This is a very interesting audio piece. I do find it confusing how John claims Bob "lost it" - he is one of the few artists who can claim to have held onto his integrity for a very long time (yea, even to his death.). I do not view the songs on say, Exodus to be any less good than those on Burnin'. And with all due respect, Bob at this point was putting out a greater quantity of good songs than John was.
I agree with this. If anything, Marley's work got better and better as he got older. I think we both disagree with what John was saying here XD. Still love them both though, what a world it would be if we still had them today!!
Poor John just couldn't help being more than a bit bitchy at times - just his nature I guess - an all too human failing that Bob was not afflicted by ... Even before Burnin' when it was The Wailers produced by Lee Perry and Studio 1, pre Virgin/Blackwell days, Bob Marley was putting out really masterful work with The Wailers - I even prefer that sound to the more polished-up produced versions of those songs on the later chart-topping records - but most of the songs on those are great too.
only my opinion but to me it sounds like sarcarsm.. like John would make fun of bad press about Marley when it was clear to anybody he was getting better and better
I disagree with John. There are beautiful songs like war or Rebel Music, Babylon System and so on. Beautiful lines, beautiful melodies. I think bob never got soft. If you hear him in interviews you see that he was a straight man always saying what he believes in and nah sell out
Easily Marley's best album. Marley (to me) is one of those rare artists in which the strength of albums they put out , got better and better until they stopped The Beatles as legendary as they are to me, don't have the upstreak quality of albums until they stopped
Remember fellas, John said this pre 75, so John loved catcha fire, but thought Bob became soft afterwards with Natty dread album etc. trying to water down reggae. Even Bob was aware of people saying this so he got militant again and the rest is history. Both mans are legends, but John was right at the time. (Side note) After 75, When John retired, he would for years smoke joints in his Dakota and listen to Bob , Peter , Jacob and them.
"Get Up, Stand Up" is from "Burnin' " which is the album after "Catch A Fire." And I can hardly call the Natty Dread album soft with songs like, "them belly full, rebel music, so jah s'eh, talkin blues and revolution." I mean, Rebel Music alone, sheeeesh!!!
It is so weird to hear Lennon say that Bob lost it, considering their careers are identical in many ways. Both started in Pop bands and graduated to creating social songs that influenced their generation. Very weird to hear him say that for that reason
🌈Lennon talk about reggae at his musicians in the video " imagine " for play the song " how do you sleep " when he sing the words " hoooooow do you sleep the night "
You know if think about it these two are very similar: they were both in bands in their early careers, they both have similar views on peace and love and they both died young
It;s funny how Get up Stand up is credited only to Bob Marley and not to Peter Tosh as well. It is Tosh's voice we hear leading the song. Lenon talks about Bob Marley having 'lost it'. It would have been interesting to hear how he defines 'lost it' in this context.
I would really love to know in what context is John saying that Bob "lost it",I appretiate them both equally,but also think Bob had to work a lot harder to get his music across/known for people,they both had the peace and love ideal,and to stand up for your rights vibe,sadly both were gone young,I repect them and enjoy their music very much.
I think John is trying to say that he prefers the early sound of reggae although I’m not quite sure, because if you listen to early reggae from the late 60s early 70s the beat is very different than reggae in the mid to late 70s I think that’s what John is trying to say and I myself must say that I do prefer the early stuff than the later stuff the beat and rhythm from early reggae is more my thing than the later beat and rhythms you get in the mid to late 70s
John isn’t saying anything that reggae purists in Jamaica weren’t saying at the time. There’s the feeling that Bob Marley “went commercial and soft” in order to make his late 70s music more palatable to a worldwide mainstream audience. It’s almost as if “he went pop.” Yes, it was still reggae music, but world reggae, which was less cutting edge. And it would not be surprising that John would harbor this sentiment. He went through the same thing with Paul McCartney. Left to John Lennon, the Beatles would have focused on plain old rock & roll and maintained a hard edged image. Songs like “Yesterday” and “Hello, Good bye” simply weren’t John’s cup of tea. But they’d sell. Paul McCartney, being an all round better musician and more astute businessman, understood that you needed to play “love songs” and “sappy pop-like music” to appeal to teeny boppers and women. You have to make a living after all. Bob too knew exactly what he was doing. He himself admitted “you have to play love songs.” He knew that it couldn’t be all militant and freedom fighter material all the time. Even though he’d go back to it often like with the “Survival” and “Uprising” albums. But even with those albums, the sound was now less gritty, and more mainstream. On a side note, the bassist John Lennon is referring to at the start of the recording is Aston “Family Man” Barrett. Easily one of the greatest bassists ever and the man largely responsible for the Wailers sound.
