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The Skatalites — Freedom Sounds
Album: From Paris with Love
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Released: 2002
Length: 4:15
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Here we are face to face
and greeting on and all
here we stand freedom sounds
a echo for so long
forget your troubles
forget your worries
come and jump and dance
and make merriment
irie vibrations groovy so groovy
come and jump and dance
and make merriment
let's be like one big happy family
sharing the joy that
togetherness will bring
forget your problems
forget for a moment
come and jump and dance
and make merriment
feel the spirit
feel the spirit
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Quick, roll out the gunja!!      
Posted 5 months ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
 Bat wrote:

Why are there lyrics?  This and virtually all Skatalites tunes are instrumentals.



To be fair, that guy yells "FREEDOM!" before they start, but yes the lyrics are wrong.
Posted 6 months ago by q4Fry    [ Reply ]
Where's that comment poster who writes about every bowlegged muleskinner person in their hotel room be jumpin' to the beat or whatever...cause I sure am! 
Posted 8 months ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
we need more songs with horn sections

the world would be a better place

at least...more peppy
Posted 8 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Love an ending on a minor 6th.
Posted 8 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
mamma mia
Posted 9 months ago by serhatkocana    [ Reply ]
I'm not a fan of ska, but the musicianship on this tune is excellent!
Posted 10 months ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by huib    [ Reply ]
Please play MORE SKA on RP!  Thank You.
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 DW4554 wrote:

It's the trumpet and sax.  Kick ass duo!




I Agree completely!  Thanx RP!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Let me hear a trumpet. I am usually seduced.
Posted 1 year ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
Yep, up another digit.  Good motivation music for a Monday morning after springing the clock forward.
Posted 1 year ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Joe said: "The Skatalites in New York City, hey, Skatalites"
Posted 2 years ago by LinThizzy    [ Reply ]
It's the trumpet and sax.  Kick ass duo!
Posted 2 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by bennie482    [ Reply ]
like it    simply good, like it! Very mich indes.
Posted 2 years ago by gudi.hasivar    [ Reply ]
RP has only 1 song by them on the playlist!  PLEASE ADD MORE TUNES by them!!!  Thank You!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Ska = smiling whilst chair dancing on a Thursday morning while I should be writing reports
Posted 2 years ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
Starts at "8" for the trombone solo alone
Posted 2 years ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
 TrevorWGoodchild wrote:

This is really really good




I Agree!!   PS: Cool bus.  Thanx RP!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Best go find my 14 hole Doc Martens...and get skanking...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
This is really really good
Posted 2 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
 planet_lizard wrote:

Life During Wartime
The Cossacks are Leaving
Freedom Sounds

Keep it up Bill - we're with you.


I was about to say more or less the same thing, but you got there first!!

Subtle but definite
, thanks Bill!


Posted 2 years ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
Life During Wartime
The Cossacks are Leaving
Freedom Sounds

Keep it up Bill - we're with you.
Posted 2 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
How funny! That´s my song of the day: Just preparing to go to Paris today.
Posted 2 years ago by Dezet    [ Reply ]
SkaRiffic! All of their years show well here.
Posted 2 years ago by einsteinstoe    [ Reply ]
Excellent!! Totally Cool! Great mix of genres! I never heard of them before.  Thanx RP!!  
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
Q: How many rude boys does it take to change a lightbulb? {#Idea}

A: 4 - 1 to unscrew it, and 3 to Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up!  {#Bananasplit}



Q: How many Irish men does it tale to screw in a light bulb?  A: None!. they'll drink in the dark!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Great tune, happy and uplifting, just what we need in these shitty Covid times! Ire feelings, skanga skanga 
Posted 2 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]


Posted 2 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
Q: How many rude boys does it take to change a lightbulb? {#Idea}

A: 4 - 1 to unscrew it, and 3 to Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up!  {#Bananasplit}


And then you are still in the dark, nobody screwed in the new bulb.....
Posted 3 years ago by nu11    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
Q: How many rude boys does it take to change a lightbulb? {#Idea}

A: 4 - 1 to unscrew it, and 3 to Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up!  {#Bananasplit}
 
Good One RAS!
Rude Boy rock Love me some SKA!

