redemption song

cover of the great Bob Marley song on my roland fr-7x accordion. one of the great songs of all time. happy 2011! "Redemption Song" is a song by Bob Marley. It is the final track on Bob Marley and the Wailers' ninth album, Uprising, produced by Chris Blackwell and released by Island Records. The song is considered Marley's seminal work, with lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus Garvey.
At the time he wrote the song, circa 1979, Bob Marley had been diagnosed with the cancer that later was to take his life. According to Rita Marley, "he was already secretly in a lot of pain and dealt with his own mortality, a feature that is clearly apparent in the album, particularly in this song".
Unlike most of Bob Marley's tracks, it is strictly a solo acoustic recording, consisting of Marley singing and playing an acoustic guitar, without accompaniment. In subsequent live performances, however, a full band was used. A full band rendition of "Redemption Song" was made available as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of Uprising, as well as featuring on the 2001 compilation One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers. However, the solo performance remains the take most familiar to listeners.
In 2004, Rolling Stone placed the song at #66 among The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2010, the New Statesman listed it as one of the Top 20 Political Songs. The song urges listeners to "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery," because "None but ourselves can free our minds". These lines were taken from a speech given by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia during October 1937 and published in his Black Man magazine:[4]
We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.Rihanna performed the song on The Oprah Winfrey Show on January 20, 2010. She said, "This song for me growing up, many times there was a really difficult situation, I always listened to this song because it was so liberating and even now I listen to it when my back is up against the wall, and I feel like the people of Haiti need to feel something inspiring."

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[heidiramone]

Great job! I love this song. Have you heard when Johnny Cash sings it, makes me want to cry!

[badlybruisedbob]

@heidiramone I have heard Johnny's version. JC recorded some great songs in the last few years. I would love to do a version of Hurt. I am glad you liked my humble instrumental. What are you working on these days?

[modeline63]

wonderful performance

Have a happy new year

Lisa

[badlybruisedbob]

@modeline63 thanks Lisa

[zombieskiller666]

beautiful

[ScottishFiddleLesson]

nice one bob

[arrisstuff]

What happened to Stella?

[guyotville06]

Une belle mélodie bravo!

André

[accordiona]

A lovely tune, Bob! So fun to play the Roland, isn't it? I like the set you chose for this song.

Lorna

[giannimirizzi]

Bravissimo complimenti!!!!!!

[Rhawneld57]

I like this sound it is something like I have heard before wondered if I had heard another friend play it on the diatonic. Nice job any way. Keep it up.

Ron!

[MrHugoStenberg]

Takk for at du deler! Hugo 5*