Desmond Dekker - 'It Mek'

[DrummondGirl69]

Rudegirl prideeeee!!! Love song :)

[1955pigot]

WOW !!! Loved it when i was 14 and still do at 56 old bloke what no white boy me !

[20FlightBlues]

besides the early wailers he has the best sounds, awesome

[scooterscum1874]

choooon!!!  canny wak it man!!

[TheGlasgowmods]

BIG UP CLANCY................... I CAN SMELL THE CHERRY BLOSSOM LISTENING TO THIS

I LOOK DOWN AND IVE GOT ME AULD DOCS ON

[Ladystormlover]

@tracy1105 im guyanese/irish parentage born in 60s this song and others like it cool THE BEST x

[kenshirothefist3000]

little good song

[desoi]

Always loved this song. Saw him live in London late 80s - awesome! Thanks for posting

[theloudhalo]

Aw Desmond, you were definitely a big part of my teenage years. What beautiful memories!

Thankyou.

[calico992]

Desmonds got tiny tiny ears.

[BasementBeginnings]

@calico992 I have tinier ears. >:(

[miggychan]

Bought his greatest hits today at a record store, so worth the money.

This is the kind of artist I'd pay for and it'd be totally worth it.

[wormwoodrasta]

First heard this at a club in White City, It was rass clat bad then and it still is sweeeet

[TheKadamungus]

He died on my birthday :/ R.I.P Desmond <3

[gingergiblet]

@TheKadamungus It may be your fault then :/

[TheKadamungus]

@gingergiblet Oh be quiet with you :/

[gingergiblet]

@TheKadamungus what is a kadamungus, out of interest??

[TheKadamungus]

@gingergiblet Nothing you will ever know :)

[tracy1105]

An English born of Jamaican/Guyanese parentage this was all we had, but loved it all the same. This stuff was not regularly played on the radio. If it weren't for the Skinhead movement might never have heard it all!

[gingergiblet]

@tracy1105 Sweet nanny goat.

[ty3165]

simply fucking awesome,sorry for the bad language folks

[mkl987]

@ty3165 you speak AMAZING french ;D!.. it was very relevant thoo! :)

[ty3165]

@mkl987 yeah thanks for the reply

[kcupriest]

At 15 I didn't know wtf I was listening to with this, israelites and 007 but I just loved it :)

[Nineteen58Fury]

Thank you!!!! music of god

[GothicAngel2100]

Magic

[thejamesfamily08]

Long live his music!

[OLLYETTEDONNA]

loved this first time round and still do ,love u desmond you were part of my childhood .

[MrAblack1]

I wonder what the playlists for the three people who don't like this song looks like? Flakes....

[BLACKIESBOY]

He has a really pretty voice.

[kukol]

@SLAYER0429. Probably the lazy horns, the uplifting beat/rhythm, and, maybe, because it's from a time when we were.... happier?

[MisterBlue55]

I haven't heard this much since I was at school 40 years ago and it's still grrrrreeeeaaaat!!!!!!!

[karaline77]

totally dig Desmond :)

[mainforce88]

FOUNDATION GROUNDATION....REAL MUSIC.

[adthet]

names michael get called mick and thought my my parents calling me it in 1980s

but what a great tune to be brought to maybe y u never see stabbings and stuff we was all peaced out as young kids

[rus524]

happy days. no comment ha ha.

[ty3165]

nice smoking music

[adthet]

how the ,,,, 3 people dislike it its so uplifting my mum even says desmond dekker is 1 of the best

[rus524]

hope you are fine and well, in the states. good luck. i remember them too. havent seen the place in 20 years . i keep meaning to go back and have a look. i will one day. some memories there ha ha. all is well

[scruff241]

shame this over shadowed talented orphan guy gave so much in his music..........glad to of seen him give a great live performance ................... still had his beret

[zenmonkgenryu]

Dam Rus, I'm in the US now but used to live in Brixton in the 80's and remember the Railton Road well lol, including all the dope dealers.

[ty3165]

just sat in tescos and i heard this record on the radio....sheer brilliance

[tes74]

TIE86 :D 

[rus524]

this takes me back to railton road, in the 70s and 80s used to patrol there. great times. used to hate this music, but after i loaned some tapes off a guy who would talk to me ha ha ha. i listened to some of it and i actually liked it. not all of it but some of it was ok. i love this song though. fuck me, we had some times there, not many of the lads used to like being posted to brixton, but i loved it. happy days. couldnt understand a fucking word in the early days, take it easy ok, all is well

[illegalsmirf]

@rus524 So you learned to enjoy Jamaican music when you were a policeman? :D Did you ever smoke a joint to enhance the experience?

[samuelsonable]

while im here on one of your records clanccy i asked once on your channel about if there is any other tracks with the riddim from Derrick Morgan judge dread in court thanks

[samuelsonable]

THIS IS ENGLAND 86

[SecretDoor16]

@samuelsonable

Is shit

[samuelsonable]

@SecretDoor16 Hey little mosher gal me never say its a good record it was just on a tv show get a fucking life

[SecretDoor16]

@samuelsonable

And secondly ... You call me a mosher why? Because I like Red Hot Chili Peppers? Wow, you're so stereotypical. I listen to all music, but Jamaican music is my life. You want to take this further and I could wipe the floor with you when talking about Jamaican history. You know nothing. And This Is England 86 is a very poor show, which is extremely inaccurate. If you want to know about the influence of Jamaican music, go read a book, or better...go listen to original Jamaican Ska!

