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Old 11-26-2010, 06:05 PM   #77 (permalink)
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And about Bob Marley: I agree with you that he is probably al bit overrated, compared to lots of other reggae artists. But I really, really love a song he made possible back in the 60's, named dreamland. That's just beautiful.
This thread deserved a good nudge.

I don't think Bob is overerrated. To an extent he's a bit underrated, especially as a revolutionary. I think what a lot of people are getting at is that many people's appreciation with reggae/Jamaican music begins and ends with Bob Marley, and that it ends up being to the exclusion of the rest of Jamaican music which has a tremendous amount of depth, history, and diversity.
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