This post presents six examples of the Reggae song "Get Up Stand Up" as sung by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Waller. The purpose of this post is to showcase the different ways that these great Reggae vocalists sang "Get Up Stand Up".
My thanks to these great Caribbean artists for their composing skills and their vocal skills. My thanks also to the other vocalists & musicians on these featured videos. Thanks also to the videographers and the uploaders of these videos.
All rights remain with their owners.
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT "GET UP STAND UP"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Up,_Stand_Up:
"Get Up, Stand Up" is a reggae song written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.****
The song originally appeared on The Wailers' 1973 album Burnin'. It was recorded and played live in numerous versions by The Wailers and Bob Marley & The Wailers, along with solo versions by Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. It was later included on the compilations Legend and Rebel Music, among others
LYRICS: GET UP STAND UP
(Bob Marley and Peter Tosh; 1973)
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Preacher man don't tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know
What life is really worth
It's not all that glitters is gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Most people think
Great good will come from the skies
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You would look for yours on earth
And now you've seen the light
You stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up (yeah, yeah)
Stand up for your rights (oh)
Get up, stand up (get up stand up)
Don't give up the fight (life is your right)
Get up stand up (so we can't give up the fight)
Stand up for your right (lord lord)
Get up, stand up (people struggling on)
Don't give up the fight (yeah)
We're sick and tired of your ism-schism game
To die and go to heaven in Jesus' name
We know and we understand
Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
And now we've seen the light (What you gonna do)
We gonna stand up for our rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for you rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Lyrics from http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/bob-marley-lyrics/get-up,-stand-up-lyrics.html
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FEATURED VIDEOS & SOUND FILE
Example #1: ♫ BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Live 1973 - Get up Stand up
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Example #2: Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up, No More Trouble, War (live at roxy 1976)HQ part1
Uploaded by SizifWasStoned on Sep 23, 2011
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Live at The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 25.05.1976. (Rastaman Vibration Tour)
BMW (at the time) = Robert Nesta Marley (lead vocal, rhythm guitar) Aston ''FamilyMan'' Barret (bass guitar), Carlton ''Carlie'' Barret (drums), Tyrone Downie (keyboard), Alvin "Seeco" Patterson (percussions) , Earl "Chinna" Smith (lead guitar), Donald Kinsey (lead guitar).
I-THREE = Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths (back vocals)
TOUR CREW = Allan "Skill" Cole (Bob's football trainer), Tony "Gillie" Gilbert (cook), Neville Garick (art and light director), Dennis Thompson (soundman)
The show on May 26 at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California, was a particular highlight. The American singer/songwriting legend Bob
Dylan was in the audience, and the Wailers played a scorching set. Bob Marley was a self-professed fan of Dylan's song writing, and the reggae superstar treated the folk icon to one of the band's best performances. The concert was recorded and has subsequently been released in a two-CD boxed set.
That night the Wailers' set included an enthusiastic introduction by Tony "Tony G" Garnett followed by "Trench Town Rock,""Burnin' and Lootin'," "Them Belly Full," "Rebel Music," "I Shot the Sheriff," "Want More," "No Woman, No Cry," "Lively Up Yourself","Roots Rock Reggae," and "Rat Race." The band had hit their touring stride and played a wonderfully tight set. Bob spent the evening center stage with this signature Les Paul guitar, dreadlocks flying, and hands often raised defiantly in the air. The I-Threes were to Bob's left in matching black dresses and African head wraps. The show ended with an encore performance of "Positive Vibration" and a medley of "Get Up, Stand Up/No More Trouble/War."
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Example #3: Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up (Live)
Uploaded by islandrecords on May 15, 2008
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Example #4: Peter Tosh 1979-07-16 Pt 4: Get Up, Stand Up
Uploaded by orgyfication on Feb 28, 2007
Peter Tosh Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland 1979-07-16. Set 1 Track 4 - Get Up, Stand Up
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Example #5: Peter Tosh - Get up stand up acoustic version
Uploaded by reggaeman91 on Aug 1, 2009
Peter tosh performing Get up stand up acoustic version
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WARNING: This version contains one instance of profanity.
Also, this version [and some versions sung by Bob Marley] substitutes the word "overstand" for "understand". Using the word "over" is a Rastafarian tradition as "over" is considered to be much more positive than "under".
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Example #6: Bunny Wailer - Get Up Stand Up
Published on May 16, 2012 by zuluonedrop
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This recording was released by Island Records, 1977.
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