Wednesday 24 September 2008

I wish the meanings weren't so vague to me.

Wiseman - James Blunt

Awe - Asa



I think I understand the plea to find home, but I don't get where the Zungo is.

7 comments:

Lost at The End said...

Hello Afolabi,

thanks for visiting my blog. Interesting post. Is the lady speaking yoruba?

Afolabi said...

@ lost at the end
hello, you're welcome to my blog, I hope you enjoy my posts. The Nina Simone song was composed by Michael Olatunji, and she's singing in Yoruba.

Lost at The End said...

Wow! Fascinating.

Anonymous said...

Ah afolabi...
sighs

about vague meanings I loved Asa's "awe' without understanding a word of it. i tot the song was a prayer. My friends gave me a translation and i love it better still

Music transcends words and language. I shed tears sometime at some of Coltrane's phrasings and melodies. Mozart too... and they dont use words...

how you dey?

Afolabi said...

@jaja- I dey o, lotta sch work and head aches.. What's up wit u..did u see the msg I sent u...Music does transcend words..sometimes I listen to Angelique Kidjo and though her songs are in the Beninoise Yoruba-which I don't fully understand..I still love the ruggedness of her music. Btw, I never sat down to listen to Mozart, but I think I'll try...

SOLOMONSYDELLE said...

Interesting. have never heard any of those songs. Will go try to absorb them again.

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