EITM: Bob Marley Songs 2/14/24

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Than are you gonna go see Youwon't go see the Bob Marley movie.
Now? Do you not like BobMarley? No? I do? Do
you like him a lot? Sure? I just really I wouldn't. Did
you know that Diane was a bigMarley fan? No? No, no,
no, no no no no no. That does not make me a
big I owned legend. That's aboutit. Okay, So you okay that

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that does not make you a BobMarley fan. I'm I'm fine with his
music. I loved Legend, right, Legend was great. Yeah, that
was great. Yeah. But ifI said to you, Diane, rank
for me the top one hundred BobMarley songs A hundred. Yeah, I
can rank Legend for you if Ihave a track list in front of me.

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But you won't go see the movie. Nah? I mean I might
catch it when it's when it streams. Oh, I can't wait to see
the movie. It just it doesn'thelp when the reviews are not the great.
Don't read reviews. What do Itell you ointed out that's doing better
than Madame Webb? Right? Yeah, by the way, you watch a
lot of garbage that if it wasokay, you watch garbage too. I'm
not arguing that. But the differenceis I don't care. But you were

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like, well, I can't youknow the reviews? Who cares what the
review is? No, I'm justsaying no. But you know what I
care about. I care about whatDiane say, what I say as opposed
to the reviews. Okay, butit if it's something I'm interested in a
lot, I wouldn't care what thereviews are. If it's something i'm on

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the fence about, a bad reviewisn't gonna push me over the edge.
But you just started by saying you'reyou're a Bob Marley fan. I have
legend. Will you had to callher yesterday say it was part of her
Valentine's Day plans? Will it bea big date night movie tonight? I
bet it is? I bet itis. I mean the music's all about

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love and peace most of it,So yeah, I could see that.
Why wouldn't it be? Are theatersalready sold out? Are people camped out
for it? I don't know aboutthat. I think that's the chief's furager
seeing Oh it is a no no. I mean, listen, it is
a weird. It's a weird weekto put out a movie. Yeah,

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President's Day is not a big movieweekend. If anything, President's Day is
known for. I mean, obviouslythe day you honor the President's but it
is a big it's it kind ofmarks the end of the fall youth hockey
season, as we know, right, which is why I won't be here

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on Monday. No. No,but it's not. It's not like Fourth
of July or Memorial Day where it'slike, oh, big, big blockbuster
and you throw in that you're doingit on Wednesday of Valentine's Day. It's
it's odd, but maybe it is. Maybe it is a you know what,
let's go let's instead of doing thesame old, same old, let's
go see Bob Marley. Do thereviews though, at the very least say

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the film does a nice job ofhighlighting the music. Diyan, I don't
want well, you're the one busyquoting the reviews, not quoting it in
reviews. I'm just sorry. Ihaven't looked at any of the review You've
heard that that people don't like it, but but that's enough. But do
they know it really is? Butdo they highlight do they highlight the music?

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I honestly, I have not lookedinto it because I was like,
well, I'm on the fence aboutthis one. A celebration of the life
and music. So there you go, beautiful. We definitely had and so
you said, you're your own sonis now getting into Marrow very much so.

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And I remember there was that.I don't know what triggered it,
but there was that period of timein high school where a bunch of kids
really got into Bob ber I'll saythis, No, not a T shirt.
Absolutely, I'll say this, noteverybody, because there's going to be
there. There's a there's a dickin every cloud, but that's right over

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my sink. No. No,but you know what I mean, Like
everybody. Everybody may not go througha Bob Marley phase, which I really
believe they do, but I thinkyou'd be hard pressed to find people that
go, ough, I hate hismusic. Again. You may not be

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a Bob Marley fan, you maynot love Bob Marley, you may not
think Bob Marley is great, butI think you'd be hard pressed other than
the guy who's just like, I'msaying it because I'm cool. No,
You're not of somebody who's like,no, no, I genuinely do not
like Bob Marley's music. I thinkyou'd be hard pressed. You may not

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like what if you just like Idon't love reggae, It's not true,
right, Okay, I don't likerock. Study the No No, but
the again. You may be youmay be. You may not be able
to rank one hundred of Bob Marleysongs. Right. It's beginning to sound
like you have a ranking of onehundred songs. Oh I do, yeah,

