themed week // Bob Marley, Is This Love?

Bob Marley is considered to be the King of reggae music.
Born in Jamaica, his career started around 1962.

Bob Marley continues to be the most remarkable reggae icon and also associated with the spread of Rastafari movement and Jamaican reggae.

With 13 studio albums, four live albums and eleven compilations Bob Marley's work was full of energy, political messages and live experiences.

Is This Love? is a song taken from his 1978 album named Kaya, becoming one of his best known hits.
It talks about devotion and love, it describes the willing and desire to be happy and together with the loved person besides mentioning how good it is to have a relationship with someone and share the word "love" with that person.
It's a powerful hit and really suits to all the romantic minds.
The video for this song features the supermodel Naomi Campbell, by the age of 7.

This song was also covered by different artists like Rihanna, James Blunt or Adam Lambert.

"I want to love you, and treat you right,

I want to love you, every day and every night,

We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads,

We'll share the shelter, of my single bed"

Bob Marley - Get up Stand up

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Jamaican Reggae superstar, Bob Marley.

We all can all agree that he was really important for the music industry. His music was heavily influenced by the social issues of Jamaica. His best-known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Could You Be Loved", "Stir It Up", "Jamming", "Redemption Song" and "One Love".

His music has moved people and started movements, and he's constantly reminded us all that "one good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain."


He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami on the morning of 11 May 1981, at the age of 36. The spread of melanoma (discovered in July 1977) to his lungs and brain caused his death.
His final words were:

Money can't buy life.

Most people think,

Great God will come from the skies,

Take away everything

And make everybody feel high.

But if you know what life is worth,

You will look for yours on earth:

And now you see the light,

You stand up for your rights. Jah!

Get up, stand up! (Jah, Jah!)

Stand up for your rights! (Oh-hoo!)

Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!)

Don't give up the fight! (Life is your right!)

Get up, stand up! (So we can't give up the fight!)

A.