Desmond Dekker & The Aces - "Israelites" REACTION

[@OhMyGoshIndia]

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[@marietheresahughes7010]

Wasn't he handsome 😊😜

[@seamusolunacy]

Seen him live in London throughout the 80s. He used to get the bus to gigs. Great live. Rip Desmond

[@pyschoman9450]

I was a kid when this came out. I am 63 now. this was my 1st hearing of reggae! which at that time, I didn't know it was called reggae music! all I knew is I LOVED that.

[@gpwnedable]

@slaine's axe it's not ska, it's early reggae. Ska is faster.

[@nancikuba42]

Same here. Didn't know it was Raggae at that time

[@garygyles1319]

@slaine's axe it's not ska rocksteady took over from ska in 1966 and reggae started in 1968, it doesn't sound like ska at all anyone with Jamaican roots can tell you that

[@garygyles1319]

@slaine's axe reggae a poor version of ska are you serious that just shows you don't know anything about Jamaican music

[@luissuarez5897]

@slaine's axe this is not ska, period

[@-.Noir.-]

Desmond Dekker used to live on the same street I do back in the 70s, in London Croydon, pretty cool.

[@chickmcgee1000]

This has been one of my favorites since first time I heard it as a kid.

[@nancikuba42]

Me too. I was 13

[@blackcougar1959]

This song is my son's identifying ringtone on my phone which gives me joy whenever he calls me. All Praises To Yahawa! Rest In Power, Fellow Israelite, Brother Desmond ♥

[@davisworth5114]

The first reggae hit, loved this sound since it first came out, this is great music, the baritone background voices, scratchy guitar, smooth guitar licks, Desmond sliding into falsetto, this is timeless, first heard it in Vietnam.

[@ohyea800]

Love this song, I remember as a kid sitting on the front steps with the transistor radio and this song playing, I've listened to this song 1000's of times.

[@Kellyd2024]

Me too!!

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

I think this song was most non-Caribbean people's first experience of reggae.. .and what a great introduction!

[@gregwhalan9606]

I’m older enough to remember this song when it was released. A timeless classic

[@nancikuba42]

This song was one of my all time favorite. It came out when I was in jr. high school. Now my son loves this song.

[@joepecchia1296]

desmond dekker was the very first jamaican artist to make it on the british pop charts after that all history i was 10 years old when i heard that tune im 63 now

[@FHIPrincePeter]

I love the way you went from "I ve never heard this before, little concern at the beginning then total melting to the rhythm and beat the swaying of the head and body .

[@dappylu]

One of my favorite songs. I was young when it came out.

[@mrod7692]

Wow, haven't heard this since I was a kid.

[@sukie584]

I was 9 when this came out and it remains one of my favorite songs. My mother and I would sing what lyrics we could understand!... I now know the lyrics and came close on some and very far on others!! I highly recommend the soundtrack for The Harder they Come..

[@gregwhalan9606]

I love your selection of older songs . We have much to learn from previous generations music .😊❤️

[@bluedoober9194]

This song was the first reggae song I ever heard, I was 12 and I loved it. Been a reggae/Ska fan ever since.

[@nancikuba42]

I was 13 & is one my favorites comparing to how many songs I’ve heard in my 68 yrs.

[@bluedoober9194]

I’m 70 so we’re about the same age, we were on vacation in Lake Tahoe and my dad dropped me off at a teen center so he could go gamble.😂 I actually had a fun day and was playing ping pong and The Israelites came on and everyone just sort of started bopping around the room. I was hooked.🤷🏼‍♂️

[@nancikuba42]

​@@bluedoober9194I didn't know what reggae was then. About 5 yrs after that I would listen to Bob Marley. I'm sure it was this song that made me drawn to reggae.

[@stofopdenaald132]

A good piece of ska will always turn a big smile on my face. It's such uplifting music, love it!

[@michaeldoyle7444]

He was live at the Royal in Tottenham, London in the late sixties, I was under aged to get in but I loved this music

[@richardharris9788]

if you like Jamaican music ( reggae) try listening to Toots and the Maytals, Especially 54_46 was my number.

[@TheRubyG]

Reggae got soul... my favourite of Toots

[@phillydog17]

@@TheRubyG Got so much soul!

[@nancikuba42]

I'm 65 now, but loved this song in Jr. High. Still need to hear it off & on

[@patriciawilliams1291]

I loved dancing to this way back in the UK 💖

[@clairwalshe8624]

I am British, and the entire British Ska movement is based on this music.

