Uploaded by ThrowbackSoul on Aug 17, 2008
The Dream Team - This rare performance by Jimmy Cliff with the Sounds Of Blackness singing the haunting Reggae Hymn "Many rivers to cross" on the TV show The White Room (Circa 1996).
The words of this song resonates for many but speaks volumes to Britain's African Caribbean community as it was written whilst Jimmy Cliff was in the UK and echoes lamented feelings that lie in the subconscious mind of the African in the diaspora. Can one truly inherit ancestral memories?
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Oh, Lord that is gorgeous.
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there's actually another posting of this clip in a slightly higher quality - youtube.com/watch?v=GgYLq4YLks
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it is so true !!!!!
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Awesome!!!
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uplifting
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sends shivers up my spine, amazing, no words justify this performance.
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thankyou so much for the upload, i had this recorded on vhs many years ago.. and i still have it some where... with toots and the maytels and general levi etc... bring back the white room... thanks again :o)
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black people are the white angels of music, touched by divinity. no one can contest, reject or question that; their talent is so absolute and inherent. we have so much to owe them for what the art they have enriched our lives, art and culture with for time immemorial.
naughtyboymessiah 8 months ago 5
I always appreciate a spiritual uplift. Good food for the soul is right here.
This is a powerful mix of artistic talent.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
novembertalespinner 3 years ago 3