RIP...read her autobiography a few years ago, she lead an amazing life. my favourite album of hers is "a promise".b, 21b, 21"We Got to Make It"b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21"Quit It"b, 21b, 21b, 21"Samba"b, 21
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21wowb, 21b, 21I saw her live in Rochester w/ Hugh Masekela back in the day.b, 21b, 21Rest In Peace. b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21I was there! b, 21Drove all the way from Syracuse. b, 21Couldn't believe she was back in the states. b, 21b, 21RIP b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21What year Laserwolf? 87/88?
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21wowb, 21b, 21I saw her live in Rochester w/ Hugh Masekela back in the day.b, 21b, 21Rest In Peace. b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21I was there! b, 21Drove all the way from Syracuse. b, 21Couldn't believe she was back in the states. b, 21b, 21RIP b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21What year Laserwolf? 87/88? b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21Yeap. I was living is Syracuse then. I thought the show was low key, mellow.
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21wowb, 21b, 21I saw her live in Rochester w/ Hugh Masekela back in the day.b, 21b, 21Rest In Peace. b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21I was there! b, 21Drove all the way from Syracuse. b, 21Couldn't believe she was back in the states. b, 21b, 21RIP b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21What year Laserwolf? 87/88? b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21Yeap. I was living is Syracuse then. I thought the show was low key, mellow. b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21I came up w/ a handful of folks from Alfred Univ. An older mentor brought us up there to catch it. I had fun.
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21Damn...Pata Pata is my shit. RIP... b, 21b, 21h, 21
img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21 b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21Those opening keys have not been sampled?b, 21b, 21I don't understand sampling. b, 21I would think those opening piano chords would be great to sample. b, 21Likewise the Capitols Cool Jerk piano intro.
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21Damn...Pata Pata is my shit. RIP... b, 21b, 21h, 21
img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21 b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21I like that song, too.b, 21b, 21Any of you b, 21who have seen her live b, 21in the last 20 years or so - b, 21did she still do that song?b, 21b, 21I remember reading somewhere b, 21that Makeba was slightly embarrassed b, 21by that tune...here she had all these b, 21other socially significant songs in her b, 21repertoire, yet her sole American hit b, 21single was with "Pata Pata," which was b, 21merely a dance song. b, 21(A damned good one, though...b, 21I think I'm gonna play that one rat now! b, 21Rest in peace...)
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21Damn...Pata Pata is my shit. RIP... b, 21b, 21h, 21
img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21 b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21I like that song, too.b, 21b, 21Any of you b, 21who have seen her live b, 21in the last 20 years or so - b, 21did she still do that song?b, 21b, 21I remember reading somewhere b, 21that Makeba was slightly embarrassed b, 21by that tune...here she had all these b, 21other socially significant songs in her b, 21repertoire, yet her sole American hit b, 21single was with "Pata Pata," which was b, 21merely a dance song. b, 21(A damned good one, though...b, 21I think I'm gonna play that one rat now! b, 21Rest in peace...) b, 21b, 21h, 21b, 21b, 21When people were showing up for the one song was a short period I think. b, 21b, 21By the time I saw her in the late 80s she was glad to be known, and the people who knew her knew more than one 20 year old hit. b, 21b, 21She did that song, and also did a gum shoe dance.
Quote:/font1h, 21b, 21Beautiful music... Rest in Power. b, 21b, 21LaserWolf - more music pleeassseeeeee.b, 21b, 21Quit It & Samba have been on repeat since yesterday. b, 21b, 21h, 21
b, 21b, 21Thanks to fishmonger for posting those. b, 21b, 21I think Promise was a 80s lp. Not released in the US, but imported from France in good enough numbers that it can be found.
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