Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (live)

[clairedrochmans]

WHAW.......STILL ALIVE!!!!!



[niveks1966]

@ajbawb44 black or white your a bigot , if anything caused contemplation it would have been Toms first kiss on the Jeffersons in 1974. But no contemplation was needed ,the union of races was of natural order after MLK fought so hard for equality,men are men regardless of race R.I.P ...DD

[ajbawb44]

White girls contemplating going black cause of Dez...the background girls already have!! And the white men cringe with fear.

[sigthor1945]

White people are so inhibited. This song just makes you want to dance without engaging your brain.

[U4rikmind]

i always listened to the mighty mighty bosstones but this is pretty nice

[bquintb]

they fucked up the rhythm. it should make you want to jump.

[smokenskank]

pick it up pick it up, the father of ska

[Rolandsynthplus10]

I was just down in Jamaica @ Rick's Cafe in negril and the band that was playing there did it for me!!!

[TubeNumber1USA]

Fantastic!

[wirused]

Desmond Dekker it legend :) good music

[delsol2lowz]

TV BABY 84'

[94WAIPAHUblocc]

white ppl go jiggy wit it

[HotBaconProductions]

Old School! This is what people like Eminem have replaced though. THUMBS UP to tell all those on utube who love eminem to come an' have a listen to this!!!

[BERND753]

26 people are not israelized!!!

[Vermoetan]

extrem gut.

[00741]

Woow.. the ska-reggae version of this one, is the one I prefer..

[Bdiddly1]

brilliant song man!

[RaSTAMaNJaHLiV3]

man this is real music OldSkool

[kazzaflaz]

ALWAYS MAKES ME SMILE & DANCE!

=D <3 xxx

[andypandywright]

. . .and the girl dancing on the right!!

[jsayers38]

The words actually go "you catch me on the farm, and sound the alarm" I know, it sounds weird but you have to remember all lyrics in the 60's were written by people who were totally stoned, and probably made a lot of sense to them at the time! If more artists got stoned more often these days, the charts would look a lot different (and a LOT better I reckon). Bring back Desmond Dekker, and all the other legends!

[Membersonlyableto]

what's that, "from the farm lasagna I love" ? 1:00

[awesomeusername]

@Membersonlyableto rofl

[SuperSe24]

it was the first number one reggae song on the uk..1968.

[jamesupjimmy]

why would 25 dislike? - cunts

[jonkheere1]

Me ears are alight!

[toiseywoisey]

That's not live backing.

[samuelsonable]

hey dont no1 slag the 12" version 4real SICK DD RIP

[SoccerguyJoe]

looks like good times. :)

[nandanugent]

Positive vibes my brothers-na gwa down babylon!

[danyellissimo]

borderline techno 2/4 beat takes all the juice out of this tune. See original .../watch?v=r5JHGi0awgc for a truly great dawn-of-ska sound.

[glenbongo97]

What a great kick arse version of this song! Love the staccato drums and hi-ska-speed. This is much better than the slow original version from 1969.

[Aaronjrh]

wait can we place the white folks that cant dance directly in front of the kick ass singer

[24242761]

Fuck the gay speeches fuck all the lifeless fags who are arguing here

[LuckyDeviI]

This is the best and worst video I have ever seen!

[punkgabe]

cmon people be nice to others god is love

[surfmcgoogler]

Was he playing a blonde convention?

[MrNormsHGW]

When the song came out my Mom and me really liked it. We went to all the record stores and asked for the song called The Israelites and no one had a clue. Finally one store clerk told us the real song name "Emerald Eyes" so we bought the 45 with Emerald Eyes on the label, this song. He's saying "Meet Emerald Eyes". How things change and through the years the song became "The Israelites" but find an original 45. In A Gadda Da Vida was really "In The Garden Of Eden" but slurring changed it.

[YMcB1947]

@MrNormsHGW

THIS IS EITHER IGNORANCE OR DECEPTION!!

