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January 13, 2006

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Legend - The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (DVD) (2000)

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Can you think of more of an antithesis to the Busheviks than Bob Marley? We bet Sam Alito has never gotten down to Bob, no sir!

They can't take away our music, can they? Well not yet, anyway.

So, we thought that we would take a break from the travails and betrayals caused by the Bush cabal and offer a celebration of music with Bob Marley.

Here is what one Marley fan on another website had to say:

"OK, I am a huge Bob Marley fan and I have all his albums on CD, but for me this is the prize of the whole lot. If you have a DVD player or a DVD drive on your computer, then you owe it to yourself to get this little disc.

"What do you get? 22 of his best songs, mostly in live performances, but with some video renditions, plus a ninety minute "musicmentary" that has a few more songs and snatches of performances all over the world, linked by an interview with Marley, and lots of fascinating photography of Jamaican life and landscape. It even includes scenes of Haile Selassie's rapturous reception in Jamaica in 1966.

"The video for Natural Mystic has fascinating footage of the scenes at Marley's 1981 funeral that is almost worth the cost of admission alone, and then you will see plenty of life in Trenchtown too, that gives you a real feel for the milieu that gave life to this music.

"Lots of footage of Bob too, including him doing some tricks with a soccer ball, as well as loads of performances and a variety of dreadlocked hairstyles.

"Watching this makes me feel 25 years younger. For the price, which is hardly more than a CD, you would be one crazy bald head if you did not buy it."

So take a couple of hours to stop cursing against the heart of darkness in the White House and jam away with Bob Marley and the Wailers.

This DVD is loaded with extras, including special web access. And, of course, there are 23 of his top performances. And you'll learn more about being Rastafarian than you ever thought that you would know.

So, "stir it up" with Mr. Marley. You deserve it.

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