Song of the Day: Bob Andy – “Too Experience”
Released: 1972
Album: Bob Andy’s Song Book
I’ve been digging into classic ska and rocksteady over the past several weeks, and this is one of the real treasures that I’ve come across. Bob Andy was an original member of The Paragons, who are probably best known for their hit “The Tide is High.” He had already gone solo by the time time The Paragons were peaking, but he’s also regarded as one of the great Jamaican songwriters of his time. A fusion of pop soul and a deep groove, “Too Experience” is a perfect representation of classic rocksteady. It’s nothing earth shattering. It’s just pure musical pleasure.
Lyrics
She doesnt want me… around
She’s got something to hide
I think she want’s a clown, someone to take for a ride… What I
Keep telling her,
I’m too experienced to be taken for a stroll… too
Experienced for someone to rock and roll, Im too experienced to be taken
For a ride, and I know its not my foolish pride…
She hates the site… of me
Because I turned her offer down
She’s always saying we were meant to be
Somehow she thought Id be her clown
And this is what I sing:
Im too experienced to be taken for a
Stroll… to experienced for someone to rock and roll, Im too
Experienced to be taken for a ride, and I know it’s not my foolish prideShe doesnt want me around
She got’s something to hide, I think she wants a clown, someone to take
For a ride, this is what I sing (back to)