Toots & The Maytals — Pressure Drop
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Hmm hmm hmm, yeah... [3x]
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong.
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah... [3x]
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you [2x]
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong.
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah... [3x]
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you [2x]
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Knocking us all out of the park..
just an amazing album. so many great songs 
trailhead wrote:
Only if the Reynolds number is over 2100. Otherwise, you are in laminar flow, then f=16/NRe (if we are talking fanning friction factor).
Seriously, this sort of stuff is always what this Chemical Engineer thinks about when I hear this song. It's sad.
I knew that this one was always an earworm for meteorologists (I believe the reference is to falling barometric pressure heralding impending foul weather), but I had not thought about all the engineers who work with fluid dynamics.
Only if the Reynolds number is over 2100. Otherwise, you are in laminar flow, then f=16/NRe (if we are talking fanning friction factor).
Seriously, this sort of stuff is always what this Chemical Engineer thinks about when I hear this song. It's sad.
I knew that this one was always an earworm for meteorologists (I believe the reference is to falling barometric pressure heralding impending foul weather), but I had not thought about all the engineers who work with fluid dynamics.
Could that album cover scream 70's any louder??...lol...
GD Covid
melzabutch wrote:
This guy reminds me a lot of the guitar teacher Justin Sandercoe.
This guy reminds me a lot of the guitar teacher Justin Sandercoe.
No.
Totally impossible to say which brilliant song is the best on this album. I can, however, say this one was always my favorite on a gut level. And my favorite Toots song until I heard 54-46. RIP
Get well soon Toots!
Reminds me of how much I miss dancing in a crowded room with a hot band "giv'n er" - better times ahead!
This song is like a ray of sunshine right now. Bopping to it after my shower is the way to start my WFH day. Thanks Bill!
Thanks for "Stay Calm, Stay Safe." Radio Paradise is a part of my normal "work from home" routine. I encourage all newbies working from home to keep a familiar voice and mix of music playing to keep you company while social-distancing.
Stay calm, stay safe. We will all make it to the other side of this.
Stay calm, stay safe. We will all make it to the other side of this.
TerrorGovernor wrote:(R) congressional's stormed closed impeachment hearing 
the pressure is a dropin' ∑
the pressure is a dropin' ∑On Trump
I thought that this was one of the weaker songs on the album, but I was wrong. It is magnificently understated.
Saw Toots at the Black Earth AKA the Good Earth in Boulder Colorado in 1976. Great show!
Got to see Toots on New Years Eve for 1999/2000 on Treasure Beach, Jamaica. Wow, what a night!
Equal rights, the fight continues, Wu-Tang Clan, impeach Donald Trump
Toots!
"pressure drop" hard times comin'
Go see the film - preferably with a theatre full of Jamaicans shouting at the screen
VH1 wrote:
Nope!
Yup!
Nope!
Yup!
VV wrote:
Nope!
This song and all its cover versions (including Downpressor Man) are way overplayed here.
Nope!
This song and all its cover versions (including Downpressor Man) are way overplayed here.
Nice segue from The Clash...who did love their Jamaican reggae forefathers, MON!
Listening to Toots always brings summer vibes for me! :)
"Pressure" sounds like "pleasure"; and the entendre couldn't have doubled itself here....
trailhead wrote:
Just fill your effin pipe with sand and use Darcy's Law.
Only if the Reynolds number is over 2100. Otherwise, you are in laminar flow, then f=16/NRe (if we are talking fanning friction factor).
Seriously, this sort of stuff is always what this Chemical Engineer thinks about when I hear this song. It's sad.
Seriously, this sort of stuff is always what this Chemical Engineer thinks about when I hear this song. It's sad.
Just fill your effin pipe with sand and use Darcy's Law.
David Byrne eat your heart out!
Art_Carnage wrote:
So I always thought he said "Precious love" gonna drop on you. Which I like a lot better than "Pressure drop".
Now if I can only un-hear Pressure...
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong.
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah...
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you
WTF?
So I always thought he said "Precious love" gonna drop on you. Which I like a lot better than "Pressure drop".
Now if I can only un-hear Pressure...
Art_Carnage wrote:
A "pressure drop" or a drop in barometric pressure is the sign of a storm, and in the Caribbean, a significant drop in pressure is a hurricane--a weather phenomenon that is, well, not all that uncommon. This is a grand metaphor for nature leveling her very best on, at best, a cheating mate.
