Reggae - Stir it Up Sounds of the 70s 2

MUSIC: "Uptown Top Ranking" by Althea & Donna

# See me in me heels and ting

# Dem check say we hip and ting

# True dem no know an' ting

# We have dem going and ting

# Nah pop no style, I strictly roots

# Nah pop no style I strictly roots... #

# I am the magnificent

# I'm back with the shack of a soul boss

# Most turning, storming sound o'soul

# I am W-O-O-O-O

# And I'm still here again

# Ow!

# Huh?

# Work, work, work

# Work, work, work

# One time

# Work it on, baby

# Move, move, move, move, move

# Huh?

# Work it up on me now

# Hit the spot

# Ow!

# Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah-yeah, baby

# Work, work, work

# Work, work, work

# You're thin, baby, you're thin

# Want to twist thin, baby

# Huh, move it

# I am the magnificent, baby

# W-O-O-O

# Huh

# Mush, mush, mush, power

# Good God

# Too much, I like it, huh

# Hey

# Soul power

# Work it on me one time, now

# Work it two time

# Shocking

# Rocking

# I am the magnificent, baby

# W-O-O-O-O

# I'm back with a shack of a soul sound, baby

# Work it out, now, huh

# Ouch

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Baby

# Hey!

# Can't you feel it?

# Rocking, rocking, musically socking

# Baby. #

APPLAUSE

LAUGHTER

What is wrong with the set?

Er, we can't get a photo, mate.

Ah, terrific. Thanks.

Magic! Black magic!

# Stir it up

# Little darling, stir it up

# Come on, baby

# Stir it up

# Little darling, stir it up

# Whoa-oh

-# It's been a long, long time

-Stir it, stir it, stir it together

-# Since I've got you on my mind

-Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Whoa-oh, ooh, yeah

-# And now you are here, I say

-Stir it, stir it, stir it together

# It's so clear

# To see what we could do, baby

# Just me and you

# Come on and stir it up

# Little darling, stir it up

# Come on, baby

# Come on and stir it up

# Little darling, stir it up

# Oh-ah

-# Yeah, I'll push the wood

-Stir it, stir it, stir it together

# I'll blaze your fire

# Then I'll satisfy Your heart desire

-# Stir it, stir it, stir it together

-Said I'll stir it, yeah, every minute

# All you've got to do, baby Is keep it in, hey

# Stir it up

# Little darling, stir it up

# Come on, baby

# It's our business to stir it up

# Ooh, yeah, my, my

# Little darling, stir it up

# Oh, yeah, yeah. #

That song and performance belongs to a tradition of music called reggae.

It comes from the West Indies,

where it was born in the days of colonialism.

It's the music of the underdog.

It reflects the passions of people held in colonial bondage.

# You sheltered me from harm

# Kept me warm

# Kept me warm

# You gave my life to me

# Set me free

# Set me free

# The finest years I ever knew

# Is all the years I have with you

# And I would give anything I own

# Give up my life, my heart, my own

# And I would give anything I own

# Just to have you back again

# Is there someone you know

# That won't let you go

# And taking it all for granted?

# You may lose them one day

# Someone takes them away

# And you don't hear a word they say

# And I would give anything I own

# Give up my life, my heart, my own

# And I would give anything I own

# Just to have you back again

# Just to talk to you words again

# Is there someone you know

# That won't let you go

# And taking it all for granted?

# You may lose them one day

# Someone takes them away

# And you don't hear a word they say

# And I would give anything I own

# Give up my life, my heart, my own

# And I would give anything I own

# Just to have you back again

# Just to talk to you words again

# Just to hold you once again. #

However the carnival started, its beginnings were modest.

There were no elaborate costumes, just fancy dress.

And the mood was very much dictated by the relaxed rhythms

of calypso and steel bands, so much a sound of the West Indies.

