Roots reggae band formed 1975 in Southall, London, as a backing group to th… Read Full Bio ↴Roots reggae band formed 1975 in Southall, London, as a backing group to the singer Nicky Thomas. By 1978 Misty In Roots had their own orthodox roots sound with rastafarian lyrics, and started touring as a solo group. They were also a major force in the Rock Against Racism movement. Their first album Live at the Counter Eurovision 79 was recorded live in Belgium. Known songs are 'Ghetto Of The City', 'Mankind', 'Judas Iskariot', 'Follow Fashion', 'Poor And Needy'. 'Dance Hall Babylon', 'Own Them Control Them'. 'Festa'.
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As only a live band it was called Misty. First albums were two live albums 1979 created by help from toilers in England and Sweden: Live at the Counter Eurovision and Misty Over Sweden. Both records are full of Rastafarian and anti-fascist songs. They were favoured by BBC Radio DJ John Peel, helping to bring roots reggae bands to a more mixed West European audience. With a career spanning 5 decades, they are one of the UK’s finest reggae groups. The band was one of the most powerful live reggae acts to emerge from 1970s London, and they were a major force in the Rock Against Racism movement.

This British based roots reggae band Misty first came together in 1974, as backing band for well known Jamaican reggae bands and artists performing in London. One was the late, great Nicky Thomas - one of Jamaica's all time greats who had achieved national chart success with songs such as "Love Of The Common People". Nicky Thomas was a great inspirer for Misty In Roots.

By 1978 Misty In Roots began to develop their own orthodox roots reggae sound. Their powerful lyrics inspired by the economic decline, a growing awareness of their African culture, and a spiritual awakening inspired tracks as "Ghetto Of The City", "Sodom & Gomorrah" and "Mankind", all off which can be found on the band's first album "Live At The Counter Eurovision" and the 'twin album' "Misty Over Sweden", recorded on their tour in Sweden 1979.

During the period 1977-78 the political situation in the U.K. was a breaking point. Black consciousness was at its peak and racism roamed the streets of London. Unemployment was affecting both black and white youths and through this depression a new musical alliance was born, young white youths totally fed up with the status quo turned to playing punk music whilst at the same time identifying strongly with the British reggae acts as Misty In Roots, Steel Pulse and Aswad. With the coming of the ‘Rock against Racism’ movement, the musical fight-back had begun, and for the first time black and white musicians were playing together on the same platform bringing about a totally new concept in musical awareness.

Misty In Roots, one of the most powerful live reggae acts to have come out of London, and noted for their powerful roots reggae sound, and uncompromising lyrical vibrations, became the major force in Rock Against Racism, playing more concerts than any other band in the movement. This opened up a whole new audience for the band who quickly developed a very strong cross over audience, playing with acts such as Tom Robinson, The Ruts and Elvis Costello.

Despite Misty In Roots' huge success as a live act the band did not release their first album until 1979. The album Live At The Counter Eurovision, which was recorded live in Belgium during the band's 1978 tour, is today still proclaimed by many critics as the best live reggae album of all time. Misty In Roots followed Live At The Counter Eurovision with a string of limited edition singles such as "Oh Wicked Man", "Rich Man", "Salvation", "How Long Jah" and "See Them Ah Come".

The band’s second album Wise And Foolish was released in 1982 and took on a more mellow, jazzy and soulful tone.

By 1982 Misty In Roots was a force to be reckoned with but because of their determination to remain independent the band took a major step into Africa spending nine months in Zimbabwe and Zambia. The period spent in Africa had a major impact on the development of Misty In Roots' following two albums Earth and Musi O Tunya, both of which were directly inspired by the band’s experiences in Africa.

Earth, released in 1983, was a moving musical documentation of the devastation caused to mother Earth by mankind because of greed, cruelty and ignorance. The album consists of classic tracks as "Follow Fashion", "Earth", "Poor And Needy", "Own Them Control Them" and "Servant To Jah".

