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  • Lady (1972) Fela Kuti
    From the LP Shakara (CD release 1997)
    Subscribe ► goo.gl/8Q1pVw , give Lady a thumbs up & Everybody say "Yeah Yeah"
    fela.net/discography/
    This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official CZcams channel ( / fela ) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May.
    The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.
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    #fela #kuti #felakuti #afrobeat #Nigeria #lady
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  • @felakuti
    @felakuti  Před 7 lety +495

    She go say, she go say, "I be lady, oh"
    We would love you to continue the Fela Express on this channel by subscribing here ► goo.gl/8Q1pVw
    Everybody say "Yeah Yeah" (y)

  • @olumayorwa
    @olumayorwa Před měsícem +31

    Don’t ask if anyone is here in 2024, we never left 🤝🏽🙌🏽

    • @stigmata290
      @stigmata290 Před 23 dny +1

      Estamos aqui ❤

    • @antonynjogu8283
      @antonynjogu8283 Před 2 dny +1

      Indeed! We've not left. The songs were gloriusly long. Just like the other Congo maestro Franco. Long and satisfying

  • @waleaggie8378
    @waleaggie8378 Před 4 lety +733

    Who's still enjoying this masterpiece in 2020? They don't make them like Fela Kuti any more!!!

    • @eniaofe9853
      @eniaofe9853 Před 4 lety +21

      No, they do not cos it is impossible to replicate his work. Each song was a masterpiece that could not and cannot be copied.

    • @waleaggie8378
      @waleaggie8378 Před 4 lety +4

      @@eniaofe9853
      So right. I was hoping that today could produce musicians of his caliber.

    • @waleaggie8378
      @waleaggie8378 Před 4 lety

      Thank you for enlighteningng me. Stay blessed!!

    • @oseemma2838
      @oseemma2838 Před 4 lety +1

      I'm here

    • @waleaggie8378
      @waleaggie8378 Před 4 lety +4

      @@oseemma2838
      Glad you're enjoying such quality music.

  • @liqhtraise8132
    @liqhtraise8132 Před 6 lety +1057

    Speaking as a 26 year old white boy in Kentucky, true music like this sails over the false walls that separate us. Truly, the fierceness of the spirit has been lost, my friends. Thank you for this sanctuary.

    • @nynybear1600
      @nynybear1600 Před 6 lety +39

      Liqht Raise yup love from Ghana

    • @ollooduk5872
      @ollooduk5872 Před 6 lety +114

      How can we have borders when the skies are open from Moscow to Nairobi to Sydney to.... you name it.
      We created the walls ourselves.

    • @jimmysteeve7702
      @jimmysteeve7702 Před 6 lety +17

      ollo oduk absolutely right

    • @liqhtraise8132
      @liqhtraise8132 Před 6 lety +30

      ollo oduk The false walls will "fall" one day.

    • @alphabogeyman7462
      @alphabogeyman7462 Před 5 lety +11

      I did some training with US military personnel and a divorced guy complained bitterly about feminist ladies (especially his ex),just what Fela was singing about.

  • @gabrielatilola8713
    @gabrielatilola8713 Před 2 lety +89

    The first Yoruba person to actually challenge Nigerian government without seeking foreign supports or running away. O seun omo Akin!!!

  • @victormasinga1557
    @victormasinga1557 Před 4 lety +473

    I'm a South African boy from the Zulu clan who just found out about the Legendary Fela Kuti and I have to say, he probably has to be the best musician ever. He managed to touch hearts with his sound under horrifying times. He still touches my heart and I'm only 22 years of age. His music is something I will be proud to passing on to my children. May his soul rest in power

    • @kiwiduncan
      @kiwiduncan Před 4 lety +18

      In 1972 us kids in New Zealand were listening to UK-based Osibisa - but when I hear FELA I suddenly understood where the Osibisa sound came from. Terrific music. Fela Kuti is the pioneer. Victor, I hope your future opens up bright for you.