IF ANYTHING SAID "EMERALD EYES", THAN IT IS THE "EMERALD EYES" THAT IS THE ERROR. Rastas hold that Selassie is a direct descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, through their son Menelik I. Rasta's also believe African people are the descendants of the Israelites' Tribe of Judah through the lineage of the Kings of Israel, David and Solomon, and that he is also the Lion of Judah mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

[glawsny]

Those two blonde tramps are doing all they can to hog the camera.

[222ct]

i dont like the "newer" version. the old 68 version is wayyyyy better.

[guitarfreak80ify]

henhousesuprise your comment is why there is no peace

[Jaixs]

This cracks me up every time. What a sell out^^ Seriously what the heck is he doing? The dancing, wtf:D:D

[johnnathan85]

looks like they made it out of Egypt.

[hrothgleas]

@johnnathan85 ha

[bsvruhr]

Nach 5771 Jahren der Bedrängnis, nun doch endlich mindestens 5771 Jahre des Fredens dem Jüdischen Volke, shalom!

[bagelfox]

what the fuck is this like a 90s ibiza compilation remix of the israelites or something

[Ignashus]

Lol 80's

[keeperofthecheese]

UT CHUKKA UM CHA !

UT CHUKKA UM CHA !

UT CHUKKA UM CHA !

:D

[SoulCommitments]

Great version of this song. Super. Got to agree with the comments about the poxy dancers getting in the way though.

[Scorpionstarchild]

learned from mattin dillon..found on facebok.lol..drug store cowboy

[jcarlson2007]

reading the comments on here made me lol

[lockie72]

Its Des on TOP of The Pops, sometime ago. I love this song. I don't love the so called PC brigade trying to be rightous.

[TheMoccafaux]

are you shure this is live sung ?

think its lipsynced playback.

but still a fine music

[m0nac0]

looks like a nazi party: all blondy white people that dance when a black man (the only black man) sing for them a song that talks about Israelites pain. NaziParty shit!

[AliG4life]

@m0nac0

Or maybe they like how his music sounds. Just maybe.

[m0nac0]

@AliG4life just "looks like", never sayd that is a racist fest. Really, is more about humorism...I hope that NaziParty don't exist...but you have to admit that this video is so strange

[AliG4life]

@m0nac0

It does look kinda strange. :D

[MrGrischuk09]

pure energie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mattieangerfist]

Best songs of all :D

[merariesparza]

Get up in the morning, slaving for bread ...

[iloveyourmum87]

bloody perfection!!!!......R.I.P, you great man.

[captaindaring]

interesting version. nice pickup. more dancehall.

[Lrpesme48]

But why are they all blonde??...

[illegalsmirf]

@Lrpesme48 Black men prefer blonde white women.

[sirmacbugerking84]

awsome!!!!!!!!

[XxpauldadudexX]

Cool song but the sound is a bit tinny.Lol,a ''song from he and He's band''?This is a comment from he and He's laptop!;)

[mdtiforp]

I love the little blonde dude on the right with the 6ft bird.

[WeightsAddict]

Love this tune!

[dumptrukkk]

the two whites dudes in the front they are trying so hard but they can find

the beat with the PA bumpin in there ears

[berrygoodstuff]

love love love this song - hadn't heard it in years - thank goodness for KCRW for reminding me what I've been missing -- Thank you to the individual who posted this song

[tottenham28]

One of the greatest reggae beats of all time, I love this version with the up tempo beat. There's only one Desmond 'legend Dekker!!!

[LittleSweety]

This song was in the top 10 in the world charts in 1969

[TheTilly65]

they dont make em like this anymore

[shirls2]

An absolutely Brilliant Record And Does This make everyone want to dance it does me love Shirls xx

[HenHouseSuprise]

i dont see what the fucking problem is, the gogo dancers were great but the band should have been on stage too. and the sax was straight, did you see dekker dancing his ass off during the solo? FUCKING AWESOME. only weak part is when some cunts step out infront of dekker but this must be a tv show or something fucking twats.

[churchlady4Him99]

@HenHouseSuprise gee why do you hate women so bad. Just come on out of the closet you won't be so hate filled.

[HenHouseSuprise]

@churchlady4Him99 lol why did you want to suck my cock?

