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Miriam Makeba — Pata Pata
Album: Mama Africa
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Released: 1966
Length: 2:57
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Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata

Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata

Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata

"Pata Pata" is the name of a dance we do down Johannesburg way.
And everybody starts to move as soon as "Pata Pata" starts to play - whoo

Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata

Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata

Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata

Whoo, every Friday and Saturday night it's "Pata Pata" time
The dance keeps going all night long till the morning sun begins to shine - hey!
Aya sat wuguga sat - wo-ho-o

Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata

Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata
Hiyo mama hiyo ma nantsi Pata Pata

Saguquga sath' - hit it!
Aah- saguquga sath' - nantsi - hit it!
Saguquga sathi bega nantsi Pata Pata
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 Papernapkin wrote:

Those folks? Sounds like a racist comment to me.


He probably can't spell 'xhosa' - well, never mind ...
Posted 3 months ago by Johnny_Alpha    [ Reply ]
Miriam Makeba was a South African treasure
Posted 3 years ago by kencav    [ Reply ]
Holy cow. I haven't heard this one since forever. Thanks, Bill!
Posted 4 years ago by dancindan    [ Reply ]
Love it.
Who gives this a "1"??
Posted 4 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
Damn I love this song!!!!  
Posted 5 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:

Those folks? Sounds like a racist comment to me.
 
Me and all my brothers and sisters in Julie's Shebeen in Soshanguve township are clicking like a million stream frogs here. Peace out. Siyabonga.
Posted 5 years ago by fredhatman    [ Reply ]
I saw Miriam Makeba in San Francisco shortly before the elections in South Africa where Nelson Mandela was running for President, and she said that she was going home to vote for the first time in her life.  She was so excited! 
Posted 5 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
I love this song. It takes me back when I was a kid and thought she was saying "Noxzema"
Posted 5 years ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by Noni163    [ Reply ]
To me 7 - Quite Likeable      but not more
Posted 6 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:
Reading the lyrics to this song here for the first time, I now understand why I never understood a word she was saying. "I gots a boogiecat better na diga" just didn't make any sense.
 
I can hear a line... "I've got two coconuts".

Makes perfect sense to me {#Wink}


 
Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
Reading the lyrics to this song here for the first time, I now understand why I never understood a word she was saying. "I gots a boogiecat better na diga" just didn't make any sense.
Posted 6 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]
We used to do a dance routine to this in P.E in Jr. High school in the early1970's, in Los Angeles. This is the first time I've heard this song since. I have memories of this song blasting from a bad speaker, echoing throughout the yard.
Posted 6 years ago by longlegdpony    [ Reply ]
Joyous.
Posted 6 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
I never tire of Miriam...upward lifting frequency hugs! 
Posted 6 years ago by LadyCatri    [ Reply ]
love this one {#Bananapiano}
Posted 7 years ago by Joanna91540    [ Reply ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1FHfcaWPoM

And no comment. :-)


Posted 7 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]
The best song I'll hear all day
Posted 7 years ago by ballymuck    [ Reply ]
One of the very few bright spots in my 7th grade dancing class.
Posted 7 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
Been too damn long since I've heard this! 
Posted 7 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
It´s a 1967 song. This taste in music selection makes RP unique. 
Posted 7 years ago by alvaro    [ Reply ]
I saw her in San Francisco shortly before she returned to South Africa to vote for the first time in her life... for Nelson Mandela of course. She was so excited.
Posted 7 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
Very sad that she is no longer with us...she was great!{#Heartkiss}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 TimNH wrote:
My feet can't stop dancing underneath my desk. I have heard it before and still enjoy it.
Reminds me of hearing Miriam Makeba singing on Harry Belafonte records that my father would play.
And yes, back then they were records. 

 
I remember seeing her on The Andy Williams Show!
Posted 8 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
My feet can't stop dancing underneath my desk. I have heard it before and still enjoy it.
Reminds me of hearing Miriam Makeba singing on Harry Belafonte records that my father would play.
And yes, back then they were records. 
Posted 8 years ago by TimNH    [ Reply ]
Beautiful!!!  ('66?! wow : )
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Chrisjea wrote:

Hmm, I was a teenager and do not remember this song.  I wonder what has affected my memory?

 
This song drove me nuts as a kid and unfortunately it still has the same effect {#Frown}
Posted 8 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
 Chrisjea wrote:

Hmm, I was a teenager and do not remember this song.  I wonder what has affected my memory?

 
The teens weren't into it. But the children were. I was 6 years old and I remember it well. Love hearing it again.
Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
 Tana wrote:
Hard to believe this was a US top 40 hit in the 60s, but it was! Love hearing it again!

 
Hmm, I was a teenager and do not remember this song.  I wonder what has affected my memory?
Posted 9 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]
makes me wanna dance every time :)
Posted 9 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
 j1sey wrote:
You put the lime in the coconut....

 
The recording of this song precedes that one by quite a long time.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
You put the lime in the coconut....
Posted 10 years ago by j1sey    [ Reply ]


Love Miriam Makeba !1!!

Her music is infectious. Mama Africa, heck yeah !!



Posted 10 years ago by hallogallo    [ Reply ]
 frank-peter wrote:
I must cry every time! The tears roll over my face! (This is the truth)
One of the best songs, ever been played on Radio Pradise!

 
{#Heartkiss}
Posted 10 years ago by EarthMama    [ Reply ]
This is MUSIC! 
Posted 10 years ago by luv4music    [ Reply ]
 casey1024 wrote:
This song makes me happy.

 

{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 10 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
This song makes me happy.
Posted 10 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 Yes, me too.  I am a child again ! Tana wrote:
Hard to believe this was a US top 40 hit in the 60s, but it was! Love hearing it again!

 


Posted 10 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Hard to believe this was a US top 40 hit in the 60s, but it was! Love hearing it again!
Posted 10 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
I like this. Bongos...courtesy of "Cheer Me Up Buttercup" fame.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Most appropriate today.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]

Should have followed this with "Mana Mana". 


Posted 11 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
Can you not dance to this song?!{#Bananasplit}
Posted 11 years ago by eyriedancing    [ Reply ]
i love this woman and her happy songs. this song was on the awesome movie soul power
Posted 11 years ago by CrackerjaxATX    [ Reply ]
This is fun!
Posted 11 years ago by BobLoblaw    [ Reply ]
Turn up your AMPLIFIER everybody...
 

msymmes wrote:
This kicks ass !
 

 


Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Yay, I am feeling like I am 5 again, playing in my mother's kitchen with the radio on!
Posted 11 years ago by Wundermichl    [ Reply ]
This kicks ass !
 
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 fridgerat wrote:
It is always such a joyous surprise when I hear a local (South African) song played on RP - all the way across the world and playing our music.
Love it and love Mama Makeba.
Thanks for that - put a smile on my day.
 

Surely not that rare? South Africa has such a rich musical history! I was lucky enough to catch the 'Umoja' show while I was in South Africa, detailing South Africa's history by examining how it's music changed. This song certainly features, although it sounds like they've used instruments in this version to capture the click sound that the Ungosa (sp?) tribe uses as part of their language. Was a fantastic show, fell in love with South African music because of that.
Posted 11 years ago by KristianGregory    [ Reply ]
A quick little trip back to '67 in the middle of a beautiful Friday.  Rock my world!
Posted 11 years ago by phobos    [ Reply ]
{#Bounce}always good to listen to this song
Posted 11 years ago by thalula    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
I must cry every time! The tears roll over my face! (This is the truth)
One of the best songs, ever been played on Radio Pradise!
Posted 12 years ago by frank-peter    [ Reply ]
 Giselle62 wrote:
I seem to remember this from when I was a kid—-was it a hit on the radio for a while?
 
Back in '66- '67.
Charts (1967) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 12
US Billboard R&B Singles 7



Posted 12 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Yes, me too. Giselle62 wrote:
I seem to remember this from when I was a kid—-was it a hit on the radio for a while?
 


Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Jeepers, she was married to Stokely Carmicheal. and also Hugh Masekela. I need to read more about her.
Posted 13 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 Bone wrote:
If this 'swank-tastic' track doesn't put the groove in your backbone... check your pulse, you may dead!

{#Bounce}
 
Fur real...

Posted 13 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
I seem to remember this from when I was a kid—-was it a hit on the radio for a while?
Posted 13 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
This has such a lovely bossa-nova beat to it - easy to swing one's hips to without ending up in the emergency room.  And I'm still dancing, with the mute on because I cannot listen to the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole slaughter "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." 
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Never heared this before but it feels like I have, has someone else covered this or robbed the tune?

Posted 13 years ago by carlos65    [ Reply ]
It is always such a joyous surprise when I hear a local (South African) song played on RP - all the way across the world and playing our music.
Love it and love Mama Makeba.
Thanks for that - put a smile on my day.
Posted 13 years ago by fridgerat    [ Reply ]
I swear they should make it illegal to use songs for commercials, really hurts em bad!{#Sad}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I want this song played at my funeral.
Posted 13 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]


Posted 14 years ago by Skyhawk    [ Reply ]

Some people hear "Wimoweh" but this is what pops into my mind:

Hi everybody
I'm Archie Bell of the Drells
From Houston, Texas
We don't only sing but we dance
Just as good as we walk

Do the Tighten Up


Posted 14 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
 passsion8 wrote:
What's that song that goes, "A-Wimoweh A-Wimoweh"?
 

It's called "Wimoweh", performed most famously by the Weavers, Pete Seeger's first group.

It is NOT from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which basically appropriated the song as it's background vocals.


Posted 14 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
 passsion8 wrote:
What's that song that goes, "A-Wimoweh A-Wimoweh"?
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight ?

Posted 14 years ago by Hn    [ Reply ]
That was a hell of a squeak she just let out - haven't heard this song in YEARS - thanks, Bill!
Posted 14 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]

Zenzile Miriam Makeba born in Johannesburg in 1932 her mother was a Swazi Sangoma and her father Xhosa who died when she was six was as a child singing the Kilmerton Training Institute in Pretoria, which she attended for eight years. Her professional career began as in the 1950s within the Manhattan Brothers before she was formed to her own group, singing as The Skylarks a blend of jazz and traditional melodies of South Africa her break came when she had as a short guest appearance to the in the anti-apartheid documentary Come Back, Africa in 1959 by independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin. The short cameo made an enormous impression on the viewers and Lionel Rogosin managed to organise a visa for her to leave South Africa and to attend the premiere of the film at the Venice Film Festival. wiki lypso

* 8


Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
What's that song that goes, "A-Wimoweh A-Wimoweh"?
Posted 14 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
It's a joyful sounding little ditty innit?
Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Friggin love it! But then again, I love just about any music from Africa!{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
blast from the past!  thanks, Bill!  {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
If this 'swank-tastic' track doesn't put the groove in your backbone... check your pulse, you may dead!

{#Bounce}
Posted 15 years ago by Bone    [ Reply ]
{#Drunk} will fill in my comment later........
Ok,,its later!
I Love and Hate this song.1966 I was starting to peak as a club DJ and I had to play this
way too much,so much that I started to give it away after playing it,in order not to have to play it again.So the Kids bought me a new record and came up to me and made me play it ,every damm night ! After playing it,I freesbeeded it out to a new owner.
Anyhoo,I still know all the words even if I don't have any idea what the Lady is singin ,,  Nice song to dance to tho !{#Dancingbanana_2}

Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]


Miriam Makeba and Paul Simon performing Live



Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:
Oh please, let's have anything else but this by Miriam Makeba.  She has done so much music and this was played to death!  It's a good piece but it's crap compared to a lot of her other stuff!
 
I'd never take it that far (might bump this to a ten after digging it heavily my whole life), but I would like to hear some other stuff by her.  I tried to upload "Saduva" but it got immediately canned.  Come to think of it I tried to upload "Ha Po Zamoni" by her too.  Both of them as cool as this (I thought)

Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Thank you for playing this song. Tough day. Great feel good song. I feel better already...
Posted 15 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:
Oh please, let's have anything else but this by Miriam Makeba.  She has done so much music and this was played to death!  It's a good piece but it's crap compared to a lot of her other stuff!
 
She has done so much music and this was played to death! 
I agree it's been over played, but this is such a wonderful song!!

