Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Mint Juleps "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

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William Adams

William Adams

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@robertcounts5300
@robertcounts5300 10 ай бұрын
I don't hear people, I hear ANGELS!
@plato107
@plato107 13 жыл бұрын
This song was written in 1939 in the Zulu language by a musician, Solomon Linda. The original title was Mbube, which was the Zulu word to call a lion (Lion = imbube). There is a good Zulu version recorded by The Mahotella Queens on a compilation, African Playground, on the Putamaya label.
@nielskjr5432
@nielskjr5432 2 жыл бұрын
I'd really love to listen to that.
@SarahYip1111
@SarahYip1111 3 ай бұрын
@@nielskjr5432 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6PVgodqjNCVhKc the story behind this song is well worth researching, a lot of controversy
@sydboski
@sydboski 2 ай бұрын
@@nielskjr5432 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6PVgodqjNCVhKcsi=cdgIJN6UIuWrgGYV
@Bert_Fromarketin
@Bert_Fromarketin 2 жыл бұрын
ALMIGHTY LADYSMITH!! R.I.P JOSEPH
@lothrienshadowdancer1570
@lothrienshadowdancer1570 Жыл бұрын
No words can describe the beauty of this singing!!
@taylordw
@taylordw 8 ай бұрын
It’s refreshing to hear female high notes rather than male falsetto as in the Tokens and the Nylons
@sydboski
@sydboski 2 ай бұрын
@@taylordw In the original Mbube by Solomon Linda there were no women.
@sharonrollins2386
@sharonrollins2386 11 ай бұрын
I saw this when it came on PBS I believe. I was watching with my Mother. She loved Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It's beautiful because it takes me back to that time when she was alive, happy, and healthy!
@sharonrollins2386
@sharonrollins2386 11 ай бұрын
It may have been on HBO. Either way, this is beautiful.
@jackiec859
@jackiec859 6 ай бұрын
I saw it on PBS.
@sydboski
@sydboski 2 ай бұрын
@@jackiec859 It was on PBS. that is where I saw it.
@TheUser195
@TheUser195 5 жыл бұрын
look at this! no in ear monitors, just pure training and technique, no-one is over powering anyone, they're playing together in perfect harmony. Stunning.
@queenmama9229
@queenmama9229 3 жыл бұрын
Facts💯💯💯
@cindyshirey8561
@cindyshirey8561 Жыл бұрын
REAL MUSIC, GREAT GENTLEMEN ! REAL MUSIC ! Concert I will never Forget, Bless Them !
@CXensation
@CXensation Жыл бұрын
its called timing ...
@janinesmith290
@janinesmith290 Жыл бұрын
Great concert at the Barbican centre last week. Someone must have captured it on video 🙏
@jenn976
@jenn976 7 ай бұрын
It can be done, obviously. But it takes musicians, musicians who listen to each other, who rehearse, and most of all, in a space that allows that listening to actually happen. You can’t do this in a “dead” room.
@martyne3325
@martyne3325 4 жыл бұрын
RIP Joseph :'( Thank YOU for the beautiful music you gave us
@Saigonjoe1
@Saigonjoe1 Ай бұрын
Always come back to this amazing rendition. 15 years. Wow.
@jg2072
@jg2072 Ай бұрын
This was part of Spike Lee's project that aired in 1992 or so.
@lindadespain5422
@lindadespain5422 7 жыл бұрын
Never tire of this version. I come back when I need the flow, melody, harmony, soft African nights with respect for such peace.
@syahmhlongo825
@syahmhlongo825 5 жыл бұрын
Deep House
@taylorduvernay9789
@taylorduvernay9789 4 жыл бұрын
Same here, I needed to hear this today so I came to search ❤. So blessed
@mthunzimhlongo660
@mthunzimhlongo660 4 жыл бұрын
THE MAN WHO WROTE THIS SONG HIS LAST NAME IS LINDA
@rhondakim
@rhondakim 4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful and perfectly-stated comment. 😊
@kenmarriott6816
@kenmarriott6816 4 жыл бұрын
Africa has a rythem all of its own
@bludalwoodalwoo
@bludalwoodalwoo 14 жыл бұрын
Sometimes on the internet you see some truly inspiring things. This is one of them.
@nielskjr5432
@nielskjr5432 5 жыл бұрын
Somebody at KZbin removed my comment. I was only pointing out, that this song is Southafrican( called "Mbube", written by Solomon Linda). The family of Solomon Linda is dirt poor, while The Tokens get royalties from all over the world. It's not OK
@charlesgold9016
@charlesgold9016 4 жыл бұрын
HEAR HEAR!!!!
@architecturemyspace299
@architecturemyspace299 4 жыл бұрын
I read that as a child, could not believe it. Truly sad
@only-vans
@only-vans 4 жыл бұрын
this song is actually traditional South African and has been sung for centuries. Linda is credited ( correct me if I'm wrong) for the first recording with lyrics. Mbube was a song without lyrics for centuries...it was all vocal sounds. Acapela at it's best.
@BenjaminPoupard
@BenjaminPoupard 4 жыл бұрын
@@only-vans Where's the proof? There's not a single source I can find that says anyone other than Solomon Linda wrote that song as an original composition.
@ItachiUchiha-ck6hi
@ItachiUchiha-ck6hi 4 жыл бұрын
Ben Poupard maybe don’t just use google, because most of it is full of bullshit. Scroll down
@cynthiahawkins2389
@cynthiahawkins2389 8 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else's soul just SOARRRR when they hear this? I am on air!!
@chuckcunningham9653
@chuckcunningham9653 8 жыл бұрын
Absolutely !!! totally awesome... totally divin
@johnrussell3321
@johnrussell3321 8 жыл бұрын
If you have a soul, it do.
@phongulu
@phongulu 8 жыл бұрын
SOARRRR indeed !
@michaelt5017
@michaelt5017 7 жыл бұрын
I'm floating on cloud nine too! This is the best ever version of this wonderful song!
@Stinkbug74
@Stinkbug74 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing, isn't it. 💖
@fredaclaassen9727
@fredaclaassen9727 Жыл бұрын
Just love Black Mambazo gospel n all songs WOW !
@LIVEFRMNYC
@LIVEFRMNYC 10 жыл бұрын
This is the best version, nothing comes close.
@virgilioantoniocepedaherna1649
@virgilioantoniocepedaherna1649 5 жыл бұрын
yes it is the best
@thomasblock1882
@thomasblock1882 5 жыл бұрын
Above and beyond!
@Stinkbug74
@Stinkbug74 5 жыл бұрын
It's been my favorite since the day I first heard it over 15 years ago.
@mikeoaktree
@mikeoaktree 5 жыл бұрын
Except for the blacksmith lady mambazo alone
@Stinkbug74
@Stinkbug74 5 жыл бұрын
@@mikeoaktree I just listened to one of theirs here on you tube, I think it's the one from 'coming to americs' and I love the acoustics on that one. It has an echo as if they are singing it from a large cave.
@brileygabriel4949
@brileygabriel4949 2 ай бұрын
We are a special people.. I am a Black man of Caribbean decent.. The harmonies...the rhythms... the soul.. It speaks to me.. it brings me to tears..
@WgCdrLuddite
@WgCdrLuddite Ай бұрын
I'm a white European bloke and the tears are streaming down my face. Beautiful music transcends ethnicity.
@olielapz3534
@olielapz3534 4 ай бұрын
It's in our DNA- we all came from Africa that's why we all love this kind of music
@tinofaratinashemukakaso5632
@tinofaratinashemukakaso5632 2 жыл бұрын
I don't why but I get emotional everytime I listen to this song
@donovan6592
@donovan6592 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with that other comment this version has no equal. It by far the best version ever and I don't believe that anyone will ever top this performance is phenomenal! I am 74 yrs. Old will somebody tell me why these phenomenal artists are making me cry every time I come back to listen. Great job bravo thank you for sharing your talents with the world. I love everyone of you.
@jamesroyce1845
@jamesroyce1845 2 жыл бұрын
Another old fella here (only 65 though). Only Ladysmith give this the emotion and depth, Despite what's happening in this so-called progressive age, it's only with people like these that barriers are truly broken down. I'm white and unashamed of loving tribal music of all kinds and I don't subscribe to 'cultural appropriation' because I like sounds like this so much.
@cindyshirey8561
@cindyshirey8561 Жыл бұрын
Husband back in the 70's took me to New Orleans to see them LIVE ! Still LOVE THEM ! Thank You Stephen In Heaven !
