dance dance dance ...fun!
Posted 21 years ago by ronny    [ Reply ]
this is very good. great find, RP!
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
actually reminds me of Natural Mystic (one of my favorite Bob tunes) minus the vocals.
Posted 21 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
great selection. hope Augustus is happily putting down the vibes with Jah now...
Posted 22 years ago by pkeys    [ Reply ]