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Oh absolutely, And we're going togo through every last month. I
just didn't know if you've missed afew the no no, no, no.
I didn't go through all of them. I didn't well, I mean
I read through all of them,but I didn't write them down. Yeah,
LIS's like, this makes me nervousbecause you do have I'll tell you
what's wrong you hold not have youhold in your heart especially one. But

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I would say a couple of Marleysongs in a really special place. So
it's not like Grateful Dead or BillyJoel to you. Oh no, no,
no no. You have a reallysentimental tie to his songs. And
I'll tell you they got it wrong. Okay, so you're your number one

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song is nowhere near number one?No no. Now, I'll admit my
number one came in at number thirtyfive. Whoa, Yeah, that's why
you're pissed. No, I'm notpissed, oh my god. But I'm
willing. I'm willing to accept thatit may not be his greatest song,

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but because I have such an emotionalattachment to him, I can't. I
can't allow it to be anything butnumber one to me, you know what
I mean? Like, I maynot be objective enough about number one.
There could be ten songs in eachpodium spot and it still wouldn't be on
the podium. Yeah. No,it's a problem. It's a problem.

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It's number thirty five. And isit what it We're all thinking it's my
wedding song? Yeah, yeah,I don't. Can I play it?
No it's personal? No? No, no, not at all. Well,
I don't hate It's one of thegreatest songs in the world. Everybody
should get to share in it asmuch as they can over the ranking,
not the memories. Here we go, and here's my problem. I put

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this song up. What him sayingabout it? Do you remember seeing me
at the hoof of Diane? Andhere's my problem. I can't be objective

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about this song because to me,this song, this song's up there with
like imagine the me. So Ican't be I can't be objective about this.
Tell me it's his thirty fifth bestsong. I might believe you,
but to me it would be numberone. So I have to dismiss this

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song. But I'm sure if youlooked at streaming numbers, this is gonna
be near the top. Oh itshould be. Why is there an explanation
as to why it falls so fardown? I didn't print out all one
hundred pages of the article. It'sone hundred and eighty pages if I do

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comments, all right, but yousee what I mean. Look, even
Kristen, look in there, bobbin, what does that mean? Even Kristen,
Well, I don't know what christI've never had a conversation with Kristin
about Bob Marley. Here's what Ican tell you, though ninety people.
Look, I can't say love BobMarley like Bob Marley and went through the

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phase and like I said, there'sa dick in every cloud that'll go oh
yeah, hate him, hate hismusic. I can hear this song on
a lute all day. Remember hownice my bride looks at us. You

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don't just marriage, don't just amate. So I have to take I
have to take three little birds andset it aside, because to me,
it's it's unfair because I would justsay it's number one. So if I
take three little birds and set itaside and then look at their list,
they still got it wrong. Yeah, I don't understand their list. Is

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there something up near three little birdswhere you're like, what that's also ranked
that high or ranked low? Iguess youd. Thirty five, thirty four,
thirty three, and thirty two areso poorly ranked it makes me angry.
And they're all in order. It'salmost like it's almost like the writer
or the ranker said, hey,let's do this. Let's take a bunch

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of the great ones and just clumpthem here and then that way we don't
have to do anything else with themever again. So it was thirty four,
Could you be loved? I betthat's up there with streaming numbers.
How is that the thirty fourth best? If I if I said to somebody

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name thirty five Bob Marley songs,most people would only name this chunk in
the thirties. They wouldn't even getthere it's on Legend. There's Bob Marley
on the Pirate God, what agreat song? Christa, do you like
Bob Marley? Of course you don't. You know why because you're a human.

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You want to know? Number thirtythree? Yeah? What is it?
Is this love? What's wrong withthat? It's too low? How
is that? How is that?Number thirty three? And thirty two?
Is the real? Cry and shame? I got half? It isn't that
the first track on Legend? Butis this love? I think it is.