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong.
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah...
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you
WTF?
A "pressure drop" or a drop in barometric pressure is the sign of a storm, and in the Caribbean, a significant drop in pressure is a hurricane--a weather phenomenon that is, well, not all that uncommon. This is a grand metaphor for nature leveling her very best on, at best, a cheating mate.
treatment_bound wrote:
A mom with cool tastes!
My mother was cranking the soundtrack to South Pacific in my youth...
Aaah, she was also a cool mom for filling your home with song. There's nothing wrong with a little R & H.
A mom with cool tastes!
My mother was cranking the soundtrack to South Pacific in my youth...
Aaah, she was also a cool mom for filling your home with song. There's nothing wrong with a little R & H.
Boy_Wonder wrote:
Yesterday was the coldest day ever in DC..since I've lived here anyway..14 degrees on my way to work! If the globe gets any warmer I am gonna freeze to death!
Just the track for a cold Monday!
Yesterday was the coldest day ever in DC..since I've lived here anyway..14 degrees on my way to work! If the globe gets any warmer I am gonna freeze to death!
ThePoose wrote:
Yeah, well, how about Harry Nilsson's
Put de lime in de coconut?
Does that make any sense either?
''Nonsense calypso'' is a real thing
Art_Carnage wrote:
Re: the Nilsson song. Where do you get this "nonsense calypso" stuff'. This is about a person who is going "coconuts" over life's common and mostly trivial problems. The advise is to take your "coconut(s)" put in a little lime and swallow it. e.g. deal with it. e.g. take an asperin and call me in the morning. e.g. when given life's lemons, make lemonade.
Put de lime in de coconut?
Does that make any sense either?
''Nonsense calypso'' is a real thing
Art_Carnage wrote:
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong.
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah...
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you
WTF?
Re: the Nilsson song. Where do you get this "nonsense calypso" stuff'. This is about a person who is going "coconuts" over life's common and mostly trivial problems. The advise is to take your "coconut(s)" put in a little lime and swallow it. e.g. deal with it. e.g. take an asperin and call me in the morning. e.g. when given life's lemons, make lemonade.
markthecarp wrote:
I never realized that anyone had trouble figuring out the lyrics. One key is the part that says "I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong. " So pressure drop refers not to a lowering of the barometric reading but the pressure that inevitably comes when one's misdeeds come home to roost. And of course, the 'drop' part refers to the suddenness heaviness with we can be stricken by such awareness.
This is the only acceptable version of this song. Rock it.
I never realized that anyone had trouble figuring out the lyrics. One key is the part that says "I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong. " So pressure drop refers not to a lowering of the barometric reading but the pressure that inevitably comes when one's misdeeds come home to roost. And of course, the 'drop' part refers to the suddenness heaviness with we can be stricken by such awareness.
This is the only acceptable version of this song. Rock it.
bleh
Yeah, well, how about Harry Nilsson's
Put de lime in de coconut?
Does that make any sense either?
''Nonsense calypso'' is a real thing
Art_Carnage wrote:
Put de lime in de coconut?
Does that make any sense either?
''Nonsense calypso'' is a real thing
Art_Carnage wrote:
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong.
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah...
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you
WTF?
Krispian wrote:
A mom with cool tastes!
My mother was cranking the soundtrack to South Pacific in my youth...
I have such a soft spot for this album. My mom played it all the time when I was a kid!
A mom with cool tastes!
My mother was cranking the soundtrack to South Pacific in my youth...
elderg wrote:
Engineers and scientists RULE! Yeah.
Mr. Fixit and trailhead:
Nice comments! See my small comment on 'Under Pressure' by Bowie and Queen for some more amazing science!
Nice comments! See my small comment on 'Under Pressure' by Bowie and Queen for some more amazing science!
Engineers and scientists RULE! Yeah.
Sticky bun come soon, mon...
Boy_Wonder wrote:
Just the track for a cold Tuesday.... you'd never think it was mid-May in the UK, freezing my nuts off here!
Just the track for a cold Monday!
Just the track for a cold Tuesday.... you'd never think it was mid-May in the UK, freezing my nuts off here!
I have such a soft spot for this album. My mom played it all the time when I was a kid!
Just the track for a cold Monday!
