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Ladysmith Black Mambazo — Abantwana Basethempeleni
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:23
 
Used to live in Tampa, and season passes to Busch Gardens gave us lots of opportunity to hear their African-styled bands and singers.  Got addicted to the funky syncopation with heavy bass vocals. 

Beez
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:13
 
Stop it......

vicariance
(awesome like a billion hot dogs)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:12
 
 ziggytrix wrote:

yep

and the most awesome lifesavers commercial ever!
 
Once I realized this was the lifesavers commercial song people, I loved it even more.  That commercial actually made me like lifesavers more.  

 
Also, you people saying it's too repetitive aren't listening very well.  There are a few different verses that each include a number of repetitions, but no real chorus that I can tell at all.


ch83575
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:12
 
So, did they use this same melody before Paul found them, or do they owe him some serious royalties for this one?


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:11
 
i keep hearing something that sounds like "cinnamon" and then i wonder "what ever happened to cinnamon life savers"

stickey
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:10
 
urgh, agreed. not a fan.

komainu
(Iowa City, IA)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:10
 
These guys are really great in concert. The experience is very different than just listening to a recording.

shampa1n
(Solent)
Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 05:54
 
Not a fan.

danuneken
(Oslo, Norway)
Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 05:52
 
This never seems to end... pfff

Netto
(Khimki, Russia)
Posted: Dec 22, 2010 - 21:00
 
FFFUUUU!!!!11

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 11:24
 
 jools wrote:

Quite

I'm sure that Dutch would sound like mindless drivel to native south african speakers. 
 

Curious choice of verb tense.

coolpeople_rule
(Winter wonder land)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 11:21
 
 rdo wrote:

I started out liking this, then I about lost my dinner after the 500th iteration of the harmony.


 

I agree, too repetitive.

JennieBreeden
(Atlanta Ga.)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 11:19
 
Black Mambazo will always remind me of home and my childhood. My parents would put it on during parties and we'd sporadically dance to it when walking through the living room.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 18, 2010 - 18:33
 

I started out liking this, then I about lost my dinner after the 500th iteration of the harmony.



ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 17:37
 
 AndyFarang wrote:
One wonders if this would have so much airplay if the singers were from a different race....?

Wake me up when its stopped. Cheers.
 
I probably wouldn't care for a bunch of Norwegians singing isicathamiya styled hymns, but I guess I'm just a bigot, eh?


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 17:35
 
 Stefen wrote:
Was this the group with Paul
 
yep

and the most awesome lifesavers commercial ever!


Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 17:34
 
Was this the group with Paul

yodasan_magoo
Posted: May 14, 2010 - 04:59
 
Oh come on.  I have heard more annoying songs on RP, but there is nothing likable or interesting about this song.  Lets keep it real.

Fredrikson
(Stockholm)
Posted: May 14, 2010 - 04:50
 
 j2e1n9 wrote:
Ladysmith Black Mambazo? Like, from Mean Girls? LMAO! Had no idea that was a real band.
 
Haha! Great comment.

Song is bad btw.


suebee3
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 10:12
 

make it stop!



jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 10:12
 
 CaptTofu wrote:
This is torture. But you better not say anything, the PC police will call you an asshole.
 
You asked for it - ASSHOLE

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 10:11
 
 j2e1n9 wrote:
Ladysmith Black Mambazo? Like, from Mean Girls? LMAO! Had no idea that was a real band.
 
Oh dear.  Please read some history about the South African struggle to throw off Apartheid. And listen to some old Paul Simon cds.

CaptTofu
(Wilton, New Hampshire)
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 10:11
 
This is torture. But you better not say anything, the PC police will call you an asshole.

j2e1n9
(23221)
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 10:10
 
Ladysmith Black Mambazo? Like, from Mean Girls? LMAO! Had no idea that was a real band.

Byronape
(Purgatory)
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 10:08
 
 cattail321 wrote:
.....and how many CD's do you have out asshole????{#Clap} Hippostar wrote:

Well put.

 
 

Well that was a little excessive.  Get defensive much?


TwinEngine
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 19:28
 
Saw these guys on Austin City Limits.  I find the vocalizing of the lead guy, the elder, intrusive and not particularly enjoyable. I think they have great potential and to this Westerner, Simon helped bring it out.

cattail321
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 19:28
 
.....and how many CD's do you have out asshole????{#Clap} Hippostar wrote:

Well put.

 



crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 19:24
 
 bindi wrote:
does this song ever end?
 
I don't see land yet. I think I'm getting scurvy.


bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 19:23
 
does this song ever end?

