...Bob MarleyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search For the American comedian, see Bob Marley (comedian). Bob Marley. Bob Marley performing in concert, circa 1980. Background information Birth name Nesta Robert Marley Also known as Tuff Gong Born (1945-02-06)6 February 1945 Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica Died 11 May 1981(1981-05-11) (aged 36) Miami, Florida, U.S. Genres Reggae, ska, rocksteady Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, saxophone, harmonica, percussion, horn Years active 1962–1981 Labels Studio One, Upsetter, Tuff Gong Associated acts Bob Marley & The Wailers, Wailers Band, The Upsetters, I Threes Website bobmarley.com Nesta Robert Marley, more widely and commonly known as "Bob Marley" OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.[1] Marley's music was heavily influenced by the social issues of his homeland, and he is considered to have given voice to the specific political and cultural nexus of Jamaica.[2] His best-known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Could You Be Loved", "Stir It Up", "Get Up Stand Up", "Jamming"...
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...Bob Marley | Musician, Philosopher | “Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” | 1/23/2013 1/23/2013 Taylor Townsend Mrs. King Education 1300 26 January 2013 Bob Marley Bob Marley is considered one of the most influential people in history today. Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Ann Parish, Jamaica. On May 11, 1981, Bob Marley died due to cancer which had spread from his toe that had been injured a few years before. In his life, he was a civil rights leader and sang about how he thought the world should be. He believed in equality, love, religion and the pursuit of happiness. Throughout most of Marley’s life, he lived in some of the poorest, most impoverished neighborhoods with his mother and his father, who had later left them and caused them to fend for themselves. Although living there was difficult, Marley found sanction through the music he heard around him. He learned most of his philosophies there that made him the man we know and respect today. While living there, he met a couple of friends; Neville “Bunny” O’Riley Livingston and Peter McIntosh, who would unknowingly help him change the world and their own lives as well. In the beginning of his singing career, Marley sang alone. After the first few songs, he realized going solo wasn’t doing so well, which gave him the idea to...
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...Regarding significant musical movements throughout history, especially the twentieth century, few had more of an influential impact or were more important than the folk revolution that took shape in the mid-nineteen hundreds in the United States. One of the leaders of this revolution was Robert Allen Zimmerman, known by his stage name, Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan was a major influential musical icon for today’s artists as well as future artists to come. His music was embodied by historical context and spoke about what was going on throughout history in the past and present. He knew his music was shaping the industry which he worked. “I’d either drive people away or they’d come closer to see what it was all about. There was no in-between. There were a lot of better singers and better musicians around these places but there wasn’t anybody close in nature to what I was doing. Folk songs were they way I explored the universe, they were pictures and the pictures were worth more than anything I could say” (Dylan, 18). He made numerous contributions to his genre and embodied the spirit and sound of the 20th century. Born in 1941, in Minnesota, Dylan grew up with a very different childhood then other famous singers. He was brought up Jewish and spent most of his time around family since they were the majority of the Jewish people that were in town. He seemed at an early age to develop a natural talent for writing poetry. Dylan took a deep interest in listening to the radio and admired the...
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...Music raises the soul of man even higher than the so-called external form of religion…That is why in ancient times the greatest prophets were great musicians. – Hazrat Inayat Khan, “The Mysticism of Sound and Music” Without doubt, Bob Marley can now be recognized as the most important figure in 20th century music. It’s not just my opinion, but also, judging by all the mainsteam accolades hurled Bob’s way lately, the feeling of a great many others too. Prediction is the murky province of fools. But in the two decades since Bob Marley has gone, it is clear that he is without question one of the most transcendant figures of the past hundred years. The ripples of his unparalleled achievements radiate outward through the river of his music into an ocean of politics, ethics, fashion, philosophy and religion. His story is a timeless myth made manifest in this iwah, right before our disbelieving eyes. There will come a day when music and its philosophy will become the religion of humanity…If there remains any magic it is music. Unlike mere pop stars, Bob was a moral and religious figure as well as a major record seller internationally. To whom does one compare him? In a recent Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure lead story, Stanley Crouch makes a compelling case for Louis Armstrong as the century’s “unequaled performer,” excelling not just in his instrumental inventiveness but in his vocal style as well, transforming the way music was made and listened to, and influencing...
