Awesome! Original is done by Syl Johnson. More of a bluesy soul tune. Ken Boothe also does a great cover of the song as well. Dosen't stay to far from Nicky's cover.
I saw him live, went to a show in Crystal Palace UK with my parents, I was very young yet that man made a huge impact on me, I had never seen anyone so different in his way of performing, the honesty in his voice and lyrics gave good food for reflection.
Have discovered him today, August 13th Friday, 2021 while listening to some African-Fusion Artists. #BlackFriday just formed new meaning to Me henceforth
You could also say that reggae music is joyful, rhythmic, philosophical and creates a atmosphere for couples to dance expressively like no other music before or since.
I bought this track on 7'' in a charity shop in Leicester in 1993. Great to hear this version - that band is tighter than a camel's arse in a sandstorm.
You would no doubt also enjoy it played on 100watts bass speakers boxes with tweeter, 2am at a Sat night reggae party!! Now that was the "Boom!!" 😊👥💕👫🏿💕🎶😍
Only 233 views. It's a crime. I saw this performance on BBC4 the other night and was mesmerised. It fills me with joy/melancholy/fascination simultaneously. The lyrics, the emotion, his voice, the suit, the shoes: everything is perfect. The more I find out about him, the more I want to know but there's so little online. It took me back to the reggae club above the Playhouse in Edinburgh a long time ago which I used to sneak into from the Nite Club downstairs. Old school reggae is just the best.
Sheer pain and raw emotion of the performer shook me to my core. This was back in 1973. I can't believe we still see this going on. Ken Boothe also performed this with much emotion spilling out of him.
What a moving track, really feelin this as was the man himself was expressing so much here. Love to all you people as a white man here, leaving you a great quote from our brother Justin Hinds “no matter what colour creed or race, one love, one heart, one destiny” who also is sadly no longer with us. Rest in peace.🙏🏼
Scotland 1973 had a lot of Reggae lovers judging by this clip, a very underground music movement at the time & not the world wide culture it is today. I guess the Scottish people had felt the downpressing system in their own life and could relate regardless of colour & nationality. I don't know,I'm a 47 year old man born in North-Norway . Cool video Stay safe and keep faith 🕯 Best wishes Arvid Nilsen Bodø-Norway
To all my African diaspora brothers & sisters, may the love of God almighty always be with you. He has kept us alive all these centuries despite the hatred they have for us.
understand this my beautiful black brothers and sisters.. in order to hold you back one have to be behind you and in order to pull you down one have to be beneath you....simple.. stay proud and keep rising. one black love......
well done UTubue! I feel guilty sometimes that I dont have to pay for this service that brings me culture and stuff that I didnt know existed. This is new to me, never heard of the guy, but utube made it free and available!! and I really like it!!
We were lucky enough to see Nicky Thomas perform in May 1973, he was AMAZING!! So much so, that in the August we named our first child Nicky after him. Love Of The Common People ranks as one of my all time fav albums.
Such a powerful song and performance because he is really asking for honesty. He's asking them to stop making excuses and tell me so I can know what to do next!!
I have never seen this artist before but have heard this song from different reggae artists over the years. After seeing and hearing this, I’m loving it. Really miss how artists used to show their passion while singing their hearts out. Eracism.
Yo all the reggae I have played on TH-cam and the last 12 years and all of the history of African-Americans now the algorithm finally sends me this on 8/28 2021?!? 😔😐 it's about damn time youtube it's about damn time!!!🤘😔😌👍
What a performance this is such a powerful song, I’m really feeling the anguish. So sorry you didn’t fulfil your needs in this life. You really moved me. RIP
Hello it's me again the original singer syl Johnson made the cross=song; I love it and I truly feel in my soul. But Nickey Thomas carried the cross=song and nailed it with his rendition of the original song especially! In that live performance. And to me it does not matter what country the singers were from; injustices anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere . They sang about that. So we should embrace the universal message of positive music, and not let it create barriers between us. Love and respect to everyone one who loves positive music..
Nicky respect to you and this song ,The awnser is mos def yes and will always be yes,because the chains that held us back years ago will never break,,we will always be chained to slave city me friend , you can only be free in your mind,,,great song,,,,, great artist,one love
One of my favourite reggae performers! Tell it like it is, Love of the common people, and God bless the children. Just a couple of his great songs! I would love to hear him sing Derrick Harriet's Message from a Blackman.
