The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad

[bladesmark1]

Long live ska

[jason69332]

cover title would be great wall art?

[jason69332]

my*

[jason69332]

jimmy cliff ny opinion better voice than marley.

[drivechick]

the harder they come is a brilliant film! jimmy cliff is a legend.

[ttyardie]

this is still relevant today. nothing has really changed. big tune

[MrMini1100]

too bad.........we all need a rock

[UncaDollas]

Too many boys walking down the road with a pistol in their waist.

[Nieles1989]

geitenwollen sokken 4 life!

[Nieles1989]

i just found really good music because i clicked on a user named the gigantic sock . lol  geitewollen sokken 4life!

[bodosegogo]

jim capaldi

[eloyADAN]

it doesn't matter when or where or how you heard it, respect the song by not shitting it up in the comments.

[thelongeye1]

YES I ...DEM B RUDE BOY FRUM DE YARD....JAHHHHHHH RASTAFARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SALASI I.

[champi2004]

trevor wilson(delroy wilson brother) is the veritable singer!!!!

[heymama1]

I love this song. I learned to play it on guitar, years ago. and sing it. What I really love, is the person who place this vid. I can hear the scratches off of the vinyl. Thank you for the vinyl and God Bless you for this.

[AraPromotions]

this song is amazing... makes u fly highh

[SouthSaturnDelta1]

Trojan Records forever !



[BlackBeautii1]

wooooy i geh dis cdd woooyyy yoooooooyyyyyy walking down the road with a pistol in your hand johnny you too bad wooooyyyy yoooooooyy

[MrPerfecttommy]

I still have the vinyl... and my turntable works just fine. Peace, all. Love each other.

[judgekongo187]

MADDD CCHUNE!!!!!



[worldcoup]

This is ska. Pure, simple, timeless, brilliant.

For all you nazi nonces out there. Stop poncing off this great culture, stick to screwdriver and peepholes. This is SKA. Liseten and learn.

[emerica420pothead]

@worldcoup WHO ARE DEEEEZZZZEEE NIGGGAZZ

[thelongeye1]

@emerica420pothead dem na nigga!dem be rasta man.ya hear.

[chinditone9321]

This is the greatest reggae song of all time. Doing evil to your brother = destroying yourself

[Johnnystrychnine]

I find it hard to believe this song or one of Marvin Gaye's songs or any of the Blaxsploitation song tracks from Superfly etc never made it to the top Rolling Stone 500 tracks of the past fifty years...

[doctorsex19]

OH GOSH ALLYUH HEAR MUSIC

[NaturalProd007]

BIG TUNE!!

[pixelside]

London made me think of this song atm

[joshsurfwest]

The Supervillians Played this song at WJRR 101.1's Earthday Birthday 18 April 29th 2011 @Tinker Field Orlando Florida. Orlando your'e too bad!!!!

[jerwilllll]

@joshsurfwest i just saw them at the social! they played this song and said orlando your too bad. gotta love the supervillians!

[TheOnlineAddict]

FUCK YOU KID YOU'RE A DICK

[jerwilllll]

@TheOnlineAddict tourettes?

[TheOnlineAddict]

@jerwilllll Tourettes guy. Look him up if you fancy a laugh.

[GroupTherapyTV1]

thumbs up if your heard this song on the original vinyl from the soundtrack

[jdaddyjohnson]

@GroupTherapyTV

Thumb up! Heard it in my 20's...now an old man of 56. Still brings on the same vibe!

[heymama1]

56 ain't old. Keep on living with the fire your belly. You got 30 more years at least.

[MrCommanderZ]

@GroupTherapyTV1 had the vinyl bro...left it a a train station !!

[henrimoon]

@GroupTherapyTV1 You are an asshole.

[johnnyattack]

@GroupTherapyTV1

One of my dads favorite records as a kid.

[metrofirst]

@johnnyattack You say that again!! Fave Pops chune! Memories by the score!

[marbleann]

Well anybody who has to reduce themselves to calling names is somebody not to be taken serious. Know your history'.

[Misberg71]

Found this song via Rude Boy movie. Great!

[londonsillynanny]

Ya prick ya.

[londonsillynanny]

Thumbs up if this makes you think of The Supervillains' legendary live shows before this whole no Smalley and horrible new album business.