[uberpedant]

@HenHouseSuprise Just Pathetic. I suggest that we all just ignore your comments and write them off as caused by you only being 12....Which is clearly the case.

[norrisonthespot]

Great approach to the song. But more trumpet, less sax :)

[benylol]

i thought they sang

Me ears are alight

[santnicola]

This is bullshit. A great song and its singer to be put into a terrible setting... with the disco smoke and girls dancing in back. . No good, not for this song !

Such a classic song to go this commercial route is shameful.... the guys who decided this should be pounded on the head.

[Psychopiery]

wow, what a voice

[nycbred92]

while i dont think its racist to point out the fact that to make the music more pallateable and therefore profitable dekker's probably white record execs made video with just one of the members sing in a room full of dancing white people for ratio and having him jump around and happily sing a song about suffering and pain, i will admit that my next statement that white people ruin everything may come off as racist even though i'm white myself. i just cant stand when i see such blatant racism.

[kato7547]

@nycbred92 i no where you are comming from !

[nickca420]

Whoa! What the hell? I've never heard the song done like this! This almost sounds disco-influenced. Wow, I didn't know it was possible for this song to suck. What were you thinking, Desmond?

[Fenrissia]

SKINHEAD PRIDE ! =D multicultural movement , never forget it

SHARP

[spamzer]

@Fenrissia Woah! At last someone who actually know what a skinhead actually is: A multicultural movement :D

[Fenrissia]

@spamzer oi! dude, I am a true one ;)

[bbugkil]

Rented " Drugstore Cowboy" and rediscovered this musical gem.

Youtube rocks .Thanks for posting !

[SulivanCourt]

Fantastic video ... For the racist comments I have to say one thing: I am white ... I talked to Lloyd Brevett, took pics with Damien and Julian Marley, Rastafarians who didn't look at the colour of my skin, as HIM said you should not. One love. Enough said.

Great Desmond Dekker!

[RaSTAMaNJaHLiV3]

@SulivanCourt the racist people dont have noothing to do poor ppl cuz nobody like them

[Leroykrowe]

awesome!

[tasslehoff321]

So pro.

[clintxoxox]

groovy

[twichyllama]

why are ppl fighting ? black people with white people enjoing the same music....thats not something to fight over

[illegalsmirf]

@twichyllama Would you be saying that if your girlfriend went and got a nice black dick all to herself? :D

[wladosu]

@twichyllama

or u can say it is worth fighting, cause it's beautiful ! i mean black and white together !

[seandunx]

@twichyllama something to celebrate

[jtebaize]

look this stupid white dancing like shit

[glawsny]

The only shit here is you....racist cunt!

[jtebaize]

stfu biatch

[tqfwoman]

who are the real israelites? not the people dancing. they are gentiles. the song is called the israelites.

[kato7547]

@tqfwoman JEWS like me ;)

[bertskoi]

Less than 48 hrs. after the horrific,deadly earthquake hit Haiti,1week ago,the ISRAELITES were there,300 strong!!! Doctors,nurses,FIELD HOSPITALS set up by them,RESCUE CREWS w/teams of sniffing dogs looking for signs of life & working 24 hr. shifts were able to find & rescue more than a dozen people.All this from the tiny country of Israel, land of the ISRAELITES- 6,000 MILES AWAY- there to help their brethren, like they always do whenever there is an emergency somewhere in the world!

[xoutofdatex]

yes especially in Palestine

[bluensunshine]

Haven't you forgotten the way they 'helped their brethren' in Gaza with phosphorus et cetera.

[haitipi]

@bertskoi

I see a lot of people painting with a broad brush here.

In 1995, I was working in Haïti, after the embargo of 1992-1994, so there was a lot of Gas. I was driving North and came upon an accident where a man was crushed. A few minutes later, an Israeli Dr came from the north and started to help.A few minutes later,a Palestinian Dr. arrived and helped. The man died, unfortunately, but the 3 of us saw how this scene was bigger than the differences of a Jew, a Christian, and a Muslim.

[xsaur0n69x]

This is the best version of this song.

