STORY OF THE SONG: Culture’s ‘Two Sevens’ puts nation on hold

Friday, May 21 came and went without the rapture that Harold Camping predicted and his followers fervently repeated to put the world on edge. However, 34 years ago there was a localised prediction of unspecified but terrible events in song which put Jamaica on edge.

Culture, a trio comprising Joseph Hill (who later became known as Culture, the trio’s front man and engaging character) and harmony vocalists Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes recorded Two Sevens Clash at Joe Gibbs’ studio in Kingston in March of 1977.

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