Bob Marley and the Wailers

[Spartacus2002]

I have been listening to alot of BM and the Wailers lately, they were really good. I think they sounded the best before Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left(who names their kid bunny?) after that Bob just didnt sound as good, i also finished reading Catch a Fire the bio on Bob marley by timothy white. in it it talked about how the CIA tried to recruit Bob to get info on Micheal Manley (the socailist jamaican prime minister at the time, a good freind of castro's)Bobs response was "no rasta work feh no cia" good answer, he also was shot during the riots in jamaica during the seventies shot an inch below the heart! His best songs are:
Its alright
Redemption Song
get up stand up
buffalo soldier
rainbow country
mellow mood
their she goes

well theirs actually tonnes more, what is your opinion on the soul rebel?

[synthesis]

I saw the Wailers live on Saturday night. It fucking blew my mind. They sounded amazing.

[Rastafari]

Noone names their kid "Bunny." His real name was Neville Livingston, it is common for reggae artists to adopt other names to make them more rememberable and because "when one takes up something that will become their whole life, they often choose a name to associate with it" (to quote Mercia Eliade, famed theologist).
Personally, I beleive that the last three albums Bob Marley released were his greatest, because they show a much more mature lyricist, but the riddim was always there.
"Rasta don't work for no CIA" is from Rat Race, from Rastaman Vibration (and Babylon By Bus), two great albums as well.
"Soul Rebel" is probably the easiest Bob Marley song to find on a bootleg, because it represents some of the cream from an early period when they got screwed often. "Soul Rebel" is a good t'ing, great even, but not comperable to some later stuff.
"Its Alright," by the way, was recut later as "Night Shift"(thanks again Canikickit for helping me here), which is on Rastaman Vibration.
Decent selection of songs here, but you have only skimmed the top of a large iceberg that will soon become an obsession with listening to every song, because every one is genius. Trust me, you'll know what I'm talking about in like 2 months or so.

If you like the Wailers, then I would strongly recommend Peter Tosh by himself, as he is a pretty competant songwriter/performer as well.

Oh and DyerMaker, did you watch a video of the Wailers, see them on Saturday Night Live (which they were never on, to my knowledge. Tosh was though), or actually see the group play out west whereever they are this week? If you saw them in concert, give me a full report. I need to see Earl, Carly, and Al Anderson before I die.

-Rastafari

[Cobber]

No Woman, No Cry - the story is that Bob Marley wrote the song, but gave credit to another so that they would receive the royalties.

You should read Timothy White's biography "Catch a Fire" (which is also a great album) - the writing is superb, and you get could up in the Rasta culture.

[synthesis]

I saw them live. They came to the Roseland here in Portland the day before I posted.

It was fucking awesome. Shit.

The new guy sounded EXACTLY like Bob Marley - it was exactly how the old Wailers videos I've seen sound. It was so good.

SO good.

[Hayduke]

My favourite song from Bob Marley and the wailers changes all the time, its depends on what mood im in at the moment.

For now it is "stop the train im leaving "

[canikickit]

The new guy sounded EXACTLY like Bob Marley

The new guy is Junior Marvin (different guy than Junior Murvin, a fantastic artist).

I happen to think that it's a bit shit if he souonds exactly the same.

[Rastafari]

Junior Murvin+Lee Perry=Police and Thieves=>Good Shit
Stop that Train is one of my favorites,too. Its a fed-up Tosh song.

[synthesis]

Well, I wanted to go see the Wailers live because I wanted to see the Wailers live, not because I wanted to see the Wailers and some dude who sounds like Usher live.

[CruelVerdad]

BOB MARLEY, that´s MUSIC!!
just the way he wrote his songs, with the feeling that he sings!

[Eastside Revolt]

Quote: from Rastafari on 3:45 am on Mar. 6, 2003
Junior Murvin+Lee Perry=Police and Thieves=>Good Shit
Stop that Train is one of my favorites,too. Its a fed-up Tosh song.


"Stop that train" is one of my favorite songs of all time.

[Uhuru na Umoja]

My faourite song must be 'Redemption Song', although all the others mentioned are also great songs. I'm surprised I didn't see any mention of 'Trenchtown Rock', or 'War' which are other favourites of mine.

[Rastafari]

Actually, I never really fell in love with Trenchtown Rock. still great though.

War rocks (see sig.)

[Uhuru na Umoja]

What made me fall in love with Trenchtown Rock was hearing the live recording of it for the first time on the Natural Mystic album. Since then it's been one of my favourites.

[Lefty]

Redemption song is the best song ever written.

[DEFMARX]

Redemption Song
Mellow Mood
Lively Up Youself
Fussin and Fighting
Natural Mystic
There She Goes
Small Axe

These are all some of my favorite BM songs. Of course they change all the time, but any time these songs come on, I'm like "This is my favorite Bob Marley song of all time!"

Also, I have a question. Is there anyone out there that can honestly say they DON'T like Bob Marley. I've only met one person in my life that hated listening to Marley. In my opinion, BM is one of the most universally accepted musical artists. It's simply too good not to like.

[canikickit]

I don't really listen to Bob at all any more. Referring to his "Bob Marely and the Wailers days that is, i.e. all the studio albums after "Burnin'". Those albums are too clean for my tastes; I listen to 96.34532% reggae, and I like it nice and gritty and not polished for the international audience (even though I am a member of the internetional audience).

Funnily enough, all the songs you posted are from the real days when it was just the Wailers (presuming you mean the older version of Small Axe).

Of course I still like Bob, because he's the one that got me into this, but I hate the fact that Peter and Bunny never seem to get the credit they deserve, and the same can be said for Aston and Carlton Barrett, Al Anderson (even if he seems like a total idiot), Earl Lindo, Tyrone Downie, Alvin Patterson....and most of all Lee Perry without who, they would never have become the phenomenon they are today.

Scratch influenced them a huge amount, politically and musically. You can particularily hear the influence Scratch's singing voice had on Bob's if you listen to Scratch singing "Dreadlock in Moonlight". But hey, I'm always preaching this message.


I think Bob is probably the most universally admired artist in the world. All across the globe he has a huge following. Who else can you say that about?