Musi O Tunya, released in 1985, was a reflection of the band’s love for Africa. Musi O Tunya (The Smoke That Thunders) is a beautiful place where Zimbabwe and Zambia meet, and the great Zambezi river gives up all its might to form one of the most beautiful sights of Southern Africa. The Musi O Tunya falls are known in English as Victoria Falls.

During 1987, Misty In Roots took their first trip to West Africa, the spiritual home of their ancestors, it was indeed a pleasant experience to set foot in the region after four hundred years in exile.

1989 saw the beginning of a friendship between Misty In Roots and Kaz Records, which resulted in the release of the album Forward which saw Misty In Roots reach the heights once again.

At Roots Controller 2002 the band showed that roots reggae is a very alive, and they inspired new, young artists all over the world to change style from dancehall and digital ragga to roots.

ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
* Live at the Counter Eurovision 79 (1979) [recorded live in Belgium]
* Misty Over Sweden (1979) [Swedish release - recorded live in Sweden]
* Wise and Foolish (1981)
* Earth (1983)
* Musi-O-Tunya (1985)
* Forward (1989)
* Chronicles - The Best of (1994)
* The John Peel Sessions (1995)
* Jah Sees Jah Knows (1997) [2CD version includes bonus CD of Live at the Counter Eurovision '79]
* Roots Controller (2002) [6 new tracks plus previously-released material]

Earth
Misty In Roots Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Earth' by these artists:

528 Everything we need The earth provides They're processing yo…
7.83 Hz 繰り広げられてく自由自在な mind a world of fantasy, I can't put it down.…
A Boy and his Blob Lost in space A billion miles from Earth Our spaceship's sai…
A.J. Shanti When I am holding you close Feels like I'm getting a…
Absent Hearts I hear a warning as broken earth begins to breathe I…
Ador Dorath She concealed you from herself When wells opened their arm…
Aivin Leaving earth My rebirth In the stars got me excited Auhuhuu…
Ammoniak and B-Tox Hello Earth, welcome to the doctor's office You seem very si…
Anteater Life begins and ends with earth The forest knows the truth…

