Desmond Dekker Israelites Reggaae at the BBC

[@B15SDMDESIGNS]

The guy dancing in the background with the blue trousers was really REALLY feeling this song.

[@ryanjsimpson]

lovin every minute

[@argentorangeok6224]

Dude had energy.

[@euminkong]

Hype man

[@patszer8314]

Yeah he is!

[@SnowUltra]

Yeah man how could you not be? I would have loved to be there.

[@optimusprime9721]

Let me put it This way for you.. No Desmond Dekker no reggae no dancehall!!!... How sad I haven't heard many artists pay homage to this man.. What a shame

[@matthiasschweiger-schulte1718]

He ist a King of Reggae ❤☮️♾️🤝

[@malcolmglasgow1763]

Before there was Bob Marley, there was Desmond dekker!!

[@John-ny2vw]

I'm a big heavy metal fan but I love this track

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

That bassline climb always lifts my heart ♥️

[@moffettcoates6455]

Every time I hear this performed like different videos and such it’s like hearing it for the first time every time. It’s great. He is a great showman and singer.

[@michaelcummingsherrera1232]

"Gets up in the morning slaving for bread. So that every mouth can be fed . . ." Yep! Heard that quite a few mornings at LZ Sally back in 1968 while we stood in line waiting for our C-rations for breakfast. So that every mouth could be fed. What an apt song with apt timing.

[@nickrobinson7283]

I always thought the lyrics were "Get up in the morning same thing for breakfast".

[@marvafrancis8524]

I was born in the 70s I listen to the lyrics of this song it is happening right now in 2021 you wake up in the morning searching for food so every mouth can be fed wow that's deep

[@thomasstrotkamp4484]

Wonderful Song. Brings back good old Memories. RIP Desmond Decker

[@benellis9665]

The "Rock Around The Clock" of Reggae! It's that significant!

[@kamuelalee]

One of the greatest songs of any musical genres. Simply brilliant!

[@stuartsamcrosonsofanarchyr4413]

Still listen in 2019

[@johnknee1537]

Irie mon! I nd I definitely!! 👊🏽🤚🏿😎🤪🤟🏾

[@msv6674]

& 2020, Eh ?

[@miodragpopov3390]

2020....

[@frankbullitt4556]

How can you not like this song and artist

[@damiensullivan741]

Notice how the young generation back then were all slim .

[@martinhall932]

The intro oozes with tension while Dessy slowly enunciates every syllable and by the time the tempo lets loose the entire room is primed... what a feeling, what a mood they create!

[@waukivorycopse2402]

Brilliant intro, me ears are alight.

[@saladdays180s9]

The kinetics of the baseline when hit at the right cadence makes this song groove like no other. A masterpiece. Not such a great backup here, but when the Aces honed it into the right groove, the baseline becomes divine. This song and Sugar sugar are so elementally perfect they will never age.

[@Vinnnne]

Yes

[@vickyfarmer1176]

Wonderful song and singer

[@marimblues]

How priceless is this recording! I smile every time I hear this song. Poor me!

[@robertlisternicholls]

You just want this to go on and on. It is just so good.

[@Joseph-le5zk]

WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE AND YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM REGGAE.

[@robertlisternicholls]

Remember dancing to this in the 60s. Loved this song. Desmond is the king of reggae bar none.

[@wyb80]

Such a great song....I just can’t get enough of that Bassline! 👌🏽

[@user-wc6pn9ds2t]

ריי שרחל רוצה אותך אל תסרב לה היא נעשתה אלימה

[@1computernew]

Can you translate this to English, please?

[@jenniplease]

@@1computernew google translate

[@1computernew]

@@jenniplease it didn't work.

[@OligoST]

Desmond Dekker is a fucking legend

[@darrencarr3605]

OMG!! God made that back up dancer funky. Some serious mojo. Got to get myself some!!

[@yasharahisrael5289]

Listening in 2022

[@kathleenswift7979]

I loved this song, think I was about 6 years old at the time😁

[@frandavis7727]

Same here! I remember hearing it on the radio when I was a kid.

[@stuartsamcrosonsofanarchyr4413]

Love this song still listing to it in 2018

[@rossirobertetclaudie800]

even now

[@gailgraham6672]

Love this I used to sing slaving for breakfast

[@daniellateague9232]

Also listening to it in April 2023...still brilliant...

