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Bob Marley, Concrete Jungle
I’ve never heard anyone but Bob Marley refer to the sun as the “high yellow moon.” Fantastic poetry. “Concrete Jungle,” from Catch a Fire, is one of the bleakest songs about urban dystopia you will ever hear. It was the lead-off track from Bob’s 1973 masterpiece, Catch a Fire, and is an incredible piece of…
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Bob Marley, Three Little Birds
It’s always easy to return to the master of reggae, one Mr. Bob Marley, and this time I have his timeless classic “Three Little Birds” from Exodus. I always think of this song when trying to convince somebody of Bob’s overall songwriting genius. I’ll put it simply; this song is as good as anything the…
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Bob Marley Interview
Here is Bob Marley being interviewed in Aoteraoa, New Zealand talking about reggae music, his Rastafarian beliefs, his dreadlocks, and marijuana. The interviewer announces that Bob Marley smokes a pound of grass a week. I thought that was a high number, no pun intended, but I suppose its true. I liked Bob’s belief that weed…
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Bob Marley, Get Up Stand Up, Rare Studio Take
Some very generous youtube benefactors recently uploaded over 30 videos of Bob Marley in the studio recording tracks for his Catch a Fire record. The video below is a priceless take from the sessions of “Get Up Stand Up,” Bob’s most righteous moment in his career. This version is a hard slow funky jam of…
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Bob Marley, Could You Be Loved (Rare Studio Take)
Welcome to part 88 of my youtube countdown! Today I have a beautifully rare studio take of Bob Marley singing his 1980 masterpiece, “Could You Be Loved,” from Uprising. This is probably my favorite Bob Marley song for those keeping score at home. It has everything I love in a Marley song; that driving irresistible…