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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 05:56
 

In the immortal words of Joe Strummer: "f*ckin' long, innit?" ;-(


Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 05:54
 

"Welcome to the afternoon tv show, today we shall discuss exiting trends in colors and textures for wall tapestries and sofa upholstering, but first a word from our promoters."

Not dissing the artists, but the keyboard should be taken out and burned.



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 05:53
 

7 > 8

Sounds nice in the AM.

jktravl
(Virginia)
Posted: Feb 16, 2009 - 17:19
 

 spiritual76 wrote:
lovely{#Innocent}
 

agreed

spiritual76
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 04:39
 

lovely{#Innocent}

DirkGently
(Somewhere in the US)
Posted: Jul 10, 2008 - 08:37
 

Good lord, it's on repeat.
auburntigerrich
(Edge of the 'Verse)
Posted: Jul 10, 2008 - 08:32
 

+5 points for the percussion, and -5 points for the Velveeta filled Casio keyboard.
Excelsior
Posted: Jul 10, 2008 - 08:32
 

auburntigerrich wrote:
It'd be pretty good if it wasn't for the background vocals. Kinda like a bad echo.

Not bad otherwise.


Yeah, every Oliver Mtukudzi song I've ever heard seems like it might be tolerable if he put duct tape over the background singers' mouths.
bicycle4peace
(the woods of northeast CT)
Posted: May 08, 2008 - 10:06
 

I've seen this man in concert this past fall (great show) He's from Zimbabwe, is very famous there, has put out dozens of albums in Africa (only a few have been released in the US). He speaks out against oppression in his country, and won't be silenced, even tho' it is dangerous to voice the troubles of his people. Check out his album, put out by Putamayo, called Tuku Music (his nickname is Tuku).
MusicRookie
(Fort Worth Texas)
Posted: May 08, 2008 - 09:59
 

eastcoast wrote:
Nice Groove. I like to hear exotic languages, makes me realize what a dork I am for not knowing more than one.


I know two languages... English and bad English.....
Mostly the latter.....
garthwb
(Emerald Isle)
Posted: May 08, 2008 - 09:58
 

Long live Tuku!

Welly
(Lotusland)
Posted: May 08, 2008 - 09:54
 


auburntigerrich
(Edge of the 'Verse)
Posted: Mar 06, 2008 - 09:23
 

It'd be pretty good if it wasn't for the background vocals. Kinda like a bad echo.

Not bad otherwise.
El_Penguino
(North)
Posted: Mar 06, 2008 - 09:21
 


eastcoast
Posted: Mar 06, 2008 - 09:21
 

Nice Groove. I like to hear exotic languages, makes me realize what a dork I am for not knowing more than one.
scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Mar 06, 2008 - 09:19
 

Sounds like the African version of Yanni to me. Yawn.
chrysalis94952
(Northern California (Sonoma County))
Posted: Feb 03, 2008 - 23:38
 

hmmm... looking over some of these comments makes me imagine "Past Conversations That Must Have Been"...

(1964, translated from the French)
...I guess the music is ok, but why can't these 'Beatles' sing in French, like us civilized folks..

(1780's, translated from Italian)
... why must this Mozart insist on writing in that awful, barbaric language of his? His compositions in our language were so lovely, and everyone knows that Italian is the only proper language for opera...


nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Feb 03, 2008 - 23:12
 

Man, it sure is great to hear how other fellow humans make music!
VERY fine! Love the bass work.
AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Jan 03, 2008 - 12:18
 

davin wrote:
Like the music, but the vocals don't do much for me.


I think he's singing about the Veggie Tales. Cool show!
davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Jan 03, 2008 - 12:17
 

Like the music, but the vocals don't do much for me.
hurrah
(Europe)
Posted: Dec 03, 2007 - 02:58
 


xkolibuul
(Pacific Rim, salmon, big trees)
Posted: May 28, 2007 - 13:50
 

What an eminently stupid thing to write.

