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Johnny Clegg & Savuka — Scatterlings of Africa
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Deep in the heart of South California)
Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 19:47
 
 TerryS wrote:
First saw him on morning-TV in  a PalmDesert motel. Of course.

Went right out and bought this CD, though this wasn't one of my favorite tracks. I hear he was performing in Vancouver last weekend.
 
I know that place well.

The question is, where is the original version of this song?

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 19:42
 
First saw him on morning-TV in a Palm Desert motel. Of course.

Went right out and bought this CD, though this wasn't one of my favorite tracks. I hear he was performing in Vancouver last weekend.

jeremyleo
(Canada's Capital City)
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 07:44
 
 Geed wrote:
My son takes lessons from the drummer, Derek Debeer (right). Cool to hear the song here.


 

Cool.  Derek helped with a school project for my kids' elementary school about 5 years ago (they performed and recorded Disney songs - each class a different song - and put a CD together).  Derek did just about everything from playing the accompanying music to recording to production to choir direction.  It was a great experience and one my kids still remember fondly.  Derek was great with the kids and they loved his animation, energy and were in awe of his talents.

lafcadio
(Knox-vegas)
Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 18:10
 
If Spinal Tap were a movie about "world music," this song would be on the sound track.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 18:09
 
 westslope wrote:

South Africa is in the news these days as a country maintaining a dialogue with Ghaddafi.

 
Not anymore.

salzburg4321
(Salzburg, Austria)
Posted: Jan 11, 2012 - 13:44
 
Haven't heard this for ages - love it!

Geed
(Ottawa)
Posted: Dec 10, 2011 - 20:52
 
My son takes lessons from the drummer, Derek Debeer (right). Cool to hear the song here.



Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Dec 10, 2011 - 18:31
 
 fitzworld wrote:
I'm sorry but this was a cheese ball song when it first came out in 1988 and that hasn't changed. Please don't play it again. Please!!!!

 
Go suck a cheese ball. Bill plays what he wants.  I'm sure you can find a Brittney song elsewhere.  Yeah, I'm in a bad mood - deal with it!


84MacGuy
(Portland, Oregon)
Posted: Dec 10, 2011 - 18:30
 
I've always felt this was a great, foot-tapping song.

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Dec 10, 2011 - 18:29
 
More Johnny Klegg and Savuka!  I just love the positivity of the music, and oh, such a vast wilderness to explore! {#Daisy}

Owl
(Whakatane New Zealand)
Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 01:38
 
 ubuntourist wrote:
I had the good fortune to see Johnny Clegg and Jaluka perform in a 600-seat college auditorium.  Hands-down the best concert I've ever had the privilege to see / hear: Part theater, part dance, part anthropology lecture and all music. {#Notworthy}
 
 

4sure! Attended a Jaluka Concert- 1981- Mabopane. Great memories..

marqvds
(Hoogeveen, The Netherlands)
Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 01:35
 
Nice to hear this!!
A few weeks ago I visited South-Africa and our guide loved this song so much we heard it every day {#Bananajam}

Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: Sep 07, 2011 - 03:19
 
 westslope wrote:

South Africa is in the news these days as a country maintaining a dialogue with Ghaddafi.


 
No shortage of contoversy in these parts... It's almost like they who should be obeyed meet weekly to decide who the're gonna piss off for the week/month/year. Somewhat embarrassing I'd say. But SA is not alone in this respect, we'd just dared to hope for more.


fitzworld
(The Big A)
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 17:56
 
I'm sorry but this was a cheese ball song when it first came out in 1988 and that hasn't changed. Please don't play it again. Please!!!!


ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington)
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 09:04
 
I had the good fortune to see Johnny Clegg and Jaluka perform in a 600-seat college auditorium.  Hands-down the best concert I've ever had the privilege to see / hear: Part theater, part dance, part anthropology lecture and all music. {#Notworthy}
 

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 17:27
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Phone rings, it's my CPA. "You got those files I need?". I make furtive searching noises, and glance up at the RP Playlist. "Um, there are scatterlings of it on my desk right now, I'll probably have it complete by three". Thanks for the new (to me) word!
 {#Lol}  Thank you - your comment just delighted me. Scatterlings.  I always think of dandelion spores, borne on the wind to land where they will and grow where they can...  My favorite song by Clegg is still  "Take My Heart Away," but I really love all his music. He takes me to another place, far away from the here and now, and I can dream there...



glydev
(Brooklyn, New York)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 17:27
 
Actually, the more I listen to this Johnny Clegg remake I wonder why he did it in the first place, it is really horrible - the original had strength and integrity -

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 17:26
 

South Africa is in the news these days as a country maintaining a dialogue with Ghaddafi.



glydev
(Brooklyn, New York)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 17:24
 
The original was so much better, less production, this is like very weak tea compared to the vitality of Juluka - Play the original instead of this, please....

Paul_Skybreakers
(Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 00:50
 
 cosmiclint wrote:

Ich bein ein African?
 

Ich bin ein Fish.

We all came from the underwater world, just before the African era...

