I have a fond memory of a time I spent in Sweden back in 2005. I had run out of money one night before my flight back to England, forcing me to spend a night on the streets of Stockholm in -15 degs c weather. Part of the reason I had run out of money is that several days before I had bought two Fela CD's to play on my cdman. At first I tried to stay inside the expansive building of T Centralen where my train the next afternoon would take me to the airport. However at 11pm I and many others, travelers and legit homeless were pushed out into the snow by Police. Closed till morning. The homeless people left the area quickly leaving just a young African man and myself wondering what to do. We struck up a conversation in regards to our situation. I was in inadequate clothing for the weather and he in a worse situation. He had only that afternoon arrived at the airport from Nigeria to stay with his cousin. From the airport he rang his cousin to be told. 'Get a train into the city and I'll meet you in the morning.' So here he was in a tracksuit and trainers fresh from the heat of another continent and the prospect of spending the night on the frozen streets. We decided to move out of the wind and did so as best we could. In the lea I produced my cdman and showed him the CD's I had. He was delighted to find Fela among my selection. We then spent the next four hours dancing to keep warm sharing an earbud each, connected awkwardly by the wire. He tried to teach me how to do some Afrobeat steps and together we passed the hours until a bus station across the road open at around 4am. Inside the warmth we drank coffee and chatted more until around 6am I went to wait for my train to the airport and he went off to meet up with his cousin. I have forgotten his name at this point. Yet I think I shall always remember till my dying day the cold, cold night I danced to Fela's wonderful Afrobeat to stay warm with the Nigerian stranger who may have been one of the nicest people I ever met. :)
@189hosp6
Жыл бұрын
One of those rare encounters that leaves life’s indelible mark. Expatiate on this interesting encounter with before and after short story… it makes for good reading.
@QueenHavilah
5 ай бұрын
How I want take read this long thing now 😂😂😂
@mikaelwamankwemrsomethingn3190
4 ай бұрын
Wow..I hope that Afro Nigerian man comes across your comment.And you guys hook up if God still has given you days of life
@kenyanana
2 ай бұрын
I'm sure he will never forget you and your kindness ✨️
@kingplayze914
23 күн бұрын
Classic solo traveller story.
@Letseatdinner
8 ай бұрын
Im a 23 year old Armenian from Virginia Usa and this music touches me down to my ancestral spirits. It brings me away from the southern hillbilly society that i feel i dont belong to and reconnects me with my heavily cultured roots and energies. The world is a happy place which, despite all our pain, is abundant with life.
@gabussy8971
5 ай бұрын
Barev dzees
@kylereese4542
5 ай бұрын
You're a hillbilly. Embrace it while the Africans embrace our own.
@1Pasha1492
4 ай бұрын
👁️ MO AB 🗽🌏 ALL Moorish 👁️🌏 ASIA 🌏 ASIATICS 🌍 Inheritance 🧠 Birth right 👁️
@chrisevans8694
4 ай бұрын
Western part of Virginia... I was there too.... TAZEWELL....and such...beautiful place,but....people....eĥhhhhhh Hope all remains well❤❤
@kylereese4542
4 ай бұрын
@@1Pasha1492 nutcase much 🤓
@alexanderrodrigo7594
Жыл бұрын
Nigerians are still suffering and smiling Fela was a prophet
@patriceesela5000
Жыл бұрын
The whole of Africa still does, unfortunately
@michaelbentley5028
4 ай бұрын
They stopped smiling now. They are running away in thousands!!
@TSUKNIDA
26 күн бұрын
Nigeria a country with over 500 languages,with over 350 different ethnic groups,with more than 280 million people !!! I really think that this Country will suffer forever !!!!
@TSUKNIDA
26 күн бұрын
Nigeria has been ranked one of the least peaceful countries in the world, ranking 144 out of 163 countries in the Global Peace Index report as of December 2023. Nigeria had a 2.713 score just behind the warring Israel.19.04.2024
@jamescox3906
4 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure/privilege of playing drums at a impromptu fela gig. Its the highlight of my musical career, I felt like i was in a trance after 5 mins playing. Amazing, like being hypnotized.
@sallymeli7723
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, how lucky. Stay blessed
@charlesbrown8879
3 жыл бұрын
Could you provide more context. Sounds like a cool story, I'm sure many (including myself) would be delighted to know the details.
@moodyjames7871
3 жыл бұрын
You'll never forget that night. No need for pics or video.
@wordsbymaribeja1470
2 жыл бұрын
@@moodyjames7871 Facts.
@RaKhaanambamm
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@alphonsepetitboudu6552
2 жыл бұрын
I was playing in James Brown's Band and I thought we were the Funkiest band on Earth. The we went to Lagos, at the Shrine, to listen to Fela and Afrika 70 and I discovered we were wrong. The Funkiest band on Earth that was them. Bootsy Collins.
@aldairmarroquin4184
4 жыл бұрын
I just discovered Fela Kuti's music last night and here I am now with a growing interest in Nigeria's cultural and social issues. Greetings from Mexico to everybody!
