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The Origin of Song: The Wailers and "Get Up Stand Up"

“How long must I protest the same thing?” asked Bob Marley in 1978 about the song he and Peter Tosh made famous with the Wailers. “I sing ‘Get Up Stand Up’, and up till now, people don’t get up,” he said, according to Bob Marley…In His Own Words. “So must I still sing ‘Get Up Stand Up’?...I want people to live big and have enough.”  read more

Eight Songs to Soundtrack this Morning's Michael Phelps Interview on NBC's Today

At 7 a.m. this morning, NBC's Today will run Matt Lauer's exclusive interview with twentysomething Olympic swimmer and multiple gold medalist Michael Phelps, during which Phelps will hilariously pretend to apologize for smoking a bong at a party (or at least for being stoned enough to get photographed smoking a bong at a party). But while he's being all penitent and fielding the hard questions from Lauer about his "bad mistake" so he can re-score that Wheaties contract, this is the music that'll likely be playing in Phelps' head—and on my home stereo system, as I provide my own personal soundtrack to...  read more