[Sonnyboy56]

Played this on Misfits # 4. Cool shit.

[MOONST0MP]

this is one of the best reggae songs ever.

[BistroLeNoobs]

this song is hard.

[mattier3030]

johnny to bad git me the hammer!

[kurisujpn]

Johnny is too bad for 1 person

[IsaacT1808]

thumbs up if you heard this song from the Mos Dub album :D

[marbleann]

This was a great song. And to all of you Marley idolizers. Yes he was good. But The only reason Bob Marley was the biggest star was only because Jimmy Cliff who is considered more talented then Marley was being groomed to be the breakout star but Chris Blackwell wanted a lighter black man who white people could relate more too. So out went Cliff and in went Marley who is half white. Know your history of Jamaican music. If Leslie Kong had lived I think there would of been another story.

[Diomedes22]

@marbleann you're an imbecile. bob marley was talented beyond belief. jimmy cliff's talent, which is great, too, has nothing to do with marley.

[pinkpanta]

Forever sampled "one of these days, when you hear a voice say come, who you gonna run to"

[nuhfrs25]

together with the wailers album" catch a fire",its one of the most iconic album covers in the reggae scene, seen!

[aakira009]

Fuck Paul Simon! It's all about the Slickers. I never get sick of this tune.

[lakaien1313]

@aakira009 - They said Paul SIMONON who was the bass player for THE CLASH, who Bob Marley said was his favorite reggae band. Not bad for a bunch of English punks.

[aakira009]

@lakaien1313 Lol my bad man

[sargejr51]

give me the pistol

[sargejr51]

"one of these days when you here the voice say come" great cut

[TotalDesignZ]

One of the best Reggae albums ever :)

Thanks

[matydrum]

The organ solo kills it!

[baconbitterboil]

@matydrum if by kills it you mean the organ solo is killer as in good then yes.

[DJ2G00D]

classic



[TheMagicNumb3r]

Makes me think of my dad this one.

[METRIC26]

this tune makes me want to burn a FAT SPLIFF=)

REGGAE music is the BEST music EVER!!!

I LOVE JAMAICA

[scurvydogfromhell]

@METRIC26 This is rocksteady man!

[METRIC26]

classic tune... naw shoot mi down johnny...

love this song

[Phantasus87]

bedankt voor uploaden

[thelizardking5]

Yes! The Freedom of Life Abounds! It manipulates out into the limitless void like a god forsaken oil spill Peace to all my brothers and sisters

[ahmidis74]

REGGAE AT ITS ULTIMATE BEST!!!

[Thebassclash]

Paul Simonon Rude Boy :) What a great song !!

[keefysgal]

I have this song on Tighten up vol 4 - 1971(you know the album with the girl on the front covered in sweets) haven't played it for a while - so when I came across this it was a real blast from the past - I discovered I still love it.

[Tigermoon1950]

Makes me feel like a real bahd ass, mahn...lookin' fo some poon....and ub40...bettr, mahn

[Jolie028]

very nice!

[bigbawser]

here's the original mr ogilvie

[MooseChoob]

fuck the ub40 version

[MooseChoob]

@ArchangelBoab speak english

[jdaddyjohnson]

@MooseChoob Bad vibe gonna get back at you

[ishabaka]

I still have this LP. The grooves are almost worn out.

[stonedkingz]

i like to listen to this wen im smokin the ganja

[houseof4doorsmc]

No, as a matter of fact, two of the members of the Slickers were on Death Row at the time. Jamaica is beautiful, been there a few times. But Kingston Should be avoided!

[albion7000]

one of my favourite songs ever from one of my favourite films ever.

[AdamsApple1963]

I heard this song last weekend on "Little Steven's Underground Garage" and he played this song after talking with Keith Richards about Reggae. (Plus, Keith was plugging his new book! Lol!)

[TwigDjango]

The Slickers were great. Too bad there isn't much else they recorded.

Also, this film kicks ass. If you haven't yet seen The Harder They Come, then what the hell are you waiting for?

[basilcruncher]

Apparently written for the late, great Johnny Edgecombe. RIP.

