On You Tube, I listened to a video about "forgotten hit songs from the 1960s" or something like that.
And then in the Comments, people were like, "These songs are not 'forgotten'--everybody knows all of these songs!"
The uploader of the video invited viewers to name other songs in this category--someone mentioned a song I had never heard,
"Israelites"
by a group I had never heard of:
Desmond Dekker & The Aces.
So then I found that and played it, and read those comments:
George Vreeland Hill
----------------- This song never gets old. It's one of those classics you love to hear every time it plays.
Saraiyah Yisrael
-------------------- Wow! Never knew how much relevance this would have today. Shout out to all of my Israelite Mispacha! Shalom!
Patrick Girouard
---------------- The first record I ever purchased with my own money.
Jim Hayes
------------------- I missed this song's regular airplay, and heard it once, on the radio, in 1973. ONCE! My brother and I were entranced, but had no idea what it was or how to hear more.
And I didn't hear it again for about 35 years, whereupon I glommed onto it and made up for lost time. Thanks, Internet.
Black Cherubim
------------- Just heard this song playing on the "Watchmen" series it sounds fly.
Rob Derrick
------------------- When this first came out, I heard it on the radio. Was either WISE or WKKE, Asheville, North Carolina. After one hearing, not even sure what I'd heard, or who it was, I HAD to have it.
I was about 13 years old. I hit the pavement walking, and went to Every record/music store in town, where I was met with incomprehension as I tried to find/describe this Holy Grail.
Finally, after almost a whole day, I found a store with a 45RPM of a song called "Israelites". Couldn't even be sure it was the right one, but I bought it and took it home. Imagine my relief when I put it on and heard that first "Get up in the morning..."
There are so few pleasures in life that are as intense, immediate, and pure as that.
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On You Tube type in
Desmond Dekker & The Aces -- "Israelites" (Official Audio)
uploader: Trojan Records Official
(views: 3,474,424)
...and listen.
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