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It is highly unusual for a Marley release to yield sorrow as its primary reaction. The Wailers’ stage performances were joyous affairs, awesome in their displays of musical mastery, and for the forceful offerings of creativity and spirituality that Marley served up in equal measure. However, the unfortunate truth of Live Forever is that most listeners will be saddened by its contents, with a clearly exhausted Marley struggling to hold things together.
The start is rocky, with Bob sounding sapped of strength and preoccupied on Natural Mystic and Positive Vibration, the latter being unusually slow. He also struggles to stay in key, and in time, on Them Belly Full, while guitarist Junior Marvin overcompensates with screeching solos. Although things improve with The Heathen, War and Zimbabwe, Marley never fully gels with the band, and some tracks devolve by default into extended dub workouts. Nevertheless, the Barrett Brothers’ rhythm section is rock solid, and Seeco Patterson’s percussion adds atmospheric texture, as does Tyrone Downey’s melodic keyboard riffs.
Towards the end of the set, Marley seems to have fun with Jamming, despite sounding uncharacteristically hoarse, and the first encore, Redemption Song, is quite moving, but he continues to sound ‘off’ through the final numbers. Yet even under such trying conditions, the Wailers retain the utmost professionalism, reminding why they were always steps above any other reggae act in the live arena.
Marley fanatics will surely welcome the appearance of this release, but the fact of the matter is that it pales in comparison to the other live material already available; for a truly representative artefact, stick to Live!, Babylon by Bus, or Live at the Roxy.
--David Katz
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after listening to live forever i think despite bob knowing he his dying he still sounds brilliant,yes a little strained on a couple of songs,but outher than that i have got to say it is one of the best live albums i have heard from the legend that is bob marley,and yes i have most of bobs albums.
some people will probably disagree,but everyone has there own opinion and all opinions should be repected.
after listening to live for ever then listening to live at the roxy i am definitly going for live forever,not just because its bobs last live perfomance but just feel it has more to the live experiance.
anyway as bob marley said,live for today,tomorrow buried in a casket.rip bob, gone but definitly never forgotten..
the production of this album makes it weak. Read more
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