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 12:59
 
 AndyFarang wrote:
One wonders if this would have so much airplay if the singers were from a different race....?

Wake me up when its stopped. Cheers.
 
I look forward to you waking up.


AndyFarang
(Bangkok)
Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 06:37
 
One wonders if this would have so much airplay if the singers were from a different race....?

Wake me up when its stopped. Cheers.

Xeric
(Montana)
Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 19:55
 
Very long. 

Very, very long.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 19:51
 


very cool...



TimeWaster
(The lower of the two Dakotas)
Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 11:12
 
This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive. This song is so repetitive.

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 11:10
 
 Rotterdam wrote:


Sorry for you that you feel this way. I think this is heavenly, wonderful music.
 
Quite

I'm sure that Dutch would sound like mindless drivel to native south african speakers. 

Rotterdam
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 01:59
 
 mamerjamer wrote:
There is a Paul Simon song that has some of this same kind of African harmony in it, and I find that one very enjoyable.  But this song is a heart attack inducer.  If there was a window in my room, I would jump out of it.  In other words, YUCK!!  I can't stand this freakin' worthless drivel!

 

Sorry for you that you feel this way. I think this is heavenly, wonderful music.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 12:45
 
 lmic wrote:
Ironically, now that Paul Simon has opened my mind to these rhythms, I would way rather hear the originals than Graceland. (Thanks and also sorry, Paul :)
 
i wonder how many westerners would have any idea who these guys were without the Graceland album?

agree with your sentiment too.  LBMs work seems a lot more timeless to me.


Bridieboo
(Halifax, NS)
Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 12:45
 
Much love. Also lovely is Black Umfolosi - they're amazing.

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 12:42
 
This is a first time I heard a song about a 60's - 70's motocross bike from Czechoslovakia. {#Mrgreen}
http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/CZ%20Bikes/CZ%20Index.htm
It's the best one I've heard.


lmic
(Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind)
Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 12:41
 
Ironically, now that Paul Simon has opened my mind to these rhythms, I would way rather hear the originals than Graceland. (Thanks and also sorry, Paul :)

Oscar_the_Grouch
(In my trash can)
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 12:03
 
 mamerjamer wrote:
If there was a window in my room, I would jump out of it.

  Please do so. Yet another example of why stupid people should not be allowed to breed.



contractor07
(Ann Arbor Michigan)
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 12:03
 
BRUTAL

jlind
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 12:00
 
Please make it stop :(

lovemydog
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 11:57
 
 mamerjamer wrote:
There is a Paul Simon song that has some of this same kind of African harmony in it, and I find that one very enjoyable.  But this song is a heart attack inducer.  If there was a window in my room, I would jump out of it.  In other words, YUCK!!  I can't stand this freakin' worthless drivel!

 
I thought this was "Homeless" by Paul Simon with Ladysmith. I still kind of wish it was that song, but I like their sound.


Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 11:57
 
I'm surprised by the negative comments.  I like it; it's different to my Western ears.

crockydile
(The swamps of Houston)
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 11:57
 
 mamerjamer wrote:
There is a Paul Simon song that has some of this same kind of African harmony in it, and I find that one very enjoyable.  But this song is a heart attack inducer.  If there was a window in my room, I would jump out of it.  In other words, YUCK!!  I can't stand this freakin' worthless drivel!

 
Use MUTE instead. It's less messy and you won't leave a hole in the social fabric. {#Sunny}

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 11:57
 
 mamerjamer wrote:
There is a Paul Simon song that has some of this same kind of African harmony in it, and I find that one very enjoyable.  But this song is a heart attack inducer.  If there was a window in my room, I would jump out of it.  In other words, YUCK!!  I can't stand this freakin' worthless drivel!

 
Then defenestration becomes you...


derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 11:55
 
Funny, as this is the exact same group (Ladyblacksmith) that Paul used. Ah well...

 mamerjamer wrote:
There is a Paul Simon song that has some of this same kind of African harmony in it, and I find that one very enjoyable.  But this song is a heart attack inducer.  If there was a window in my room, I would jump out of it.  In other words, YUCK!!  I can't stand this freakin' worthless drivel!

 



mamerjamer
Posted: Jul 02, 2009 - 18:20
 
There is a Paul Simon song that has some of this same kind of African harmony in it, and I find that one very enjoyable.  But this song is a heart attack inducer.  If there was a window in my room, I would jump out of it.  In other words, YUCK!!  I can't stand this freakin' worthless drivel!


orthomd
(scottsdale, arizona)
Posted: May 31, 2009 - 22:33
 
PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!!{#Frustrated}