Posted 3 years ago by surfrider4life    [ Reply ]
Help -- can't control my feets as they want to dance me out of my office- Iree, mon!
Posted 3 years ago by Ibnrudy    [ Reply ]
The Skatalites version of You're Wondering Now is the theme to the UK drama series Death In Paradise. If you don't move when you hear it …
Posted 4 years ago by LoudshirtsBand    [ Reply ]
Marvelous...
Posted 5 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Dang...Batchelor and Drummond on the brass just killing it! How I wish I could play like these all-stars!
Posted 5 years ago by aroma    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
"Skatalites" = orbiting feces?
 
Shit sounds great
Posted 5 years ago by pahahaha614    [ Reply ]
I would love to be on that bus
Posted 6 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
My new favorlite summer sound!!!!!
Posted 6 years ago by thegingerman    [ Reply ]
8?! What was I thinking? Solid 9, pushing 10.
Posted 6 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
I love it! At the throbbing core of this is an amazing, catchy groove pulsing within a killer series of thrilling rhythm shifts and jump-beats.
Posted 6 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Why are there lyrics?  This and virtually all Skatalites tunes are instrumentals.
Posted 7 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
a first for me! 7 out of the box lol nice!{#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
I saw these guys play at a local club last year with Doreen Shaffer and maybe one or two other original members.  Yes, they are still out there...go see them!  It was so much fun!
Posted 7 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
I dig it!
Posted 7 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 8 years ago by musman    [ Reply ]
Full of joie de vivre on a sunny day
Posted 8 years ago by kletzing    [ Reply ]
This doobie nice.
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Its from 2002, just look above the comnents {#Wink}
Posted 8 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
1967!!
Posted 8 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]

Have seen them in Jamaica, London and Berlin, GREAT NIGHTS but the Original SkaTaLites!!!


THIS band is merely having the same name!






Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 Toke wrote:
Is this 'SKA'' or ''BLUE-BEAT'' ???  I believe Blue-Beat was the forerunner of Ska but where the dividing line is remains a mystery to me....Looking at the Album cover if it is of genuine age ..this could well be Blue-Beat..  RSVP.

 
I thought it was called "ska" since the early 1960s, thus this band's name.  Blue Beat was a label which released Caribbean ska and R&B recordings.  I guess eventually the terms became interchangeable.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Best Band in the World!
Posted 9 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
{#Dance}
Posted 9 years ago by Salobest    [ Reply ]
Hey hey pick it up
skankingbanana.jpg 
Posted 9 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
BRING ON THE SKA!
Posted 9 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
"Skatalites" = orbiting feces?
Posted 9 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
Skanking. . . I am skanking!

Top grade Ska has been proved to be good for you. As long as you don't over do it, it will make you three inches taller and smell nicer. Trust me, I'm a doctor.

 
shakee-shakee!  thanks for the prescription Doc, woo-hoooo  now where's my spleef?  : )
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:

amazon wants $18.98

 
Not today, mate: $88.97. Supply and demand.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Q: How many rude boys does it take to change a lightbulb? {#Idea}

A: 4 - 1 to unscrew it, and 3 to Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up!  {#Bananasplit}
Posted 9 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Brooky wrote:
Just what I needed! Thanks

 
You're welcome!

You're welcome!
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Just what I needed! Thanks
Posted 9 years ago by Brooky    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
I have no idea if this and the previous song by Youssou N'dour are Bill's reflection on the "Charlie Hebdo" massacre, but they are appropriate, especially the 'Lites' being From Paris with Love.

 
Nice thought my friend 
Posted 9 years ago by BallymunDub    [ Reply ]
I have no idea if this and the previous song by Youssou N'dour are Bill's reflection on the "Charlie Hebdo" massacre, but they are appropriate, especially the 'Lites' being From Paris with Love.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 Stratocaster wrote:
I have a tromboner.

