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| ARTIST: | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Polygram Records |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | So Much Trouble in the World, Zimbabwe, Top Rankin', Babylon System, Survival, Africa Unite, One Drop, Ride Natty Ride, Ambush in the Night, Wake Up and Live |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 042284620222 |
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Customer Reviews of Survival
Black to Africa! Blackness as godliness, independence, redemption, repatriation liberation, Third World, Africa. All of these are the topics and themes that are covered in this album. By far his most political album. Here he lays claim, through his African heritage, to speak for the oppressed black man and he stamps his authority on and gives musical support to African struggles for independence, unity and respect. It should not be a surprise to learn that many here and in Europe saw Survival as an album where the message swamped the music. It's interesting though because even as late as this - 1979, Bob was still struggling to be heard and appreciated by African Americans. Black DJ's were just not playing him. In Africa though, that's a different story. He was given a rapturous welcome in Zimbabwe and was invited to perform on Independence day.
Musically, Survival is heavy bass and drum rhythms. In fact you could call 'One Drop' an ode to the style because that is exactly what the signature reggae drum rhythm is called. Forget politics. There are some great listening songs on this album. 'So Much Trouble' 'Ride Natty Ride' and Wake up and Live' are lyrically powerful and musically wonderful. In addition to the message songs for Africa such as 'Zimbabwe' 'Africa Unite' and the title track, Bob sent a couple of musical shots in Jamaica's direction. 'Top Rankin' and 'Ambush in the Night' were directed at those responsible for the political violence in Jamaica, the latter song supposedly directed at those who shot bullets, not lyrics, at him in 1976.
Could possibly be the most powerful album ever.
"Survival" reflects Marley's amazing ability to write songs of unmatched political and spiritual significance while at the same time making them sound so wonderful. This album is so good, that it seems like a greatest hits of Marley. If you are at all interested in Bob Marley, then this is a must-buy. I suggest that you read the lyrics of the songs to get a true understanding of what this great man stood for. One of the best albums of one of the most influential men and quite possibly the greatest musician this world has ever known.
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While it is true that Bob Marley was not the FIRST Reggae singer, he was certainly the most famous.
This unique reggae beat, with the pulsations of black nationalism, was released in 1979, and has since make it's mark in the world of music. It starts with the hearty lamentation of "So Much Trouble in the World" and is followed by "Zimbabwe" which was a song of inspiration for Zimbabwe's guerrillas fighting for Black majority rule in that country during the Rhodesian War/ War of Independence. Marley performed at Zimbabwe's independence celebrations of 18 April 1980. He did not know that the performance on the first day would be reserved for the special guests of the new elite. When the masses tried to attend the concert they where tear-gassed and hounded out the stadium by Mugabe' s militia.
Marley responded by singing "War". The next day his performance was subdued as he was already disillusioned by the behaviour of the new Mugabe regime.
Today the song 'Zimbabwe' is sung as an anthem of Zimbabwe's pro-democracy movement as are other Marley hits like ' Get Up, Stand Up"
It is clear that Marley would not have approved of the genocidal dictatorship that Mugabe built up, in the last 24 years, any more than he did the white minority government of Ian Smith.
There is the angry condemnation of the 'Babylon System' and the Black Nationalist anthem " Survival" with the lyrics " Were the survivors! The Black survivors!"
This was one of my first albums so the heady beat of this album holds great memories for me.
"Africa Unite" is another is an ode to Marley's idealistic dreams of Pan African unity. And ' One Drop' is spiritual rendition of the longing for a true spiritual Rastafarian quest for authentic ideas of Haile Sellasie (the Christ of Rastafari) and Marcus Garvey.
" Give us the teachings of his majesty. We don't want no devil's philosophy"
You can always put your own interpretations and feelings into these songs , and my own conception of the sentence sung above may be different to that of most Marley devotees.
But then that only go's to show the genius of Bob Marley, doesn't it?