lol wow.
― tylerw, Monday, 5 March 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't know Juno Lewis was the one who introduced him. Only other mention of him I've seen is his Coltrane collaboration, "Kulu Se Mama."
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Monday, 5 March 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
him = them
I've been given as a gift (!) Vol 2 of the Wrasse records boxsets (mentioned above). It includes the following albums, mostly doubled up 2-per-CD: Monkey BananaExcuse OEverything ScatterNoise For Vendor MouthTeacher Don't Teach Me NonsenseKoola Lobitos 64-68The '69 LA SessionsRoforofo FightThe Fela SinglesConfusionGentlemanShakaraFela's London SceneExpensive ShitHe Miss RoadStalemateFear Not For Man
I only have a passing knowledge of Fela and am enjoying digging into this. "Expensive Shit" is on right now - wonderful.
― Duke, Sunday, 1 April 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
expensive shit/he miss road are his two greatest LPs IMHO, closely followed by the Ginger Baker album
― Nascar Pony (stevie), Monday, 2 April 2012 06:47 (eleven years ago) link
hoping E3 continues his liveblog thru Fela's discography
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
nascar pony 100% OTM.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
I will probably stan harder for No Agreement, but I love He Miss Road and Expensive Shit lots!
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
nonono my name is STEVIE
― Nascar Pony (stevie), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
and thank you
yeah I guess I should catch you guys up huh
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
I just dig readin about it, man
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
Laurie & I saw Seun a couple of weeks ago and it was really really good even though he was a bit sick from the brutal NW weather
that guy playing the shaker gourd was killin it
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
new Fela live album 3xCD is awesome-- not prime era material, it's all late 80s era, but still fantastic and fun
― ilxor, Sunday, 29 April 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
Wrasse are finally releasing the second vinyl box set in a few weeks time..
Curated by Ginger Baker, it will include...
Live With Ginger Baker (1971)Roforofo Fight (1972)Confusion (1974)Alagbon Close (1974)He Miss Road (1975)Na Poi (1976)
looking forward to finally getting some of these on vinyl without paying stupid prices...
― Talcum Mucker, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
Ginger Baker record is killer
― chicago rap twitter luminary (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
^^
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
There's this weird doc streaming on Netflix right now called Ginger Baker in Africa.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
contains my three favourite fela albums - live with ginger baker, he miss road and na poi. i hope they release them separately too so i can get alagbon close.
i have the ginger baker in africa dvd. it's ok, if a little on the short side.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
Confusion is such a monster
― rob, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
the Ginger Baker in Africa DVD is worthwhile for the Fela footage alone, but its the live snippet of Segun Bucknor's Sweet Things that makes the film for me... They must have shot loads more footage of those live performances - wonder what happened to it all...
― Talcum Mucker, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
Segun Bucknor is so under-rated...
yeah that doc is great. is that the one that has the cartoon bit of Ginger traipsing around the continent? very lol
and yeah Segun Bucknor sequence is o_0
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
segun bucknor is wonderful!
― Trad., Arrrgh (stevie), Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctyXw5qgNLo
― pfunky boyster (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 08:59 (ten years ago) link
first real pang of regret that I never ended up moving to Chicago...
― pfunky boyster (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 09:00 (ten years ago) link
So guess who's arrived on Bandcamp.
http://felakuti.bandcamp.com/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 January 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
This is absolutely awesome
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 25 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
Otm!!!!!!!!
― stop ingesting (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 26 January 2014 09:29 (ten years ago) link
wow
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 January 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
Six individual vinyl LPs to be released on 1 September 2014
* Fela With Ginger Baker Live!* Confusion* Expensive Shit* He Miss Road* Sorrow Tears & Blood* Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 09:17 (nine years ago) link
not going to lie, would love to have live!, he miss road and expensive shit on vinyl...
― a biscuit/donut hybrid called “bisnuts” (stevie), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 09:22 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGBu6F9UUAAA63Z.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
No be story o
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:02 (five years ago) link
E no be story?
At all, very very at all.
man fela gets me so amped up i feel like i can conquer the world when i listen to him
― marcos, Friday, 4 May 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
Kind of fell down a fela youtube/spotify hole last night after discovering this beautifully shot footage of Africa 70 live --there's not much of that out there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz2jXHKa7TY
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 4 May 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
as posted by Ward Fowler on the King Sunny Adé thread:
Fela documentary on BBC2 today:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pr2n
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 November 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
(starts two hours from now)
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 November 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
That was a fine documentary. It is now on yt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbOXDCqbPZo
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 26 November 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
yesterday it still was, sorry.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 26 November 2020 14:31 (three years ago) link
been starting to go through uh... possibly every fela record, we'll see. early verdict roforofo fight is one of the best albums i've ever heard
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 11 June 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
he has a lot of best albums ever
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 11 June 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am is the best song I've ever heard on the best album I've ever heard
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 11 June 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
Open and Close is still my favorite but there are so many good ones. Confusion/Gentleman definitely up there for me.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 11 June 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
I have discovered recently that "Expensive Shit" / "Water No Get Enemy" is great music for running... A side makes me go fast fast fast, B side nice and slow coming home
― daily growing, Friday, 11 June 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
In general I'm not a fan of super-long intros, but I make an exception for "Confusion"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 11 June 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
The Confusion/Gentleman twofer CD was my fave during my peak Fela obsession (I also enjoyed reading Michael Veal's book on him at that time), but everything named in the revive is great and Moodles is otm. I also loved "Lady" off of Shakara though, uh, I do not endorse the lyrics lol
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Friday, 11 June 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link