[SkwaraCzL92]

the piece is quiet and gives food for thought bless

[SamuraiZach0]

You're just robbin and you're stabbin and you're lootin and you're shootin now you're too bad, One of these days when you hear a voice say come where ya gonna run too, you're gonna run to the rock for rescue, there will be no rock.

[hiddenexit]

This song is not advocating or romanticizing violence; it is condemning it. "Where you gonna run to? You're gonna run to the rock for rescue - there will be no rock." In those lines the singer is addressing Johnny, the man carrying the pistol.

[frederickus]

The original!!!

[siminski89]

wish i was black!!!

[itdontworkright]

@siminski89 no you dont



[WARRIORPARK]

@siminski89 yes you do!

[TheOurzik]

@siminski89 GOD IS THE RULER HE MADE NO MISTAKE TO MAKE YOU THE PERSON YOU ARE BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE AND NEVER BE DOWN HEARTED CHEER UP WE ALL HAVE THE GOLD CUP BLACK OR WHITE UNITE

[justevansi]

Truly reggae

[L00pGarou]

man was listening to true oldschool reggae and then suddenly that stupid rastafari shit came up :(

[Phantasus87]

@L00pGarou

could you name a few band names then? thank you!

[ddduncan7]

wait if this isnt jimmy cliff, why is this song on the album the harder they come?

[ringringbananarchy]

@ddduncan7 Because the album The Harder They Come was a soundtrack to the movie The Harder They Come. Only about half the songs on the album are Jimmy Cliff, the others are by The Slickers, heard here, Scotty, The Melodians, Desmond Dekker, and The Maytals.

[heshimu1]

1 person was too drunk to hit the like button

[manonhill12]

AWESOME THE SLICKERS FROM MORANT BAY ST THOMAS JAMAICA AS A YOUTH I SIT AND WATCH THESE GUYS REHERSE THIS SONG TOOK THEM A LONG TIME TO GET IT RECORDED , IT SHOT TO NUMBER 1 FAST BUT TOO BAD MONEY BROKE THEM UP

[WATAFUCK2008]

i like druging myself to this song!!!

[FRENCHDOG909]

great tune :]

[monotrious]

I love this song more than any other song on earth!

[saleasylum]

No Rock?

[ThRebelWithoutaCause]

jibba, you're so right, this is the best version of this!

[144851102]

i was 15 when this record came out great memorys ho ye

[heyheyyesyes]

classic jamaican culture

[Georgettek99]

I like this a lot

[ILuv2troll]

Walkin down the road...With a pistol in your waist.

[koolherc1974]

truth

[Aphidboy]

I helped my father build a big hay barn in Montana in 1978. This song, which was on the Jimmy Cliff "The Harder They Come" cassette tape I had, helped me get that job done. "Walkin' down the road with a ratchet in your waist . . . " Oh, yes. That great music gave me strength. And it's just as good, all these years later. Thank you, for posting.

[acerza89]

empire of cricket, west indies

[MCAMVP]

the bass hit me so hard as i happened o play this from my mp4 stick by chance o_O

awesome song

[texascarl]

last 48 hours some 60 people killed in Jamaica in gunfights between the army and 'drug dealers'. Johnny you're too bad.

[heyheyyesyes]

@texascarl yea same shit different year you can see it in their creative work in Jamaica both in the harder they come, and shottas, in old culture and new political turmoil poverty and riches

[dugmbkr]

one of des days!!

[kevindlinc]

Im listning to this great song,reading some of the posts and the next thing Im saying ,'yeah,fuck Michael Bolton,but even the thought of Bolton doesnt detract from the greatness of this song!!!

[MsLG83]

Nice

[667TOMO667]

was soo pissed off when i typed johnny too bad and it came up with ub40 n cover bands n shit how can they take credit for this tune....i love the original its such a classic tune!!!

[Sonicmountain09]

@667TOMO667 UB40 made a cover of Johnny Too Bad? That's like Michael Bolton doing a cover of - well, anything.

[juankenon]

@667TOMO667

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. When you do a cover your not saying you wrote the damn thing just acknowledging your musical influences. I don't particularly like their or any other versions of this song I have heard or even played because its monumental in its original form, but there is nothing wrong with an artist giving it a go.

[MOONST0MP]

best song eva!!!!!!!!!!

[gazebbs123]

just nice.