No offense, I normally don't get involved with comments like this but this irked me enough to warrant a response Lol. No disrespect to John Lennon RIP 🙏🏾 or those so called "reggae purists" but neither you nor them have no idea what they're talking about 🤦🏾🤦🏾 😂. Call this subjective, but you really need to go back and listen to every album from "Catch A Fire" to "Confrontation." There are no so-called soft albums. And you got to be kidding me about cutting edge or soft reggae, you're killing me - again go back and listen to every album. As far as what you call love songs, of the 11 albums that were released that Bob Marley was actually alive for and a part of, so basically about 110+ songs or so within that span of 8 years, only about 11 songs total that were so called "love" songs were spread across those 11 albums including the first album released on Island "Catch A Fire" so you do the math. Of those 11 albums only 7 of those have the so-called "love" songs. And 2 of those albums were live albums so really you could say only 5 of the 11 albums had love songs, so less than half of his albums. And of those 4 albums, none have more than 3 love songs. Catch A Fire has 3, Natty Dread 2, Rastaman Vibration 1, Exodus 2 and Kaya has 3. That is a very, very small amount. You're right Bob did say you have to sing love songs, but it's no secret what his real message was. And as far as the sound goes you know nothing of reggae music. Every album is cutting edge and as a matter of fact got better and better with each album. That gritty sound you're referring to is due to the technology that's available at the time. The actual sound changed because the technology changed and was used in an extraordinary way as the albums progressed and that deep roots sound was always there but sounded so clean because of the technological advancements. That's why no reggae artist, band or group sounded even close to Bob's albums because he took advantage of the greatest rhythm section and tech. But the message stayed the same and that was always the focus. None of this so called nonsense of him going soft. Of course the popular music scenery as it would gradually change from 1973 through to 1981 would influence the style of play but the sound is always there and the message of Rastafari and rebellion, and then of unity and one love afterwards is always at the forefront. The posthumous compilation of the Legend album can be blamed for that so called soft sound but 8 of those 15 songs are very powerful songs if you go back and re-listen and dissect the sound and message. So please think carefully before writing something ignorant and ridiculous as this!
@@RocStone Bob himself worried that he’d gone soft. You seem to not be sufficiently versed about the marketing strategies of record companies. Women are major consumers of recorded music. In many genres, women actually buy more records than men. Militancy and grittiness don’t often sell as much as sentimental or love songs. John Lennon would know. He wanted to play and record rock n’ roll and more cutting edge music. Paul on the other hand preferred sappy popish tunes. Guess whose compositions sold more? “Yesterday” couldn’t have been any more sappier a song, but it’s the Beatles most covered song and their bestseller. Bob wanted to transmit his message, but he also knew that he had to crossover in order to garner sales (and make money), which meant making music that would have been palatable to a wider audience. How many women are ardent Peter Tosh fans? Ever wonder why? You can sing about revolution until you’re blue in the face, but sometimes people just want levity and a good time. This is why Bob said “you have to sing love songs.” And he also added that “you can’t get no play from women if you don’t think nice” (I’m just paraphrasing). I don’t think John is saying that Bob’s later music wasn’t good, just that the less financially opportuned Bob, was more real and genuine than the established and wealthy Bob. After all, a man who doesn’t have $1.00 dollar to his name might be more convincingly able to sing about hunger and starvation than a man with a million dollars in the bank.
I wonder when this was recorded. Kind of harsh for John to say Bob 'lost it'. To me Bob and John were kindred spirits. Both legends. Both all about humanity. And of course, both the creators of the greatest music.
