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{Don't switch ya dial, I say do not switch ya dial, this is a test of the Thievery Corporation operator of the Retaliaton!}
Woooah now, retaliation,
Singin' woooah now, we a go wake up the nation
Radio retaliation
It's such a different corporation
We takin' over your station And we a go change the vibration
People fi get up and pump them fist when Sleepy talk
Hear mi trasmission whether you drive or whether you walk
Put up me antenna inna the middle of the park
And transmit mi signal inna the light and inna the dark
Radio retaliate, and never ever get caught
And change the stereotype of people's washover thoughts
50,000 watts of Thievery hit them like poison darts
And watch the whole system what them build up fall apart
Singin' woooah now retaliation
Singin' woooah now, we a go wake up the nation
Radio retaliation
It's such a different corporation
We takin' over your station
And we a go change the vibration
Mi have the basic qualification just fi get people straight
And juggle the microphone from 8 o'clock back to 8
People give me the recommendation from the musical senate
Fi juggle the roundest sound, the mellowest sound, the sound with the most weight
Them stand up out of the corner inna the driveway, outta mi gate
To hear the chief rocker them a fling dubplate
All who want fi challenge Thievery, then its your time fi wait
And re-emerge from the scene, and wipe away all the hate
Radio retaliation, is such a different corporation
We takin' over your station
And we a go change the vibration
Chief rocker Thievery Corp them pon the attack
With melody and sophistication make you bound have to rock
Sleepy Wonder deh pon the mic, the ragga muffin speed rap
And if your vibes is inna the gutter, I will lift it up to the top
Eric and Rob them produce the beat, and invite Sleepy down fi chat
The combination of the crew, destroy your whole habitat
The main objection of the track is to tear the whole place flat
And have the people inna the lounge, them want to get up, and they are singin'
Woooah now retaliation,
Singin' woooah now, we a go wake up the nation
Radio retaliation
It's such a different corporation
We takin' over your station
And we a go change the vibration.
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 12:17 How many other words can we rhyme with shun? Vacation,libation,sequestration....... |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 12:15 Not my favorite TC album, but still a good one. |
| whomhow (changeable) | Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 11:29 Unbelievably low rating, what a shame... Solid 7 at least. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 11:27 Sounds Great |
| joanie (Baltimore) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 18:29 Love this. Can't believe it's so rarely played here. I've seen Thievery Corporation three times. ...and I'd go again. They absolutely rule! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 10:23 Govi wrote: One answer is that the reggae style has exhausted itself. It is so hard to create something new within a confined small space such as is reggae. As with any form, when it's done too much and too often, only geniuses of the art form can find ways to make new statements about it, within it. And geniuses are rare, sadly. That's quite a proclamation there; what makes the reggae style more "confined" than any other music style - other than that you apparently do not like it? Every art form has been done - the ability to make new statements about or within them is not exclusively restricted to geniuses. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 19:31 ZedLeppelin wrote: Mate you really have a Radiohead chip on your shoulder. Let the anger out! A bit gratuitous, I'll admit. |
| Forest267 (Milwaukee) | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 13:22 Saw Thievery Corp live last year at Summerfest...wasn't expecting much of a show (kinda mellow, couple DJ's, right?) - and they absolutely blew me away. Full band, horn section, multiple drum kits, guest singers, costumes, light show, dancers...I think at one point there were over 15 people on the stage. The talent they put together was amazing and they had the whole crowd dancing. Hard for me not to like this song after that... |
| michaelgmitchell (ON, Canada) | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 13:21 Poacher wrote: I listen to a LOT of RP. I also listen to a quite a lot of dub offline amongst all kinds of music. Far as I am concerned this is just sublime and a solid 9. I know RP has a high number of people who just don't get this kind of music, but I just love it. Nothing better than standing by a huge sound system and feeling the base. But hey. . . whatever floats you boat eh? But I admire Bill for keeping playing bits of dub and reggae here and there because we all need to hear different 'stuff'. This site would not be RP if you liked every single track. . . the ying AND the yang are important. /ramble I respect your opinion and agree. Bill and Rebecca have given me roughly two years of musical bliss; more than a hundred tunes purchased after a first listen here at RP. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 13:13 I listen to a LOT of RP. I also listen to a quite a lot of dub offline amongst all kinds of music. Far as I am concerned this is just sublime and a solid 9. I know RP has a high number of people who just don't get this kind of music, but I just love it. Nothing better than standing by a huge sound system and feeling the base. But hey. . . whatever floats you boat eh? But I admire Bill for keeping playing bits of dub and reggae here and there because we all need to hear different 'stuff'. This site would not be RP if you liked every single track. . . the ying AND the yang are important. To say Reggae has had its day flies in the face of what is out there and the masses (and great stuff too) that is still being produced today. What I think you mean is 'I don't like reggae and so have not bothered to find out if there really is much around'. While there are not any big stars means nothing, reggae has never been mainstream (apart form a few notable exceptions) like a lot of music styles. But this track is Dub. . . dub should really be seen as a subsection of reggae, and part of its charm is the fact it is just so cut down, dub is all about the feel and the beat. /ramble |
