I'm sure you all know and love Fela, but if you don't you have to check him out. Here are some of my favourites from the legend.
Fela Kuti - Lady - Shakara - 1971
Fela Kuti - Who Are You - London Scene - 1972
Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy - Expensive Shit - 1975
Fela Kuti - Yellow Fever - Yellow Fever - 1976
nice post, can't beat a bit of Fela or Afrobeat for that matter. Water No Get Enemy is one of my fave tracks of all time - pure genius. If you have'nt already got it I suggest checking out 'Sound Affects Africa' for some lovely Afrobeat sounds. I did a post of a track way back in May.
ReplyDeleteGrooveSelection!!!
ReplyDeleteGP,with those rebellious lp covers,the stirring
ReplyDeletecut and thrust of his music,you have provided an atmosphere into the world of the mighty fela,thank you.
A LEGEND.
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ReplyDeleteCrybo - I haven't heard that - will look it up.
You just gotta love Fela.
A good friend of mine is in Nigeria right now and just went to...
"Kalakuta!... which turns out to be really close to where I live. Fela's youngest son, Seun, still stays in the house and he's just released his first album, which sounds very much like Fela. So he played it for us and some old Fela. The place looks like a rundown hippie commune and ganja smoke is thick everywhere, but somehow its cosy. So we shared a plate of plantain and beans and Seun translated some of the lyrics to Fela songs that never made it onto released tracks but everyone could sing along to at the shrine."
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ReplyDeleteJust checking the Fela business, rerminds me of my wicked sunday I just had at the Dingwalls reunion party with Patrick Forge & the mighty Giles Peterson at Camden Lock, London. 1 year on since the last one & boy I can tell you the people went mad for Fela's Water No Get Enemy!! Mad party, met the legendary Keb Darge who unknown to me my friend had known for about 20years, one of the best Sundays I have ever had!! Wicked!
Peace