The Paragons: “The Tide Is High” (1967) Violin isn’t common in reggae, but damn it sounds good on this gem from the rocksteady era. I’m amazed you can fit this much melody in one song—John Holt’s lead vocal swoops and dives, his phrases expanding and contracting like the very...
Blondie - 'The Tide is High' Blondie - The Tide Is High This was originally a 1996 track written by John Holt, performed by the Jamaican group The Paragons, with Holt as lead singer. Blondie's 10 best ever songs, ranked The Story of... 'The Tide Is High' by Blondie Blondie covered...
From the wiki: “‘The Tide is High’ was written by John Holt and was first recorded by The Paragons, the vocal trio of which he was a member, and featured the violin of ‘White Rum’ Raymond. “The recording was produced by Duke Reid, released as a 7-inch single on Reid’s Trea...
1. Blondie: ‘The Tide Is High’ (1980) Written by reggae legend John Holt and first performed by The Paragons in 1966, this was an inspired – if somewhat cheesy – choice for the band. It’s mainly included here for Debbie Harry’s delightfully off-the-cuff vocal, sounding like her ...
The Paragons’ Jamaican classic “Happy Go Lucky Girl” to create the superb “Offshore Banking Business.”Blondiescored their biggest hit with another Paragons’ song, “The Tide Is High”; The Slits’ challenge to rock’s male hegemony included yet another version of a Paragons’ original, ...
It’s impossible to imagine the current incarnation of Suno producing pop music someone might actively want to listen to, much less anything with the influence, feeling, and social impact of the art form’s paragons like the Beatles, or Prince, or Beyoncé. B...
The Paragons: On the Beach (1967) Originally an uptempo ska vocal group, the Paragons redefined themselves into a Jamaican rocksteady act in the late ’60s, when singer John Holt joined their ranks. On the Beach, their lone album with Holt before he bolted for a successful solo career, rem...
Paradoxically, in translating these paragons, Lowell's self-doubt seems to vanish, replaced by an aesthetic rapture that, for once, won't betray him by drain- ing his energy. Translating—or rather, conversing with—his gallery of grand- masters, his poetic energy seems to arise no longer ...
Super Rare Doo-Wop is a massive collection of groups that made records that are long-forgotten and prized by collectors.
I’m not sure why Billy Ocean felt the need to jump on songwriters Barry J. Eastmond and Wayne Brathwaite’s tune with the most obvious of lyrics: “There’ll be sad songs to make you cry/Love songs often do/They can touch the heart of someone new/Saying I love y...