Pablo Gad - Hard Times

[blackhooli]

oh man this is an old 1, back in the 80ies,

[willpreston]

hello everyone, i'm trying to hunt down a tune i had on a compilation years ago but i've no idea who it was by or what it was called, the lyrics went something like -

"my blood is red i think yours is the same, dont let your brother sleep in the drain"

does anyone know what I'm talking about? please/thanks

[TrainerJovel]

I'm hes SON FTWWWW

[jetblakink]

OMG!.... First record I ever bought. Desmond Hip City in Brixton, under the railway bridge, next to the weatherman hat shop. It's now a barbers.

[markdavis1609]

brap brap bad tune bbw,had this back in the day, real meditation music, you got to feel it to understand

[chouselle1]

Skanking massives are you ready x

[Princessp30]

What can I say Sis, you sure know your tunes!!!! memory lane jamming North, South and East London

[CharrmzZ]

Big Up Da Ninja !! .... Jah Bless

[brandziu]

3:14 - Prodigy - Fire :)

[hackercoolio]

2 people did not as a youth burn collie weed in a rizzla

[meikajazz]

Gad - prophet

[619HomeOfReggae]

Crucial Bredren!!

[positiveKani]

1980 16, mum let me out, blues heard dis tune. fell in love with ever since, Big up!!

jungle warrior man Leeds, thanks for the memories 30+ years and still good, now thats what you call a tune !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[F3cC]

<3 that song

[vybzsquadsound]

brings Me back 2 stonebrigde park , shanking 2 sounds like jah shaka

[handsinunity]

@vybzsquadsound bridge park ..tree of life promotions in the park .. shaka .. Java .. yootman .. Volcano ..all them sounds use to play and many more

[etotheipiminus1]

Still got my original vinyl for this tune, so pleased to see it's still alive and dropping.

[Gunnercv]

yeh

[kahn18]

You need to change the info, it's incorrect. It's now 2011 and the people are still skanking!!!

[barnz420]

i am quite aware it is collie herbs... but living and growing collie in cali gives me the right to boast my cali weeds. bless.

[LeonDGM]

gat naaa draaaah..... haaaard tiiiiimes

[GuzzaGuy]

Tunnneeeev

[GuzzaGuy]

Tunnneeee

[atelo59]

When i was a youth i used to burn cali weed in a rizzla now i'm a man but i bun cali weed in a rizzla again..

[Zbyszny]

Anyone got lyrics for this song?

[jaquariusly]

Hi can any one tell me who sang this song lyrics Girl i wish i was there when your body was calling .... neva show last nite but im ready this morning... now express yourself an tell me how you feel im yearnig for your body...etc goin through my head ova and ova!!! and damn this is a heavy tune

[fROWMAN360]

No matter how hard life is my brotha's and sista's stand tall keep your head up believe and have faith in JAH and together we will conquer the evil government...Revolutionary Soul-Jah's...1LOVE&JAHBLESS!!!

[souljahqueen1]

BIG TUNE REWINNDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD­DD,LORD WEH ME RASTA HAT DEH,WHEELLLLLLLLLLLLLL

ONE FOOT SKANK WHEN ME SHOULD A INNA ME BED,BIG UP ARTIST,

SOULJAH QUEEN SAY SO,

[kaisernice]

Fuck...I try in life



[exeKba]

The Prodigy - Fire at 3:15 Tune!

[Gunnercv]

Serious tune

[mrbilnext]

from i was a yout i used to bun collie weed in rizla i used to bun it in a rizla..

now i am a man i jus a bun collie weed in a chalwa i jus a rub it in a chalwa..

if your livin in Jamaica why would you import grade from the U.S??

nah mek sense to me..

[gogolenaction]

I think it's me who listened to half of 100 000 views

[skippdip]

CLASS, thats all i have to say

[bobbywomack2]

is welton irie the dj?

[methaman1]

epic song

[fozzerbench]

cali weed you A mericans are dumb asses

[ShredderChris]

(8) wen i was a yout i used to buun collie weed in a rizzla i used to bun it in a rizzla now i am a man i jus a bunn collie weed in a chalwa i jus a rub it in a chalwa (8)

[gudvaibz]

tuff tune mi sista!

[toast485]

@Thorlightninggod only ignorant assclowns and little kids from california actually believe the lyric is "Cali" ....the rest of us know better and we also don't spell RizLa with two Zs.

[Thorlightninggod]

its "Collie" weed not cali...

collie as in colombian

why would a jamaican smoke weed from california... 

[RADCOMJ1]

@Thorlightninggod lol I think if you smoke weed you would smoke it from anywhere cough cough. Mines a large Malawi please...... when I think about even back in those torrid times man and man smoked Durban poison :)

[1pete51]

@Thorlightninggod collie weed just means good weed

[MajestyOvTheNightSky]

@Thorlightninggod is it not also a reference to the hundu god kali. ganja bein a indian term n was brought to jamaica from india in 1800s

[benmuzz]

@Thorlightninggod true, except collie weed doesn't come from colombia. It just means good weed.

why would a jamaican smoke weed from colombia?

