Blackheart Man

Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man

Blackheart Man
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Artist: Bunny Wailer
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-07-30
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
  1. Blackheart Man
  2. Fighting Against Convictions
  3. The Opressed Song
  4. Fig Tree
  5. Dream Land
  6. Rasta Man
  7. Reincarnated Souls
  8. Armagideon (Armagedon)
  9. Bide Up
  10. This Train

Free Music Notes for Blackheart Man

Free Music Review: In praise of the path not taken
Hit: 5 Stars

In 1976, Bunny Wailer undoubtedly took stock of his career and his circumstances. In the wake of the release of "Catch A Fire," which would supposedly (and finally) begin the commercial ascendency of the Wailers, Bunny instead saw the Wailers in tatters. The political emergence of the Jamaican underclass, kickstarted by street musicians such as the Wailers, had been paid for in blood: the underclass now were being made simply to choose sides in Jamaica's near-civil war of '76-77, liberation deferred. But perhaps most daunting for Bunny was life in Kingston society as a marked man: police harassement (he did time in Kingston's notorious General Penitentiary) may have been the least of his problems. Sadly, the greatest danger probably came from his own: as Peter Tosh, Carly and Family Man Barrett, and King Tubby (all murdered in Kingston), and of course Bob (who survived when the gunmen came for him), so painfully attest, commercial success in the ghetto simply makes one a target for gangsters and gunmen.

But there was more: a deeply spiritual man, Bunny's predicament, difficult if not impossible in the secular world, would have to reconciled with Rasta doctrine. Unfortunately, this period in Jamaica witnessed the emergence of divisions between more well-to-do uptown Rastas and their shantytown brethren. It was certainly a time of false prophets, and Rasta doctrine was in confusion.

Praise Jah, Bunny Wailer was up to the task. Bunny could have simply ignored the obvious, insulated himself from Kingston society, and rested on his Wailers laurels. But Bunny came head-on. Instead of providing yet another chronicle of the drama of the moment, or choosing sides, Blackheart Man's songs are much more. Bunny sees the moment beyond the here-and-now, as another iteration of a timeless condition, afflicting all, it the burden of being alive. From this perspective, Bunny is able to develop potent, often timeless insights and conclusions, subjects rarely discussed in popular music of any genre.

Certainly another triumph of Blackheart Man is its proclamation and reasoning of Rasta doctrine. Avoiding biblical quotation, Bunny paraphrases the same in a direct, stripped-down style, so plain and heartfelt that his assertions become non-dogmatic. The effect is mesmerizing: even the "non-faithful" must feel the power and wisdom of the lesson.

And check Bunny's courage: after releasing Blackheart Man, Bunny remained in Jamaica (goodness!), and essentially walked away from fame as an ex-Wailer or as a now-important solo artist, releasing no new material until the early '80s. But Bunny Wailer achieved the most precious reward, avoiding co-option by political forces and violence from ghetto gunmen.

An obvious classic, in context Blackheart Man is as amazing in its ambition as it is in its achievement. And make no mistake: the achievement here is of the highest order.

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