@catherineouellette8124
@catherineouellette8124 10 ай бұрын
This is so lovely--I picture a community who lives next to & respects our animal brothers & sisters & comes together to soothe, protect & teach the youngest, most vulnerable people. Let the world live that way.
@d.l.l.6578
@d.l.l.6578 4 ай бұрын
Are you kidding? Africans kill and eat animals all the time.
@monkeymouse
@monkeymouse 10 жыл бұрын
Moves me to tears every time; not just the performance but the symbolism, the two parts of the Diaspora connecting again.
@monkeymouse
@monkeymouse 9 жыл бұрын
Who said you would? Besides, Africa ranges from Algeria to Zambia; whereabouts were U?
@Edubl2012
@Edubl2012 10 жыл бұрын
This was @ the Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC. I was there. The show was taped live and produced by Spike Lee. The show was called, "Do It Accapella
@marsthatdamnrebel
@marsthatdamnrebel 6 жыл бұрын
THANKS! I do remember watching this on TV and having chills during this song.
@cybercroneCA
@cybercroneCA 5 жыл бұрын
You lucky, lucky duck!!
@singingzoo
@singingzoo 5 жыл бұрын
My wife had taped it back in the day on VHS and it got a lot of syringe in our house. Any more of this on KZbin?
@tomhicks4097
@tomhicks4097 5 жыл бұрын
This is sublime, a beauty of voice and movement and fellowship that makes my tears flow.
@anthonycruz8630
@anthonycruz8630 4 жыл бұрын
I remember this. But, I was a child. I loved it, but didn't know how to appreciate it.
@Joel-nz1gd
@Joel-nz1gd 2 жыл бұрын
The year is 2022 and this is still sending chills to my spine.
@sydboski
@sydboski 2 ай бұрын
I heard this version when it was on PBS on Spike Lee's Acapella. It's 2024 and it still moves the soul.
@sydboski
@sydboski 6 жыл бұрын
Thee best version ever! Nothing even comes close. Not even the original Mbube.
@thesparklingunicorn8543
@thesparklingunicorn8543 11 ай бұрын
I have whole body goose bumps right now
@cynthiahawkins2389
@cynthiahawkins2389 8 жыл бұрын
Ladysmith Black Mambazo are sublime, just by themselves, 'a cappella taking wings'. But with the wonderful addition of feminine voices, the experience for me was utterly celestial. Believe this?? There ARE actual people on Earth who have never heard LBM?? Pity the fools....
@garyhalsey7693
@garyhalsey7693 5 жыл бұрын
Agreed!! Had the joy of seeing them live at the Edinburgh Playhouse many years ago......sublime!!
@klishnor1
@klishnor1 5 жыл бұрын
Don't pity them, envy them for the feeling of awakening which will happen to them when they hear LBM for the first time.
@splashery
@splashery Жыл бұрын
Joseph Tshabalala one of RSA's greatest musical prodigies.
@JebHoge
@JebHoge 9 жыл бұрын
1:22 that haunting harmony...it's been what, 25 years since this was released, and I've never, ever heard a better rendition.
@amayajones68
@amayajones68 9 жыл бұрын
I agree. My heart fluttered hearing that.
@aggabus
@aggabus 8 жыл бұрын
25 plus 25
@roxierocker5624
@roxierocker5624 8 жыл бұрын
Well it's been close to 50 years as I know it. I'm 62 years old, ... have it by the "Tokens", and "Pete Seeger", ... both from the early 60's. "Lady-Smith Black Mambazo" are simply fantastic. My first exposure to "Mint Juleps", ... and will certainly look into their work.
@matimbamabunda7950
@matimbamabunda7950 8 жыл бұрын
The original song was released in 1939 by solomon linda. it was titled mbube. So i guess it has been 77 years.
@edsonpetgrave5944
@edsonpetgrave5944 8 жыл бұрын
ok
@ataindum
@ataindum 14 жыл бұрын
Instrumental Voices! Splendid.
@peterdenew7459
@peterdenew7459 3 жыл бұрын
they just crushed this arrangement !!!!! Just wow!!! Ladysmith and the Julips !!! Harmonies are just incredible !!!! Peace be with Joseph Shabalala the world lost a great voice. :(
@danielkazonda4553
@danielkazonda4553 11 жыл бұрын
This is what makes me a proud African!!!
