What is your MusAsm???

Harry Bellafonte sang a song called 'Jamaica Farewell' back in the fifties. The first line went:


'down the way where the nights are gay....'

Bet he did not realise the future connotations.:lol: :lol:

That song also cantained another funny line that got an entry in the funny lyrics forum.

Harry Bellafonte's, "Jamaica Farewell"
The funny Lyrics:
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town
Why They're funny:
I can laugh now, but this line really frightened me when I first heard the song as a kid. I thought he was talking about child abandonment.:lol:

Great stuff, BB!!

Did he ever return to Jamaica???? :lol:

I think he did actually. He was one of the 'Black Power' originators and left the states in protest. A lot of people forget that he was a singer before he went into the movie business.:)

Didn't he work as goodwill-ambassador for the UN???

Yes I think he did. Things were that bad in America at one time. Bellafonte made a movie and they actually 'dubbed' his singing voice.:(

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Originally Posted by bigboab

Yes I think he did. Things were that bad in America at one time. Bellafonte made a movie and they actually 'dubbed' his singing voice.:(

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With what??

I can only assume it was a 'white' man singing. Cant remember the name of the movie. could have been Carmen Jones.

So it was in the age of Governor McCarthy.... :o

Even though this is in the wrong place, and we should be promoting the use of Musicworld....

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
May You Never - John Martyn
Song For Dot - Space Raiders
Fiesta - The Pogues
Birdhouse in your Soul - Thy Might Be Giant
and
Riverflow - The Levellers

Always get me going, among with 10000's of others.:01:

Thanks Lillmiss!!


But i was aiming at moments in a song that elevate you.......

And this thread is about that emotion.

I could make a same thread on a smell or taste that takes you back, etc.....

Hence it is not in musicworld.....


Yogi


Btw. that would be nice: a SmellWorld! :01:

Edit2: John Martyn, wow.....