#dandy livingstone

[cosmoglass]

This is a very nice little documentary, especially if you’re a ska-rocksteady-reggae nerd like me.

There are interviews with lots of old reggae gods, several of whom are no longer with us five years later (Toots, Lee Perry, Bunny Lee).

Dandy Livingstone, aged 74, features throughout because he's so good to listen to. He has a beautiful speaking voice, is very composed and happy to share memories. At one point, he sits down at his keyboard and sings a bit of 'A Message to You, Rudy', and it's just wonderful.

There are dramatizations of Jamaicans in London in the 60s and 70s that are low key and not jarring or cringey like you might expect.

'If that shuffle not in the music, it's not reggae' - Bunny Lee

[radiophd]

dandy -- only a fool breaks his own heart

[oldbumpy]

UK Chart Hits - 1972

Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware of the Devil (11 weeks in chart peaking at No. 14)

[thisantithesis]

i’m so normal about mark bennett and gordo livingstone actually. i have 100 pages left to read in ravensong and i am completely normal. totally fine. fucking dandy, if you will.

[jungleindierock]

Time Machine - 2024 - No. 1

First in the new Time Machine Playlists for 2024, they will appear once i have 40 songs in each one. Mixed genres of music, from 1950-2022. Already begun No. 2 so could out soon. Enjoy it and share it, might find some bands/artists you like and want to explore their back catalogues!!

I feel 40 is good number of tracks not too long or too short in listening time for your enjoyment. The whole playlist is only two hours and thirty three minutes long.

Reb

Tracklist

Elbow - One Day Like This

The Box Tops - The Letter

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

Spear Of Destiny - Liberator

The The - The Beat(en) Genration

Kings Of Leon - Talihina Sky

Public Image Ltd. - This Is Not A Love Song

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Imelda May - Johnny Got A Boom Boom

New Order - Ceremony

John Foxx - Underpass

Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware Of The Devil

The National - England

Warpaint - Undertow

The Temper Trap - Science Of Fear

Major Lance - Ain't No Soul (In These Old Shoes)

The Farm - No Man's Land (John Peel BBC Radio Session)

999 - Feelin' Alright With The Crew

Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The wind

Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio

The Colorblind James Experience - Considering A Move To Memphis

Easterhouse - Whistling In The Dark

The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection

Peter Tosh - Vampire

The Vaselines - Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam

John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

Beck - Beercan

Toots & the Maytals - Take Me Home, Country Roads

The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good & Evil

The Unthanks - A Great Northern River

The Cure - 100 Years

Stereophonics - A Thousnad Trees

Big Mama Thorton - Hound Dog

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

The Pogues - Wild Cats Of Kilkenny

The Detroit Cobras - Leave My kitten Alone

Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever

[instanttunes]

Dandy Livingstone - The Race Is On

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning!  I hope you slept well and feel rested?  Currently sitting at my desk, in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day.  Welcome to the weekend!  And welcome to the final month of the year, December!

Wow!  Here we are again: Friday!  Where did that week go?  No, seriously, where did that week go?

That busy day I detailed yesterday … well … busy as expected!  I really covered some ground but, thankfully, I got everywhere on time!  Today, will be a lot simpler!  In fact, I don’t need to leave the house!

Last night, as I mentioned yesterday, my final stop was at the ‘nine night’ for The Trouble’s dad.  Yes, it was a sombre affair but – my goodness – we had a good time!  I don’t know what your in-laws are like but mine are brilliant!  We don’t have one caterer in the family, we have three!  So, whenever we have any kind of family function, The Trouble’s family step up to the plate.

If your party involves good food, you’re halfway to a good time!  That was always my mum’s theory.  The evening started with hot chicken or vegetable soup, with hard dough bread and butter, and as it was freezing outside, everyone was very appreciative of the soup.  The vegetable soup was full of Caribbean ingredients, so I had two cups!  And, even though we hadn’t reached main course, we could see people joking and laughing. 

We’d set up a dominoes table, so there was an ongoing game throughout the evening.  Harlesden’s Finest a.k.a. DiGreeneyez was playing the tunes and she absolutely smashed it!  Playing all of Daddy Patterson’s old-time raving favourites: Dandy Livingstone, Johnny Nash and even ‘Big Seven’ by Judge Dread, plus The Paragons’ wonderful version of The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’.  Truly a celebration of his life!          

