The Pioneers 'Long Shot Kick De Bucket' (Official Video)
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- Classic boss sounds from 1969, performed by leading Jamaican trio, the Pioneers.
Relating the sudden and dramatic demise of noted racehorse Long Shot at a race held at Kingston's famed Caymanas Park, 'Long Shot Kick The Bucket' became one of Trojan Records' earliest UK chart hits, with the record peaking at No.21 in the Official UK Singles Chart.
The track was since become a skinhead anthem, its enduring popularity due in part to a cover version by the Specials that featured on the UK ska band's chart-topping live EP entitled Too Much Too Young, which also featured their interpretations of 'Liquidator' and 'Skinhead Moonstomp'.
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LONG SHOT KICK THE BUCKET LYRICS
What a weepin' and a wailin'
Down at Caymanas Park
What a weepin' and a wailin'
Down at Caymanas Park
Long Shot, him kick de bucket
Long Shot kick de bucket
It happen, it happened in the first race
And it cold up the place
It happen, it happened in the first race
And it cool up the place
Long Shot, him kick de bucket
Long Shot kick de bucket
Him wail, him wail, him rail
But him couldn't take the trail
Him wail, him wail, him rail
But him couldn't take the trail
Long Shot, him kick de bucket
Long Shot kick de bucket
It was Gay Blade, Combat, Carousel,
Long Shot on the rail
It was Gay Blade, Combat, Carousel,
Long Shot on the rail
Combat fell, Long Shot fell
All we money gone a hell
All we money gone a hell
Long Shot, him kick de bucket
Long Shot kick de bucket
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My mum use to sing this song around the home to my brother and I cause she knew we would laugh!😁😂🤣.its 2 years now since she died, I miss you mum😔😥☹♥️
So sorry for your loss. Mums are like the glue In The family so I feel you. This song is great I love 😄
Hope this song makes you smile every time you hear it. Aka Lady Voice 🇯🇲✊🏽
Bless up darling. xx
I know you posted months ago but just incase...I'm a mum and what I taught my boys, youngest is 21 eldest is 30, keep what I did and still do, alive by singing, stomping, skanking, everything, with your kids. When they have them. I taught them to shake the kitchen floor and moonstomp!!! They couldn't keep up with me. Hope, I'm not being to personal but...my dearest girl, you obviously loved your mum and I know, if you sing or dance and smile, no matter how much of a pillock you feel, she'll know and she'll be proud. My daddy died when I was 7 and whenever I start Israelites, I know he's smiling no end. Much love to you and yours. You're strong and beautiful. Shes always with you. Much love. ( sorry if I overstepped the mark. You just touched my mothering heart).
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This is a song i will never forget and recall with great affection, as a young boy in the 1960s i rember our terrace house in leeds reverberating to this song ,played time after time.The son of our neighbour was in the bedrocks.so they had many a party. My Dad had to fix soundproofing to my bedroom wall.ididnt work❤
This turned me on to reggae and ska. I was 15 in 1969 - its been a life long love of this music.
Same here. Except I was 13 in 69. Bought Reggae Chartbusters and this is still the standout track on the album.
ditto
I am the same age as you then. ☀️ 😎
Same as me mate!
@@raymartin1234 i remember Sta-Prest, mate.
Is my memory deceiving me,i can remember young white skinheads in london loving reggee,with young black kids all in crombies and trilbee hats all together dancing together.i am 61 yrs old now somone tell me my memory is going.im sure this was what happened
That is so true I am 64 now , but they were great times we all got on together. This push bonded us all together ,. Great times
Your memory is not failing you Amanda. The skinhead movement originally developed out of a love of ska, rocksteady and reggae...then by the 70s it turned into something entirely different.
in Australia aswell.
I am older than you. I lived in Catford and used to and dance all night at The El Partido at Lewisham, it was mainly Ska, but some soul and live groups. I loved it. Then I walked home at 8 in the morning and went to bed and went out dancing the next night, in fact everynight. What a life.😁
Definitely the case Amanda. Same age as you and all through school I remember a great mixed community in Manchester of English, Irish and Jamaicans all living happily together. Great music, great days.
When I was 14, I skanked to this one as a skinhead, I loved those days, but still love the music and always will.