I agree with John ... completely. If you listen to the early wailers music you will understand why John is saying this. It's only people who haven't heard the wailers who can disagree
What he's saying is that Bob Marley got smart. He means like him. Turning the music of rhythm and blues and folk music into pop music. Bob kept it root based. They wanted an appeal. So yes. Bob became smarter. Chris Blackwell was conducive in those choices sonically. But,it was Bob right in there engineering his sound. The Beatles had George Martin.
I think John is trying to say that he prefers the early sound of reggae although I’m not quite sure, because if you listen to early reggae from the late 60s early 70s the beat is very different than reggae in the mid to late 70s I think that’s what John is trying to say and I myself must say that I do prefer the early stuff than the later stuff the beat and rhythm from early reggae is more my thing than the later beat and rhythms you get in the mid to late 70s
I understand that John was a genius, when he being one of the first to see a new drift in pop-music culture. Mentioning Marley is smart. The Beatles were open-minded to discover new roads. John said once: *..without Elvis there would be no Beatles. Before him there was nothing...'' Then them integrated Indian music. Then them integrated 'hard-rock' (helter skelter). John sd have become a producer (which actually their lable Apple-label did, but was driven by Paul). Is there a vid in the net showing Marley and John together? Wd like to see. ThanX
I loved the Beatles and especially John Lennon. But John had a way with his comments sometimes. He said Elvis lost it after he went in the army. He said Bob Dylan lost it. He said Paul McCartney lost it. He said Bob Marley lost it. Well I remember. I just bought a 1977 baby blue Caddy Seville it was Nov 1980 and they said John just came out with a new album they were going to play a couple songs so I listened and for the first time in my life I changed the station. I Forget if the songs were starting over? Or cleanup time? I just thought after not hearing him for five years wow John’s lost it. Then after we lost him everyone was in a state of grieving so it was hard to even listen to that album without sadness. Although I do think Woman was great And the version of Im losing you with cheap trick as a back up band was Amazing. And I like nobody told me. But that came out on another album.
I don't think nesta ever lost it, the last couple of years he carries on bravely and heroically with the cancer.true to his Rasta beliefs he refused to cut off his toe, which my have "preserved" him, but his strength would not allow the sacrifice! With all "heroes", as these two were to so many (myself included) there is the tendecie to forget that dispite there over-all greatness,they are still after all human.much love to their memory,and the hope that they inspired
....when John Lennon is saying Bob Marley lost it... he is referring to when Bob and Jacob Miller started saying that Selassie is God...and God is a black man ....
Bob Marley lost nothing .. can't believe John Lennon would say such a thing ? Bobs work during the whole of the 70s And 1980 was was of a higher consciousness than john managed to do say from 75 onwards . i guess John was like a lot of black people during that time in a very narrow point of view that bob had sold out because he was charting, but now their hero, their legend. i stand up for bob marley.
In 1980 Bob launched Uprising. John lennon problably didnt listened to it yet... Im thinking what he might have meant about bob "lost it', and may be that his first works were more disciplined. But Uprising for me was bobs best album...
If anybody "lost it" it was John Lennon. Bob made outstanding music right to the end and was reaching bigger and bigger audiences. John Lennon was the opposite , he was making shit music by the late 70s and faded into obscurity.
Lennon did not payed attention to Bob Marley's incredible life and craft, saying that Bob lost it is the most superficial and even egotistical thing to say, while Jhon is still a music god regardless of this ignorant comment, Bob transcended music.
I think John is trying to say that he prefers the early sound of reggae although I’m not quite sure, because if you listen to early reggae from the late 60s early 70s the beat is very different than reggae in the mid to late 70s I think that’s what John is trying to say and I myself must say that I do prefer the early stuff than the later stuff the beat and rhythm from early reggae is more my thing than the later beat and rhythms you get in the mid to late 70s
I think John is trying to say that he prefers the early sound of reggae although I’m not quite sure, because if you listen to early reggae from the late 60s early 70s the beat is very different than reggae in the mid to late 70s I think that’s what John is trying to say and I myself must say that I do prefer the early stuff than the later stuff the beat and rhythm from early reggae is more my thing than the later beat and rhythms you get in the mid to late 70s
Bob would never mention a singer artist who made music "lost" in any way... he praised all the reggae singers of his time....lost are those who fill there mouth with ego and calling someone lost...the world today 50 years later knows who spoke the truth....
lennons head was always too big for his damn body. if one person didnt loose it, all the way to the unfinished tracks(ie: that he recorded in the late stages systemic cancer) that made up Confrontation album, it was Bob Fucking Marley.