[lonelygal4u]

desmond's heavenly voice and no skankin and grooving? lordie!

[skankidd]

@lonelygal4u i see people groovin

[hobgoblinlkjfdsa]

fucking yuppies

kill the white man

[tjmac7]

no need white mans doing a good job of killing himself

[djphonics]

wow. fucking racist.

[MusclesexMcfatty]

King of Ska..Desmond Dekker was the best at ska ...Lyrics, tone, and hands downs he is the shit at his entertainment.

Cheers

[SunnBurn]

Desmond Dekker and the Aces, but I don't see the Aces in this clip. Guess they're hanging with the Israelites.

[hammerogod]

Thank you for this one!

[oliviasmithuk]

beautiful song!!!!

[jackhandy0001]

A song that ensured that Desmond Dekker wasn't slaving for breakfast...Yeah, sure, a weird juxtapositon...

[karlinlondon]

what's with the swedish youth club?

[tjmac7]

Y'all act like you never seen a white person before!

[kato7547]

@EzraYisrael1970 me to remembrr when it first came out.

[LaPincheLilyska]

DANNGGG I LOVE IT!!!

[RWessel1]

everyone is having so much fun dancing :o)

[warrkrymez]

Yeah, xcept they're whiter than sour cream. Rofl.

[RWessel1]

LMAO

[hammerogod]

Uh Huh ... and they were buying his records ... I know I did ... White doesn't necessarily mean tasteless.

[seantotheextreme]

0:35-0:50

[52923418]

exxelente con desmod

un clasiko

del ska tradicional

exelente

[theglitterband]

Think on all those potential voters for the BNP, if they had their way, this fantastic music would be banned from reaching our ears. DEMOCRACY RULES!!! SKA RULES!!!

RIIP DESMOND DEKKER

[vanmarko]

Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,

so that every mouth can be fed.

Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.

Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,

So that every mouth can be fed.

Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.

[vanmarko]

My wife and my kids, they are packed up and leave me. Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen. Poor me, the Israelite. Aah. Shirt them a-tear up, trousers are gone. I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde. Poor me, the Israelite. Aah. After a storm there must be a calm. They catch me in the farm. You sound the alarm. Poor me, the Israelite. Aah. Poor me, the Israelite. I wonder who I'm working for. Poor me, Israelite, I look a-down and out, sir.

[theglitterband]

Singing and comparing his life of dudgery and work to the abject poverty of the Israelites. Singing this to a group of people obviously well-heeled, who have no idea or concept at all about the deep meaning of the words of the song that Dekker sings.

[CaptainPrivate]

De' King of Ska L I V E S. Dat skank beat be sweet!

[oregonflatland]

HAIL TO THE KING!

[theglitterband]

I love both versions, this one is more upbeat, but I love the original version too. RIP DESMOND DEKKER, FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

SKA RULES!!!!!

[Proper4567]

30 jahre voraus ...........ruß opa ricky

[iamawanderer]

Absolutely brill - what mor can I say !!

[Thiagotomtom]

very good this music

[bumbandit]

yh he is totally lip syncin'

[Neweddy24]

That's a fucking performance!

[TraeDOMINATION]

A real track from a Benjamin dedicated to the real Israelite.

[Theangelahorne]

in a nutshell would you please elaborate? i adore this song and would like to know a bit more

[BrockRhodes]

dessie made some crackers dance

[SKUMMASBAGGUS]

why did the bbc want people to lip sync?

makes buggerall sense to me

[theglitterband]

Back then I am sure it had something to do with contractual rights. In other words it cost too much to have an artist sing live, as the BBC would have had to pay out a fee. That is why they insisted that all artists back then 'mimed'. When we think back now, this was ridiculous.

[eclectrickery]

'Miming' or 'lip-synching' has a far more prosaic reason than that. From a broadcaster's perspective, live performances are a nightmare requiring a far larger and skilled staff, major rehearsals and massive organization. "Just run a tape, goddammit, it's only pop music!" Far fewer 'surprises'.

