home.social

#thehardertheycome — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #thehardertheycome, aggregated by home.social.

  1. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=uw66FA6OTqA

  2. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=uw66FA6OTqA

  3. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=uw66FA6OTqA

  4. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=uw66FA6OTqA

  5. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=uw66FA6OTqA

  6. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZMF3nYfNo2w

  7. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZMF3nYfNo2w

  8. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZMF3nYfNo2w

  9. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZMF3nYfNo2w

  10. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the #soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZMF3nYfNo2w

  11. Jimmy Cliff Passes Away at 81 Leaving a Reggae Legacy

    Jimmy Cliff died at age 81 after a seizure and pneumonia. His wife Latifa Chambers announced the news on social media. She added that their children Lilty and Aken signed the post. Cliff grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. He began singing in the streets as a teenager. He recorded his first single in the early 1960s....

    #JamaicanCinema #JimmyCliff #musiclegends #obituary #Reggae #TheHarderTheyCome

  12. Jimmy Cliff Passes Away at 81 Leaving a Reggae Legacy

    Jimmy Cliff died at age 81 after a seizure and pneumonia. His wife Latifa Chambers announced the news on social media. She added that their children Lilty and Aken signed the post. Cliff grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. He began singing in the streets as a teenager. He recorded his first single in the early 1960s....

    #JamaicanCinema #JimmyCliff #musiclegends #obituary #Reggae #TheHarderTheyCome

  13. #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:
    nytimes.com/2025/11/24/arts/mu

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zOwwB

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

  14. #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:
    nytimes.com/2025/11/24/arts/mu

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zOwwB

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

  15. #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:
    nytimes.com/2025/11/24/arts/mu

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zOwwB

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

  16. #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:
    nytimes.com/2025/11/24/arts/mu

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zOwwB

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

  17. #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:
    nytimes.com/2025/11/24/arts/mu

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zOwwB

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

  18. Jimmy Cliff Passes Away at 81 Leaving a Reggae Legacy

    Jimmy Cliff died at age 81 after a seizure and pneumonia. His wife Latifa Chambers announced the news on social media. She added that their children Lilty and Aken signed the post. Cliff grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. He began singing in the streets as a teenager. He recorded his first single in the early 1960s....

    #JamaicanCinema #JimmyCliff #musiclegends #obituary #Reggae #TheHarderTheyCome

  19. This weekend (among other things): a triple about the 1972 Jamaican cult film “The Harder They Come”, starring Jimmy Cliff. Featuring three Letraset classics, Zipper, Superstar Shadow, and Bottleneck:
    fontsinuse.com/tags/41459/the-

    #TheHarderTheyCome #JimmyCliff #Jamaica #reggae #Letraset #FontsInUse #fonts

  20. 1000 Day Album Challenge (#10) Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston (1975) [10.01.24]

    almost heaven, West Jamaica true ridge mountains, shining down the river…

    if I had to guess, I would say the soundtrack to The Harder They Come is the only reggae album I’ve listened to more than Funky Kingston. I think because of my love for The Clash I began listening to reggae artists beyon Bob Marley & The Wailers just about from the start. they covered a number of reggae tunes including Junior Murvin’s Police & Thieves, The Rulers' Wrong Emboyo, Danny Ray & The Revolutionaries’ Revolution Rock, and Willi WIlliams’ Armagideon Time.

    I first heard Sweet and Dandy and Pressure Drop by Toots & The Maytals on The Harder They Come soundtrack. still it was likely The Clash’s cover of Pressure Drop on their 10” compilation, Black Market Clash (1980), that really piqued my curiosity.

    Toots Hibbert arguably had the greatest voice in all of reggae. it was both rugged and soulful. Robert Christgau aptly compared him to Otis Redding describing him as, “the nearest thing to Otis Redding left on the planet: he transforms "do re mi fa sol la ti do" into joyful noise” (robertchristgau.com/get_album.)

    Funky Kingston is a great listen. Sailin’ On, the final tune, is playing in my AirPods as I type this. there is not a dud in the bunch. my personal faves that have made it into multiple playlists for me are: Time Tough, Funky Kingston, Country Road, Pressure Drop and Sailin’ On.

    #1000DayAlbumChallenge #TootsTheMaytals #TootsHibbert #reggae #TheHarderTheyCome #TheClash #RobertChristgau

  21. 1000 Day Album Challenge (#10) Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston (1975) [10.01.24]

    almost heaven, West Jamaica true ridge mountains, shining down the river…

    if I had to guess, I would say the soundtrack to The Harder They Come is the only reggae album I’ve listened to more than Funky Kingston. I think because of my love for The Clash I began listening to reggae artists beyon Bob Marley & The Wailers just about from the start. they covered a number of reggae tunes including Junior Murvin’s Police & Thieves, The Rulers' Wrong Emboyo, Danny Ray & The Revolutionaries’ Revolution Rock, and Willi WIlliams’ Armagideon Time.

    I first heard Sweet and Dandy and Pressure Drop by Toots & The Maytals on The Harder They Come soundtrack. still it was likely The Clash’s cover of Pressure Drop on their 10” compilation, Black Market Clash (1980), that really piqued my curiosity.

    Toots Hibbert arguably had the greatest voice in all of reggae. it was both rugged and soulful. Robert Christgau aptly compared him to Otis Redding describing him as, “the nearest thing to Otis Redding left on the planet: he transforms "do re mi fa sol la ti do" into joyful noise” (robertchristgau.com/get_album.)