Say what you want about John Lennon but depending on the year this took place, he could be right. Bob’s music wasn’t what it used to be in his later years. He did lose something and it was Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Once he lost them, everything got whitewashed. You can’t tell me all his later albums were as good as Soul Rebels, Soul Revolution part II, Burning and Catch a Fire I just won’t hear it.
John Lennon was too much I to himself. Bob was by far more influential than the entire Beatles together. Most young people don't know who Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr are, let alone John Lennon or George Harrison. The world knows bib Marley. I travel to Asia where Marley is know compare to the Beatles. And don't forget it was one man, Marley against 4 Beatles.Finally, what the hell was he saying Bob lost? Frigging idiot Lennon.
Bob never lost it. John Lennon was very talented, but he was a homophobic racist neglectful and abusive father and his lovely wife destroyed the most popular band in history. But yeah, I don't expect him to say all of that. Most people turn a blind eye to his bad behavior because they love The Beatles and his solo stuff.
Lennon talking about Marley.. He lost it... Well, I think Lennon was pretty lost during the 70's. He made some good songs, I love his work, but compared to Bob Marley... it is like he did nothing. Bob Marley had a porpose.. Lennon had Yoko.
One legend talking about another legend, fantastic find! I knew John was a big reggae fan in interviews hes done, he had good open mind.
one legend shitting on a bigger one, while he copies his music lol
He's English so of course. Reggae & Jamaican culture has always been big there
Sorry Johnny boy, but Bob Marley never "lost it", he was and will be the King forever.
And John Lennon is a god.
@@osamabinladen824 Nope, he''s one of Bob's subjects.
John Lennon is literally the Messiah compared to Bob Marley. And i don't even like John Lennon or the beatles. But you have to acknowledge who he is.
@@CPTM1 You're a clown. Get outta here with that shit. Bob Marley is king of all music.
John lost it when he met Yoko. Before Yoko was when lennon was real smart as well!!!
This is a very interesting audio piece. I do find it confusing how John claims Bob "lost it" - he is one of the few artists who can claim to have held onto his integrity for a very long time (yea, even to his death.). I do not view the songs on say, Exodus to be any less good than those on Burnin'. And with all due respect, Bob at this point was putting out a greater quantity of good songs than John was.
I agree with this. If anything, Marley's work got better and better as he got older. I think we both disagree with what John was saying here XD. Still love them both though, what a world it would be if we still had them today!!
Poor John just couldn't help being more than a bit bitchy at times - just his nature I guess - an all too human failing that Bob was not afflicted by ... Even before Burnin' when it was The Wailers produced by Lee Perry and Studio 1, pre Virgin/Blackwell days, Bob Marley was putting out really masterful work with The Wailers - I even prefer that sound to the more polished-up produced versions of those songs on the later chart-topping records - but most of the songs on those are great too.
only my opinion but to me it sounds like sarcarsm.. like John would make fun of bad press about Marley when it was clear to anybody he was getting better and better
I disagree with John. There are beautiful songs like war or Rebel Music, Babylon System and so on. Beautiful lines, beautiful melodies. I think bob never got soft. If you hear him in interviews you see that he was a straight man always saying what he believes in and nah sell out
CanyonMid totaly agree . Specialy the album survival .
"Does anybody knows "get up, stand up"?.... you buggers"
Anyone who known Lennon's vocal intonation knows when he's being sarcastic. He wasn't saying Bob lost anything, he was being sarcastic.
Hrumph. I think Uprising, one of the most beautiful albums ever recorded could hardly be called losing it.
