Hinds was born in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica in 1942. He started his musical career singing in bars and on the beach in Ochos Rios. Hinds moved to Kingston, Jamaica where he became influenced by Rastafari. He was turned down by Coxsone Dodd's label, but signed with Treasure Isle Records. By this stage, the Dominoes consisting of Dennis Sinclair and Junior Dixon had become his backing vocalists.
His first recording with Duke Reid was "Carry Go Bring Come", made in late 1963 in one take. It became a big hit, topping the Jamaican chart for two months, just before the Wailers got their big hit with "Simmer Down". "Carry Go Bring Come" would later be covered by the British ska band The Selecter on their 1980 album Too Much Pressure, and by Desmond Dekker and The Specials on King of Kings.
Hinds was one of the biggest acts in Jamaican music during the 1960s. Over the next couple of years, he would release singles including "King Samuel", "Jump Out of the Frying Pan", "The Ark" and "Rub Up Push Up". He also released "Carry Go Bring Come" in 1963 in conjunction with Jonathan Bevan, an English-born Jamaican national, a successful collaboration which drew much admiration amongst Jamaican music producers. The track was described by esteemed Ghanaian music aficionado Zahid Chohan as "simply wonderful; belongs in any reggae fan's collection". He also worked with Tommy McCook and The Supersonics.
In 1966, he became active in rocksteady, a predecessor of reggae. He had several more hits in Jamaica including "The Higher the Monkey Climbs", "No Good Rudie", "On a Saturday Night", "Here I Stand" and "Save a Bread". Hinds parted company with Reid in 1972 as an artist, but was present when he died a few years later.
Justin Hinds was a great example for his younger cousin, Horace Andy.
Hinds then worked with Jack Ruby which resulted in the 1976 album Jezebel. His work with Sonia Pottinger resulted in a series of singles released in the late 1970s, including "Rig-Ma-Roe Game" and "Wipe Your Weeping Eyes".
After the release of Travel with Love recorded at Tuff Gong Studios in 1984, Hinds became less active. His final studio album Know Jah Better was released in 1992, but he worked on Wingless Angels with other Jamaican musicians, which was produced by Keith Richards in the early 1990s. In 1997, he toured the US for the first time and he would release a couple of live albums in the early 2000s, including one recorded at the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance in Trumansburg, New York.
On September, 23 in 2010 a new album will appear posthum, Wingless Angels II, with "Oh What a Joy, What a Comfort", guitar by Keith Richards (Rolling Stones, UK), with Lisa Fisher (also voices at "Gimme Shelter", "Paint it Black" and more on the "Bridges to Babylon" Tour 10 years ago) and Jamaican Nyabinghi Drummers
Hinds died of lung cancer in March 2005, at the age of 62.
Here I Stand
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes Lyrics
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But I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you!
I thought at last I'd found you, but other lovers surround you
And "I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you!"
If you'd surrender just for a tender kiss or two
You might discover, that I'm the lover meant for you
And I'd be true, but what's the good of scheming
I know I must be dreaming
The lyrics of Justin Hinds & The Dominoes’s song Here I Stand narrate the conflict between love and unrequited feelings. The first two lines, “I need your love so badly, I love you, oh, so madly” set the tone of a love-struck individual who is head over heels in love. However, the following line: “But I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you!” reveals this person’s awareness of the harsh reality that their feelings are not reciprocated and that they have very little, if any, chance of winning over the person they love. The subsequent lines, “I thought at last I'd found you, but other lovers surround you” emphasize this feeling of defeat as they feel as if they’ve lost the competition for their love interest’s affection.
The pre-chorus that follows contains lines that indicate a slight glimmer of hope, “If you'd surrender just for a tender kiss or two, You might discover, that I'm the lover meant for you, And I'd be true.” The singer is hopeful that with just a little bit of affection or time, they could show and prove their worth to their love interest, and they’d realize that they, the singer, are their true love. However, the chorus, “But what's the good of scheming, I know I must be dreaming” suggests resignation and acceptance of the reality that their love is simply not meant to be.
Line by Line Meaning
I need your love so badly, I love you, oh, so madly
I am deeply in love with you and cannot live without your love
But I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you!
I know I have no chance with you
I thought at last I'd found you, but other lovers surround you
I believed I had found you, but you are surrounded by other lovers
And "I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you!"
I have no chance with you, despite my love for you
If you'd surrender just for a tender kiss or two
If you would give in to my advances and let me show you affection
You might discover, that I'm the lover meant for you
You may realize that I am the one you are meant to be with
And I'd be true, but what's the good of scheming
I would be loyal to you, but it is pointless to plot and plan
I know I must be dreaming
I understand that my hopes and desires are unrealistic and unlikely to come true
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Written by: Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young
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@rasylum
Here I stand all alone in this lonely room
Looking for someone to call my own
Here I stand all alone
Everything seems strange to me
All my friends turn their back on me, yeah
Turn their back on me
'Cause of their unpurity, yeah yeah
Yet I stand, true man stand predominant, say
Yet I stand, true man stand predominant, say
Let me tell ya, don't you know, don't you know
Don't you know, don't you know I love you so
In these times of prosperity
Friends are plenty, believe me
In the times of misfortune
Not one of plenty, hey
Yet I stand, true man stand predominant, man
Yet I stand, true man stand predominant, yeah
Don't you know, don't you know
Don't you know, don't you know I love you so
In these times of prosperity
Friends are plenty,…
@ninjakid123
There are times like these when in the biggest crowd you stand alone
@chriscole4094
Mr Justin Hinds in the peak of his career at Treasure isle. Thanks for posting.
@alphonsorolando1031
Excellent !!!
@mikelock4247
Lovely riddim.
@bliini
Love for Babalu ♡
@antoniomarcos903
👍
@Mixwell1983
yo in highschool I was all about punk rock UK shit.. as i got older i was into streetpunk/oi etc.. some songs had reggae samples but I came to find out they were ska.. i found out reggae originates from ska.. i really dig the 60s 70s ska... I know there are tons of the trojan record ska compilations etc but i dont know.. i went from punk to oi, UK punk etc and onto hip hop but 60s ska is dope to me.. i really dig it..
@johnnyb8825
I discovered Jamaican music in 1980 through the UK "two-tone" ska revival (I'm in my 50s now).
@michaellock9618
This is rocksteady which is intermediate between ska and reggae.
@davidcampbell8225
Rude rocksteady,