Played Jorge doing "Taj Mahal" on the Spotify playlist at my wedding reception this past weekend....It made me very happy
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
Congrats.
― austinato (Austin), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 13:49 (nine years ago) link
Which version?
― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
I recall grabbing a short one from a comp I think
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 July 2014 04:33 (nine years ago) link
man that doesnt help there are like 5 versions of taj mahal
― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Thursday, 10 July 2014 04:49 (nine years ago) link
does it start with 4 on the floor and a horn section and some cuica?
― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Thursday, 10 July 2014 04:51 (nine years ago) link
chill out dude's on his honeymoon
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 10 July 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
actually it's really crucial and time sensitive that we know exactly which version he played. curmudgeon?
― J. Sam, Thursday, 10 July 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
JORGE BEN IS RLY IMPT TO ME
― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Thursday, 10 July 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
Bear up, m bison
― Don't Want To Know If Only You Were Lonely (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 July 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
good drunk song
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 11 July 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
Back in stock for $13.99 + postage:https://www.dustygroove.com/item/700774
(along with a few other great JBJ titles)
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 24 July 2014 13:23 (nine years ago) link
thanks
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 24 July 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
Those Dusty Groove reissues that were listed for August no longer show up in search results on the site.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 06:07 (nine years ago) link
Sorry. Maybe they'll get more back in soon (Japanese editions). Glad I jumped on and bought Africa Brasil while it was available.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
Back when I covered Luaka Bop's 21rst Anniversary collection, I started off by thinking out loud about this Ben song, one of my all-time faves by anybody anywhere; any comments on its (and his) back story etc. would be welcome:
Is "Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)" really about where slavesarrived in Brazil? Or did I just expand a mental legend over theyears, trying to explain and contain the unsettling, unsettled poiseand expanse of Jorge Ben's rolling, grinding samba soul classic?Literally, it's about soccer, but the key line "um ponta de lan aAfricano" doesn't match the title ("Point of the African Lance",ouch!), and the line's translation---"an African point man" (also "Umponta de lan a decidio", " A man whose mind is made up")—is prettypointed too. Word to Brazil's 60s junta, and to its polite society,which has long tended to insist that Brazilians aren't hung up onrace. But it sounds like big Ben's got all of the above and somethingelse on his mind, that he's listening to, listening for. Sounds likehe's still listening.The restless example of Ben (who could have played it safe, withrespectably salt-of-the-earth pop star status established early)further schooled Beleza Tropical, the reputation-making debut releaseon Luaka Bop, the New York City label founded by David Byrne in 1988Beleza… arrived like a ship from post-bossa nova Brazil, mostly filledwith discreetly fabulous and accomplished descendants of thetale-telling, refugee gamesters in Boccaccio's Decameron. The crew ofBeleza… can mostly be ID'd as members and fellow travelers of the '60sTropicalia movement, who had been exiled or isolated because of yadda yadda; he's the point man get it.
― dow, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
this album! begins with one of the absolutest most alltime-enest jams ever.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
wow yeah that slays! never heard this record before
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
Taj Mahal later recorded a song called "Jorge Ben." True!― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, February 10, 2003 1:45 PM (eighteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, February 10, 2003 1:45 PM (eighteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
This is cracking me up.
I just got the s/t from 1969 after having it on mp3 on an old ipod for years and remembered it's one of my favorite albums ever. Just gorgeous. I used to listen to it on the beach over the summer with my wife's family. Like a salve on a hot day.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Monday, 10 May 2021 23:39 (three years ago) link
https://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
The Gil e Jorge album is just the perfect album to groove to and get lost in on the weekend.
― glumdalclitch, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 00:15 (three years ago) link
been playing a lot of negro é lindo lately, what an album closer "palomaris" is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lriSjRl77A
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 03:28 (three years ago) link
xp lol at Taj Mahal "Jorge Ben." All the albums mentioned in this revive are fantastic. I'll add one that I don't see discussed much: 10 Anos Depois (1973), which is a series of medleys of his best-known material from the first 10 years of his career, all performed in the early 70s style of the Ben and A Tábua de Esmeralda albums. Basically Jorge Ben megamix, a non-stop samba-rock party
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 11:57 (three years ago) link
I know a bunch of his albums but not Negro e Lindo. I'll give it a listen this week.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 12:11 (three years ago) link
that’s a good oneforça bruta is incredible
― brimstead, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
I listened to Negro e Lindo while on the beach a couple of weeks ago. Perfect music for cooling off while baking in the hot sun.
― Captain Beefart (PBKR), Monday, 16 August 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
I'd say Solta o Pavão is the most slept-on classic Ben album of at least several.
― Dexter Holland's Opus (Deflatormouse), Monday, 16 August 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
negro e lindo is the one from his ultra classic run that i've yet to add to my collection proper. the muhammad ali tribute is alltime.
i heard solta o pavão in passing once and when i was told what it was it just seemed like, "yeah this is predictably badass in that case." still haven't procured a copy of it, for whatever reason.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Monday, 16 August 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
i love jorge ben so much, i would fall to pieces if i ever saw him perform live
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 16 August 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
I saw him live in London in the early 00s. A few times he did that medley thing where he appeared to think 'yeah I can chalk off a few favourites here', which to me sounded a bit cheesy and 'Las Vegas years'. But he was charming and it was of course amazing to see this icon on stage.
― giraffe, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 07:48 (two years ago) link
A few times he did that medley thing where he appeared to think 'yeah I can chalk off a few favourites here', which to me sounded a bit cheesy and 'Las Vegas years'.
That's a pretty good summary of the entire "10 Anos Depois" album. I thought it'd be fun too have all the jams on 1 record, but they don't do justice to the originals at all.
(for my money, Força Bruta is peak JB)
― enochroot, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 08:44 (two years ago) link
The hits set his audience want to hear [or what he thinks they want to hear] and the golden period in the late 60s/early 70s including Força Bruta, the self-titled one, A Tabua de Esmeralda, Solta.., etc seem to be two different worlds.
― giraffe, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 09:30 (two years ago) link
― brimstead, Friday, 20 August 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
― Dexter Holland's Opus (Deflatormouse),
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 16 January 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link
its got some heaters for sure, "cuidado com o bulldog", "para ouvir no radio", "dorothy" top my list
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 16 January 2022 17:52 (two years ago) link
Never even heard of that one! Will have to give it a spin soon.
― Little Big Man Yells at Red Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 April 2023 13:32 (one year ago) link