with respect to vary opinions , i thank God that i am from the yoruba tribe cause it makes me feel this music in a way a non yoruba will never come close. tiwan tiwa
Igo Chico on tenor sax solo. The best Nigerian saxophonist that time. But fela maltreated him badly. And the guy died poorly. Not only him. Henry Kofi too and others.
can someone pleeeeze translate. Fela is unbelievable. there is so much going on instrumentally on this track, but that bass is unrelenting. The way that bass guitar fades in and out, allowing the other instruments some of the spotlight, yet it maintains throughout, as if to say "I got this, you other instruments can exhale for a bit" ....if fela doesn't make you move go have a doctor check your pulse.
This song is really interesting because if you listen close enough, you can hear "swegbe and pako". this song might have been what he was thinking of when composing swegbe and pako.
Isn't it remarkable, Fela's gradual abandonment of Yoruba for pidgin in his vocalling? Early on, when he still saw himself as catering only to the Lagos crowd sans politics, it was Yoruba all the way, in Fela's unique blend of Egba Yoruba with smatterings of Ibadan and Eko lingo; and then boom, it was all pidgin. Politics wasn't quite the sole cause; he had begun singing in pidgin as early as 1971-73 ("Na Poi"; "Lady/Shakara". By 1974, after "Kalakuta" and politics, it was pidgin all the way.
@sergeigen1 saludos desde México , fela tenia el talento y sentimiento , una cosa es k lo token y otra cosa k transmitan ................ Fela es Energia , vida y talento
