christy_oneil
(Nottingham UK) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 08:57 | |
Good to hear something of this ilk which isn't Amadou and Mariam, check out some good ol Madagascan music for thoroughly cheery and danceable vibes, especially Tarika.
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GrooVy
(Planet Earth, Mainly...) | | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 03:38 | |
misterbearbaby wrote:
I'm going to buy the CD, tape it to a large salami, and beat my sister-in-law over the head with it. She needs some positive and affirming vibes.
lol. mainly a good use of a cd, i think? |
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misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 08:20 | |
hallogallo wrote:
Love this album. Such a positive and affirming vibe from Oliver Mtukudzi.
I'm going to buy the CD, tape it to a large salami, and beat my sister-in-law over the head with it. She needs some positive and affirming vibes. |
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hallogallo
(Raleigh, NC) | | Posted: Oct 15, 2011 - 19:17 | |
Love this album. Such a positive and affirming vibe from Oliver Mtukudzi.
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haretic
(toward Abad, just south of Maitri) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 00:11 | |
OK, a very nice sounding African tune, with a kind of lilting lyrical quality.
But then I looked up the lyrics! What a clash, the sound of this song and the subject matter of the lyrics! (Scroll down for some samples). I just cannot reconcile the two. Maybe that incongruity is part of the art, and it all just loses too much in the translation... but no, I can't applaud this. I won't rate it at all.
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Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 08:33 | |
papaman wrote:Cool head gear. I wonder what the back end looks like.
Oliver's mama: "oli-VER! What is that on your head, child? That thing could put someone's eye out!" |
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MinMan
(Bay Area, CA) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 15:49 | |
rdo wrote:I love these Windham Hill-like arrangements.
Blasphemer! (heh heh). |
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Rooney
(Near Paradise) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 09:49 | |
Okay, but it does go on...
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Juliegdickson
(Arlington, VA) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 09:48 | |
This is AWESOME. I love you RP for introducing me to the best music ever whenever I listen to you!
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(former member)
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Another reason that I lurve RP.I've become a giant fan of Tuku music because of my exposure through Bill's playlist. There's a nice two CD collection of Oliver's greatest hits. |
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HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land) | | Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 09:38 | |
Definitely not a drum machine in this production !  #6 |
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sirdroseph
(Tokyo) | | Posted: May 19, 2010 - 09:08 | |
On_The_Beach wrote:Oh great, another Paul Simon imitator!   |
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sirdroseph
(Tokyo) | | Posted: May 19, 2010 - 09:08 | |
Itssss grrrrrrreeeeeaaaaaattttttt!!  9!!!! |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Apr 17, 2010 - 14:52 | |
This song is good for the ears...
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 00:44 | |
Oh great, another Paul Simon imitator! |
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cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2010 - 10:23 | |
Happy birthday, Radio Paradise! Thanks for ten years of great music!
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 14:49 | |
I love these Windham Hill-like arrangements.
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fuh2
(salmon land) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2009 - 17:03 | |
Wikipedia:
Unlike Mapfumo, Mtukudzi has refrained from directly criticizing the repressive government of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, perhaps because he still lives in the country. However, some of his most emotive hits prodded the aging authoritarian ruler, including "Ndakuvara," which bemoans the politcal violence engineered by Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and "Wasakara (You Are Getting Old)," which most Zimbabweans took as a direct plea for Mugabe to retire. |
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jimshome
(San Diego, Left Coast) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2009 - 17:02 | |
This song I've flunked on lyrics.
I liked the music.
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mr_toad
| | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 12:03 | |
Mandible wrote:hmmmm i was thinking of adding this to my list of yoga music, UNTIL I read the lyrics.
i know |
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Mandible
| | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 11:57 | |
papaman wrote:Cool head gear. I wonder what the back end looks like.
an elephant butt? |
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Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 11:56 | |
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Mandible
| | Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 10:25 | |
hmmmm i was thinking of adding this to my list of yoga music, UNTIL I read the lyrics.
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Gartholamundi
(Gainesville, FL) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 10:25 | |
cattgirl813 wrote:Here's a sample of the lyrics: Men, what has gotten into us? How can you rape a child before she has matured? If it is desire, what kind of desire is this? Sad and unthinkable, but if it keeps at least one person from victimizing another, it should be a never ending loop.
wow ... thanks for the translation ... |
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wycado
(Smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 10:25 | |
If a Baobab tree had an elevator, this would be playing in it.
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trekhead
(Under The Tree) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 05:35 | |
Great, now THIS comes on! I'll never be able to leave the office at this rate!  |
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papaman
(Downstate New Mexico) | | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 15:56 | |
Cool head gear. I wonder what the back end looks like.
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Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 11:19 | |
There is no Sunny Ade in the library. Vote yes on Ja Funmi (LRC nearest you)
:-)
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ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Sep 12, 2007 - 10:05 | |
kazuma wrote:
When did Paul Simon record with Sunny Ade? I wasn't aware of that and can't seem to find anything about it.
Probably thinking of Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
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kazuma
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2007 - 17:35 | |
martin451 wrote:I was first introduced to African beats when Paul Simon recorded with King Sunni Ada (sp?).
When did Paul Simon record with Sunny Ade? I wasn't aware of that and can't seem to find anything about it. |
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