Easily Marley's best album. Marley (to me) is one of those rare artists in which the strength of albums they put out , got better and better until they stopped
The Beatles as legendary as they are to me, don't have the upstreak quality of albums until they stopped
@@jk4675Yeah they do. Rubber Soul, Revolver, Srgt Pepper, Abbey Road. They got better and better and finished at the top
@@7Sinai7 abbey road isn’t as good as the white album
@@jk4675 you're right. It's better
@@7Sinai7 rubber soul and revolver are better, did you catch that? BETTER than Pepper imo
Remember fellas, John said this pre 75, so John loved catcha fire, but thought Bob became soft afterwards with Natty dread album etc. trying to water down reggae. Even Bob was aware of people saying this so he got militant again and the rest is history. Both mans are legends, but John was right at the time. (Side note) After 75, When John retired, he would for years smoke joints in his Dakota and listen to Bob , Peter , Jacob and them.
Thank you for this comment.. I was so confused by all the other comments that made it seem like Lennon was saying this after Exodus etc
He said this in 1980 but he was joking when he said he “lost it”
"Get Up, Stand Up" is from "Burnin' " which is the album after "Catch A Fire." And I can hardly call the Natty Dread album soft with songs like, "them belly full, rebel music, so jah s'eh, talkin blues and revolution." I mean, Rebel Music alone, sheeeesh!!!
John was an AzzClown. Don't make excuses for him.
J Lennon + B Marley....... GREAT!!!
D. Crosby +P. Tosh..... Equivalent!
It is so weird to hear Lennon say that Bob lost it, considering their careers are identical in many ways. Both started in Pop bands and graduated to creating social songs that influenced their generation. Very weird to hear him say that for that reason
I think he was being sarcastic for the amount of bad press Bob Marley was getting at the time
@@wuckf1t thats what i was thinkin
@@wuckf1t
Interesting interpretation. He clearly seems to admire Marley.
The best of all bob Marley and John Lennon
🌈Lennon talk about reggae at his musicians in the video " imagine " for play the song " how do you sleep " when he sing the words " hoooooow do you sleep the night "
Lennon loved reggae
You know if think about it these two are very similar: they were both in bands in their early careers, they both have similar views on peace and love and they both died young
Yes, and they died in less than 6 months from each other
uno murió en el 80 y el otro en el 81
@@MrDavideBiato a little over 6 months
Both were shot too
@@CPTM1bob died of cancer
It;s funny how Get up Stand up is credited only to Bob Marley and not to Peter Tosh as well. It is Tosh's voice we hear leading the song. Lenon talks about Bob Marley having 'lost it'. It would have been interesting to hear how he defines 'lost it' in this context.
I love John but he can be a prick too. Bob never lost anything
Yeah he was extremely critical - even when there was no reason to be.
Bob always had it and still has it in 2021
I would really love to know in what context is John saying that Bob "lost it",I appretiate them both equally,but also think Bob had to work a lot harder to get his music across/known for people,they both had the peace and love ideal,and to stand up for your rights vibe,sadly both were gone young,I repect them and enjoy their music very much.
Well expressed
I think John was a bit high. He was not super coherent in his talking
I think John is trying to say that he prefers the early sound of reggae although I’m not quite sure, because if you listen to early reggae from the late 60s early 70s the beat is very different than reggae in the mid to late 70s I think that’s what John is trying to say and I myself must say that I do prefer the early stuff than the later stuff the beat and rhythm from early reggae is more my thing than the later beat and rhythms you get in the mid to late 70s
John isn’t saying anything that reggae purists in Jamaica weren’t saying at the time. There’s the feeling that Bob Marley “went commercial and soft” in order to make his late 70s music more palatable to a worldwide mainstream audience. It’s almost as if “he went pop.” Yes, it was still reggae music, but world reggae, which was less cutting edge. And it would not be surprising that John would harbor this sentiment. He went through the same thing with Paul McCartney. Left to John Lennon, the Beatles would have focused on plain old rock & roll and maintained a hard edged image. Songs like “Yesterday” and “Hello, Good bye” simply weren’t John’s cup of tea. But they’d sell. Paul McCartney, being an all round better musician and more astute businessman, understood that you needed to play “love songs” and “sappy pop-like music” to appeal to teeny boppers and women. You have to make a living after all. Bob too knew exactly what he was doing. He himself admitted “you have to play love songs.” He knew that it couldn’t be all militant and freedom fighter material all the time. Even though he’d go back to it often like with the “Survival” and “Uprising” albums. But even with those albums, the sound was now less gritty, and more mainstream. On a side note, the bassist John Lennon is referring to at the start of the recording is Aston “Family Man” Barrett. Easily one of the greatest bassists ever and the man largely responsible for the Wailers sound.
