Proclivities wrote: 

:-))) hahahha.. exactly!!! couldnt have said it better. hahahahha..

His new track, "One More"... great stuff! He's still got it. Living legend.

 gtm256 wrote: 
Get over it, Pavarotti.

Why did I know this song was next,,,, 

Such heart felt inspiration...one love

What a great song!

 nagsheadlocal wrote: 
This is just awesome news, nagsheadlocal - I wish I could help somehow. What kind of work are you doing?  Maybe take your story to the journal forum, so you can just get it all out.

P.S. - This song gets a 10. How many of us have looked at our lives and seen nothing but mountains beyond mountains, and many rivers?  My uncle had a 600-acre farm in Washington - he grew potatoes, corn, and sugar-beets, and his son had a couple-hundred head of Black Angus cattle.  I got to work on that farm when I was young, and it was HARD WORK. Milking cows, feeding chickens, mucking out the pig pens and the stalls, and helping to get the irrigation system working. I only have sketchy memories of it all, but I know it wasn't easy. I LOVED it.

I wish I'd known about this Jimmy Cliff song back then - I'd probably have been singing it, too...

Good on you, for giving back to the farmers, and to us greedy consumers. You are awesome.

 cc_rider wrote: 
I am questioning my 9 as well.  Every time it comes on I stop to listen... maybe that makes a 10.  I really can't decide.

I've been working 14-hr days lately trying to bring an old farm back into production. Recently I solved one problem only to have another one present itself. Out of nowhere I said to myself: "Mountains beyond mountains." And I found myself singing this song to myself, miles from no where, deep in the woods, with a broken section of fence as my only audience.

Now I really understand why gospel is so popular. 

This song (and the whole album) is timeless and wonderful. It was the first album I ever fell in love with, and 24 years later I still love it just as much :)

I gave this a 9? That is incorrect.

I came to this song through UB40's cover version from the early 80s. I retain a soft spot for the cover version, but this is a whole other level of pain and soulfulness.

Excellent song from an excellent album, the soundtrack of a superb film.

Reggae, Gospel, and the white cliffs of Dover. Something for everyone! LOL

Oh, 10, of course.

This is such a classic, love it.

Saw him singing this recently on Jools Holland live, he still sounds amazing!

 imklammer wrote: 
About 300 places too low, IMHO....

Great song and that album had some great stuff on it besides Jimmy's.  The CD version I have has many taht the original vinyl didn't, including The Israelites.

 blinkblink wrote: 

The reference, I believe, is to the cover artwork

 starfishNcoffee wrote: 

And I would love to stir your Jamaican coffee.

Now I understand what all the hype was about Jimmy Cliff.  An incredibly moving piece.  

FWIW, Rolling Stone ranked this song #317 out of the greatest 500.

Another superb song from Mr. Cliff. If you guys are interested, Ian Moore does a phenomenal cover of this song on his album Ian Moore's Got The Green Grass. Give Ian a chance, excellent singer/songwriter/guitarist.

You stir my Jamaican pride.

kazuma wrote:
Yes sir!

Servo, Servo, where art thou?

blinkblink wrote:

Maybe the OP was talking about the album cover?

Bleyfusz wrote:

Not a cover. Jimmy wrote it.

jah_blessed wrote:And no doubt one of the worst covers.