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The early Marley stuff was all Lee Scratch Perry. BM snubbed when he became famous and the song quality went down.
I also hate the Beatles although I like lots of other stuff from the time (Buddy Holly, Beach Boys, Kinks etc).
 
Smug in Boots said:
Bob Marley just nicked the music and promoted it better with all the daft Haile Selassie crap.

Seriously man, "Ras Tafari" ffs, its childish.
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My favourite Marley song is 'I Shot the Sheriff' I don't know why but I just love that pure Reggae sound. It swings and it flows. I also love the Clapton version and think it's better musically that's because Clapton plays it as a blues song, of which he is the master.

Some of Bob's later stuff is commercial and populist but I think without Bob's influence we wouldn't have had Ska and Two-Tone in the British style it developed into.

As for a Bohemian Rhapsody, I first heard/saw it on Top of the Pops and I was bowled over by it. I was a Queen fan and loved stuff like Seven Seas of Rye and KIller Queen so I got what the song was all about. It was just pure Pop music Theatre which is what Queen excelled at as well as being great live band.
 
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I hope Smug doesn't mind me giving a couple of examples of the finest Reggae that was playing on radios in Britain in the late 70's, sorry I don't know how to link to YouTube, I'm an old codger.

Police and Thieves.. Junior Murvin. A protest song against street violence. This should be playing everyday all day in the US.

Janet Kay... Silly Games. A beautiful song from 1979,

Althea & Donna... Uptown Top Ranking. Great Reggae rhythm behind this song.

Then we had the likes of The Specials and The Selector with their Ska and Two-Tone sound. A great time for British music especially when we also had all the post Punk/New Wave stuff from bands like the Police, Elvis Costello, The Jam, The Clash. What a time to be alive.

Thanks for starting this thread Smug, I know what I'll be doing tonight.
 
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old lads fan said:
My favourite Marley song is 'I Shot the Sheriff' I don't know why but I just love that pure Reggae sound. It swings and it flows. I also love the Clapton version and think it's better musically that's because Clapton plays it as a blues song, of which he is the master.

Some of Bob's later stuff is commercial and populist but I think without Bob's influence we wouldn't have had Ska and Two-Tone in the British style it developed into.

As for a Bohemian Rhapsody, I first heard/saw it on Top of the Pops and I was bowled over by it. I was a Queen fan and loved stuff like Seven Seas of Rye and KIller Queen so I got what the song was all about. It was just pure Pop music Theatre which is what Queen excelled at as well as being great live band.
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I'm the same with Bohemian Rhapsody, thought it was great at the time.
 
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Haggisbag said:
The early Marley stuff was all Lee Scratch Perry. BM snubbed when he became famous and the song quality went down.
I also hate the Beatles although I like lots of other stuff from the time (Buddy Holly, Beach Boys, Kinks etc).
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That's what I was referring to in the OP.

It's like Elvis appropriating black music then losing his way.

Bob Marley, in my opinion, was fine in the day but wouldn't get far now.
 
Loved Elvis, Dylan, Beatles, Zep, and the Wailers all ground breakers imo. For those who missed the Beatles first time round catch this Film.
Mr 55p said:
Each to their own. I'm a huge Fall fan, but have no problem and find it understandable that the majority of the world think they are awful. Makes me feel blessed that I am part of a minority that fully 'get' them. On the other side of the coin. Cant stand the Beatles. I understand why they were popular at the time. First boy band really. But I think the younger generations since have been brainwashed, by their parents and by the media, that they are gods when in fact they are mediocre. But a vast amount of people still love them. I have been told by friends, who are massive fans, that I just dont 'get' them and I'm ignorant, that I need to listen to the albums. I dont like their popular songs, so why would I listen to their albums? I respect them for what they achieved, but they are just not my cup of tea.

Hang on, I'll just go and find my tin hat........
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"Out of many one people" is Jamaica's motto since independence. Mike Holding on radio this morning, to make a point about racial prejudice, quoted the lines "emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, non but ourselves, can free our minds" Even if they are taken from elsewhere it does show how thoughtful a man Bob Marley was to include these lines in Redemption Song, misguided ? maybe but certainly not flippant,
 
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