Forces of Victory

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory

Forces of Victory
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Artist: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1995-04-17
Music Label: Mango
Soundtracks:
  1. Want Fi Goh Rave
  2. It Noh Funny
  3. Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)
  4. Independent Intavenshan
  5. Fite Dem Back
  6. Reality Poem
  7. Forces Of Viktry
  8. Time Come

Free Music Notes for Forces of Victory

Free Music Review: Unforgettable
Hit: 5 Stars

Acquired the LP in the early 80's at the recommendation of a friend from Senegal (Senegambia then). In the 90s made a cassette copy of the album & wore out the title track on the drive in to work every day; it's phenomenal. Deeply appreciate LKJ, Dennis Bovell, & whoever made it available on CD. . . keep it alive & morphing with the tech, OK?

From memory:

We're the forces of viktry and we're comin' right through
We're the forces of viktry now whatcha gonna do. . .
Dressed in red and feelin' dread
Dressed in green and feelin' mean
Dressed in purple and dressed in yella
Dressed in blue and we're comin' right through. . .

The instrumental behind & beyond lifts your mind into eternal sky while never forsaking the earth of your manifestation. As another European poet expressed it earlier in the last millenia (likewise with sublime instrumental):

Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen
Durch des Himmels pracht'gen Plan
Laufet, Bruder eure Bahn,
Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen!

Forces of Victory Poster

1979 album for politically charged reggae artist & dubpoet. Includes the songs 'It Noh Funny' and 'Independent Intavenshan'. Universal.
With 40 pumping minutes of dread lyricism, Linton Kwesi Johnson's 1979 Island Records debut finds reggae's top poet full of confidence and rhythmic elasticity. This album also marks the first time the proud, angry young man bounced his rhymes off former Matumbi-bassman leader Dennis Bovell's dense, lucid arrangements, as interpreted by his newly formed Dub Band. The release galvanized black youth in Britain with tracks like the almost unbearably painful "Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)" and the antic punk attitude blaring from "Fite Dem back." LKJ wasn't playing here. "Independant Intavenshan," "Time Come," and the title track are direct summons to the underclass to marshall its collective power and get down to the serious business of transforming the world Babylon system. --Elena Oumano

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