![]() The voices of Brooks and Holmes are every bit as astounding as that of Kene, and they sing some of Marley’s most celebrated songs (Is This Love Waiting in Vain No Woman, No Cry), which creates its own complicated ripples – his words in their mouths. At one moment, as Marley and Cindy duet, Rita stands at a distance, singing, “I love you, I love you, I love you,” and we feel her hurt. This theme is also channelled through song. It finds some pretty obscure lyrics, but misses tracks on hugely popular albums. Lyrics Finder does seem to be a little more scattershot, though. Get Lyrical would do one song at a time, and then get bogged down if it couldn't find it. His wife, Rita (Gabrielle Brooks), does not let him get away with that and there are moving scenes between the two, as well as those with Marley’s lover, the beauty queen Cindy (one of several women with whom he fathered children), played by Shanay Holmes, who tells him: “You are just addicted to falling in love.” A longtime hero of the underground rap scene for his worldly, wily lyrics that are erudite and streetwise, billy woods has made his clearest, most engaging album yet with Maps. It seems to be very fast and accurate it seems to get lyrics for multiple songs at the same time. The strongest storyline tells of Marley’s infidelities, which he claims are a protest against a western model of monogamy. They speak in statements or deliver information and we gain little sense of individual character. It is a puzzle nonetheless that, with a writer as talented as Lee Hall, the book should be so minimal in its effects, with too-brief scenes incorporating Marley’s politics, consciousness-raising and Rastafarianism. ![]() There is a rousing rendition of War (with bombs of flashing light) based on Haile Selassie’s UN speech in 1963, and Redemption Song is prefigured with a pungent oration on Caribbean slavery and liberation. Recent visit to Lyric Theatre for 7pm performance of Get Up Stand Up. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianĮvery song has magic and Kene’s voice is extraordinarily strong. Top ways to experience Lyric Theatre and nearby attractions. Lovely theatrical touches … Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical. ![]()
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