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...Submit the paper in your assignment folder as a Word attachment with the following file name: yourlastnameSSB.doc For example, a submission file would be called yorkmanSSB.doc Alice, a high net worth customer, banks on-line at Super Secure Bank (SSB) and has agreed to use 3DES in communicating with SSB. One day, Alice received a statement that shows a debit of $1,000,000 from her account. On inquiring, she was told that the bank manager, Bob, transferred the money out of Alice's account and into an account of his own in an offshore bank. When reached via long distance in the Cayman Islands, Bob produced a message from Alice, properly encrypted with the agreed upon 3DES keys, saying: "Thanks for your many years of fine service, Bob. Please transfer $1,000,000 from my account to yours as a token of my esteem and appreciation. Signed, Alice." Alice filed suit against Bob, SSB and the government of the Cayman Islands, claiming that the message was a forgery, sent by Bob himself and asking for triple damages for pain and suffering. Bob has responded by claiming that all procedures were followed properly and that Alice is filing a nuisance suit. You have been employed by SSB as a cryptographic expert to assist in the investigation of this matter, and will produce a report for the SSB Board of Directors, which will assist them in determining how to proceed in this matter. Your report to the Board of Directors should address the following issues: • What continue using...
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...Bob Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on September 23, 1987. Fosse began his unusual career as a dancer in the late 1940s, touring with companies of Call Me Mister and Make Mine Manhattan. After playing the lead in a summer-stock production of Pal Joey, then choreographing a showcase called Talent 52, Fosse was given a screen test by M-G-M and went on to appear in the film Kiss Me Kate. This appearance, in a highly original dance number, led to Fosse's first job as a choreographer, the Jerome Robbins-directed Broadway hit The Pajama Game. Soon after, he met the talented dancer Gwen Verdon, and the two proceeded to collaborate on several hit shows, including Damn Yankees, New Girl in Town , and Redhead. He was also frequently sought out as the "doctor" on shows in trouble, especially How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Little Me. Fosse's best collaboration with Verdon, Sweet Charity, demonstrated their perfect compatibility as a creative team and also flaunted his trademark style as a choreographer. Strongly influenced by choreographer Jack Cole, Fosse staged dance numbers that were highly stylized, using staccato movements and erotic suggestion. The "Steam Heat" number from The Pajama Game and "Hey Big Spender" from Sweet Charity were trademark Fosse numbers--jazzy, machinelike motion and cocky, angular, even grotesque poses. He favored style over substance (his patented knee slides and spread-finger hands), and minimalistic costuming (all black...
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...HURRICANE BOB The world is filled with many wonders and natural disasters that are powerful enough to remember forever. It has always historically seemed that most natural disasters are weather related and Mother Nature in her fury can be some of the most awesome spectacles on the planet. Hurricane Bob was one of the most catastrophic and vigorous natural disasters to hit the east coast United States in the past century. On August 16th 1991, a tropical depression formed 200 miles to the east of the Bahamas. As the storm slowly moved to the northwest, twenty four hours later it became Hurricane Bob, a vastly powerful Hurricane with a scale reading of 3 out of 5. Bob moved up the east coast accelerating toward Cape Hatteras where it peaked with winds of 135mph. It continued to do so as the Hurricane then arrived in Massachusetts and Cape Cod. This is where most of the disaster and corruption took place. With the Hurricane at full force, communities of Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts were highly impacted. The 100mph plus winds did the most damage to homes, buildings, power lines, and trees. Cape Cod was virtually inaccessible on the roadways and highways. Trees down and all sorts of blowing debris blocked them. Practically all of the rivers and lakes both salt water and fresh were completely over flown. Cars in certain areas were up to the windshield and even the majority of SUV’s couldn’t trek their way trough the storm. On the Outskirts of Cape Cod, Nantucket and...
