Fun Music Information -> Bob Marley
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bob Marley / Eric Clapton, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Bob Marley and the WailersMusic Quotes:
Grass is for the ass, herb is for mankind. - Bob Marley Herb is the healing of all nations - Bob Marley Submitted by: LucidLupin
| One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley (1945 - 1981) Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Music Jokes:
Q. Why did they have so much trouble burying Bob Marley? A. His coffin kept jammin' Submitted by: Terry McDonnell
| What did Bob Marley say when his wife left him and took the TV? No Woman No Sky. What did Bob Marley say when his wife left him and took the oven? No Woman, No Pie Submitted by: peteyhicks
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Performer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Robert Nesta Marley. Submitted by: rasta
Strange Offspring Names:
- Damion Marley - How could you bums forget this? Damion and Bob Marley ar so cool. Rastafari stands alone. Submitted by: Ganja Man
- Rohan - Rohan is the father of Lauryn Hill's children. Submitted by: kate z
- Ziggy - His given name is actually David. I guess when he was a kid, he had a love for Bowie (you know, ZIGGY Stardust) and some how ended up with that nickname Submitted by: violaceous moon
- Kymani - Submitted by: Kamaiya
- Rohan - Rohan in sanskrit means 'one who travels the higher path'. Its a name used in India and the carribean (Rohan Kanhai the famous cricketer) and also in Australia. Excellent name!!! Submitted by: Vid
- Cedella - Isnt that sweet that Bob Marley thought of his mother when he named his children?? Awwww in her memory Bob's so sweet. Submitted by: Sn0opy
- Ziggy - could it be possible he named him ziggy becasue of zig zag's, the french paper for hand rolling cigarets in which he would put weed, and u know rastas...always gotta have their weed! Submitted by: j
- Makeda Janesta Marley - A cool name by another one of Marley's kids! Submitted by: Charlie
- Ky-mani Marley - Submitted by: Charlie
- Ziggy - My sister named her hamster Ziggy. Submitted by: alana
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "It's A Dove" | "Is This Love?" | Sam |
| "Go woman go die" | "No woman no cry" | Mike / Will |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Could You Be Loved?" | "I Could," Kimberley Locke | Jen |
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Brat Race" originally "Rat Race"
Kayla Stewart
"Try Men" originally "Try Me"
Darkren
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"No Roman No Cry" originally "No Woman No Cry"
Donna Gelpigi
"Heather" originally "Heathen"
Marge Pegram
"Fry Me" originally "Try Me"
Darkren
"Dry Me" originally "Try Me"
Darkren
"We and They" originally "We and Them"
Grammar problems?
Foxy-chan
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "I Shot the Sheriff" | "I Shot Musharraf" | Leo Keough |
| "I Shot The Sheriff" | "I Ate My Carrots (But I Did Not Eat My Broccoli)" | Claude Prez |
| "Redemption Song" | "Detention Room" | Gianni Parmesiani |
| "I Shot The Sheriff" | "I Shot The Reindeer" | Ann Hammond |
| "I Shot the Sheriff" | "I Shot the Lawyer" | Michael Pacholek |
| "I Shot the Sheriff" | "I E-mailed Pages" | Str8 Ar-o |
| "Jammin'" | "Packin'" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "I Shot the Sheriff" | "I Backed the Tariff" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Red, Red Wine" | "Bed, Bed, Line" | Rick Duncan |
| "Redemption Song" | "Redruth Long Gone" | LucidLupin LeeBee |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| No Woman, No Cry | Gay Dating Service | ke'shawn |
| No Woman, No Cry | Gay Men Dating Service | Tati A |
| Get Up, Stand Up | Viagra | Shawn Eni |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| No Woman No Cry | Divorce lawyer | Rosie |
| I Shot The Sheriff | NYPD | kcml |
| Smoke Two Joints | Drug Rehab Clinic | jammy |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Stagger Lee Lloyd Price | I Shot The Sherrif Bob Marley | Stagger Lee Shot The Sherrif After he shot Billy. | Jen |
| Since You Broke My Heart The Everly Brothers | I Shot The Sheriff Bob Marley | Since You Broke My Heart, I Shot The Sherrif Oh he was your dad?Too bad!You shouldn't have broken my heart! | Marian |
| Should We Tell Him? The Everly Brothers | I Shot The Sheriff Bob Marley | Should We Tell Him I Shot The Sheriff? | Marian |
| Cherry Cherry Neil Diamond | Red Red Wine Bob Marley | Red Red Cherry Cherry Wine Repetition at its best! | falbo |
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Misheard Lyrics:
"Exodus"
Misheard Lyrics: Accidents, or riot
Movin' lots of people Original Lyrics: Exodus (all right)
Movement of Jah people | "Redemption Songs"
Misheard Lyrics: Old Pirate is just a Rabbi
Sold out to a merchant ship. Original Lyrics: Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships. |
"Jammin"
Misheard Lyrics: And I hope you like pajamas, too.
Original Lyrics: And I hope you like jammin', too.
| "Crazy Baldheads"
Misheard Lyrics: Myanmar build a cabin
Myanmar plant the corn Original Lyrics: I 'n' I build a cabin
I 'n' I plant the corn |
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Could You Be Loved?"
Misheard Lyrics: Could you be loved, and be loved?
Original Lyrics: Could you be loved? Then be loved.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: johnny5 I couldn't understand why Marley would ask if you could be loved AND be loved. I thought these were the lyrics for a long time. Then one day, I realized he was asking a question and then answering it. |
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Song Parody Fragments:
"Get up,stand up"
Better Lyrics:
Get up
Throw up
Throw up all your food
Throw up
Throw up all your food
Original Lyrics:
Get up
Stand up
Stand up for your rights
Stand up
Stand up for your rights
Submitted by: Flash Flood
"Is This Love"
Better Lyrics:
Is this blood, is this blood that I'm peeing?
Original Lyrics:
Is this love, is this love that I'm feeling?
Submitted by: Aninnymouse
"Exodus"
Better Lyrics:
Excrement: Movement from the People
Original Lyrics:
Exodus: Movement of the People
Submitted by: McKludge
Funny Lyrics:
"Kinky Reggae"
The Funny Lyrics: I went down town, I saw ms brown,
she had brown sugar, all ova her buga woga, I think I might join the fun, but I had to hit & run, See I jst cant settle down in the kinky part of town Why They're Funny: brother dont get me wrong bob marley(uncle bob) is my idol but what the hell is A buga woga
Submitted by: CUZZIE
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Song Title Space Change:
"Heat Hen" originally "Heathen"
Submitted by: Marge Pegram
Band Name Anagrams:
Early Bomb Submitted by: Glenn Worthman
Band Name Spoonerisms:
Mob Barley originally "Bob Marley"
Jammin' an' diggin' dat' archaeology!
Submitted by: Mickey D.
Mob Barley originally "Bob Marley"
Yes! Let's attack a crop or two!
Submitted by: merri
"I Shot The Sheriff"
The Lyrics: I shot the Sheriff
but I did not shoot the Deputy Why: Wow this ringtone would be particularly bad for you if it went off and you were being questioned by a traffic cop.
Submitted by: Celeste
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