It sounds like some of the independent bands I hear on surf radio sometimes so I dived into the rabbit hole to see who this band ‘Laid Back’ was.
The video for Sunshine Reggae on YouTube was pretty painful to watch
and very much of the 1980s. Which surprised me so I thought I should check just in case they were doing an 80’s style video ‘Ironically.’
A quick check of Wiki revealed they’re not normally reggae singers and they’re not American either.
You may remember this tune by them instead of Sunshine Reggae because it’s been sampled several times. I remember singing along with this without any clue what ‘White Horse’ was referring to.
I’m kinda boggled this morning to think the same band made hits of two such disparate songs. And they did it in the 80s when cross over artists were hard to find.
Especially cross over artists who sky-dived with their instruments and a microwave!
I missed a lot by not having MTV…