Bob Marley or Jimmy Cliff? (funk, reggae, rock, great songs)

jackhammer · 02-09-2008, 02:17 PM

I admire many reggae artists and Bob Marley was definitely a talented and charismatic man, and I like a lot of his music, but I feel that there is much better Reggae out there. Jimmy Cliff's Too Many rivers To Cross is an imperious track but his main success was with The Harder They Come soundtrack and not a lot else.

Marley definitely helped spread the Reggae sound worldwide, but there was an audience already built in the UK before Marley came to prominence due to the influx of West Indians in the 50's and 60's and the skinhead culture of the late 60's warmly embracing it.

Nosmada · 02-09-2008, 02:19 PM

Bob and this is not much of a contest.

Wayfarer · 02-09-2008, 03:14 PM

I'll have to go with Mad Professor.

jackhammer · 02-09-2008, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayfarer

I'll have to go with Mad Professor.

Good call.

~~ADELE~~ · 02-09-2008, 10:34 PM

Marly mon

abstractsolo4agirl · 02-13-2008, 12:50 AM

bob marley ;]
is a legend

icebox · 02-13-2008, 04:23 AM

ofcourse.. bob marley.. =D

Pugnut · 02-13-2008, 03:03 PM

Is there really any question here? it has to be Bob! he literally changed lives countries and governments with his music

abstractsolo4agirl · 02-14-2008, 01:29 PM

and seriously i have never even listened to jimmy cliff
its funny i always see people wearing bob Marley shirts
and listening to his songs
singing them
no one else really have gotten that huge in reggae world in my opinion

Lizzie · 02-14-2008, 06:23 PM

Well I don't think I would have ever listened to Jimmy Cliff, had it not been for Bob Marley; he was the one who made reggae more accesable to people, as well as popularized it, and if I had had never listened to him, I surely would not have listened to or even heard of Jimmy Cliff at all.

02-09-2008, 02:17 PM	#51 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I admire many reggae artists and Bob Marley was definitely a talented and charismatic man, and I like a lot of his music, but I feel that there is much better Reggae out there. Jimmy Cliff's Too Many rivers To Cross is an imperious track but his main success was with The Harder They Come soundtrack and not a lot else. Marley definitely helped spread the Reggae sound worldwide, but there was an audience already built in the UK before Marley came to prominence due to the influx of West Indians in the 50's and 60's and the skinhead culture of the late 60's warmly embracing it. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

02-13-2008, 04:23 AM	#57 (permalink)
icebox Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 148	ofcourse.. bob marley.. =D __________________ WikiMusicGuide \| Music Blog

02-13-2008, 03:03 PM	#58 (permalink)
Pugnut Groupie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Scarborough, England Posts: 6	Is there really any question here? it has to be Bob! he literally changed lives countries and governments with his music __________________ "A man would be interested in a womans mind if it bounced gently as she walked!"

02-14-2008, 06:23 PM	#60 (permalink)
Lizzie Diskobox Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: vancouver Posts: 660	Well I don't think I would have ever listened to Jimmy Cliff, had it not been for Bob Marley; he was the one who made reggae more accesable to people, as well as popularized it, and if I had had never listened to him, I surely would not have listened to or even heard of Jimmy Cliff at all. __________________ white and black, are you looking for the sun boy? the sun doesn't shine down here, no, not in the shadow

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02-09-2008, 02:19 PM	#52 (permalink)
Nosmada Holding Back The River Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 240	Bob and this is not much of a contest.

02-09-2008, 03:14 PM	#53 (permalink)
Wayfarer Registered Abuser Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 573	I'll have to go with Mad Professor.

02-09-2008, 10:34 PM	#55 (permalink)
~~ADELE~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London Posts: 466	Marly mon

02-13-2008, 12:50 AM	#56 (permalink)
abstractsolo4agirl Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seatac,WA Posts: 100	bob marley ;] is a legend

02-14-2008, 01:29 PM	#59 (permalink)
abstractsolo4agirl Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seatac,WA Posts: 100	and seriously i have never even listened to jimmy cliff its funny i always see people wearing bob Marley shirts and listening to his songs singing them no one else really have gotten that huge in reggae world in my opinion