I and my father are totally amazed after seeing this masterpiece. Such a Great singer of common people .Very sad and surprising the way he commited suicide should not have done that such a cheerful and funny person he was. LOVE FOR HIM EVER.
This song runs deep, peace and love to all my brothas and sistas out there who love our beautiful black skin.
Everyone has a skin colour.
Massive respect i.
Peace to you too .
One of the best reggae. With words that penetrate your soul
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Absolute brilliant version of this song - you just don’t get performances like this nowadays - emotion, passion and a band so tight….beautiful.
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Plenty great performances. Open your eyes.
Absolutely
@@brentcraft4340 like who?
@@brentcraft4340 Who in 2021 can even come close to this?
Band OR singing OR style !
I just discovered this song today and it wil be part of my collection.
🔥
Yeah me too I just discovered it, but I am not sure how I feel about it.
Awesome! Original is done by Syl Johnson. More of a bluesy soul tune.
Ken Boothe also does a great cover of the song as well. Dosen't stay to far from Nicky's cover.
Yeah, of mine too
A gorgeos tune
I saw him live, went to a show in Crystal Palace UK with my parents, I was very young yet that man made a huge impact on me, I had never seen anyone so different in his way of performing, the honesty in his voice and lyrics gave good food for reflection.
Bless your parents every day !
Oh sis , I envy you! Just discovered him today. Wow. 🙏🏿❤️
Have discovered him today, August 13th Friday, 2021 while listening to some African-Fusion Artists. #BlackFriday just formed new meaning to Me henceforth
"...the honesty in his voice and lyrics gave good food for reflection." Amen!
@@TheWordpath that's my birthday 😊
WHAT A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE .THE EMOTION, THE DRUMS,AND BASS LINE.
+zazzo dude that bass ,so sweet!
+zazzo dude So true, just perfect! x
I really think it's like %10 emotion and %90 cocaine...
yes indeed brother RASPECT💯🎤💖💪✊✌😇
@@slaytanicsabbath I was thinking exactly the same, 🤣🤣
This is what it looks like when you sing from the heart.
I hear you Soul Boy, that was amazing wasn't it.
@@TheShabazzProductionyes 😂❤ soul ✊
that reggae groove is just different. what a groove, what a tune
positive vibration
You could also say that reggae music is joyful, rhythmic, philosophical and creates a atmosphere for couples to dance expressively like no other music before or since.
I love Reggae! My favorite bands are Stick Figure & Iration.
🔥🔥🔥
Cc quelle belle représentation du Rub ,etc Grande Maison Peace
2021 and still rocking
Jah Bless!
What album is this on? Please
He is reputed to have committed suicide in 1990.
Totally underrated. So emotional.
Can't stop watching.........on repeat.
I'm 55 now.
O TH-cam nos possibilita termos acesso a momentos mágicos da música mundial, como este registro que estamos vendo. É maravilhoso!!
Tmj irmãooooooooo!
Maravilloso
Só faltou uma tradução..fiquei curioso na letra
Obrugado internet por eternizar esse momento ❤
Lembra muito uma das melodias do Bob..mas também desconheço.. curioso pra saber.. muito bom
I want a documentary something has to be out there more about this brother.
I bought this track on 7'' in a charity shop in Leicester in 1993. Great to hear this version - that band is tighter than a camel's arse in a sandstorm.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 the music is great
Big Up Nicky Thomas,so relevant back in the day and so relevant now in 2022!!!!❤️💚💛
I HAD LISTEN TO THIS THREE TIMES IN A ROW FIRST TIME HEARING THIS
+zazzo dude for true
zazzo dude only 3? I can listen this on repeat and never get tired of it
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Zazzdo dude:
Listen to Delroy Wilson version!
You would no doubt also enjoy it played on 100watts bass speakers boxes with tweeter, 2am at a Sat night reggae party!! Now that was the "Boom!!"
