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Bob Marley — Natural Mystic
Album: Exodus
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Released: 1977
Length: 3:08
Plays (last 30 days): 3
There's a natural mystic
Blowing through the air
If you listen carefully now you will hear
This could be the first trumpet
Might as well be the last
Many more will have to suffer
Many more will have to die
Don't ask me why
Things are not the way they used to be
I won't tell no lie
One and all got to face reality now

Though I try to find the answer
To all the questions they ask
Though I know it's impossible
To go living through the past
Don't tell no lie
There's a natural mystic
Blowing through the air
Can't keep them down
If you listen carefully now you will hear
Such a natural mystic
Blowing through the air

This could be the first trumpet
Might as well be the last
Many more will have to suffer
Many more will have to die
Don't ask me why
There's a natural mystic
Blowing through the air
I won't tell no lie
If you listen carefully now, you will hear
There's a Natural Mystic blowing through the air

Such a Natural Mystic, blowing through the air
There's a Natural Mystic, blowing through the air
Such a Natural Mystic, blowing through the air
Such a Natural Mystic, blowing through the air
Such a Natural Mystic, blowing through the air
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 Arshellan wrote:

Gah, there will be a time people will understand that rega is not music. like "hello i have zero skill to make music so i just do 2 notes the whole duration, someone without ears will like it for sure"

Besides that, i hope you all stay healthy and all, (even regea lovers, everyone can have revelations a day, never lose hope !)



Never mistake simplicity for lack of skill.  It takes huge skill to make things look - or sound - simple. Ask any athlete at their peak or professional  musician
Skankin'!
"NATURAL MYSTIC" (innate wisdom that lies beyond concepts, no need to conceptualize what one already is)
Este playlist lo pude haber garabado en casste en aquellos días.
 Arshellan wrote:

Gah, there will be a time people will understand that rega is not music. like "hello i have zero skill to make music so i just do 2 notes the whole duration, someone without ears will like it for sure"

Besides that, i hope you all stay healthy and all, (even regea lovers, everyone can have revelations a day, never lose hope !)



Simplicity is not to be mistaken for low skill. The simplicity of rhythm serves a particular purpose. Fortunately for lovers of this sound, the purpose is quite pleasurable. And carries a revolutionary message. 
 jam5ie76 wrote:
Pft Reggae haters can bite my bobble.

This is one of my favourite Bob tracks, if anyone cares to take the time this track is in the film Countryman which is well worth a watch for some Natural Mysticism
 

The soundtrack from that movie also has a version of Bob's song "Time Will Tell" that's breathtaking. 
Hey sweet RP, you couldn't be hitting my mellow any better tonight.  Life was never so good since I found you in my ears and life.!  XXOO  And I REALLY mean that!
 Arshellan wrote:
Gah, there will be a time people will understand that rega is not music. like "hello i have zero skill to make music so i just do 2 notes the whole duration, someone without ears will like it for sure"

Besides that, i hope you all stay healthy and all, (even regea lovers, everyone can have revelations a day, never lose hope !)
 

Yea, Mon. Bob's reggae beats are beyond comparison, and intricacies pass most a dem commuters by... for sure. 
Revelations are to be had by those, who seek them. It has always been like that. Or so it seems, lest some new stories of un-seeking persons...
Gah, there will be a time people will understand that rega is not music. like "hello i have zero skill to make music so i just do 2 notes the whole duration, someone without ears will like it for sure"

Besides that, i hope you all stay healthy and all, (even regea lovers, everyone can have revelations a day, never lose hope !)
 stewliscious wrote:
A reggae guitar player has one of the most musically lazy jobs there is.
 
Nah, I'd have to go with some of the music commenters I see here.
I don't recall this being on Legend.  Were there multiple releases under this name? I'm not a reggae superfan, but I like some, and this is definitely nice.  Simple and uplifting.

