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Post by personunknown on Sept 1, 2020 7:25:48 GMT
Anyone see the BBC 2 documentary When Bob Marley Came To Britain? It's on iplayer now. Great trawl through the early seventies, first as a relative unknown and the small hall venues then the return as a reggae superstar and that Lyceum gig. Contributions from Don Letts, Brinsley Forde, Marcia Griffiths and the fans he took under his wing. Got me digging out his back catalogue, as relevant today as back then.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 1, 2020 20:25:01 GMT
Thanks PU
There's quite a lot of footage of Bob in London in the Marley doc (which is excellent too)
I've not seen this doc but will put that right within the next few days
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Post by johnnyoi on Sept 2, 2020 8:38:25 GMT
Watched this last last night.Great docu’.Didn’t know the Wailers had lived in Neasden or played at the back of some pub In Southampton.Wish Bob Marley and Johnny Nash had turned up to play at our school 😶
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 4, 2020 7:36:30 GMT
I agree Johnny - really interesting and enjoyable documentary
Thanks PU
So many highlights but my favourite was when Bob and Johnny Nash visit the school in Peckham
All the people who'd encountered him, looking back now as mature adults, was really magical
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 10, 2020 7:59:55 GMT
No Woman, No Cry (Live At The Rainbow 4th June 1977)....
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Post by stu77 on Nov 20, 2020 4:14:23 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 20, 2020 8:24:07 GMT
Thanks Stu Will have a good look at though with a cup of tea later |
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Post by personunknown on Nov 20, 2020 9:21:44 GMT
Burnin' and Lootin' a bit too spiky for Guardian readers maybe?
You find a lot of his pre-Island stuff on cheap CDs at places like garden centres and service stations. It's low fi but I prefer it to the late seventies, early eighties albums which are over produced.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 20, 2020 9:31:34 GMT
Burnin' and Lootin' a bit too spiky for Guardian readers maybe? You find a lot of his pre-Island stuff on cheap CDs at places like garden centres and service stations. It's low fi but I prefer it to the late seventies, early eighties albums which are over produced. A lot of it produced by Lee Perry I agree some of those early tracks have a real vitality that the slicker Island records lack Quite often there's early versions of songs that were rerecorded All that said, I've got no argument with No Woman No Cry in the top spot of their chart |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 11, 2021 12:59:35 GMT
40 years ago today that the great man died (11 May 1981)
RIP Bob
Remember him this way, with the original and best version of Small Axe...
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Small Axe
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Post by jsm on May 11, 2021 21:46:38 GMT
In Rita Marley's autobiography she dismisses Lee Perry in a few paragraphs as a nobody and totally ignores the work he did with The Wailers. No justice!
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Post by stu77 on Feb 14, 2024 20:05:05 GMT
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Post by personunknown on Feb 14, 2024 20:39:51 GMT
I had my suspicions about this from the start. A 'wasn't Bob wonderful' sanitised biopic by the sounds of it. Several other reviews online confirm this. I'll wait a year or two for the Film Four showing.
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Post by stu77 on Feb 14, 2024 21:23:40 GMT
I'm guessing it won't include St Bob's homophobic abuse of Nick Kent.
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Post by jsm on Feb 14, 2024 22:31:17 GMT
I was offered free tickets to see that at the opening last night. I couldn't make it, but maybe no loss |
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