[@johndonnellan5794]

Yes this was the first time I ever heard a reggae song,this was a hit in Australia

[@marvinbone1379]

THANK YOU INDIA for leading us down memory lane, so many times!! Recall hearing this song for the first time, from someone's transistor radio, about 10 feet away, at a PACKED public swimming pool, on a 99°F day in Evanston, Illinois. Was immediately transfixed by the song. Weird how you associate songs, with an early visual.

[@daveyhouston]

I remember this song loved it

[@TheMalmut]

I got into and came up with 3rd wave ska. Discovering Desmond Dekker was the doorway that lead me back in time to classic Jamaican Ska and Rocksteady, and I never want to go back. There are so many amazing artists from those days but for me, my personal all time favorite group is The Ethiopians.

[@nancikuba42]

I was wonder if you ever heard "Pata Pata" by Mariam Makeeba ?

[@teresapoudrier494]

Once a week I think I play this tune.

[@robertlisternicholls]

Desmond was a great English singer. As a teenager in the 60s I used to dance to this.

[@anthonymclean9743]

He was Jamaican..

[@HeyThereCharlieGirl]

More Desmond Dekker please! I grew up on this (thanks mum!). Off the top of my head some good choices for first time listeners would be 'you can get it if you really want' and 'it mek' Edit: 007 Shanty Town also and Fu Manchu

[@bennettvitale7618]

This sound makes any light soul dance

[@fishmansplace5511]

Loved it then & still love it today :) Thank you India for yet another great reaction!

[@groovygregsmith]

Oh young India dearheart Me ears are alight...gotta luvabita Des.

[@p.millard557]

I've always loved this song. Just F A N T A S T I C !!!!!

[@whocareswho]

Desmond Dekker, Toots & The Maytals, Prince Buster, The Skatalites, where it all started way back. Ska. Rocksteady, Reggae history.

[@maajorkv]

Happy, fun music!

[@stueystuey1962]

"Is it Jamaican?" Worth the price of admission. Ty. First popularly recorded Reggae tune. Btw, the songs placement in the movie Drugstore Cowboy is iconic.

[@arleneelvisgirl4451]

Oh my goodness. This is one of my brother's favorite songs! And I like it too.

[@stephenulmer3781]

Great song! Love it

[@jerrywood4508]

First reggae I ever heard, I was in junior high and was transfixed by it.

[@Zebred2001]

This was a big song up here in Canada too at the time. Now please do Bobby Bloom's Montego Bay! These two songs remind me of each other.

[@timothyhoughton5445]

More classic ska would be Derrek Morgan and Prince Buster

[@jeffreyallen3461]

DING DING DING - Ska, then Rocksteady and finally Reggae.

[@timothyhoughton5445]

The King of Ska!!!!! try 007 next time

[@samguberman2288]

My favourite reggae song, you should check out Desmond performing this great song, he has quite a unique presence on stage.

[@TheRubyG]

Oeeee love this song so much ❤ thx for playing

[@TheCornishCockney]

reggae. considered a small local oddity to the west indies,then we latched on to it big time in England,popularity shot up world-wide after the stamp of approval from England.

[@katkat-fm3wj]

He mentions Bonnie, and Clyde. There was a movie starring Warren Beatty, and Faye Dunaway. They were criminals on the run. So in the song he didn't want to end up like Bonnie, and Clyde.

[@danielmesery2904]

Gotta luv it 😍

[@canoni1]

Favourite song

[@mayalohabiado9591]

Love Desmond Dekker!

[@keithallison4586]

Just got his greatest hits cd this week

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Love this old song. Has a reggae beat. Maybe you should do some Bob Marley or Peter Tosh..

[@pilot3016]

Right on!

[@stevenmurano7863]

great great tune !! awesome job by whomever suggested this!

[@robj8201]

🇬🇧🎶🎶🎶Rude Boys❤️❤️❤️reggae, ska, blue beat❤️❤️❤️TROJAN label.🎶🎶🎶 ...as soon as it kicked in you just had to move...🎶🎶🎶🇬🇧

[@macker33]

My ears are alight.

[@jhonyermo]

He was the FIRST !!

[@michaelandrew4488]

Love the song. Great background in this vid, please use this again. Your make-up and hair are on point in this vid India .. love the top too.

[@robertlisternicholls]

India, check out Desmond at the BBC singing Israelites. Amazing live performance.

[@johnbarrick80]

Desmond was the best! This was produced by the legend, Leslie "King" Kong.

