One Love - The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute

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Summary: Some people don't get the message!!!!!!!!!
Review: This was an excellent concert for all those interested in reggae or Bob Marley. The title is "One Love" a tribute, and to those who can't get the concept of rap being used as a way to honor and show love to a musical legend, then obviously that person really does not understand Bob at all. Bob Marley has had a great influence in rap music. I thought that if there was someone out there with only some "pots and pans" trying to do a rendition of a song to honor Robert Nesta Marley then that would have been fine too. Some people just don't get the message and never will.

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Summary: Modernized Marley
Review: While the CD release of the matching title was suprisingly good, the live concert/tribute turned out to be average. The musical quality is excellent, although the show is sometimes slow. There are numerous familier performers which participate in this tribute by covering Marley songs. The bottom line is for this title to be worth the purchase, familiarity with current artists and their styles of music as well as an appriciation of Bob Marley is needed.

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Summary: Warming up the Arctic - The Ultimate Marley tribute
Review: [....] Having been an avid Marley fan since my teens (I'm now well into my forties), it was with a sense of trepidation that I slotted the tape into the player, on returning to Norway. Oh, what joy, the musicians were really tight and fiery, most of the singers gave spirited, if not letter-perfect renditions of some of my all-time favourite songs, regardless of genre. Sure, I could nitpick and say that it should have been an all-Jamaican affair, or failing that, an all "Third-World" affair (That's one gripe: Why no Africans?), but that's probably to do with who's available at that particular point in time. Also, I find the inclusion of some artists questionable, but I'd rather focus on the highs: Jimmy Cliff, Erykah Badu, Ziggy, The I-Threes, Tracy Chapman, Busta Rhymes, Latifah - and the list goes on.... The ultimate proof for me was when I showed it to my fourteen year old music students - and remember- this is ice-cold Norway we're talking about, were raving about it, and when we rounded off the course in African-American music with an all-in playing session, they attacked the "Rivers of Babylon" with gusto, if not finesse. As I write , it's been more than twenty years since you passed, Bob, but you still can warm up our frozen, Arctic hearts. Eilert Ottem