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There is a land far far away
Where there's no night, there's only day
Look into the book of life and you will see
That there's a land far far away
That there's a land far far away
The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords
Sit upon His throne and He rules us all
Look into the book of life and you will see
That He rules us all
That He rules us all
The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords
Sit upon His throne and He rules us all
Look into the book of life, and you will see
That He rules us all
That He rules us all
There is a land far far away
Where there's no night, there's only day
Look into the book of life and you will see
That there's a land far far away
That there's a land far far away
Satta Massagana Ahamlack
Ulaghize
Satta Massagana Ahamlack
Ulaghize, ulaghize, ulaghize, ulaghize
Where there's no night, there's only day
Look into the book of life and you will see
That there's a land far far away
That there's a land far far away
The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords
Sit upon His throne and He rules us all
Look into the book of life and you will see
That He rules us all
That He rules us all
The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords
Sit upon His throne and He rules us all
Look into the book of life, and you will see
That He rules us all
That He rules us all
There is a land far far away
Where there's no night, there's only day
Look into the book of life and you will see
That there's a land far far away
That there's a land far far away
Satta Massagana Ahamlack
Ulaghize
Satta Massagana Ahamlack
Ulaghize, ulaghize, ulaghize, ulaghize
| tiim | Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 21:06 Second'ing the Abyssians version. |
| By_The_River (New York City) | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 12:02 The Abyssians have a better version of the same song. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 11:39 ziakut wrote: I'm sorry...but I strongly feel that reggae is so one-dimensional. The message in lyrics change and can be powerful and meaningful...but the foundation of music is almost nearly always the same. Almost like a large group of individuals in the military all wearing the same uniform...yet each individual wearing the similar garb is uniquely different. I suppose so. Like metal bands...or folkies...or female pop stars...or opera singers...Fado singers....or ....or....or.... |
| ziakut (Albeit In The Meantime) | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 11:34 I'm sorry...but I strongly feel that reggae is so one-dimensional. The message in lyrics change and can be powerful and meaningful...but the foundation of music is almost nearly always the same. Almost like a large group of individuals in the military all wearing the same uniform...yet each individual wearing the similar garb is uniquely different. |
| Henk_Goyarts (Amsterdam) | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 11:33 I love this R band. So Many good memories. |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 11:48 Ericac wrote: I thought I had a deep music library but RP just keeps showing me I only have a tip of the iceberg. You just keep pulling them out of the blue! Love it. I agree. It's one of the reasons I send a few bucks to Bill and Rebecca every month. Radio Paradise is the best. Period. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 18:48 These guys take their reggae seriously! |
| bachbeet | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 18:46 I spent some time in Ghana and heard a lot of reggae, including this one. Always liked reggae even though I'm a non-believer. |
| Pyro | Posted: May 23, 2009 - 22:05 love the frogs |
| jagdriver (The aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 11:34 Well, I, for one, LIKE getting turned on to Christian music I can relate to. This is certainly one. Most of the contemporary Christian songbook doesn't fry my bacon, perhaps because most of the artists remind me of the Cowsills? Hence the reason why I'm here. |
| etwilson (Pittsburgh, PA) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:39 Bizzarefall wrote: Then just groove on the tune itself - the music is great. Word. There's great music from lots of religions that I don't believe in. It's the fact that the musicians are playing from their own hearts that matters. |
| gobits (New York, NY) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:38 Jaaa mon!  |
| garthwb (Emerald Isle) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:36 Now these guys were super-cool! Great to hear this again! |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:26 ....makes me redefine my taste for reggae, pretty close to unexistant up to this point....ain't that something? |
| Ericac (Lakeville, MN) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:23 I thought I had a deep music library but RP just keeps showing me I only have a tip of the iceberg. You just keep pulling them out of the blue! Love it. |
| TexasAggies (Houston, Texas y'all) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:22 graemea wrote: Trivia for you: the lead guitarist in this band is the son of Jamaica's former minister of finance and is a high calibre cellist. It was always a feature of their shows that he would whip out a cello and wow the crowds.  Awesome! |
| joanie (Baltimore) | Posted: Mar 07, 2008 - 23:59 excellent! ty RP! |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 02:29 Wonderful, love the keyboard! |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 10:26  |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Sep 01, 2007 - 11:48 Drip-drop-blah. Marginal at best. |
| fingerpin (OhiO) | Posted: Jun 30, 2007 - 12:01 Kinda' fresh.  |
| eastcoast | Posted: May 14, 2007 - 08:14 MMMM, I like! |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 09:12 Hmm. More Songs of Praise. I like the reggae sound, but some of the more religious lyrics make me feel like I'm listening to Onward Christian Soldiers ;-| |
| graemea | Posted: Jan 11, 2007 - 03:22 freeone1 wrote: ...and at the end! It's funny, but if you go to the Caribbean, this is what the night sounds like, pretty much. Night creatures just begin to call out to each other from sun down to sun up. Having inherited my dad's love of these guys, the liner notes say that they just stuck a mic outside and recorded the night noise for ambience. Trivia for you: the lead guitarist in this band is the son of Jamaica's former minister of finance and is a high calibre cellist. It was always a feature of their shows that he would whip out a cello and wow the crowds. |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: Dec 13, 2006 - 02:09 Good remake that manages to add something new with the guitar and flute(?) solos. Nice. |
| Mari (upclose'n'personal) | Posted: Sep 30, 2006 - 22:15  |
| federico (Padova, Italy) | Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 15:35 faaar better than any modern jam band. PHISH SUCK MY ****!!! |
| mooseisadick (Westland, Michigan) | Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 15:22 Cool man cool. |
| godspeed (Fiji) | Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 15:21 stoney....  |
| freeone1 (few want to be here...) | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 01:24 sarah_mae wrote: does anyone else hear swamp frogs in the background at the start of this?
