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3 | ''Natty Dread'' is a 1974 music album by Music/BobMarley and The Wailers. It was the first album recorded after former bandmates Music/PeterTosh and Bunny Wailer had left. They were replaced by the I-Threes, a female background choir consisting of Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths and Bob's own wife Rita. |
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5 | The album is notable for the hit singles "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)", "Lively Up Yourself" and an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness version of "No Woman, No Cry", which would become a much larger hit after being recorded live on the next album ''[[Music/LiveBobMarleyAlbum Live!]]'' (1975). |
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7 | '''' |
8 | !! Tracklist |
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10 | [[AC:Side One]] |
11 | # "Lively Up Yourself" (5:29) |
12 | # "No Woman, No Cry" (4:06) |
13 | # "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" (3:10) |
14 | # "Rebel Music (Three O' Clock Roadblock)" (6:40) |
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16 | [[AC:Side Two]] |
17 | # "So Jah S'eh" (4:25) |
18 | # "Natty Dread" (3:33) |
19 | # "Bend Down Low" (3:10) |
20 | # "Talkin' Blues" (4:06) |
21 | # "Revolution" (4:20) |
22 | '''' |
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24 | !! ''Them Tropes Full...'' |
25 | * AntiPoliceSong: "Rebel Music", where Bob is arrested for marihuana possession. |
26 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: In "Revolution" Bob quotes lyrics from Psalm:16 : ''Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.'' Coincidentally Music/PeterTosh also quoted from this same psalm in his song "Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised)" from ''Music/LegalizeIt''. |
27 | * BadassBoast: "Rebel Music". |
28 | --> ''Hey Mr. cop, [ what are you sayin' down there?] got no birth certificate on me!'' |
29 | * ContinuityNod: Near the end of "Lively Up Yourself" Bob already mimicks a policeman asking for inspection of somebody's bag, a story he gives a full blown exposé in "Rebel Music", where the bag turns out to be a ''little herb stock''. |
30 | * CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority and TheCoup: "Revolution" |
31 | --> ''It takes a revolution to make a solution''. |
32 | * CorruptPolitician: "Revolution" |
33 | --> ''Never make a politican/ quench you a favor'' |
34 | --> ''They will always want to control you forever'' |
35 | * CrapsackWorld: "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)", "Revolution", "No Woman, No Cry", "So Jah Seh", "Talking Blues", though the band does bring a hopeful message for the future too. |
36 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The studio version of "No Woman, No Cry" sounds almost like a joke, compared to the far more dramatically epic version found on the next album ''[[Music/LiveBobMarleyAlbum Live!]]'' (1975). |
37 | * EmptyFridgeEmptyLife: "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" |
38 | --> ''A hungry mob is an angry mob'' |
39 | * EpicRocking: "Lively Up Yourself", "Rebel Music". |
40 | * FaceOnTheCover: Bob's face in close-up. |
41 | * FascistsBedTime: "Rebel Music" has somebody arrested at three o' clock at night , after curfew. |
42 | * TheFutureWillBeBetter: "No Woman, No Cry", "Talking Blues", "Revolution". |
43 | * GodIsGood and GodIsLoveSongs: "So Jah Seh" |
44 | --> ''So Jah seh. None of my seed shall sit on the sidewalk and beg bread.'' |
45 | --> (choir) ''No they can't and you know that they won't!'' |
46 | * IAmTheBand: Bob's face is seen on the album cover, none of the other members. |
47 | * IntercourseWithYou: "Bend Down Low". |
48 | --> ''Darling, bend down low'' |
49 | --> ''Let me tell you what I know'' |
50 | * IJustWantToBeFree: |
51 | ** "Rebel Music". |
52 | --> ''Why can't we roam this open country?'' |
53 | --> ''Why can't we be what we want to be?'' |
54 | --> ''We just want to be free'' |
55 | ** "Revolution". |
56 | --> ''Like a bird in the tree'' |
57 | --> ''The prisoners must be free'' |
58 | ** "Talkin' Blues". |
59 | --> ''And who's going to stay at home, when you know that the freedom fighters are fighting?'' |
60 | * ListSong: Marley lists several real existing streets in Kingston in ''Natty Dread''. |
61 | * OdeToIntoxication: "Rebel Music" in which Bob protest against the anti-marihuana laws. |
62 | * PepTalkSong: "Lively Up Yourself". |
63 | * ThePowerOfLove: "No Woman, No Cry", where Marley comforts a woman living in dire circumstances. |
64 | * ThePowerOfRock: "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" |
65 | --> ''Forget your troubles and dance!'' |
66 | * ProtestSong: "So Jah Seh", "Revolution", "Rebel Music", "Talking Blues" and "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)." |
67 | * RefugeInAudacity: "Talking Blues". |
68 | --> ''I feel like bombing a church/ now that you know that the preacherman is lying'' |
69 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: "Revolution", "Talking Blues", "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" all address that revolution is unevitable and won't be civilized. |
70 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: - "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" |
71 | --> ''A hungry mob is an angry mob'' (...) |
72 | --> ''Cost of livin' gets so high'' |
73 | --> ''Rich and poor they start to cry'' |
74 | --> ''Now the weak must get strong'' |
75 | --> ''They say: "Oh, what a tribulation"'' |
76 | * SomethingBlues: "Talking Blues". |
77 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)". |
78 | --> ''Now the weak must get strong'' |
79 | * TakeThat: The police in "Rebel Music". |
80 | --> ''Why can't we roam this open country?'' |
81 | --> ''Why can't we be what we wanna be?'' |
82 | --> ''We wanna be free'' |
83 | * TimeMarchesOn: Since 2014 marihuana is legal in Jamaica, making "Rebel Music" in which Marley is arrested and has his herb stock taken away from him somewhat out-dated. |
84 | * TitleTrack: "Natty Dread" |
85 | --> ''Dread, natty dread'' |
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