I don’t think this sex songs really work for Marley. His image is the voice of the working class who have been victimized, he is their self-medicating religious symbol of a spirit that cannot be crushed. I’m sure Marley got around but I don’t think he wanted the whole world to know about the current state of his sex drive, because I think he wanted people to take him seriously. This song, I think, his record company wanted him to do so they could make more money off the album seeing as how it was going to have a sex song on it. But Marley doesn't sell out, he makes this song is own by rising above the promiscuity he sees because he has a reputation, which he hints at. The pressure Marley had to do a light, funky, sexual song must have been high due to Marley’s often serious spiritual songs, but Marley realized he had to chose between civil rights activist or pop star, and that trying to be both would be like putting out an Martin Luther King Jr. album with the “I Have A Dream” speech followed by sex tapes of King cheating on his wife. This song no doubt flirts with promiscuity by checking it out from top to bottom, but as Marley recognizes a part of himself in the innocent play of sex, he can’t build his legacy on the reputation of being a man whore, no matter how tempting it is and no matter how he can redeem himself by countering every wet dream with “A Dream” (in the King sense).
Hehehe, you do realise that this song is from Catch A Fire, right? Take a listen to Stir It Up from the same album, still think there was a need to make a song about rising above promiscuity?
Hehehe, you do realise that this song is from Catch A Fire, right? Take a listen to Stir It Up from the same album, still think there was a need to make a song about rising above promiscuity?
I don’t think this sex songs really work for Marley. His image is the voice of the working class who have been victimized, he is their self-medicating religious symbol of a spirit that cannot be crushed. I’m sure Marley got around but I don’t think he wanted the whole world to know about the current state of his sex drive, because I think he wanted people to take him seriously. This song, I think, his record company wanted him to do so they could make more money off the album seeing as how it was going to have a sex song on it. But Marley doesn't sell out, he makes this song is own by rising above the promiscuity he sees because he has a reputation, which he hints at. The pressure Marley had to do a light, funky, sexual song must have been high due to Marley’s often serious spiritual songs, but Marley realized he had to chose between civil rights activist or pop star, and that trying to be both would be like putting out an Martin Luther King Jr. album with the “I Have A Dream” speech followed by sex tapes of King cheating on his wife. This song no doubt flirts with promiscuity by checking it out from top to bottom, but as Marley recognizes a part of himself in the innocent play of sex, he can’t build his legacy on the reputation of being a man whore, no matter how tempting it is and no matter how he can redeem himself by countering every wet dream with “A Dream” (in the King sense).
Hehehe, you do realise that this song is from Catch A Fire, right? Take a listen to Stir It Up from the same album, still think there was a need to make a song about rising above promiscuity?
Hehehe, you do realise that this song is from Catch A Fire, right? Take a listen to Stir It Up from the same album, still think there was a need to make a song about rising above promiscuity?