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Special Prosciuto

(731 posts) Thu May 14, 2015, 07:51 PM May 2015

Could You Be Loved?

Bob Marley, 1980

Whatever happened to reggae?

This song made me love it.

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Could You Be Loved? (Original Post) Special Prosciuto May 2015 OP

Didn't listen to reggae until I saw and heard Bob Marley in concert, blew my mind! Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #1

Bob set the bar too high. progressoid May 2015 #2

I never hear it anymore anywhere. Special Prosciuto May 2015 #3

It peaked in the late 70's/early 80's IMHO. progressoid May 2015 #4

Love seveneyes May 2015 #5

By a dog?!! Yes. n/t UTUSN May 2015 #6

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

1. Didn't listen to reggae until I saw and heard Bob Marley in concert, blew my mind!

Reply to Special Prosciuto (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2015, 09:51 PM

May 2015

https://m.

I would sing this as a bedtime mantra to my daughter,

"Your jammies
I'm puttin your jammies on you"

progressoid

(53,179 posts)

2. Bob set the bar too high.

Reply to Special Prosciuto (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 12:01 AM

May 2015

Special Prosciuto

(731 posts)

3. I never hear it anymore anywhere.

Reply to progressoid (Reply #2)

Fri May 15, 2015, 08:41 PM

May 2015

Was it a 70s fad or a promising genre that died with Marley? I don't get it.

progressoid

(53,179 posts)

4. It peaked in the late 70's/early 80's IMHO.

Reply to Special Prosciuto (Reply #3)

Fri May 15, 2015, 09:30 PM

May 2015

There is a bit of a revival happening. But there is a lot of competition for airplay. Too much corporate pop music out there.

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)

5. Love

Reply to Special Prosciuto (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 09:36 PM

May 2015

Is it harder to be to be loved than moved by love? A paradox if there ever was one ...

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

6. By a dog?!! Yes. n/t

Reply to Special Prosciuto (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 09:55 PM

May 2015

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