November 24Nov 24 This one really hits. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/24/reggae-legend-jimmy-cliff-died/
November 24Nov 24 The harder they come, the harder they fall. One and all. RIP. Honestly would have thought he was older or already gone.
November 24Nov 24 36 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: Honestly would have thought he was older or already gone. This
November 24Nov 24 Also had to check that Harder They Come was actually a Cliff song. It was. So many of the popular reggae songs are covers from older/more obscure artists. Guess it doesn't matter as he was clearly identified with it regardless.
November 24Nov 24 Author Yeah Harder They Come, Sitting in Limbo, Many Rivers to Cross were all Cliff. You Can Get it if You Really Want It also. He actually didn't have but so many covers. His version of I Can See Clearly is banging though.
November 24Nov 24 This is one of those records that I recall exactly where I was when I first heard it. In McConnell Hall on the UNT campus in the fall of 1990 in my friend Dan's room. Dan's dad had a bitchen record collection - literally his whole house was just shelves and shelves of records. He let Dan borrow stuff to show off to his friends at school. He put this on and it just stopped me cold. I wasn't quite sure what I was listening too, but I knew I liked it. Then when he told me there was a movie that went with it, and it was in English, but had to be subtitled, well, I had to see it to believe it. Sail on, sailor.
November 24Nov 24 Author 17 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said: This is one of those records that I recall exactly where I was when I first heard it. In McConnell Hall on the UNT campus in the fall of 1990 in my friend Dan's room. Funny, I think a lot of us have similar stories. My freshman roommate at CofC turned me onto it.
November 24Nov 24 3 minutes ago, G650 said: Funny, I think a lot of us have similar stories. My freshman roommate at CofC turned me onto it. I got a real musical education there. Never heard of Velvet Underground until then. Didn't know Sticky Fingers had an actual zipper on the LP cover. Found out Ronnie Wood played bass with Jeff Beck. Found out who Jeff Beck was. You know, the shit that matters.
November 24Nov 24 My buddy and I in HS used to host a reggae radio show on the school radio station (which had about a 1.5 mile broadcast radius). We burned a hole in our THTC album playing that. Damn we used to get super baked before doing that show.
November 24Nov 24 3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said: I got a real musical education there. Never heard of Velvet Underground until then. Didn't know Sticky Fingers had an actual zipper on the LP cover. Found out Ronnie Wood played bass with Jeff Beck. Found out who Jeff Beck was. You know, the shit that matters. Im not armybrat, and Sticky Fingers way predated my record shopping days. Nevertheless, I can remember copies of it at Peaches/Sound Warehouse and/or Melody Shop with the zipper and the inevitably ripped up shrink wrap over it.
November 24Nov 24 Peaches. Wow, haven't heard that name in a couple of decades. Two of my many wooden vinyl crates were purchased at Peaches in St. Louis.
November 24Nov 24 RIP, Mr. Cliff. The soundtrack to The Harder They Come is a classic. I'm also a fan of his 1982 album Special. Had a unique voice -- you knew it was him singing right away.
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