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People can sing this in their sleep. It's a strong little group of
songs. That's what I'm saying.It's like they took Legend and just said
clumpet Bob Marley on the Pirate Imissed the every day and every then we

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will beat together with the room.But over we will share and shut it
down. We will share the favorite. Now I get that I may not
be Rastafarian enough. Yes, butagain you said you you don't have any

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of the reasons for these being ranked, So no, I didn't. Like
they'll talk about some of the likewhen I was reading through they talk about
some of the history and like himwriting them, and like three Little Birds
and where that came from and like, even though this it's this fun,
upbeat song, it actually came duringa very downtime, But it was those
three little birds that kind of gothim through it. So even though on

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the surface it seems like this light, fun, happy, it was literally
these three little birds during a miserabletime that gave him hope that everything would
be okay. Is your whole weddingMarley songs? No, not the whole
thing? No, fan help me? Was it? You were there?
I know, but I'm sorry,I don't remember the soundtrack to your wedding.

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It was Oh my god, itwas over twenty years ago. No,
like, there was definitely other songs, Kris what I'm hearing. Yes
that Diane never framed any sort ofset list and gave it to Elliott as
a gift. Uh No, shedidn't. The Uh no, no there
was, But I mean there wasa lot of Marley. Yeah. I
like Bob Marley. Oh, I'mlike the American idol guy. He straighten

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my shoulders. Ryan, Now yethere you I was thinking about Marley.
Number thirty two is a cry inshame. That's not the name of the
song, okay, but the factthat it ends up at thirty two,
sickens me. Do we have it? I don't know what it is?

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Buffalo Soldier? Of course? Howdoes that end up? At thirty two?
Diane named thirty one other songs.I would almost argue on the Pirate,
I would almost argue that this mightbe his second most popular song popular

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or yeah, like if you lookedat streaming numbers, I bet this streams
better than three Little Birds stole infrom Africa. I do the answer response
good? In that case, we'llstop because you know what happens next.
We have to respond to letters complainingto the public. File uh number twenty

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eight. I jumped down into thetwenties. Yeah, one Love one of
his biggest songs of all time,and it ends up God, an entire
country based their marketing on this isgoing to say why that song took a
hit? Oh? Because it's likethe Jamaica. Yeah what a tong.

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It's got the infro right, Yeah, I got it. An entire country
based their tourism campaign on this song. Is it Jamaica? Here's one Love
on the Pirates? You got tohit the low you do. Let's getta

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lie to right, hi Elly inthe morning, Hello are you there.
What's the matter, Marley got yourtongue? All right? Hold on,

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yeah, I don't know, allright, let me keep going. Number
number fifteen. I'm just I'm pullingup the just the spot ones like people
that would know. Are you happywith fifteen being what it is? Yeah?
I am. I'm fine with itnot being in the top ten.
I shot the sheriff. I'm finewith that not being in the top ten.
I'm not fine with fourteen not beingin the top ten. What's that
one? Steer it up? Whatstir it up? Okay? Yeah,

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we gotta say it like he does. Oh okay, you don't. What's
the best part about the intro tothis song? You can't hear it and
not wish you were smoking. Thissong sounds like weed. You know what

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this song is now that I hearit in my head? This is the
end of every late night just hangingout in a drum circle. You know
what I mean? Ca'd you justsee yourself with like fifteen friends just singing.

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Which part do you want to Diane, I'll do it the one that
prevents you from doing the accent.What was Diane like during this phase?
Oh? Yeah, it was nota phase. I own you never It's
not like I used to go outand play hacky Sack and everything and everything
like that characterization. I don't likethat. That was not a phase.

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The No. No, I don'tmean that you dressed that like it bought
the stupid hat a Spencers that hadthe rosta hair. No, but you
went through a phase of love andMarley I owned legend that that's enough.
Set the But like I went through, I didn't name my daughter after him.
The oh, now we're going tochange the meaning. That was actually

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one of the reasons. I waslike, you know, we're gonna have
to answer that stupid question for herwhole life. And we're like, yeah,
but we like the name. It'sactually after There was a street sign
at a shopping center, but itwas spelled m A r l e E.
And I said, no, Ilike the Marley spelling by Marley spelling
better. And by the way,for the first year that Marley was alive,
all I would tell Diana is Ilove I loved him too all of
her all of her baby bonnets hadlittle dreadlocks on them. What's next?