[320Vault]

BIG UP !!!

Classic tune.

[Isamarie153]

Somebody could tell me where i could download this album.

[Jemoeder86]

@Isamarie153

google for torrentz

[fallisja1]

this will forever remind me of time in send detention centre and some of the real people i met there

[ska1bmw]

hard times

[Tsybko]

love this song ))) never knew what source the prodigy'f fire main source is taken from ))) sweet )

[YuckyMucky15]

Tuunee Bruv ;) When I was a lil youth i used to bun Calii Weed In a rizzla ;)

[PeachesPeach420]

When i was a youth i use to bun cali weed i a rizla, now I am a man i does a bon cali weed in a chalwa!

[fROWMAN360]

wen timES r HARD all you can do iS give all praisES to JAH werk HARD pop a cold1 nd fire up the bomba clot GAUNJA...diS iS truly a song that keepS ya head up wen timES r RUFF...1LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timewilltell7]

how can all this happen? the men of the world should have stopped this shit a long time

these abrahamic religions teach not to listen to woman cos she gave the wrong advice and back it up with the bullshit the first person was born from a man further desecrating woman

start listening to women if you want peace on earth

[TheMeltdown23]

still got the album, i think hes from ireland? love probaly my most fav track ever. nice post

[michelllx]

giant tune

[bobby246100]

cool time

[ballynclarks]

This is why you always gotta give browningbbw the big props. Big tune.

[camraxter]

do you really wonna know about the 'ard times?

[amyparsix]

My husband has been looking for this tune for ages, it reminds him of his young days in the early 80's smoking the G at blues partys.

[MrZimzimer]

what a tune 4got about this classic,burn it.....

[cowell1987]

pabalo gad lived with my grandad tony cowell

[cowell1987]

this is my grandads mate this is pabalo gad

[steph31111]

some things never change......

[BSTBIKER]

and id like to add this got dropped on the axis sound system.. look at my popular video.. and about 500 people were singing to it

[stansarproductionz]

@BSTBIKER cant find it mate..whats the link/video title?

[BSTBIKER]

sorry i think i might have said that wrong i was really high at the time haha i just meant on the soundsystem in my popular video

[BSTBIKER]

absolutely INcredible

[steph31111]

the have all have all and the have nots have not...nothing changes eh? still need someone to work the machines......................­......

[zdsrtgnzetmyet]

can anyone recomend some reggae tunes with a similar feel to this track and "cool rasta" by the heptones?

[Makbelly]

Im looking for some Old school reggae tunes called

1 Zion a Love by Philip Parkinson.

2. Under The law - Pablo Moses Anyone know where i can get them from ?

[rubadubmax]

This is truly the best reggaerecord ever made! Ever! There's a lot of great reggae out there but dis a one a di best! Big up!

[leonardlynxx]

@rubadubmax

i have to agree with you

[OnyOner]

say, when I was a yout' I used to burn collie weed in a rizlaaaaa

[AkaAndyG14]

Appreciated big time browningbbw.

[AkaAndyG14]

I am looking for a tune i think its called mental hospital. Some of the lyrics: "dont do it its suicidal dont do it it get you mental dont do it you'll end up in a mental hospital". Anyone know the name of thr tune??where can i get it??? nuff respect if anyone can. Been looking for some time now.

[browningbbw]

Its Tad Hunter - Mental Hospital. On the same riddimn as Top Cats Love Me Sess. Its up on youtube.

[AkaAndyG14]

Proper old school roots tune

[johnnyp030279]

i love the switch

[johnnyp030279]

this is the shiznay .... BO

[GavinW1994]

the prodigy sampled this for their track fire

[ryuhinomaru]

@GavinW1994

As did about a hundred other artists, thats how bangin this tune is.

[M446]

THANKS FOR SHARING

[barnz420]

when i was a youth i used to burn cali weed in a rizzla now i am a man i justa burn cali weed in a chalwa

[Damanik3]

@barnz420 Collie

[kazzaone87]

@barnz420 its collie not cali :)

[fanniehead]

@barnz420 what is that tune

[fozzerbench]

@barnz420 its collie weed ya damn fool

[nelsonmandellastella]

@barnz420 *Collie weed

[thisizhegznogz]

@barnz420

is that cali or collie?

[Digiquarium]

Nice! I like this, nothing like a bit of early 80's Roots Music

[Keaweahe]

1981

[slicknik18]

still smokin my cally weed

[thegadeyne]

great song

[HariKalay]

Oh shit, this is ole' skool fiya.

