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88. "Exodus" by Bob Marley

A trekking, serious epic written by Bob Marley while exiled in England after surviving an assassination attempt in Jamaica. This restless, drastic song (invoking the Biblical exodus of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt) and "Three Little Birds" (chiding us not to worry about a thing) are somehow on the same album.

This music can come on, and I'm in a trance. It could go on for an hour; I would just keep moving to this bass line, singing the stirring refrain, picturing an unbroken line of human silhouettes striking out for the promised land, dreaming to join them.

tags: Bob Marley, music, Music writing, 365 day music challenge
categories: Music writing
Thursday 03.30.17
Posted by Jon Quijano
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