Bob Marley.
It's not very often that an artist is able to effect a whole cultural shift in a society and even around the world. A few names come to mind like Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin. What is perhaps unique in this situation is that the musical icon emerges from a Third World country and is Black.
Robert Nestor Marley - more affectionately known as Bob Marley, came up from St. Ann in Jamaica and identified himself as a Trench Town "boy" - the birthplace of rocksteady and reggae music. After linking up with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in the early 1960s - two other successful Jamaican artist, he later formed his own group Bob Marley and the Wailers. This group released a series of albums that caught the ears of a whole country- Jamaica and most of the rest of the world.
Marley, a Rastafarian with his swinging dreadlocks, skanking, and high pitched tenor coupled with his emotive wailing, stunned many concert goers wherever he and his group performed. A new movement was born - Rastafari music. All around the world people of many ethnicities were wearing dreadlocks and singing and dancing to reggae music.
Albums released includes:
*Rastaman Vibrations 1976
*Exodus 1977 - This album was voted "Album of the Century" by Time Magazine
*Survival 1979
*Uprising 1980
And there are many more. For his short time on stage , Marley's influence continues to be felt today. It is from the album "Exodus" that I've selected a song that reflected Marley's more romantic moods - "Waiting in Vain" The music on this album is so rich and the mood will undoubtedly rock you as you listen. The rhythm section is a combination of the guitar and organ. The syncopated bass adds more pulse to the sounds. Then the lead guitar mesmerizes you with it's almost fantasy-like trip.
Let's take a look.
Waiting In Vain
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
From the very time I placed my eyes on you, girl
My heart says follow through
But I know , now I'm way down on your line
But the waiting feel is fine
So don't treat me like a puppet on a string
'Cause I know how to do my thing
Don't talk to me as if you think I'm dumb
I wanna know when you're gonna come
See, I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
'Cause if summer is here
And I'm Still waiting there
Winter is here
And I'm still waiting
Like I said
It's been three years since I'm knocking on your door
And I still can knock some more
Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible?
I wanna know now, for I to knock some more
Ya see, in life I know there's lots of grief
But your love is my relief
Tears in my eyes burn, tears in my eyes burn
While I'm waiting , while I'm for my turn
I don't wanna wait in vain.....
Writer: Bob Marley
Robert Nestor Marley - more affectionately known as Bob Marley, came up from St. Ann in Jamaica and identified himself as a Trench Town "boy" - the birthplace of rocksteady and reggae music. After linking up with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in the early 1960s - two other successful Jamaican artist, he later formed his own group Bob Marley and the Wailers. This group released a series of albums that caught the ears of a whole country- Jamaica and most of the rest of the world.
Marley, a Rastafarian with his swinging dreadlocks, skanking, and high pitched tenor coupled with his emotive wailing, stunned many concert goers wherever he and his group performed. A new movement was born - Rastafari music. All around the world people of many ethnicities were wearing dreadlocks and singing and dancing to reggae music.
Albums released includes:
*Rastaman Vibrations 1976
*Exodus 1977 - This album was voted "Album of the Century" by Time Magazine
*Survival 1979
*Uprising 1980
And there are many more. For his short time on stage , Marley's influence continues to be felt today. It is from the album "Exodus" that I've selected a song that reflected Marley's more romantic moods - "Waiting in Vain" The music on this album is so rich and the mood will undoubtedly rock you as you listen. The rhythm section is a combination of the guitar and organ. The syncopated bass adds more pulse to the sounds. Then the lead guitar mesmerizes you with it's almost fantasy-like trip.
Let's take a look.
Waiting In Vain
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
From the very time I placed my eyes on you, girl
My heart says follow through
But I know , now I'm way down on your line
But the waiting feel is fine
So don't treat me like a puppet on a string
'Cause I know how to do my thing
Don't talk to me as if you think I'm dumb
I wanna know when you're gonna come
See, I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for your love
'Cause if summer is here
And I'm Still waiting there
Winter is here
And I'm still waiting
Like I said
It's been three years since I'm knocking on your door
And I still can knock some more
Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible?
I wanna know now, for I to knock some more
Ya see, in life I know there's lots of grief
But your love is my relief
Tears in my eyes burn, tears in my eyes burn
While I'm waiting , while I'm for my turn
I don't wanna wait in vain.....
Writer: Bob Marley