[samuelsonable]

@SecretDoor16 the last time i comment say wot u like but are u chatting bowt justin hinds, slim smith or even prince buster anyways me grew up in a carib church in moss side and me more of a bluebeat fan enuf said init an yeah me like all kinds too lets not get petty and start shitting i dont know u and u dont know me take care yeah

[samuelsonable]

@SecretDoor16 the last time i comment say wot u like but are u chatting bowt justin hinds, slim smith or even prince buster anyways me grew up in a carib church in moss side and anyways me more of a bluebeat fan enuf said init an yeah me like all kinds too lets not get petty and start shitting an anyways we chatting about music not no history what you gonna do start chatting about michael fucking manley get real i dont know u and u dont know me take care yeah

[SecretDoor16]

@samuelsonable

love an' unity 

[samuelsonable]

@SecretDoor16 Oh an if u dont like the tv show well dont fucking watch it little kids like you wouldnt have a clue bowt them days and all the culture them days bring init

[SecretDoor16]

@samuelsonable

haha. I said This is England 86 is shit. Not the record. Desmond Dekker is the reason Im a songwriter. Desmond Dekker is the king of Ska, and a true Jamaican legend. If it werent for Desmond, the Rocksteady chart invasion would never of existed. Desmond Dekker is one of the most influencial Jamaican artists that ever graced this planet. And as for 'It Mek' , possible one of the greatest Jamaican anthem ever recorded. And you call me a mosher gal? Firstly, Im a guy,

[edmundsampo]

You don't need drugs to enjoy this. To suggest so is too insult the music. Pure brilliance.

[redhills1971]

Oh, now this really brings back memories of my teenage years in Jamaica and the music was great...Desmond was the best!!!!! Who can sit when you hear early Reggae and Rock Steady music, you can't help but jump up and dance!

[MrWORDSOUNDPOWER]

foundation

[cgmcgarty]

Kool girl !!

[richrod69]

dis is the real man ere!!!

[pbp1958]

original skins love this

[keziban100]

lovely song...greets from turkey!

[markpin67]

superb

[erikclm]

Great Desmond Dekker!!!

[jonno52]

Just brilliant, classic. But can someone translate "pop ya bitava"?

[blfchanner1958]

@jonno52 pop u bitter gall

[jonno52]

@blfchanner1958 Thanks! but still not much the wiser - "pop u bitter gall"? "Bitter gall" is a biblical expression apparently, but is that reading too much into it? "Pop" I kinda get, eg Althea & Donna: "No pop no style/I strictly roots". Whatever, I see you have a good channel, subbed if you don't mind)

[kinklesstetrode]

Written as a result of dekker seeing his sister fall over

[shinding75]

When you hear It Mek - you got to DANCE!!! Yes man, this is pure classic reggae! Unbeatable!!

[palachinov]

Wicked track mate

antifa skins!

[Juicextractor1]

Pure juice, in fact it's nectar!!

[cgmcgarty]

Music is an Art form and this is a paragon of it's genre!!!

[priapus56]

crappy re-recording..

[ThunderFire101]

my favorite reggae song next to the original Junior Murvin's Police and Theives, and 63 in the shade.

[KEINAANDKELLY]

cool

[dominguezygarcia]

yup the song is great

[x1panther1x]

Great track. From one of the greatest reggae singers. He's up there with Bob Marley.

[Reggae45s]

I listen to much more Desmond than Marley, just the way it is.

[howardbastard]

@Reggae45s , how can you even compare desmond to marley ? there both entirely different its like me saying i listen to more metallica than the smiths

[Reggae45s]

@howardbastard No. Marley watered down his sound for the world. Dekker kept the sound from Jamaica. Comparing Marley to Dekker is like comparing Vanilla Ice to 50 Cent.

[howardbastard]

@Reggae45s , look at what you wrote you was the one that compared them both not me

[Reggae45s]

@howardbastard actually you replied to a comment that I posted a year ago, that was a reply to someone else.

[howardbastard]

@Reggae45s , no that comment you wrote you clearly compared bob marley to desmond dekker

[Reggae45s]

@howardbastard So what?

[ov3rcl0cked]

@howardbastard Well considering Dekker and Marley are under the same genre, your analogy doesn't really hold up. Marley is more modern and he started the whole Dub thing, which I really think is terrible. I like Marley but he is rated under Dekker, Toots, and Jimmy Cliff for me. I just don't like all these people whole are influenced by Marley and make Hip Hop Reggae Techno Mess, and talk about drugs and money, when real Ska and Reggae was about the Rude boys where none of that mattered.

[ferglovesguitar]

@Reggae45s Both (:

[kukol]

2.20 of simplistic brilliance!

[clanccy]

Yes pure niceness.... :)

[ty3165]

@kukol what about the other second then?

[kukol]

@ty3165 1 second of silence..... :-)

[freijaful]

@kukol i wanna know who in the world are the 3 people that disliked this song :-O

[kukol]

@freijaful It could be a trio of mistakes, it happens, or they just dont like it....anyway, our taste is far superior to theirs. ;-)

[freijaful]

@kukol LOL!

[bowler3329]

Desmond was the greatest!!!!!

[clanccy]

☻/

/▌He sure was special, thank you.

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[WeHaveTheSkillz]

I think this song was recorded in 68's Ah ah ah

[Rand33Appl3]

Best song ever.

[minutegongcoughs]

Des was a terrific guy.

[pickmolly]

Unforgettable.I love this song and it is sung by the real Top-Drawer Ska Man.

[wetwipey]

oh what a song!"!!! love this thanks for uploading!

[justlikeataris]

69 :)

love ska

[justlikeataris]

Late 60's, maybe 68? :)

[mrrk]

I think this is the first version of the song he recorded. The one that charted is slightly diffrent. Check it out on my page.

[kukol]

A distinct possibility!

[reaggaedawn]

A Golden Oldie !

Oh ! what am i saying - it's not that old is it ?? Can't be if i remember it that well LOL

:-) Brill G xx