No offense, I normally don't get involved with comments like this but this irked me enough to warrant a response Lol. No disrespect to John Lennon RIP 🙏🏾 or those so called "reggae purists" but neither you nor them have no idea what they're talking about 🤦🏾🤦🏾 😂. Call this subjective, but you really need to go back and listen to every album from "Catch A Fire" to "Confrontation." There are no so-called soft albums. And you got to be kidding me about cutting edge or soft reggae, you're killing me - again go back and listen to every album. As far as what you call love songs, of the 11 albums that were released that Bob Marley was actually alive for and a part of, so basically about 110+ songs or so within that span of 8 years, only about 11 songs total that were so called "love" songs were spread across those 11 albums including the first album released on Island "Catch A Fire" so you do the math. Of those 11 albums only 7 of those have the so-called "love" songs. And 2 of those albums were live albums so really you could say only 5 of the 11 albums had love songs, so less than half of his albums. And of those 4 albums, none have more than 3 love songs. Catch A Fire has 3, Natty Dread 2, Rastaman Vibration 1, Exodus 2 and Kaya has 3. That is a very, very small amount. You're right Bob did say you have to sing love songs, but it's no secret what his real message was. And as far as the sound goes you know nothing of reggae music. Every album is cutting edge and as a matter of fact got better and better with each album. That gritty sound you're referring to is due to the technology that's available at the time. The actual sound changed because the technology changed and was used in an extraordinary way as the albums progressed and that deep roots sound was always there but sounded so clean because of the technological advancements. That's why no reggae artist, band or group sounded even close to Bob's albums because he took advantage of the greatest rhythm section and tech. But the message stayed the same and that was always the focus. None of this so called nonsense of him going soft. Of course the popular music scenery as it would gradually change from 1973 through to 1981 would influence the style of play but the sound is always there and the message of Rastafari and rebellion, and then of unity and one love afterwards is always at the forefront. The posthumous compilation of the Legend album can be blamed for that so called soft sound but 8 of those 15 songs are very powerful songs if you go back and re-listen and dissect the sound and message. So please think carefully before writing something ignorant and ridiculous as this!
@@RocStone Bob himself worried that he’d gone soft. You seem to not be sufficiently versed about the marketing strategies of record companies. Women are major consumers of recorded music. In many genres, women actually buy more records than men. Militancy and grittiness don’t often sell as much as sentimental or love songs. John Lennon would know. He wanted to play and record rock n’ roll and more cutting edge music. Paul on the other hand preferred sappy popish tunes. Guess whose compositions sold more? “Yesterday” couldn’t have been any more sappier a song, but it’s the Beatles most covered song and their bestseller. Bob wanted to transmit his message, but he also knew that he had to crossover in order to garner sales (and make money), which meant making music that would have been palatable to a wider audience. How many women are ardent Peter Tosh fans? Ever wonder why? You can sing about revolution until you’re blue in the face, but sometimes people just want levity and a good time. This is why Bob said “you have to sing love songs.” And he also added that “you can’t get no play from women if you don’t think nice” (I’m just paraphrasing). I don’t think John is saying that Bob’s later music wasn’t good, just that the less financially opportuned Bob, was more real and genuine than the established and wealthy Bob. After all, a man who doesn’t have $1.00 dollar to his name might be more convincingly able to sing about hunger and starvation than a man with a million dollars in the bank.
I wonder when this was recorded. Kind of harsh for John to say Bob 'lost it'. To me Bob and John were kindred spirits. Both legends. Both all about humanity. And of course, both the creators of the greatest music.