    • @ayo30s
      @ayo30s Před 4 lety +10

      Thank You Young Lion, you are OUR Future, 👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸

    • @lwandobooi6671
      @lwandobooi6671 Před 3 lety +16

      Im glad to a fellow South African listening to Fela, much love brother from Cape Town

    • @shavhaniradzilani6982
      @shavhaniradzilani6982 Před 3 lety +4

      Already thinking of making babies at 22?

    • @sbusisoamenblakamtshali1128
      @sbusisoamenblakamtshali1128 Před 3 lety

      @@shavhaniradzilani6982 ;-)

  • @VirtuousOyinda
    @VirtuousOyinda Před 9 měsíci +64

    As an African woman, Fela made me proud! I'm a WOMAN!

    • @pchab1966
      @pchab1966 Před 4 měsíci

      I was listening to Nduh Okoh on SpiceFM in Kenya and referred to her as a 9ja lady, and an hour later this song entered my mind and I just started laughing 😂 when the line "she go say I no be woman! She go say market woman na woman!" 😂😂😂 love it!!! I had not thought of it for a number of years!

  • @aboveandbeyondfamily
    @aboveandbeyondfamily Před 4 lety +185

    Missing my dad who died 20 years ago, this was the music he loved and played in our home!

    • @mayowailesanmi7423
      @mayowailesanmi7423 Před 3 lety +5

      May his soul Rest in Peace. Make him proud by doing what he expected of you cos our actions, based on the expectations of the deceased, are the only way we can honour them. Good luck sis.

    • @damikoyi3636
      @damikoyi3636 Před 2 lety +2

      Same here

  • @itumelengmokwena8587
    @itumelengmokwena8587 Před 3 lety +147

    I'm a south african man who has been raised constantly being exposed to fela. I will forever cherish his music ❤️🇿🇦🎶🙏2020

  • @WeinerMazire-yt1tm
    @WeinerMazire-yt1tm Před 6 měsíci +40

    Shout out to those still listening to Fela in 2023

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 Před rokem +22

    the man who invented the whole genre. LEGEND!!

  • @ntokozomthiyane2432
    @ntokozomthiyane2432 Před 5 měsíci +8

    All the way from South Africa, KZN rural. I was introduced to Fela's music by a Zimbabwean friend of mine. Nigeria 🇳🇬 you should be proud, this man inspired a generation. Shout out to the legendary 🙌🏿 🙏🏿 👊🏿💪🏿

  • @nmg1909
    @nmg1909 Před 2 lety +60

    Growing up in the city of Lagos in the 90s, I always wondered at the mind this departed legend had that he could withstand soldiers' harassment, oppression, and torture just because of singing. He is indeed a prophet who foretells present-day conditions. African isn't yet free.

  • @CFR429
    @CFR429 Před 4 lety +52

    I am from Bosnia, who cares, it is 2020. who cares. Do I feel this? Yes! That’s why I am here.

  • @brianmuyengwa
    @brianmuyengwa Před 6 lety +52

    Arguably Africa's greatest musician

    • @timmccarthy3034
      @timmccarthy3034 Před 5 lety +10

      well, I could "argue" about that but I won't..... as there are SO MANY great great great African musicians out there..(Hugh Masakela etc etc etc)...but you can say this for sure...he was ONE of the greatest of all time...and also one of the greatest musicians in the entire world, of all time....not just Africa.....

  • @nanawav
    @nanawav Před rokem +20

    A song made in the 70’s still attacking issues of today. What a legend RIP Fela Kuti

  • @RichardRivoire
    @RichardRivoire Před 5 lety +115

    i saw him in amsterdam in the 80s i paid my respect on his tumb in Lagos in the 90s i am crying listening to him in paris in October 2018 he make me fight against injustice in Ghana and the whole world where the word INJUSTICE means something in the 80s,90s and 20s i never tell the finish RIP MR.FELA

  • @Bakur_55
    @Bakur_55 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Nigerian legend proud to be Nigerian 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

  • @Mizzlenum
    @Mizzlenum Před rokem +12

    Greetings... a Guatemalan native here. I had the blessing of finding his music in 1996 and 25+ years later this music sounds even better after many years more under my belt.

