1974

EVERYDAY WONDERING * JOHNNY CLARKE * ATRA 019 * UK

This B side of Julie a fairly forgettable lovers rock cut was a Johnny Clark original, it criticized those who would sit back and do nothing, rather than take their future into their own hands and act upon it. The song was a taste of some of the harder, uncompromising songs he recorded later. The song, in a somewhat lyrically ambiguous version, and its dubbed up rhythm became a massive hit for its producer Rupie Edwards, as Irie Feelings.

See also None Shall Escape The Judgment 


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