[Fred92604]

more cool skinhead reggae

[jvr2000]

amazing song!

[BushyHairedFellow]

"walkin down de rooooaaaaad, wit de pistol en yuh waist"......shits so gangsta, son......

[judgekongo187]

@BushyHairedFellow johnny your too Bad!!

[IiMZSlyboy]

@BushyHairedFellow do you know what it's about though? doesnt sound like it.

[beanolabub]

johnny you're too baaaaaaaad

[BraveNewAtheist]

one of my favorite reggae songs no doubt

[princebusterSKA]

this aint reggae, its ska/rocksteady son.

[sketchywilliams]

After having this as my ringtone for so long it sounds weird listening to it haha. Great tune!

[FunkyPunk881]

This song will always remind me of Paul Simonon, bless his heart :)

[meatypaw101]

same ,same,but pauls alive an well,RUDE BWOY!!!

[Sami7685]

@FunkyPunk881 Wait. Why? What must I know!?

[RottenAndVicious]

You can hear this song in the movie "Rude Boy" too. Paul Simonon (from The Clash) listens it in his bedroom.

Great great song, love it <3

[metrofirst]

Nice family times with Mom&Dad. my sisters coming from JA, Uncles, Aunts

[dookieface69]

my mom was slappin this and she got da cd. so i had to look it up

[king1431]

rude always wear ratchet pon di waist, JAH BLESS bless up a toda mi gente del la ceiba, HONDURAS.

[CheWenzel]

I love this song

oh YEA this is my fucking favorite

so watch the film it's great

[ozzieo1]

this is rocksteady not reggea

[kurtisfolkerth]

exactly....many do not know that there is a significant difference!

[Melikethecake]

Listen to the base line, that's reggea!

[BraveNewAtheist]

What's the difference? like actually what is it in a nutshell because I've never known.

[BraveNewAtheist]

And does it have something to do with the one drop, which i notice is not used in this song.

[sutcliffe62x]

I always thought this was the most rockin song on the soundtrack.

[Vincenteloco]

This is the reggae equivalent  of " I Fought The Law"

[trinicoolie101]

wut kinda music is this??does dis count as reggae?

[BowlRefresher]

reggea, yeah,... ROOTSREGGAE

[inuitt]

great!!!

[razor04jdm]

One of these days, when you here a voice say come.........where you gonna run too?

classic ;-)

[moise1114]

Another good version of this song by Taj Mahal... check it out on youtube

[mad69daddy]

thanks firekid

didn't find much killer-b but did find

Johnny Too Bad Riddim

which has the version used in the mash I wanted

hopefully chav0006 can tell me who it is

[ironlion25]

you HAVE to watch this movie.... just great Jimmy Cliff is DA BOMB!

[mad69daddy]

anyone know where I can find the killer-b mash ?

[Sfirekid9]

search "killer-b mash"

[kieronxr3i]

What a tune i love it!! Im only 21 and this music is brilliant eminds me of growing up with my dad in his his braces and doc martins!! CLASIC!!

[ganjahrastafary]

Love this song :)

[DudefromEvanston]

Everyone should be able to hear this song, this is true reggae, doesn't get much better than this!

[MOONST0MP]

@DudefromEvanston hear hear!! this is one of the best reggae tracks ever! is there any footage of the slickers anywhere?????

[MOONST0MP]

@DudefromEvanston Hear hear!!! A top Reggae track, one of the best!!!

[jibbajabba311]

this i no doubt the best version of this song...

...awesome vocals by Jimmy...

[DeGigantischeSok]

This isn't Jimmy on vocals.

He did record his own version later, but unfortunately I do not have it.

[leeperryismerry]

@DeGigantischeSok

Look on the right you can see the vid!

(Y)

[Tote1883gas]

Great tune, but i also like UB40s effort

[ddduncan7]

@jibbajabba311 hey i had the same mistak. so i thought this was an album by jimmy cliff when, in fact, it is a soundtrack from the movie starring jimmy cliff. it is by various artists, including johhny too bad, by the slickers. way too confusing for my liking

[MOONST0MP]

@jibbajabba311 Nah Jimmys version of this record was shite.

[leftinyo]

pgh. band the Silencers did a rocked out version on rock n roll enforcers, circa 1979, cbs precision.