"Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" – Morrissey.
"You Can Get It If You Really Want" – Desmond Dekker.
Dickon Gets Into Reggae Shock.
The current UK Number One is "The Tide Is High" by Atomic Kitten. Originally the song was, of course, a hit by… The Paragons in 1967.
Hands up if you thought Blondie wrote it.
Well, I did, I'm ashamed to say. So by way of self-education, I've just purchased <a href="http://www.trojanrecords.com/tr%20secure/trojan/library/younggiftedmain.htm">"Young, Gifted & Black"</a>, a new double CD compilation of vintage Trojan Records hits: 60s and 70s reggae, ska, rocksteady, etc. There's dozens of Trojan compilation box sets, all beautifully packaged, but this really does seem to have all the essentials on it: Desmond Dekker, Jimmy Cliff, Susan Cadogan et al. "My Boy Lollipop", "Uptown Top Ranking", "Black Pearl", "Police and Thieves", "You Can Get It If You Really Want" and so on. Plus the original (and superior) versions of all those Shaggy and UB40 songs. And the original of "The Tide Is High". It's a fantastic compilation of great pop music. Even Morrissey would enjoy it.