Edit: Ahh, just after I posted this, I saw that the metadata doesn't match the image.  Ignore the first two sentences of my post.
A reggae guitar player has one of the most musically lazy jobs there is.
Hypercritical I can be, but when it comes to Bob, I have almost no discernment.  Irae y'all.
From me 8 down to 7 
Bless all
Gold like, GODLIKE
Simple but very spiritually
beautiful if you are in a receptive mood 

 Skydog wrote:

pallid song

  

That's reggae...    On top of it, Marley, (and his fellow Selassie worshipers), are sexist, homophobic, misogynist, anti-Semites.    Pass.


 joelbb wrote:
Tedium and tediummer.  Marginal

 
pallid song
Maybe someday RP will play some reggae that isn't Bob Marley.  Every Bob Marley song has been overplayed so many times it's painful to hear them hardly ever.  Please rate low on the principal of overplay.
 joelbb wrote:
Tedium and tediummer. 
 
Are they any relation to Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum?
Tedium and tediummer.  Marginal
 Aghori wrote:
reggae = PSD
 
Have a nice day.
We be partying!
reggae = PSD
{#Cool} nice.
Not much music on board this one.
Pretty darn dull.
The album title is listed as "Turn! Turn! Turn!".  Should be Exodus of course.
 ..... nice
Ha ha! I love this track so much. I'd dance to it all day long. 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Listening to this crap is torture.

 
Why listen if it is torture?
 
ppopp wrote:
The Pretenders and Bob Marley with 3 songs of each other, ugh! Boring. And this is probably the most boring Marley song ever. One chord. it's like it's keeping time with a hen walking out of the barn.

Beautiful comment! I hope when you'll find out three chords in this song, it becomes better for you (tripled).  
 


The Pretenders and Bob Marley with 3 songs of each other, ugh! Boring. And this is probably the most boring Marley song ever. One chord. it's like it's keeping time with a hen walking out of the barn.
BLACK UHURU Bob
LOL @ arrogant version of IMHO.

P.S.
I was born in 1973
 

TerryS wrote:


It's the arrogant version of IMHO.

 



 saltysanford wrote:


I was responding to a person who doesn't like Bob Marley. How can you not like Bob Marley?? Then again...I detest the Cure. What the hell is IMO (I was born before 1975)
 

It's the arrogant version of IMHO.
 the_om wrote:

Consider your bobble bitten.
 
My bobble will bobble on and on and on....
sky meet earth
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Bob Marley by ~liamail
©2007-2010 ~liamail

Bob Marley pastel on paper

 
Neato!
 jam5ie76 wrote:
Pft Reggae haters can bite my bobble.

 
Consider your bobble bitten.


Pft Reggae haters can bite my bobble.

This is one of my favourite Bob tracks, if anyone cares to take the time this track is in the film Countryman which is well worth a watch for some Natural Mysticism
 mbolch30307 wrote:
All reggae (except for Peter Tosh) gets a 1...
 

Change that to all reggae and I completly agree.
All reggae (except for Peter Tosh) gets a 1...
I never get tired of listening to Bob.
Dancing, moving... yes !! Very nice!!
Listening to this crap is torture.
8-9!

A 10 "potted"!


Bob Marley by ~liamail
©2007-2010 ~liamail

Bob Marley pastel on paper



Sublime.
I won't tell no lie
Don't tell no lie


I'd state the obvious and say "One of his best!"..but what a catalogue of great songs to choose from...and from an artist who by all rights should still be with us.  So sad to lose one so gifted.  10.

Nice Bob ,Reggey!!
From "Exodus", the only reagge CD anyone needs in their collection, really. Its that good.
Love the thumping bass!