Ariel T I don't know why I don't know where we are I know…
Atheist A bounded sphere of wisdom Spinning to create the now Upon i…
B and Not B Hello Earth, welcome to the doctor's office You seem very si…
BD Fascinate within Heaven sent and Earth born History hidden i…
Beborn Beton A giant cloud up in the sky The things she saw…
Ben Beal The blue planet Can I spin you around? If I do I hope…
Big K.R.I.T. This is Earth, like "Earth," Earth The ground amidst of it…
Blitzen Trapper Heaven and earth Are mine says I Over the western world Sha…
Bruce Fowler Elizabeth Finch Gavin Greenaway Jack Smalley Ladd McIntosh Lisa Gerrard The Lyndhurst O O O O viridissima virga ave O viridissima virga Viridissima …
Bryce Dessner Innocence was never lost Though it may have been insulted Ev…
C.A.B. Shit shit yeah yeah Shit shit yeah yeah Fuck fuck fuck fuck…
C.A.R. (You know what I want) (You know what I want) (You know…
Cenobita Free your mind from the untrue And help the world to…
Colour Haze Goddess you gotta save The beauty all of this place All th…
Cress do you think we'll see two thousand, do you think…
Darkel We belong to the earth doesn't belong to us…
David Schombert Heart Tells To Rise High In The Sky... Moment I Had…
Demians We are feeding the machine From this inner cage I made…
Deu Galih & Folks Brothers, remember today, your life is beautiful, here on ea…
Deugalih and Folks For the beauty of the earth For the glory of the…
Devin Townsend I know! Raised before the sky bleeds For we are, we are…
Dim I've been asleep Head in the sand Watching the time just tic…
Dream Koala Have you ever seen the lights Of a thousand exploding suns?…
e-botica Wake up your head things are getting frantic Looks like we'v…
Eagles & Butterflies I'm just a product of the afterglow The flower of the…
Earth and Pillars Space invaders Searching for our light Sun shines brightly F…
Easy Life And yet another crash landin' I need a little understandin' …
Eclipse Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? Ooh, heaven is…
Ed-ward There's no turning back You feel the pain No matter what No …
Evil Nine It is cold, airless, forbidding. The very precision of its…
Existence - Margot Reisinger Your lust digging into my pulse And I freeze in fear Unable…
EXperience... Going through the milky way A distant planet suddenly appear…
Eye & Chew Look at me now, what do you see Am I just…
Finding Apollo Hope gathers all that's left for nothing It asks us, are…
Finn M-K Running, we're always running, we're always running, we're a…
Five v Try to rewind, find the love that we had Oh yeah When…
Flower-Corsano Duo Reach Deep down And turn the dirt, my friend, we have…
Flows 1 heaven on earth - oh would you please please…
Föllakzoid feat. J. Spaceman All the Pownkies, sitting on Saturn They’re ready for the sh…
Forgotten All life resisting this gravity Walking with difficulty Drou…
G.B.AmbientMusic I didn't know what to write when I heard this…
G.H What if I miss waking up, when you're gone? Will I only…
Gateway Youth You're the first, you're the first, you're the Alpha Maker o…
H.Z. Where the mountains meet the sky I watch dreams through the…
Hags Red is the color of our world The land The sky The air…
Hans Zimmer [Artist] & Lisa Gerrard [Artist] & The Lyndhurst Orchestra [Orchestra] & Yvonne S. Moria O O O viridissima virga ave O viridissima virga Viridissima …
Harvey L. Summers Forged in fire, it's no wonder why I grew up under…
Hawkwind This is earth calling Earth Calling This is earth Calling ea…
High And Mighty Color All the things will end. they can't stop fighting. All the…
High Score Vs. Bjork - Earth We are the earth intruders We are the earth intruders Muddy …
How I Became Invisible So I guess this is what it's like for one…
I.O.N.U. Ayoko ko na sa earth Gusto ko na sa mars Wala ng…
Imogen Heap Baby, behave, we'll make it work Baby, behave, we'll make it…
Imogen Heap [www.musikaki.blog.br] Baby, behave, we'll make it work Baby, behave, we'll make i…
J. Reuben Silverbird When I am holding you close Feels like I'm getting a…
J.T.C There's no turning back You feel the pain No matter what No …
James McAlister Innocence was never lost Though it may have been insulted Ev…
Jane The Earth, the Air, the Fire, the Water Return, return, retu…
Joe & Oze I was walking across the street This old man he came…
Joe Henderson Time Time Time Time The suffocator of the moment now Dreams …
K-391 Running, we're always running, we're always running, we're a…
K. Stor. (You know what I want) (You know what I want) (You know…
KAIAVANT Can I fix it if I try? Or should I lie? It's…
Kevin Kazi I try to fight the Burning feelings from within But I need…
Kid Cole (Alright let’s do one more take) Foul on the earth, to…
Kids Learning Tube I am the Earth The only planet with organic life With 8.7…
Kismet H.C. Shit shit yeah yeah Shit shit yeah yeah Fuck fuck fuck fuck…
L. A. Tom And just like that, it looked like that Was gonna be…
L. Starz You are now synced? Umm There are many beliefs in my In my…
Laugh If the earth is round. Why are you so hard to…
Lil Dicky What up, world? It's your boy, just one of the…
LINCOLN! You took and You take our sins away, oh God You…
Lisa Germano Enough Enough Enough How much Can I Accept Enough Remember m…
Love And Rockets All the little life forms Upon this little Earth Multiplying…
Lutha Earth was everything your god could wish to make The snow…
M.F. Grimm 一個夢遺落在深邃的森林裡殘破地手掌心緊握相信一個人漂流在蒼茫的人海裡孤獨地迎著風睜開眼睛…
Mac Miller Yeah, you know I love having a studio at home Because…
Mahsa Vahdat Mighty Sam Mcclain ای زمین ای زمین گر عشق من بار سنگین تو شد روی بال…
