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Reggae Music
This category is all about reggae that originated in the late 1960s in Jamaica evolving from the development of ska and rock steady but differentiated by its slow off-beat. Played on drums, horns and keyboards, its genres include skinhead reggae, Nyabhingi, Dub, Roots reggae, Rockers style, Sensi-beat, Sleng-Teng, Lovers rock, Ragga, Reggae fusion, Rumble and steppa.
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Bob Marley was buried at the Bob Marley Mausoleum in Saint Ann, Jamaica.
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Why is Bob Marley important to the music world?
he sings songs about Freedom, he is the King of Reggae! he loves all people and wont doubt you or the things you did. BOB MARLEY is the best Reggae singer out their! :* :P
Is daddy Yankee family from Dominican Republic?
Daddy Yankee's family is from Puerto Rico. He is not Dominican nor does he look like a Dominican. 100% Puerto Rican/
He actually is (part) Dominican. By the way, what do Dominicans look like?
Guy, where did you hear that absurdity? Daddy Yankee is not part dominican. Stop with the lie, he don't look dominican nor did I ever once hear him say i'm part dominican. He's Puerto Rican. Oh, and btw I have extended family who know his father, also a musician. Puerto Rican as well.
What did Bob Marley say when he was shot?
bob Marley was not shot he died from cancer.
Even though he did die from cancer, still he, his wife and many if his friends were shot when gunmen broke into his Kingston home. He did not die, but he was wounded in the arm and chest. GENIUS
What year did Bob Marley record I Shot the Sheriff?
Eric covered I Shot The Sheriff on his 1973 album 461 Ocean Boulevard.
War broke out between communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam in 1959. America and her allies, including Australia, sent thousands of troops to Vietnam in an effort to stop the spread of Communism. In total, around 50 000 Australians served in the conflict between 1965 and 1972. Many of them were conscripted, which means their military service was compulsory. Australians became divided over the issue of conscription and whether or not Australia should be involved in the war. Towards the end of the decade, thousands of people demonstrated against the government and some protests became violent. Robert Menzies served as Australia's Prime Minister throughout the 1960s, until his retirement in January 1966. He was replaced by Harold Holt, who faced the challenge of defending Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. On 17 December 1967, Holt went swimming at Cheviot Beach in Victoria. He was never seen again and two days later was officially presumed dead. His remains have never been found. 1963 - Indigenous Australians are given full rights as citizens. 1964 - The Beatles tour Australia; 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne; the editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity; PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old. 1965 - Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland 1966 - The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted; Menzies retires as Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Holt. 1966 - Decimalisation; on *14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound. 1967 - large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people; Prime Minister Holt drowns and is succeeded by John Gorton; Aboriginal Australians gain the right to citizenship after a referendum to allow the federal government to legislate for them is supported by over 90% of the population; Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings; talkback radio is introduced; British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney; Gough Whitlam becomes leader of the Labor Party 1968 - Australia signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; Aboriginal boxing champion Lionel Rose defeats Masahiko "Fighting" Harada in Japan to become the world bantamweight champion; Australia's first liver transplant operation is performed in Sydney; 1969 - French conceptual artist Christo 'wraps' Little Bay in Sydney; renowned author-artists Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs die; the Australian production of the rock musical Hairpremieres in Sydney; top pop groups The Easybeats and The Twilights break up; Tim Burstall directs2000 Weeks, the first all-Australian feature released since Charles Chauvel's Jedda in 1958
How did reggae music influence rock steady and ska music?
Bob Marley brought Reggae to popular music, influencing pop bands such as The Police, The Fugees, and Lauren Hill. Also his trademark dreadlocks are seen on modern performers like Snoop Dog (or Lion). Although he died tragically in 1981, his influence lives on.
Why did Bob Marley smoke weed?
Well bob Marley smoked it because he wanted to bring peace & harmony to the world. And that's why he made the song one love and lots of other ones to.
Did Bob Marley write dont worry be happy?
No. Bob Marley never recorded a version, or any variation of the song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin. Marley died 7 years prior to the song's release, rendering a cover by Marley impossible.
Did Bob Marley have a happy childhood?
Bob Marley was born Feb 6, 1945, in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica as Nesta Robert Marley. His father, Norval Sinclair Marley, was a Jamaican of mixed English and Syrian-Jewish descent whose family came from Sussex, England. Norval was a captain in the Royal Marines, as well as a plantation overseer, when he married Cedella Booker, an Afro-Jamaican then 18 years old. Norval provided financial support for his wife and child, but seldom saw them, as he was often away on trips. In 1955, when Bob Marley was 10 years old, his father died of a heart attack at age 70.
Bob Marley received a moderate Catholic upbringing by his mother Cedella, who left him 1958 in order to seek her fortune in the capital of Jamaica, Kingston. Bob was by then only 13 years old. He followed to Kingston a few months later. Bob was quite often teased by other children for his lighter skin, his different hair and slim nose. They called him a "half-castle" and other things.
In Kingston Bob (he was called "Robbie" by then) and his mother ended up in the slums of Trenchtown and the mother earned a living for both of them through temporary jobs. Bob finished elementary school in Trench Town 1960. First he only got temporary jobs as shoe shiners. Later he started working as a welder apprentice.
