Joe Song

Run with me for a minute. Yeah, yeah, pidgin english and frat houses but wait… we’ve all heard that opening run on c a thousand times but  we’ve all heard it a thousand times.

WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley available on Legend

The recording of Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry that most people are most familiar with was recorded in the mid 70s at the Roxy in Los Angeles (that’s the recording on Legend, according to the official site).

The musicians make all kinds of right moves and even the accidental guitar feedback works in the atmosphere. The crowd is singing along through the whole song obviously enjoying themselves; half of them cheer to the opening notes, half cheer at the first lyric. You can hear the sweat and strain in Marley’s voice. It’s a prime example of both a live performance and a live recording.

Like I was saying, we’ve all heard it a thousand times, but imagine being in the audience that night hearing the song come up and stay and stay (7 minutes 15 seconds). It would be an experience, is what I’m saying – the song itself is not even that important. Here is a real connection to some dead guy who was singing a song 30 years ago.