@ayokidzzy6326
4 жыл бұрын
You are welcome my dear Africa love u....🇳🇬🇳🇬❤️❤️
@studywithpraise9584
4 жыл бұрын
Hello
@nightcandle62
3 жыл бұрын
l love this and the world is still (just about) an amazing and rich place . . .
@jessebignell5147
3 жыл бұрын
You have sooo much to listen too! Fela has several sons too that also made/make great music with their fathers' influence. You're in for a treat.
@nightcandle62
3 жыл бұрын
@@jessebignell5147 how are you ?
@chx4eva
4 жыл бұрын
Fela deserves a Nobel Peace Prize
@Aiproductions713
3 жыл бұрын
Real talk‼️
@alessiobasciani2080
3 жыл бұрын
Shit. Oxishit. Fela deserves a book. A book in every school of the world. Consciousness is the Title.
@antoniopizzolatotroia8754
3 жыл бұрын
I'm agree with you, he was a real musical genious. No contest.
@patriciaokechukwu5779
3 жыл бұрын
Yes ke
@kamdavulu3657
3 жыл бұрын
Fela is the core of Nobel. Such Peace against violence !
@vimbainasheeileenpencil
9 ай бұрын
One of my favourites of all time. An exploration of Africans’ obsession with Religion and Politics.
@ayomidealawode3649
3 жыл бұрын
I am a 15 years old girl. Coming back and listening to this gives me so much life compared to trending songs now
@lisaechabor598
3 жыл бұрын
yess it's like soul cleansing, I am 16 and did this over the lockdown.
@apoxtate144k
3 жыл бұрын
Please read more about African history. Blessings n Love
@johnson6294
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so proud of you little sister 💝
@Femi-
3 жыл бұрын
@@lisaechabor598 for real theres something spiritual about felas music been listening since I was 14
@ekeukiwe128
3 жыл бұрын
This is when the world was truly serene .
@aframaco9491
10 жыл бұрын
This Fela was not just a Musical Maestro.....he also had some fucking Big Balls !! Gbosa!! Babylon feel that one !
@kwakuafriyie2954
6 жыл бұрын
Polydor music of nigeria
@queenb4172
3 жыл бұрын
😂 when he speaks in tongues 🤣
@louisotieno4712
2 жыл бұрын
The satire... Clear Mockery 😂🤣
@david.paisano
Ай бұрын
haaasasafvmvhmp[[rrrssssghghjn,bbcxeaaaahdd
@jesuchristi.
Ай бұрын
One of my favorite part as a child until my mother brought a pastor to pray for my brothers and I as a teenager and he did it.
@proudmum8411
3 жыл бұрын
Nothing has changed in Nigeria 🇳🇬. Rest in perfect peace REVOLUTIONAL LEADER
@MrSleeplessnights
2 жыл бұрын
It's so sad. Nothing has changed at all. I Love my people but we must make a stand
@michaelbentley5028
4 ай бұрын
Really?? Its got worse!!!! When Fela sang this song £1 = N1. Now? £1=N2000
@ezzypizzy154
6 жыл бұрын
What Fela said in this song decades ago is what Nigerians are just waking up to in 2017. My mum back then as kid even told not to listen him anymore because he was evil for speaking against the exploitations of the religious leaders, few weeks ago she called me to stop paying tithes to greedy pastors. Funny isn't it
@jozieash5016
6 жыл бұрын
Ezzy Pizzy my mom used to tell me that too 😂😂😂 but I find her always singing some of his songs.
@janelemarek5197
6 жыл бұрын
Lol
@thebridge5483
5 жыл бұрын
Ezzy Pizzy right, but it's better late than never
@keneanosike1057
5 жыл бұрын
Fela was a prophet
@IronDBZ
5 жыл бұрын
It's sad more like.
@tommyt9519
5 жыл бұрын
I genuinely feel sorry for people that can't get into this magic.
@kuma1939
4 жыл бұрын
Must be deaf & blind... this sound is the purest gift! Boundless thanks!!
@moosesnWoop
4 жыл бұрын
just takes time and depends on how you get here. Took me many years and the only track I enjoyed was Water got No Enemy. But here I am this very day, playing Fela all day. Realest Shout Out to Burna Boy who is Fela reincarnated - that's how I really got into Fela
@abelashes2676
10 жыл бұрын
This was Fela's commentary on theocracy and religious politicians in Nigeria. In this song he criticizes the Muslim and Christian elites in Nigeria for telling people to accept poverty and suffering because they will supposedly be rewarded in an "afterlife". This would make a great anti-Boko Haram anthem as they demand people give up everything good in life for fundamentalist Islam.
@always-stay-positive5187
8 жыл бұрын
+Abel Ashes Do you have the authority to make such brave comments?
@darrellpate1270
7 жыл бұрын
Abel Ashes wow...those false profits...are just agents....!
@abelashes2676
6 жыл бұрын
I don't need any "authority". I have have knowledge.
@Pirate3World
6 жыл бұрын
Read the lyrics? songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858727846/
@xzavier_rollingjames9058
6 жыл бұрын
Abel Ashes hmmmmmb
@rmeastjr
7 жыл бұрын
Fela and Bob Marley, two visionaries and prophets whose music is still relevant today!
