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Thread #78060 Message #1399857
Posted By: GUEST,Azizi
05-Feb-05 - 11:03 AM
Thread Name: Bob Marley a neatnik?
Subject: ADD: Redemption Songs (Bob Marley)
Brucie- Well Alright Now!!
JennyO- Thanks for posting those lyrics!
Another Bob Marley composition that I love is "Redemption Songs".
See this excerpt, followed by the song's lyrics:
"Redemption Song" was a plaintive, almost Dylanesque acoustic spiritual song, devoid of any trance of reggae. When he sang it, he wore the expression of a playful child, but his voice bore the authority of a Biblical patriarch.
A universal tune, another Bob Marley song that has become a standard, 'Redemption Song' is like a final statement in a career, a summation of all the themes and thought that had created it. "You've got to live out the book." An earnest acoustic version closes the Uprising album while a live version recorded at a show in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, on September 23, 1980 - the last concert Bob performed -appears on Songs of Freedom. "There was a feeling of a whole era coming to a climax. Everyone felt that he knew something was going to happen," says Rita Marley.
end of quote.
[Robert Nesta Marley died of cancer shortly thereafter, but his spirit lives on.]
REDEMPTION SONGS {Words by Bob Marley}
Old pirates yes they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I from the Bottom less pit But my hand was made strong By the hand of the almighty We forward in this generation triumphantly All I ever had is songs of freedom Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom Cause all I ever had redemption songs, redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look Some say it's just a part of it We've got to fulfill the book
Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, redemption songs, redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look Yes some say it's just part of it We've got to fulfill the book
Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom Cause all I ever had, redemption songs All I ever had, redemption songs These songs of freedom, songs of freedom