Make Me Famous Day after day Time after time You're paving your own way And…
Masha and the Bears Guakia-Baba... Atabey... Yucahu Earth heart hear the art Cau…
Mason B. Fisher Is There Life On Earth? Where will you be In ten years I…
Max Walker When the rain falls from the sky In the darkest hour…
Me'Shell Ndegéocello Let me be the rain You thirst for Let me…
Merkaba Light of love Light i see I call forth my awakening Light of…
Meshell Let me be the rain You thirst for Let me…
Meshell N' Degeocello Let me be the rain You thirst for Let me…
MF Grimm MF, special herbs, fingers in the spice rack A little bit…
Mogli We are floating in peacefully in the shades In the shades…
Mr. Mark & Foreman Seize the moment Believe you want it Expertise may hold you …
N-qia (Oh, oh, oh, oh, wah-ah-ah, oh, oh, oh, oh Earth angel,…
Neil Young Promise of the Real Oh, Mother Earth, With your fields of green Once more laid…
Nick&Jo I want peace, I want to feel conf, I want…
NK-47 繰り広げられてく自由自在な mind a world of fantasy, I can't put it down.…
O.S.T Gladiator (Khalimal) Cash (Cause I talk that shit) Four (Then I walk t…
October Project 7. EARTH Small and bright and beautiful Moving through the …
Paige Fish Too heavy to carry but it's still on my mind That's…
Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? Ooh, heaven is…
Peter Kater - R. Carlos Nakai (You know what I want) (You know what I want) (You know…
Peter Kater/R. Carlos Nakai I see your starry eyes and realize everything is real Wake…
PJ Harvey & Portishead - Linger (rare) Louis was my dearest friend Fighting in the ANZAC trench Lou…
Poesie Noire The day the four horsemen ride, the black soil will…
Port Noir Once I can reach what I long for I crossed the…
Prince Jammy & Scientist Said I'm climbin' up this stairway to Heaven Wonder what I…
Queen What happened next So legend has it When Queen Frequency got…
R. Carlos Nakai/Peter Kater (You know what I want) (You know what I want) (You know…
RAW BY PEPPERS there goes little kid to find the answer there goes little k…
Retaliate The food we eat The air we breathe The water we drink The…
Roger Taylor & Brian May A bit of earth, why does make me laugh? A bit…
Sarah Juers I just want to live there on the ground See all…
Scientist & Prince Jammy Said I'm climbin' up this stairway to Heaven Wonder what I…
Seals & Crofts Earth is my mother, no other, my sanctuary. But earth…
Sean J. Morris We met when I was earth and air Two broken hearts…
Second Person And so the clock strikes twelve as we find ourselves In…
Shanti A.J. When I am holding you close Feels like I'm getting a…
Shapeshifter In wake of all progression, she weeps Do we not see…
She & Him As the ball of sunset fire Falls into the sea And the…
SIR E.U Heaven on Earth We need it now I'm sick of all of…
Sleeping at Last I dig till my shovel tells a secret Swear to the…
sleepy.ab I'm from Brooklyn, New York City I be the Earth…
Smile I might be at a table And suddenly I'll catch A fleeting…
Space-man Hark, don't go Your tracks won't show Encased, in dry mud Pe…
Spacey and Vaughan from The "Secret Garden" A bit of earth She wants a little…
Sufjan Stevens Innocence was never lost Though it may have been insulted Ev…
Sunny War [feat. Jim James] Hope and pray for the day that peace will find…
Superwalkers Waiting for the summer nights Lights blink not once or twice…
The Acid My house is burning, walls are falling apart, Desolation, an…
The Beans (Bean, bean, bean b-b-b-b-bean, b-b-bean) I guess I'm feelin…
The Cross & Smile I might be at a table And suddenly I'll catch A fleeting…
The Dr. Christmas Biplane [Dr. Walkentron scratched in] Controlled by gamma light Cont…
The Masters The last man on Earth The last man on Earth The last…
The Orb Klytus, I'm bored. What play thing can you offer me…
Therr Maitz Come back to Earth Give us the birth Feels like dead and…
Thunderbird Underneath the mantle Where giants roam I've felt their pres…
tiedye ky Save the mother fucking earth Or take your Momma out to…
Tiësto And the sun has fallen, and the backbeat's telling truths Th…
Tim Staffell I might be at a table And suddenly I′ll catch A fleeting…
Tim Staffell & Brian May A bit of earth, why does make me laugh? A bit…
To-night On the earth for heaven waiting It starts to get contagious,…
To. Suffer. In. Take the mantle break the seal I don't know why, I…
Turtle Wake up, go back to sleep, Tackle my energy, And all things…
V.A. Try to rewind, find the love that we had Oh yeah When…
v.a.- berlincassette 84-4 Tourist on earth Tourist on earth I'm just a tourist on eart…
V.I.R.U.S. Monday Aye here we go Started off my day with…
Violet Blend Mother with blue eye You are my earth Mother with blue…
Vita and the Woolf I am driving to your house in the Full lightning curves…
Voice Farm I love the way that you sing to me I love…
Winds Of Plague Earth, home to well over six billion people A most majestic…
windy & carl / heavy winged Shouts Out Planit Earf Music Shouts Out Planet Earth Music …
Wood and Volk Floating in cold Floating Fragile and insecure as a body…
Woolvs When in the end We put it together Faces off Fall apart Ple…
X. Wulf & Bones The moon won't glow here The wind won't blow here I don't…
Yoga 時代一旦瘋狂到面目猙獰生不逢時也只能身不由己人被命運連根拔起再隨手散成飄萍或浮雲靜好歲月過成了顛沛流離好女好…
Young & In The Way Two, three, four Love Earth Love Earth And your love comes …
Yvonne S. Moriarty & Walt Fowler O O O viridissima virga ave O viridissima virga Viridissima …
Zeo I look out on the water cnd Wistfully I wonder Do…
Ʌ Try to rewind, find the love that we had Oh yeah When…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Misty In Roots:

Africa (intro) (ins, horns) [yo-yo-yo yoe-hoo] [A little song '…
Almighty Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth Glorify Jah…
Almighty (the Way) Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth Glorify Jah…
Cover Up Feel it! No! From the goodness of your mind And it's a …
Dance Hall Babylon The heathens say Don't praise Jah in their dens All they…
Dreadful Dread Linda, como um anjo que caiu do céu De pele macia…
Ghetto of the City All you want you can get Get it now you no…
How Long Jah Tribulation's upon the land - can you feel it, my…
Jah See Jah Know Jah see, Jah know Who will stay and who must go Jah…
Judas Iscariote Do you remember Judas Iscariot Do you remember Judas Iscari…
Judas Iskariot Do you remember Judas Iskariot Do you remember Judas Iskari…
Man Kind Judgement days have come And righteous man shall stand Unw…
Mankind udgement days have come And righteous man shall stand Unwo…
Oh Wicked Man Eas', wes', north, south, Murmurs and rumours of war Fret…
On The Road Oh yeah Leaving town Out again When days are done Black tim…
Own Them Control Them System own them Babylon control them System own them Baby…
Poor & Needy Jah, Jah Jah, Jah Jah Deliver the poor and needy, out of …
Poor and Needy Jah, Jah Jah, Jah Jah Deliver the poor and needy, out of the…
Salvation Prepare to meet thy creator Lesson of the Father is a…
See Them Ah Come See them ah come, see them ah come, but me…
Sodom & Gomorra No more life in a Babylon No more life in a…
Sodom and Gomorrah [Strictly food for thoughts Total destruction] No more life…
True Rasta Judgement Day ya Judgement Day ya Jah no send no sanfi(?)…
True Rasta Man Judgement Day ya Judgement Day ya Jah no send no sanfi…
West Livity Get on board... Some don't want to know their history Shame…

Wondering Wanderer Wandering... Fooling around in town Time to settle down Stra…

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