{#Music}

Awesome! This is a perfect piece of music.........incrediblbly tight band



sitting here putting together the playlist for my next dance party
go bill !!
and rebecca !!
and all the stoned out expats in far flung places
all the heroes of the lost war in the islands of maui
and the european beat poets riding the trolley in downtown buddhapest with the iphone hooked up to their vest
and of course a shout out to my himalayan buddy up there in lakshman jula
on the banks of the holy river
where aarti flows down every night down the wide ganges
on the top of the world


{#Devil_pimp}{#Crown}{#Sunny}{#Kiss}{#Notworthy}{#Meditate}{#Cowboy}{#Notworthy}
omniphiliac wrote:
Hey, Bob and The Cure are not mutually exclusive tastes IMO. They both frequently score 8-10 for me. I like the horns here...that really does it for me.
I was responding to a person who doesn't like Bob Marley. How can you not like Bob Marley?? Then again...I detest the Cure. What the hell is IMO (I was born before 1975)
saltysanford wrote:
Seriously! Keep moving!! You are probably a Cure fan.
Hey, Bob and The Cure are not mutually exclusive tastes IMO. They both frequently score 8-10 for me. I like the horns here...that really does it for me.
fuh2 wrote:
Bit O' trivia: In 1994, Marley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Time magazine chose Bob Marley & The Wailers' album Exodus as the greatest album of the 20th century.
Boo, stop the Reggaee!
Misterfixit wrote:
Nope. Nothing subtle at all. Move along Citizen, there is nothing for you to see here.
Seriously! Keep moving!! You are probably a Cure fan.
Godlike!...nothing more to add
mgkiwi wrote:
Yaaa. Where's the homegrown - me's in chill out mood Truely wicked - big respect!
In my cookie jar
fcatalao wrote:
brilliant, can't stop nodding my head
Neither me. Can't get enough of Bob's groove, though I've been listening to his music for the last 20 years.
brilliant, can't stop nodding my head
Yaaa. Where's the homegrown - me's in chill out mood Truely wicked - big respect!
Always one of my favorite Bob tunes.
mighty
meloman wrote:
Hey! Another Bob Marley song that sounds exactly like every other Bob Marley song ever recorded by Bob Marley. (Or am I missing something subtle here?)
Yes. You are missing something.
Misterfixit wrote:
Nope. Nothing subtle at all. Move along Citizen, there is nothing for you to see here.
You got that right.
meloman wrote:
Hey! Another Bob Marley song that sounds exactly like every other Bob Marley song ever recorded by Bob Marley. (Or am I missing something subtle here?)
Nope. Nothing subtle at all. Move along Citizen, there is nothing for you to see here.
Hey! Another Bob Marley song that sounds exactly like every other Bob Marley song ever recorded by Bob Marley. (Or am I missing something subtle here?)
love this song... so brilliant
Exodus was the soundtrack to my childhood, and this song is my absolute fav...
Im not a devout marley follower...but everytime I hear his music....I relax and smile...that is power
nuggler wrote:
That's right. These are 'interesting' times indeed & Marley the eternal 'seer' testified repeatedly about the coming Babylon. Could be that man's rapid & single-minded descent into mindless materialism is the cause of cosmic imbalances possibly resulting in premature tribulations...?
Too much weed makes you paranoid. "Cosmic imbalances" WTF?
sipsey wrote:
I'm a huge Marley fan, but I gotta say........ this song, while I love it, always creeps me out a bit. "This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last". Yikes! 'Cause there is a natural mystic in the air right now.
That's right. These are 'interesting' times indeed & Marley the eternal 'seer' testified repeatedly about the coming Babylon. Could be that man's rapid & single-minded descent into mindless materialism is the cause of cosmic imbalances possibly resulting in premature tribulations...?
Bit O' trivia: In 1994, Marley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Time magazine chose Bob Marley & The Wailers' album Exodus as the greatest album of the 20th century.
I'm a huge Marley fan, but I gotta say........ this song, while I love it, always creeps me out a bit. "This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last". Yikes! 'Cause there is a natural mystic in the air right now.
Great! I love all that is going on in the "background." :)
Great way to end my day.. ahhhhh..
Fantastic groove. Funktastic horns. Crankin' up the volume. Great segue from the previous tune.
Mugro wrote:
WHOAH! PC POLICE RAID HERE! I am a defender of reggae, but I would certainly not take the previous anti-reggae posts as racism! Is there no sanity left in our society when someone that does not like reggae gets called a racist?! Let's grow up, folks, and stop the knee-jerk pc reactions. Thank you.
Not arguing your point, but while we're at it, how's about we finally retire that cranky, tired phrase, "Politically Correct?" Is there a more "knee jerk" response than to saddle up the PC label?
Perfect start for the goodness that is "Exodus". :good-vibes.gif:
There are so many great Marley tunes. This one is one of my favorites.
PeterGriffin wrote:
You know, for people with so called "eclectic" tastes, there sure is a hell of a lot of backlash against music created by black artists on here Maybe your tastes aren't as enlightened as you like to think they are
Or maybe we're just tired of hearing the same riff time and time again on every single Bob Marley song. But, hey, I must congratulate you and your enlightenment -- way to illegitimize real struggles against racism with ungrounded hyperbole about a simple music taste.
PeterGriffin wrote:
You know, for people with so called "eclectic" tastes, there sure is a hell of a lot of backlash against music created by black artists on here Maybe your tastes aren't as enlightened as you like to think they are
WHOAH! PC POLICE RAID HERE! I am a defender of reggae, but I would certainly not take the previous anti-reggae posts as racism! Is there no sanity left in our society when someone that does not like reggae gets called a racist?! Let's grow up, folks, and stop the knee-jerk pc reactions. Thank you.
8)
oldslabsides wrote:
reggae sucks :P
You know, for people with so called "eclectic" tastes, there sure is a hell of a lot of backlash against music created by black artists on here Maybe your tastes aren't as enlightened as you like to think they are
tg3k wrote:
There must be more interesting things to do with three chords. Come to think of it, there are...blues, rock, polka, nursery rhymes...anything is more interesting than reggae.
You racist bastard!
You just got to love Bob!
tg3k wrote:
There must be more interesting things to do with three chords. Come to think of it, there are...blues, rock, polka, nursery rhymes...anything is more interesting than reggae.
Reggae is not just three chords. It is a mood, a feeling. What would music be if it did not evoke emotion from those who listen to it? We are not all scientists, talking about music in theory. Go visit a Carribean island, stay there for awhile and relax, and then tell me that reggae does not establish a mood and a feeling for you!
reggae sucks :P
This is one of my favorite Bob Marley tunes. This album and Natty Dread always bring back nice summertime-late-afternoon memories...Somebody pass me a Red Stripe, please.
bluedot wrote:
oh, please. reggae is just as interesting as any of your examples. EXACTLY as interesting.
Yes, didn't everyone know that ALL MUSIC IS EXACTLY THE SAME. NO MUSIC IS MORE INTERESTING THAN ANY OTHER. Oh and by the way, from now on SQUARES AND CIRCLES ARE THE SAME. REMEMBER THAT! ALL SHAPES ARE NOW THE SAME. BUILDING, TOO. ALL BUILDING ARE THE SAME, AND NONE ARE MORE INTERESTING THAN ANY OTHER. bluedot wrote:
Oh, no! Not the deadly . Anything but the ! I'm devastated by your ability to show smug annoyance in text form! Brilliant! Please, someone alert the media!
tg3k wrote:
There must be more interesting things to do with three chords. Come to think of it, there are...blues, rock, polka, nursery rhymes...anything is more interesting than reggae.
oh, please. reggae is just as interesting as any of your examples. EXACTLY as interesting.
There must be more interesting things to do with three chords. Come to think of it, there are...blues, rock, polka, nursery rhymes...anything is more interesting than reggae.
one of my all-time top favorite Marley tunes. i love the atmosphere that this one evokes.
Originally Posted by curtisls: Once again, this simplistic musical form gets too much airplay. Please consider playing music that actually requires talent.
too bad for you.
Originally Posted by mperry:
When will it end? When will it end? Arrghhh!
Originally Posted by curtisls: Once again, this simplistic musical form gets too much airplay. Please consider playing music that actually requires talent.
Once again, this simplistic musical form gets too much airplay. Please consider playing music that actually requires talent.
probably my favorite Marley tune...
Whenever i hear Marley\'s music, i just cant help but get into that mellow groove and bob my head to the beat
Long live Bob Marley