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I didn't name my after Ace fromKiss Please Diane? All right? You
want me to wait, Where amI going? Where am I going?
Line six? Hi Ellie in themorning, Elliott, Yes, ma'am,
good morning. I just want youto know that I am living for this

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segment. I look at me,Agan, and I absolutely loved this.
I listened to you every morning andthis is by far the best morning of
my life. Yeah no, ofcourse, I mean and listen the if
there are times there and I hopethis doesn't come across bad, but like
I I no, no, butthink how wassome it would be like if

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you were Jamaican and you had BobMarley, Like that's your guy, right,
you know what I mean? Welove Bob no jokes, Oh yeah,
no, I mean he's probably thebiggest most famous person out of there
country Jamaica. Tyler, Like youdon't know the no, no no.
But what I was saying is likeunder my left, who steered it up?

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Is that would be awesome? Likethat would be awesome? Yeah,
it really is. It really islike a mellow vibe. Every time I
go home, it's just a wholedifferent thing. And your show is going
out for me this morning. Thankyou, thank you. No. I
love Bob Marley. Can get thatto the music, and so does and
so does Diane. That's why shenamed her daughter after all right, very

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much money. Every time I hearher, I laugh, I'm like,
oh that's so sweet. Yeah itis. It is because it was named
after a street sign, all right, very good during her face a very
good you stop that. I hatethat characterization. I hate that characterization.

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Not just because you're like Marley,doesn't mean like you're out there like kicking
a hacky sack with like some somerasta hat on backwards. No, normal
regular people like Bob Marley like me. How about the top sound number ten,
Get Up, stand Up? Greatsong? We played? Ted,
I'm ted, I say can weplay a touch? Oh? That?

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They said, tash, oh no, no, can we play a little
bit? I was like, we'llnot ready with Peter talk. You want
to sing it? Diane? Bythe way, I did read, I
think the song is in the moviethat apparently the scene in the movie with

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this is fantastic stand up says it'strack one on the soundtrack There you Go
is three Little Birds on the soundtrack. Yes, yeah, no kidding.
Greatest song number nine, number nine, Diane's Exodus, Great song, Great
song, nobody should have a problemwith that. Oh, do you know

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this song? Diane Legends? Youwill know number eight? I promise you.
Are you fearful that you're not goingto know every song in the top
ten? I bet there are songsin the top ten I don't know.
Do you know? No Woman?No Cry? Yes? Also on Legends

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so far, star God, I'vehad them all. It's so good.
If you listen close, you canhear me in the crowd. And by

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the way, it's not like I'ma big reggaey oh lot, But I
don't sit around and just listen toreggae. But like you said, you
don't have to. You know whatyou have to like great music. You
could sit around all day and listento this. Oh, I could listen
to Marley all day. I justdon't know that I could just start popping
through a bunch of like reggae artiststhat aren't as good Like I don't know

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that I could just put it onand like chill out all day. Can
I go to line three? HiElliet in the morning? Hello, Yeah,
Hi, who's this? Oh?I'm Thomas, Hey Thomas, what
can I do for you? Ijust wanted to talk about My favorite trip

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that I ever took was to Jamaica. Did you go, Like, did
you go because of Bob Marley?Well? No, I mean it was
a cribbing it was. It wasthrough college. We did a ten day
trip for a Caribbean culture's course,right, and on our fifth day we

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went to his studio and to hishouse and all of that stuff. It
was it was probably my favorite tripI've ever done in my life. That's
amazing. That's amazing, Like Ihave been to like that's on my bucket
list. I'm afraid. Well nowI can't go to Jamaica. The US
says I shouldn't travel there. Thebut no, Who's Who's wedding? Who's
wedding. Yeah, there's a bigtravel thing like Jamaica, the Bahamas.

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Whose wedding was in Jamaica. Wasthat Roach? Yes, right, you
remember Roach? He used to workhere, got fired the he got married
in Jamaica. Not because he likesMarlee. I always hated Diane's daughter,
No, no, but that waslike I wanted to like, if I
could have and not gotten in trouble, like gone to Marley's house and not

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the wedding, I would have.Oh no, like I want. I
want to go to Marley's house inthe in the worst way. They said
it's it is set up as sucha beautiful shrine and remembrance to him.
I would love to go there,like I've been to other fans. Yeah,
I've been to like I know whereJohn Lennon got shot. I've been
to uh okay, not funny,not funny. No, but I went

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to h Janice Joplin's house in SanFrancisco. I'd love to do. Janice
Joplin one of the greatest American writersof all time and artists of a great
political import I do. I appreciateit. Thank you, my friend.
Thank you. Summer brings up aninteresting point yes and says you're right,

