Max Romeo
Max Romeo (born Maxwell Livingston Smith, 22 November 1944) is a Jamaican reggae and roots reggae recording artist who has achieved chart success in his home country and in the United Kingdom. Romeo had several hits with the vocal group the Emotions. His album "Wet Dream" (1968) included overtly sexual lyrics and launched a new style of reggae.
Career
Born in St. D'Acre, St. James, Jamaica, Romeo left home at the age of 14 and worked on a sugar plantation outside Clarendon, before winning a local talent competition when he was 18. This prompted a move to the capital, Kingston, in order to embark on a musical career. In 1965 he joined up with Kenneth Knight and Lloyd Shakespeare in The Emotions, whilst also working in sales for the Caltone label. The group were unsuccessful in auditions for other producers, but Lack offered them an audition after overhearing Smith singing to himself while working. In 1966, the group had their first hit, with the Lack-produced "(Buy You) A Rainbow". The Emotions went on to release several hit singles. and by 1968, the singer, by that point known as Max Romeo began his solo career in 1968, but did not have any great successes on the charts. Romeo returned to The Emotions, now recording for Phil Pratt, and founded a new band, The Upsetters.
Romeo
Romeo Montague is one of the title characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. He serves as the play's male protagonist. Romeo, the son of Montague and his wife, secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet. Forced into exile by his slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, Romeo commits suicide upon hearing falsely of Juliet's death.
The character's origins can be traced as far back as Pyramus, who appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses, but the first modern incarnation of Romeo is Mariotto in the 33rd of Masuccio Salernitano's Il Novellino (1476). This story was adapted by Luigi da Porto as Giulietta e Romeo (1530), and Shakespeare's main source was an English verse translation of this text by Arthur Brooke. Although both Salernitano and da Porto claimed that their stories had historical basis, there is little evidence that this is the case.
Romeo, an only child like Juliet, is one of the most important characters of the play, and has a consistent presence throughout it. His role as an idealistic lover has led the word "Romeo" to become a synonym for a passionate male lover in various languages. Although often treated as such, it is not clear that "Montague" is a surname in the modern sense.
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Carl Winckow known in Spain, where he spent most of his working life, as Carlos Winkow (6 February 1882 – 16 January 1952) was a German type designer who worked primarily for the Naçional Typefoundry.
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Romeo (Ketil Stokkan song)
"Romeo" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in Norwegian by Ketil Stokkan.
The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Stokkan addressing the object of his desires. He sings about his elaborate preparations to "seduce you" - going to the lengths of borrowing clothes to look better. Unfortunately for him, his advances appear to have been over-eager, as he sings "My greatest pleasure was to touch you/My biggest stupidity was to feel you up". His paramour compares him unfavourably to Romeo, telling him that "the Gods shall know that you will never become a/Romeo, Romeo, try to take it easy", even as he is begging on his knees for the relationship to work.
Despite the somewhat unconventional lyrics - Eurovision entries tending to be about requited love - the song is more significant for the appearance onstage of a drag queen, a member of the Norwegian drag troupe "Great Garlic Girls", dressed in stylised clothing reminiscent of the 18th century.
