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I am a YUUUUUGE fan of roots era reggae (along with Rock Steady era too).
Interesting story about Jah Give Us Life. About a decade ago, I was sent to "fix" one of our languishing offices in Latin America. I agreed to go there for 2 years to diagnose and fix what I could. I was a virtual hornets next.
Turned out there was a toxic mother hen and her female accomplice who tried to get me removed from the office by making all sorts of false allegations. It was a virtual all out war with my writing up their transgressions and counseling them, and their making allegations. The only thing that kept me from leaving the office was a morning workout routine I followed. After each workout, I would run on the track listening to Jah Give Us Life and it would send my adrenaline pumping and make me ready for the day.
I don't know if this is true, but a person who researches African drumming said that the drumming was often a pre-war ritual. The African drumming in that song (you have to hear it in stereo quality to pick it up) likely tapped into some type of genetic memory that motivated me for what was veritable battle.
Side note: Although I took some dings, I essentially won that war and was promoted soon afterward.
Jah Give Us Life certainly has a feel good factor attached to it. It's not my favourite Wailing Souls' track though. The marvelous Wild Suspense album has a number of excellent tunes on it that I like. Kingston 14 which is on the album that bears the same name is another worthy candidate.
I don't have one stand-out favourite track by Bob Marley. Stiff Necked Fools, Zion Train, Hurting Inside, Forever Loving Jah, Waiting In Vain and Concrete Jungle are all on the same kind of wavelength.
Good call. Bunny Wailer is in the top ten of all time reggae artists I reckon - and I wonder what Marley and Peter Tosh's music would be like over the past three decades if they were still alive!
