Word: marleys
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...late seventies. We were inspired by the rebellion of the Clash and the Sex Pistols. We used to do a lot of Gang of Four songs and a lot of Joy Division songs. We also did a lot of reggae music. We like the social protest of Bob Marley and the Gladiators and the Mighty Diamonds. We just did the Harder They Come the other night at Duke University. So we were brought together and were inspired by that music. Individually we're all quite different. Natalie is a big fan of a lot of female artists--Nina Simone...
...sing the Bob Marley song you had performed when you tore up the Pope's picture instead of doing the Dylan song you had originally planned...
Following a Bob Marley cover, Sinead whipped out a picture of Pope John Paul II, barked "Here's the real enemy," and then ripped and stomped on the photo. Only after five seconds did a stunned crowd come to its senses with boos and hisses...
Songs of Freedom is Bob Marley's stunning legacy...
This definitive introduction to -- or reaffirmation of -- Marley's greatness ends with a live recording from his last concert in 1980, made a little more than a year before he died of cancer at 36. Redemption Song is about betrayal and forgiveness, repression and rebirth; it is a hymn of hope. That commodity may appear to be in short supply just now, but Songs of Freedom offers something close to a lifetime supply. And it doesn't stint on the rhythm either...