#86 Music Match Monday - Photo Games Season 2, Week 4, Game 1 一起来玩照片配音乐 | 摄影月旦评

When I travel to or live in a new place, it’s always been a pleasure for me to discover the local folk music. I’ve long enjoyed Caribbean music, and I got to know a bit more about it when living in Puerto Rico. This photo on the left was taken at a port of Havana when I visited Cuba. The elderly man was singing a folk song in Spanish while playing his guitar. The beautiful Caribbean melody and his contagious smile reminds me of Harry Belafonte’s “Jamaica Farewell”. I first heard this song on the car radio in a road trip, and it’s been on my playlist ever since.

Sold as calypso, this old Jamaican mento song is a classic hit in the 1950s and is widely covered. Besides the delightful rhythms and Harry Belafonte’s fabulous voice, I like the vivid description in its lyrics, and how it deals with the farewell. It brings me back to the many trips of my own - there’s always something from the destination that impressed you, although you are reluctant to say goodbye, the great memories will stay with you for the rest of your life journey. It’s not necessarily “a little girl” or a charming old guy, it can be the natural beauties, the architectural marvels, a new sport/game/dance/drink never tried before, a misadventure, an inspiring story, newly made friends, exotic ingredients and crafts in the markets, or a tasty national dish like “ackee and saltfish”… :D

https://youtu.be/KFFlWtlDRqk

Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell

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Down the way where the nights are gay
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top
I took a trip on a sailing ship
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop

But I’m sad to say I’m on my way
Won’t be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town

Sounds of laughter everywhere
And the dancing girls sway to and fro
I must declare my heart is there
Though I’ve been from Maine to Mexico

Down at the market you can hear
Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear
‘Akey’ rice, salt fish are nice
And the rum is fine any time of year

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Now it’s your turn! =)

RULES & HOW TO PLAY

For MUSIC MATCH MONDAY we would like you to share a piece of music (can be written lyrics or a link to a sound file or music video) AS WELL AS your own photo (or artwork) to go along with that music. We want to see how music inspires your art.

We will be judging your entries based on how your photo “matches” or fits the music that you chose, not on the technical quality of the photo. Try to convince us: feel free to write a description or story telling us how the photo or artwork relates to the song in your mind.

1. Share your music and photo in the comments of the Photo Star’s post.
2. Only one entry per person on each Photo Star’s post.
3. Each Photo Star will choose their winner.
4. For this game you have 2 days to play (Wednesday 6PM EST / 11PM UTC).

SCORING

• Each Photo Star will choose five winning song-photos and award them with the following points:
• 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2
• (Max points allowed per person for this game is 18)
• Winners will be added to the Photo Games Leaderboard
• The total prize pool is 110 SBD and will be awarded the point leaders at the end of the month, as described here

WEEK 4 PHOTO STARS

Visit these blogs to play #MusicMatchMonday and other games this week!
@derekkind
@r00sj3
@itchyfeetdonica
@scottshots
@themonkeyzuelans

QUICK SCHEDULE FOR WEEK 4

The Game Plan for the final week of Season 2:

GAME 1 - MUSIC MATCH MONDAY
GAME 2 - THEMATIC TUESDAY
GAME 3 - TRUTHSEEKING THURSDAY
GAME 4 - FRIDAY FAVOURITES

NEW TO THE @PHOTOGAMES??

Introduction to The Photo Games, Season Two.

中文大意：

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我这里发了张古巴哈瓦那港口拍的一位当地老人弹唱加勒比歌曲的照片，配以同属加勒比地区的牙买加的一首民歌。现在也请你来一起玩，发张自己的照片和你认为与其相配的音乐，并留言简短叙述下相匹配的原因。这是@photogames照片游戏第二季的一部分，周三后我会选出5名优胜者，各获得6/5/4/3/2的积分，总积分领先的可以得到SBD奖励。赶快来参加哦！

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