 
No doubt a slide.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:

there is no spock

 
Ha! 

Should have read, "Wesley, stop that infernal racket! "
Posted 10 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
I'm liking it but if this little freedom run isn't leading us to Richie Havens Freedom then i will need to take a little detour after this one.

On a sidenote I would like to point out that i would rather not have skatellites passing overhead.No reflection on the music just a horrible mental image.  I think the pigeons are dangerous enough.
Posted 10 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Thank You for the Skatalites...  :)   I was able to see them play live and they were great...
Posted 10 years ago by rcrouse    [ Reply ]
I have a tromboner.
Posted 10 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

Get away,  I have that but I never knew he was one of the Skatalites. 

Makes perfect sense.



btw I got a copy of this for 20 quid.



 
amazon wants $18.98
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Excellent!  Would enjoy some more of this action.
Posted 10 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
 michaelgmitchell wrote:


Agreed. Spock, hit the PSD please.

 
there is no spock
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 Boy_Wonder wrote:
Great.... but if I want to buy a copy from Amazon it'll be £186.00 - it's not that good!!

Check out Ernest Ranglin 'Below the Baseline' for more modern takes on ska by one of the originals  

 
Get away,  I have that but I never knew he was one of the Skatalites. 

Makes perfect sense.



btw I got a copy of this for 20 quid.


Posted 11 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
Great.... but if I want to buy a copy from Amazon it'll be £186.00 - it's not that good!!

Check out Ernest Ranglin 'Below the Baseline' for more modern takes on ska by one of the originals  
Posted 11 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
horns.....HORNS...HORNS....YES !....{#Dance}....IT'S A GOOD THING.......
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
Skatalites! whoo hoo!  {#Bananasplit}
Posted 11 years ago by poodha    [ Reply ]
ska anytime!
Posted 12 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
Why, this is rather jolly little ditty, got my feet tapping! {#Dancingbanana} {#Bananasplit} {#Bananajam}{#Bananajumprope} {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 12 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]


Agreed. Spock, hit the PSD please.
Posted 12 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
loged in just for the comment: this song calls for the dancing banana! {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 12 years ago by asado    [ Reply ]
Oh yes, Skatalites, finest among the finest.
Posted 12 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
Oh, Hell Yeah! Turn me grey day to sunshine.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
 Toke wrote:
Is this 'SKA'' or ''BLUE-BEAT'' ???  I believe Blue-Beat was the forerunner of Ska but where the dividing line is reamains a mystery to me....Looking at the Album cover if it is of genuine age ..this could well be Blue-Beat..  RSVP.
  Interesting. I had never heard of 'Blue-beat'. Gotta learn about it. But I expect, like most genres, there's a whole continuum, and there's no clear dividing line.


Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Is this 'SKA'' or ''BLUE-BEAT'' ???  I believe Blue-Beat was the forerunner of Ska but where the dividing line is reamains a mystery to me....Looking at the Album cover if it is of genuine age ..this could well be Blue-Beat..  RSVP.


Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:
Hypnotic...  I find myself doing the head bob without realizing that I'm doing it.
 
Yup. Me too!   {#Yes}   Nice, uplifting beats for a Friday afternoon...!

Posted 12 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
Hypnotic...  I find myself doing the head bob without realizing that I'm doing it.
Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
The only way to improve on this would be to play The Guns of Navarone next...............................please?
Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Poacher wrote:
Skanking. . . I am skanking!

Top grade Ska has been proved to be good for you. As long as you don't over do it, it will make you three inches taller and smell nicer. Trust me, I'm a doctor.
 


Thanks doc I be taking me medicine mon!
Great to see no one knocking this music all positive!
Posted 13 years ago by thefoodoflove    [ Reply ]
pick it up 
pick it up
pick it up 
Posted 13 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
Skanking. . . I am skanking!

