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Post by Reactionary Rage on May 10, 2023 11:44:02 GMT
Nobody ever really talks about him do they?
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Post by davey on May 10, 2023 12:02:50 GMT
Hang out in the parking lot of a Dave Mathew’s concert.
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Post by fange on May 10, 2023 13:30:53 GMT
Nobody ever really talks about him do they? No, but we should. He made some fab music.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on May 10, 2023 13:39:28 GMT
He did. It was the same at BCB really. I just think its's odd for such a huge, important figure that we don't talk about him much and never really did.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on May 10, 2023 14:02:27 GMT
He did. It was the same at BCB really. I just think its's odd for such a huge, important figure that we don't talk about him much and never really did. I once posted quite a long post at BCB asking this same question. I suspect it's because he moved so firmly into the mainstream and became so famous.
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Post by fearlessfreap on May 10, 2023 14:02:31 GMT
Didn't Time Magazine call Exodus the most important album of the 20th Century? I like some Bob Marley and actually, Exodus is my favorite album of his. Most serious reggae fans say his Trojan work was superior to his Island material, with its clavinets and wah wah guitar, but Exodus, precisely because it isn't a pure reggae album (a lot of American funk overtones) appeals to me more. He was more of a "rock star" than what I would have preferred, but he also got a reggae album into the US top 10 (Rastaman Vibration) which is no small accomplishment. Yes, Legend was everywhere, I think colleges would give it out to every incoming Freshman, and purists look down on him a bit, but that's in no way his fault. He's infinitely preferable to the classic rock that most music mags and sites champion.
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Post by Sneelock on May 10, 2023 16:59:14 GMT
I'll admit to taking him for granted. I think ff is onto something. he was talked about pretty relentlessly for a pretty long time.
I had some friends who played nothing BUT BM & the W for years so it took a while to wear off.
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Post by davey on May 10, 2023 17:45:33 GMT
That fucking “Legend” album made him ubiquitous in a way that folks like us can’t abide by.
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Post by riggers on May 11, 2023 11:23:34 GMT
That fucking “Legend” album made him ubiquitous in a way that folks like us can’t abide by. Yeah, this. I grew up with him, hit singles on the radio and that. As I mentioned in another thread, we were intruduced to a lot of reggae by a Jamaican family that lived next door but one and my Mum subsequently had copies of 'Exodus' and 'Kaya', which we all liked. However, following his death and the release of 'Legend', he became the go to music of weed smoking scrotes, along with UB40. Not to take any moral high ground, I mean I'm a smoker myself, but I'm talking about a particular kind of Manc scally, who would wear all the paraphernalia, smoke in public places and loudly evangilise about Bob to anyone who'd listen, while having no knowledge of any other reggae (except UB40). For a long time, I didn't bother with Bob, especially after discovering more exotic treasures, such as Lee Perry and Augustus Pablo etc.. But, you can't deny the quality of the work. I'm a particular fan of the official live album, which I read years later was one of the first to properly mic the audience in order to capture the ambience. They certainly succeeded... This, as an opening track is absolutely joyous.
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