John Holt performs his original "The Tide is High". A song he wrote and originally performed as The Paragons and made popular international by Blondie. RIP John Holt.
I never knew that Blondie didn't write this song, I'm glad the record was set straight for me as I have loved this song since the 70's , it's one of the first songs I ever remember hearing on the radio as a child.
I was 11 when I first heard this song in the 60s by the Paragons. 13 years later, my young wife reintroduced it to me (Blondie version)when I'd just gotten back from a 6-month deployment as a young naval Officer living in Virginia. The song has had staying power...
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American and male. When I first heard this in 8th grade, I thought it was a Mexican song! Probably because it has a "romantic Latin feel" to it, a "tropical feel" to it, and a guitarist at a Mexican restaurant Casa Lupita played it when my parents and I went there! When we'd play pickup softball, there were guys named Eduardo and Fidel, great guys, Mexican-Americans, and when they'd come up to bat, in every good way, I'd sing, "The tide is high, but I'm holding on...." Kind of like their "walk up music." Eduardo and Fidel probably wondered what the heck I was singing that for!
I lived in the Bahamas and this song was amazing with steel drums. It was still very popular in the 1970s and all the way to today. Thank you so much for posting this.
I always wondered why Blondie made a reggae song and never knew the true origins of this gem. This is better and just wonderful. Thanks for posting this.
THE ORIGINAL BY THE PARAGONS FEATURING JOHN HOLT, HOWARD BARRETT, TYRONE EVANS, am not sure if BOB ANDY was still part of group at this time, maybe he had already left THE PARAGONS, THE BLACKSTONES
Probably in the 80s. Mr. Holt was born in 1945 and no way that was 1967. He was 22 in 1967 so I'm saying it must have been the 80s when he was in his 40s.
A maré está alta mas estou agüentado, Eu vou ser a sua número um. Não sou o tipo de garota Que simplesmente desiste assim, Oh, não. Não são as coisas que você faz Que irritam e me magoam tanto, Mas é o jeito que você faz As coisas que você faz para mim. Não sou o tipo de garota Que simplesmente desiste assim, Oh, não. Refrão: A maré está alta mas estou agüentado, Eu vou ser a sua número um, Número um, número um... Toda garota quer que você seja o seu homem, Mas vou esperar, meu querido, até que seja minha vez. Não sou o tipo de garota Que simplesmente desiste assim, Oh, não. Refrão Toda garota quer que você seja o seu homem, Mas vou esperar, meu querido, até que seja minha vez. Não sou o tipo de garota Que simplesmente desiste assim, Oh, não. Refrão The Tide Is High The tide is high but I'm holding on I'm gonna be your number one I'm not the kind of girl Who gives up just like that Oh, no It's not the things you do That tease and wound me bad But it's the way you do The things you do to me I'm not the kind of girl Who gives up just like that Oh, no The tide is high but I'm holding on I'm gonna be your number one Number one, number one Every girl wants you to be her man But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn I'm not the kind of girl Who gives up just like that Oh, no The tide is high but I'm holding on I'm gonna be your number one Number one, number one Every girl wants you to be her man But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn I'm not the kind of girl Who gives up just like that Oh, no The tide is high but I'm holding on I'm gonna be your number one {Repeat}
I never knew that Blondie didn't write this song, I'm glad the record was set straight for me as I have loved this song since the 70's , it's one of the first songs I ever remember hearing on the radio as a child.
Can you see John and Debbie performing this absolute gem together? In my dreams, man, in my dreams.
Yes
I was 11 when I first heard this song in the 60s by the Paragons. 13 years later, my young wife reintroduced it to me (Blondie version)when I'd just gotten back from a 6-month deployment as a young naval Officer living in Virginia. The song has had staying power...
One of the best from my country rest in peace ,
The tide is high, now I'm high.
The one and only John Holt 💖💖
That's the GREATEST REGGAE DRUMMER OUTTA JAMAICA,M MICHAEL MIKEY BOO'RICHARDS on drums, and recently shorn PROF
LARRY SILVERA on bass.