Grew up Listening to. This. Tune. Long shot kick the de Bucket. Go to party. You would always hear this playing. Still Listening jan. 2024. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This takes me back to being 14/15 years old stood in the local reggae music shop in Nottingham. A little white kid amongst all these cool black dudes loving Trojan and reggae music... soundtrack of my teens. Loved It!
Was it Danny's record store on Bentink road in Hyson Green? Long gone sadly.
@@faiseljahan4605 Hi Faisel, No it was a shop on Middle Furlong Road in the Meadows.
I am afraid it so long ago I cannot remember the shop name. They were so friendly to me....
Some great clubs back in the 70's, Pavillion Matlock Bath one, plenty in Notts and Derby, great times and music
Same except Moodies on White Plains Road Bronx NY and these were oldies to them as they were mostly into dancehall at the time. No internet at the time so all wax and or tape and you had to hunt foe those tasty old Rocksteady tracks. Cheers pal.
wiv ya on that one,,,,,,
Way back in Nigeria 🇳🇬, this was a classic vibe that made us kids- jump around. Much love to our Caribbean people !!
Storytelling at its finest! Growing up in Jamaica in 1960s to 1970s, the top news of the day, were turned into songs by most of the upcoming singers. Everyone had a transistor radio playing. We didn't miss any news that was headline news😂😂😂😂. This song is truly about a horse race at the race tract - Caymanas Park. Big bets were made on him, but he died before completing the race.
In the same way, we sat around fire at night time and told anansi stories.
Not nigerian. Not carabian.
Still, this is a classic for me. And will always be connected to happy days of my life.
Yes😊
Same in UK.
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The diversity in this comment section is a testament to the music we're all here for.
This takes me back to Ben Shermans, Crombies, Dr Martens. Fantastic music. Happy days
Me too, two tone, stay press, feather cuts. Happy days.
Harrington Jacket ♥️
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Oi Oi
Loved it in middle school, love it at 20, and I'll love it when I'm 80. Love from Oklahoma, USA 🇯🇲 never ever let it die
Yea man love ❤️ from Liverpool England 🏴 🙏
Same...can't say it any better...
I love ska , I’m in Oklahoma too!
Yea!
Love from Oklahoma!
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CANNOT BEAT Reggae tunes FACT!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I second that emotion
The Dogs Bollocks! Still an Ace Tune
Worth reading this comment thread just to see "The Dog's Bollocks"
My 1st record I bought at 13. Memories
Absolutely ....
Ska and Two Tone a soundtrack to the 80's Ska ed for life
Skinhead classic,. A timeless boss sound 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
As a 1960's carribbean child these were the tunes we used to jump up and down to.
How can you not love this track ??
Because it's a very sad true story.
Love it
I can't sit still when it plays
WHAT A WEEPIN AAAAAND A WAILIN...TAKES OFF DANCING IMMEDIATELY IN THE HOLY GHOST
There is no doubt this is the real deal. Reggae music is the head nodding moon stomping BEST!! ☺ GROOVY!!
Aaaaw bless ya heart xXxX FAB TUNE THIS IS! YOU WILL NEVER EVER EVER BEAT Reggae and Ska and Northern Soul music! NEVER EVER EVER!!!!!
If someone looked like us with a bald head, a bomber jacket and Martens said that he thought ska etc was shit, we "Non Racist Skinheads" immediately knew what was going on. This ended further discussions.
Today I'm 62 and I still see it that way, even tolerance has its limits.
Over 60 now, grew up in Notting Hill, still listening to ska and reggae in 2022.
Over 40 now, grew up in Palm Bay Florida, still listening to ska and feggae in 2023
Not much reggae there now. Full of rich white people. Most of the people I know were forced to leave years ago by high rents.
This song never dates..55 yes young still listening to this beautiful music.❤
Jamaica Jamaica God Bless the Island sweet vibrations still listening 2020
Long Shot was far from a champion horse, but he had stamina. His ability to complete races - a record 202 by 1969 - made him famous in Jamaica. His name lives on in the Long Shot Trophy, awarded annually at Kingston's Caymanas Park race track. But in reggae, it is his 203rd race for which Long Shot is remembered.
1st tune was long shot, pioneers
2nd tune was long Shot Kick the Bucket
3rd was long shot the burial, Prince of Darkness
Respect fi the knowledge 🫡
thank you for the info :)
It's from a longer article in the Independent newspaper. It's paywalled but it explains that the song was written about the horse a month before his death and titled Long Shot (Bus Me Bet).
