"Stir it up" and "is this love" make me happy!!!
Bob Marley Would Have been 60 on February 6, 2005: Favorite Song?
by blondie 21 Replies latest jw friends
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marsal
My favorite is "Redemption Song". "Waiting in Vain" is also great.
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blondie
bttt
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Peppermint
Redemption Song also.
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Badger
GREAT Thread, blondie
I played "Get Up, Stand Up" on the Jukebox Friday while hanging out with Else, FMZ and Valis. You can fool people some times
But you can't fool all the people all the time
Now you see the light
So stand up for your rightsAnd the chorus to "Three Little Birds" is the definition of inspirational.
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Valis
Last Update: Monday, February 7, 2005. 0:14am (AEDT)
Reggae artists honour Bob Marley at Ethiopia gig
Musicians from Africa to the Caribbean pumped shuddering bass lines through huge loudspeakers to open a show in Addis Ababa on Sunday honouring the 60th anniversary of the birth of reggae icon Bob Marley.
Waving red, green and gold flags, thousands of Ethiopians surged towards the stage in the city's main square when the concert burst into life with mesmeric rhythms from Burundian drummers, Jamaican reggae beats and Ethiopian dancers.
Fans from the United States to South Africa made the trip for the concert to honour Marley, who considered Ethiopia the spiritual home of his Rastafarian faith and whose music married revolutionary lyrics with a belief in "One Love."
"It's the next big revolution of the world, man, music is the key," said Mor Rasta, 27, a teacher from Israel.
"Now it's time for Rastafari to bring love to Africa."
For dreadlocked Rastafarians the concert was an affirmation of their faith, which considers smoking marijuana a sacrament sanctioned by the Bible and worships Ethiopia's late emperor Haile Selassie, who died in 1975, as a living messiah.
"This is Zion man, God is black," said Yohannes, who was born in Trinidad and lived in Britain before moving to Ethiopia.
"Bob Marley, all of his songs are fire to Satan, the dragon quake. Bob Marley is still alive, vibrant style, Rastafari," he said, dressed in white robes and clutching a wooden pole flying Ethiopia's flag.
With police dressed in blue camouflage uniforms frisking people entering the Meskel square for the concert, there was no sign of the kind of pall of marijuana smoke that sometimes accompanied Marley's shows.
The acts were due to run all day, featuring performances by Marley's widow Rita Marley, and his sons Damian, Ziggy and Stephen, as well as Benin's Angelique Kidjo and Ethiopian singer Teddy Afro.
Rita Marley provoked controversy last month when she said Marley would be reburied in Ethiopia as part of the celebrations, but she has since distanced herself from the remarks, saying the reburial would happen in due course.
Raised in one of Jamaica's toughest ghettos, Marley became the developing world's first global star by bringing reggae music to the world with hits like No Woman, No Cry and I Shot the Sheriff. He died of cancer in 1981, aged 36.
Some Ethiopians, many of whom are Orthodox Christians, have reservations about the Rastafarian fondness for marijuana and reverence for their late emperor.
Such difference were set aside by the crowd gathered for the tribute to Marley, whose songs of African unity and personal and political emancipation crossed racial barriers and musical genres to resonate across the world.
"He struggled through music for all Africa, for freedom, for one love," said Daniel Yrade, 31, resting in the shade.
For Ethiopians, many of whom regret the indelible images of starvation broadcast around the world during a 1984 famine in which a million people died, the concert was a chance to present the vibrant side of their society.
"It's the first time I have seen this kind of ceremony in Ethiopia in my life," said Mesele Woldgiorgis, 41, a satellite technician.
"The image of Ethiopia has completely changed."
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Dan-O
Most people think great God will come from the sky
Take away ev'rything, and make ev'rybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You would look for yours on earthNo wonder you feel the Dubs 'sanctioned' Marley's music, Blondie!
My fav? Kind of a toss-up between Jamming and Kinky Reggae.
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Peppermint
I watched a program about religion in Ethiopia the other night. Historian Michael Wood was tracing the origin of the Queen of Sheba.
Well, according to Ethiopian tradition the Queen of Sheba became pregnant with Solomon?s child after her visit. Solomon then gave her the Ark of the Covenant, all then returned home. The child grew up to be King of Ethiopia.
Right up to this very day, a solitary Ethiopian monk guards the building where the Ark supposedly lies. He does this on his own and stays until he dies unable to leave.
I wonder if Bob believed this. -
the_classicist
No woman, no cry (Repeat 4 times)
'Cause I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
Oba, ob-serving the hypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way
In this bright future you can't forget your past
So dry your tears I say
No woman, no cry
No woman, no cry
Little darlin' don't shed no tears
No woman, no cry
Said, said, said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire light
Log wood burnin' through the night
Then we would cook corn meal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
So I've got to push on through
But while I'm gone...
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
So, no woman, no cry
No, no woman, no woman, no cry
Oh, little darling, don't shed no tears
No woman, no cry
No woman, no woman, no woman, no cry
No woman, no cry
Oh, my little darlin' please don't shed no tears
No woman, no cry, yeah