OMG...A reggae version of John Denver's "Country Roads"!

[TZ]

This is AWESOME...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqhjjZIXOOc
I discovered this on Pandora....:woohoo:

[SteppingRazor]

1. Without clicking on the link, I'm guessing Toots and the Maytals? n/t

[TZ]

3. Yep.

I've just started listening to this genre of music recently.....

[SteppingRazor]

6. Another fun fact about Country Roads:

I can say from personal experience that it is BY FAR the most popular English language song performed at Munich's Oktoberfest.

Picture it: A tent full of 10,000 Germans (OK, maybe 8,000 Germans and 2,000 blasted, mostly British tourists) all standing up on the picnic tables arm in arm, singing along in their thick accents to John Denver's "Country Roads" as the oompah band situated in the middle of the tent strikes up the first notes. And they all know all the words. All of them. Even the little girls in their dirndls. It'd be scary if it wasn't so funny. And elsewhere on the fair grounds, there are another 14 tents, each holding thousands more people, and all of them, at some point in the evening, sining along to "Country Roads."

I have no explanation.

[conscious evolution]

12. Alice?Who the fuck is Alice?

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Alice is another wtf song everyone in Germany sings along to.

I remember hearing where Country Roads was also a huge hit in China at one time.Apparently Chairman Mao took a liking to it and ordered it played on state radio there.

[peekaloo]

2. a shared love of ganja

:smoke:

[Sanity Claws]

4. Hawaiian version

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole did the Hawaiian version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZw5AC_re6I

Interesting to hear the different versions.

[TZ]

5. Very nice.

I think you know a song has reached iconic status when its redone in different genres/styles...:)

[madrchsod]

7. i seen him do that live.....

he had the whole crowd singing after a few words....

[TZ]

8. I bet.

Did you enjoy the show?

[madrchsod]

11. one of the best concerts i`ve been to...

he played in "the district" in rock island il. 500 or so people packed in a city block.

[SteppingRazor]

14. I've seen Toots a couple times. Even at his age, he puts on a high-energy show.

"Country Roads" was fun to see, but I the first time I saw him, I was especially excited to hear the man's originals -- "Pressure Drop," "Monkey Man," and all that. Good stuff.

[PVnRT]

9. Actually, that song would lend itself very well to a reggae version

It has the right kind of vibe and beat to begin with.

[MrScorpio]

10. Classic country can be reinterpreted into reggae quite easily

It happens quite a few times

[conscious evolution]

13. hiphop to bluegrass also works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAM3C3dpIA

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. Yep...Toots & The Maytals, one of the greats...

:toast:

[OffWithTheirHeads]

16. One of the best I ever saw was a band doin the theme to

Gilligan's Island with a reggae interpretation. I laughed till my cheeks hurt. If I could figure out some basic reggae chord progressions I would try it myself.