Konono "Congotronics" or Fela Kuti "Roforofo Fight" - which one would you buy if you could afford only one?

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That said Agharta/Pangaea >>>>>>>>> everything else mentioned on this thread.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link

it wasn't really a comparison, it was a personal opinion. fela is maybe my favorite artist these days, though miles is in the running.

gear (gear), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I guess with all three I'm more a fan of the band and their direction than with their playing (although I like JB's vocals a lot more than Miles' trumpet playing!).

Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I can see sort of a connection between Miles Davis's 70s stuff and Fela.

Miles probably made more exciting, interesting and varied music in the 70s alone than either JB or Fela did in their entire careers, but JB like changed music man! No JB = no 70s Miles and possibly no Fela too.

Right now I'm probably more inclined to throw on a Fela record than a James Brown record, but that's just because I kind of played him out in college.

A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 23:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Either the Godfather or Fela Ransome are equally likely to be bumped at my place...although, if I pass the bar exam (results on Friday), Fela is more likely to be played at ungodly loud volumes.

If not, I will be going to sleep. After consuming A LOT of alcohol.

B.L.A.M. (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 23:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Fela of course, Orientalism/whatever debates aside

braveclub's idea is brilliant, by the way, but I think Fela can soundtrack a mean cleaning too

Roque Strew (RoqueStrew), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 02:38 (seventeen years ago) link

gear, dont be an idiot and compare james brown and fela. seriously. stop faking the funk.

chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Why not compare? James was a key influence on Fela, and Fela took the baton and ran with it.

I'd rather listen to Fela over James. No question.

EZ Snappin (EZSnappin), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 03:22 (seventeen years ago) link

because its silly. mad respect goes to both of them.

chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 05:03 (seventeen years ago) link

OTM.

Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 05:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I think it is just autocratic mid-70s drug addled band leader thing.
This transports me at the CIA cafeteria in 1975. Not that I've ever been

I maen srsly (blunt), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 07:06 (seventeen years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

have no idea what it means but the "impossible, impossibility, impossibilityism, impossibilityismalogy, impossibilityismalogicalization" part in go slow is one of my favorite things of the history of recorded music

the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 1 August 2020 01:00 (three years ago) link

hey 2006 ilm I need to tick off “Africa” for my collection but I’m only getting 1 of these 2 records in totally different styles from different parts of the continent plz give me your most confidently wrong opinions thx

the state is bad (Left), Saturday, 1 August 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link

oh shit here comes Left!

the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 1 August 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link

Right did something Wrong 13 years ago and Left is here to let Us know about it!

the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 1 August 2020 03:11 (three years ago) link

did lol at this:

(like most things these days) ridiculously over-rated by folks who don't really know much about what does or does not suck.

Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 1 August 2020 10:56 (three years ago) link

serious take: 1st congotronics album is actually pretty underrated at this point

the state is bad (Left), Saturday, 1 August 2020 12:36 (three years ago) link

Both good albums. More interesting takeaway: the idea of "affording" an album has become outdated in less than a decade.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 1 August 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link

Konono was such a great live show, love that album

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 1 August 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link

it was one of the loudest live shows i've ever been at!

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 1 August 2020 22:52 (three years ago) link

Yeh, the Konono live tour in summer of 2006 was unbelievable, won free tickets to see them in Cleveland, and it was just an enormous hours-long party.

blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link

anybody in this thread have opinions on the new duma record

Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 2 August 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link

Listening to 'Konono meets Batida' today and it is dope imo.

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 3 August 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link


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