@petermaximum6821
5 жыл бұрын
Peter tosh
@nihilistambush1583
5 жыл бұрын
and Sun Ra!!!! Fela is from Africa and Marley from America. Sun Ra is from Cronos and it will be relevant for at least 50 years ahead!!!
@thebridge5483
5 жыл бұрын
labros avramis I think for as long humanity exist bro
@ruusauugwanga7769
5 жыл бұрын
Music is powerful
@MK-nd2ij
5 жыл бұрын
@@petermaximum6821 Indeed
@GeorgioBD
4 жыл бұрын
Truly the man was ahead of his time. Cameroonian here all the way from Dallas-USA. 2020???
@ikeaneke7587
4 жыл бұрын
National anthem for Africans. Fela will always live on. He is prophet of our time
@sebastiansepulvedacano8812
3 жыл бұрын
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.” ― Bertolt Brecht
@danielsmith1066
3 жыл бұрын
I liked Brecht, Hull '91...didn't think all those women who put up with him got as much recognition as they should have done...
@sebastiansepulvedacano8812
3 жыл бұрын
@@danielsmith1066 Yes, it is something that happens at different scales and not only in art. Studying the origin of the oppression of women and, of course, the way to go out of this inferno of exploitation and oppression engendered is the task of every human being.
@CRDavis-ki3xf
3 жыл бұрын
Sending love, protection, healing and the power of the Most High and the mighty ancestors to my people in Nigeria 🇳🇬 ...Nigerian Live Matter Too!! End SARS
@mshouse4251
4 жыл бұрын
The death of Tony Allen brought me here...Where have these melodious sounds been all my life?🥁🎺🎙🎶🔥
@yaminhaniyah2979
5 жыл бұрын
Fela Kuti and Bob Marley. Two greats who led the masses through their message in music who were intentionally and systematically silenced. And their legacy still lives on. We're still listening. July 2019.
@ShanghaiRooster
3 жыл бұрын
Bob died of cancer. His rasta beliefs made him reject conventional medical treatment. A tragedy indeed, but hardly intentional silencing. The prophets may be gone, but their messages live on through the music.
@lynazidane6697
2 жыл бұрын
@@ShanghaiRooster pop culture stripped him of his political message though, at least in the eyes of the general public. It's been sedated been made less dangerous in most hands but not all, some hands listen.
@cjaquilino
Жыл бұрын
@@lynazidane6697Sometimes his politics were shallow though too. “Buffalo Soldier” doesn’t really recognize the plight of Indigenous people. At best, it’s maybe a bit regretful but in terms of how black soldiers were treated and forced yo fight.
@kiwidubz
7 ай бұрын
@@ShanghaiRooster he was intentionally infected with cancer, the CIA took him out ...allegedly
@MatthiasHaffner
4 жыл бұрын
I have to cry listening to this genius, prophet and hero. Never ending goose bumps since I listen to this music, and that is more than 30 years already.
@juanestadian8471
2 жыл бұрын
The synergy between Tony Allen and Fela was electric man. The business side of the relationship is another story but musically, they were equals. Two incomparable geniuses in the history of popular African music.
@chillitopo2420
Жыл бұрын
The synergy is electric and Tony Allen is a genius! But not equal to Fela Musically. No one is equal to Fela Anikulapo Kuti & He still remained the Most famous graduate from London Music School.
@juanestadian8471
Жыл бұрын
@@chillitopo2420 Maybe as a composer Fela was superior. But as an instrumentalist, Tony was incomparable, only ginger baker and max roach come close.
@westyraviz
10 ай бұрын
@@juanestadian8471You can’t possibly be serious. As a drummer Tony Allen was superior. What instrument could Tony Allen play that Fela couldn’t? Tony Allen couldn’t play saxophone. Fela is on par with Mozart and Beethoven as a composer.
@juanestadian8471
10 ай бұрын
@@westyraviz which is why i said max roach and ginger baker come close. I didn’t say they surpassed Tony Allen. Tony Allen is the greatest drummer in the history of popular music, bebop jazz included. But……there would be no Tony Allen if it wasn’t for two people, Max Roach and Art Blakey, who Allen says inspired him to play the drums
@juanestadian8471
10 ай бұрын
@@westyraviz fela surpasses Mozart as a composer. Mikes Davis surpasses Beethoven and Mozart as a composer. Because both were jazz musicians. Jazz extremely difficult to write and perform. It is not mindless improvisation as some people, casual listeners think. It is improvisation underrated by sketches of music.
@DjSpeysMuhngkee
11 жыл бұрын
As a Huge James Brown Fan, Easy Transition to Fela Kuti, Who is on a whole different level, sounds, style, it's Amazing Music!
@Anthony-nd7ld
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely agree with you
@youngyoung587
5 жыл бұрын
Fela Lives On. If you are still here in August 2019. Hit for me Like.
@africaoyibo
4 жыл бұрын
I be 57yrs.First Fela Live.shrine .......18yrs.life Changing....I go be Africa Oyibo.