@mukwedeya
@mukwedeya Жыл бұрын
Beautiful vocals, and seamlessly flowing and graceful deft movements!!!!! Simply in a class of of its own!!!!! Thank you Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Mint Juleps in "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and William Adams for sharing this timeless marvel
@maxaronow712
@maxaronow712 8 жыл бұрын
At any given time in my life, the urge to sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is just a whim away.........a whim away a whim away a whim away
@lexabellanosa6524
@lexabellanosa6524 7 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@johnjibril1280
@johnjibril1280 5 жыл бұрын
😂😅😅
@777lufy
@777lufy 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@gengisjon
@gengisjon 4 жыл бұрын
Haha!
@joybarry968
@joybarry968 10 жыл бұрын
I can't stop crying. The soul and spirit of LIFE that flows through each and every one of those voices is absolutely Glorious. I can't stop crying. I am from Puerto Rico and puertoricans are part African when Columbus kidnapped us and brought us hog tied and chained. Thank you for this video.
@rogerdodger8415
@rogerdodger8415 5 жыл бұрын
You should really cry for your African brothers that sold you into captivity.
@miguelacosta5446
@miguelacosta5446 5 жыл бұрын
@@rogerdodger8415 not every one was sold, many were stolen
@megavega4
@megavega4 4 жыл бұрын
@@rogerdodger8415 you should shut the fuck up.
@charlesgold9016
@charlesgold9016 4 жыл бұрын
@@rogerdodger8415 Have some emotional intelligence boy!!
@rogerdodger8415
@rogerdodger8415 4 жыл бұрын
@@charlesgold9016 I try not to mix emotion with intelligence. Not a smart thing to do.
@bettygiddings7674
@bettygiddings7674 5 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness this historical information has come to light. As often happens profit and greed once again displaced the original talent and content of those who were powerless to claim what was due them....recognition and their just compensation. We all should be proud of the melodic and harmonic genius of Solomon Linda.
@stuffnonsense8039
@stuffnonsense8039 10 жыл бұрын
When I first heard LBM's music and saw them perform, the band members were not yet free (back in apartheid days). I have a feeling i am gonna bawl like a baby seeing them again in March. The side of freedom and dignity is ALWAYS the right side of history. This group did so much to get the West and US to stand up against apartheid, to get the great President Mandela released from prison, and helped create international pressure to free their countrymen and women from the inhumane rule of apartheid. Music can change the world.
@katekohl6059
@katekohl6059 9 жыл бұрын
dkmeller1 Unfortunately, that's true. :(
@yaparairiro
@yaparairiro 7 жыл бұрын
dkmeller1 I beg to differ my good friend. the situation is less than perfect as is the case all over the world. we have made significant strides though.
@jeanpi314159
@jeanpi314159 7 жыл бұрын
Cuba is the country that made the more to free South Africa and it was the first country Mandela visited when he became the the first president of the free South Africa. Of course, music can change the world, but you need some other weapons too.Cuban soldiers won against South African mercenary and army. When Fidel Castro died, people could sign and write words to his memory in a book at the Cuban Embassy. I came there with my wife (she is from Madagascar, a country taht help ANC during Apartheid times), and we have been really impressed to see how many African people thanked Fidel Castro and Cuba for their freedom . There were a lot of pages in that book.
@greatharv
@greatharv 10 жыл бұрын
Ladysmith Black Mambazo brilliant as always. i have watched this a hundred times. The lady who comes out and dances has the most beautiful voice.
@jago76
@jago76 10 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@soundtrackofaphotograph1324
@soundtrackofaphotograph1324 9 жыл бұрын
greatharv They all have great and unique voices, but that moment when Sandra Charles dances with Joseph from Ladysmith is special. Absolutely beautiful. I actually started a Mint Juleps tribute page on Facebook. They still get up and sing occasionally!
@barnowl.
@barnowl. 7 ай бұрын
Loved, loved, loved this unique and wonderful version of 'Wimoweh/ The Loin Sleeps Tonight'. I've known this song for 65 years and still get goose bumps from it. Well done LBM and MJs - a fabulous effort !
