Lively up yourself and don't be no drag...OK, Bob, if you insist. This is the first track on the Natty Dread album, but I have it on the Songs of Freedom box set, which I bought at Rose Records in Evanston, Illinois, in the cold winter of early 1993. Putting on this music is like throwing another log on the fire. Like a reviewer wrote on amazon, 'it's probably the best box set I will ever own.' I especially love the booklet, with that great photo of Bob and Rita Marley with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer.
The song itself is a funky reggae get up and get with it party tune. Awesome bass from Aston Barrett and guitar from Al Anderson. I love Bob's vocals throughout, delivered perfectly, especially the many parts that sound improvised, like at 1:54: "...am I tryin to wonder, wonder, wonder why you, wonder, wonder why you act so........yeah." Beautiful.
Hey, you hear what the man say?
The song itself is a funky reggae get up and get with it party tune. Awesome bass from Aston Barrett and guitar from Al Anderson. I love Bob's vocals throughout, delivered perfectly, especially the many parts that sound improvised, like at 1:54: "...am I tryin to wonder, wonder, wonder why you, wonder, wonder why you act so........yeah." Beautiful.
Hey, you hear what the man say?
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