The title and the lyrics were changed to reflect the events - i.e. the "weeping and wailing down at Caymanas Park" and a mention of the horses in the race.
The original lyrics were about the whipping and the beating Long Shot took to make him run so many races until his heart gave out.
Consequently I can't listen to this without feeling sad at the cruelty of human beings. The weeping and wailing is not grief for the horse, but for money lost in bets.
I'm of West Indian descent and the indifference of many people there to animal suffering is depressing.
@@davidrbolandif that's true David that really sad
@@davidrbolandWhat a mixed bag of a song.
I'm 15 right now and reggae music and ska has made me alot more happier than what I used to be, its gets you through hard days.
Ha dude I was same age when I heard it I'm 62! Still rocks
if you haven’t already, listen to the entire album, The Harder They Come. Classic. Keep listening and stay happy🙂
I'm in my mid 20s, its helped me through my youth also. Continues to heal and guide me to this day 🙌🏽👌🏽🔥
I started to listen to reggae in the late 80s when I was about 12. My older cousin would make me tapes with Half Pint, Pinchers, Marley, etc..You're in for a great journey.
Your 16 now and I hope things are a lot better for you. Lad you like it.
Many years since I've heard this song.. Mum woukd play it along with many other great songs on a Sunday while cooking her Sunday dinner.. Best days 😢 Miss my mum 🙏✨️♥️
I can’t love this enough! I wish this song would play in the background every time i walk into a room 😆😆
I remember hearing this blaring out of my older sisters stereo when I was a young kid. This and many more like this got me into my love of reggae, soul, Motown etc. At 60 years old I still love it.
Sweetheart i'm pushing Seventy and i still love it , i listen several times a day , using as part of my daily exercise , in my room swinging and a swaying to this beat doing My Grandpa shuffle . it's about as close to Heaven that i'll ever get . i can't wait for my Senior Center to open again , i can promise you i'll have a group of my Ladies line dancing to this one , maybe everyone in Ms. Donna's Body Swag Class . To bad that your not at least Sixty - five , We have a ball five days a week . Be Safe , stay Sweet everyone !
@@timothymartin8529 you both keep the fire burning, gramps!!! you are precious
Same here
AAA and I'm back in Junior School and the world's all to rights again, well, the world of a carefree 10 year old kid.
The first reggae album I ever saw....then I bought No 1, 3 & 4. Paul Gardiner from the Tottenham Crew introduced me to it. I discovered Ska as a result. I remember being laughed at in 1971 / 2 at the youth club when we dressed as skinheads and played the records. I lived in Tottenham for 10 years in later years, but sadly never met my old pal Paul, but did meet a friend in Island Records in Seven Sisters who was still there from the 70s. He was a Rasta.
I started talking about the old reggae hits and Ska. We then recognised each other. He remembered me coming from Devon and my passion for Jamaican music. We laughed and I replaced my vinyls with CDs - this was the 90s. He smiled when he saw me in my 3-piece black mohair suit, long cashmere Crombie velvet-collared coat, Italian loafers, black trilby (from Stamford Hill) and various accoutrements. This was in the early 90s. I now wear Cotton Traders casual clothes, am overweight, still happy, eating and drinking well, listening to all music, have 2 teenage daughters living with me, etc, etc. C'est la vie!
Got to be the greatest Trojan tune of all time
very good tune. for me the greatest Trojan tune of all time is Queen of the Wold by Claudette.
i know no one cares hahaha
Well, ONE of them,there's SO many!
Yeah but he's correct
It's a bold claim given the outstanding competition!
yeah bruv but u got double barrel and liquidator to think of off the top of me head too
This brings back memories of chatting up a girl in my dad's car .. This came on the radio and she said, " Quick, turn this up "
I'd never heard music like this before... Glory days 👍
That bass drop......murder! When I first heard this (Dad had this on a 7") never realised it's a song about a racehorse! Thought it was another "rudie" tune! 👍👍
Never get tired of listening to these songs.