...and at the end! |
| freeone1 (few want to be here...) | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 01:23 I don't care who they're talking about, I'm dancin' and it's 3:22 am! Thanks for this one Bill!  |
| Augustus (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 09:27 people thinking otherwise, would those be the same people insisting there's a "He"? trekhead wrote: Maybe...just maybe you can't wrap your head around the concept that He rules all, despite your disbelief. The Sun was still in the center of our Solar system before/despite people thinking otherwise. You choosing not to be His subject is a different matter. |
| Bizzarefall (SoCal) | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 09:26 Bakana wrote: can live without the preaching.enough of that elsewhere.
Then just groove on the tune itself - the music is great. |
| Bizzarefall (SoCal) | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 09:25 you mean it does not say "bee's rule us all"? I am so glad!! Bee's are so scary... eagle333 wrote: It's still Christian in it's overtones, generic Christian maybe, but not everyone is. The line "He rules us all" is objectionable to those of us who are not sheep. This supposedly generic "He" does not rule me. It is typical Judeo-Christian propaganda that Christians throw around assuming that everyone follows their beliefs. |
| Pyro | Posted: Jun 20, 2006 - 09:24 The name Rastafari comes from Ras (Duke) Tafari Makonnen, the pre-coronation name of Haile Selassie I. |
| maninblack (Ithaca NY) | Posted: Apr 08, 2006 - 11:25 She rules all... |
| highwindows (The trailing edge) | Posted: Apr 08, 2006 - 11:25  |
| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: Feb 23, 2006 - 09:21 eagle333 wrote: It's still Christian in it's overtones, generic Christian maybe, but not everyone is. The line "He rules us all" is objectionable to those of us who are not sheep. This supposedly generic "He" does not rule me. It is typical Judeo-Christian propaganda that Christians throw around assuming that everyone follows their beliefs. Maybe...just maybe you can't wrap your head around the concept that He rules all, despite your disbelief. The Sun was still in the center of our Solar system before/despite people thinking otherwise. You choosing not to be His subject is a different matter. |
| rascal420 (Truckee, CA - 5000 feet above Paradise) | Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 16:23 I thought Rastafarians revered Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930-1974, even though Mr Selassie didn't know anything about it, or endorse it. He assumed the title Ras (ruler) and his name was Tafari. Bongs away. |
| sarah_mae (Cambridge, UK) | Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 16:13 does anyone else hear swamp frogs in the background at the start of this? |
| Bakana (Brazil) | Posted: Jan 10, 2006 - 10:25 can live without the preaching.enough of that elsewhere. |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Jan 10, 2006 - 09:54 eagle333 wrote: It's still Christian in it's overtones, generic Christian maybe, but not everyone is. The line "He rules us all" is objectionable to those of us who are not sheep. This supposedly generic "He" does not rule me. It is typical Judeo-Christian propaganda that Christians throw around assuming that everyone follows their beliefs. Lighten up. |
| Bizzarefall (SoCal) | Posted: Jan 10, 2006 - 09:53 eagle333 wrote: It's still Christian in it's overtones, generic Christian maybe, but not everyone is. The line "He rules us all" is objectionable to those of us who are not sheep. This supposedly generic "He" does not rule me. It is typical Judeo-Christian propaganda that Christians throw around assuming that everyone follows their beliefs. You will listen to someone! (At least thats what my husband tried to tell me...) |
| Bizzarefall (SoCal) | Posted: Jan 10, 2006 - 09:51 lester wrote: First chance to listen to this closely. A complex sound. Awfully good.
Most of their stuff is such... |
| lester | Posted: Nov 13, 2005 - 03:25 First chance to listen to this closely. A complex sound. Awfully good. |
| daedalus | Posted: Sep 30, 2005 - 04:57 I was amazed to hear the intro as I recognised it from an Ernest Ranglin instrumental. He plays a unique blend of reggae & Jazz. Sure enough I looked up my copy of his CD Below the Bassline and there it was 'Satta Massagana'. Even more amazed to see that Ernest Ranglins version is on the review list. What a great place RP is! Congratulations everybody  |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 10:57 Drummer4soul wrote: One love, mon, one love
Which is, by the way, the name of one of Third World's albums. Now pass the dutchie, please ... |
| Drummer4soul (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 10:52 javafreek wrote: I believe they're Rastafarians. And the 'he' is Jah.
One love, mon, one loveRastafarianism is definitely a judeo-christian based religion. |
| javafreek (Oregon) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 10:46 I believe they're Rastafarians. And the 'he' is Jah. Rastafarianism is definitely a judeo-christian based religion. mojoman wrote: If you listen to Third World's entire output, there's no doubt that they're Christian. BTW, as Dylan said, "Everybody's gotta serve somebody." |
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