Bob Marley's Most Radical Moment 

They sound simple to the feeble mind

@@ribs3910 nah they’re objectively pretty simple but that doesn’t mean they aren’t stacked with meaning

Non sono semplici. Qualunque testo è semplice se solo "sentito". Lo devi ascoltare e capire. Non voglio correggerti, però semplice non è il termine per Bob Marley.

I feel like if u aren't rasta or some kinda spiritual mystic or monk...roots reggae lyrics will go over ur head 7 times out of 10...

They're not all simple man, maybe some songs yes

I’m truly sad I could never see him play live. It’s amazing you got to witness Bob in the flesh!

And you used 'iconic' in the right way!

I envy you,i was 10 then

My 1st concert BMW Glasgow Apollo UK 1980 still the best spiritual music experience on that level i can still feeeel it WOW

If you saw that one, then I wonder what other concerts (by great artists) you have attended?!

why?

Same here!

My dad had two bob marley musical items back in our apartment, the natural mystic album from 1994, and his live at the rainbow DVD. And I was so obsessed with natural mystic. I would always tell my dad to repeat the song over and over again. I’m even more obsessed with bobs music nowadays, but it’s nice to go back to classics.

Marley, like so many artists, aren’t appreciated until they’re gone. I still don’t think he gets his due as one of the greatest artists ever. I’ve never heard a bad Bob Marley song. Not to mention the culture impact that was shaped by his music and message.

man, it always felt like a psy op to completely neuter this mans legacy by only making him a weed meme. this man was as revolutionary and civically minded as any musician and honestly more than most. a damn shame

Lot's of people always thought I was a stoner as a teenager because he was one of my few biggest artists. (I'd wear t-shirt with him on, plus rasta colours & the like) So yeah, learnt that early on, the only thing people associate him with is weed. I have nothing against weed, but real shame his messages gets diluted. Although in regards to mainstream adoption, I must say, as a "best of" album, Legend is absolutely great as is. Usually I don't like compilation albums, but always could listen to this one =) Oh, one last thing, people always think his music is all love & unity, it is, but he was just as much a warrior ;) The album name & cover of "Soul Rebels" I absolutely love, very clear message :P

I was not a stoner most of my life but, although i do understand what you mean, stoner's music does have a lot of great musicians.

His music is mostly based on recognizing, thanking and deriving strength from Almighty God

The art is so distinct and adds so much to the videos I think this si such an amazing chanel

I’d love to see a video on “Rhythm of the Saints”, too. Such a wonderful album where you can hear how Paul Simon gives even more space to the musicians he’s collaborating with following the success of “Graceland”.

I find the visuals incredible and they add so much to the excellent script

Anybody know what program they use to make these visuals??

It's not just Marley, reggae music is filled with artists that wrote amazing material, deeply spiritual, and political.

Indeed, an exceptional artist in all the senses

@@rufdymond absolutely

why do you gotta put race in this like that lmao

@@JA-yx9mq Genuine question. Did you watch the video?

Walking on the moon, maybe?

His nams is Noah

He is accurate the name is with the E sound Radtafar eye was coined by lenord Howell the first Rasta

The message remains the same.

😂😂😂😂

wow...

This made me spit out my water :D

😂

As I along time fan (I saw him in '79, but had been buying albums since Natty Dread), I was dismayed/incensed when Island released Legend. A huge hit, it spread Marley's name into the African American population in the US, but very consciously de-emphasized his revolutionary fervor. The 'Don't Worry, Be Happy/Island hippie' vibe, heavy on the love songs, was marketing genius but resulted in exactly what you suddenly realized. In his lifetime, few African Americans were fans, and official Jamaica scoffed. Marley was definitely interested in gaining a larger American audience, but he put the love songs on the back of Exodus and on Kaya, and only judiciously sprinkled other commercial ones elsewhere. It wasn't until much later that people became interested in/less scared of his revolutionary ideas or his specific embrace of his African heritage. As Americans began flocking to Jamaica for vacations in the 90's, the Tourist Bureau there reluctantly and very late began using reggae to advertise Jamaica...but again, Three Little Birds and the corporate schlock of 'Come Back To Jamaica'. I would be hard-pressed and reluctant to condense Marley's message into one 40-minute record, but if I did, it wouldn't sound like Legend, which only has Get Up Stand Up, Exodus and I Shot The Sheriff to represent what he was more about. And yes, I know 'Don't Worry' and 'Come Back' are not Marley songs, but they were both a big part of what the public came to understand reggae was. Imagine that...tropical beach vibes in one of the hardest places on earth. Rope-haired, bizarre anti-establishment Bible-thumping to some kind of slow African beat was not what most Americans were in the mood for, even if the dope-smoking was intriguing. Any hints of socialism or back-to-the-roots was beyond their ken then. History is deep and convoluted, and I make no claims that Legend is the sole reason that "...a lot of Marley fans miss what he was trying to get across...", but it helped. Or hurt. And I'll end by noting that European audiences were much more receptive, and much earlier, (and not just in the UK, with it's sizable West Indian population), than Americans in the U.S. But we have the market share, so...Legend. Fortunately, there's everything else, and it's all still available.

Jah

holy shit, you have lived under a fucking rock lol

Many would describe it not as a religion, but as a way of life...

Rastafari is a way of life my brother

The "research" would be more impressive if the narrator didn't repeatedly mispronounce Rastafari (using an E sound at the end instead of an I), and call practitioners "RastafarEEs" instead of Rastafarians. It shows a total lack of knowledge.

Looking at my Bob Marley/Wailers full discography on Spotify is such a breath of fresh air. He was so cohesive in his work.

@@_PuppetMaster86 Hey you should check out his "Wailing Wailers" album that was released in 1965 and It is a good album.

AMONG US

@@ribs3910 i knew this was gonna be the reply

Sus

Lived where?

Man that’s some crazy shit-

Mmmmm. Hed hate it

Hell go ranting about them carribean people that the bible is not secular

@@4th19th2 wut?

Even from just an audio engineering standpoint, this record just sounds timeless. It's so hard for my ears to identify when it was made, even though I know exactly when.

Very true