[@Louis19566]

Yes, it is ska from Jamaica.

[@Moontanman]

WOW! That is an old one!

[@mariorodriguezgarcia2031]

En los 70s en México sonaba un grupo chiapaneco con un líder llamado Ely Combo y era en México el inicio del reggae y en ese tiempo también llegó está rolita que a mí me suena a reggae, Gracias India por traerme mi infancia, ojalá y puedas reaccionar a yo y mi vida con los tremeloes

[@Nuron666]

This was a favorite song back in the days. Nice reaction India Reacts

[@p.millard557]

... and still a favourite of mine.

[@cieraloves7605]

The world is what you make it by Paul Brady. You will love that song

[@daft4343]

The Maytals would be glorious for you, if you like this. The Ethiopians as well. If your feeling adventurous you could venture into some Ska music as well!! Great song here one of my long time favs.

[@jamespasifull]

You need Pluto Shervington, singing 'Dat' ! I can't understand a word, but the groove is irresistible! 😃😃😃

[@supasoulproductions]

007 Shanty Town, Hippopotamus, Pretty Pretty Africa for more Desmond Dekker

[@jamespasifull]

Another fab song by DD is 'It Meik'!

[@i.m.7710]

Was this in "the harder they come"?🤔i should know this. I love ska and reggae. A favorite song of mine is the album recording of Jerusalem by alpha blondy (not live versions).

[@stevetreloar3129]

I. M. Yep, great soundtrack!

[@nechemyah2102]

For those of you who do not understand the context and Scripture, let me explain: 1. Desmond Dekker cannot really say what this song truly means because it is controversial, but I understand it. 2. He is saying that we are The True Israelites of the Bible because of the econonic oppression that he is facing. 3. In jamaica, even to this day, we consider working for other peopole as slavery.. no matter how fancy.. we say.. "we on the slave"... working 4. He said he does not want to end up like Bunny and clide.. he does not want to end up a thief.. also a Biblical reference

[@maajorkv]

Catchy beat!

[@Hi-kq1vi]

Wake up in the morning wanting me breakfast, ohhhh, the Vitalite.

[@sukie584]

I used to think the lyrics were wake up in the morning sleeping for breakfast!! slaving for bread, sir never came into my 9 year old mind..

[@wayniebob1948]

India, you need to view this song with the dancers (soul train and another one).

[@roustabout4fun]

Haves a gud day Sister!

[@titanus49]

Please do another great Jamaican singer. Sugar Minott a song called Good thing Goin

[@danielhambling1219]

This is SKA, British reggea from the 60's. Check out King Tubby, the king of reggea.

[@garygyles1319]

It's Jamaican like all real reggae

[@baylessnow]

Can't stop thinking of the TDK audio cassette advert, "Ohhhh ohhh my ears are alight!" X¬D EDIT: Maxell not TDK sorry. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6mofYawlt5losU

[@stephenulmer3781]

Johnny Nash as well

[@glumOr]

Classic.

[@ladognid2994]

Classic

[@pilot3016]

He was Jamaican, and facing hardships.

[@gchristyer]

Lovely smile sweetie ! 😁✌️

[@markallan5484]

I didn't know it at the time, but this was my introduction to reggae way back in 1969. I loved Millie Small's My Boy Lollipop five years earlier. However, even though she was also from Jamaica, that song is not what I would call reggae.

[@Starscr34m76]

Its a new sound he made SKA 😘

[@stevencoffin328]

You should do "Nothin But a Tramp" by Margie Hendricks she sang on Ray Charles most famous songs.

[@djpaul146]

Great review wow you look younger in this video what have you done 😮😘

[@daveyhouston]

I love that picture of Elvis and Gladys

[@djpaul146]

@@daveyhouston yes it is a nice photo he missed his mum so much when she died it broke the poor man's heart 😢

[@phillydog17]

Check out Dekker's song Perseverance.

[@flickdasher1775]

try the uallers. 'everything i own' is a goodd starting point.

[@stevetreloar3129]

Ska rules!!!

[@pyschoman9450]

only suggestion I would give you, is, turn the music up a little louder. peace!

[@marietheresahughes7010]

Wasn't he handsome 😊😊😊😊😘

[@pearliesimpson4310]

Do Bam Bam by Toots and the Maytals

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[@raytalbot5890]

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[@debbiekringle4474]

How about stir it up or i can see clearly now by johnny nash

[@bigjay123]

Yea, some Reggae

[@AnthonySC213]

Skinheads love reggae real ones traditional

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