@JedadiahLeland there’s a couple of slightly LQ copies of “Bongo Man” on YouTube as well (https://youtu.be/fXVdV6uceUo?si=KGkP8TIq6C2YWBjJ)
#NightFlightFriday #RIPJimmyCliff
🔥 Bongo Man Starring Jimmy Cliff - The Incredible King Of Reggae (1982 / LQ)

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Rain songs today. It's a cranberry sauce kind of morning so here we go #RainyDayMusic 🌦️

• Laughing at the Rain – The Stranglers
https://song.link/y/hqIxXV6qOLw

• A Rainy Night In Soho – The Pogues
https://song.link/y/PSyL-TrD_2g

• Stars All Seem to Weep – Beth Orton
https://song.link/y/XMdHHw5TU0I

• Did You Hear the Rain? – George Ezra
https://song.link/y/8bsQ7sZV31A

• Umbrella – Tom Holland
https://song.link/y/Brq-exSvB7Q

• I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff
https://song.link/y/MrHxhQPOO2c

#ThursdayFiveList @riff #RIPJimmyCliff

Laughing at the Rain by The Stranglers

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Sitting In Limbo

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Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now

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On covering "The Guns of Brixton" by The Clash: "One of the reasons for covering that song was to show and remind people the influence that reggae music had on punk music," Cliff told NPR. "Because reggae and punk address the same issues — political, social issues. I think that is the essence of the connection."

#RIPJimmyCliff #reggae #punk #music

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/24/nx-s1-4526570/jimmy-cliff-obituary-reggae

#JimmyCliff: 8 Essential Songs

A giant of #JamaicanMusic, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish #reggae’s themes of #struggle, #resistance and uplift.

By Ben Sisario
Nov. 24, 2025, 12:12 p.m. ET

“I’d rather be a free man in my grave / Than living as a puppet or a slave.”

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/arts/music/jimmy-cliff-songs.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/zOwwB

#RestInPowerJimmyCliff #RIPJimmyCliff #VietnamReisters #AntiWar #BlackMusicians #JamaicanMusicians #Jamaica #MissJamaica #HurricaneHattie #TheHarderTheyCome #ICanSeeClearlyNow #Trapped

Jimmy Cliff: 8 Essential Songs

A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift.

The New York Times
“Jimmy Cliff was a true icon and global superstar. His music — The Harder They Come, I Can See Clearly Now, You Can Get It If You Really Want — touched millions. Reggae and the world mourn, but his legacy will live on forever. 🎵🕊️ #RIPJimmyCliff #Resist
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now

The Guardian