@benkei7530
@benkei7530 6 ай бұрын
This is the original. The tokens stole it
@barnowl.
@barnowl. 6 ай бұрын
@@benkei7530 This is not the original and neither is The Tokens rendition. The original was composed by Solomon Linda of South Africa and sung by his group named Solomon Linda's Evening Birds. It's on You Tube . The song is also known as, 'Mbube'.
@user-vw6bk4pb4l
@user-vw6bk4pb4l 19 күн бұрын
@@barnowl. The original was not composed by Solomon Linda, they were the first to record their version of a traditional Zulu folk song! This version is not unique, its simply Solomon Linda's version of Mbube plus added English lyrics from the popularised American version
@gloriatshabalala3619
@gloriatshabalala3619 2 жыл бұрын
The harmony is out of this world. I have listened to this collaboration many a time.
@alinaaneldeiipinge4767
@alinaaneldeiipinge4767 2 жыл бұрын
we are actually two.
@brianndrelan135
@brianndrelan135 2 жыл бұрын
I got hooked after watching their performance at World Expo held in Brisbane Australia in 1988.
@brianndrelan135
@brianndrelan135 2 жыл бұрын
I got hooked after watching their performance at World Expo held in Brisbane Australia in 1988.
@XR782VT
@XR782VT 14 жыл бұрын
Ya know, it always makes me happy to see so many videos of A Cappella. Most people nowadays don't even know what that is anymore but I still believe that singing without any type of instrument can often be better than with instruments because there is so much more that the human voice can do than an instrument can ever hope to accomplish.
@smokenwhisky9163
@smokenwhisky9163 2 жыл бұрын
Yup! I sing in a few large choirs and when rehearsing it is pretty much a Capella but when we do the concerts we have musicians to help provide a fuller sound. Fuller being subjective, the choir is 130 person and the orchestra is 50pc. Goods times!
@donnaleary1746
@donnaleary1746 2 жыл бұрын
The human voice is the only one that Our Creator ever made.
@adrianotellesdemenezes3184
@adrianotellesdemenezes3184 8 жыл бұрын
It´s so refreshing the memories from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique and Zambia!!!
@paddy1952
@paddy1952 9 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic. It reaches something deep inside. We now know from DNA research that we're all African if you go back far enough. This is the music of our souls.
@thembelanimkhize7918
@thembelanimkhize7918 6 жыл бұрын
I can feel unity proving Africa is the motherland, we are all Africans in the planet earth
@FelFree
@FelFree 5 жыл бұрын
🌍 Mama Africa ✨✨✨
@GoddessOfLightMagee
@GoddessOfLightMagee 5 жыл бұрын
Mama Africa
@ethancarbajal8496
@ethancarbajal8496 4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit are you serious? If this is true that would just be EPIC if everyone knew this fact just think of how society would be right now...no racism or anything like that...I love the sound of that
@paddy1952
@paddy1952 3 жыл бұрын
@@3Doctors Why gon't you read, or at least watch some paleantology videos from credible sources, before posting such an ignorant remark? Maybe study English as well.
@billyarrow9499
@billyarrow9499 8 жыл бұрын
After all my years working in Africa, listening to this beautiful piece brings tears to my eyes as I so miss the people and sights of that continent.
@bro.malcolmali395
@bro.malcolmali395 9 жыл бұрын
Coming to America rings a bell here especially the intro song
@UNEEKMONIQ
@UNEEKMONIQ 7 жыл бұрын
I was told when a King of an African Tribe dies; the tribe says "the lion sleeps". This is the meaning of this song. I could be wrong, but still a beautiful song.
@motorcop505
@motorcop505 6 жыл бұрын
MONIQUE PURCELL I believe the original spoke of Shaka King of the Zulus. His sleeping is like King Arthur's in that he will return when he is needed. There are some pure African versions on KZbin.
@barbaragrace4446
@barbaragrace4446 6 жыл бұрын
Uyimbube actually means "you are a lion"
@bensonokello888
@bensonokello888 5 жыл бұрын
You're correct. The song was meant to celebrate/mourn the death of the Zulu king. "In the jungle the might jungle the Lion sleeps tonight", that line traditionally is interpreted as "in the peaceful none-violent Zulu kingdom, the king sleeps(laid to rest) tonight". In Africa, we believe that the soul/spirit of the departed finds more peace and ease traveling to the spiritual land in the night or when the sun goes down.
