Did he mean that he killed the Sheriff but not his assistant?? or did he mean he shot the Deputy sheriff but he didn't shoot him?? plz help SOS
2006-12-26 14:19:12 · 11 answers · asked by Kwassa Kwassa 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
What did he mean by Deputy
2006-12-26 14:36:46 · update #1
You were smoking a joint when you listened to this song. Weren't you?
2006-12-26 14:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by hotsista0201 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I Shot The Sheriff Meaning
2016-11-06 22:39:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sherriff is the bad guy, say, and Bob says he shot him, but don't blame him if the deputy was shot because he didn't do it. In other words, he'll accept the blame only for what he did. Just a guess.
2006-12-26 14:25:22 · answer #3 · answered by heartmindspace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This song tells the story of a man who shoots a sheriff who is harassing him, but is wrongly accused of killing the deputy. Marley said that some of the song is true, but would not say what parts.
This was the last single Marley released with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, who left to go solo.
Eric Clapton recorded this in 1974. His version was a #1 hit in the US, the only #1 of his career.
On the 2001 documentary The Life Of Bob Marley, Esther Anderson, who was Marley's girlfriend, claims she helped write this and that it is about birth control.
The sheriff's name in the song is John Brown. In 1963, Bob Dylan wrote a song called "John Brown" about a boy who goes to war and comes back badly wounded.
Bruce Springsteen used the name "John Brown" as the name of a judge in his 1981 song "Johnny 99."
Marley later wrote a song called "Mr. Brown," which was probably about the same character. (thanks, Brad Nash - Rochester Hills, MI)
2006-12-26 14:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It meant that he probably shouldn't have shot anyone, but he was excusing his behaviour by saying that,l at least, he didn't shoot the deputy.
2006-12-26 14:22:39 · answer #5 · answered by balderarrow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just a theory. I think the sheriff shot the deputy and then Bob shot the sheriff.
2006-12-26 14:22:56 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it's mockery. It's an ironic statement on the excuses and rationalizations that people make.
2006-12-26 14:25:37 · answer #7 · answered by silverside 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The seed was his seed "inside" his lover s womb. The deputy was his lover. The sherrif was a doctor who prescribed his lover a birth control pill.
2016-08-31 01:39:32 · answer #8 · answered by Superbon Ym 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I do love Bob Marleys version but when i went to see Eric Clapton he sang that and it was fantastic
2016-03-28 11:21:16 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it meant that he shot the sheriff but he didnt shoot the deputy. lol
in other words he shot andy of mayberry but he didnt shoot barney fife
2006-12-26 14:21:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