# First you take my heart In the palm of your hand

-# And squeeze it tight

-Ooh, ooh-ooh

# Then you take my mind

-# And play with it all night

-Ooh, ooh-ooh

# You take my pride

# And you throw it up against the wall

# Ooh, ooh-ooh

# You take me in your arms, baby

# And bounce me like a rubber ball

# Well, I'm not complaining

# What you're doing, you see

# Cos this hurting feeling Is, ooh, so good to me

-# Cos don't you know that it

-Hurts so good

-# Don't you know that it

-Hurts so good

-# Don't you know that it

-Hurts so good

# It hurts so good

# You take my name

# And you scandalise it in the street

# Ooh, ooh-ooh

# Ooh, anything you want to do

# I say it's all right with me

# Ooh, ooh-ooh

# You turn right around

# And make sweet love to me

# Ooh, ooh-ooh

# Ooh, gee, baby You sure look good to me

# Cos baby

# Well, these things You're doing to me

# It hurts so bad But it's worth all the misery

-# Cos don't you know that it

-Hurts so good

-# Don't you know that it

-Hurts so good

-# Don't you know that it

-Hurts so good

# It hurts so good

# Ooh, baby

# Ooh, baby

# Ooh, ooh

# Ooh, boy, please don't ever take that hurt off me

# Ooh, ooh-ooh

# Cos it would hurt even worse If you ever, ever leave

# Ooh, ooh-ooh

# Well, even though sometimes

# It's hard for me to bear

# Ooh, ooh-ooh

# Well, I'll make myself hold out

# Cos if it kills me, I don't care

# Cos, baby

# I don't want you to ever quit

# It ain't no good Till it hurts a little bit

-# Cos don't you know that it

-Hurts so good

-# Don't you know that it

-Hurts so good

# Don't you know that it... #

This is BBC One.

STEEL BAND MUSIC PLAYS

# Long time ago When Britain was great

# Plenty of food upon our plate

# But the cost of living now Don't make sense

# Two pennyeth of chips cost 25 pence

# The government They floated the pound

# They all floated off There's no more around

# They decimalised our currency

# Now it's in for a penny And out for a P. #

# Woy

# Woy

# Woy

# Woy

# Woy, desperation has returned

# Here now Sodom and Gomorrah no deh yah so

# Woy, desperation has returned

# Over yonder Sodom and Gomorrah no deh yah so

# Wild one

# You're like the Prodigal Son Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Woy, if you're the Prodigal Son My friend, then

# Woy, you're the one

# You left taking

# Your only possession

# Your culture

# To enter a world known for hacklings

# In abundance, yeah

# The, the, the hustlers of life

# Have hooked and drained you From the man

# From the man, from the man

# From the man that you used to be

# R-R-R-Rastaman, where you come from

# From the land Of your forefathers, yeah

# Reaching the gates With your two long hands, now

# Stretching out for clean water

# Wild one

# Prodigal Son

# If you are the Prodigal Son Son, my friend

# You're the one, hey

# Hey, Prodigal, come forth And rejoice with your voice

# To the heavens

# Chant some song

-# Prodigal, come forth and repent

-Chant some song

-# Rastafari sins forgive

-Confess your wrong

# Confess your wrong

# Woy, desperation has returned

# Here now Sodom and Gomorrah no deh yah so

# Woy, desperation has returned

# Over yonder Sodom and Gomorrah no deh yah so

# One has returned without one's soul

# And has squandered All his possessions

# Let us cleanse your body now

# From your service To the swine, because

# You've been dead And now to anoint your head

# With wisdom, knowledge and understanding

# A lesson has been taught Unto you my friend

-# My friend, my friend, my friend

-Woy, rejoicing

# Wild one

# You're like the Prodigal Son

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# If you're the Prodigal Son Son, my friend

# You're the one

# Hey, hey

# Prodigal, come forth and rejoice with your voice

# To the heavens

# Ch-ch-ch-chant some song, yeah

# Prodigal, come forth and repent

# Rastafari sins forgiven

# Woy, desperation has returned

# Here now Sodom and Gomorrah no deh yah so

# Woy, desperation has returned

# Over yonder Sodom and Gomorrah no deh yah so. #

England clearly had the advantage of freshness.

But the West Indies have one other weapon,

and it's never let them down.