@noexpectations17
@noexpectations17 4 жыл бұрын
The melody comes from the Zulu singer Solomon Linda, who recorded "Mbube" with his group, Evening Birds, in 1939. The lyrics mean, "Lion! Ha! You're a lion." Pete Seeger heard the record and mistook the repeating phrase as "Wimoweh," which he cut with The Weavers in 1951(The Kingston Trio also recorded it). In 1961, The Tokens recorded it with lyrics written by George Weiss based on a false translation of the Zulu from a staffer at the South African consulate in New York. Rian Malan wrote a great story about the song that appeared in the May 25, 2000 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine. The song has made millions, although very little of the wealth has gone to the Linda family in South Africa.
@martinmkhatshwa5087
@martinmkhatshwa5087 4 жыл бұрын
Only people from royal families in south africa are earn that honor as to not scared the kids and also welcoming the dead to his/her ancestors
@christianmountou1256
@christianmountou1256 Жыл бұрын
I like this song so much.
@steveegallo3384
@steveegallo3384 7 жыл бұрын
All Glory to Solomon Linda, composer (in Zulu) of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Wimowe - Mbube" (1939).
@nokuphilakhumalo4269
@nokuphilakhumalo4269 5 жыл бұрын
It was never once called wimoweh only "Mbube " (uyimbube- a lion) "the lion sleeps tonight" is the American version
@whitway
@whitway 5 жыл бұрын
AMEN MR GALLO! GOD BLESS Solomon Linda!!!!
@pmashindamabuta7496
@pmashindamabuta7496 7 жыл бұрын
I always play this song whenever am driving , it gives me strength to go on .
@valeriemutanga1605
@valeriemutanga1605 5 жыл бұрын
2019 October who is still here 💖👌💟 this is so amazing I am so in love I can't get enough of this 😍😋😘
@Andijt
@Andijt 5 жыл бұрын
I'm still here! These two groups are phenomenal together!!
@patriciafinnie3497
@patriciafinnie3497 5 жыл бұрын
Just the best .🤩
@haroldvonschwartzenstien3581
@haroldvonschwartzenstien3581 3 жыл бұрын
July 2021, feeling bad that I thought it was a Tight Fit song...
@anascoburn
@anascoburn 3 жыл бұрын
Warmth, longing, a gentle ecstasy carried by the richness of human voices raised together in that easy, e trancing rhythm. This performance went straight to my heart more than a decade ago, and though my attention shifts elsewhere, it is as though the cadence persists and the music has never stopped.
@dmvweezy5235
@dmvweezy5235 3 жыл бұрын
September 2021
@WilliamTitus
@WilliamTitus 11 ай бұрын
Absolutely outstanding! Thank you!
@michaelp.9921
@michaelp.9921 2 жыл бұрын
.....Absolutely uplifting, soulful and perfectly symbiotic performance of both Solomon Linda's original and the "Tokens'/Weiss'" versions of this song!! True harmony! Thank you for sharing! This performance truly carries the soul of Mr. Linda and strives to reconcile the economic injustice surrounding this most popular song.....
@chronecro
@chronecro 6 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for an authenic, true to the original Zulu, yet highly tonic version of The Lion Sleeps tonight, and so far this is it. Well done, Solomon Linda, you wrote a classic.
@mikeggg5671
@mikeggg5671 2 жыл бұрын
Who is Solomon Linda
@chronecro
@chronecro 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikeggg5671 LOL want me to google that for you?
@thomastarwater6035
@thomastarwater6035 5 жыл бұрын
The most magnificent blending of voices this side of heaven! Thank you Spike Lee!
@jay-jaykruger3589
@jay-jaykruger3589 8 жыл бұрын
Talent from South-Africa! The real Makoya!! Amandla!!
@patriciasibanda1204
@patriciasibanda1204 6 жыл бұрын
Awethu!!!
@alicegauteng2358
@alicegauteng2358 5 жыл бұрын
100%
@dremalogsdon829
@dremalogsdon829 4 жыл бұрын
I had never heard this version. I truly love this
@rickgordon2849
@rickgordon2849 7 жыл бұрын
Best version ever. Phenomenal harmonies.