I’m pretty sure this is during the Double Fantasy sessions Aug-Sept 1980.
I agree with John ... completely. If you listen to the early wailers music you will understand why John is saying this. It's only people who haven't heard the wailers who can disagree
What he's saying is that Bob Marley got smart. He means like him. Turning the music of rhythm and blues and folk music into pop music. Bob kept it root based. They wanted an appeal. So yes. Bob became smarter. Chris Blackwell was conducive in those choices sonically. But,it was Bob right in there engineering his sound. The Beatles had George Martin.
I think John is trying to say that he prefers the early sound of reggae although I’m not quite sure, because if you listen to early reggae from the late 60s early 70s the beat is very different than reggae in the mid to late 70s I think that’s what John is trying to say and I myself must say that I do prefer the early stuff than the later stuff the beat and rhythm from early reggae is more my thing than the later beat and rhythms you get in the mid to late 70s
"Lost it" I didn't know that Lennon would even bother to compare Bob with others
he was joking don't worry
I understand that John was a genius, when he being one of the first to see a new drift in pop-music culture. Mentioning Marley is smart. The Beatles were open-minded to discover new roads. John said once: *..without Elvis there would be no Beatles. Before him there was nothing...'' Then them integrated Indian music. Then them integrated 'hard-rock' (helter skelter). John sd have become a producer (which actually their lable Apple-label did, but was driven by Paul). Is there a vid in the net showing Marley and John together? Wd like to see. ThanX
Lennon was being sarcastic lol
I loved the Beatles and especially John Lennon. But John had a way with his comments sometimes. He said Elvis lost it after he went in the army. He said Bob Dylan lost it. He said Paul McCartney lost it. He said Bob Marley lost it. Well I remember. I just bought a 1977 baby blue Caddy Seville it was Nov 1980 and they said John just came out with a new album they were going to play a couple songs so I listened and for the first time in my life I changed the station. I Forget if the songs were starting over? Or cleanup time? I just thought after not hearing him for five years wow John’s lost it. Then after we lost him everyone was in a state of grieving so it was hard to even listen to that album without sadness. Although I do think Woman was great And the version of Im losing you with cheap trick as a back up band was Amazing. And I like nobody told me. But that came out on another album.
Could I possibly use this recording please. 😊
I don't think nesta ever lost it, the last couple of years he carries on bravely and heroically with the cancer.true to his Rasta beliefs he refused to cut off his toe, which my have "preserved" him, but his strength would not allow the sacrifice! With all "heroes", as these two were to so many (myself included) there is the tendecie to forget that dispite there over-all greatness,they are still after all human.much love to their memory,and the hope that they inspired
John was being sarcastic.
that would explain it for me
Can the publisher or anybody else provide any details about where and when this clip is from? Any information would be very useful!
Get up stand up..!..stand up for your 'rights'!!!...etc...:)O(:..
Love you John, but you’re wrong. Bob never lost anything.
No way. I celebrate his entire catalogue.
....when John Lennon is saying Bob Marley lost it... he is referring to when Bob and Jacob Miller started saying that Selassie is God...and God is a black man ....
that’s the best explanation i’ve heard so far
Again Marley getting all the credit for get up stand up
John Lenon is actually condescending in many respects here.
Reggae was never, ever dumb before and so it didn't have to become smart in the future.
fuckin great. always wondered if bob was on johns radar.
I love John, but man was he wrong about the Legend!
Bob marley is bigger than John Lennon. Its 2024 Bob is still alive more than ever
Apparently 3 of the Beatles attended the Roxy Show
Great recognizes great
What is the date and the place of this John's interview or broadcast?
Bob Marley lost nothing .. can't believe John Lennon would say such a thing ? Bobs work during the whole of the 70s And 1980 was was of a higher consciousness than john managed to do say from 75 onwards . i guess John was like a lot of black people during that time in a very narrow point of view that bob had sold out because he was charting, but now their hero, their legend. i stand up for bob marley.
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic
Relax its just banter during recording
What year is this from?
