I have chosen to do my album review on Robert Nesta Marley better known as, Bob Marley. Bob Marley was born February 6th, 1945 in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica and died May 11, 1981 in Miami, Florida, U.S. due to melanoma. Bob Marley, also known as the king of reggae, was a singer, songwriter, and musician. The genres Bob Marley’s music fell on are reggae, ska, and rocksteady. The instruments most dominant in Bob Marley’s music are vocals, guitar and percussion. Of the 13 studio albums Bob Marley released, I have decided to review Kaya. The overall feel to the album is chill and relaxing.
I have chosen the songs “Is this love?” and “Crisis” from the album Kaya to focus on. “Is this love?” begins with drums extremely short pause then maracas or an instrument with similar sound begins to play along with the drums and the percussion joins in for about a minute. After a minute into the song there is a second short pause filled with silence as the drum is hit one time to end the pause as the rest of the instruments from the beginning begin to play again and Bob Marley’s singing joins in. The percussion is dominant as the vague sound of a guitar is heard. As Bob Marley sings, “Is this love, is this love…”, a choir can be heard echoing what he sings. The song continues with the same instruments and Bob Marley and a choir echoing what he
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The Grateful Dead originated from Palo Alto, California and was active from 1965 to 1995. The Grateful Dead’s music falls under the genre rock. The band used the guitar, keyboard, harmonica, bass, drums and vocal in their music. From the profuse albums The Grateful Dead has released, I have chosen to focus on Shakedown Street. Shakedown Street is a chill yet fast paced album with a variation in songs. Some songs in Shakedown Street,are sad while others are hopeful
The Grateful Dead was a famous rock and roll band throughout the 1960’s. They had a lot of ups and downs during their time as a band together. Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Phil Lesh, and Bill Kreutzmann were all in the band together. The Grateful Dead played a variety of music but mainly they were a rock and roll band; blues, reggae, country, folk, and space rock.
The Grateful Dead are one of the rock bands that helped shape music into what it is now. The band is known for their signature live performances, which includes improvisational sections that can last for up to half an hour. The Grateful Dead has had many different members who all influenced their unique sound in a different way. The history of the Grateful Dead begins in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. There, Jerry Garcia befriended a man named Robert Hunter.
Several even try to connect their music to the feelings of their audience. Some of the songs including, Jailhouse Rock, Good Vibrations, Purple Haze and Stayin’ Alive try to use women as the meaning of their songs. In addition, they are used to clarify the point in films of their time and influence an environmental change. Slowly, building into innovative ways to portray music that fits the era they were in. Each song was able to readjust the perception of war and help those forget the scary outcomes war was bringing. Therefore, music adapted by connecting the people as one to their era and providing them a tune that minimized their
As reggae music became more popular, their messages steadily began to penetrate the minds of Bob Marley's fellow audience. Bob Marley and the Wailers had another album that was more confrontational but seemed to get the point across to religious and political officials. This album was titled “Confron...
...uality, nature, anti-materialism and self-reliance. His music was purposed towards encouraging people to believe in their choices and decisions rather than believing in the teachings of societal institutions. Bob Marley criticized religion is an institution which instead of uniting people ends up separating them. He also warns people not to suffer in the name of going to even and live an afterlife. Rather, they should live in heaven on earth that is, they should be happy in their lives. Bob Marley’s song corresponds to transcendentalist who believed that people should not conform to the normal life patterns. Transcendentalists, just like Bob Marley, believed that one derives happiness from what he/she believes is right no matter what people think or the consequences. When one stands up for his/her rights, he/she does not follow what has been stipulated or instructed.
Reggae music is a meaningful channel for social change. Reggae music portrays resistance to oppression, it is a symbolic action, part of a nonviolent revolution. It is a type of rhetoric; a method of communication designed to influence and persuade. It is a message with a purpose, it represents a crystallization of fundamental issues. Reggae music asks the listener to reconsider our daily lives and to hear the cry of the sufferer, because so many people are suffering. The lyrics and music of Robert Nesta Marley gave reggae music international recognition. Bob was a charismatic performer who truly stands out as a prophet. There is clearly a prophetic overtone to his lyrics yet he was only given the prophetic status after he died. His lyrics operate on a deep level, yet they typically relate to everyday occurrences. Bob's music was and is a powerful force to ease the pain of life in the ghetto. He embodied a feeling of empowerment, and encourages all listeners to 'chant down Babylon'.
Bob Marley was the person who made Reggae a worldwide phenomena. Bob Marley was very succesful in the 1970s and it didn't take much time afore reggae became a genre of music. As a result of the development in Jamaica reggae was introduced. Everything commenced with ska and the rocksteady. Jamaica had made an astronomically immense impact on music worldwide in the last 60 years, it developed dramatically and impacted an abundance of people.
Cedella Marley was at the age of eighteen when she gave birth to Robert (Bob) Nesta Marley on February 6th, 1945. He spent his early life in a rural community known as the Nine Miles, which was located in mountain terrain in St. Ann. Nine Miles preserved the African ancestry; such as the art storytelling. These stories had a great influence on Marley; they set a path for deep cultural context and mysticism to his songwriting he would do later in life. Bob Marley’s father, Norval, financially supported his son but the last time they saw each other was when Bob was five years old. In 1950, Bob was in his teens, he returned to western Kingston and settled in Trench Town. Trench Town was filled with squatters and government yard developments that
Born February 45th. In Nine Mile, Jamaica, Bob Marley would advance to touch that hearts of many people. Although he was teased during his childhood for being of mixed race heritage, he still managed to change people lives with his leadership and activism as an adult. Bob Marley was not only a leader when it came to activism. He was also a leader for emerging music. He often communicated politics and social issues through his lyrics. Rather than conforming to the demands of the music industry, he created his own unique and authentic style of music. Bob Marley shared fundamental elements of music in his work that is now found in the music genres of today.
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Marley was born into Jamaica’s poverty and it is where he developed a strong love of reggae and became a Rastafari. Reggae, evolved from another musical style called Ska in the late 1960’s, is considered the voice of the ‘oppressed’ peoples. Many reggae lyrics are politicalised and centre on themes of freedom and fighting for it. (Cooper, 2014)
Bob Marley was born in Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica. As a youngster he moved to Trench-town with his mother where his music career was born. Growing up, Marley grew close to other children his age who shared his interest in music and spreading the knowledge of unity. Reggae music has always contained a positive message and promotes this message to people everywhere. Through love and understanding, reggae music breaks down barriers and invites peace and unity as a way of life. This ideal was also encouraged through the religious practice of Rastafari, rooted in Africa. The people who follow this religion make it a way of life. They speak out against poverty, oppression, and inequality. Marley spoke for peace in the world through many different mediums, one of which was the unique presentation of his message. Marley?s dominant appearance in the media and spread of his music had a very large influence on the views of political figures.
Marley is illustrating the obliteration of Africans by slavery. These words describe how Africans were taken from their homeland that was filled with great resources and wealth to be brought to the Caribbean to work for Europeans on plantations. However, they remained strong because of God. Now the descendants of the slaves are given the chance of having the right to life that their ancestors never had. The next lines “Won 't you help to sing / These songs of freedom? / Because all I ever have / Redemption songs” (9-12). Marley is urging the Black community to sing songs of redemption. He is expressing that all he ever had was
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