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I'm working today and no one

ocean-kat — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:35:47 +0000

I'm working today and no one is showing up. So I decided to look it up and what I found seemed interesting enough to share. Glad you thought so too.

eta: This is one of the reasons I love the internet. If I get curious about anything I can find the information and likely even a relatively obscure video in a few minutes. If I had researched this 15 years ago it would have taken a lot of time and effort, if I could have found it at all. Amazing!

so awesome, thanks for

artappraiser — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:02:09 +0000

In reply to "Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was

so awesome, thanks for sharing it, knew there as a source piece but never heard it before.

"Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was

ocean-kat — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:16:28 +0000

In reply to I'd be careful with the

"Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was written in the 1920s, by Solomon Linda, a South African singer of Zulu origin, who later worked for the Gallo Record Company in Johannesburg as a cleaner and record packer. He spent his weekends performing with the Evening Birds, a musical ensemble, and it was at Gallo Records, under the direction of producer Griffiths Motsieloa, that Linda and his fellow musicians recorded several songs including "Mbube," which incorporated a call-response pattern common among many Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups, including the Zulu.

According to journalist Rian Malan:

"Mbube" wasn't the most remarkable tune, but there was something compelling about the underlying chant, a dense meshing of low male voices above which Solomon yodelled and howled for two exhilarating minutes, improvising occasionally. The third take was the best, achieving immortality when Solly took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and improvised the melody that the world now associates with these words:

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.[1]

Technically "earwigs", not

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:04:00 +0000

In reply to sorry I forgot the ear worm

Technically "earwigs", not that I've seen a worm wear a wig.
Are you sure that video was appropriate? not that I want to doubt you...

sorry I forgot the ear worm

artappraiser — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 22:54:49 +0000

In reply to I'd be careful with the

sorry I forgot the ear worm warning, but you're the one who brought the meme up.

I'd be careful with the

artappraiser — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 22:43:13 +0000

In reply to But this is about *ME*, not

I'd be careful with the appropriating from the Disney appropriation from the Beach Boys' appropriation from The Tokens' Brooklyn doo wop appropriation of south African culture if I were you.

But this is about ME, not

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 21:44:06 +0000

In reply to that's okay, we've waited a

But this is about *ME*, not blight or Blighty. Blight lights, blight city...the lion sleeps to-blight...

that's okay, we've waited a

artappraiser — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 21:22:41 +0000

In reply to aargh again, my slovenly

that's okay, we've waited a long time to solve the urban blight thing, we can wait a little longer

aargh again, my slovenly

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 20:33:58 +0000

In reply to You are really good at this,

aargh again, my slovenly urban-chic rejoinder got shit-canned through some glitch or wormhole in cybertools, can't even coin an expression now, much less tackle the underbelly of urban blight.

You are really good at this,

artappraiser — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 18:19:02 +0000

In reply to Oh my, they took the sleaze

You are really good at this, I'm impressed. You've convinced me that there are definitely all kinds of intriguing links here with #Metoo.

oh and metro-slobs : excellent coinage!