Really hope you can join me tomorrow at 1.00 p.m. for ‘The A-Z Of Mi-Soul Music’.  The Letter S Part Three: Executive Producer: @KerryMcMilne.  Jigs can’t do his show this week, so the A-Z is extended by two hours until 5.00 p.m. 

Have a fabulous and funky Friday!  I love you all.  You’re probably thinking, “You don’t even know me!” but, if people can hate for no reason, why can’t I love?

[ominous-synths-records]

Living In SUS - Dandy Livingstone

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[melpomeneprose]

What other turn characters have you thought of writing? Do you think you could write a character like Simcoe, Caleb, Townsend, etc?

Full list of my canon/semi canon, American revolution/TURN muses is as follows, see original character list for that specifically. In that list it’s by historical era.

— Benjamin Tallmadge, Elizabeth Schuyler-Hamilton, Angelica Schuyler-Church, Mary Floyd Tallmadge, Sarah Livingston, Nathan Hale, Abigail (Strong), Lola (LeRoy), Anna Strong, Mary Woodhull, Esther de Berdt Reed, Philomena Cheer, John André & William Wilberforce.

I’ve thought of writing Simcoe, I just can’t write characters who operate in that frame of mind well. By which I mean, TURN! Simcoe is cartoonishly evil (affectionate). I think @johngravessimcoe and @honorhearted do excellent at their portrayals and nuancing their on the surface, very “good” vs “bad” characters. Cause the truth is, the American war of independence was a political war of colonial power vs colonial power as much as a philosophical and ideas war of information and neither side was innocent in it. If I wrote Simcoe it’d be closer to historical RPF, as opposed to his TURN! adaptation. Note that actual Simcoe was a badass and a super reformed abolitionist basically his entire life, just like his peer, the philanthropist and redcoat, William Wilberforce.

I won’t lie, I’ve mostly considered writing chaotic bi disaster Alexander Hamilton, not cause he’s my favourite founding father/founding father adjacent. But because his chaotic, dandy energy is unmatched and also because there’s a mountain of evidence to suggest, strongly, bisexuality. Even by 18th century standards when that was in fashion, ala, the Duchess of Devonshire’s household and her affairs across the gender spectrum.

For an excellent Caleb Brewster, I must direct you to: @firstmategod. for Bradford: @curseconsumed, and for Abraham Woodhull & Edmund Hewlett: @sharp-teeth-and-wide-grins / @cabbxges-and-kings, for Alexander Hamilton: @fromnevis & @adcthamilton & for Washington: @historiavn 💕

[luciusspriggss]

A Song for Every Letter of my URL

tagged by @turtles-on-turts❤️

L: losin’ it - Fallbrooke

U: usomitai na i love you - Utada Hikaru

C: c’mon baby, cry - Orville Peck

I: i wanna be your right hand - Nemahsis

U: unfinished (acoustic) - Noah Cyrus

S: sleeping with a friend - Neon Trees

S: sk8er boi - Avril Lavigne

P: proof - Paramore

R: rudy, a message to you - Dandy Livingstone

I: i don’t wanna know - New Found Glory

G: gimme! gimme! gimme! - Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack

G: good old-fashioned lover boy - Queen

S: santeria - Sublime

S: sick of losing soulmates - dodie

[princesspatchstuff]

IN MY HEART ITS RAINING THE GREAT DANDY LIVINGSTONE

[flintstill]

Tagging anywone who wants!

Challenging you all!

Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!

Then tag Tumblr friends to keep the game going!

[vmonteiro23a]

ONCE IN ’79: The Specials - "A Message To You Rudy"

ONCE IN ’79: The Specials – “A Message To You Rudy” “October 9, 1979 THE SPECIALS, who are about to embark on a major tour with Madness and the Selecter, have a new single out today. The “A” side is a cover of the 1967 Dandy Livingstone (aka Robert Thompson) ska track “Rudy, A Message To You.” The Specials have re-arranged the title but not the song. It’s almost note for note like the original…

[ghostie111]

Dandy & His Group - In The Mood (Rock Steady)

Dandy Livingstone rarity