A couple of weeks ago I went and saw UB40's ex-lead singer Ali Campbell in concert.

Towards the end of the show he completely caught me off guard when he performed "Purple Rain" in a reggae style.

I won't lie - my jaw was on the floor the entire time just because I was so darn shocked!

Not to mention the fact that Ali is far from a Prince fan, so this was definitely a bizarre choice IMO.

Turns out that the track is lifted from a reggae version of the entire "Purple Rain" album, which will be released by hip hop group The Fun Loving Criminals.

So, then, without any further or due, here's his interpretation..... let me know what you all think of it.

Was expection much worse....but that was pretty cool.

checked for the album....Sinead O'conner singing Prince again???

Was he chewing gum while performing? I hate that.

remko said:

Was he chewing gum while performing? I hate that.

Yes. He most probably was because that's how he's ALWAYS performed and yes it's very annoying! I can't imagine chewing a piece of gum for 2 whole hours either, that's gotta get irritating after a while and you'd want to spit it out. Well I would anyway. Can't speak for Ali of course.

robertlove said:

Was expection much worse....but that was pretty cool.

checked for the album....Sinead O'conner singing Prince again???

Yeah. I was originally gonna say, "This album will feature covers of the entire "Purple Rain" Performed by other artists such as Sinead O Connor." (Infinite number of icons)

uh does Prince know about this?

anc282 said:

A couple of weeks ago I went and saw UB40's ex-lead singer Ali Campbell in concert.

Towards the end of the show he completely caught me off guard when he performed "Purple Rain" in a reggae style.

I won't lie - my jaw was on the floor the entire time just because I was so darn shocked!

Not to mention the fact that Ali is far from a Prince fan, so this was definitely a bizarre choice IMO.

Turns out that the track is lifted from a reggae version of the entire "Purple Rain" album, which will be released by hip hop group The Fun Loving Criminals.

So, then, without any further or due, here's his interpretation..... let me know what you all think of it.

Fell asleep listening 2 this............

Reggae is the worst music style on the planet, imho.

ludwig said:

Reggae is the worst music style on the planet, imho.

I'd go: Country and Blue Grass as 1 & 2

loves reggae .. it works.

go2theMax said:

anc282 said:

A couple of weeks ago I went and saw UB40's ex-lead singer Ali Campbell in concert.

Towards the end of the show he completely caught me off guard when he performed "Purple Rain" in a reggae style.

I won't lie - my jaw was on the floor the entire time just because I was so darn shocked!

Not to mention the fact that Ali is far from a Prince fan, so this was definitely a bizarre choice IMO.

Turns out that the track is lifted from a reggae version of the entire "Purple Rain" album, which will be released by hip hop group The Fun Loving Criminals.

So, then, without any further or due, here's his interpretation..... let me know what you all think of it.

jon1967 said:

loves reggae .. it works.

it certainly does work. it kind of got a bit lost towards the end but that's easy to fix with proper arrangement.

Sometimes when people say things like "Reggae is the worst music style on the planet", to me, it says they clearly have no idea whatsoever what they are talking about.

Milty said:

jon1967 said:

loves reggae .. it works.

it certainly does work. it kind of got a bit lost towards the end but that's easy to fix with proper arrangement.

Sometimes when people say things like "Reggae is the worst music style on the planet", to me, it says they clearly have no idea whatsoever what they are talking about.

Exactly! As a child I didn't mind a bit of reggae every now and then but now it's one of my most favourite genres of music. In fact that's mostly all I've been listening to since 2007.

Well now..

If Dennis Brown (RIP), Beris Hammond, Garnet Silk or John Holt sang it in a roots style YES.

Ali's voice is shot so I dont like his rendition, appreciate the effort though.

Milty said:

jon1967 said:

loves reggae .. it works.

it certainly does work. it kind of got a bit lost towards the end but that's easy to fix with proper arrangement.

Sometimes when people say things like "Reggae is the worst music style on the planet", to me, it says they clearly have no idea whatsoever what they are talking about.

Well I was forced to listen to that garbage a lot, when I went with a friend to one of the biggest reggea music festival in our area. And I also was once in a bar that was playing that music the whole night.

And I simply can't stand that shit. It's boring and annoying as hell.

And what I really don't like is when those reggae people sing like they were little teddy-bears. I don't know how they call that singing-style, but it sounds so stupid.

ludwig said:

Milty said:

it certainly does work. it kind of got a bit lost towards the end but that's easy to fix with proper arrangement.

Sometimes when people say things like "Reggae is the worst music style on the planet", to me, it says they clearly have no idea whatsoever what they are talking about.

Well I was forced to listen to that garbage a lot, when I went with a friend to one of the biggest reggea music festival in our area. And I also was once in a bar that was playing that music the whole night.

And I simply can't stand that shit. It's boring and annoying as hell.

And what I really don't like is when those reggae people sing like they were little teddy-bears. I don't know how they call that singing-style, but it sounds so stupid.

