by OnoI812 » Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:49 am
SLAD- those may be Marleys lyrics but they are actually the words <br>of HIM Haile Selassie I adapted from his speech to the UN October 4, 1963 <br><br>as for Sly...she couldn't be in better company<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://slyrob.3va.net/img/petetosh.jpg">slyrob.3va.net/img/petetosh.jpg</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Drummer Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar (getting his nick Sly from listening to Sly Stone) and bassplayer Robert Shakespeare meet in the mid seventies. Dunbar already had quite a reputation as a drummer. He had played on several Jamaican hit records, a.o. Double Barrel by organist Ansell Collins. His rhythmic innovations to reggae drumming were becoming a trade mark for Channel One when he got acquainted with Aston 'familyman' Barrett's youthful protege bassplayer Robbie Shakespeare. Shakespear had already done a good deal of studio work, like 'Stir it up' from Bob Marley and some stuff with the Aggrovators. Sly was playing at a club called Tit for Tat and Robbie was up the street at Evil People. They heard each other playing on their breaks, and they liked what they heard. It didn't take very long for them to decide to form a rhythmic drum-'n-bass partnership, and Sly & Robbie was a fact. In Jamaica they released several albums with the Revolutionaires, some of which were later released in Europe and the USA.<br><br>Their first major project was providing backing for the late singer/songwriter Peter Tosh in his backing band Word Sound and Power. In this period they scored their first major worldwide nr 1 hitsingle with Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger: (Keep on walking) Don't Look Back. They recorded five albums with Peter Tosh: Equal Rights, Legalize it, Bush Docor, Mystic Man and Wanted Dread and Alive. While on a world tour with Peter, they lived on bread and water to save money to be able to start their own record label: TAXI Productions. <br><br><br> Another artist with whom they've been recording is Grace Jones. Sly & Robbie played on three albums. Everybody knows songs like 'I've seen that face before (libertango)' and 'Pull up to the Bumper'. The work with Grace Jones was the start of a heap international artists wanting Sly & Robbie to produce and/or provide the drum 'n bass backing for their songs and albums. Joe Cocker, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Ian Dury, Herbie Hancock, Maxi Priest, Cindy Lauper, Barry Reynolds, Carly Simon... In reggae they backed and produced a talented new singer, Ini Kamoze, who's first album was a massive hit among the reggae audience. <br><br><br><br>In 1976, Bob Marley interpolated words from Haile Selassie the First's legendary 1963 U.N. peace speech into his famous song War. Below is the text of the Speech:<br><br>"Last May, in Addis Ababa there was convened a meeting of the Heads of African States and Governments. In three days, the thirty-two nations represented at that Conference demonstrated to the world that when the will and the determination exist, nations and peoples of diverse backgrounds can and will work together in unity for the achievement of common goals and the assurance of that equality and brotherhood which we desire. Although our position vis-a-vis the power-blocs is identified with the policy of non-alignment, our past history testifies to the fact that we have always endeavored to cooperate with all nations, without exception. Thus, one of the fundamental principles we have agreed upon at the Addis Ababa Summit Conference gives expression to our fundamental desire to live in harmony and cooperation with all States. On the question of racial discrimination, the Addis Ababa Conference taught, to those who will learn, this lesson: That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; that until there are no longer any first class and second class citizens of any nation; that until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance that the color of his eyes; that until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race - - until that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained. And also, that until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding, tolerance and good-will; until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men as they are in Heaven - - until that day the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil. The United Nations has done much, both directly and indirectly, to speed the disappearance of discrimination and oppression from the earth. Without the opportunity to focus world opinion on Africa and Asia which this Organization provides, the goal might, for many, still lie ahead, and the struggle would have taken far longer. For this we are truly grateful.- - H.I.M. Haile Selassie I 18th Season of the General Assembly of the United Nations, October 4, 1963 <br>-----------------------------------<br><br><br>one of my favorites:<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Emperors New clothes</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>it seems like years since you held the baby<br>while I wrecked the bedroom<br>you said it was dangerous after sunday<br>and I knew you loved me<br>he thinks I just became famous<br>and that's what messed me up<br>but he's wrong<br>how could I possibly know what I want<br>when I was only twenty-one?<br>and there's millions of people<br>to offer advice and say how I should be<br>but they're twisted<br>and they will never be any influence on me<br>but you will always be<br>you will always be<br>if I treated you mean<br>I really didn't mean to<br>but you know how it is<br>and how a pregnancy can change you<br>I see plenty of clothes that I like<br>but I won't go anywhere nice for a while<br>all I want to do is just sit here<br>and write it all down and rest for a while<br>I can't bear to be in another city<br>one where you are not<br>I would return to nothing without you<br>if I'm your girlfriend of not<br>maybe I was mean<br>but I really don't think so<br>you asked if I'm scared<br>and I said so<br>everyone can see what's going on<br>they laugh 'cos they know they're untouchable<br>not because what I said was wrong<br>whatever it may bring<br>I will have my own policies<br>I will sleep with a clear conscience<br>I will sleep in peace<br>maybe it sounds mean<br>but I really don't think so<br>you asked for the truth and I told you<br>through they're own words<br>they will be exposed<br>they've got a severe case of<br>the emperor's new clothes. <p></p><i></i>