Bob Marley Reggae Musical Genre
Introduction
The word reggae (popular music of Jamaica that combines the calipso with blues), comes from the English Jamaican, a song of the Mayals of 1968 called Do Thereggay (let’s make reggay), this seems to come the expression rege-irge (harapos, pilchas, fight) a Rag duplication (rag)
The meaning of Jahbless. The meaning of Bless is blessing. So when you hear a Rastafari or a song that Jahbess says is asking for a blessing from God. The meaning of Jahlove. Jahlove can refer to the love that Jah has all his children the human race or the love that a person has to Jah.
Developing
It is based on a rhythmic style characterized by regular cuts on a background music played by the rhythmic battery, known as beat, and the drums, this rhythm is slower than that of other precursor styles of reggae such as ska.
REGGAE HISTORY.
Reggae is a musical genre that developed for the first time in Jamaica towards the end of the 1960s, reggae is understood that this occurred from others such as SKA. SKA is originally from Jamaica, a little jazz, Latin music and typical Jamaica music is found in him.
As previously commented on reggae is a musical genre that developed on the Caribbean island of Jamaica, as a combination between Afro -American rhythms and the American blues. Reggae includes songs that deal with poverty, politics, Rastafarianism (Jamaican religious cult that pays tribute to its God, (Jah) to the late Ethiopia emperor. Reggae was much more than a simple tired and catchy rhythm.
Reggae achieves a forceful aesthetic and prodigious solids in the message based on Rastafarismo. Belonging to the Rastafari movement is not exactly a fashion in the hair or the indiscriminate consumption of ganja (marijuana).
The Rastafari movement was born in Jamaica as a religion from the distorted understanding of Marcus Garvey’s doctrines. The theory of returning to Africa led to confuse the coronation of Haile Salassie, Rastafari, with the coming of God to Earth to free the subjected. Yasí, the true dreadlocks maintain their cultural logic: they do not consume pork, they are deeply religious and dream of the return on pilgrimage to an emancipated ethiopia.
The dissemination of the ideas of Rastafarism is almost exclusively to the adoption of the reagge as its exclusive way of communicating and raising the voice: I prefer the tomb to live as a slave, as true as today the sun shines, I will have what whatIt belongs to me, says Jimmy Cliff in The Harder They Come). Finding reggae in the purest state can be complicated. Predecessors and descendants of reggae have contributed, adapted, deteriorated, modified, commercialized, etc. More than one concept.
In fact, the roads bifurcus and growing to maintain few things in common. Ratafarism and reggae no longer go hand in hand and perhaps the premature death of Bob Marley has been what has transformed it into an indisputable legend of the genre and the most faithful exponent. In the different parts of the world, reggae merged giving rise to innumerable variants. The white reggae of the UB-40, the most commercial reggae by the hand of musicians such as Eddy Grant, the dense reggae of those who approached the black continent, the reggae ultra fm traveled by products such as Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, etc.
The largest European reggae festival, which is currently held in the town of Benicassim (Castellón) and opened on December 13, 1991. In 1994, very few people imagined that this event, the Rototom Sunsplash, aimed at such a particular audience and focused on minority music, would extend and reach such large dimensions. However, currently as an authentic rite, in which, as its name suggests, it ends when the first rays of sun leave the sea, announcing the arrival of a promising new day.
This festival lasts for 7 consecutive days in which music, fun and moments of meeting, information and reflection are mixed. In addition to welcoming the most important artists, gender also gives visibility and voice to topics such as Rastafarismo, Peace, tolerance, racism, non-violence, respect environment, etc. The Rototom Sunsplash has been recognized by UNESCO as an emblematic event of the international decade for a culture of peace and non -violence and as a culture activity without borders.
Bob Marley
One of the main exponents of this genre is Bob Marley, whose original name is Robert Nesta Marley Broke. He was a Jamaican musician, guitarist and composer, who was born on February 6, 1945 in the town of Saint Ann’s Parish (Jamaica). This interpreter is one of the best known reggae music, since I help spread both Jamaica’s music and the worldwide Rastafari movement.
In 1964 he formed his first band with some friends, at which time the well -known group The Wailing Wailers emerged. His first songs were a mixture of Calipso and Soul and were inspired by Rastafarism, dealing with issues such as the liberation of oppression and the struggle for rights, as well as the defense or incitement of drug use (marijuana) as a sacrament. One of his songs, no Woman no Cry, became the Rasta anthem, symbolizing the mythical ideal of the Tour of Blacks to Africa and rebellion against oppression. Bob Marley In addition to being an already consecrated musician, he also became a pacifist who was against Jamaican politics.
conclusion
In this way, he decided to participate in a free concert to promote national peace and reconciliation, and thus help curb the political violence in Jamaica during the seventies. In April 1978 he was invited to go to the United Nations headquarters, in New York, to receive the La Paz Medal. In July 1977 he was discovered an evil form of melanoma in the big toe of his right foot. This injury was a typical cancer sign. Due to his Rasta culture, he flatly refused to amputate his finger and all kinds of treatments. However, despite his illness, Bob wanted to move forward with the scheduled actions and participated in the preparation of a world tour that would take place in 1980. Gradually cancer was extended throughout his body until in 1981, he caused his death. At that time he and his group The Wailers were known worldwide.
Three years after his death, a compilation album called Legend was released. This was the best -selling reggae album in history with 10 platinum records in the United States and 20 million copies worldwide
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