@doncapoeira8905
8 жыл бұрын
People spend more time arguing about Fela and James Brown's legacies rather than thinking about the message put forth in this music...
@brumune
5 жыл бұрын
Don, when you talk about Fela or J. Brown, it would be shortsighted just to cover only one dimension of these wonderful human beings. Thank you.
@dragoshflorea6841
3 жыл бұрын
An so religions build in thousand's of years whipped away by fella in 20 min ... Now that's the force of music ... Amen /right now
@JourneyingwithSanj
5 жыл бұрын
I'm a Christian now, recently gave my life to Christ a few years back and it's the best thing I've ever done, however for me no music compares to Fela n I do agree with a lot of his logic jus that now I'm in Christ I have deeper understanding of the world. However musically, I don't think I can ever stop listening to this music and I just take it like if something like this can come from the Earth then one must wonder how great our God is!
@Qwizera
2 ай бұрын
You should listen to colonial mentality 😊
@rasone9172
10 күн бұрын
@@Qwizera👌🏿🎯
@didiclaire7466
3 жыл бұрын
Just discovered Fela, I am grateful. Better late than never 🙏🏿 Feel more proud to be African!
@h3ll0univ3rs3
3 ай бұрын
💖💖💖💖💖
@h3ll0univ3rs3
3 ай бұрын
👑🐐🎶🕊️🌍🌏🌎🌐✨
@jossyjossy8260
6 жыл бұрын
Oh my GOD,i was too young to understand what the legend was fighting for but as I grew up ,i understand why he was & still the greatest prophet of our time,fela spent all his time fighting 4 emancipation of Africa ,equal rights , justice & Africa unity, NO comparable, may his soul rest in peace AMEN.
@abiolaadebayo8709
4 жыл бұрын
The Legend ,the Black president when you sang this song the notorious military and civilian turned to armed robbers called themselves politicians called hemp smokers
@amthebestist
3 жыл бұрын
this message is still relevant till date! especially in Nigeria n Africa! Religion has become a commercial business in nigeria
@iaintsaynomore5329
7 ай бұрын
Grateful to discover this beautiful tunes today while smoking blunt Amen
@seneca6959
5 жыл бұрын
Peace and love from Morocco. .. You are the best African musician ever!!!! Down with radical religion and stupidity
@onyiionwurah5475
3 жыл бұрын
Fela said it all and now here we are, it is a pity. I weep for Nigeria.
@jimbimedia
9 жыл бұрын
Fela, totally refused to be boxed. His songs were soul/Afrobeat/funk symphonies that did not fit the 5 minute segments favored by music companies and record companies. This particular powerful political symphony is more topical today than when it was first released close to 40 years ago. Play it to the children often.
@emmanuelekaleesambe2827
6 жыл бұрын
Spot on!
@moodyjames7871
3 жыл бұрын
I'm still amazed someone could get this out of their head and into an arrangement. Shm...
@reepodog3625
8 жыл бұрын
The first and the last Black President. Fela forever!
He is The King for all the african people in any state just rebel all the way and to open eyes for all africans what to do to be free and that it
@kodankyi
2 жыл бұрын
One thing about this musical genius was that the band can play a series of songs continuously for one hour nonstop beats Rythms vocals and precursions all in one place
@MsBelieber247
9 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest and most talented musicians to ever come out of Africa and maybe the best! His music lives one today. Everything he sang about 40 years ago are still happening today. All the billions of Naira missing in the 70s that Fela sang about in his music and got him in trouble with the Military and Civilian rulers are still occurring today!!!! Look at the rulers that Fela sang about and hated Fela for it: Gowon, Muritala, Obasanjo, Shagari, Yaradua, Buhari, Babangida, Abacha, Abiola, etc.............. What a legend. It is a pride to all Nigerians that this man came out of that country called Nigeria!!!
@illitrait
8 жыл бұрын
+talk2me9ja ...dream on.
@ldi-m950
8 жыл бұрын
It’s still happening today even worst: budget padding, looters in the Panama Papers, electricity supply worse than ever before after privatization, Buhari’s asking Cameron to return stolen funds, individuals in the north owning oil blocks in the south... It's heart wrenching
@MrTastybone
6 жыл бұрын
Fela is the greatest African musician ever.
@ucheejims9823
5 жыл бұрын
FELA IS STILL ALIVE. COME & GROOVE WITH US @ LE SENOU, 28 RUE MARCADET - PARIS 75018
@yaminhaniyah2979
5 жыл бұрын
July 2019. Love the comment.
@SteelCurrent
2 жыл бұрын
The music is not trying to force a melody into your head, it's just... there. This is what I love about trance music, it is not trying to grab your attention, but when it does, it still is interesting.
@wellingtonsingh1501
4 жыл бұрын
Fela Kuti was a visionary he was born with insight of the world conditions which became a reality until this day.Sorry for the younger generation who minds are gone forgetting who he is and what he stands for. Religion is still sucking the blood of the poor and uneducated instead of worshipping God they’re worshiping man, wake up Nigeria you can do better.
