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Artist:Bob Marley [ more ]
Song:Small Axe
Album:Burnin' (remastered)
Released:?
Last Played:May 16, 2011 - 00:15
Avg. Rating:6.1  (Total Ratings: 177)
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1 votes: 30 (17%)2 votes: 10 (5.6%)3 votes: 11 (6.2%)4 votes: 3 (1.7%)5 votes: 12 (6.8%)6 votes: 9 (5.1%)7 votes: 21 (12%)8 votes: 30 (17%)9 votes: 26 (15%)10 votes: 25 (14%)
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Vicey
(Orlando, FL)
Posted: Apr 17, 2003 - 14:29 

You're a heretic.

Interesting sidenote to the song: the title is something of a Jamaican pun. The Big Three were the dominant Kingston record labels at the time, against which Bob was venting some frustration. Big Three would of course be pronounced Big Tree for many Jamaicans.
This is not to say that the song isn't relevant to many situations in this postcolonial world of ours.


Originally Posted by KevDog:
Call me a heretic, but I just don't see what the fascination with Bob Marley is. To me, it's the same song over and over. Sorry.

talus
(Des Moines, IA)
Posted: Apr 07, 2003 - 10:29 

Originally Posted by KevDog:
Call me a heretic, but I just don't see what the fascination with Bob Marley is. To me, it's the same song over and over. Sorry.



I completely Agree
pekirk
(San Francisco, CA)
Posted: Jan 15, 2003 - 17:46 

my favorite bob marley song. just the right amount of menace, glazed over with sweetness. irie!
ProMac
(Corning, NY)
Posted: Nov 15, 2002 - 12:00 

:D Yeah mon.
takodabut
(Fort Collins, CO)
Posted: Sep 25, 2002 - 07:43 

Great karma-warning song from the underdog's point of view.
Dylan
(Austin, TX)
Posted: May 15, 2002 - 10:15 

Great tune off a great album. What did the government in Kingston think when the first four songs off this album were Get Up-Stand Up, Hallelujah Time, I Shot the Sheriff and Burnin' and Lootin'? Much dread
mlsully7
(Burlington, WI (uploads in bio))
Posted: Apr 24, 2002 - 22:54 

Originally Posted by rmurray248:
believe it or not, sometimes things are less popular for a reason. This is a case in point.


case in point, you are now less popular in my book for a reason. sometimes things are less popular only for the reason that people are too lazy to listen to anything else other than the radio hits. give me this over anything off 'Legend' any day.
vernalbogneris
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Mar 24, 2002 - 23:23 

Thank you thank you thank you!!! Never thought I'd hear this on here, amongst all the Jan Arden and Sting (blech!) My condolences to the Marley fan below who gave this a B-.

Bonus points awarded simply for avoiding Jammin', Could You Be Loved, etc... I love ever single one in the context of their original album, but those ones from the Legend compilation have been overplayed as singles.
KevDog
(Los Angeles, CA)
Posted: Mar 14, 2002 - 13:33 

Call me a heretic, but I just don't see what the fascination with Bob Marley is. To me, it's the same song over and over. Sorry.
rmurray248
(EAST Paradise, MA)
Posted: Feb 26, 2002 - 23:13 

I absolutely love Bob Marley, but this is a B- effort. There are dozens of better songs in his catalog. I know you love to play the more obscure stuff (sometimes I think, just to be obscure and "cool"), but believe it or not, sometimes things are less popular for a reason. This is a case in point.
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