[10 March 2023] A great track. And I'm so impressed to know Lee Perry wrote it. When one listens to it, one realizes just how *very* Perry it is. Rita Marley once said, of Perry, that "Lee Perry had the ears as to what the street people were listening to. Any [weird] thing happening, he would immediately know...and b-a-n-g, it's a song, it 's a hit, it's what's happening in the street." And that's what this song is: a direct, cold-eyed account of a newsworthy event (the sudden death, midrace, of the famous racehorse Long Shot: "What a weepin' and a wailin' down in Caymanas Park/...Combat fell, Long Shot fell, all our money gone a hell..."). Perfect. One almost wants to call it an example of pop-song-as-journalism. One wonders whether Perry was one of the folks who'd been there, down at Caymanas Park, and lost money betting on Long Shot and wept and wailed. I suspect that he was.
I love all reggae this is my favourite. My mum and dad were very surprised I loved reggae. Keep on
One of my favourite reggae songs of all time.
Time really runs is the same year one of my grandmother died,and one of my brother was born. It is 51years now since this song was produced, same year Toots and the Maytals won festival songs competition, time is not waiting on one at all.
RIP Toots. Walk good in your eternal journey.
Know sumtim funny...
Always loved the song as a kid when my dad played it often.
Never got to know the lyrics till this year.. 48years ago.....
Great.. Evergreen
When my girls were little we used dance around the house to this they still love it now they have their own kids.
The pride and purity of Jamaica.
That old time rhythm is my Grandmother and my Mum all rolled into one 🤣
Born in wolverhampton dad was a dj for his dominoes team we got to listen to music every sunday loved my ska good music never dies thanks to my jamaican roots
It's so cool they made a song about a racehorse. There are enough songs about love, subject's covered!
I used to spend ages in Spinadisc in 70s Northampton looking for reggae and ska records such as this, great music
Same here! I remember Spinadisc great record shop!
Still Listening 2023 long shot kick eh Bucket 🤓
I brought myself up on this stuff, Pioneers, Upsetters, Dave Ansil, etc... Owned Tighten Up Vols 2 & 3 and 4 when i was 7, hand down from my sisters, Tell you what, they don't make Reggae like this any more.. Any just to think, Made specially for the UK... I Love Trojan Reggae. !!!
Haven't listen to this song in a decade or so, maybe longer. Always loved the innocence of the lyrics. But since then, I have studied music more seriously. I am in now in awe of songs like this. These people take a few notes from a scale, add a simple rhythm, but then they mute and accentuate certain notes to create an infectious song that everybody likes. Wish I could do that. Oh well, thanks for posting anyway.
U know what the song is about???
@@davidporter7717 Its about a horse!😊🐎🐴
From the uk
👀i was told its a true story about
a fixed horse race🤣😅🤣 people gambled their money on the "dead" certainty 🏇 hence the tune.
This song was about bringing the music together with dat horse in dem time. Very talented and ahead of the yard times
Bollox
Makes me think of my young days in the 60’s I lurrrrrrrrre this toooooon💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
Dem a boss sounds
Is there a better,more uplifting,more tuneful ska tune than this..i very much doubt it..feeling fresh and in touch after all these years..old is very much gold..take a bow Pioneer's..made this white council estate kid love music..x
Pay homage young ones.. me included. Before it turns into reggae. Respect the original musician real ICONS
Mum used to listen to this song when i was very little brings back memories.
2 tone skirts trousers loafers Ben Sherman shirts braces boots lol we thought we were all that reeking off Brut lol 😂
Loved the smell of Brut
We were all that, great days dancing at The Music Hall in Shrewsbury. I was 👍👍👍👍👍👍
This song was recorded the year I was born but I never heard it till recently. Now it's in my head all the time 🙂
One of the grooviest songs you will ever hear .
One of my favorites 😅
What a great tune this is!!!! SO MANY MANY happy memories from BACK in the day!!!! 😘😘😘😘😘 DANCING OR WHAT!!!!!!
I never thought a song about a dead horse could bring a tear to my eye but here it is!
hehehhe, me too, wtf?
It's just a beautiful song.
Shaney Grog LOL 😆 LOL 😂
Alexander Hamilton’s horse, I met Mr H. Legend.
@@james_pb I met with the jockey Kenneth Mattis we had a heated argument one day at Caymanas Park race track ,said to him u think u can beat me like how you do long shot
Love the heavy base line ,serious tune
Gives me life
Yessssssss this is ska keepin the faith 😊
Another Trojan Records classic. Sure puts a smile on my face during these troubled times. Brings back fond memories of late 60' s reggae.