@youcancallmejames
8 жыл бұрын
mannn, the album artwork is all kinds of amazing
@gerigeri111
3 жыл бұрын
Growing up musically in the 70's, the album covers were what drew us in....the artwork was amazing.....you had to use your imagination.....look at Bob Marley's albums, Third World, Peter Tosh and Fela.
@irisis4019
4 жыл бұрын
MUSIC IS THE WEAPON FELA FOREVER. This is beyond music, this is a fight this is spiritual. This is HISTORY.
@echonoamali7888
9 жыл бұрын
Fela, our greatest and fearless philosopher really told all the stories about how hopeless and wicked our so called leaders had been. Now he's gone ,what can we do to keep his spirit alive. I think he deserves a special place in our struggle and history. I will recommend him for a special national honor
@benjaminbaiden8411
5 жыл бұрын
I agree with you my brother. Started listening to him at the ripe age of 5 when my dad brought home some of his LP,s.
@mukwesangandu1469
5 жыл бұрын
Fela spoke for all the oppressed people of the world. He deserves more than a national award. He remains one of the most influential artists of all time. Let's start the campaign to keep his message alive! Am with you all the way.
@itoevincentandsakwe5019
3 жыл бұрын
What fala say for loge now is coming to pass in 2020, Hum Nigeria which way
@Phuzz828
6 жыл бұрын
A higher vibration this resonates on. Puts me in a trance-like state of upliftment. Nothing enlightens my spirit like Fela does. I'm grateful.
@naletsanaele
5 жыл бұрын
African spirituality.trantic bushman dancing does the same and traditional sussu drums
@adeamujale
4 жыл бұрын
@@naletsanaele Are you ok?
@adeamujale
4 жыл бұрын
@@naletsanaele You are better off just texting something of the kind: I'm grateful to Fela too phuzzz82.
@monicavalle874
3 жыл бұрын
Marvellouss!!!! I´m shocked!! ..d kind of sound I´ve been dreaming listennin´in São Paulo!!! Help Us!!
@stuartbrown279
3 жыл бұрын
One of the positives that I can take out of lockdown is discovering Fela Kuti and Manu Dibango. I thought to myself yes this is great background music, however it becomes so absorbing that it completely takes over, job done. The kings are dead long live the kings!
@seancooo
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. Incredible music, and as I read through the comments and learn about this man for the first time, I immediately have immense respect for him.
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
seanco ✊🏿
@Slowed2perfection44
9 ай бұрын
he is the root of almost all of burna boy's sampled songs
@devvvvvvvvvvvv
8 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how influential this is to modern jazz and dance music.
@kurtn4819
8 жыл бұрын
+MD Mohawk -Not really. Roots in Africa, made in America. Now it belongs to the whole world.
@suncat5160
8 жыл бұрын
I feel like a lot if not most music stems from an African source but black americans are american black people, black african people didnt create what we call Jazz. White americans aren't english, they're American. Jazz is the epitome of American music if not the blues. I get the social/cultural point you're making, but this is music history we're talkin, it aint a matter of taste or opinion.
@kurtn4819
7 жыл бұрын
Right on Cat
@rickpinter5888
7 жыл бұрын
So who cares if it's pioneered by whites or blacks, it's music. Why does everything have color barriers attached. Turn it up and enjoy it.....
@rickpinter5888
7 жыл бұрын
Blues is the root of all music, IMHO.
@dr.lanreegbeyemi74
3 жыл бұрын
21 minutes of Political and religious Awakening, Fun and Spiritual awakening all in one. Truly Magical.
@gracesmith4046
Жыл бұрын
I had total joy of seeing him at Glastonbury... Unforgettable
@paulmackilligin1754
6 ай бұрын
Me too. What year was it? 1985? That was the first time I had heard of him. Blew me away.
@lucifer73
3 жыл бұрын
I discovered Fela's music via Ginger Baker. Two greats talents that are sorely missed.
@hakeemfowomola7222
4 жыл бұрын
2020... My people still suffering & smiling
@frankosakwe8382
4 жыл бұрын
Not sure they're smiling now
@kalwilliams189
4 жыл бұрын
Feel so bad for Nigeria. A scammer pop up on my fb account. Feel more sincerely sorry for him than upset with him. I prayed for him and all of Nigerian. God never intended for any human on his earth to go hungry and without. One man greed is another man hunger. The cycle has to stop somewhere.
@ovidiugarbacea9498
4 жыл бұрын
@@kalwilliams189 than maybe... God is not what you were told it was...
@nikovz4719
4 жыл бұрын
@@frankosakwe8382 bout the fake smiling; I see it. Everywhere I go, fake smile. I once had someone tell me, no one wants to hear about your problems, hence Suffering and smiling. Fela Kuti speaks truth.
@lamrechane2477
3 жыл бұрын
The suffering is now on another level
@user-of8sn5dw5c
9 ай бұрын
The best African musician ever!!!! Fela Anikulapo Kuti. you're Legends not a noise makers live beyond death, his music is still very relevant to what Nigeria are passing through till today. i salute Abami Eda he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize
@richardhead9405
4 жыл бұрын
He was arrested nearly 300 times, was beaten every time. Tortured on a regular. Utterly fearless. Broken bones and trauma to the spleen, and too much jail food, are enough to weaken the immune system. That's what killed him. I once had the blessing to be roommate with the daughter of one of his dancers. Fela was a shaping factor in her life, and she represented his spirit for REAL! The expat IBO in NYC called her Princess Kush, and she earned it.
@anthonyfrazier1312
4 жыл бұрын
Richard Head you are absolutely correct
@oluwatoyintejuoso8714
2 жыл бұрын
0£
@moniquecavard745
2 жыл бұрын
Didn t he died from Aids ??,
@iruler08
2 жыл бұрын
I often listen to the great Fela but when you listen to the musical arrangements then you appreciate the genius of the man. In 2022 his words still resonate meaning!
@adeakin3758
11 ай бұрын
His word will still resonate in 2075
@arisewitharica
3 ай бұрын
I moved to Nigeria from USA to be with my Nigerian husband and learn more about my African/Nigerian ancestry & culture. Online I'd seen comments from Nigerians about the state of the nation on a recent post stating Nigeria was a happy place to live. Some comments said "suffering & smiling". I was later informed its a common saying based off this song, so here i am. This is my first time hearing Fela, and I love this music already. I'll be listening all weekend 💃🏾
@dccglobalengineering
6 жыл бұрын
His music is life. He is a musical prophet. He continues to live !!!
@pearliemclaughlin6115
4 жыл бұрын
It's Jan.2020 I fell in love with this Fela song back in 1988 and it hits home now more than ever. I LOVE THIS SONG forever FELA.
@ajiboyelekan4172
8 ай бұрын
Fela is just like Jesus Christ our Lord, when Christ was alive few believed him. But when is gone millions realize the value of Jesus Christ, just now all Fela said came to pass. I grew to know when Fela mate are abusing him calling all sorts of names. Rest on our legend.
@cristian5702
5 жыл бұрын
Today 22 years ago this legend died. We celebrate, we suffer and smiling. Na secret na confidential matter. Just love and respect each other. Enjoy your time guys.
@olumideononaiye5748
4 жыл бұрын
He was even speaking in tongues, pure genius
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
olumide ononaiye 🔥✊🏿🔥
@CHUCHOwriggle
3 жыл бұрын
To sing along You Africans, please listen to me as Africans And you non-Africans, listen to me with open mind Suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer Suffer for world Na your fault be that Me I say: na your fault be that I want you all to please take your minds Out of this musical contraption And put your minds into any goddamn church Any goddamn mosque Any goddamn Celestical Including Seraphoom and Cheruboom Now, we are all there now Our minds are in those places Here we go [Chorus] Amen! Suffer, suffer for world Enjoy for Heaven Christians go dey yab "In Spiritum Heavinus" Muslims go dey call "Allahu Akbar" Open you eye everywhere Archbishop na miliki Pope na enjoyment Imam na gbaladun [Chorus] Archbishop dey enjoy Pope self dey enjoy Imam self dey enjoy My brother wetin you say? My brother wetin you say? My sister wetin you go hear? My sister wetin you go hear? Archbishop dey for London Pope dey for Rome Imam dey for Mecca Archbishop dey for London Pope dey for Rome Imam dey for Mecca [Chorus] Amen! My people them go dey follow Bishop Them go follow Pope Them go follow Imam Them go go for London Them go go for Rome Them go go for Mecca Them go carry all the money Them go juba Bishop Juba Pope Juba Imam Then them go start to yab themselves: [Fela starts chanting in mock-Latin/Arabic] Every day, for house Every day, for road Every day, for bus Every day, for work My people, my people My people, my people We now have to carry our minds Out of those goddamn places Back into this musical contraption Right opposite you Now we are back here This is what happens to we Africans every day Now wetin I want tell you now Na secret o Na confidential matter Don't tell anybody outside Na between me and you Now listen As I dey say before E dey happen to all of us every day We Africans all over the world Now listen [Chorus] Suffering and smiling! Every day my people dey inside bus Every day my people dey inside bus Forty-nine sitting, ninety-nine standing Them go pack themselves in like sardine Them dey faint, them dey wake like cock Them go reach house, water no dey Them go reach bed, power no dey Them go reach road, go-slow go come Them go reach road, police go slap Them go reach road, army go whip Them go look pocket, money no dey Them go reach work, query ready Every day na the same thing Every day na the same thing Every day na the same thing Every day na the same thing Suffer, suffer for world... How many, many a many you go make? Many, many... How many, many a many you go make? Many, many... How many, many a many you go make? Many, many... How many, many a many you go make? Many, many...
@olufemidele6653
2 жыл бұрын
Good job, nicely done.
@KgwediyaMollo
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@EnchantedJewelzEmpire
2 жыл бұрын
Damn those are some lyrics
@djplaycbo
2 жыл бұрын
Morning singalong with Fela made my day. Love from Sudan 💯
@filipbelak6594
2 жыл бұрын
MVP
@Mr.Bassman
4 жыл бұрын
Great grooves, the 2 guitars bouncing rhythms off one another in almost all Fela's music is what brought me, the grooves kept me. Fantastic sound.
