At the 30th anniversary of his death, Bob Marley has become a more iconic figure than he was during his lifetime. His music is heard less, at least on the radio, though it seems that every tourist hotspot across Europe has a resident dreadlocked busker strumming Buffalo Soldier for small change.
Yet Marley's visage, whether smiling genially, imperiously screwfaced or pulling on a snowcone-sized spliff, beams out on badges, T-shirts and posters across the globe. In the way of James Dean, the diminutive dread from Trenchtown has become an instantly recognisable signifier of cool; like the bereted Che Guevara he represents rebellion and militant nobility, like John Lennon he stands for hope.
Marley, however, carries another and often confusing set of cultural values, just as he did in life. There's his role as a black icon, the first third-world superstar who urged "Africa Unite" long before it became the mantra of modern stars like Youssou N'Dour and Femi Kuti. Marley is also the Jamaican hero – the island's most famous son and, of course, the ambassador of reggae. It's thanks principally to Bob that reggae is the music of the disenfranchised and marginalised around the planet, popular with Australian aborigines, native Americans and North African tearaways.
some of his top tracks are:-
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And many more, this are my best.
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