Bob Marley:

Burnin':(1973)

LIVE!:(1975)

If you are remotely into music, then I assume you know what Bob Marley's music sounds like. Such an iconic figure that his image has been co-opted into the mainstream. A powerful man, who understood his power. A powerful man who understood his power, and had the ability to focus it into well crafted catchy songs. It is impossible to separate the politics from the music from the man. At least for me. I mean, on Burnin's A side alone you've got; Get Up Stand Up, I Shot The Sheriff, and Burnin' and Lootin'. These are songs of revolution. Revolution in the streets, and in the mind, and in the heart. Like the great Dr. King said, 'If you can't do it with love in your heart, then you have no right to do it at all.' It would seem to me that Marley understood this implicitly. These are records to turn to to feel there's at least a little light left in the world.