Bob Marley - Quotes on Music
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 20:58:57
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From: Judith Kalil
<jkalil@earthlink.net> Organization: Irie Productions, Inc. & Ltd.
(JA)
Greetings,
Respect
to all who have been contributing to the reasoning. As an American involved in
"this business of Reggae music," may I suggest that nuff Bob word dem may be
relevant.
"Anything can happen in
music, we only experiment. It's never wise to limit yourself. Them people think
that I should do the same this year as last! Maybe people don't like it...[but]
you can't stay in one place. -- Bob Marley,
1974
"Music free and without prejudice.
Music don't care...music just wanna be." -- Bob Marley,
1975
"I don't care what people do with
the music. Every time I play, I get fresh inspiration. It fresh, and no one hear
a song that you write until it out on a record. So people can capitalise on
reggae as much as they want. We can play different music from the kind we play
now. So if someone try to catch up with we, we can leave and change again
because that's what we've been doing over the years." -- Bob Marley, 1975
"Soul, jazz, calypso, blues--I like
plenty good music. Jazz, that's a complete music. Music with feeling....Every
song is a sign." --Bob Marley,
1976
"Reggae is a music that has plenty
of fight. But only the music should fight, not the people." --Bob Marley,
1977
"[Reggae] music is like the news.
The music influences the people, the music do everything fe the people." --Bob
Marley, 1980
Music--and particularly
contemporary reggae music--is like language: it's a vital, living force that
reflects and refracts what we think and feel about the world around us. Just as
we use language (meaning words and syntax and grammar and so forth) to express
our thoughts and feelings about what a gwaan, so too may we use a jazzy sax or a
bluesy horn or the voice of an unknown Nyahbingi chanter to express and enhance
our music. That mode of expression goes to the kind of experimentation Bob
talked about and practiced. At the same time, the willingness to experiment, to
keep in tune with the times so to speak, keeps the music
current.
Personally, me love roots and
get nostalgic for a less digitalized, more real sound. However, I am
increasingly drawn to and connected with dancehall because it is the most
contemporary of JA sounds and affords me the greatest opportunity for creative
experimentation. I can put in horns & harmonies to suggest a rocking riddim,
a bassoon to emulate the abeng, couple them with that JA driving (as oppposed to
a grooving) bass, maybe add an American rapper to the voicing (why not? ;) ) and
emanicipate the music, make it fresh and gree, but still acknowledge its roots
and allow the music to evolve.
We
praise Creation through creation. Let us come together to forward the vibe.
Everytime.
Oneness.
Judith
dub
three-0
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