Though Bob Marley was definitely a full-grown man by the time this song was released on 1973'sCatch a Fire, this tune has a sweet teenage "first love" vibe to it... the musical equivalent of butterflies in your stomach, if you will. I confess that I always thought it was a funny ...
What began as a 1965 song written by Smokey Robinson and Robin White and recorded by theTemptationsturned into a 1978 reggae duet with Jagger and Peter Tosh ofBob Marley's Wailers. Even if Jagger had no hand in writing the song, it's a really cool solo project, and his vocal harmonies ...
Written byBob Marleyand Peter Tosh after they witnessed poverty and oppression in Haiti, “Get Up, Stand Up” is one of the most rousing anthems in reggae. But it would be a mistake to take it as a simple song of empowerment: The lyrics call out the oppressive nature of organized religi...
What began as a 1965 song written by Smokey Robinson and Robin White and recorded by theTemptationsturned into a 1978 reggae duet with Jagger and Peter Tosh ofBob Marley's Wailers. Even if Jagger had no hand in writing the song, it's a really cool solo project, and his vocal harmonies ...
Written by Rod McKuen and originally released by The Gateway Trio in 1963, the song was re-recorded and released again in 1971 when American involvement in Vietnam was at its height. Get up, stand up Written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Released in 1973 on the Wailers ‘Burning’ album...
This song was co-written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, and it first appeared on The Wailers' 1973 albumBurnin’. It is a call to action for people to stand up and fight for their rights against oppression and injustice. It was inspired by Marley’s visit to Haiti, where he witnessed ...
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This bone-chilling classic was reportedly written just a few months after Sam Cooke and his entourage were turned away from a Holiday Inn in Shreveport, Louisiana. The song was also said to be inspired by Bob Dylan's civil rights anthem "Blowin' in the Wind," which Cooke often performed ...
Co-written by Marley, Family Man, and Carly Barrett, “Want More” details an ongoing stream of backbiters, their betrayal and greed: “You think it’s the end, but it’s just the beginning,” Marley intones. The song entwines elements of rock, funk and R&B; Family Man played some...
It’s said to have been written on a plane ride from Jamaica to London by Marley, who gave writing credit to Vincent “Tartar” Ford, a friend who fed Marley in his public kitchen “in the government yard in Trench Town” when Marley was a poor teen. Invoking “good friends we lost ...