If there was ever one category for anglophone music and a second for everything "ethnic", and by extension a double standard maintained therein, those days are long gone (thankfully). Welcome to the rest of the world, check your narrowmindedness at the door please.


karljonasson wrote:
This would be quickly dismissed as the drivel that it really is, if it wasn't 'ethnic'.

lmic
(Uniondale, NY)
Posted: Apr 09, 2007 - 16:26
 

Dang! I just knew someone was going to bust me out on that....



jeaster wrote:
I would have to take issue that Gregorian chants have no 'cognizable' words, especially if you are familiar with the prayers of the church, and happen to speak latin ;)

FeydBaron
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Mar 26, 2007 - 13:57
 

Way too many Steve(n)s in this thread...

Probably my favorite Mtukudzi song. Little tired of it, as one of my former co-workers had this CD on non-stop though.
jeaster
(Phoenix (hotter than hell) Arizona)
Posted: Mar 26, 2007 - 13:56
 

lmic wrote:
Anyone else here in the U.S. remember when appreciation of--and maybe even fluency in--another language was considered a beautiful thing?

That aside, the human voice is a musical instrument in its own right... Need it necessarily be forming cognizable words to be enjoyable?

Cf: Gregorian chants. "Louie, Louie." "banana-nana-bo-bana-fee-fi-fofanna." Scat. etc.


I would have to take issue that Gregorian chants have no 'cognizable' words, especially if you are familiar with the prayers of the church, and happen to speak latin ;)

betterdaze
(Same place.)
Posted: Mar 26, 2007 - 13:54
 

Perfect song for a sunny spring day with the wind blowing in through the curtains. Of course, it would also be great in January. Lovely.
skidoo
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 18:50
 

Kind of gay. But nice and rambly. At least there aren't any horns.
lmic
(Uniondale, NY)
Posted: Dec 17, 2006 - 16:39
 

Anyone else here in the U.S. remember when appreciation of--and maybe even fluency in--another language was considered a beautiful thing?

That aside, the human voice is a musical instrument in its own right... Need it necessarily be forming cognizable words to be enjoyable?

Cf: Gregorian chants. "Louie, Louie." "banana-nana-bo-bana-fee-fi-fofanna." Scat. etc.
Steven_G
Posted: Oct 20, 2006 - 06:13
 

DoofusGeezer wrote:

GreenJello wrote:
Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

For that matter I'm getting tired of people who aren't singing in English. It effectively means that a good chunk of the music is beyond me. This is fine once in a while, but it seems like there's been a little too much non-English content lately.

Often I don't really listen to the specific words in a lyric. While there are many exceptions, I often think of the vocals as another sound track along with the instrumentals, so I don't care if the words are in English, Tibetan, Swahili or whatever.
I am exactly the same way DoofusGeezer. I don't need to understand the lyrics to still enjoy the music. And music is a universal language. You can tell from the notes if the music is sad or joyful or full of suspense. That is why music is almost always used in movies - to bring across different moods or emotions to the viewer.
steveliv
Posted: Oct 20, 2006 - 06:09
 

Steven_G wrote:

Sweet way to begin a workday too!


Me No Likee... this song just wasn't my cup of tea.

steven
Steven_G
Posted: Oct 20, 2006 - 06:07
 

SteveT wrote:
Sweet way to end the work day!

Sweet way to begin a workday too!

Lazy8
(The Gallatin Valley of Montana)
Posted: Oct 05, 2006 - 14:16
 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Much better. Thank you.
SteveT
(Republic of Vermont)
Posted: Oct 05, 2006 - 14:07
 

Sweet way to end the work day!


hippiechick
(Chi-town)
Posted: Oct 05, 2006 - 14:07
 

GreenJello wrote:

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

For that matter I'm getting tired of people who aren't singing in English. It effectively means that a good chunk of the music is beyond me. This is fine once in a while, but it seems like there's been a little too much non-English content lately.


Look at the map of people who listen to this station. They aren't all Americans!!!

Maybe if more folks spend time listening to music from other countries, they wouldn't be so hateful about what they don't understand.
DoofusGeezer
(Pilvimaa)
Posted: Oct 05, 2006 - 14:06
 

GreenJello wrote:

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

For that matter I'm getting tired of people who aren't singing in English. It effectively means that a good chunk of the music is beyond me. This is fine once in a while, but it seems like there's been a little too much non-English content lately.