[slicknik18]

this is my weed national anthem

[HaplessHarvey]

I never knew how my life could changed until my good friend Mr Johnson introduce me to proper riddim.

[dairydubwise]

what a bam bam livining inna tottenham!! haha love it goooners!!!!!!

jahbless major insperation dis man is

[br0adcaster1]

Gold

[josh742]

DJ Madd- Rizla Dub is a might good take on this song.

[eldodino]

wonderful.

Chalwa powa!

[RudyandLelo]

OMG!!! if muzik be the food of life....

[raja1994]

....then im obese!

[gibser]

classic

[lloydbrownmusic]

Trivia: the backing vocalists on this tune were the brothers Tony Douglas (ex-Blackstones and now Kwest member) and Keith Douglas (Cool Down Amina)

[browningbbw]

I love to hear that kind of background info. Thanks for sharing!

[skottgrist]

dissa so sweet... bong bong

[Pendulum711]

wow, i just realised where a freestylers - pressure point track came from :)track, iz nice~

[MeLaang]

Which song in the cd u mean?

Prodigy - Fire (sunrise version) comes from this song and Arthur Brown - Fire

[loosacrew]

jajahhhhh

[w33djoseba]

TUUUUNE.

[dezzaitewa]

long time me nah hear about hard times.....dammm where my youth gone

big up pablo.....wickked ridddim

RASTAFARI

[slicknik18]

speaking of rizla i need to buy some papers and spark up again.

[browningbbw]

Quick before the shop close then

[w33djoseba]

hahaha

[slicknik18]

im burning some cally weed right now.

[rdawta]

save i some mon!!!

[slicknik18]

i got one waitng 4u no worry

[kujikuru]

my uncles got the vinyl to this from wen it first come out in 1980 - still remember listenin' to this in the mk1 golf!!! classic!! so wen i was a youth...

[browningbbw]

the tunes a classic...just like the mk1 golf!

[royd1ryan]

This tune is true classic....just reminds me of the Helsman in Northern Ireland back in the day.

[hasana03]

mate, there arnt alot of skanking tunes this good

[bionicxmistakes]

classic. love it

[SICKCHICANO]

first time i heard this was in 98 thanks to dj lizard fro san diego. this shit is da bomb best album ever.

[skorchtherogue]

Been looking for this for ages, i love it so much!

[RASpecta]

ROOTS ROCKER!!!

[P4JJP]

wow this track takes me back many many years and still very fitting for these troubled recession times we're in now. A reggae revival classic!

[johnsreggae]

this is tune that made love reggae music 1981

[psidhrian]

tell me if i'm wrong but i think naked tourist used it as a sample in "cali-weed".

[MrUriel777]

Pablo Gad, mi all time favorite, Igether with Hugh Mindell and Lacksley Castell and Wayne Jarret ... no like the actual generation, the Sizzlas and others, gimme the ol' reaggae school, true heartbeat music, real roots rockers' style

[raschoel]

agreed..

[cursedfrombirth]

when i was a youth i used to burn cali weed in a rizzla!!! line sampled by prodigy in the song "fire"

[chapstickmaster]

there's also a song by ed solo and skool of thought called 'when i was a yout' which makes a whole song out of the same sample!!

[calumbuist]

ed solo did this song so much justice, fuckin BIG tune

[Durkjo]

*grins* .. this tune brings back memories! Used to ROCK to this one 'back in the day'

ty for reminding me!

[Shemra]

It took time to learn how to build a five paper spliff.

[dankgank420]

Dj Madd samples this tune in Rizla dub....ruuuude stuff

[kingchampion101]

i aint gonna lie i just found out bout pablo gad i mean i heard his name when i ws lil but never heard any of his musik until now and i think this guy right is one of the best 4 real

[jungleg]

una cyant 4get yute like.....HUGH MUNDELL and LACKSLEY CASTELL.......real FARI yute weh dead off b4 dem get fi buss

[browningbbw]

True. Just last week I put up a Junior Delgado and Hugh Mundell tune. So I hear you. Nuff righteous artists been and gone.

[Lionrite]

Not to beat a dead horse, yet not enough credit are given to the band behind the singer... It is always the singer... yet he;she is just another part of the musical experience. What about that hard working drummer making one's head nod...and the bass man making one float?? and the sax making one hot? and that signature one drop(cha cha..cha cha cha cha...) that leaves no doubt that you are listening to true classic rockers. Lastly, Mutabaruka is a great force for messages as well.

[browningbbw]

Very true Lionrite. What's great about uploading tunes here is that you often get someone leaving a message saying that they played guitar or drums on a track or a relative did.

Gives the tune some perspective and credits others that contributed to the sound. So more of that would be so welcome.