We watched the The Harder They Come in college one day for the sake of it. A classic for sure, with the arguable birth of Ska. The soundtrack is the endurable part of the film, as the plot has largely been forgotten (at least on my part). Toots & The Maytals are part of Ska/Reggae history, and for anyone whom is interested in the roots of either genre should definitely check them out.
Sunshine in the office ! On a snowy day !
Bliss !
Bliss !
Love this version — thanks for playing it, Bill.
tdola2 wrote:
You're just not trying hard enough.
This soundtrack is AWESOME! I still play my vinyl copy which I picked up shortly after seeing the movie IN THE LATE SEVENTIES!!
I'm convinced that Bill is trying to torment us by playing this selection so much...lol..
Just can't get into this one....
Just can't get into this one....
You're just not trying hard enough.
This soundtrack is AWESOME! I still play my vinyl copy which I picked up shortly after seeing the movie IN THE LATE SEVENTIES!!
I'm convinced that Bill is trying to torment us by playing this selection so much...lol..
Just can't get into this one....
Just can't get into this one....
So glad to hear this studio version — rough and real. :-)
Mr. Fixit and trailhead:
Nice comments! See my small comment on 'Under Pressure' by Bowie and Queen for some more amazing science!
Nice comments! See my small comment on 'Under Pressure' by Bowie and Queen for some more amazing science!
Thanks for playing the great version of this song Bill!
Before EC mucked it up with his wah pedal.
Before EC mucked it up with his wah pedal.
Great segue Bill - from classic Clash tune Magnificent Seven to this reggae tune that the Clash covered. I kinda like the Clash version better, much in the same way I like the early Beatles covers of Chuck Berry and Motown songs better than the originals.
Misterfixit wrote:
Seriously, this sort of stuff is always what this Chemical Engineer thinks about when I hear this song. It's sad.
By cross referencing the Reynolds number with the relative roughness, the friction factor, f, is calculated. f=(ΔpπR2/2πRΔL)/(ρv2/2) Where solving for Δp will allow for the calculation of pressure drop through a pipe.
Only if the Reynolds number is over 2100. Otherwise, you are in laminar flow, then f=16/NRe (if we are talking fanning friction factor).Seriously, this sort of stuff is always what this Chemical Engineer thinks about when I hear this song. It's sad.
Yes!!! Comes and goes Mon!
By cross referencing the Reynolds number with the relative roughness, the friction factor, f, is calculated. f=(ΔpπR2/2πRΔL)/(ρv2/2) Where solving for Δp will allow for the calculation of pressure drop through a pipe.
Or, on the other hand, the profound droppage of the Pressures of Life both specifically and generally, which occurs after inhalation of massive amounts of Ganja.
Iree mon, Iree!
Or, on the other hand, the profound droppage of the Pressures of Life both specifically and generally, which occurs after inhalation of massive amounts of Ganja.
Iree mon, Iree!
9 -> 10.
This is Friday music.
This is Friday music.
Smile...hummm - I must be in a bad mood. I am seriously not enjoying this playlist sequence. Very unusual...
Yes!!
I want a pressure drop dropped on me nowwwwwwwwwww.
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)
Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong.
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah...
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you
WTF?
ce wrote:
Grosse Pointe Blank"—I pretty much bought everything in that movie except for the drawn out showdown at the end and the fact that a commercial terrestrial radio station in suburban Detroit would be playing English ska (not that I would object to such a station).
This always reminds me of the film "Grosse Pointe Blank", where Minnie Driver opens the door with a heavy mock Jamaican accent:
It's a very nice film with an excellent 80's soundtrack with a slight emphasis on English ska. Ah, in the film it's actually the Specials' cover of "Pressure Drop". The Clash covered it as well.
The previous song on RP was The Clash's "The Magnificent seven", and I believe that The Clash's Joe Strummer compiled that excellent soundtrack for GPB. Yes, AMG agrees, but IMDB draws a complete ... Blank.
(Speaking of film links, of course The Harder They Come and The Magnificent Seven are also films)
Ya cah'nt com een.
It's a very nice film with an excellent 80's soundtrack with a slight emphasis on English ska. Ah, in the film it's actually the Specials' cover of "Pressure Drop". The Clash covered it as well.
The previous song on RP was The Clash's "The Magnificent seven", and I believe that The Clash's Joe Strummer compiled that excellent soundtrack for GPB. Yes, AMG agrees, but IMDB draws a complete ... Blank.
OK, ya cahn com een, if you give me an airplane!
(Speaking of film links, of course The Harder They Come and The Magnificent Seven are also films)
Grosse Pointe Blank"—I pretty much bought everything in that movie except for the drawn out showdown at the end and the fact that a commercial terrestrial radio station in suburban Detroit would be playing English ska (not that I would object to such a station).
yes it is 4-1 where I live but with all do respect... is this is not as good ( not necessarily this version ) as good as music can be??
This is the first time I've ever heard this song. <lights a spliff.>
...sorry RP but I had to mute this one after the Magnificent Clash... 
I used to like this tune but I am so burnt out on it now. Fried.
This always reminds me of the film "Grosse Pointe Blank", where Minnie Driver opens the door with a heavy mock Jamaican accent:
It's a very nice film with an excellent 80's soundtrack with a slight emphasis on English ska. Ah, in the film it's actually the Specials' cover of "Pressure Drop". The Clash covered it as well.
The previous song on RP was The Clash's "The Magnificent seven", and I believe that The Clash's Joe Strummer compiled that excellent soundtrack for GPB. Yes, AMG agrees, but IMDB draws a complete ... Blank.
(Speaking of film links, of course The Harder They Come and The Magnificent Seven are also films)
Ya cah'nt com een.
It's a very nice film with an excellent 80's soundtrack with a slight emphasis on English ska. Ah, in the film it's actually the Specials' cover of "Pressure Drop". The Clash covered it as well.
The previous song on RP was The Clash's "The Magnificent seven", and I believe that The Clash's Joe Strummer compiled that excellent soundtrack for GPB. Yes, AMG agrees, but IMDB draws a complete ... Blank.
OK, ya cahn com een, if you give me an airplane!
(Speaking of film links, of course The Harder They Come and The Magnificent Seven are also films)
Stewed_Mulligan wrote:
Yeah, its a great album... tight. Not quite as good as sneekin sally, but good.
BTW, not as good as Toots and the Maytals IMO.
Palmer has a great voice, but perhaps it's because Little Feat is his backup band on most of that album....in fact, I bought the album BECAUSE Little Feat was on it.
Yeah, its a great album... tight. Not quite as good as sneekin sally, but good.
BTW, not as good as Toots and the Maytals IMO.
frankp74 wrote:
I don't know if The Clash has sings a version of this, but I'm pretty sure The English Beat has.
As have The Specials (in my opinion the best version, from the mid-90s), a band made up partly of members from the Beat (formerly the English Beat).
I don't know if The Clash has sings a version of this, but I'm pretty sure The English Beat has.
As have The Specials (in my opinion the best version, from the mid-90s), a band made up partly of members from the Beat (formerly the English Beat).
xkolibuul wrote:
Hear it here
I find it hard to believe Palmer does this better, but still...I would like to hear it.
Hear it here
strand_walker wrote:
there, that's better.
More Less Toots please, Bill 
there, that's better.
FilmSurgeon wrote:
I don't know if The Clash has sings a version of this, but I'm pretty sure The English Beat has.
This is good, but the version by The Clash is great.
I don't know if The Clash has sings a version of this, but I'm pretty sure The English Beat has.
frankp74 wrote:
The purists would haul you over the coals for this, but I have to agree except that it was The Clash & not The Beat!
edit: I think The Specials also covered it!
I like the English Beat's version better....But it's still great.
The purists would haul you over the coals for this, but I have to agree except that it was The Clash & not The Beat!
edit: I think The Specials also covered it!
I like the English Beat's version better....But it's still great.
SantaFeGrace wrote:
Is there anything you DO like?
Not much, check the profile. Excelsior=Physicsgenius without the humor or the insight. They are prolific in rating songs they don't like though.
Is there anything you DO like?
Not much, check the profile. Excelsior=Physicsgenius without the humor or the insight. They are prolific in rating songs they don't like though.
Not a bad song on this album; love to hear more of them like 'Sweet & Dandy' and 'Johnny Too Bad'! 
The original version of this song, right after the band that did the best cover version of it, playing the worst song that they ever recorded? Coincidence? I think not! J'accuse! 
More Toots please, Bill
Excelsior wrote:
Is there anything you DO like?
I f@#$%ing DESPISE this song. It's not even so much the song itself, which would normally just be mediocre. It's the CONSTANT airplay of this and the Eric Clapton wankfest version that this song gets on RP.
Is there anything you DO like?
I f@#$%ing DESPISE this song. It's not even so much the song itself, which would normally just be mediocre. It's the CONSTANT airplay of this and the Eric Clapton wankfest version that this song gets on RP.
Is it REALLY necessary to cram this song down our throats so often? 
lwilkinson wrote:
No Mon!
Rasta' mon NEED regular dose o'the Red Stripe and some regae least one time o'day.
Hooray beer!
I really do despise this song, mostly because of the frequency which it's played. At least it's not the Eric Clapton version.
xkolibuul wrote:
I find it hard to believe Palmer does this better, but still...I would like to hear it.
Palmer has a great voice, but perhaps it's because Little Feat is his backup band on most of that album....in fact, I bought the album BECAUSE Little Feat was on it.
*sigh* yet again.... 
Oh God, not this again!
lwilkinson wrote:
No Mon!
Rasta' mon NEED regular dose o'the Red Stripe and some regae least one time o'day.
No worries mon!
I find it hard to believe Palmer does this better, but still...I would like to hear it.
Stewed_Mulligan wrote:
Always liked Toots....love this particular song too, but my favorite version is done by Robert Palmer
Shesdifferent wrote:
The most over played song on RP....after White Stripes of course!!
No Mon!
Rasta' mon NEED regular dose o'the Red Stripe and some regae least one time o'day.
Buh-bye. Can't handle this stuff. Never could.
Marley, Tosh, etc. Not my slice of pie.
Next?
Always liked Toots....love this particular song too, but my favorite version is done by Robert Palmer
What a let down after the Clash...
You can play anything anytime from this album! Esp. 'Rivers of Babylon'. Let's go to The Island more often, mon!
wally42 wrote:
Song was around for a while before the movie was made.
nope, it's the original from the movie
Song was around for a while before the movie was made.
RED STRIPE! 
The most over played song on RP....after White Stripes of course!!
One of the greatest...TOOTS!!
Awesome set, Bill. I keep turning it up, but I'm running out of volume!
(Anybody have a few spare decibels they can send my way?)
Saw them perform this song in Boulder, CO in 1975. Toots was mezmerizing. I could swear that his eyes were glowing as he performed. It was one of the most amazing concerts I've ever been to. Everbody danced to the music, nonstop - nobody sat down.
I always just assumed that reggae music sucked until I saw these guys.. boy was I wrong. This is the kind of music you really need to experience in a live setting..
godspeed wrote:
jbatwork wrote:
I am so tired of this song. It was ok the first 18 times. I just turn it down now.
Can't agree.
Always fine in my ears.
jbatwork wrote:
I am so tired of this song. It was ok the first 18 times. I just turn it down now.
No sir. I believe this is a consistent point at which one should turn up the volume for what will come next.
I am so tired of this song. It was ok the first 18 times. I just turn it down now.
Love this song with Magnificent Seven!
jbtidwell wrote:
Dang! - I've got to go to a meeting. Hate leaving RP when we are so in synch 
Har! Love this tune!
Sweetest of grooves with that gruff yet genial voice over it. Me like da Toots.
Dang! - I've got to go to a meeting. Hate leaving RP when we are so in synch
Hinkamp wrote:
is this a live version ?
nope, it's the original from the movie
is this a live version ?
Robolink wrote:
Anybody know the original record date of this and of the Clash Sandinista "ska" thing just played? Both source albums look to be reissues or am I in a time warp?
It first appeared as a single (in Jamaica) in 1969, I think. It was included on the Sweet & Dandy and Monkey Man LPs, both from that year.
Robolink wrote:
Anybody know the original record date of this and of the Clash Sandinista "ska" thing just played? Both source albums look to be reissues or am I in a time warp?
"The Harder They Come" released 1972
"Sandinista!" released 1980
The Harder They Come is a soundtrack to the Movie of the same name. Great film, unbelievable record. If you had to have one Reggae record this would be it.
Sandinista! was a three record set, forced to be sold at a two record set price by the Clash, that was banned in England because it used a banned word for its title.
Anybody know the original record date of this and of the Clash Sandinista "ska" thing just played? Both source albums look to be reissues or am I in a time warp?
Just watched the movie a few nights ago... great tunes! They should remake the flick with real actors and the original soundtrack.
AphidA wrote:
Ho-friggin-Hum
You're being generous there.
This also is a good candidate for the new RP Jazz Channel.