Best Bob Marley song

5-Track · 08-19-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DJB1975

None of the above

The Lee Perry produced ones are by far the best recordings they (Wailers) ever did
After Peter Tosh left it all went a bit EURO REGGAE

I think of most of Bob's work as a genre somewhat evolved beyond pure reggae - not superior to, just slightly different from, with different goals and aims and influences and effects.

If I look at Bob's songwriting, there are a few songs-as-songs that would be brilliant in ANY genre (I tried to do a down-tuned metal take on "3 Little Birds" but my bass player refused, perhaps wisely)

And if I was going to pick my favorite reggae-as-reggae, it probably wouldn't be Bob at all ... though it would probably be either some early Lee Perry production featuring the Upsetters, or maybe something from The Harder They Come (I know, uncool cos it's well-known, but hell, there's good tracks on there) ... I tend to listen to reggae (mainly early dub) for DAYS AND DAYS AND DAYS and then not at all for a long time, so I'm not super up on which songs are which, it's just an environment I sometimes like to hang out in ...

... sorta like the music the space-Rastas listen to in Neuromancer...? (Or is it Mona Lisa Overdrive?)

cupkayke · 08-20-2009, 12:01 AM

This is a hard vote.

lsd hippy · 09-01-2009, 03:03 PM

Wheres redemption song !!! My favorite and i love- is this love !!

PinkCigarette · 09-02-2009, 02:59 PM

Tough choices, all great songs, but I really like Buffalo Soldier.

zeppelinchild · 09-02-2009, 09:53 PM

marley you totally f**cking rocks my socks!

anabundanceoftubes · 09-04-2009, 01:39 PM

Ack I love too many. I don't think I could pick just one.

SchwinnHappy · 09-04-2009, 06:55 PM

The voting list is horrible. You just put all of his most popular songs up there, not his best. Where's Redemption Song, African Herbsman, etc.?

persola · 09-26-2009, 08:47 PM

I agree. not a good list, but still a list is a list. I voted "get up stand up". I have been listening to these songs too much and/or too long (if that is possible), so they all sound a bit boring now. "iron lion zion" is my favourite at the moment.

Snowflake · 09-27-2009, 08:10 AM

Redemption song IMO, but out of the ones on there, I'd have to pick Jammin ;D

eponymous · 09-27-2009, 11:14 PM

my favourite song from Bob is Could You Be Loved.

It's the most universal, all-encompassing, and hopeful song he made.

"true love will never leave us alone, out of the darkness there must come out the light"

View Poll Results: What is your favorite Bob Marley song from this list?
One Love	21	21.21%
Buffalo Soldier	17	17.17%
No Women No Cry	21	21.21%
Get Up Stand Up	0	0%
Three Little Birds	16	16.16%
I Shot The Sherrif	9	9.09%
Jammin	6	6.06%
Could You Could Be Loved	13	13.13%
Get Up Stand Up	5	5.05%
Sun Is Shining	9	9.09%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 99. You may not vote on this poll

09-02-2009, 02:59 PM	#64 (permalink)
PinkCigarette Chase for 28 Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 349	Tough choices, all great songs, but I really like Buffalo Soldier. __________________

09-02-2009, 09:53 PM	#65 (permalink)
zeppelinchild Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Quebec Posts: 6	marley you totally f**cking rocks my socks! __________________ ZC☮

09-27-2009, 08:10 AM	#69 (permalink)
Snowflake Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4	Redemption song IMO, but out of the ones on there, I'd have to pick Jammin ;D __________________ Cut my life into pieces This is my last resort

08-20-2009, 12:01 AM	#62 (permalink)
cupkayke Groupie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: steinbeck lands. Posts: 38	This is a hard vote.

09-01-2009, 03:03 PM	#63 (permalink)
lsd hippy Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: canada Posts: 4	Wheres redemption song !!! My favorite and i love- is this love !!

09-04-2009, 01:39 PM	#66 (permalink)
anabundanceoftubes Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maggie's farm Posts: 56	Ack I love too many. I don't think I could pick just one.

09-04-2009, 06:55 PM	#67 (permalink)
SchwinnHappy Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 15	The voting list is horrible. You just put all of his most popular songs up there, not his best. Where's Redemption Song, African Herbsman, etc.?

09-26-2009, 08:47 PM	#68 (permalink)
persola Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 6	I agree. not a good list, but still a list is a list. I voted "get up stand up". I have been listening to these songs too much and/or too long (if that is possible), so they all sound a bit boring now. "iron lion zion" is my favourite at the moment.

09-27-2009, 11:14 PM	#70 (permalink)
eponymous Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 17	my favourite song from Bob is Could You Be Loved. It's the most universal, all-encompassing, and hopeful song he made. "true love will never leave us alone, out of the darkness there must come out the light"