Podcasts:
Max Romeo
ALBUMS
- Best Of released: 2010
- Pocomania Songs released: 2006
- Sings Hits Of Bob Marley released: 2006
- Wet Dreams: The Best of Max Romeo released: 2004
- Ultimate Collection released: 2003
- Anthology 1967-76: The Coming of Jah released: 2002
- Perilous Time released: 2001
- On the Beach released: 2001
- Pray For Me released: 2000
- In This Time released: 2000
- Open the Iron Gate 1973 - 1977 released: 1999
- Wet Dream released: 1993
- Far I - Captain of My Ship released: 1992
- Our Rights released: 1988
- I Love My Music released: 1982
- Reconstruction released: 1978
- War Ina Babylon released: 1976
- Let the Power Fall released: 1972
- Selassie I Forever released:
- Something Is Wrong released:
Sings Hits Of Bob Marley
Released 2006- Soul Rebel
- Soul Rebel (Version)
- Corner Stone
- Corner Stone (Version)
- Nice Time
- Nice Time (Version)
- Hypocrites
- Hypocrites (Version)
- Mellow Mood
- Mellow Mood (Version)
- Thank You Lord
- Thank You Lord (Version)
- Rainbow Country
- Rainbow Country (Version)
- Keep On Moving
- Keep On Moving (Version)
- Don't Rock My Boat
- Don't Rock My Boat (Version)
- No Water
- No Water (Version)
Wet Dreams: The Best of Max Romeo
Released 2004- Wet Dream
- Let the Power Fall on I
- I Don't Want to Let You Go
- Macabee Version
- I Man a African
- Walk Into the Dawn
- Public Enemy Number One
- Natty Dread Take Over
- Chi Chi Bud
- Soulful Music
- We Love Jamaica
- Black Equality
- No Joshua No
- The Coming of Jah
- Three Blind Mice
- Jordan River
- Blowin'in the Wind
- Don't You Weep
- Murder in the Place
- The Horn
- Hola Zion
- Rent Man
- Rasta Band Wagon
- Put Me in the Mood
- Wet Dream (Dancehall version)
Ultimate Collection
Released 2003- War Ina Babylon
- Maccabee Version
- Sir Harry - Marrow
- Hola Zion
- Max Romeo & The Prophet - How Long Must We Wait
- Life Is Beautiful
- Bald Headed Teacher
- A Fi We Country
- Socialism Is Love
- One Step Forward
- I Chase The Devil
- 2000 Years Ago
- I Am The Resurrection
- A Lie Them A Tell
- Norman (discomix featuring Jah Lloyd)
- Sexy Natty (discomix featuring Jah Lloyd)
- Rico Rodriguez - Judgement
- Wah Rock
Anthology 1967-76: The Coming of Jah
Released 2002- Jordan River
- Rent Man
- Chi Chi Bud
- Ginalship
- Ally and Ailaloo
- The Coming of Jah
- Beardman Feast
- Rasta Band Wagon
- When Jah Speak
- Fling Fire Stick
- Babylon's Burning
- Public Enemy Number One
- Two Faced People
- Pray for Me
- Bald Headed Teacher
- Murder in the Place
- Everybody Watching Everybody
- Sexy Sadie
- Evening News
- Hole Under Crutches
- Nobody's Child
- My Jamaican Collie
- No Joshua No
- Mr. Fix It
- I Man a African
Pray For Me
Released 2000- I Don't Want To Let You Go
- Careless Hands
- Put Me In The Mood
- Indeed I Love You
- Wet Dream
- I've Been Looking Back
- Watch This Sound
- People Get Ready
- Great Lover
- Let The Power Fall On I
- Don't You Weep
- Macabee Version
- Words Of Wisdom
- Jordan River
- Ginalship
- Public Enemy Number One
- Babylon Burning
- The Coming Of Jah
- Beardman Feast
- Rasta Bandwagon
- Pray For Me
- Man In Your Life
- Murder In The Place
- Everybody Watching Everybody
- My Jamaica Collie
- No Joshua No
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Wha We A Go Tell Jah Seh
by: Max RomeoRun to the ??? to hide yourself hmm, hmm, lord
I say that run to ??? to hide yourself hmm, hmm, lalalalala
Wha we ago tell jah seh, on the judgement day
Wha we ago tell jah seh, on the judgement day
When the fire start to burn, burn, burn, burn
When the fire start to burn, hmm, hmm
Wha we ago tell jah seh, on this judgement morning
Wha we ago tell jah seh, we hear the wicked them bawlin'
And the fire start to burn, burn, burn, burn
And the wicked start to burn, yeah, hmm, hmm
We're heading in the wrong direction
We all got to use your discretion
Crime and violence is all we know
We can only reap that which we sow
Remember the children are our future
??? forever
Uh uh yeah, hmm hmm, na na na
Hmm hmm...
We've got to chase ???
Let's be kind to the people of the street
It's not too late to make amend
Let's stick together, let's all be friends
We live in a world, a world so lost (???)
We live in a world, a world so cool
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah yeah
Wha we ago tell jah seh, on the judgement day
Wha we ago tell jah seh, on the judgement day
When the fire start to burn, burn, burn, burn
When the fire start to burn, yeah, hmm, hmm
Wha we ago tell jah seh, on the judgement morning
Wha we ago tell jah seh, when we hear the wicked them bawlin'
And the fire start to burn, burn, burn, burn
and my people never learn, no, learn, learn, learn
Wha we ago tell jah seh, on the judgement day
Wha we ago tell jah seh, and it's a dreadful morning
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