Top grade Ska has been proved to be good for you. As long as you don't over do it, it will make you three inches taller and smell nicer. Trust me, I'm a doctor.
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Got my leg going...
Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
How can I NOT dance to this? So good.{#Bananasplit}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
vry  vry nice
Posted 13 years ago by midiarex    [ Reply ]
Skatalites!! Wooooooooooooooo!!!

Saw them a few years ago. Awesome!
Posted 14 years ago by ad_hoc    [ Reply ]

Skatalites band by ~babbar
Yiannis©2008-2010 ~babbar

Skatalites at the principal club theatre of Thessaloniki (Greece) (25-11-2007) Another great concert! SKA-SKA-SKA!!!



Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 Rotterdam wrote:
Difficult to type with my shoulders keeping time to the music. Ooooo. Love the brass, too. This is great!!!!! Wanna dance.
 
kn oooo w wh aaaa t u   meeee eeeeee eee eee n!
Posted 14 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
{#Bananasplit}Yaaayyyy, Skaaaa!!!  {#Bananasplit}
Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
{#Mrgreen}
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Difficult to type with my shoulders keeping time to the music. Ooooo. Love the brass, too. This is great!!!!! Wanna dance.
Posted 15 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by CyberCoyote    [ Reply ]
Awesome song, i can't believe I'm going to be playing with Cedric Im Brooks and Kevin Batchelor ..AGAIN!  No music makes you feel as good as ska and reggae does, and the Skatalites keep the music alive

Posted 15 years ago by Ras_Ian    [ Reply ]
 Sadfish wrote:
sounds like any other ill informed comment to me *shrug*
 
more data does not change the sound :(

Posted 15 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Is this what Ska music is?
 
This is what Ska music is!

Posted 15 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Fantastic set Bill! Floyd to Gabriel/Bush, something I'd never heard from N'dour, and now ska. Nothing but 'net! {#Music}
Posted 15 years ago by nmcvaugh    [ Reply ]
8 just for some ska sound on RP! 
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
I'm dancing with Dio's other leg.

Posted 15 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
Rocksteady, Mon! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by ScopArch    [ Reply ]
Skanga  skanga {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Beat}{#Bananajam}{#Roflol}{#Bananapiano}{#Drunk}{#Cool}{#Sunny}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 15 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Skatalites Rule!

Posted 16 years ago by Rockitz    [ Reply ]
Perhaps the greatest instrumental group in any popular genre whatsoever, ever. My guys!
Posted 16 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananajumprope}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}

Great morning tune!!

Posted 16 years ago by sfuller    [ Reply ]
westslope wrote:
Is this what Ska music is?


Yah mon! {#Dancingbanana}

Ska seems to come back every 10 years or so.
These guys are old skool, 1960's or so, with a slightly slower pace than many other ska songs.

Posted 16 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
prickelpit96 wrote:
Now THIS is awesome.
DIG.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Is this what Ska music is?
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Ok, I'm going to spend the rest of the day trying to learn that guitar lick.
Posted 16 years ago by sfListener    [ Reply ]
Now THIS is awesome.
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
dirtykiev wrote:
reggea's awesome step-child--i love ska. play some toasters for me!
Gribnif wrote:
I think "older brother" would be more appropriate. Ska predates reggae by at least 15-20 years.
Here's some interesting info on the subject (click here)
Posted 16 years ago by RockinBlueVoodoo    [ Reply ]
I'm startin' to boogie here and nearly forgot that I don't work out of the house any more--got this deadly desk job, a real mind-number except for RP
Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
BGGA wrote:
My kids grew up loving the Skatalites. The "Fredom" call at the start of this song was like a call to arms, they would come running to the living room and dance until they collapsed. That was almost 20 years ago... hearing this today made me very happy.
that is a great story. I was going to say how much I disliked ska, but you've turned me from my slanderous ways...
Posted 16 years ago by kaosmonkey    [ Reply ]