| What exactly is the attraction when it comes to Bob | | | | Did even Bob Marley know, that his popularity would |
| Marley posters? They seem to be very popular | | | | continue on so long after his passing? Likely not. And I |
| amongst the college crowd for one. Walk through any | | | | wonder for how many more years it will continue. |
| college campus, and check out all the Marley t-shirts | | | | There are over 2.7 million searches a month for the |
| for starters. | | | | name Bob Marley in Google. That's incredible. I guess |
| Everybody knows who Bob Marley was. His music | | | | will be seeing his posters, and hearing his music for |
| and persona touched a generation, and many of the | | | | some years yet. |
| generations that followed. It wasn't just his music, but | | | | Would his popularity have been the same today, if he |
| his beliefs and passion for equality that has carried his | | | | hadn't died so young? What message would he have |
| name and legacy. | | | | for us in this digital age? |
| So many of the photographs and posters of his | | | | The popular and growing fascination with all things Bob |
| concerts and life are almost icon as well. Much like the | | | | Marley continues to be reflected in the sales of his |
| Warhol photos of Marilyn Monroe. We've seen them all | | | | music, his posters, his photographs, and his lyrics. |
| so many times, it almost like they been marketing by a | | | | Nobody generates that much interest, without |
| fortune 100 company. But in fact they haven't. | | | | appealing to people on different levels. It was never |
| What is it, that makes a celebrity a celebrity? Hard to | | | | really just about the music, it was about the man |
| say, as there are so many, but for the most part, it is a | | | | himself. |
| larger than life mystique. Celebrities come and go. Even | | | | It would be remarkable to see a Bob Marley concert |
| some icons come and go, but some stay within our | | | | today. His message is one that would ring clear in |
| pop culture bubble for generations. Bob Marley does. | | | | these troubled times. That goodness for the recorded |
| True part of it may because of a tragically short life, | | | | medium. We'll be able to see and hear him for many |
| but part of it was also the universal message of love | | | | generations more. |
| he sang of. | | | | |