Quote:
Originally Posted by Anteater
Ofege - Try and Love
A fairly busy sounding African funk experience, which swings between working well ('It Ain't Easy') and just being "meh" (the wah-wahs don't mix well with the drums on 'Nobody Fails') depending on the song. As others have pointed out, the guitar work is generally fantastic and the overall atmosphere is pretty nice...like a more chilled out Fela Kuti.
What surprised me the most is how everything is sung in English, which isn't a bad thing but I'm guessing that means these guys were shooting for an international audience at one point. Like if you go back to the early 70's and look at the R&b/soul/funk coming out of Hungary or parts of Indonesia very little of it was sung in English. It works in this case, but I still found it interesting.
6 out of 10
|
They are not from Hungary or Indonesia, they're from Nigeria. The official language of Hungary is Hungarian, the official language of Indonesia is Indonesian. The official langue of Nigeria is (wait for it) ... English. There is over 500 languages spoken in Nigeria. Many Nigerians speak two languages, their native language and English, which is used as a
lingua franca. Today there are 60,000,000 English speaking people in Nigeria. I am surprised that you are surprised that they sung in English.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
|
"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº?
“I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac.
“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle.
"If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon
"I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards