Jimmy Cliff has died

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/24/jimmy-cliff-jamaican-reggae-singer-actor-and-cultural-icon-dies-aged-81

by gfortaine • 8 months ago

40 5 8 months ago

RIP Jimmy. ...one of the rare cases of a cover song being better than original imo. I Can See Clearly Now at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHxhQPOO2c

PopAlongKid• 8 months ago

Disagree, in the U.S. the original by Johnny Nash reached number 1 on the Billboard chart while the cover version by Cliff only reached #18. While chart position is not the ultimate determination of "better", I also personally have always liked the Nash version, I didn't even know Cliff did a cover until today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_See_Clearly_Now

prettyblocks• 8 months ago

Have you seen Rockers?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockers_(1978_film)

djohnston• 8 months ago

Ah The Harder They Come was such a sick film, though regrettably one of the only Caribbean films I’ve seen. Anyone have recs?

johng• 8 months ago

To this day, this is still my favorite Jimmy Cliff song. I heard it off the Steven Segal movie soundtrack for "Marked for Death"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WZY1cEecbI

Jimmy Cliff has died

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