@JaaliHeruRaHotep
10 жыл бұрын
Fela's music speaks to the soul.
@lilb3671
3 жыл бұрын
Mannnn I'm speechless....its 2021 and i just came across this 💎.....
@radiantrenee406
4 жыл бұрын
Yo his band was flawless!!! These are Great musician all assembled to get this powerful and relevant message out. King Fela was way ahead of his time.
@taslimoseni2231
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know who needs to hear this but Fela starts talking at 9:36.
@dhtrsvckg
Жыл бұрын
Русские! Слушайте и переводите этого нигерийца! Мы давно уж куда ближе к Африке. Этот человек стоял и пел за свой народ, хуля новую власть и своих братьев, которые шли в ряды её армии. Он был провидцем. Даром что про Zombie спел одну из лучших своих песен, с дикой болью в сердце. Они убили его мать. Они пересажали всю его семью. Но он пел, пока мог. Мир.
@upsidedahead
4 жыл бұрын
My God ! Whoever you are... We thank you for Fela 💞🔥
@AAde-or3qz
5 жыл бұрын
The guitar at the beginning, the trumpets after,.. the lyrics. Woah!
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
Raymand Doks ✊🏿
@productions271
3 жыл бұрын
How disturbing is it that it's 2020 and everything he says is still relevant in today's Nigeria.
@Aiproductions713
9 жыл бұрын
Music is fusion, so all arguments over who's better are irrelevant. In Fela's own words "Music is to be enjoyed...FULL STOP" This God of a Human Being has left a Legacy that will continue to shed light on truths which have been hidden in plain sight. What was last will now be first, what was first will now be last. God is real...therefore Karma is a tool set in infinite motion by the Higher Forces. Every form of trickery/Deception used against innocent people shall be account for. May we all receive Knowledge, Wisdom and Overstanding so we can release ourselves from bondage and reach our highest potential. ASE!
@shyamvk
7 жыл бұрын
whenever i am frustrated at how music is going, i listen to this video. Sheer class
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
shyamvk ✊🏿🔥✊🏿
@allworld291
10 жыл бұрын
I love Fela and James Brown. If you know Fela history you would know that Fela himself said he was influenced by JB. However, Afrobeat is a genre all it's own. I wish they both were still here.
@olukayodeolusegun3242
5 жыл бұрын
What we ran away for, had finally catch up with us as a country. Religiously we had failed and governmentaly we had failed. Let's run back to our God for help. And this man said it.
@lumanyika01
9 жыл бұрын
He said it then and we did not heed his words.. FELA forgive our ignorance!
@samsonbademosi7236
9 жыл бұрын
But how could we have possibly prevented the evil that our leaders have caused
@ogboye777
5 жыл бұрын
@@samsonbademosi7236 we have to fight and take Yoruba out of Nigeria
@thankgodosakue3849
5 жыл бұрын
Henry Woodbell is it possible when obasanjo is not representing as an elder war lord
@ogboye777
5 жыл бұрын
@@thankgodosakue3849 Obasanjo is not a Yoruba man, although his mother was a Yoruba princess from Owu in Egba, but his father is a "Yibo man from Yibo land in d eastern part of Naija, but this time around, we Yoruba youth r working on him he is going down and we will throw his corpse to Yibo people to eat it as their custom.
@MichaelWilliams-oz7zw
5 жыл бұрын
@@ogboye777 Hey stop all this criticizing of your fellow BLACK MEN, How long can you continue with that? time has come for allm AFRICANS to see themselves as BLACK PEOPLE other than different tribes. How can Africa be ONE when there's still this kind of mentality? pls
@carrito1981
10 жыл бұрын
this song is brilliant. the lyrics are pure gold. this is not just music.
@huntercadix
3 жыл бұрын
Enamorado
@mailmajor01
3 жыл бұрын
Its the Gospel. The one and only Gospel we should be conscious of.
@michaelmiller9638
3 жыл бұрын
A
@olufemioma7661
3 жыл бұрын
The best of fela
@olufemioma7661
3 жыл бұрын
@@mailmajor01 best
@i_am_ironman3380
Жыл бұрын
This touches my soul. Much love from a 22 year old Swazi
@Cebelihle1
Ай бұрын
Ah! Hello there, mkhaya!
@timothybrosz7697
Жыл бұрын
I write from Bahia, Brasil. Most African (times a million) of cities in Americas. Fela lives always!
@rotimijohn7079
2 жыл бұрын
Fela - the man who saw tomorrow through music. Ur music will be here for many centuries. Rest on, Olufela
@binahchokmah
10 жыл бұрын
You can't compare fela and James . Both masters of their own music from different cultures both have in common struggle, poverty, African genes which made their music so great. They had something to say through song dance beat it aint no competition they inspired people which is how powerful music is and should be not a competition. One love unity
@binahchokmah
9 жыл бұрын
This all I gonna say since you cant get it both of them gene come from Africa no competition. End of it when Africans stop competition n come together then u get somewhere try both masters of their own music both have in common the same things one love unity
@Goruthar
9 жыл бұрын
Abiyshag Shulamit Ysrayl You preach unity and exercise division. I agree Fela is one of a kind and owes nothing to the World, as does James. We only compete with our deficits of character.