😊👥💕👫🏿💕🎶😍
I listen to this song every morning. ✊🏿
The backing band is just amazing..pure talent
I think the Cimarons are backing on this
It's the Cimarons
i love this guy i had a pair of those platforms in 1977 for the diskco oh year
Only 233 views. It's a crime. I saw this performance on BBC4 the other night and was mesmerised. It fills me with joy/melancholy/fascination simultaneously. The lyrics, the emotion, his voice, the suit, the shoes: everything is perfect. The more I find out about him, the more I want to know but there's so little online. It took me back to the reggae club above the Playhouse in Edinburgh a long time ago which I used to sneak into from the Nite Club downstairs. Old school reggae is just the best.
391k views 2021.
Excellent !!!!!
Sheer pain and raw emotion of the performer shook me to my core. This was back in 1973. I can't believe we still see this going on. Ken Boothe also performed this with much emotion spilling out of him.
I have seen Mr Ken Boothe perform this outstanding
🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷❤alto reegueee😊😊😊
What a moving track, really feelin this as was the man himself was expressing so much here.
Love to all you people as a white man here, leaving you a great quote from our brother Justin Hinds “no matter what colour creed or race, one love, one heart, one destiny” who also is sadly no longer with us.
Rest in peace.🙏🏼
Well said
We are one , we are human .
I can still feel this man's soul through his music all these decades later.
life is suffering, so alive is Mr Nicky Thomas, RIP
Incredible performance!
I’ve never heard of him, but Wow,
I have now..
Oh my God. This is a powerful song. The MOST HIGH will protect us my Beautiful Black Brothers and sisters
When???
such passion in performance is slowly fading away
Its gone completely from black music. Only rock artists still do it
Chronixx
Sung with passion you feel it
These are the kind of men that make me feel proud and powerful simple because I'm black 🖤 yeah man
🎯
He works hard on stage. Much love my brother
That splash against my hollow bones, that rocks my soul!
Scotland 1973 had a lot of Reggae lovers judging by this clip, a very underground music movement at the time & not the world wide culture it is today.
I guess the Scottish people had felt the downpressing system in their own life and could relate regardless of colour & nationality.
I don't know,I'm a 47 year old man born in North-Norway .
Cool video
Stay safe and keep faith 🕯
Best wishes
Arvid Nilsen
Bodø-Norway
To all my African diaspora brothers & sisters, may the love of God almighty always be with you. He has kept us alive all these centuries despite the hatred they have for us.
There is only one reason why we are still here... We are the Alpha and the Omega and the fruit rarely falls far from the tree.
understand this my beautiful black brothers and sisters.. in order to hold you back one have to be behind you and in order to pull you down one have to be beneath you....simple.. stay proud and keep rising. one black love......
Sublime! 🙏🏽✌🏽
What an amazing performance. Incredible
He had so much control of his voice yet his body was all over the place.🙏🏼💕💪🏽
This guys lyrics was pure truth and honesty and thats lacking in the world at present.
Incredible singer and performer, felt it deep in my soul
This is my first time hearing this song its a beautiful experience a beautiful black women
well done UTubue! I feel guilty sometimes that I dont have to pay for this service that brings me culture and stuff that I didnt know existed. This is new to me, never heard of the guy, but utube made it free and available!! and I really like it!!
It was not free...they are owned by Google, and they have collected your meta data...you are the product.
We were lucky enough to see Nicky Thomas perform in May 1973, he was AMAZING!! So much so, that in the August we named our first child Nicky after him. Love Of The Common People ranks as one of my all time fav albums.
Everything about this video is amazing.
this one hits deep
since I dicscovered this song a couple days ago , I´m repeating it more than twenty times. What a song , what a intrerpretation. Thanks Akas555
I adore the intro the first movment would be make a hit!!!😍😍😍😍😍🤩
I get so teary eyed every time I listen to this song. We go through this in the most subtle way sometimes. Bless him and love to all!
Such a powerful song and performance because he is really asking for honesty. He's asking them to stop making excuses and tell me so I can know what to do next!!
Não me canso de assistir esse musicão nem o cantor dessa obra prima🇧🇷
I think the talent borned from suffering! The numerous and talented bands of 50'',60'',70'',80'' are there to proved it
I have never seen this artist before but have heard this song from different reggae artists over the years. After seeing and hearing this, I’m loving it. Really miss how artists used to show their passion while singing their hearts out. Eracism.
Rasta the original is by an American born Soul Brother named Syl Johnson.
Un vrai artiste impressionnant
i am a with dude, but my soul is black. This is a very amazing song. Touch my soul in the deepest kind.....