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Diane. Bob m is in aface once you hear it's part of you.
You know what? Thank you?Summer number seven, Yeah, war
no more trouble, Diane. Iknow I have that. I saw there
it is, Diane. Let wait, you don't know this song? Do

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you want to dance? I mayknow it after I hear it. Well,
here it is on the Pirate ontothe Solosiitis. That's not bringing about
okay, number six, number six, you'll know number six. I would.
I'm surprised more people didn't have thisranked higher. Number six Redemption song

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Huge Bob Marley Song of Huge importI bet well all pirate sty Rabbi Slidlight

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to the Merchant Ships minutes a lineseven. Hi Ellie in the morning.
But hey, what's up, Chuck? Yeah? What can I do for
you? Hey? Back in Jamaicafor my fourth time? Are you really

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dude? You got to be careful? Got to be careful. Well,
okay, let me give you mystory about being careful. When you go
on the on the resort, youknow, everything is all great, but
when you leave the resort is whenthey really start hounding you to buy their
stuff, like and by this,you know respect. And so I was
like, oh, yeah, thisis horrible. I mean they really hound

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you like to this port of scaryright, And so I was like,
I was like, man, Ireally want to get to know these people.
So that was when I went withmy current wife at the time.
We were all dressed up, youknow, white cargo shorts, you know,
just a tourist you look. SoI went back and I went with
my own cutoff cargo shorts and anold rady t shirt and went through the
same exact circle that they were.You know, they had the little stands

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that they had. Dude, notone person talk to me. I was
able to go in the little shopsand hang out with the rostas and you
was making like hand carving a big, like eight foot pipe. We got
the smoke out of it, Ihope. Yeah. Anyways, yeah,
it's about the smoke out. Imean, it was the greatest experience ever.
That's awesome, just the best.That's awesome. Well, like always
say, dress for the job youwon. Right, that's very good,

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very good. I appreciate it.All right, Let me get through the
top five. Let me get throughthe top five. By the way,
says genuinely love Redemption song. Yeahno, I'm telling you, I'm surprised
it's not higher up for most people. Number five trench Town rock, Brian

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don't recognize. How about now?Number four? If you listen close,

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you can hear me in the background. Number four you right, Diane Small
acts hello, my co legend,leg all right. Number three. Number

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three roots rock reggae. This youknow this? You know here I have
that you have roots rock reggae.Here we go. Sounds a little familiar
like you were at my wedding.Maybe music no amus news all right?

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Number two, number two, Diane, Yeah, concrete jungle, concrete jungle.
Legend is not faring well in theNo, it's not. It's not
Ayanne, No, no different eraon the Pirate, Not yet. I

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got time. We're having a goodtime. Never ask never asked, by
the way, nobody asked. ButI will tell you. The Gretzky song
was cry to Me at number ninetynine, which means don't rock my boat

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was sixty nine. We're at numberone, number one, Diane, you're
ready. This would be an ofor in the top five. If number
one is not on legend, Diane, what what great song are we missing?
How about? You haven't mentioned Waitingin Vain yet, have you?
No? I have not, No, I have not, and it is
not number one. Well, andI'm out lively up. Yourself is number

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one? Yes? Oh, yes, you know it. You here that
it's something Natty dreadel saying like thatyourself. No, dread yourself. No,

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I can't sing it like Bob anymore. Yes, no dread You're happy,
Elliott. I love it. Ilove it. I'm telling you this
makes my day. I'm like,it's like me and that Jamaican woman.
That's why I smile every time Dianesays her daughter's name. Do you know

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it's hilarious. So, going backto that group in the thirties, Three
Little Birds, Could you be LoveBusiness Love? And Buffalo Soldiers? Yeah?
And Buffalo Soldier was thirty two?Correct? Correct? Thirty one?
Diane waiting in vain? But don'tyou agree? It was like they said,

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let's just love it all right here, and it's wrong. It's wrong.
It should be higher, it shouldbe higher. Oh, here you
go, Diane. Was this yourfavorite Martley song? Yeah, I'd say
it's one of them. Also Legend, which was your favorite one? On
Legend? It might be this?Is it really? Yeah? More so

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than Three Little Birds? Yeah?Oh sorry, Wow, thats my favorite
song ever. I have a above. Imagine there's Diane again. That's party
you Diana,