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...concert in Madison square garden and you are on stage performing one of your most famous songs. Then all of sudden you pass out wake up in the hospital and find out you have cancer in you lungs, liver and feet also mild brain tumors witch caused him to black out. This happened to bob Marley after that night his whole life changed in a instant. Instead of falling apart and cutting his life short he decided to fight trough it and show how real peace and love is accomplished this is what he was trying to tell the world his whole life through his music. Even if you’re left with nothing you can still make a difference. I wanted to pick bob Marley because I really enjoy his music and I think its cool that he grew up with nothing and just the thought of changing the world almost forced him to be come famous. He also loves soccer. Marley is one of the most well known names even today with his sons fallowing in his footsteps and living up to their father’s name. I knew a little about Bob but not to the extent I do now like his father left before he was born and he was a white man living in the ghetto of Jamaica. I knew he faced hardships but not to the extremity of I know not. Marley’s wife manager and bob where ambushed and shot several times the next day he got up on stage and said to the crowd “if evil doesn’t take a day off why should I” with 3 gun shot wounds! He was at the top of the music charts before he got diagnosed with cancer and “still he wasn’t running out of steam...
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...I choose one of the most favorites songs from my folk hero—Bob Dylan, named “Blowin’ in the Wind”. The reason that I’m fascinated with this song is the lyrics. This classic song was written by himself. The songwriter tries to ask some tough questions to everyone, and each question seems easy to answer, but in fact it is not. In my opinion, this song tries to convey a signal that human should face up to some questions, for instance, war and racial hatred. Those answers should have been given. However, no one can give correct answers to those questions, “the answer is blowing in the wind.” From the production part of view, he creates a common social and historic song, which means people would like to notice this song, because it catches audiences’ feeling. I choose some of the lines to discuss. First one I picked was“How many seas must a white dove sail, before she sleeps in the sand?” This phrase mentions white dove. We know that dove represents peace. However, if sea doesn’t tide ebb, there is no place for dove to rest. Sea represents war. Bob Dylan tries to ask question about how long does the war have to continue. Second phrase I picked was “How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?” When I heard this phrase, it gave me courage to challenge future. When people experienced more, more experience they obtain. However, how long and how much experience? It is a tough question to answer; maybe answer is blowing in the wind. In this song, he performed with guitar...
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...Grading Form: Group ___________________ Date _______ Grade ________/190 System Proposal Report General ________ 10 • Cover memo (If required) • Figures and appendices labeled and referenced correctly • Title page correct and complete • Table of contents correct and complete Executive Summary ________ 10 • Explains the problem • Describes all key issues from the report Introduction ________ 5 • Describes purpose of this report Part I – Current Situation ________ 50 • Current Situational Analysis o Organization Description o Mission o Goals o Evaluation Measures o Potential System Impact • Current Operations o Narrative using active statements of current operations o EDM of the current situation Consistent with narrative o Process Model of current situation Consistent with narrative o Infrastructure Description Part II – Proposed System Requirements ________ 50 • Narrative o In correct form and well written o Complete and in logical sequence • CDM or Alternative o Complete, correct and in third normal form o Consistent notation o Entities, attributes and relationships match narrative o Metadata – entity and attribute descriptions complete and informative • MDFD or Alternative ...
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...The Ideas of an Influential Song Writer Born as Robert Albert Zimmerman in May of 1941, Bob Dylan grew up in an era of despair and hatred, were predigest filled the air with the civil rights movement. Dylan’s love for music revolved around one of his favorite idols which drew him into the music industry. Woody Guthrie influenced Bob Dylan to succeed and endeavor new beginnings as a singer and song writer. Guthrie was known as a true poet of the Left movement and was loved for authenticity. When Bob moved to Greenwich Village he moved into coffee house seen, in which he endeavored himself as the latter-day Woody Guthrie. During this time the folk revival was starting in the music scene and soon enough it would produce one of the most influential musicians who would become an activist and change the political movement of the 1960’s. Used old tunes to comment on current political realities At a time when television screens were filled with the images of Birmingham, Alabama were thousands of black people were attacked by police, Bob Dylan wrote his new song entitled “Blowin’ in the Wind” from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album in April of 1962 while he was in Greenwich Village. Dylan saw the song as a challenge to the movement and emphasized in the song the white people of that era who turned their heads away from the segregation, knowing that it was wrong. “But in context its glancing reference to the great social challenges of the day-racism and war-carried a powerful topical...
