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[–]mchugho 15 points16 points ago

I very much doubt it, Jimi Hendrix died in 1970 and Bob Marley didn't become internationally known until around 1974. So it's Bob Marley and a random black dude with an afro.

[–]Rollosh 64 points65 points ago

Too bad that it's fake.

[–]withpants 49 points50 points ago

But Kurt Cobain took the photo.....it must be real.......

[–]DonkeyDongCountry 67 points68 points ago

Yeah, he shot it himself

[–]gynoceros 19 points20 points ago

But he did not shoot the deputy.

[–]Explains__The__Joke 12 points13 points ago

It's funny because suicide.

[–]JynxYouOweMeASoda 1 point2 points ago

It's funny because your name.

[–]Explains__The__Joke 2 points3 points ago

thatsthepoint.jpg

[–]mattme 5 points6 points ago

Mislabelled. I see Bob Marley on the left, but no Hendrix. Bob Marley loved football to death—he refused doctors who wanted to amputate his foot. His cancer spread.

http://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/troui/jimi_hendrix_and_bob_marley_playing_football/

[–]GreenTeaBD 0 points1 point ago

He refused for religious reasons, not because he loved football.

[–]Dankycheese 4 points5 points ago

Maybe his devotion to football was religious

[–]mattme -1 points0 points ago

Citation needed.

I'm recalling a documentary presented by Don Letts

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Yeah. It looks bizarre too, as if a camera man just dived into the room with bullet time activated, and everyone is only just starting to react.

[–]cleon_salmon 0 points1 point ago

it's not fake, it's just not jimi

[–]Vonhohenheim 11 points12 points ago

He did not refuse surgery for religious reasons, he was told his foot would have to be amputated and because he couldn't imagine not playing soccer again he got a second opinion and the doctor told him it was ok and he didn't have to lose his foot and years later it turned into some cancer that spread through out his body. This is explained in the new bob marley movie, from the words of his wife and friends

[–]raouldukeesq 1 point2 points ago

This explanation is not mutually exclusive with the other. No doubt that his faith played a role.

[–]MrWink 0 points1 point ago

I read in an interview with his daughter that they had to amputate his whole leg, not just his foot.

[–]jimjimgreen 0 points1 point ago

I saw the film too. I got the impression that he was told lots of different things by different doctors.

[–]ElGoddamnDorado 0 points1 point ago

Wikipedia is saying it was just his toe.

[–]peavarianez 7 points8 points ago

Can anyone actually prove that the pic is fake? Im not denying it, I would just like to see visual evidence

[–]SomeguyUK 11 points12 points ago

This was posted before and I can remember people saying that at the time Hendrix was alive/famous, Bob Marley did not have dreads yet.

[–]swerveofshore 6 points7 points ago

Hendrix died when Marley was 25, he looks way older than 25 in this pic

[–]DatGuy45 5 points6 points ago

Bob Marley didn't have dreds until after 1970, Hendrix died in 1970.

[–]gynoceros 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, the Reddit search engine sucks so bad I was able to find when this was debunked last time I saw it by searching for "Bob Marley Jimi" and clicking the first link it returned.

Click

Edit- what I'm getting at is that I don't get why so many people say Reddit search is so horrendous- I never have a problem finding what I'm looking for.

[–]rifk 2 points3 points ago

OH FUCK IS THAT AN EARTHQUAKE?

[–]deebosbike 2 points3 points ago

Good lord. That's not jimi.

[–]Cat-face- 2 points3 points ago

No one mentions that Bob Marley was a wife beating sexist. I don't deny his talent but what a fucking hypocrite.

[–]briandigital -2 points-1 points ago

His way with women was cultural so

[–]Cat-face- 1 point2 points ago

Oh yeah, that makes it so much better...

[–]briandigital 0 points1 point ago

If it's normal for him and in his society, how was he to see it was bad from seeing it all his youth......

[–]groovinhigh 3 points4 points ago

Fake.

[–]charmlessman1 8 points9 points ago

Jimi is in that pose I always put action figures into, but can never get them to stand.

[–]charmlessman1 0 points1 point ago

I've used that stuff to make bon... I mean tobacco pipes.

[–]MovieDan82 1 point2 points ago

They never knew each other.

[–]ikebenson 1 point2 points ago

i assure you, that is not Jimi. Dude was dead 5 years before this pic was taken.

[–]Gabe_noodle 1 point2 points ago

throw that "just" in a fire, and let it burn.

[–]dingdongrb 1 point2 points ago

That isn't Football, futball, or soccer..... They are playing hacky sack with a soccer ball..... geesh, even an American knows this shit!

[–]Infernuzz666 0 points1 point ago

What is happening to reddit, let the titles remain original, and not turn it into a second 9gag..