Beclipsed
(Pfalz,Germany)
Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 13:37
 
It sounds well posted in the "Rain man" Movie.

cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 09:56
 
 Shimmer wrote:
Not a great song, but the title is certainly accurate: We are all from Africa originally.
 
Ich bein ein African?



agkagk
(Aurora, Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 17:36
 
 NancyHM wrote:
had this on Jaluka album 80's/90/s? - the same? sounds almost exactly same
 

Not quite the same. The Juluka version is a bit more lively. 8 for that one, 7 for this one. "Scatterlings" was one of the first bits of African music to achieve worldwide acclaim.

NancyHM
Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 08:52
 
had this on Jaluka album 80's/90/s? - the same? sounds almost exactly same

Captn_Pea
(Spring Lake, MI)
Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 08:52
 
Sounds like the theme music of a bad 80's sitcom...

Grammarcop
(The gilt is gone)
Posted: Jun 21, 2010 - 12:43
 
Needs more vuvuzela.

ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 17:22
 
They have many more good songs B&R, please try some more!

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 09:03
 
Phone rings, it's my CPA. "You got those files I need?". I make furtive searching noises, and glance up at the RP Playlist. "Um, there are scatterlings of it on my desk right now, I'll probably have it complete by three". Thanks for the new (to me) word!

bbryan
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 09:00
 
I really feel for musical artists that recorded the majority of their work in the 80's. The production from that time was so dated (e.g. gated reverb drums). It makes the timeless music from that decade even more remarkable.
 

Grammarcop
(Hey, I can see Canada from here!)
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 08:59
 
A slightly more sophisticated Toto.


Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 08:59
 
Not a great song, but the title is certainly accurate: We are all from Africa originally.

widespot
(Minneapolis)
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 08:58
 
I was compelled to log in and give this song a rating of 1

GawgaBoy
(State of Confusion)
Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 08:35
 
I haven't heard Johnny Clegg in years.  As I remember the whole album was pretty good.

A nice inclusion on the morning's playlist.  Thanks Bill and Rebecca.


firefly6
Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 08:31
 
Those synths sound very '80s. 

idahoTux
Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 08:31
 
This song is especially relevant today as our thoughts go out to our brethren in Haiti.  We're pulling for you all...

lysisphere
Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 08:30
 
...not so much. Givin' it a 2.


rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 08:30
 
"warsaw 1943" is the best song on this CD and is a very good song. the rest of it (including this song is mediocre).

PeteyGreens
(Frederick, MD)
Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 13:12
 
This is much more interesting music, regardless of who covers it, than Paul Simon's overrated Graceland.

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 01:08
 
No. No. No. This is so wrong.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Sep 10, 2009 - 12:24
 
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
I know. Sometimes I just don't get it. {#Wall}
 
True, it's puzzling. {#Stupid}

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Jun 07, 2009 - 19:13
 
I agree that the Juluka version of this tune is better.

Suvuka had its moments, though - check out These Days and The Crossing from Heat Dust and Dreams.

The Crossing is a musical depiction of how the Zulus deal with death.  When I saw them do it live I was reduced to tears.

Govi
(Left Coast)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 20:10
 
The chorus—sounds like they're singing "Young Bo Han"—is not in the available lyrics for this song.  Is the Chorus from another song?  And if so, what it it?

stkman
(Texas)
Posted: Feb 01, 2009 - 05:02
 
Agreed all Juluka recordings are much better than Savuka, Juluka's Scatterlings is great

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 09:27
 
 phineas wrote:

Too bad — it's definitely a better version.

 
I know. Sometimes I just don't get it. {#Wall}

annersjen
(in the rolling hills of New York)
Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 09:14
 
Really good song from a great, highly eclectic soundtrack (Rainman)

garthwb
(Emerald Isle)
Posted: Jul 26, 2008 - 11:43
 
westslope wrote:
Good for you Kurt_from_La_Qui.



Saw Clegg & Juluka at a mixed University of Durban concert in 1981 near the end of two years of north to south travel.



The white kids and African kids mostly hung in their groups but smiled and nodded to each other in a friendly fashion.









I sweated more at their gig than at any other, before or since, I actually nearly lost consciousness! Great fun!


garthwb
(Emerald Isle)
Posted: Jul 26, 2008 - 11:41
 
Juluka is generally far superior to Savuka, without most of the annoying 80's keyboards, and with a far more authentic vibe, songs in Zulu, yet very suited to non-African tastes too. Savuka had some great tunes too, but tended towards some of the cheesier aspects of production. Early Juluka - dynamite!

phineas
Posted: Jul 26, 2008 - 11:31
 
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Well it didn't make it.


Too bad — it's definitely a better version.


KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: May 24, 2008 - 12:04
 
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
I've got the original one on the LRC now. Juluka w/ Johnny Clegg. It's sitting at 24/1 on the votes. Let's hope it replaces this lesser version.
Well it didn't make it.
crowhog2000
(Cincinnati, Ohio USA)
Posted: Mar 22, 2008 - 12:15
 
Juluka