So you hate reggae because you went to ONE reggae music festival and you were ONCE in a bar where reggae was playing.

Judge and jury. Nice.

Your use of language also suggests some kind of superiority. "Those reggae people". Maybe you were listening to the wrong kind of reggae. A lot of it has been appropriated for radio and watered down like Sean Paul and Collie Budz. No biggie. A lot of it is brilliant - not to be cliche but the first Marley album is pretty edgy and has rock elements to it. There's something raw about it that I love.

[Edited 2/10/12 7:18am]

Milty said:

ludwig said:

Well I was forced to listen to that garbage a lot, when I went with a friend to one of the biggest reggea music festival in our area. And I also was once in a bar that was playing that music the whole night.

And I simply can't stand that shit. It's boring and annoying as hell.

And what I really don't like is when those reggae people sing like they were little teddy-bears. I don't know how they call that singing-style, but it sounds so stupid.

So you hate reggae because you went to ONE reggae music festival and you were ONCE in a bar where reggae was playing.

Judge and jury. Nice.

You don't have to STUDY a music or art style to know if you like it or not. It's a matter of personal taste. And those two events werent the only two occasions were I was exposed to that music style.

If you have a different taste, good for you. But don't pretend to know it better, or that eyeryone who has a different taste is a stupid and uneducated fool.

ludwig said:

Milty said:

So you hate reggae because you went to ONE reggae music festival and you were ONCE in a bar where reggae was playing.

Judge and jury. Nice.

You don't have to STUDY a music or art style to know if you like it or not. It's a matter of personal taste. And those two events werent the only two occasions were I was exposed to that music style.

If you have a different taste, good for you. But don't pretend to know it better, or that eyeryone who has a different taste is a stupid and uneducated fool.

easy dude. it's clear you have a hatred for it. that's cool i guess. however, yes, i do know reggae quite well and I tend to know what i'm talking about when it comes to music. I was just trying to be helpful.

ludwig said:

Reggae is the worst music style on the planet, imho.

reggae is officially the worst music on the planet. even worse than death metal and fucking hardcore techno and other utter shite. it's well suited to ali campbell from ub40 who is just utter shite. he's like the mick hucknal of reggae

I wanted it to work, and I think it could work with the right track and vocalist, but I wasn't really feeling this.

The 'Marvin Reggae' tracks they did were fun, though.

http://soundcloud.com/rad...s-going-on

deebee said:

I wanted it to work, and I think it could work with the right track and vocalist, but I wasn't really feeling this.

The 'Marvin Reggae' tracks they did were fun, though.

http://soundcloud.com/rad...s-going-on

These are fantastic!

deebee said:

I wanted it to work, and I think it could work with the right track and vocalist, but I wasn't really feeling this.

The 'Marvin Reggae' tracks they did were fun, though.

http://soundcloud.com/rad...s-going-on

I'm kinda liking this deebee...

Milty said:

deebee said:

I wanted it to work, and I think it could work with the right track and vocalist, but I wasn't really feeling this.

The 'Marvin Reggae' tracks they did were fun, though.

http://soundcloud.com/rad...s-going-on

These are fantastic!

Yeah, there were a few on their SoundCloud page worked pretty well, I thought. The sort of thing I'd get a kick out of hearing if I were out.

Milty said:

ludwig said:

Well I was forced to listen to that garbage a lot, when I went with a friend to one of the biggest reggea music festival in our area. And I also was once in a bar that was playing that music the whole night.

And I simply can't stand that shit. It's boring and annoying as hell.

And what I really don't like is when those reggae people sing like they were little teddy-bears. I don't know how they call that singing-style, but it sounds so stupid.

So you hate reggae because you went to ONE reggae music festival and you were ONCE in a bar where reggae was playing.

Judge and jury. Nice.

Your use of language also suggests some kind of superiority. "Those reggae people". Maybe you were listening to the wrong kind of reggae. A lot of it has been appropriated for radio and watered down like Sean Paul and Collie Budz. No biggie. A lot of it is brilliant - not to be cliche but the first Marley album is pretty edgy and has rock elements to it. There's something raw about it that I love.

[Edited 2/10/12 7:18am]

I know this is off-topic, but since you brought it up, I figured I'd point it out: Bob Marley and the original Wailers originally recorded their first album "Catch A Fire" in a traditional roots, rock reggae style, then their producer (and at the time, head of Island Records) Chris Blackwell called in some outside musicians so that they could add some more "rock" elements over what Marley and his band had already recorded. This was done in an effort to deliberately appeal to a much wider audience, specifically a "rock" audience, because up until Bob came along, reggae was viewed as a novelty genre of music. Also, two of the original songs were rejected: "High Tide Or Low Tide" and "All Day All Night" however Ziggy's group The Melody Makers covered both songs on their "Spirit Of Music" album in 1999 and the songs were later included on the deluxe remastered edition of "Catch A Fire" in 2001.

Most of this is stated in the "Classic Albums" documentary, which you can see on YouTube. I've got the DVD myself.

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