@charlessinger9917
@charlessinger9917 8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful version.....authentic! Such harmony and talent.
@cassandraestis3631
@cassandraestis3631 2 жыл бұрын
Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Paul Simon were a huge part of my childhood. I remembered when this aired and my mom had us watch it. I'm 43 and I still absolutely love them and this song. It's just so beautiful
@flow14569
@flow14569 3 жыл бұрын
Am never tired of this song
@kevinmorin7965
@kevinmorin7965 6 жыл бұрын
Debbie C sure can sing! If fate had these ladies living in the States and near Detroit- they'd have been a Mo-Town name girls group. Sorry we didn't have the 'net' back then or we'd have heard of them earlier.
@imaslowlerner
@imaslowlerner Жыл бұрын
My African family have been through so much all over this planet.
@cottonclarksa
@cottonclarksa 12 жыл бұрын
The blend of voices in this is magnificent. This is almost 20 years old, and I remember watching it on TV when it first came out. Instead of PBS, though, I recall it being on HBO. Regardless, this is some of the good stuff in life. Spike, as usual, was way ahead of his time... I really do believe this whole series launched the a'capella/Glee movement that is so strong today. And that is a good thing, a very good thing.
@douglasjackson8571
@douglasjackson8571 Жыл бұрын
Well your local PBS probably did not receive the viewing it wanted. Here in Northeast Ohio I watched Spike Lee does Acapella on WVIZ PBS. A Truly awesome music film about acoustic vocal music
@jackmandu
@jackmandu 5 жыл бұрын
Love it, half the guys are singing wimoweh and the other half are singing mbube. Ladysmith Black Mambazo are always fantastic.
@cjsb22lr
@cjsb22lr 8 жыл бұрын
bloody marvellous-------------------------may you keep singing for Africa!
@AndoyVillafuerte
@AndoyVillafuerte 4 жыл бұрын
This is by far my most favorite Acapella version of Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight). Greetings from the Philippines.
@pattiesalon
@pattiesalon 2 жыл бұрын
A friend told many years ago when he listened to an African song performed by native Africans that he really heard “timbre” in the voices. This reminds me of that unique and beautiful sound. This is gorgeous.
@ericgarbutt8561
@ericgarbutt8561 8 жыл бұрын
This is the authentic version. Many people have made entertaining versions of this song, but I have never heard one with the authentic rhythm and African sound that this has. Even those just in Zulu do not capture the spirit of the song like LBM- this is the real thing- 'ingoma imphele'
@sukoluhlefuyana5101
@sukoluhlefuyana5101 6 жыл бұрын
The original 1 is from solomon linda
@molokosugar1588
@molokosugar1588 4 жыл бұрын
Mushengu tshabalala RIP African blood
@lorriemamoet9406
@lorriemamoet9406 8 жыл бұрын
This is why I love South Africa, Afrikaans of nie, dit is so mooi.
@janwillemschokkenbroek3476
@janwillemschokkenbroek3476 5 жыл бұрын
Helemaal mee eens Lorrie !!
@maajidawesome6312
@maajidawesome6312 4 жыл бұрын
Se vir hulle man
@malubavj
@malubavj 9 жыл бұрын
can't get enough of this, music that gives ecstasy!!!
@briblo
@briblo 23 күн бұрын
My dad would play this and Paul Simon's Graceland album which Ladysmith Black Mambazo sang on several songs...the harmonies are flawless.
@timothyalderson2752
@timothyalderson2752 7 жыл бұрын
The purity is euphoric.
@Onionbaron
@Onionbaron 3 ай бұрын
Out of this world!!! Solomon Linda smiles from above! That baseline are something else!!!!
@martyne3325
@martyne3325 Жыл бұрын
Love this song, So glad I got to see them in concert before Joseph left us 😢 I love 2:11 his voice sends shivers down my spine when he hits that note
@renkessler5476
@renkessler5476 Жыл бұрын
Me, too.
@oldsoul29
@oldsoul29 5 жыл бұрын
This pretty... song beautiful🎶.. love it... soul
@paulstebenne8401
@paulstebenne8401 6 жыл бұрын
This is a timeless song . It’s like the Diamond of songs it will last forever and it will shine brighter over time.