[@Silvanafromchester]

Sheer Genius. .. came here from the Maxelll Cassette Tape advert/commercial lol...it's been years since I've heard the true greatness of Desmond D but it NEVER gets old. True brilliance never dims. Thanks and Cheers from an ex pat Brit in Canada 🇨🇦

[@robertwright7937]

Was that advert the one where it's mistaken for "me ears are alight?" I think I remember it. All I can picture is the skeleton from the Scotch tape ad, for some reason. (Re-record, not fade away!)😄

[@Silvanafromchester]

@@robertwright7937 Yes that's the one and I found it on KZbin after all these years lol.

[@robertwright7937]

@@Silvanafromchester Thank you. 👍

[@RuthIsrael]

yes we are still the Israelites don't forget god chosen people wake my brothers and sisters

[@Luke-pb9oz]

Bullshit.

[@lisablack8804]

A True Israelite Desmond Decker . RIP🤴🏾

[@robinbrown4706]

Desmond was a diamond, a rough-cut one with a soul of gold! Reminds me of the Fair daaan Harrow On The Hill way, and the atmosphere of the greatest Reggae artist of the day. Love it 👍

[@seadane1]

Another legend, gone far too soon. Looks like my late brother (WILF SLACK) dancing in white shirt, blue tie, in the background, May they both R.I.E.P.

[@ytsucksnowwiththisrealname1096]

Excellent dancer!!

[@davidbowen2515]

Jeff - I’m a 53 year old white guy from Scotland, I’ve loved this music all my days and this is the best 3 minutes of music on the internet, ever. Your brother took something brilliant and made it unforgettable, I will never tire of watching this. RIP Desmond and Wilf.

[@villemaki3067]

One of the greats! Legend!

[@sytojufoclk]

memories, brilliant memories. oh to be young again

[@CyberDave35]

A great song and artist. Thanks, cousins.

[@jeanehking3736]

So natural. I love the way the dancers dance too. They are talented..

[@dw999]

Something else you might like: Amy Winehouse's amazingly talented backup singers (the taller one is an especially elegant dancer). You can get a sense of him at 1:57 -- the link below is for a concert that runs more than an hour. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6ikh4Fpp7SShLM

[@stephenplemonster4377]

This version is bloody wicked!

[@propheciesofesausend5939]

The lyrics is what is so great. Listen to the words. This song is about us. We are the Israelites.

[@yasharahisrael5289]

Yes we are The Israelites

[@giorgiopalmas7934]

He re-recorded this in a faster harder version in the early eighties with some 2-Tone musicians. Butt kicker!

[@cintilanteasmr2884]

genuinely masterpiece! 💕💕💕

[@radted411]

This is a kick ass live version. Thanks!

[@rogerfournier3284]

This man has it!... Number one hit!

[@mrbillhicks]

Does not get any better than this...

[@asiopenedfire3577]

HBO's Watchmen brought me here. Thank you uploader and RIP Desmond

[@malcolmglasgow1763]

Legendary, this was so special to see this!!!

[@StephenCarlBaldwin]

Wow -- was a big fan of the 45 when it came out but I've never heard a live version until now. Thanks for sharing - this is AWESOME

[@mwooly1]

That’s a great vibe

[@susannewillis669]

I can't stop watching this

[@glock13100]

total reggae,my brother was at the boat house in Chiswick for a similar gig by des,thanks for giving it to us,much appreciated.

[@EdKazO-Vision]

A song like no other.

[@xsillybuggerx]

cheers for the upload.....great version!

[@deckapedon8427]

Wow!!!. Very cool.

[@danielfletcher5577]

2019 still banging this loud

[@american11asshole]

Daniel Fletcher Proof Jews aren’t semitic Thanks BBC! 🤣👌

[@philmullins136]

I am still listening in 2023. Best wishes to you.

[@yvonnevanommen-klaassen1731]

2024 beautyful music

[@pascalvitali7646]

Always a moment for this band 🙏 many thanks for sharing...

[@dannobloomquisr8825]

I used to go to the "broken drum" bar in grand forks North Dakota. No matter what song was selected on the old juke box it would only play this sing. And often by itself. Hmmmmmmm🐹

[@darrencarr3605]

Great performance. Thry feeling that shit

[@GabrielA-mw4in]

Imagine my white middle class teacher in 1990s made us play this beat in class. What a song and musical score

[@brucediamond4703]

Love this so much !

[@user-kw1sz5nj7u]

Love this song . .great to dance to!

