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Am I the last person to.....
I have very recently found out that Bob Marley was really rather good, surely I must be among the last persons on earth to recognise this? I remember when Bob Marley died, I was at primary school and a rather scary teacher (Mr Eade I recall) did an assembly on him. He talked about how brave he was in his battle against cancer, at the end of the 'sermon' he played one of his records. The entire hall full of children started to laugh as it was quite unlike anything else we had ever heard. The scary teacher just completely lost it, stopped the record and shouted at us, saying it was just like to records we would play at home. My parents used to listen to Gerry Rafferty, Dave Edmunds and Buddy Holly, none of whom sounded like the Wailers! Anyway, I do digress, who were you the last to 'get into'?
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U2 Dylan & Stones
U2! Dylan & Stones
All due to seeing them live and having to admit that despite my prejudice - guess what - as the Elvis record says 5,000,000 fans can't be wrong
Dylan, saw at Portsmouth Guildhall - Awesome
Stones, at IoW Festival and was shaking with my camera when they arrived down the bottom of their walkway
(Video does provide proof that Keef can't play)
Then, about a month ago I saw U2
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/u2predictable-sniffing-broadsheet-...
I had mildly like them - October & War - earnest, Unforgettable Fire - good, Joshua Tree - very good..then Rattle & ZZzz and I kind of lost touch. I thought my refined taste was above this (& the other) classic rock acts. I was wrong. New album good too!
A good gig can make or break an act in your heart methinks
I could never like U2 due my
I could never like U2 due my intense dislike of Bono, I know they are good band etc but I just cannot get past their horrible front man.
All I want to say
is that I assume Mr D. Baker's remark in the current issue of The Word that "Smoke on the Water" is better than anything by Bob Marley is one made for ironic purpose. Or self-parody.
Sounds reasonable to me
One of the all-time classic rock songs vs. middle-of-the-road reggae-lite.
Give me Black Uhuru or Misty In Roots over Bob Marley anytime
Ah yes
the old Marley is simply not "authentic" enough challenge
Ah. Maybe I was being ironic :-)
And
as any fule kno - the Purps of Burn era miles better
Well I *definitely* agree with you there
What about
UB40?
'King' was very good
In fact, the first album had a lot to commend it
Yeah I know
I was being facetious - people always dismiss the '40 as not being 'proper reggae', probably because they were popular.
I think Present Arms is pretty sound, too.
The Beatles (no..seriously)
All this remastering stuff has piqued my curiosity and I'm watching the BBC 2 stuff tonight. I may just invest.
As someone who has taken a lifelong
and abiding interest in music of all stripes I am proud to state that I have never heard Smells Like Teen Spirit.
You are not missing much,
You are not missing much, very much of its time.
Sure I won't be the last
But I've only recently come to realise that Seldom Seen Kid by that Elbow mob is a really very good album.