Bonnie and Clyde reference

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Gar

Bonnie and Clyde reference

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Anyone know what the Lee Scratch Perry dub song is that starts with the lyrics "Don't be like Bonnie and Clyde if you want to stay alive"?
RootsRockReggae

Re: Bonnie and Clyde reference

Post by RootsRockReggae »

This is a bit irrelevent but can someone identify which Dillinger (I think its Dillinger at least) that makes reference to Bonny and clyde as well. Thanks in advance.
j j
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Re: Bonnie and Clyde reference

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Bonnie & Clyde are also mentioned in Desmond Dekker & the Aces Israelites.
davek
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j j wrote:Bonnie & Clyde are also mentioned in Desmond Dekker & the Aces Israelites.
The film "Bonnie & Clyde" (1967) was very popular film, and Jamaica is a country that loves action movies, especially those with outlaws. That would explain why two American gangsters would find themselves in Jamaican songs some thirty years after they were shot down.
novu

Re: Bonnie and Clyde reference

Post by novu »

lone ranger´s wicked a go run(cuss cuss) also features a reference to bonny and clyde:

"say don´t go abroad and don´t go disgrace your wife ca you will end up like a bonny and clyde"
DWick
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Re: Bonnie and Clyde reference

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Natty- All for one

Is this the one you were looking for?
singulararse
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Re: Bonnie and Clyde reference

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I think it's Dread Ina Jamdong from Jah Lion's Colombian Colly. Lee Perry's fingers were all over this.
unorthodoxconqueror
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Re: Bonnie and Clyde reference

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singulararse wrote:I think it's Dread Ina Jamdong from Jah Lion's Colombian Colly. Lee Perry's fingers were all over this.
yeah i was gonna say, i think this is definitely the tune that the OP is looking for. a great LP that is, i listen to it a lot.
jamjam
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Re: Bonnie and Clyde reference

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Philip 'Papa' Levi's Bonnie and Clyde was a big tune back in the early 80s. Released just after his big hit Mi God Mi King.
Rocker Johnny
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Re: Bonnie and Clyde reference

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Reference also in Big Joe - Home Guard

"Marcus Garvey drive side to Bunny and Clyde"

If anyone can make out lyrics before and after that quote much appreciated.
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