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A Few years ago I heard Nelson Mandela say that Redemption Song was one of his favourite songs. I want to add is quote, But I cannot blooming find it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.7.55.146 (talk) 11:17, 13 October 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Samples

The samples do not seem to be working for me? --Is Mise le Méas, Irishpunktom 14:08, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)

What samples? Paul Tracy_/talk 01:55, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I assume he means the various samples of covers of Redemption Song at the bottom of the article. I just spot-checked a couple, and they seem to download correctly, so I assume the problem is that you can't play them? They're in Ogg Vorbis format. See Wikipedia:Sound to find out how to listen to them -- there is free software available for it. Tuf-Kat 03:34, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)

It was actually my Downloading tool, download express, once I turned it off it worked fine. Thanks! --Is Mise le Méas, Irishpunktom 22:55, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)

I was wondering if anyone could explain the symbolism of redemption song? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.36.60.163 (talk) 07:47, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

I removed some NPOV stuff and also reference to the white masses - reggae is popular in many African countries too.Paul Tracy 21:49, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

- While Raggae is indeed popular in many African Countries, it was not brought there by Marley. Marley almost exclusively, made Raggae huge in Europe, especially in the UK. Not so sure about the US.--195.7.55.146 09:47, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

- - Bob Marley was Reggae's first superstar. He wasn't the first to bring Reggae to the UK, but he was the first to have a substantial number of hits. And he was huge in many parts of Africa too.

- - - He also enjoys a fair amount of popularity in East Asia.

- - - - I recall reading somewhere that anthropologists and such who study obscure, remote tribes are told to bring gifts to help keep the people they're studying on friendly terms. Supposedly, one of the standard gifts that you can bring to almost any tribe anywhere in the world is a tape deck, batteries and a Bob Marley cassette. I wanna say that was in an old issue of Discover, but I could be wrong. Tuf-Kat 00:35, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not a reggae song

Allmusic.com says: "One of the few songs in Bob Marley's discography without the characteristic reggae rhythm". GregorB 19:46, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also the song is composed of chords only excluding the intro which is also not of the reggae strum.AloysiusR 04:16, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

he sings it in a regge style, he was playing a reggeg folk, it's regge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.28.185 (talk) 00:24, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dave Matthews Cover

On which DMB album does this cover version appear? I've tried to look in the discography article of DMB and still can't seem to find any information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.72.7.63 (talk) 11:46, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Thought these might be useful:

1
2

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Arcayne (talk • contribs) 13:20, January 3, 2009

Samples, revisited

I am not sure that we need nine different sound files to represent the different versions of this song. I think Marley's (and maybe his son's version) are all that we need. Thoughts? - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 14:10, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've waited for over three weeks for a response to my inquiry. I will be purging all but those closest to the source of Marley's original version, preferring free source samples but sticking close to the source. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 14:56, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Emancipation Park statue

This sculpture is called Redemption Song, and is in Jamaica. Here is a link to a blog that describes it (which we cannot use but can serve as a launching point for the search for sources), and a link to the site that talks about Emancipation Park in Jamaica. I am thinking that an image might be culled for use here. As well, we might have a dab term (or even another article) in the statue itself. Thoughts? - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 10:43, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cover versions

I've edited out a large number of versions of this oft-covered song by different bands within the same genre. I think the article is best served by demonstrating how flexible the song is to adaptation by different genres of music. While I think the article would be the strongest with Marley's version, there might be some difficulty in getting it, and I am unsure how to add music. Until then, I am comfortable with his son's version of the song. Thoughts? - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 02:33, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge discussion

I am proposing that Redemption Song (Rihanna song) be merge into this article, as her version is a cover of the original. Dan56 (talk) 21:46, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly disagree that Rhianna's cover version should be merged with the original. There are myriad other cover versions that aren't merged, Rhianna's should be on a separate page. This article should be about the Bob Marley song only. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.146.155.193 (talk) 17:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing Rhianna's version that prominently on this page is a shame! away with it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.12.30.200 (talk) 12:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree the Rihanna bit merged in this page is a shame. Three commentors pushing the same way...is it consensus enough to remove that section?--MarmotteNZ (talk) 01:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rhianna's cover should be mecioned but put all this space for her isn't really working —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.113.105.221 (talk) 20:36, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, if a cover version is going to be mentioned, it should be a cover by a well-respected, well-known musician. Personally I'd like to see Johnny Cash's version mentioned. 75.174.121.63 (talk) 05:01, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with everyone else here the Rihanna cover, probably the worst of the lot, should not be given undo prominence over the other cover versions. Given the consensus, and WP policy for bold editing, I'm removing it.--Chimino (talk) 23:29, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I belive that the Playing For a Change (featuring Stephen Marley) cover deserves mention in the cover section of this article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drumerwritter (talk • contribs) 07:28, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stevee Wonder version

Dear,

you should mention in this article the version of Stevee Wonder. When I read this article, I wanted to know who wrote this song, Marley or S Wonder?

Iwas not surprised that Bob wrote it but I was surprised that you did not mention the Stevee Wonder version, which is very good too ! -)

Best regards, Lionel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.113.76.218 (talk) 20:00, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WTF does Bono have to do with an article on the song itself?

That whole sidebar on how he carries the lyrics around with him is irrelevant, I'm sure there are a thousand other douchey calculated things that clown carries around in his pocket for effect but you don't see references to them in other wiki articles. This should be removed.

Agree. 188.210.212.57 (talk) 21:37, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Playing For A Change featuring Stephen Marley Cover

If a charity version featuring rihanna was added to the cover section i think that the Playing for a change version featuring Stephen Marley is more than worth it to be added as well, don't you think?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drumerwritter (talk • contribs) 07:24, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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