Often I don't really listen to the specific words in a lyric. While there are many exceptions, I often think of the vocals as another sound track along with the instrumentals, so I don't care if the words are in English, Tibetan, Swahili or whatever.
KSTrillian
(drizzly gray Seattle)
Posted: Oct 05, 2006 - 14:04
 

His voice really sounds to me like the guy who sings on the Deep Forest "Bohemian" (or whatever, the 2nd album). Is it him?
meower
(Philadelphia)
Posted: Oct 05, 2006 - 14:03
 

GreenJello wrote:

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

For that matter I'm getting tired of people who aren't singing in English. It effectively means that a good chunk of the music is beyond me. This is fine once in a while, but it seems like there's been a little too much non-English content lately.


Most people in the rest of the world learn english through listening to american music, you go to another country and hear people trying out american lyrics, its nice, and wouldnt be so bad for us to try it with other languages as well
just a thought
NoEnzLefttoSplit
Posted: Aug 22, 2006 - 15:31
 

love this guy.
SteveWard
Posted: Jul 24, 2006 - 09:14
 

Shana is not available on iTunes.
sujo
Posted: Jul 24, 2006 - 09:09
 

Wasn't he a member of Wasis Diop? He and the music sound very similar.
RichardPrins
Posted: Jul 24, 2006 - 09:02
 

Mugen wrote:
What are you, some kind of America-hating paranoiac? He only said that he likes to understand the lyrics.
"...but it seems like there's been a little too much non-English content lately."

I say, go ahead, and make Spanish your second national language...
Mugen
Posted: Feb 11, 2006 - 10:18
 

jakewhite77 wrote:


Xenophobia and jingoism, American staples in the past few years!


What are you, some kind of America-hating paranoiac? He only said that he likes to understand the lyrics.
Moak
(Reading, PA)
Posted: Jan 27, 2006 - 17:29
 

Absolutely beautiful
strick
(Syracuse- your sympathy accepted...)
Posted: Dec 29, 2005 - 15:07
 

Shesdifferent wrote:
You know reading this I am convinced there is something really wrong with you-this is a beautiful tune, and RP mixes it up pretty well in the eclectic ingelligent realm. No your not going to hear thrash alternative, but hey, step out of your box. There is something for everyone here, everyone with an awareness, a genuine interest in music, and for those who are true music connisurs! Maybe you need to wake up from your dark brainwashed minded mentality and realize that there is a whole world of fabulous music out there that your missing far beyond this simple song!!


'said it before & I'll say it again...
jakewhite77
(San Diego)
Posted: Dec 29, 2005 - 15:00
 

GreenJello wrote:

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

For that matter I'm getting tired of people who aren't singing in English. It effectively means that a good chunk of the music is beyond me. This is fine once in a while, but it seems like there's been a little too much non-English content lately.


Xenophobia and jingoism, American staples in the past few years!
lester
Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 03:20
 

GreenJello wrote:
. . . I'm getting tired of people who aren't singing in English. It effectively means that a good chunk of the music is beyond me. This is fine once in a while, but it seems like there's been a little too much non-English content lately.
Nonsense.
GreenJello
Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 12:50
 

absolutemotion wrote:
I used to love this track, but somewhere around the twentieth or thirtieth time I heard it on RP I went crazy. Too much of a good thing, now I can't stand it.

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

For that matter I'm getting tired of people who aren't singing in English. It effectively means that a good chunk of the music is beyond me. This is fine once in a while, but it seems like there's been a little too much non-English content lately.
revevad1
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 12:50
 

absolutemotion wrote:
I used to love this track, but somewhere around the twentieth or thirtieth time I heard it on RP I went crazy. Too much of a good thing, now I can't stand it.


I have to agree. It seems like a daily staple...
absolutemotion
(Central Florida)
Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 12:45
 

I used to love this track, but somewhere around the twentieth or thirtieth time I heard it on RP I went crazy. Too much of a good thing, now I can't stand it.
trekhead
(Just Missed Me.)
Posted: Nov 01, 2005 - 06:11
 

I've probably said this before elsewhere, but this does actually grow on ya. I used to refer to it as SUBTITLE MUSIC. About a 4. Now a 6. Who knows? Nicely done. No C-L-U-E what he is saying but ...well done (musically).
As you were.