| michaelgmitchell (ON, Canada) | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 13:06 Just my opinion ... but I absolutely switch the channel as soon as I hear this reggae crap. Sorry. |
| ZedLeppelin (The Red Centre) | Posted: Jul 11, 2009 - 04:35 keller1 wrote: A Renaissance man. You need to go and explain groove to the rest of the Radiohead crowd. A lot of them are still in their mothers' basements listening to Creep. Mate you really have a Radiohead chip on your shoulder. Let the anger out! |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 06:32 sub-arctic wrote: But I like Radiohead and dub!   A Renaissance man. You need to go and explain groove to the rest of the Radiohead crowd. A lot of them are still in their mothers' basements listening to Creep. |
| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 01:54 keller1 wrote: I'm pretty sure that's what too much Radiohead will do to you. This is a great slice of reggae dub. But I like Radiohead and dub! |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: May 26, 2009 - 11:18 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote: Typical RPers, claiming to be worldy and open minded until... they hear something new or different that luls them out of their comfy complacent politically correct world view and they BAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW like a 6 month old that just had her binky stolen. You guys really suck. No really, you suck. new and different? since when is some poseur douchebag ripping off another music style (in this case it''s dub...again) and doing it badly "new and different"? this is the sort of crap we were subjected to when we were on campus. thievery corporation? yup. sounds about right. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: May 18, 2009 - 13:48 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote: Typical RPers, claiming to be worldy and open minded until... they hear something new or different that luls them out of their comfy complacent politically correct world view and they BAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW like a 6 month old that just had her binky stolen. You guys really suck. No really, you suck. Hear, hear. I have said on other posts that a lot of RP listeners wouldn't know a good groove if it jumped up and bit em on the ass. I'm pretty sure that's what too much Radiohead will do to you. This is a great slice of reggae dub. |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: May 08, 2009 - 09:04 if I had a bottle of Red Stripe I would hurl it at this poseur douchebag |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: May 03, 2009 - 08:56 Govi wrote: One answer is that the reggae style has exhausted itself. It is so hard to create something new within a confined small space such as is reggae. As with any form, when it's done too much and too often, only geniuses of the art form can find ways to make new statements about it, within it. And geniuses are rare, sadly. (still not a 1 though, I don't think) |
| Govi (Left Coast) | Posted: May 03, 2009 - 08:54 fredriley wrote: ...do RP listeners really hate dub reggae that much?  One answer is that the reggae style has exhausted itself. It is so hard to create something new within a confined small space such as is reggae. As with any form, when it's done too much and too often, only geniuses of the art form can find ways to make new statements about it, within it. And geniuses are rare, sadly. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: May 03, 2009 - 08:53 rtwingo wrote: I'm pro banning any song with the word "Retaliation" in the lyrics. Yes we can!  agreed. It looks like quite a few people love - and defend this, but to me it sounds more like a SNL parody of a cheesy cruise ship reggae band. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 07:55 themediamojocom wrote: Check them out live and you would think differently. This is a group that incorporates numerous instruments and genres into their music. Hell, check the CD - there are a wide range of musical styles on that, which was bought for my last birthday and is the absolute dog's bollocks. The variety isn't surprising given that TC is just two people (Wikipedia entry) so most of the sounds come from 'guest artists'. I'm a bit stumped that there are so many 1 ratings for this - do RP listeners really hate dub reggae that much? |
| goodpunk (URSOGR8) | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 07:55 Really dig on this song...  |
| LowPhreak (Earth (for now)) | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 07:54 Hey, it's de reggae mon. :) Nice tempo, ay? |
| themediamojocom | Posted: Apr 18, 2009 - 00:00 Check them out live and you would think differently. This is a group that incorporates numerous instruments and genres into their music. |
| ZedLeppelin (NT Australia) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 01:44 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote: Typical RPers, claiming to be worldy and open minded until... they hear something new or different that luls them out of their comfy complacent politically correct world view and they BAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW like a 6 month old that just had her binky stolen. You said it Oscar.. For an collection of "eclectic" music lovers, it's amazing how much electonica, reggae and trip-hop gets blasted. |