  • @johnstone7579
    @johnstone7579 Před 2 lety +26

    Death is at its weakest when faced with this level of spiritual greatness, because Fela continues to live and inspire. Fela is us.

  • @rutendochabururuka4405
    @rutendochabururuka4405 Před 5 lety +159

    I cannot believe this track! I was born in 1980 and this song was done in 1972 some 47 years ago and still rocks! This Fela Kuti song is the torch bearer of Afro jazz. Beautiful song eternally in our ears

    • @timmccarthy3034
      @timmccarthy3034 Před 5 lety +4

      glad you have such good taste in music, my Brother....Fella was a musical genius beyond all.... he was so far ahead of everyone else...only now, the world is beginning to catch up t o him...

    • @crankybear1236
      @crankybear1236 Před 5 lety +4

      I was born in 1989 and I love this song! It's literally perfect.

    • @grayaudville2391
      @grayaudville2391 Před rokem +3

      I was in the Bahamas in January 1969 & i bought this albumn(12 inch disc) then at a music shop in Abaco,together with several others.Mano Do bango,Hugh Masekela & other African musicians was 28 then I'm almost 82 now, & still can enjoy this music today.

    • @demultiplexeur2
      @demultiplexeur2 Před rokem +1

      Enlève ta cravate de président avant de parler de musique stp!!!

    • @alainmbonga9253
      @alainmbonga9253 Před rokem

      Good, brother...

  • @mathongomakhiwane204
    @mathongomakhiwane204 Před 3 lety +80

    I cant believe all my life I've been missing out on such BRILLIANT music. Better late than never

    • @FERESE
      @FERESE Před 3 lety +4

      You should watch his documentary that Jay zee put together on Netflix

    • @LillyAugusta
      @LillyAugusta Před 3 měsíci +1

      Shame on you! Cheers! ;)

  • @patriceanjenu1731
    @patriceanjenu1731 Před 6 lety +122

    It is so sad that Africans and Nigerians especially do not recognise their Legends and Heros. But we are proud to erect statues of Foreigners and name our important streets after them. While Fela is still not even given the status that befits him. Fela is still the best ambassador to have come out of Nigeria. The Nigerian youths have not forgotten and will never forget you Baba Fela Anikulapo ransomkuti because you still are a great source of inspiration and an Idol. You were there for the oppressed and down troden, that is still going on today in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. One day, we will name our best after you. Continue to rest in peace.

    • @nz3archuv234
      @nz3archuv234 Před 5 lety +2

      WELL SAID... THX!!!

    • @eniaofe9853
      @eniaofe9853 Před 4 lety +2

      U talk correct!!!

    • @mecuroy
      @mecuroy Před 4 lety

      Nigeria is not a "nation" and therefore it is impossible to acknowledge heroes. Sorry

    • @osazuwaogbeide1540
      @osazuwaogbeide1540 Před 4 lety +1

      fela has a museum shrine and his sons are keeping the legacy alive seun kuti is reincarnation of fela politically and social justice wise

    • @lenardbarzey2788
      @lenardbarzey2788 Před 4 lety +2

      First of all, get your wording right. Nigeria is in Afreeka and not separate, One Alkebuland-Afreeka continent, with 54 countries... Thanks

  • @alfredbeya6725
    @alfredbeya6725 Před 3 lety +27

    I just discovered his music 3 days ago. I'm about to go on a journey

  • @MensahAcademics
    @MensahAcademics Před 5 lety +142

    I remember when my dad first brought this album home. I had it on repeat when he was out and I was supposed to be doing homework. He had it on repeat when he was home.
    He's long passed and I have it in my possession. It's still on repeat.
    From the mother and father of Afrobeat... Fela Kuti.
    Thank you 2 both of my warrior fathers for this timeless gift.✊🏾✊🏾

    • @claresubulwa2336
      @claresubulwa2336 Před 5 lety +1

      And I remember I was hearing pidgin English for the first time so got hooked to the song to understand the message. Talk about Fela ...