Posted 15 years ago by glydev    [ Reply ]
by now it's patapata partytime in heaven, for she's no longer under us.
god bless M Makeba
Posted 15 years ago by bobcat1963    [ Reply ]
ahh the squeil it's worth it
Posted 15 years ago by coy    [ Reply ]
Oh please, let's have anything else but this by Miriam Makeba.  She has done so much music and this was played to death!  It's a good piece but it's crap compared to a lot of her other stuff!
Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Bananapiano}
edit: wow, looks like I wasn't alone on that post!
Posted 15 years ago by two2fly    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 15 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
Its pata pata time! Up and dance!!

{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}


Posted 15 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Yay, suddenly swept away with summer camp memories!
 

Jeez, you went to a really cool summer camp. At my stupid camp, all we sang was stuff like "Mountain Dew" and "Summer Nights."

Posted 15 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
Memories of this playing on the car radio (sitting on the huge expanse of the back seat of my parents' pink Chevrolet) when we lived in New Guinea.
Posted 15 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
Yay, suddenly swept away with summer camp memories!
Posted 15 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
simply one of the most perfect songs ever performed.  the 'pata pata' album itself is really good.
Posted 15 years ago by cake65    [ Reply ]
I've always loved this tune.  Her years with Hugh Masekela were excellent.  RIP, Madam Makeba.
Posted 15 years ago by Buzzardcheater    [ Reply ]
Wow, I just heard the news...Thank you RP for playing this so often. It is one of those songs that ALWAYS makes me smile!
Posted 16 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
I LOVE MAMA AFRICA!  Pata Pata is one of our favorite family songs- we also love the reggae version from Marcia Griffiths, haven't heard it on RP but XM plays it and you can hear snippets here https://music.barnesandnoble.com/Retro-Respeck/e/823423710826

Posted 16 years ago by Ageless_Diva    [ Reply ]
I missed RP playing this. I am heart broken that she is gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1YKOk9QA8U

Posted 16 years ago by starfishNcoffee    [ Reply ]
What a wonderful celebration of life this song is!  RIP, Miriam - I remember first hearing this when I was a little girl, so you opened the door to my being open to world music of all kinds!
Posted 16 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
That's the way I want to go, doing something I very much love. I just watched the documentary "Young at Heart" about the chorus of senior seniors who sing versions of contemporary rock, punk, and pop songs. Two members pass away during the making of the film and the preparation for a new season of shows. Miriam's story reminds me of that.
Posted 16 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
She died in Castel Volturno, near Caserta, Italy, in the evening of 9 November 2008, of a heart attack, shortly after taking part in a concert organized to support writer Roberto Saviano in his stand against the Camorra, a mafia-like organisation.<8><9><10> In his condolence message, former South African president Nelson Mandela said it was "fitting that Makeba died doing what she did best - singing."
Posted 16 years ago by marcucho    [ Reply ]
Pata pata is played almost everyday here.
Thank you Miriam Makeba. RIP.


Posted 16 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
Such a great artist. Rest in Peace, Miriam Makeba.
Posted 16 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the tribute, Bill.

Great song. Sad day.

RIP.
Posted 16 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
RIP, Miriam.
Posted 16 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Sorry to see her go, but it's a good exit song.

Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
I'd never heard this song before RP - now I've got it on my iPod and turn it on whenever I need to smile. LOVE IT!! Don't understand much of the lyrics but who cares? Let the rhythm and funky little beat move yer body and dance!
Posted 16 years ago by micahw29    [ Reply ]
 Kittee wrote:
No. Just no. 
Perhaps this appeals to those folks that speak with tongue clickings etc, but not me.   And  it's not Friday! {#Puke}
 
Those folks? Sounds like a racist comment to me.
Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Up and dance everybody! {#Jump}
Its Pata Pata time!

Posted 16 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
voices as this are not belong of a country or a region, belongs to all the humanity -   9.

Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
No. Just no. 
Perhaps this appeals to those folks that speak with tongue clickings etc, but not me.   And  it's not Friday! {#Puke}
Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
This song rocks!
{#Daisy}

Posted 16 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
This is, ummm, how shall I put it?

This is pretty crappy.


I wholeheartedly agree.

Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
This is, ummm, how shall I put it?

This is pretty crappy.

Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
I hate to post the only negative comment on this whole thread, but: (1) This song is to African music as The Banana Boat Song is to the music of the Caribbean - plastic pseudo-ethnic pop targeted at a mass audience. It's fun, but once a year or so is enough. (2) Miriam Makeba was an outspoken advocate of the brutal Guinean dictator Sekou Touré. She lived in a lavish mansion in the Guinean countryside and represented Guinea in the U.N.; apparently Touré's anti-western stance was enough to persuade her turn a blind eye to the fact that he jailed, tortured, and murdered thousands of political opponents, amassing an enormous fortune while letting his citizens live in abysmal poverty. One group of political opponents was publicly hanged from a road bridge in downtown Conakry, still known as the "hanging bridge". Having spent 3 years in Guinea and experienced first-hand the shocking-even-for-Africa poverty and corruption that is still the legacy of his rule, it's hard to listen to this on its musical merits alone (such as they are).
I was just a kid the first time I listened to this tune. I even did not understand a word! But I am sure it made me sing (?), dance (!) and very, very happy every time I had the chance to hear it. I am glad again with my memories. I am sad at the stuff you wrote about. It confirms everything has at least two approaches, and everything can be understood in a number of ways... depending on each one's circumstances and information.
Posted 16 years ago by PLezam9109    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
I hate to post the only negative comment on this whole thread, but: (1) This song is to African music as The Banana Boat Song is to the music of the Caribbean - plastic pseudo-ethnic pop targeted at a mass audience. It's fun, but once a year or so is enough. (2) Miriam Makeba was an outspoken advocate of the brutal Guinean dictator Sekou Touré. She lived in a lavish mansion in the Guinean countryside and represented Guinea in the U.N.; apparently Touré's anti-western stance was enough to persuade her turn a blind eye to the fact that he jailed, tortured, and murdered thousands of political opponents, amassing an enormous fortune while letting his citizens live in abysmal poverty. One group of political opponents was publicly hanged from a road bridge in downtown Conakry, still known as the "hanging bridge". Having spent 3 years in Guinea and experienced first-hand the shocking-even-for-Africa poverty and corruption that is still the legacy of his rule, it's hard to listen to this on its musical merits alone (such as they are).
I can't comment on the political content above... But musically, I don't get it... glad the rest of you do.
Posted 16 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Wow...this dates me....I remember this from.....well I ain't saying!
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
gobits wrote:
I can't believe they're playing this song. I haven't heard it in ages. It is such a happy tune. People think I'm nuts when the song pops in to my head and I start humming it - maybe I am nuts - ah, who cares it makes me happy!
I agree. It's been way too long. It always makes me smile.
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
RobRyan wrote:
Musically, sounds like early '60s to me.
Even more like the 50's to me. But I don't slight her for that. I like it!
Posted 16 years ago by Blasserman    [ Reply ]
I can't believe they're playing this song. I haven't heard it in ages. It is such a happy tune. People think I'm nuts when the song pops in to my head and I start humming it - maybe I am nuts - ah, who cares it makes me happy!
Posted 16 years ago by gobits    [ Reply ]
Hlala kahle, Mama Africa! Miss those hot, blue-sky days and those warm, vibrant nights, with the sounds of Township Jazz making hips move, the tantalising smell of the braai(BBQ), mingling with the heady aroma of jacaranda blossoms... These grey Northern skies can be so cold and unwelcoming, the smiles a little less wide and care-free... Great station by the way, just discovered, keep 'em coming!
Posted 16 years ago by garthwb    [ Reply ]
LOVE HER!!! I have Pata Pata 2000 on CD (the "dance" mix - fabulous!! Any version will do!).
Posted 16 years ago by amazon101    [ Reply ]
sounds like a Gilda character from the good years of SNL
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
This takes me way back when...... Well, when you couldn't hear the click through most stereos and when Johannesburg wasn't a recognized in most households.
Posted 16 years ago by Detlaps    [ Reply ]
westslope wrote:
Percussion. Either a clicking tongue or a drum stick hitting a hollow piece of bamboo. Is Makeba of the Xhosa people? Likely a vocal clicking sound then. Enjoyable.
Right on both counts.
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]