Bunny Wailer Live At Rebel Salute
[Bunny Wailer'homophobic' speech – Part 2: Setlist]
There are four different pages related to that speech included on my website. A) Transcript B) Setlist C) Analysis of the speech D) Peronnal opinion and Analysis of the Rub-A-dub CD sleeve. All the links can be found at the bottom of this page.


Concert: Rebel Salute Festival 2001
Place: St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Venue: Port Kaiser Sports Club (outdoor event)
Date: January 13, 2001
Info: Annual event. The year 2001 marked the eighth edition of the festival. Crowd attendence: estimated at 30,000 people in 2002. The attence for 2001 should be similar.
Website: Rebel Salute official website or Rebel Salute 2001
Reports: Jamaica Gleaner



The press release for that festival contained the following lines: "Rebel Salute 2001 will witness the likes of the electrifying Bunny Wailer, who will be making his first appearance on the Rebel Salute stage. People worldwide hunger for even the slightest tingle from a Wailer and Bunny Wailer never disappoints...". On the same website, the event is describe as "a spiritual renaissance, it celebrates the more spiritual and certainly the healthier aspects of reggae music".

Tony Rebel describing his festival: 'The environment of Rebel Salute is always conducive to people who want to take a rest because it's a family-oriented show where you can bring your kids, you can bring your grandma, or your pastor because the type of music that we display is motivational and inspirational. We try our best with security and otherwise to have a safe environment as much as we can. So you can put your reggae bed on the grass, have a 5-minute sleep, wake up and watch the show! (interview with Laura Gardner – Jahworks.org July 2002)

REBEL SALUTE 2001 Lineup: Bunny Wailer, Luciano, Tony Rebel, Capleton, Beenie Man, Ky-Mani Marley, Culture, Glen Washington, Israel Vibration, Lady G, Everton Blender, Anju Priest, Mikey General, Anthony B, Queen Africa, Jah Mason, Rastareens, Honey Comb, Paul Elliot, Aaron Silk. Plus those following new artists: Avaran, Abijah, Anthony Cruz, Natural Black, Omar Silk, Lijamlak, Iystic, Jon'ah, Anthony Selassie, Disciple, Bobby Zaro, Patriot, Natty Pablo.




BUNNY WAILER SETLIST

Rastaman Chant
Baldhead Jesus
Blackheart Man
Armageddon
Fighting Against Conviction
Dreamland
Rockers
Rock And Groove
Dance Rock
Cool Runnings
Ballroom Floor
Speech
Nice Time
Speech
Don Dada
Speech
Still The King
Speech
Brimstone & Fire
Speech
Keep On Moving
Soul Rebel

Riunning Time: 71 minutes




NOTE: It's not the only time that Tony Rebel had to face homophobic speech during his annual concert, Amnesty International satrted their 'Jamaica: Battybwoys Affi Dead' report by describing Capleton and Sizzla's extreme homophobic performance at Rebel Salute 2004. Jamaica Observer report similar behaviour in 2008 for Lutan Fyah. For the 2001 perfomance, Capleton also made homophobic comments at the 2001 concert. Jamaica Gleaner reports: 'And when the Fire On Rome man declared his intentions on Sodomites (lesbians), complete with sword - yes, sharp sword - in hand, it was clear that some Damage would be done'.

DISCRIPTION OF THE CONCERT BY A FRIEND
At a concert in Jamaica at 13th January 2001 during his concert, Bunny Wailer gave seven messages on morality. The truth he is spreading included a concept that woman are made for man to multiply. So only the sexual contact between man and woman is blessed while sexual contact between man and man and woman and woman is cursed. He talks about a DJ in a dance urging the battyman to be dead and advising the audience to light up where a man dances with a man and a woman with a woman. Later he talks about the immorality of a woman showing naked in movies to entertain man misleading them not to go and find a babymother and make children. Then he sings about fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah. Finally he is talking about AIDS being a desease having its origin in the sexual contact betwen man and man.With all this he not only reject and deny scientific truth that clearly shows that nothing of this is true. He not only deny that love can happen betwen people of the same sex. He accepts and supports with all these messages the anti-gay-movement with the aim to make gay people a target of beating and even killing".
NOTE: My friend is German, not Jamaican, like me he listen to these speeches with biterness and didn't fully understand the context of the inclusion of 'Battyman fi dead' when he wrote this critics. Still he made valid points in his overall critics and decided to keep it.




••• BACK TO ORIGINAL WEBSITE •••

PAGE 1: TRANSCRIPT OF BUNNY WAILER 'HOMOPHOBIC' SPEECH
PAGE 2: BUNNY WAILER LIVE AT REBEL SALUTE 2001: SETLIST
PAGE 3: ANALYSIS OF THE SPEECH
PAGE 4: PERSONNAL OPINION + ANALYSIS OF RUB-A-DUB CD SLEEVE