[@ThusithaThanthirige]

Greetings From Super Extremes- Sri Lanka 💚 💛 ❤ 💙 💜 Thusitha Thanthirige

[@pauloarcher1996]

WATCHMEN EPISODE 3

[@guymontag9577]

Great version

[@deejannemeiurffnicht1791]

there a full version of this tv gig around youtube? Strange version.... BUT i loved it.. I love those impromtu moments that are as new for the musicians as for the audience. (At least that's how it felt?)

[@markrandell3400]

Black current was the show. Also sang sing a little song. Would love to see the full show with The Real Thing and Billy Paul.

[@michaelnotigan7796]

It seems that so many live versions of songs are a tad too fast. Not this one by Desmond. It's perfect. Dare I say, it's got a groove the great hit single does not have. I love it.

[@samkavaman1980]

Love it

[@duane-tk8mp]

The real Israelites ❤❤❤

[@karmasandy]

Desmond : the Don

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Loved this song from the day i first heard. Thanks to the internet I'm not sitting next to the Dansette playing a million times wondering what TF.

[@shaygamerbird9152]

Weird that I'm quarter Jamaican and my dad is the only white guy with afro dancing in the crowd

[@pkrMergy]

the day after he died he was headline act at the UK biggest free festival Godiva in Coventry I was lucky enough to see him live & he was awesome

[@thokozanimchenga529]

De song is good one

[@LastTrainToSheffield]

Cheers for uploading. What a great version. I love his little wry smile before "The Isaraelites" just rolls from his lips for the first time. And I prefer the choppy delivery of his vocals to the studio release.

[@torsamuelsen4804]

- The Good Old Kolleges Of Millle Small and workfriend and friend!

[@torsamuelsen4804]

- ;-)

[@pilot3016]

A classic.

[@sappermade6012]

Oh our ska godfather !! Jah a Israelites!!!!

[@spacebound7247]

Love it fool 😂

[@damiendonnelly2996]

Great moves from Desmond ❤

[@tonyfyfe5227]

Proper music

[@vet14]

Classic!! 😍

[@fmaykallb]

gran actuacion

[@99Boiko]

Ooooooo ooooooh me ears are alight!

[@waltercondi4584]

They just don't make em like this anymore, Kids I am so sorry for what your going through! Listen to this stuff... It will help your mind and soul! Good luck! Bless you all!

[@petebyron1957]

1964, Millie Small. (My boy lollipop) Was the 1st Jamaican artist to have a hit in the UK.

[@paulnipper4071]

This came out when I was in high school 50 years ago and I like ir

[@user-yr3ze9hc7o]

Happy birthday desom, yous a aging blk, brits, from blk communities, london, england, united, kingdoms, now hes, aging man, 82th

[@billb6744]

I had this on a 45rpm single when I was 10-12 yo. I thought they were singing, " Get up every morning have bacon for breakfast..." LOL!

[@juliemunro1]

So did I!

[@dianelee1299]

He changed the world

[@heatherr0420]

It only took a few seconds for me to get my toe tapping

[@Expectadorable]

Gracias.

[@michaelfleming9757]

Eddie amoo and Dave Smith from the real thing are there, harmonising

[@nord1486]

Get up in the morning sleeping for bread sir Sold out to every monk and beef-head Oh-oh, me ears are alight Why find my kids? They buck up and-a leave me Darling cheese-head, I was yards too greasy Oh-oh, me ears are alight

[@malcolmcog]

In the 1960s and 1970s the BBC disliked Reggae. BBC Radio 1 had a policy of not playing reggae even the few tunes that made it into the top of the record charts

[@jeffreytipper8346]

never old never forgot

[@breakevenbernie8543]

Desmond dekker Might of been lord god almighty As far as I am concerned Saw him at every scooter rally And more Legend

[@annetteminett8500]

Brilliant

[@Eric-pj2li]

2019 💪

[@humblerasta4216]

Decre 🔥❤️

[@paulconway7146]

This song is the ultimate definitive reggae beat ! Much better than anything Bob Marley ever did. Don’t get me wrong, I live Bob Marley, but Desmond had the rhythm. Just listen to that back beat! Play this in a graveyard and the dead will arise !

[@richardstokes3625]

Two completely different styles that’s all

[@PlayingInVestapol]

The dancers remind me the ones from "All Pink on The Inside".

[@adriancalin8688]

1 reggae i Heard in the60s comunist country