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Music Appreciation

BeyondGeography

(39,351 posts) Sun Aug 30, 2020, 06:40 PM Aug 2020

The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff

Studio session from the film (1972).

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The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff (Original Post) BeyondGeography Aug 2020 OP

It's the only movie I ever saw in English that required English subtitles Clash City Rocker Aug 2020 #1

Agree with all of that BeyondGeography Aug 2020 #2

Clash City Rocker

(3,390 posts)

1. It's the only movie I ever saw in English that required English subtitles

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Sun Aug 30, 2020, 07:18 PM

Aug 2020

The Jamaican patois spoken in the film was so thick that it would have been impossible for Americans to understand without subtitles. But the use of that patois is exactly why the movie became legendary in Jamaica.

The soundtrack, and another seventies film soundtrack, to a film called “Rockers,” are two of my favorite reggae albums ever.

BeyondGeography

(39,351 posts)

2. Agree with all of that

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 30, 2020, 09:08 PM

Aug 2020

I recorded the film on TCM way back when and have been watching it lately; time capsule material. This clip blew me away.

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