@Goruthar
9 жыл бұрын
***** there is merit to what you say, but music rolls that way... who influenced James Blood Ulmer? Hendrix?
@Goruthar
9 жыл бұрын
haha I suppose that's true, cheers!
@oldschoolsituationz
9 жыл бұрын
ultimately james brown was influenced by the sounds of barrel house music and the black church. jimi hendrix acknowledged his musical influence came from the blues as that is really all jimi played, he was also influenced by little richards boogie woogie style. fela's music sound and groove is a mix of james brown, american jazz and native african juju music. i would add a little jamaican ska but ska was influenced by american rock n roll and motown. black american's gave more to fela than the world will ever realize by way of influences and it goes beyond the music. this i have personally heard him acknowledge only a few years before his death..
@kestero.8717
5 жыл бұрын
Legends not the noise makers live beyond death, his music is still very relevant to what Nigeria is still experiencing today. i salute abami eda
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
Obafemi Obajemihi ✊🏿
@JediJide2
5 жыл бұрын
Mind blown again, being listening to Fela's music all day. Not my language but I can understand the message, but OMG!!! the vibe, the horn, the drums, the composition leaves me absolutely speechless....again, mind blown!!! I'm sharing this with my folks
@ifeoluwaadewara4674
4 жыл бұрын
He sang mostly in Pidgin (broken English) and Yoruba (one of the major Nigerian languages) I'm glad you're enjoying his music
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
✊🏿
@leannbonton
5 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty tired of shuffling and smiling myself!
@ifeoluwaadewara4674
4 жыл бұрын
Its shuffring (suffering) my dear 😂
@egopat15
4 жыл бұрын
It's Suffering and Smiling dear.
@dubemdumdum4127
5 жыл бұрын
The troubles of Nigeria has made me gone back to fela song.. Let me endure it because he told us!!!
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
Dubem Dum Dum 🔥✊🏿🔥
@stwork4505
7 жыл бұрын
still one of Africa realist of all time
@victoropara6573
5 жыл бұрын
This man passed this way but we never appreciated him and He saw things even science could not see. He remains the Nostradamus of Africa and The Diaspora. Only if he lived to see what Buhari has done to the citizenry and to my beloveth Nigeria. Buhari has deceived Nigerians that he is he is th messiah, divided us further along ethnic-religious Lines while protecting his fellow crusaders. He has promoted hatred and broken the cord which holds us together. Today we no longer see ourselves as Nigerians but as Afenifere, Ipob, Arewa, Miyetti, NW, SW, NE, NW, NC, SE, SS, MB. Rest in peace THE WEIRD ONE.
@caseyquinn3567
4 жыл бұрын
Something about his work really remind me of Van Morrison's influence. Thanks so much for your time and I look at my life in a new one for the never ending way. 🏴
@bgockel
4 жыл бұрын
This is the first Fela song I heard. It shook something loose inside me. Exploring his extensive discography and learning about his revolutionary approach to life has been an amazing experience. What an inspirational force for good. Thanks for the upload!
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
Ben Gockel ARARARARA ✊🏿
@afrobeatslyrics1221
2 жыл бұрын
Also listen to "Why Black Man Dey Suffer", "Palava (Trouble sleep yanga wake am)", and "Water e no get enemy". If you haven't heard them already.
@macmaniac3080
3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes you find gold onthe internet
@elijahdaniel9183
3 жыл бұрын
#End police brutality,# End bad governance, # End Buhari, # Let my country be Great Again!!!
@PABLOHOLMEZ
10 жыл бұрын
Pure political music... Love you Fela, R.I.P Nelson Mandela X
@blackrose9851
6 жыл бұрын
Definitely in the top 5 best jazz artists...correction!!!! He was in a league of his own.
@oluapampa5075
4 жыл бұрын
Correction. Afro Beat.
@ladbol521
4 жыл бұрын
"Them go juba bishop juba pope juba immam" They are still do ing it o, Baba Agbalagba!
@randallleon711
10 жыл бұрын
The roots of music are in Africa. Thank you, Mr. Fela Kuti for this precious gift.
@santiagoauge7161
5 жыл бұрын
Music has no country or continent
@eddutome
5 жыл бұрын
@@santiagoauge7161 morden day musics have Rap r&b hip hop reagge tango samba jazz country music rock music funk etc
@gerritvanderspurt731
5 жыл бұрын
Music started when the god Hermes invented the lyre while he was an infant, and gave it to Apollo.
@pretreduchibre
5 жыл бұрын
@@gerritvanderspurt731 bla bla bla
@vitalaliu8604
5 жыл бұрын
@@gerritvanderspurt731 rubbish
@justicetebogo7742
5 жыл бұрын
The best music I have ever listen too.
@Galeymusician
4 жыл бұрын
Justice Tebogo ✊🏿
@chillitopo2420
Жыл бұрын
Yoruba people deserves accolades for inventing Afrobeat and giving us good music
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