| gumby (Slovenia) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 01:40 cRappy  |
| uwnav (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Apr 06, 2009 - 19:39 bleh |
| Ag3nt0rang3 (Canada) | Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 11:28 There's a fine line in this kind of dub where the artist must balance between "laid-back" and "torpor." I find that Thievery Corporation doesn't really master that balance very well, and too often wallows in torpor, despite their activist ethic. This song is no better. |
| TimMensch (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 11:24 bindi wrote: I really hate it when people use the puking Emoticon to express their opinion about a song that other people really love, but seriously, I have to leave before I hurl. Sorry, already at the toilet, you'll have to wait...ahh, that's better. Switched channels pending RP playing non-Reggae again. |
| rtb (NE corner of Work and Boredom) | Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 13:00 To paraphrase a post I made for another TC track - Go see them live. Then judge. Saw them about 3 weeks ago - 2+ hours of awesomeness from about 7 or 8 different vocalists. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 12:59 I really hate it when people use the puking Emoticon to express their opinion about a song that other people really love, but seriously, I have to leave before I hurl. |
| fingerpin (OhiO) | Posted: Feb 16, 2009 - 06:36 zaknafein wrote: One of my favorite new records, highly recommended.  This CD is one of the tastiest I've purchased in quite some time. |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Feb 16, 2009 - 06:33 One of my favorite new records, highly recommended. |
| Oscar_the_Grouch (In my trash can) | Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 17:36 Typical RPers, claiming to be worldy and open minded until... they hear something new or different that luls them out of their comfy complacent politically correct world view and they BAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW like a 6 month old that just had her binky stolen. You guys really suck. No really, you suck. |
| Tim_in_N_FL (Florida) | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 20:27 bindi wrote:  please make it stop!Worst of the Thievery Corp songs played on RP of late...  |
| arsenault (long beach cali US and A) | Posted: Jan 15, 2009 - 13:35 thievery corporation are the best... listen to dee bass maan....  |
| leliathomas (A southern girl (Miss.) in Melbourne, Australia) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 09:34 Painfully cheesy.  |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 09:34 please make it stop! |
| fuh2 (I think I'm in the USA) | Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 17:04 dub-YAH! |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Dec 14, 2008 - 23:09 rtwingo wrote: I'm pro banning any song with the word "Retaliation" in the lyrics. Yes we can! LOL! Hilarious.
On a more serious note: Yes, it is possible to resist without resorting to retaliation. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Nov 26, 2008 - 12:19 drews wrote: a decent slice of roots reggae dub, rare on most airwaves, even RP Right enough. We used to get a lot of it played on the John Peel Show on Radio 1 back when he was alive, but since then you just don't hear this kind of music on air unless you tune into some niche digital station. This sound really takes me back to the 80s, rolling trumpet spliffs at parties with a big stupid smile on my face. Clang! Honk! Tweet! (Furry Freak Bros fans will understand that reference  ) |
| sahlman | Posted: Nov 26, 2008 - 12:18 sounds good, Mon! |
| sdn (Philadelphia) | Posted: Nov 13, 2008 - 09:55 Kind of ... annoying.  |
| rtwingo (Israel) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 04:39 I'm pro banning any song with the word "Retaliation" in the lyrics. Yes we can! |
| dunno (somewhere between here and over there) | Posted: Oct 27, 2008 - 12:43 seekinggrace wrote: Good groove. Okay CD. Like other posts, I agree the CD has a few good tracks but it's nothing like DJ-Kicks or Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi or even Richest Man in Babylon. not to forget Lebanese Blonde. But on Radio Retaliation, the track "The Forgoten People" is actually quite good (and also on the RP playlist). |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Oct 15, 2008 - 14:32 Good Movin Music..mann |
| Ericac (Lakeville, MN) | Posted: Oct 08, 2008 - 13:22 Must be good, I can't keep my head from bobbing. |
| seekinggrace (2038 miles from Paradise) | Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 12:57 Good groove. Okay CD. Like other posts, I agree the CD has a few good tracks but it's nothing like DJ-Kicks or Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi or even Richest Man in Babylon. |
| Tree_Hugger (Seattle) | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 17:29 I agree with all of your statements. Some earlier TC releases really pulled me in immediately - this one hasn't. But some good tracks. hippiechick wrote: Just got this album; haven't listened enough to make a judgment, but it didn't impress me on first listen. Really great packaging though, and very eco-friendly. |
| hippiechick (Weekendland) | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 17:26 Just got this album; haven't listened enough to make a judgment, but it didn't impress me on first listen. Really great packaging though, and very eco-friendly. |