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American and male. When I first heard this in 8th grade, I thought it was a Mexican song! Probably because it has a "romantic Latin feel" to it, a "tropical feel" to it, and a guitarist at a Mexican restaurant Casa Lupita played it when my parents and I went there! When we'd play pickup softball, there were guys named Eduardo and Fidel, great guys, Mexican-Americans, and when they'd come up to bat, in every good way, I'd sing, "The tide is high, but I'm holding on...." Kind of like their "walk up music." Eduardo and Fidel probably wondered what the heck I was singing that for!
My king of reggae music sir John Holt rest in peace
Beautiful melody, its been in my memory for over 40 years 🕎
So nice to hear the original and it's really good too , it's the first time I've ever heard it, nice one 👍
Well, "the original" is something older and different, but yes, this is a great song, and a great singer.
Gosto da música!
I lived in the Bahamas and this song was amazing with steel drums. It was still very popular in the 1970s and all the way to today. Thank you so much for posting this.
I would love to have heard this with steel drums
Legend
Beautiful
Eu sabia que essa música é dele,mas nunca conseguir escutar em disco, só conheço essa versão.
Awesome work
A versão do Blondie também é muito bacana,
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Canción maravillosa 👍👏👍👏👍
Beautiful lyrics
Chora 😭
I always wondered why Blondie made a reggae song and never knew the true origins of this gem. This is better and just wonderful. Thanks for posting this.
Both is amazing
"Island of Lost Souls".
Thanks to share! 😭😭😭 🇧🇷
THE ORIGINAL BY THE PARAGONS FEATURING JOHN HOLT, HOWARD BARRETT, TYRONE EVANS, am not sure if BOB ANDY was still part of group at this time, maybe he had already left THE PARAGONS,
THE BLACKSTONES
This is the best version I’ve ever heard, such a beautiful damn song
Requiescat In Pace. ❤
😥😥😥😥
❤
Amo essa música! Em rítimo de regae ficou top!
Yezzur
Wich year was that?
1967
Probably in the 80s. Mr. Holt was born in 1945 and no way that was 1967. He was 22 in 1967 so I'm saying it must have been the 80s when he was in his 40s.
This performance was recorded early 1990's.
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You sound like Jr. Gong dude
You mean Jr Gong sounds like him.
@@Millwall77 Very Well Said 👏
I thought the paragons sang it first
John Holt wrote the song and he sang it as lead vocalist for the Paragons.
A maré está alta mas estou agüentado,
Eu vou ser a sua número um.
Não sou o tipo de garota
Que simplesmente desiste assim,
Oh, não.
Não são as coisas que você faz
Que irritam e me magoam tanto,
Mas é o jeito que você faz
As coisas que você faz para mim.
Não sou o tipo de garota
Que simplesmente desiste assim,
Oh, não.
Refrão:
A maré está alta mas estou agüentado,
Eu vou ser a sua número um,
Número um, número um...
Toda garota quer que você seja o seu homem,
Mas vou esperar, meu querido, até que seja minha vez.
Não sou o tipo de garota
Que simplesmente desiste assim,
Oh, não.
Refrão
Toda garota quer que você seja o seu homem,
Mas vou esperar, meu querido, até que seja minha vez.
Não sou o tipo de garota
Que simplesmente desiste assim,
Oh, não.
Refrão
The Tide Is High
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
I'm not the kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh, no
It's not the things you do
That tease and wound me bad
But it's the way you do
The things you do to me
I'm not the kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one, number one
Every girl wants you to be her man
But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn
I'm not the kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one, number one
Every girl wants you to be her man
But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn
I'm not the kind of girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
{Repeat}
For so long I thought Bob Marley sang this. I feel like a penny waiting for change.
this version is like blondie one
Written by Sir John Holt in the 60;s taken to No 1 in the charts by Blondie 1980
No. Blondie's version is like this one.
@@rogertaylor7546 Blondie redid this song she was inspired by this song
@@mrbojangles977 also a number one in England by a girl group called atomic kitten .an IVA John Holt wrote some more lyrics to put on it for them
@@mrbojangles977 Thank you !!!
i thought jargons was the original singers of this song
lucky callaghan he was a member
ahh..ok got it..tnx👍✌
lucky callaghan I think you misread the band name. I believe it was The Paragons- not The Jargons. (Maybe your device did an autocorrection.)