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Papa Wemba — Bakwetu
Album: Molokai
Avg rating:
5.6

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Total ratings: 823









Released: 1998
Length: 3:06
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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 xkolibuul wrote:
Agreed.  This is one of the more criminal ratings on RP.  
 
I was about to make a comment about who is downvoting this but I'm like "must be more like Cynaera, just enjoy and let it go".
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
10 seconds in and I love this!!
Posted 1 year ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
Fabulous!  So much joy in this.  
Posted 1 year ago by Beaker    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

wow
i hear frank zappa

but...but...but how is that possible?




IDK?   It reminds me of Paul Simon's Graceland  GREAT TUNE!! May he rest in Peace!  Thanx RP!   

Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
wow
i hear frank zappa

but...but...but how is that possible?
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Great Tune!! The more I hear it, the more I like it!!  Thanx RP!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 xkolibuul wrote:

Agreed.  This is one of the more criminal ratings on RP.  



I gave it a "10"!!! I like it!! ...I don't care what anybody thinks!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 planet_lizard wrote:

Av rating 5.8 ?!?!!

Are the only people voting those who have had their groove glands removed?



Agreed.  This is one of the more criminal ratings on RP.  
Posted 2 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
I always remember hearing him first on Peter Gabriel's live album Secret World Live. 

His voice was always so unique!
Posted 3 years ago by DavidFromHouston    [ Reply ]
Great tune! ...Whenever I hear vocals in a language that I do not speak or understand, I consider them to be a musical instrument.  In this case, a percussive instrument!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 jukes1 wrote:
I like the underlying grove, but it’s just so dull and repetetive without understanding any of the lyrics.
 
this is the stuff that makes RP great. 
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
 jukes1 wrote:
I like the underlying grove, but it’s just so dull and repetetive without understanding any of the lyrics.
 
And whose fault is that?  It's not repetitive, it's a groove.  Embrace it...
Posted 5 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
I know.
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Hang in there, 'Black Betty' is next. {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 5 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
I like the underlying grove, but it’s just so dull and repetetive without understanding any of the lyrics.
Posted 5 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
I hate the skipping record bit at the end.

But I kinda like it, too.


{#Stupid}
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
lived in Liberia in the mid-70s
this song takes me right back there!
Posted 6 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Very sad to hear Papa Wemba collapsed on stage in Ivory Coast and died last night. Always enjoyed his music, thanks to RP.
Posted 8 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
At first, this song sucked.

Then, it completely shifted gears towards the end, with no segue at all, and somehow managed to suck even more for the last 30 seconds.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]

Av rating 5.8 ?!?!!

Are the only people voting those who have had their groove glands removed?


Posted 16 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
oh man, is this song funky or what.
Posted 16 years ago by venus_df    [ Reply ]
the next tune will be aboriginal.
Posted 16 years ago by mefrombrazil    [ Reply ]
Such a great groove.
Posted 17 years ago by Ennis    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Matts    [ Reply ]
So many positive comments, and so few negative...I'm surprised the overall rating is so low (5.7). Personally, it's a 7 for me. Quite likeable.
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
very cool, I see PW's been around a while, so another cool new find for me on RP, nicey nice that or I'm always horribly behind the times
Posted 17 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
I can't stop chair dancing!
Posted 18 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Cellocaster_Paul wrote:
www.myspace.com/treehouseonline
We don't want any SPAM!
Posted 18 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
You can either go Paul Simon or Tito Puente at this point.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Great energy! Gotta get up off the chair and move! Great guitar work, sweet groove, fantastic vocals! Thanks Bill and Rebecca for turning me on to this! www.myspace.com/treehouseonline
Posted 18 years ago by Cellocaster_Paul    [ Reply ]
honeygirl wrote:
I'm dizzy!!!!!!!
Extremely liftoff!
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Absolutely awesomely beautiful female back up singers on this and many Papa Wemba tunes.
Posted 18 years ago by wmstadler    [ Reply ]
For some reason, I picture Peter Griffin dancing around his house wearing a hat made of fruit & singing...
Posted 18 years ago by FilmSurgeon    [ Reply ]
ethajn wrote:
It's hard to sit still listening to this song...such a perfect groove!
yup my feet are tapping
Posted 18 years ago by photobusta    [ Reply ]
It's hard to sit still listening to this song...such a perfect groove!
Posted 18 years ago by ethajn    [ Reply ]
Alafia wrote:
Yaaayyyy! More African music please!
Couldn't agree more!
Posted 18 years ago by jcs    [ Reply ]
I'm dizzy!!!!!!!
Posted 18 years ago by honeygirl    [ Reply ]
Lazy8 wrote:
Great big grin!
Because that's the expression I always assume just before I start screaming and breaking things. . . .
Posted 18 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
rmurray248 wrote:
puts the previous tune (Paul Simon's Proof) in its place.
Another ridiculous comparison - why use one great song to put down another? Paul Simon and Beck have both gone looking outside of North America/Europe for their influences - does that make them posers? I suppose in rmurray and xkolibuul's ideal world, white boys are only allowed to make white-boy music.
Posted 18 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Great big grin!
Posted 18 years ago by Lazy8    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
Ahhh...now THIS is tropical, unlike that poser schlock by Beck abusing a samba beat.
What a ridiculous comparison to make.
Posted 18 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
next
Posted 18 years ago by rixtar99    [ Reply ]
Alafia wrote:
Yaaayyyy! More African music please!
I'll second that!
Posted 18 years ago by Setanta    [ Reply ]
Ahhh...now THIS is tropical, unlike that poser schlock by Beck abusing a samba beat.
Posted 18 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Nice, until the last few bars when they drove the groove to a halt.
Posted 19 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Sweeeeet! Alafia wrote:
Yaaayyyy! More African music please!
I second that.
Posted 19 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Yaaayyyy! More African music please!
Posted 19 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
Just heard this on the LRC. Why is this on the LRC when it's apparently been in the RP collection sinds at least Fri Nov 30, 2001 ?? Very nice song though. Keep playing this!
Posted 19 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by Sequoyah    [ Reply ]
:sunny.gif: 10
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
oldslabsides wrote:
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS - MUTE!
This is just beautiful...so armonius...and danceable....just try, oldslabsides... shake your bootie
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS - MUTE!
Posted 20 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
Nice bouncy little tune.
Posted 20 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
NICKNAME wrote:
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 8
If you insist, NN.......
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Great and fun sounds. Some people around here have small windows of enjoyment. Lighten up - there\'s more to music than you (or I) know! - Riff
Posted 21 years ago by riffster    [ Reply ]
This makes me turn off my real player.
Posted 21 years ago by MaK    [ Reply ]
please stop the pain.... turn it off.....
Posted 22 years ago by j1b2d3    [ Reply ]
yes! more world music please.
Posted 22 years ago by vozdic    [ Reply ]
If i didn\'t know this was mp3 format, I\'d have thought the damn CD was skipping at the end. Feh!
Posted 22 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
grates on me worse than any other song that I have ever heard. make the hurting stop!!! :p
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Excellent - puts the previous tune (Paul Simon\'s Proof) in its place.
Posted 22 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]