Classic songs that make you think of Jamaica (not Reggae)

Of course Reggae is King.
Can't hear it without thinking of Negril, but.....

There are other songs, other music
that instantly carry me up there, into that rarified air,
and make me dream of Jamaica.

Who can guess this tune?

Sky, so vast as the sky,
with far away clouds, just wandering by......
Where do they go......?
Oh, I don't know, don't know.

Wind that speaks to the leaves,
telling stories that no one believes,
stories of love,
belong to you.......... and me!

Any other tunes (not Reggae) that bring you (in your mind) to Negril???

The banana boat song."Day-O"

It's actually a lament sung by a banana cutter.

Cap

Mi sweet gal Lliza.

Every time mi remember Liza, watah come a mi eye.
I remember mi sweet gal liza, watah come a mi eye.
Come back Liza, comeback gal, watah com a mi eye.
Come back Liza, comeback gal, dry de cry from mi eye.

My Boy Lollipop!

Harry Belafonte, Capt, D
I know that one.

"Drunk In Love" *Beyoncé* (Its not a classic but it makes mi thin) :)

walking on sunshine .... katrina and the waves....and don;t it feel good

The Kinks - Apeman

Here's seven minutes of the mento band at Sands club in '83

The singer is "shakin' bone" Check the tune at 6:00 he really gets into it!

Cap:

https://vimeo.com/57819786

kokomo by the Beach Boys, don't know why it just does.

''Happy"" by Pharell

Not a classic but ...takes me back every time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBh17_dmaFw

So chill

On and On - Stephen Bishop

Dread Loc Holiday 10CC

Jackson Browne - Jamaica Say You Will

John Denver - Take Me Home Country Road.....because it was a Reggae cross over with the lyrics "take me home to west Jamaica".

Regards,
Bob

Under The Mango Tree (from the James Bond film "Dr. No").

By a local band called Sunblind Lion years ago



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFjHfBQMzV8

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Jackson Browne - Jamaica Say You Will

John Denver - Take Me Home Country Road.....because it was a Reggae cross over with the lyrics "take me home to west Jamaica".

Regards,
Bob

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Hey Livin, remind you of anything ....:)

Well its not a classic but Zac Brown Island song always makes me think of Negril

These aren't "classic" but they do the trick for me:

It Wasn't Me - Shaggy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv5fqunQ_4I

I remember the crew got everyone singing this on the M/Y Zein cruise from the Grand Lido back in the day. It's got a great beat and you can dance to it! :cool:

Castaway - Zac Brown

Funny - a video four CSA popped up when I was looking for this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFeJNGEtFM

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My Boy Lollipop!

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I agree, HJ. It's one I remember from back in the day. That's 53 years ago!

Homebrewer,
That was a pretty good tune!

Mine was "Dindi" by Jon Lucien.

BOB SEGER LYRICS
"Sunspot Baby"

She packed up her bags and she took off down the road
Left me here stranded with the bills she owed
She gave me a false address
Took off with my American Express
Sunspot Baby
She sure had me way outguessed

She left me here stranded like a dog out in the yard
Charged up a fortune on my credit card
She used my address and my name
Man that was sure unkind
Sunspot Baby
She sure has a real good time

I looked in Miami
I looked in Negril
The closest I came was a month old bill
I checked the Bahamas and they said she was gone
I can't understand why she did me so wrong

But she packed up her bags
And she took off down the road
Said she was going to visit sister Flo
She used my address and my name
And man that was sure unkind
Sunspot Baby
I'm gonna catch up sometime
Sure had a real good time

"Montego Bay" - Bobby Blume & "Drift Away"- Dobie Gray

Big bamboo. Ha!

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Hey Livin, remind you of anything ....:)

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So grateful I got to see Toots sing it live and in person!!!!! Great tune!

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Big bamboo. Ha!

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Love this song! Was on a cat cruise the first time I heard it!

I always think of Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, but I think it is, by nature, an incredibly nostalgic song. I think I've heard Luddy do it on occasion.

Here's a couple....Zac Brown Band = Knee Deep , Toes, Where the boat leaves from
Bellamy Brothers = Get into reggae cowboy, Almost Jamaica
Jimmy Buffett = Sail on sailor, Volcano, Margarettaville
Kenny Chesney = When the sun goes down, No shoes, no shirt, no problem
Blondie = The tide is high
Jackson/Buffett = It's 5 o clock somewhere
Johnny Nash = Stir it up
Captain Jack = Iko Iko
UB40 = red red wine
Blake Shelton = some beach
Rupert Holmes = If you like Pina colada {Escape}
T-Spoon = Sex on the beach
Lily Allen = Smile
Katrina & The waves = Walking on sunshine
Linda Ronstadt = Heat wave
Lou Bega = mambo #5
Beach boys = California girls, and others
Millie Smalls = My boy lollipop
The go go's = vacation
That's my take on this post.......enjoy

I have a list:

Thomas Rhett - Vacation (not a classic)
Kenny Chesney - Magic, No Shoes No Shirt No Problem, Old Blue Chair, and Boston - well - mostly any of his beach songs
Pharrel Williams - Happy
Blake Shelton - Sangria

And for the win? Toxic by Brittany Spears On our first trip for my brother's wedding - they were playing it at the club and it was so out of place at the time that it always reminds me of the after party of their reception and our first trip to Negril.

Unring the bell, Warren Haynes

Vahevala, Loggins & Messina

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Originally Posted by Slightly Stoopid

Not a classic but ...takes me back every time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBh17_dmaFw

So chill

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Niiiice

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Unring the bell, Warren Haynes

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Warren kicks ass. I love his Eagles cover of Wasted Time

https://youtu.be/IcNaHnV94Zw

Lil Sublime helps to set the tone

https://youtu.be/h0i62GnQoo0

Dancehall and reggae sometimes cross paths and this Busy Signal song is a go to on the way to the airport. It has some bad words, so do not listen to it if you try and find offense in everything.

https://youtu.be/ZT4U4gFcxz4

I-Octane

https://youtu.be/lrlH8aJrApA

https://youtu.be/nO8QtOvxziw




While reflecting

https://youtu.be/RM5aW83L_DE

I think I'm pretty good, however Poolguy holds his own quite well

https://youtu.be/XtMy5IBmX7E

Please excuse the obnoxious ads in my suggestions.

FREE BIRD by LYNYRD SKYNYRD

it does not remind me of JA. but it is a GREAT song by the worlds GREATEST R& R BAND :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R51VrMMzUX4

Love mi sum Aggrolittes

Tons of songs by the Clash:

Rudy Can't fail (about Jamaican kids in London)
Safe European Home (About the violence they encountered in Kingston in the late 70s)

There are probably 20 songs with explicit JA references. Clash loved Jamaica!

Brown Girl in the Ring

Boney M

Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis(not a classic)-It was always playing at the pool at Travellers our first trip and I can hear it, close my eyes and I'm in the grotto.

Sean Paul & Sasha = I'm still in love with you .... Feel good song. Check it out.