    Funky Kingston is a great listen. Sailin’ On, the final tune, is playing in my AirPods as I type this. there is not a dud in the bunch. my personal faves that have made it into multiple playlists for me are: Time Tough, Funky Kingston, Country Road, Pressure Drop and Sailin’ On.

    #1000DayAlbumChallenge #TootsTheMaytals #TootsHibbert #reggae #TheHarderTheyCome #TheClash #RobertChristgau

  22. 1000 Day Album Challenge (#10) Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston (1975) [10.01.24]

    almost heaven, West Jamaica true ridge mountains, shining down the river…

    if I had to guess, I would say the soundtrack to The Harder They Come is the only reggae album I’ve listened to more than Funky Kingston. I think because of my love for The Clash I began listening to reggae artists beyon Bob Marley & The Wailers just about from the start. they covered a number of reggae tunes including Junior Murvin’s Police & Thieves, The Rulers' Wrong Emboyo, Danny Ray & The Revolutionaries’ Revolution Rock, and Willi WIlliams’ Armagideon Time.

    I first heard Sweet and Dandy and Pressure Drop by Toots & The Maytals on The Harder They Come soundtrack. still it was likely The Clash’s cover of Pressure Drop on their 10” compilation, Black Market Clash (1980), that really piqued my curiosity.

    Toots Hibbert arguably had the greatest voice in all of reggae. it was both rugged and soulful. Robert Christgau aptly compared him to Otis Redding describing him as, “the nearest thing to Otis Redding left on the planet: he transforms "do re mi fa sol la ti do" into joyful noise” (robertchristgau.com/get_album.)

    Funky Kingston is a great listen. Sailin’ On, the final tune, is playing in my AirPods as I type this. there is not a dud in the bunch. my personal faves that have made it into multiple playlists for me are: Time Tough, Funky Kingston, Country Road, Pressure Drop and Sailin’ On.

    #1000DayAlbumChallenge #TootsTheMaytals #TootsHibbert #reggae #TheHarderTheyCome #TheClash #RobertChristgau

  23. 1000 Day Album Challenge (#10) Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston (1975) [10.01.24]

    almost heaven, West Jamaica true ridge mountains, shining down the river…

    if I had to guess, I would say the soundtrack to The Harder They Come is the only reggae album I’ve listened to more than Funky Kingston. I think because of my love for The Clash I began listening to reggae artists beyon Bob Marley & The Wailers just about from the start. they covered a number of reggae tunes including Junior Murvin’s Police & Thieves, The Rulers' Wrong Emboyo, Danny Ray & The Revolutionaries’ Revolution Rock, and Willi WIlliams’ Armagideon Time.

    I first heard Sweet and Dandy and Pressure Drop by Toots & The Maytals on The Harder They Come soundtrack. still it was likely The Clash’s cover of Pressure Drop on their 10” compilation, Black Market Clash (1980), that really piqued my curiosity.

    Toots Hibbert arguably had the greatest voice in all of reggae. it was both rugged and soulful. Robert Christgau aptly compared him to Otis Redding describing him as, “the nearest thing to Otis Redding left on the planet: he transforms "do re mi fa sol la ti do" into joyful noise” (robertchristgau.com/get_album.)

    Funky Kingston is a great listen. Sailin’ On, the final tune, is playing in my AirPods as I type this. there is not a dud in the bunch. my personal faves that have made it into multiple playlists for me are: Time Tough, Funky Kingston, Country Road, Pressure Drop and Sailin’ On.

    #1000DayAlbumChallenge #TootsTheMaytals #TootsHibbert #reggae #TheHarderTheyCome #TheClash #RobertChristgau

  24. 1000 Day Album Challenge (#10) Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston (1975) [10.01.24]

    almost heaven, West Jamaica true ridge mountains, shining down the river…

    if I had to guess, I would say the soundtrack to The Harder They Come is the only reggae album I’ve listened to more than Funky Kingston. I think because of my love for The Clash I began listening to reggae artists beyon Bob Marley & The Wailers just about from the start. they covered a number of reggae tunes including Junior Murvin’s Police & Thieves, The Rulers' Wrong Emboyo, Danny Ray & The Revolutionaries’ Revolution Rock, and Willi WIlliams’ Armagideon Time.

    I first heard Sweet and Dandy and Pressure Drop by Toots & The Maytals on The Harder They Come soundtrack. still it was likely The Clash’s cover of Pressure Drop on their 10” compilation, Black Market Clash (1980), that really piqued my curiosity.

    Toots Hibbert arguably had the greatest voice in all of reggae. it was both rugged and soulful. Robert Christgau aptly compared him to Otis Redding describing him as, “the nearest thing to Otis Redding left on the planet: he transforms "do re mi fa sol la ti do" into joyful noise” (robertchristgau.com/get_album.)

    Funky Kingston is a great listen. Sailin’ On, the final tune, is playing in my AirPods as I type this. there is not a dud in the bunch. my personal faves that have made it into multiple playlists for me are: Time Tough, Funky Kingston, Country Road, Pressure Drop and Sailin’ On.

    #1000DayAlbumChallenge #TootsTheMaytals #TootsHibbert #reggae #TheHarderTheyCome #TheClash #RobertChristgau

  25. "Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by #theMaytals for record producer #LeslieKong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by #BeverleysRecords) and From the Roots (released in the UK by #TrojanRecords). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1972 film #TheHarderTheyCome, which introduced #reggae to much of the world. In 2004.
    youtu.be/RA4R-WoM10A

  26. Tonight I get to warm up with a trip to Jamaica with Public Theater's new version of The Harder They Come

    #theater #PublicTheater #TheHarderTheyCome #OffBroadway