tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post4647480858687826917..comments2024-01-16T08:38:37.343-08:00Comments on worldservice: BablaWrldServhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11086024409769016464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-46285276638608224732015-06-18T14:12:01.291-07:002015-06-18T14:12:01.291-07:00I know this post was posted almost five years ago....I know this post was posted almost five years ago. The melody or beats so to speak I was told were Ahmed Kipande's of Kilwa Jazz band. Please follow this link to listen for yourself how similar Kilwa Jazz's "Napenda nipate lau nafasi" Song with Tabu Ley's Mokolo Nakokufa.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKM4VNk1aD0<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F_n4O78wgU<br /><br />Regardless of owns the original beats both songs are fantastic, Love them both even though I know nothing about Lingala!Janunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-19336343398629994782010-10-07T05:12:20.317-07:002010-10-07T05:12:20.317-07:00I love the album "Mokitano Ya Wendo. (Sonafri...I love the album "Mokitano Ya Wendo. (Sonafric SAF 50.002)"<br />Thank you so much!<br /><br />I have tried to find out when the album was recorded without any luck.<br />Can anyone help?LeFranckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693229639337655607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-88784004934172804802010-05-01T09:01:48.144-07:002010-05-01T09:01:48.144-07:00Added note re:
"earned Tabu Ley his first go...Added note re: <br />"earned Tabu Ley his first golden disc for more than a million copies sold"<br /> <br />I copied this info from Mpisi's book. However, over a million singles sold seems very unlikely. It must have been much less. <br /><br />Also, the number of sales required to get a golden disc depends on the country. In the US and France you need to sell 500.000 singles but in a place like Finland only 5.000. Don't know what the criteria were in Congo in the 60s.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-39548770610670828512010-05-01T07:33:53.327-07:002010-05-01T07:33:53.327-07:00"Babla" is a great song. The cat. #, ELG..."Babla" is a great song. The cat. #, ELG 06, indicates it was released on Editions Elengi, a Kenyan label for Zairean music in the 70s: <br />http://www.kentanzavinyl.com/Site/EDITIONS_ELENGI.html <br /><br />In 1979, Mangwana re-recorded "Babla" with the African All Stars. He renamed it "Bambara". See # 70: http://www.cultures.dk/sam/_private/sam/disco03.htm <br /><br />As for "Mokolo Nakokufa", I'm not crazy about Sam's la bamba version. The western-style backing band must be the Black Devils.<br /><br />On YouTube I found the original version of "Mokolo Nakokufa" by Tabu Ley & Fiesta 66: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysHDF1Oywek <br />I think this clip was filmed in 2006, 40 years after the song was released.<br /><br />"Mokolo Nakokufa" came out in 1966 on Editions Flash (#12) and earned Tabu Ley his first golden disc for more than a million copies sold. But did Tabu Ley really write those words? It's a public secret that Tabu Ley put his name on many songs that were actually written by others.<br /><br />Mpisi suggests in his biography of Tabu Ley that the public hanging of four political adversaries by Mobutu on June 2, 1966, might have been the inspiration for the song. I doubt it. <br /><br />Nor do I believe that Wendo wrote the lyrics of "Mokolo Nakokufa" (although he might have been involved in music part). As you point out, the lyrics are too "intellectualistic" for somebody like Wendo.<br /><br />So, who was the "parolier" of "Mokolo Nakokufa"? I believe it was the late great Max Mongali: http://www.congolite.ca/music3.htmPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-71702305832705521992010-04-30T00:17:10.878-07:002010-04-30T00:17:10.878-07:00Just marvelous! Too nice!! Have been waiting for i...Just marvelous! Too nice!! Have been waiting for it for a long time. Thank you very much.jojinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-75885911026546543002010-04-26T07:46:10.545-07:002010-04-26T07:46:10.545-07:00Furaha tupu : umetimiza ahadi yako. Baada ya muda ...Furaha tupu : umetimiza ahadi yako. Baada ya muda mrefu... Shukrani tu! Melesi mingi!! Asante sana. Nitarudi kwako baadaye.jojinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-44205765340432244392010-04-26T07:44:37.977-07:002010-04-26T07:44:37.977-07:00Furaha tupu : umetimiza ahadi yako. Baada ya muda ...Furaha tupu : umetimiza ahadi yako. Baada ya muda mrefu... Shukrani tu! Melesi mingi!! Asante sana. Nitarudi kwako baadaye.jojinoreply@blogger.com