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Poll Question: How much do you like Bob Marley ('s music)?
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5 [18.52%]
7 [25.93%]
4 [14.81%]
7 [25.93%]
3 [11.11%]
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Pretty good background music for hanging out



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I love Bob, I really do, I think he definitely had the magic, I thought people around here would appreciate him more actually.
As poppy or catchy his songs were I always thought the music behind it was really really good, beautiful sound and a natural positive funky karma to it.
I don't listen to him as much as used to but when I wanna get crazy and dance with the kids, I put his stuff on, and I must say they feel the magic too Big smile
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I've actually never heard anything of his off the radio. Embarrassed
Not too big on Jammin' or Buffalo Soldier, but there's no denying his uber-positive outlook on life.

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Points: 11415 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2014 at 09:17
I have to admit that No Woman No Cry and Buffalo Soldiers are pretty damn nifty but the drivel that emanates from those who anoint this coloured hippy as some sort of martyred saint is tiresome in the extreme. Bob opposed violence, upheld spiritual and peaceful values and was a role model to many of the youth of his culture. Go to Glasgow, so was Alex Harvey but he wasn't feckless enough to worship a deity who ran off to England to leave his people at the mercy of invaders from Italy.


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Originally posted by Luna Luna wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Boring. Really, really boring. Duller than the dullest thing in the world as seen through the dullest pair of spectacles in the whole solar system while it's foggier than the foggiest day on the foggiest planet in the entire galaxy, but worse. 

I and I have never seen the fascination in Bob Marley, nor understood the adoration that many have for him and him or his and his music. I and I don't hate it and it, I and I just don't like it and it.
These are my thoughts as well but with more words

I used to hate it but now that I'm older and wiser I find it so dull that it gets on my nerves and just don't like it too. 
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I don't ever have any desire to listen to his music.  Don't think about him at all, really.
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I don't like his music. I don't like reggae. 

But there are far worse things that I have had to endure. 


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don't really have any desire to listen to Marley,even though I do like some reggae.  I once had an early concert on tape from 1973 or so and it was good because it wans't all the usual suspects. Much more of the little known perhaps more subtle Wailers and less Bob.
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I'll be the first with the 'not bad' vote.
Some of his songs are cool (I still spin the "Talkin' Blues" cd given to me on occasion, really like the title track) and the general vibe is great, but I'm pretty burnt on some of his more well-known tunes, and not in a good way.
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I think he's okay. I've been wanting to get into his work, but I'm usually distracted by other artists to even by one of his records.

I will say I liked his original version of "I Shot The Sheriff" better than Eric Clapton's, if only because it was slightly more energetic.
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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2014 at 15:37
Not bad, in a positive vibration sort of way. Smile
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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2014 at 19:58
I dig
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Points: 2762 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 07 2014 at 01:32
Originally posted by smartpatrol smartpatrol wrote:

Yeah, that is pretty annoying to me. He wasn't even really a stoner, marijuana is a big spiritual thing for Rastafarians 


Conversely, being a stoner could be a main tenet of rastafari (which is a bit telling). Nothing against afrocentrism but this adds on all these weird, half-baked Christian elements and revisions of the Bible.

I like Bob though. He had more of a universalist thing a la Stevie Wonder going, and his songwriting is more memorable and diverse than other reggae.


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Points: 26171 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 07 2014 at 03:20
I like Exodus and also the song that Manfred Mann's Earthband covered ( can't remember the song for the moment). I used to know someone who was mad keen on Reggae but had little regard for Marley as he was the 'commercial end' of the genre.
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Points: 187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 07 2014 at 23:25
I don't imagine there is much crossover between prog and reggae fans. Prog is all about adventure, exploration, individualism. Reggae is about community and sustainability.

I guess a lot of the userbase is kids who lack much of an identity and can like both but it seems near impossible to like both a lot.
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^ Lack much of an identity? 
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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2014 at 18:04
Originally posted by Altairius Altairius wrote:

I don't imagine there is much crossover between prog and reggae fans. Prog is all about adventure, exploration, individualism. Reggae is about community and sustainability.

I guess a lot of the userbase is kids who lack much of an identity and can like both but it seems near impossible to like both a lot.


A bit judgmental of both genres and the community here isn't it?
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Of the genres? Not at all.

That is a bit harsh on the community, in fact what am I saying... PA has way more identity than most userbases. I was thinking more of online forums in general. RateYourMusic is dire.
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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2014 at 19:42
Originally posted by Altairius Altairius wrote:

Of the genres? Not at all.

That is a bit harsh on the community, in fact what am I saying... PA has way more identity than most userbases. I was thinking more of online forums in general. RateYourMusic is dire.


Regarding the genres, you said that Reggae doesn't necessarily focus on individuality, and I would like to challenge that. You also said that the userbase on this forum consists of "kids who lack much of an identity"...
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Points: 2111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2014 at 19:45
I don't like reggae at all unless it's filtered through The Police or Rush. Cool 

Edited by Mirror Image - June 08 2014 at 19:47
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