I’ve never heard of this man, nor this song.
power and class. this is why humans need music.
Amazing Performance and what a great voice!!!
Yo all the reggae I have played on TH-cam and the last 12 years and all of the history of African-Americans now the algorithm finally sends me this on 8/28 2021?!? 😔😐 it's about damn time youtube it's about damn time!!!🤘😔😌👍
His movements, he really feels the music..lost in his zone😁
Ça me rappelle un titre de Bob Marley..
Just discovered today yes most powerful Reminder awareness
What a performance this is such a powerful song, I’m really feeling the anguish. So sorry you didn’t fulfil your needs in this life. You really moved me. RIP
I'm not that old but what a man thanks for this one
Passion, talent and a struggle wanting to be eased. I respect you brother.
This was such an emotional performance, it was shown as part of the whole concert on BBC 4 last night. From 1973.
Damn ... A great song, great performance, and a great inquiry.
Wonderful music, sad lyrics. I hope humanity will overcome such artificial barriers as skin color and race one day.
Things that will never get old 😊☺️🙌🏿🙏🔥✊🏿....
Hello it's me again the original singer syl Johnson made the cross=song; I love it and I truly feel in my soul.
But Nickey Thomas carried the cross=song and nailed it with his rendition of the original song especially! In that live performance. And to me it does not matter what country the singers were from; injustices anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere . They sang about that. So we should embrace the universal message of positive music, and not let it create barriers between us. Love and respect to everyone one who loves positive music..
One of those rare finds in life. A gift! Thank you!
Nicky was one hell of a singer RIP legend
He felt that, it was more than singing a song, he was giving his personal testimony!!!!!!!
J'en ai des larmes aux yeux.. 😘
Belle découverte car je ne connaissais pas cette chanson.
🙏🏽💕
2021 and he's still rocking me
His singing is superb
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤can't believe I just now hearing this!!!!
May your soul RIP legendary Nicky Thomas
Great track performed mesmerically by the late great Mr Thomas.
Thank s for this song good vibrationsssssss 💪💪💪💪💪💪
Never have I seen someone so taken over by Music.. she is so powerful.. incredible performance. Like no other
Look up Joe Cocker and watch one of his performances. Also the lead singer of the Counting Crows. Look up one of their videos
it's a pleasure listening to Nicky
Introduction by the late, great Judge Dread!
What a tune! What a performance. Boom! Boom! Boom! Rewind and play again.
Nicky respect to you and this song ,The awnser is mos def yes and will always be yes,because the chains that held us back years ago will never break,,we will always be chained to slave city me friend , you can only be free in your mind,,,great song,,,,, great artist,one love
I have the single gave free with a can of Nutriment in the seventies...a bit scratched but still plays love it R.I.Power Mr.Thomas🖤✊🏼🙏🏽
One of my favourite reggae performers! Tell it like it is, Love of the common people, and God bless the children. Just a couple of his great songs!
I would love to hear him sing Derrick Harriet's Message from a Blackman.
Wow! First time I ever heard this tune. Should be played on all radio stations.
Watching him perform gave me complete chills... i will always be as passionate as he was in everything i do
This is beautiful. I’d never heard this until today.
I and my father are totally amazed after seeing this masterpiece. Such a Great singer of
common people .Very sad and surprising the way he commited suicide should not have done that such a cheerful and funny person he was. LOVE FOR HIM EVER.
Now this is how Reggae music should be played!
Very good backing band !
Proper reggae vibes!
Assisti o filme , 10 Anos de escravidão,e depois fui ouvir esta música.
Então não consegui conter as lágrimas.
Whoa this made me cry... and it hits me evrytime I watch it 🙏Big Love from New Zealand 💖🙏🇳🇿
We must be two of very few kiwis who have seen or heard of this.kia ora bro.
This is brilliant .
It reminds me of club large days,oldies night spence entertainment. Yall should bring that back.
Esto es magia
Straordinario straordinario 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
I am glad to see him live and kicking. Blessed love home boy .
Powerful words
This is EPIC...….Love this tune. Raw talent. in my opinion, Nicky Thomas is not getting the recognition he deserves.
Yeah it sucks .. maybe it's because he's black aha
Fantastic song, Brilliant performer 🙏