Oh me too Christopher,, late 60s through 70s, Trojan was born into my life, and reggae never left ✌️😍🎶❤️
@@lizzeemilligan6434 Hi Lizzee if reggae still in your life all these years later, then I guess you had a good life just like me.
@@christopherwoods9899,,, Hey Christopher, Oh I love my music up until right now my dear,, I had a reasonably not too bad a life,, and when I've needed to chill for a few hours, my music is beside me, all of which is sweet reggae music 🎶,,, I prefer the '70s reggae I've got to be honest, I loved going to blues parties ect,,, I have a feeling you're from the same era as myself my dear,,, (?)🤔 🤗 ✌️❤️
Was hypnotized by this lp album I bought in 1970. Thrilled my friends who would cluster around me to be entertained. Simply magical. So refreshed n still refreshing. Really loved the whole songs on the lp.
Sigismund Jumbo i use to have the 45, but i do still have the album :-)
Happy to find out im not the only person who remembers the singing & dancing in some streets in London with 2 of the many races of the area .ALL GREAT FRIENDS ! HAPPY DAYS.GREAT GREATTIMES.
Loved Ska/Reggae all my life, used to drive my dad mad playing this and all the rest. Used to buy the singles in a shop in Brixton in the late 60's. Happy days
Got to love SKA/TROJAN...BEST SOUND EVER
Love this tune so much
Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells,,Skegness, Lincolnshire,UK. 2018. Stuck at traffic lights and this came on radio. Happy times 😊
Great memories of a miss spent youth!
Love to jamaica 🇯🇲from us these never grow old
My dad's favourite track - rest in peace royturf 🙏🏽⭐️❤️
A fine record.
That Bass !!
Still fantastic after all these years
Still on it like sonic oh yeah, who's on it with me 2020
Working Class !!
Fuckin right👊🏿👊🏾👊🏼
Such happy memories
While listening to this jam on my headphones, I'm hearing that bass guitar player grooving those strings in anger because "longshot kick de bucket, and all we money gon de hell!"
Here we go then Girls and Boys! Long Shot kiccy bucket! The FOREVER Pioneers 👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏💃💃💃💃
He looks terrified 😂 I bet he's not even allowed to go to the shop without Madge ❤
I had my first bet on a horse race since this nasty lockdown started. My nag got bested into second by a 100/1 nightmare. Feeling bad for myself this classic came to mind and it all felt right and worth it. What a tune! 🐴
I can listen to this marvellous music all day. I have done while decorating, helps keeping those brushes moving. As good today as when i first clapped ears on it.
One of the many Trojan classics 😎 ... Remember Live Aid '85 Pioneers "Starvation" was covered by Ska collective as their contribution etc .... "Long shot kicked a bucket" classic 🇯🇲😎👍.
When reggae was really reggae. You don’t sit still when 70s reggae is playing.
Just timeless! ✊
Great music great times great people 70s 🎸🎶✊🏿✊
2022 and still brilliant. Can't beat Trojan 🙏
I was stomping to this in the moonlight club west end lane london best times . we used to sneek in the back every weekend and hope not to get cought by ugene or chris 1979
Brilliant, brilliant song. I was never into reggae but once I heard this, well, it opened my eyes to a whole new world of music. Sitting here on my office chair and playing this AGAIN I can't help rocking backwards and forwards to it, that's how it makes you feel.
Happy days just being a skin/suede no racism or politics just a good time
What a amazing track I love this ❤
Always loved this music it really gets you moving me and my husband both in our 60s and we always have a dance around the living room
Love this brilliant got the LP 🏍🏍🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇸🇮🇹👍
proper tunes my olds man a skinhead love this music
What memories nothing like it now !
Loved the Ska
Fantastic
Poor Long Shot
Awesome music from an awesome label and a very productive time
I am in my 70s and I remember this when it first came out, not long after I found Ska, and that was me hooked ,Crombie, Martens n Ska what more was needed .PS yes I still have my Crombie🤣
Forgotten how much I love this tune...REALLY takes me back 👉🇬🇧👈👉😷👉💎
Omg this is such a wonderful memory for. Dancing with my dad.❤️
Essex girl xx mummas favourites xxx this how we grew up xxxxx