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...Bob Dylan is a singer- songwriter born on may 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He was one of the most influential singer of the 1960 and has produced more than over 400 songs, some that are very meaning full to his audience. The song that I choose to speak about is his song “with god on our side”. This song was considered one of Bob Dylan’s most influential songs. In the song the main topic is war, he explains that god is on our side during war but he doesn’t seem to understand the reasoning of the war in the first place but he realizes that we must accept it. After learning about this song I looked up multiple sources on questions that bob Dylan is asking in this song such as why is there war? Why should we accept it? These sources that I have looked up are very useful to gather more information on the main topic of this song. I found 4 articles that talk about war and explaining reasoning behind war. The first article that I used was an article called “Why is...
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...Vincent Marziano MUS 361U Dr. Bluestone 5/16/2013 841 words #20 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited Can words describe the amount of sound that came out the speakers after playing Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited? The many sounds that make up this remarkable piece of what one could only describe as artwork is a phenomenal mix of instruments and vocals to produce a sound that is of no other. Dylan combines everything from a simple harmonica (which he makes sound anything but simple) all the way up to electric guitars, drums, acoustics, tambourines, banjos and even what sounds to be like a Kazoo in track 7! His background falls under influences coming from the blues with an emphasis on delta blues, and a strong country back ground as well. He ties these older sounds together with the new sounds of today’s rock and roll to create even flowing and cohesive piece of work. His music is made for the youth and even in a time when folk and country music is something we would relate to our parents, his music brings out a young vibrantness that no person, old or young, could ignore. His overall CD encompasses many mixed emotions. Dylan seems to incorporate personal stories of his own life along with random stories which when combined produce songs of happiness as well as desperation to the modern world. His CD doesn’t carry a main story line, and in fact really sounds like a mix of random feelings and emotions that he kind of slapped together into one cohesive motion. His first...
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...Megan MUS 206 Term Project 12/7/12 Bob Marley By Megan Schaffer Bob Marley is an internationally known for reggae music; he is also a guitarist, songwriter, observant of the Rastafari, a son, a husband, and a father. He was part of a reggae band called Bob Marley & the Wailers (1963-1981). Marley was brought up by a single mother, and living in the ghettos of Jamaica. Now today, even after his death, people still listen to that passion filled music he created, and his legacy will live on forever; his sons Ziggy Marley and Stephen Marley are making sure of that with their music they are making. Biography: He was born Nesta Robert Marley, February 6, 1945, in the village of Nine Mile in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica. A Jamaican passport official would later swap his first and middle names which is how he became Bob Marley. He was mixed race; his father, Norval Sinclair Marley who was White Jamaican and his mother, Cedella Booker, an Afro-Jamaican. Norval provided financial support to Cedella and Bob, but was rarely around as he was often away on trips. In 1955, when Bob was just 10 years old, Norval died of a heart attack at the age 70. Bob Marley faced questions about his own racial identity throughout his whole life. He once reflected: I don’t have to prejudice against meself. My father was a white and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don’t deh pon nobody’s side. Me don’t deh pon black man’s side nor the white man’s side...
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...Kate Schnitman Professor Lebeaux Folk Music Revival November 13, 2012 Bob Dylan: A Growing Performer Throughout the second part of the semester in Folk Music Revival, and after learning about many different performers and how they came about, I have come to prefer Bob Dylan as a talented singer songwriter. Through movies and text, I was able to gather opinions about the artists we have learned about and really think about why I prefer one artist to another. Bob Dylan started out as an unknown performer and he grew into a beloved artist. He was able to have the ability to work with talented people such as Joan Baez, who shared the same love in performing as he did. Dylan was also able to take criticism from an audience and critics in general, and grow as a person from them, and continue to work strong to do what he loved. Bob Dylan, “born in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1941” (Cohen 142) started off as someone who could definitely sing tunes and write some catchy lyrics. “He became a folk singer in Minneapolis, where he learned about southern blues and string bands, and particularly Woody Guthrie…” (141). He had an unusual sense of style, “He performed in work clothes- frayed blue denim pants, over worn tan boots, and stained khaki shirts, sometimes dressed up with a brown suede vest or a gray wool scarf-“ (Hajdu 74). I believe that Bob was someone who captured people’s attention because of his style and his ways of performing. He had the ability to grab the attention of an audience...
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