He got a very good friend in Neville Livingstone, better known as Bunny Wailer. During two years Bob's mother and Neville's father were a couple, living together. They got a daughter together - a little sister to Bob and Neville. She now lives in the U.S. Bob and Bunny were step siblings and had a strong common interest in singing and music. They started to take singing lessons 1959, when they still were in school, in the evenings by Joe Higgs, a local singer. At a jam session with Higgs, they met a very tall boy named Hubert McIntosh (soon known as Peter Tosh), who had similar musical ambitions.
In 1962, when Bob was 17, he recorded his first two songs, "Judge Not" and "One Cup of Coffee", with local music producer Leslie Kong. The music was called "ska". The singles sold almost not at all, and was not played by the mobile discos - the "sound systems".
In autumn1962, Bob, Neville, Peter met Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith and formed a ska vocalist group, calling themselves "The Teenagers". They later changed their name to "The Wailing Rudeboys", then to "The Wailing Wailers", at which point they were discovered by record producer Coxsone Dodd, and finally to "The Wailers".
The Wailing Wailers had a huge local jamaican hit with the song "Simmer Down", which was released in January 1963, one month before Bob's 18th birthday.
On What album appears Girl I want to make you sweat by UB40?
The song is actually called "Sweat ( A la la la la )" by Inner Circle (1992), and the lyrics are as follows:
I've been watching you
C'mon!
Hey!
Standing across the room
I saw you smile
Said I want to talk to you-oo-oo
For a little while
But before I make my move
My emotions start running wild
My tongue gets tied
And that's no lie
Looking in your eyes
Looking in your big brown eyes
Ooh yeah
And I've got this to say to you
Hey!
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it some, mo-o-ore
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it
Push it, push it some more
C'mon!
Ooh
So I said to myself
"Does she love me or not?"
But the dreads done know
That love is his to get
With a little bit of this
And a little bit of that
the lyrics goes on the attack
My tongue gets tied
And that's no lie
Looking in your eyes
Looking in your big brown eyes
Ooh girl
And I've got this to say to you
Hey!
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it some mo-o-ore
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it
Push it, push it some more
Ooh yeah!
One more time!
Sing it!
Hey!
Woo woo woo woo wee yeah
I'm looking in your big brown eyes
Ooh Yeah
And I've got this to say to you
Hey!
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it some mo-o-ore
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it
Push it, push it some more
Yeah!
Push it, push it some more
Alright!
Push it, push it some more
What are some good reggae bands?
* Bob Marley * Peter Tosh * Dennis Brown * Steel Pulse * Burning Spear * Lee Perry's Culture with Joseph Hill * Gregory Isaacs
Was Rita Marley the only woman that Bob Marley married in his life?
Rita was the only woman Bob married on February 10, 1966. He had five children with her: Sharon Pendergast Marley (adopted), Cedella Marley, Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, and Stephanie Marley (possibly adopted). He had 7 other children: Rohan Marley (w/ Janet Dunn Hunt), Robbie Marley (w/ Pat Lucille Williams), Karen Marley (w/ Janet Bowen), Julian Marley (w/ Lucy Pounder), Damian Marley (w/ Cindy Tavares-Finson), Ky-Mani Marley (w/ Anita Belnavis), and Makeda Jahnesta Marley (w/ Yvette Anderson Crichton) who was born 11 days after Bob died in 1981.
What is the best Bob Marley live album?
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Babylon By Bus" is the greatest live album ever produced in my opinion. Some of the lesser known "unreleased" Live shows are great as well. Look for The Wailers Live at the Record Plant in Sausalito California. It was a live show recored at a studio in front of 4 or 5 people and broadcast over the radio. Great show! Live at the One Love Peace Concert is great. Live at the Roxy is good but not as good as the other shows I have named previously. Bob Marley & The Wailers "Live" is a great album but is way better to get the DVD version.
Sean Paul is a Cooley - a light skinned Jamaican.
[correction to previous post] My understanding is that the term "cooley" is regarded as highly pejorative, being derived from the Turkish word "kul,"meaning "slave" plus the Arabic genitive "ee" meaning "my." I believe the term comes from India where it had been introduced either during the Gawznawid or Mughal period from central Asia and was spread by the British who understood the term to mean something like "servant." While not all kuls (Turkish "kular") were of low social status--in the Ottoman Empire they were often highly literate and learned powerful state coordinators--the term should surely be regarded as offensive. Sean Paul is a talented and accomplished artist, not a "cooley."
What are four main characteristics of reggae?
Reggae almost always comes in one speed; it is a moderate tempo that sometimes feels lackadazical, or lay back. Congas are a predominant instrument, and guitars that are not modified much, strum out a repetitive rhythym. Popular singers are Jamaican orientated and can sing anything from political views to good advice; "Don't Worry, Be Happy!"
Has lil boosie ever had a album to go platinum?
I don't think that artists are platinum I'm pretty sure it's albums or singles that are classified as that. But anyway I think the answer is no at least from may 2007 on based on this website
http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=62
Reggae song with these lyrics i have visions of me and you having so much?
i have VISIONS of me and you having sssooo baby questions i what you wanna do the way you comb your hair sexy walkin gee strings
shake what your mama gave you shake it kuz you got alot
shoobie doob daba doop bwa boiiiee
What year did Bob Marley begin to sing?
He started writing songs when he was just a young boy about 14/15 years old.
