1/24/2024 0 Comments Bob marley burnin tracklist![]() Living in the ghettos of Jamaica had grown frustrating to the people and musicians of the country. Others had the Rastafarian preachings of righteousness like in “Hallelujah Time” and the love and unity communiqué of “One Foundation.” Some of the songs managed to be cut from the same cloth lyrically as some of those on Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, with messages that promoted notions of how people can make life a little bit easier for everyone if humans had just put forth a little more kindness and compassion towards one another. “Get Up, Stand Up” is a truly fine and motivating song with the Wailers’ signature bubbly bridges providing the backbone of the sound. It is the fourth effort with the Wailers and the last one with the legendary original lineup featuring Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh, both who went on to have a good deal of success in their solo careers as well as become prominent dignitaries of reggae in their own rites.īurnin’ starts out with “Get Up, Stand Up,” a staple song of Marley’s career and reggae music speaks out for the oppressed black population in Jamaica just as Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” or Willie Hightower’s version of “If I Had a Hammer” were anthems for the Civil Rights Movement in America. ![]() But Burnin’, released in 1973, remains the most genuine definition of the roots reggae sound. Although the island nation was free from the shackles of its British colonial rulers during most of Marley’s recording career, Jamaica was still gripped by violence and corruption in what Fela Kuti once described as “colonial mentality.” On every album that he made with the Wailers, Marley showed solidarity with his fellow countrymen and managed to allow reggae to evolve each time. He helped bring about the “third world consciousnesses” that spoke on behalf of the impoverished and exploited people in the world, namely in his native land of Jamaica. ![]() Bob Marley was and still is regarded as the most iconoclastic and respected figure in all of reggae music. ![]()
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