+Robert Exley 1980
In 1980 Bob launched Uprising. John lennon problably didnt listened to it yet... Im thinking what he might have meant about bob "lost it', and may be that his first works were more disciplined. But Uprising for me was bobs best album...
Bob launched "Uprising" 14 June 1980, John has probably listened it.
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He mustn't have listened to Survival either, nor to Exodus or Rastaman Vibration.... !!!
He sounds very different, but the accent is spot on
If anybody "lost it" it was John Lennon. Bob made outstanding music right to the end and was reaching bigger and bigger audiences. John Lennon was the opposite , he was making shit music by the late 70s and faded into obscurity.
Absolute legend
Lennon did not payed attention to Bob Marley's incredible life and craft, saying that Bob lost it is the most superficial and even egotistical thing to say, while Jhon is still a music god regardless of this ignorant comment, Bob transcended music.
I think John is trying to say that he prefers the early sound of reggae although I’m not quite sure, because if you listen to early reggae from the late 60s early 70s the beat is very different than reggae in the mid to late 70s I think that’s what John is trying to say and I myself must say that I do prefer the early stuff than the later stuff the beat and rhythm from early reggae is more my thing than the later beat and rhythms you get in the mid to late 70s
Bob Never lost it bur i take it John was referring the rawness of the production possibly.
I think John is trying to say that he prefers the early sound of reggae although I’m not quite sure, because if you listen to early reggae from the late 60s early 70s the beat is very different than reggae in the mid to late 70s I think that’s what John is trying to say and I myself must say that I do prefer the early stuff than the later stuff the beat and rhythm from early reggae is more my thing than the later beat and rhythms you get in the mid to late 70s
Really!!!
Bob would never mention a singer artist who made music "lost" in any way... he praised all the reggae singers of his time....lost are those who fill there mouth with ego and calling someone lost...the world today 50 years later knows who spoke the truth....
Wow
There's is only one legend,and is Bob Marley..
lennons head was always too big for his damn body. if one person didnt loose it, all the way to the unfinished tracks(ie: that he recorded in the late stages systemic cancer) that made up Confrontation album, it was Bob Fucking Marley.
He sounds like he's joking around Lol but regardless, no disrespect Mr. Lennon RIP 🙏🏾 you were wrong!
Great!!! Is it really Jhon lennon!??
Yes!
No ,it’s John Lennon :D
Say what you want about John Lennon but depending on the year this took place, he could be right. Bob’s music wasn’t what it used to be in his later years. He did lose something and it was Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Once he lost them, everything got whitewashed. You can’t tell me all his later albums were as good as Soul Rebels, Soul Revolution part II, Burning and Catch a Fire I just won’t hear it.
John lost it right there
John Lennon was too much I to himself. Bob was by far more influential than the entire Beatles together. Most young people don't know who Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr are, let alone John Lennon or George Harrison. The world knows bib Marley. I travel to Asia where Marley is know compare to the Beatles. And don't forget it was one man, Marley against 4 Beatles.Finally, what the hell was he saying Bob lost? Frigging idiot Lennon.
Lennon may have thought it was a bit too far when Marley and Jacob Miller declared Selassie “God”.. Lennon seemed like an existential humanist.
This sounds like a john impression
Na, sounds like Lennon.
I love John Lennon but I have to say Bob Marley had much better career than him
not him
+camilla johannesen yes it is
Bob never lost it. John Lennon was very talented, but he was a homophobic racist neglectful and abusive father and his lovely wife destroyed the most popular band in history. But yeah, I don't expect him to say all of that. Most people turn a blind eye to his bad behavior because they love The Beatles and his solo stuff.
Omg John stop self projecting on bob marley 😭
MARLEY was better than John Lenon
On god
John was an idiot. Bob Marley never lost anything. John lost it when he thought Yoko was a quality musician.
Lennon talking about Marley.. He lost it... Well, I think Lennon was pretty lost during the 70's. He made some good songs, I love his work, but compared to Bob Marley... it is like he did nothing. Bob Marley had a porpose.. Lennon had Yoko.
Bob Marley >>>> John Lennon
JOHN LENNON WAS JEALOUS OF BOB MARLEY
Dear John. The Prophet Marley NEVER LOST IT.