[–]blaisems 0 points1 point ago

My dad says he actually played soccer with Bob Marley once when he booked into the hotel my dad was a chef in, just on the grass outside the building. Marley was apparently good enough to go pro, but couldn't and ended up in music instead. Soccer was his bigger passion. This was in the 70's sometime, in England

[–]blueorder 0 points1 point ago

This picture is just full of awesome.

EDIT: damn, fake? Well, that sucks.

[–]iamlumbergh 0 points1 point ago

No it isn't.

[–]ThisIsMyIdTalking 0 points1 point ago

FFS will people drop the "Just blah blah blah blah fuckity blah" shit

[–]endALWAYSnear 0 points1 point ago

not fake. just not hendrix in the photo dude

[–]spiralout0_1_1_2_3 0 points1 point ago

no its just bob kicking the ball while jimi avoids stepping over the lava he sees on the ground cuz hes on so much acid

[–]McLaughlin180 -2 points-1 points ago

Upvote for using the correct name for this sport (football)

[–]mattmachino 1 point2 points ago

And Jimi is doing kick ups wearing a pair of lizards. This mans talent knew no bounds

[–]gynoceros 1 point2 points ago

It's not Jimi.

[–]Gluverty 0 points1 point ago

Subject to regional languages ofcourse.

[–]sidn3y -3 points-2 points ago

Soccer killed Bob Marley. Fuck soccer.

This is fact.

[–]Alias28[S] 5 points6 points ago

prove it for my upvote

[–]ser710 -5 points-4 points ago

He injured his toe in some way, got infected with gangrene.

[–]mattomatto -3 points-2 points ago

Foolish religious magical thinking was the real culprit I'm afraid

[–]jiminut 1 point2 points ago

Are you honestly chiding Bob Marley for religious thinking?

[–]mattomatto -1 points0 points ago

The guy declined treatment for curable cancer because of religious reasons. Rastafarianism is one of the most completely ridiculous religions of all, BTW. So yeah, Bob Marley's invisible freind wasn't really there, and I'm not afraid to say so. Get over it

[–]RonPolyp 10 points11 points ago

That's like saying that Sneezy is one of the most fictional of all the Seven Dwarves.

[–]Shteaky 0 points1 point ago

As Vonhohenheim says in a different part of this thread :"He did not refuse surgery for religious reasons, he was told his foot would have to be amputated and because he couldn't imagine not playing soccer again he got a second opinion and the doctor told him it was ok and he didn't have to lose his foot and years later it turned into some cancer that spread through out his body. This is explained in the new bob marley movie, from the words of his wife and friends"

[–]ThePhantomScribbler 1 point2 points ago

So, religious reasons then.

[–]mattomatto 0 points1 point ago

It sounds like revisionist history

[–]jonnyjm 1 point2 points ago

question: If he didn't get treatment because of his religious beliefs, then why is any of that your business to criticize him?

[–]Lakerman 2 points3 points ago

pff, I'll help you, read his post again, especially the first sentence: The guy declined treatment for curable cancer

[–]ThePhantomScribbler 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, fuck him for dying!

How dare he!

[–]Lakerman 0 points1 point ago

you got it.

[–]mattomatto 0 points1 point ago

I don't believe in gods. Not a criticism, just stating my view. Bob Marley loved soccer and could have had many more years of it, worst case ,with a prosthetic foot. In my view he gave all that up to become worm food. He kept himself insulated in a screwy belief system, and no one close to him was able to say: "Bob, you really should go to a good, science based western medical center and see what they can do about your foot" for the record, I have a huge collection of his music, I respect and look up to him. I think magical thinking is so sad, and he is just another victim of it, really we are all victims of it, even those who don't subscribe to it.

[–]presology -5 points-4 points ago

Or maybe he was there helping him dye for some thing he believed in. Conviction isn't for every one, but it was for him obviously.

[–]because_im_a_jerk -2 points-1 points ago

dude dye your shirt green, don't worry it's all part of my plan

[–]delitomatoes -4 points-3 points ago

It's called Football. no need to dumb it down for Americans

[–]JACKSONATOR69Ballsax 11 points12 points ago

In fact, in the early days of the sport among the upper echelons of British society, the proper term for the sport was “Soccer”. Not only that, but the sport being referred to as “Soccer” preceded the first recorded instance of it being called by the singular word “Football” by about 18 years. This happening when it became more popular with the middle and lower class. When that happened, the term “Football” gradually began dominating over “Soccer” and the then official name “Association Football”.

Dont hate on america yo

[–]bearchubs 7 points8 points ago

True patriot

[–]thelessineeded 5 points6 points ago

HISTORY BURN!

End's up it's the plebes and cretins who call it "Football". Coincidentally, we have a sport here in America just for plebes and cretins...

We call it "Football".

[–]RogerElmore -1 points0 points ago

Jimi, You are The One.

--Morpheus