We were lucky back in the sixties in the UK - 'Ready Steady Go" artistes played live, as on a couple of variety shows; in particular Hendrix on 'Lulu', which WAS the show's nightmare moment!

[Ironslad1985]

Another example of people claiming a lyp synch when it is quite clear that he is singing as you can hear his inhalations, missed notes etc. Unless they recorded live earlier then dubbed over whilst he lip synched..but that makes no sense.

[shinymcbubbles]

wake up in the morning slaving for bread sir?>so that every mouth can be fed..poor me the isrealites

[txswinterry65]

You're probably right, "Brilliant". Remember a couple years stationed in England (1967-1969) and the botched jobs some of the artists did on lip syncing their songs...i.e. my favorite group: The Small Faces w/Steve Marriott. Cool profile. Dropped you a line.

[DumblyBrilliant]

Not bad for a bloke that was miming.

[txswinterry65]

don't think he was lip-syncing on this

[DumblyBrilliant]

I am afraid he was though he was doing a hell of a good job of it. The BBC refused to let the artists sing live which is why Led Zepplin refused to go on the show.

[scottfallon1]

This is actually a pretty decent version with some unfortunate moments.

Pros:

-Dekker gives a great performance.

-The uptempo bass and drums gives the song energy.

-The backup singers add some nice harmonies.

Cons:

-The disco setting with the ABBA crowd and stage dancers.

-The sax solo

[scottfallon1]

Oh yeah, the dry ice sucks too.

[nealsmagic]

Get up in the morning, slaving for bread sir so that every mouth can be fed poor me, The Israelites My wife and my kids are packed up and they leave me darling said I was yours to receive poor me, The Israelite shirt them a tear up, trousers are gone i dont want to end up like bonny and clyde poor me The Israelite after a storm there must be a calm they catch me in the farm. you sound your alarm poor me The Israelite poor me, the israelite i wonder who im working for i look a-down and out, sir

[Cherrypie1524]

this songs is from the 70s not from the

80s in fact this group begin in 1969

[blatants]

Love this song from Ayr Scotland.

[lockie72]

Love this song. Sholom from Windsor uk

[pepediaz69]

Very live, it is not. I mean, all those blonde Europeans (Israelites?) weren't really synchronizing the chorus, were they? Still it's a good song.

[Pigghe]

good play list!!

[Ofanoan]

Shalom from an ISRAELITE (LIVE!) for real, here in Jerusalem, Israel. the capital of Ras Taf Ari, the King of the Children of the Lion!

Great song. Thank you Desmond. it should be our second national anthem after Hatikva.

[samuelsonable]

@Ofanoan You a joker wha u know bout reggae.Ya got the cheek 2 comment on 1 of my all time records and slag the asian world but play in european qualifiers in sports.B4 ya say anything me seen drug store cowboy me grew up in a carib church in moss side uk & been to the caribean and oh me actually met rastas.It aint no israel it about ethiopia in africa you joker.What ya do in palestine makes me sick and its what the western world think about u BIGUP HAMMAS.U still resentfull over WW2 get over it

[baldyholly79]

What a classic, i love it.

[Ofanoan]

This Israelite loves it! Thanks, and Shalom from Israel, home of the lord of the Children of the Lion (Ras Taf Ari).

[toadelevator]

Political and racial comments aside, putting this song to that weird disco/dance beat is an abomination. Just about sucks all the life out of it! Listen to his other recordings of the song to really feel it.

[trudotz]

Disco? That's a ska beat, toad! It's not like the original rocksteady, but it's not disco, either.

[jimvrpaze]

in spirit i agree with you mate, but des had to roll with the times in order to keep his pot boiling. but in actuality i think any good song will withstand a reworking and every listen i give this version makes it start to grow on me.

[drmlabs]

fing brilliant.  and hes NOT lipsynching!

[devivortex]

Oy Vey!

[admanphoto]

Fuck me! Des' voice sounds even better or has the production improved since the early 70s. Great stomping version. Thanks for posting it mate! One of my dearest toons.

[Grantlufc]

brillaint <3 demond dekker.

[unibrook]

DD is the best of this genre!