Of course I understand that it has Biblical origins... still its invocation
in popular music was pretty much made iconic in roots reggae. And no matter
what the origins, his use of the term for something trivial is clumsy. The
Lion of Judah will slay his enemies? What enemies? Sony BMG? The UK
Retailers? hahahahahahahah
On 7/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The term does predate Rastafarianism and Bob Marley so I'm sure his use
> of the phrase isn't intended to evoke either.
>
> Victor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: NPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:14 pm
> Subject: Re: NPNY: Planet Earth...Listen to it.
> To: npny@lists.panix.com
>
> > I do think that musically it is much more interesting than
> > Musicology and
> > 3121, in terms of production, arrangements, and composition. But
> > yeah the
> > lyrics are really clumsy at points. I especially cringed at "Lion of
> > Judah"--coming from a Caribbean background drenched in
> > Rastafarianism &
> > roots reggae, you don't invoke the "Lion of Judah" for some trivial
> > shitabout a girl. "Slay my enemies"--whaaaaa? Bob Marley is
> > spinning in his
> > grave.
> >
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