@jamesrandell1159
@jamesrandell1159 Жыл бұрын
The sound of AFRICA brings back great memories.
@ayandantombela
@ayandantombela 9 ай бұрын
It is not me in 2024 tearing because of this song.❤😢
@tinroofbusted
@tinroofbusted 13 жыл бұрын
Well im so relaxed now its stupid, What great voices, no silly guitar and drums just pure voice and music. Can there be any other form of communication that is so human and wonderful.
@chazblitz
@chazblitz 11 жыл бұрын
Awesome version! This song always reminds me of the old Tracey Ullman show skit called "City of Strangers". Too funny!!
@kevinmorin7965
@kevinmorin7965 4 жыл бұрын
just Seconds! in the Julep lead; Debbie's vocal is perfect. Again, confirming my assertion that she is singularly THE most underrated vocal talent in popular music for decades. Her pitch is perfect, intonation sublime and phrasing in a class all her own. And all this during a couple of lines in concert with so many others. Goodness this woman could sing. I listen to the Juleps over and over to hear her sing. Thank you Debbie for your contribution to music.
@ngiyaxolisa
@ngiyaxolisa 7 жыл бұрын
What a great version! Always a fan of LBM, but the girls voices are a perfect addtion.
@RuckRuRaggie
@RuckRuRaggie 7 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps!!! Wow! I friggin' love this song!!!!!!!!!
@jg2072
@jg2072 Ай бұрын
This was part of such a special project that brought many a capella groups to the American people.
@yomilokan9751
@yomilokan9751 10 жыл бұрын
Some sounds you will never forget.
@dadaveda
@dadaveda 11 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best versions that I have seen on KZbin.
@jennburke2
@jennburke2 12 жыл бұрын
I first saw this group at 6 yrs old; love the harmony I learned how to sing from them and mint juleps
@robertomarquez6964
@robertomarquez6964 2 ай бұрын
Sencillamente Genial..!!! La mejor versión que he escuchado de todas..!!! Saludos desde Mendoza Argentina
@theoriginalMaxman2
@theoriginalMaxman2 9 жыл бұрын
At any given time in my life, the urge to sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is just a whim away.........a whim away a whim away a whim away....
@robertshrewsbury4241
@robertshrewsbury4241 2 жыл бұрын
A very nice blend of different styles.
@kilowhiskeyalpha6078
@kilowhiskeyalpha6078 5 жыл бұрын
This is glorious harmony, no one should pass this by with feeling uplifted by the energy of goodness.
@notsoinvisiblelibra
@notsoinvisiblelibra 3 жыл бұрын
This still bring tears to me and I haven't heard this in almost 30 yrs
@evaamoi6878
@evaamoi6878 9 жыл бұрын
The Voices...I tell you. Are killing me. Good work.
@michellebobier4471
@michellebobier4471 Жыл бұрын
This song never made me cry before. Fantastic
@shirleystann8645
@shirleystann8645 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard this version. It is stunning. Incredible talent, blend and musicianship. WOW.
@CMahue
@CMahue 12 жыл бұрын
WWWWOOOOWWWW!!! Never heard better. I agree....gotta be on Heaven's juke box.
@jago76
@jago76 12 жыл бұрын
This version is truly a masterpiece.
@dannymooreapprakusu6866
@dannymooreapprakusu6866 6 жыл бұрын
The best rendition of the many versions of this great song. The lion sleeps tonight.
@ugonnaetoh1770
@ugonnaetoh1770 6 жыл бұрын
O Boyyyy seeee voices, Chinekemeee... This voices can resurrect the dead...
@jamesokello9812
@jamesokello9812 5 жыл бұрын
I have been listening to this music for the last 20 years. VERY NICE. From Kisumu - Kenya.
@KaylaMarie-v9g
@KaylaMarie-v9g Жыл бұрын
I saw this when it first came out and I listen to this constantly. Their arrangement & harmony is so beautiful & is on point so outstanding. 🎼🎤🎶🎵
@markloveless1001
@markloveless1001 4 жыл бұрын
Too perfect. I never heard the Solomon Linda until 10 minutes ago. Brings it full circle. Crying now.
@TheMenace999
@TheMenace999 10 жыл бұрын
I just love this song, but this have to be the best rendition I have ever heared ! Well done guy's & girls Love it !!! xxxx
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