the worldwide appeal of reggae

[leggo rocker]

Mr Dread, sir.

Are you actually reading my replies? It wouldn't seem so aas you are misquoting and misunderstanding me on many points, if not all.

I will answer your points from your last post - one by one - to illustrate that I AM indeed reading YOUR posts.

1
I posted all my posts here without anger, in fact, I've posted them with a clear head and in near Zen-like calm.
Nothing you have said has made me angry. I am sure anyone reading this thread would probably think that it is your posts that are the ones shot from the hip, not mine.

2
You are welcome to think my views are rubbish. Maybe they are. But at least I have stuck to views and not made personal comments and insults.

3
I didn't say you ONLY listen to reggae.

4
I am well aware of the complexity of reggae music. I don't dismiss any of it. I don't like all of it, just most of it!

5
I realise the "let's all unite" is unlikely to actually happen. And I am a realist. But that doesn't mean I can't at least try to encourge peace and unity - over strife and war.

6
You say I "listen to a little bit of reggae" - well I listen to quite a lot of reggae (about 4 hours a day minimum) and have been doing so for a very very long time.

7
I don't come from Lincoln. Lincoln's a nice place. I come from somewhere much, much worse. Nothing like the ghetto. But no picnic.
You have no idea what i know and don't know. You haven't met me and reasoned with me.
I urge you to consider the possibly that I know more than you think.
Where do I 'Look up to my country'? I am certainly not a great fan of English colonialism, particularly as my direct ancestors were also first brought to this country by force, and in chains, many hundreds of years ago! My family's first home in England was a jailhouse cell.

8
Yes, MD, I don't know you and I hope I never meet you. I haven't patronised you once. I wonder if you really know the true meaning of that word, it would appear not.
I am at liberty to air my views here, that is allowed. I don't make personal comments, as you have, because they aren't allowed here.
I am not a righteous person, I am a sinner. I have not judged you. I merely asked you to consider my viewpoint, and I hoped you might be able to do that in a sensible and calm manner. But you can't. And I have certainly shown far more respect of other people, and their views, than you have.

[ranking trevor]

hail

mickey dread, my bredrin i can see where you coming from

And brother leggo i can also see were you coming from

this is an argument that can galong for a long long time....

matter of the fact is evil has and always will happen on this earth, sometimes the past looking worst than the what a gwan now.as black people we have been brutalised, but like mi good bredda leggo say, people living inna this time cannot be to blame.

and i agree with leggo than i&i are brothers and sisters. sons and dauighers of the most high, the colour of i skin is simply a mere distinction of i-self. and we as memebers of this great forum shouldnt be fussing and fighting, but tring to come togheter an ting.

i myself born an grow inna trenchtown kingston ghetto, an yes i, the dutty tuff and ruff, but jah alswys sees a way throgh.reggae music is a way i&i unite on a level no other music can offer (don't get i wrong, i love many type of music).

the fight and war is someting, we should eradicate.

My Brothers Leggo and Mickey Dread

Regardless of colour of skin, nationality or anyting else we should just forget the fighting.ive seen to many of my bredrins in trenchtown dead as a result of gun and knife and it mek me wan fe bawl an mek me real cut innna me heart.jah know. mickey and leggo i see tings from both of the i point of view, just cool it off.

also to the bredrin called sean, i see you havent done anyting wrong, just a lotta temper from brother mickey and alot of tings said. whether the i call it "afria" or homeland or zion or even name the countries it nah matter so mickey nah badda kick up no dust bout it.

this forum is LOVE and unity

Brother Leggo

Brother Sean

Brother Mickey Dread

youve all got different point of view naterally but just let i&i just try and consolidate and get along at the very least, ya see me.

JAH LOVE

[leggo rocker]

Yes Ranking Trevor, well cool.

I don't come to fuss and fight, I come to unite.

[mickey dread]

hello

after reading what trevor wrote and seeing leggo rocker and sean's insight on things i must apologise, i have been ignorant and rude and this forum doesnt promote that. we are all differant and i can accept taht but we are all equal in the eyes of jah.

leggo rocker and sean, forgive me

ranking trevor thank you for the wise words, i do respect it.

[leggo rocker]

Forgiveness is easily given to those who humble themselves - so I have no problem in offering it to you Mickey Dread.

Please also fogive me Mickey if I have offended you at all with my viewpoints and comments. I really don't ever mean to hurt anyone here, as MD says, this forum is not for hurt and hate. It is for love and i-nity.

And to Ranking Trevor:

Ever considered working for the United nations?

[sean]

its ok mickey dread, no problem at all..sean...some good posts by trevor and leggo may i add....

[worsesooner]

Well after all the agrro perhaps i can bring this thread back on track...i'm from Nairobi,Kenya and the scene here is HUGE!Reggae music is truly the sufferer's music.In Nairobian slums and ghetto's and in the rural areas about a healthy 60% percent on foreign music is reggae music.And reggae artists still pull the biggest crowds by far...without media coverage.Culture came(b4 Joseph Hill died RIP)and it was so huge the stadium was full and as many people outside.I was outside coz i missed tickets and we still had a stadium crowd outside!I'm in the Uk now and my best friend,the 1 who introduced me to 70's roots(which i'm now certifiable addicted to) is Indian...and our reggae crew is completed by a frenchman and a Spaniard!

[sean]

many thanks worsesooner..through my work i knew a guy from sierra leone a few years ago, he knew the words to every bob marley song ever produced.it was amazing. thanks very much for the information as regards Kenya. As i read African authors, eg the great Meja Mwangi or the sublime Ngugi wa Thiongo, it does naturally stand to reason that reggae shall be among the favourite music in these African lands...thanks..Sean

[James]

Been following and contributing to this and other threads on the appeal of Reggae outside JA and a reason just came to mind that I don't think has been mentioned so far.

It's fun music to dance to.

All the other reasons given are certainly true, but I don't think Reggae would have the appeal it does if it weren't also dance-able.

People need to have a good time now and then--those who suffer most of all.

[Bill]

Reggae in Japan is big,not as big as local electronic pop bands though.
Nahki is a Japan export pon the dancehall scene,thanks to Sugar Minott.

Reggae provides an international message that alot of people can relate to across the world.Wether its the new stylees or old stylees.