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Wednesday 29 May 2019

Vinyl #34 - Bob Marley & The Wailers

"Could You Be Loved" (7" single)



This single sparks a lot of memories. Specifically​,​ dancing to it on a Saturday night at Nero's, the premier (ahem) nightclub in Portsmouth, located opposite the pier in Southsea (since pulled down and replaced with a development of apartments on the land apparently owned by one Mr H​.​ Redknapp).

​This song was where Bob Marley broke ​out of the reggae-only brigade, cleverly maintaining his roots, but adding a gloss of commercialism which significantly widened his audience.

Anyway, I didn't care about all of that, I just danced to it on the multi-coloured uplit floor (think Saturday Night Fever) at Nero's. Happy daze.

It's a difficult song not to at least shake a leg at.

Here's the music: