Rivers of Babylon-The Melodians

This one is going out to the life and legacy of Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley. Your music and your spirt will live on FOREVER!!!

Bob Marley was a hero figure, in the classic mythological sense. His departure from this planet came at a point when his vision of One World, One Love -- inspired by his belief in Rastafari -- was beginning to be heard and felt. The last Bob Marley and the Wailers tour in 1980 attracted the largest audiences at that time for any musical act in Europe.

Bob's story is that of an archetype, which is why it continues to have such a powerful and ever-growing resonance: it embodies political repression, metaphysical and artistic insights, gangland warfare and various periods of mystical wilderness. And his audience continues to widen: to westerners Bob's apocalyptic truths prove inspirational and life-changing; in the Third World his impact goes much further. Not just among Jamaicans, but also the Hopi Indians of New Mexico and the Maoris of New Zealand, in Indonesia and India, and especially in those parts of West Africa from wihch slaves were plucked and taken to the New World, Bob is seen as a redeemer figure returning to lead this.

In the clear Jamaican sunlight you can pick out the component parts of which the myth of Bob Marley is comprised: the sadness, the love, the understanding, the Godgiven talent. Those are facts. And although it is sometimes said that there are no facts in Jamaica, there is one more thing of which we can be certain: Bob Marley never wrote a bad song. He left behind the most remarkable body of recorded work. "The reservoir of music he has left behind is like an encyclopedia," says Judy Mowatt of the I-Threes. "When you need to refer to a certain situation or crisis, there will always be a Bob Marley song that will relate to it. Bob was a musical prophet."

The tiny Third World country of Jamaica has produced an artist who has transcended all categories, classes, and creeds through a combination of innate modesty and profound wisdom. Bob Marley, the Natural Mystic, may yet prove to be the most significant musical artist of the twentieth century

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[illmaticstatic93]

@MrJulianGalt youre an idiot. can someone else back me up on this. it doesnt matter if you think he is a great reggae artist or not, the point is he made amazing music that inspired people, that was his goal the whole time

[sophiadowe]

@bigbigalexis ,,sorry but boney m did not compose this song it was the melodians,,who compose and sang it ,,the boney m did it over

[jjA2904]

bob marley did not make this song it was the melodeons o smart one

[Uhurulance]

these brothers was invited to practice and sing in our house. I was about 7yrs old and sang with them when they came. I am the youngest member of the group. but was too young to go out with and sing. My family went to church at the Church Of God in Christ off Bond Avenue in Centreville, Ill. We suggest to them that they sing the Psalms because, which were songs of King David. and we, I and the Melodians sang this song first at our house on Piggott Ave in Centreville. I wonder if they remember.

[jodiann97]

Queen Elizabeth n Rothchilds dem need to listen to the real original jews sing to the God of Israel who soon deliver them.

[louisebakalik]

How did the haters and polluters of the air get here to leave their evil messages?

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favorite variation

[phati129]

psalm 137 (136). Amen Bob Marley. God rest your soul! +++

[GuilhermeRochaDIRT3]

@ThePackapunchmaster FAIL

[ThePackapunchmaster]

anybody who always thinks of Bob Marley and reggae together don't really no what good reggae is.

[heymama1]

Marley understood God's Word. And he sang about it. That is the reason his songs are so heart-felt and make you feel so good.

[vicray13]

used to cry when i would go by my real mom, and she sang it while i go 2 sleep :) ,,,,nice song