Thursday, December 10, 2009

DON'T HATE NOTHING AT ALL EXCEPT HATRED #2

I had two opportunities to see Bob Marley way back when. The first time was in the early 70's and my friend Richard was bugging me to see Marley at Buff State. I hadn't heard too much of Marley at the time, and was too wrapped up in Dylan and Zappa (how is that for a combination) to bother exploring Marley. The other time was in the latter 70s, and I had purchased tickets for Bob Marley at Maple Leaf Gardens, but the show was cancelled due to his illness, and I never was able to get a refund. Their are two versions of this song I enjoy the most - this live one by Marley and the other was by Sinead O'Connor. That was at the BobFest concert where everyone booed the snot out of her (for saying the Pope was the real enemy on SNL) and she retaliated by singing War.I thought that was pretty ballsy.

DON'T HATE NOTHING AT ALL EXCEPT HATRED #1

There are many videos asociated with this song, but I think this captures the spirit best of Happy Xmas (War is Over).