[Lionrite]

Browning has said it. How could Bob Marley be the best??? There is no such thing...He certainly was not the best singer in terms of voice? To name a few: Tenor Saw, Nitty Gritty, had smoother voices.. Ok..the message? What of Burning Spear, Israel Vibration, Steel pulse, Wailing souls...etc..and countless others.. and what about Bob Marley's band? the wailers..Without the band, the music would sound dead. I use to listen to Bob Marley eveyday, and what turned me off was all of the hype.

[browningbbw]

Well for me, artists such as Cornell Campbell, Johnny Clarke, Big Youth, U Roy, Black Uhuru, Junior Delgado, Alton Ellis, Slim Smith, Dennis Brown, John Holt etc etc, have had far more influence on my love of reggae music than Bob Marley ever could.

But musical taste is an individual thing, all I'm saying is that it is far bigger and wide ranging than Bob Marley alone.

[Lionrite]

..and Bob Marley is the king of reggae? Please..... Many more with more talant, and better voices... Hear this man flow.... smoooooth... relaxed... and calm

[browningbbw]

Bwoy I hear you on that...it almost comes like blasphemy to say yr not a Marley fan, but reggae music too diverse to narrow it down to one man...

[gangstagrannie]

I loved this back in the day OMG

[sistasueakamilli]

Me was der

[LifeSince1983]

Heard Mungo's Hifi drop this in Bristol once and the crowd went nuts. Still as big as it was! Big tune.

[No1Checker88]

When I was a youth I used to burn Cali Weed in a Rizla

Now I am a Man I jus' a burn Collie Weed in a Chalwa

I just a rub it in a Chalwa

[CitizenUsername]

its bunn,

bunn - to smoke weed

[Spookedin]

yehh u told that mufuckahh lol

but yeh ppl it is B.U.N.

[halil65]

wikiddd ahhh the days when u cana get a 3pound spliff

tottenham

[geewillz]

goodtimes brownin cheers 4 postin

[gurlywurlie]

OMG Cutchswife i remember paraffin heaters, my sister sat on one and got the imprint on her bum lol ...

These are pure memory tunes, the kids today aint got a clue, those days as a woman i could go in a blues by myself and know i was going to be fine, these days a man isn't even safe..

[Cutchswife]

LOL! Has she still got the imprint?

[sistasueakamilli]

Yer an me would b screwinat dem, wen dem say til da last 1 drop, an id stil b screwin at dem wen dem pull the wires out of da back of the mixer lol! ok ok mabye i didnt hav a hom 2 go. But me was a raw roots hard tim girlie

[djbrzuch]

Great song.... I want to have it on 7''

[herrenhandtasche00]

you only get it on 12"

by Burning Records

[djbrzuch]

On ebay I think we can buy it on 7''

[sweeetly]

...love this one...thanks for postin'

[bplastics]

one of my all time favourites brings back so many memories

[allroundpower]

Remember when your Mum put wet clothes thru the mangle, put the iron on the stove and press her and your sister's hair with a hot comb!!!!!!

[Cutchswife]

Me mek a mistake buy coconut oil, she go fe kill me inna hard time style lol.

[d347hm4n]

when I was a yout' I used to burn collie weed in a rizzla

I use to bun it in a rizzla

Now I am a man I jus' a burn collie weed in a chalwa

I just a rub it in a chalwa

[igthered]

hey roots thanx .just downloaded it from limewire wicked!reminds me of me and my mates skanking away in our gabiccis and farah slacks inna (indian) stix man fashion.can u help me with a tune possibly called poor man story with ranking joe on the bside maybe which was out in 1980/81 ... peace

[browningbbw]

Wondering if you mean Poor Mans Story by Ranking Dread. Released on the Live and Love label, but not a favourite tune for me.

If its something different let me know and I'll have a look into it.

[jazzbojudas]

Just so fecking good

[fidgitx]

paraffin heaters were standard, remember the patterns they would make in the celing when the lights were off. TOP DECK drinks, yere i remember those, and QUATRO. Serious tune.

[smokeyjo7]

yeah and you had to soak the wick for ages before you could light it! and they even had the metal carrying handle! so dangerous me and my brothers used to shrink crisp packets over the top of them! and you had to go and fill up at the petrol station or wait for the paraffin man to come down the road. memories

[browningbbw]

lmao, you used to shrink crips packet too??? And put safety pin in the back and turn into a badge???

[rospadje]

ye i used 2 do that 2 wen we didnt av electricity in the hippy days.brings back good memos

[briannagurl10888]

OMG, I can't believe there are other people out there who had to burn paraffin heaters in da hard times, man! Shout out to y'all. One house got burnt down in Goose Green South London cos of a paraffin heater.

[Cutchswife]

loving your memories. I remember I used to have to look after my bros and sistas and the paraffin stove was burning YELLOW. I used have to take the damn paraffin pan to the petrol station and carry home a GALLON!

mrsolo54 - I remember the paraffin heaters well !! used to burn my backside standi