You're no bowler!

Unswerving support from the most vociferous

group of fans in the world.

-Come on! We can murder them.

-We can murder them.

# See me in me heels and ting

# Dem check, say we hip and ting

# True them no know and ting

# We have them going and ting

# Nah pop no style

# Us strictly roots

# Nah pop no style

# Us strictly roots

# See me 'pon the road An' you no call out to me

# True, you see me In my pants and ting, oh!

# See me in my 'alter back

# Say me gi' you heart attack

# Gimme little bass Make me wine up me waist

# Uptown Top Ranking

# See mi in mi Benz and ting, oh!

# Drivin' through Constant Spring

# Them check say we come From Cosmo Spring

# But a true dem no know and ting

# Dem no know say we top ranking, oh!

# Uptown Top Ranking

# Shoulda see me And the ranking dread, oh!

# Check how we jamming and ting

# Love is all I bring

# Inna me khaki suit and ting

# Nah pop no style

# Us strictly roots

# Nah pop no style

# Us strictly roots

# Catch how we chuck it and ting

# Inna we khaki suit and ting

# Love is all I bring

# Inna me khaki suit and ting

# Nah pop no style

# Us strictly roots

# Nah pop no style

# Us strictly roots

# Love inna you heart Dis a bawl out fe you

# When you see me In my pants and ting, oh!

# See me in my 'alter back

# Say me gi' you heart attack

# Gimme little bass Make me wine up me waist

# Uptown Top Ranking

# See mi 'pon the road And you no' call out to me

# True you see me In me pants and ting, oh!

# See me in my 'alter back

# Say me gi' you heart attack

# Gimme little bass Make me wine up me waist

# Gimme little bass Make me wine up me waist

# Love is all I bring

# Inna me khaki suit and ting. #

Enoch Powell has offered me £1,000 to go home.

Which is great cos it's only £10 on the train from here to Birmingham!

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

# I've been wanting you

# For so long, it's a shame

# Oh, baby

# Every time I hear your name

# Oh, the pain

# Boy, how it hurts me inside

# Cos every time we meet

# We play hide and seek

# I'm wondering what I should do

# Should I dare come up to you

# And say, "How do you do?"

# Would you turn me away?

# You're as much to blame

# Cos I know you feel the same

# I can see it in your eyes

# But I've got no time

# To live this lie

# No, I've got no time

# To play your silly games

# Silly games

# Yet in my mind I say

# If he makes his move today

# I'll just pretend to be shy

# Oh, baby, it's a tragedy

# That you and me

# We don't even try

# You're as much to blame

# Cos I know you feel the same

# I can see it in your eyes

# But I've got no time

# To live this lie

# No, I've got no time

# To play your silly games

# Silly games. #

What a cheek

Dem think we meek

And we can't speak up fe we-self

What a cheek

Dem think we weak

And we can't stand up on we feet.

# Aye aye aye, aye aye aye Dem a tell me

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# Aye aye aye, aye aye aye Dem a tell me

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# I never saw you I only heard of you

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# I never saw you I only heard of you

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# It's no lie, it's no lie Dem a tell me

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# It's no lie, it's no lie Them a tell me

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# Now I know that, now I understand

# You're turning a monkey 'pon me

# Now I know that, now I understand

# You're turning a monkey 'pon me

# Aye aye aye, aye aye aye Dem a tell me

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# Aye aye aye, aye aye aye Dem a tell me

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

# No matter, no matter to me That you never hug a monkey man

# I see you with a monkey man

# H-a-a-a-a-a-ah!

# I says, I'm on my way To Banbury Cross

# Then I see a monkey 'Pon a white horse

# With rings 'pon he fingers Bells on him toes

# He'll sing a little song Wherever he may

# Cos he's a monkey Cos he's a monkey

# Cos he's a weedy, weedy Greedy, weedy monkey man

# Aye aye aye, aye aye aye Dem a tell me

# Huggin' up a big monkey man

# Aye aye aye, aye aye aye Dem a tell me

# Huggin' up a big monkey man. #