{"id":807909,"date":"2020-05-29T10:08:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1007176"},"modified":"2020-05-29T10:08:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:08:31","slug":"rhythm-of-the-game-documents-bob-marleys-passion-for-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/rhythm-of-the-game-documents-bob-marleys-passion-for-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Rhythm of the Game\u2019 Documents Bob Marley\u2019s Passion for Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/marley-soccer.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bob-marley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bob-marley\" data-tag=\"bob-marley\">Bob Marley<\/a>\u2019s passion for soccer is examined in <em>Rhythm of the Game,<\/em> the fourth addition to <em>Legacy<\/em>, the 12-part documentary series honoring the late reggae legend.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-minute clip features vintage footage of Marley playing soccer and shots of present-day Jamaica, exhibiting the sport\u2019s importance on the island. \u201cWhen I was growing up as a kid, it was in the streets,\u201d Wailers drummer Carlton \u201cSanta\u201d Davis says in the video. While introducing Kingston\u2019s Boy\u2019s Town Football Club, Ziggy Marley explains that soccer is \u201ca sport out of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A limited edition Marley \u201csoccer kit\u201d will become available on his website on Friday at 1 pm E.T. The kit is a collaboration between FIFA and Tuff Gong FC, and features the FIFA 20 Ultimate Team game mode. A soccer jersey will be also be for sale on June 1st.<\/p>\n<p>The Bob Marley estate also announced a livestream of Marley and the Wailers\u2019 Live at the Rainbow, the final show from the Exodus Tour that took place on June 4th, 1977. It will air on Marley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAlTDckOOQ2jREOvuCShGbw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a> on June 4th at 3 pm E.T., exactly 43 years to the date that it occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Legacy is part of <a id=\"auto-tag_marley75\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/marley75\/\" data-tag=\"marley75\">Marley75<\/a>, a year-long celebration to mark the late legend\u2019s 75th birthday in February. The series kicked off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bob-marley-documentary-series-iron-lion-zion-959508\/\">earlier this year<\/a> with an explainer that discussed Marley\u2019s impact and influence. Previous episodes include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bob-marley-righteousness-marley-75-992221\/\"><em>Righteousness<\/em><\/a>, a clip that explored Jamaican culture, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-2CqPzczb-g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Women Rising<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3>Popular on Rolling Stone<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bob-marley-soccer-legacy-documentary-1007176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Marley\u2019s passion for soccer is examined in Rhythm of the Game, the fourth addition to Legacy, the 12-part documentary series honoring the late reggae legend. The 33-minute clip features vintage footage of Marley playing soccer and shots of present-day Jamaica, exhibiting the sport\u2019s importance on the island. \u201cWhen I was growing up as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-09 23:02:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}