    • @uhuruwakabila1184
      @uhuruwakabila1184 Před 4 lety +3

      What a beautiful story and awesome memory to have!

  • @GeorgioBD
    @GeorgioBD Před 3 lety +57

    Cameroonian here all the way from Dallas-USA.... can't get enough of this. OMG this is REAL music that makes 14 minutes feel like 4 minutes. Long Live the F.R. of Nigeria !!!

  • @dr.lanreegbeyemi74
    @dr.lanreegbeyemi74 Před 3 lety +21

    Growing up In Nigeria as a Teenager I listened to Fela with My Older Brothers, Now in my 50's I am still enjoying the songs and my Teenage Son has discovered it. I can see his children enjoying it one day. Truly everlasting.

  • @tibari8922
    @tibari8922 Před rokem +7

    I've heard fela's lady for the first time in spring 1977. I was "bewitched" by its rhythm. I'm now 65 years old, and I listen to it usualy, especially the l'on version.

  • @user-hr4zi2er4j
    @user-hr4zi2er4j Před 8 měsíci +8

    Absolutely brilliant...still a masterpiece in 2023

  • @cedricsteele7350
    @cedricsteele7350 Před 8 měsíci +7

    True artistic genius.
    He really was the real deal.
    This music will live on forever because it has meaning and feeling in its DNA.
    Brilliant stuff.

  • @lachaineiedesppartners3799
    @lachaineiedesppartners3799 Před 9 měsíci +3

    My father died in 2013 and i found a DC of Fela. After listening, i understand now why my father was a fan . Great music, great artist

  • @xsamurai8206
    @xsamurai8206 Před 5 lety +358

    This song has me so emotional because I can imagine during his time with so much British influence how African women would have tried acting white and how Africans in general look down on their culture till today. I’m glad he spoke against it

    • @jotey5129
      @jotey5129 Před 5 lety +15

      You couldn't have said it better. He wouldn't be Fela if he didn't say something about it.

    • @clementchachuwatanko5686
      @clementchachuwatanko5686 Před 5 lety +7

      You right King we have lost every thing from our Culture to our Woman and every thing just because of hardship and our so Call Bad leaders

    • @sherwoodguernsey402
      @sherwoodguernsey402 Před 5 lety +6

      You are blasting yourself, you dey bleach. Yellow fever, listen to that one.

    • @majcapist5037
      @majcapist5037 Před 4 lety +3

      @@sherwoodguernsey402 shut your fuck up

    • @idongCodes
      @idongCodes Před 4 lety +1

      @@sherwoodguernsey402 ewo

  • @mauricebanjoko5243
    @mauricebanjoko5243 Před 4 lety +27

    !!!Tony Allen!!!..."your heart still beats in Heaven as your drumbeats still heats up our haven"...love eternal...Tony Allen 12/08/40 - 30/04/20

  • @MrAfp20400
    @MrAfp20400 Před 5 lety +89

    Great music never goes stale. Like old wine, the older it gets, the sweeter!

    • @timmccarthy3034
      @timmccarthy3034 Před 5 lety +4

      ahhh true my Brother....the BEST ....will always be the BEST....all through the ages of time....

  • @busivideos
    @busivideos Před 6 lety +170

    Fela was so powerful, they couldn't contain him. His music spoke to the oppressed, inspired and the awakened. l love Fela and his music!

  • @texashighered9539
    @texashighered9539 Před rokem +4

    This song cemented fela as an unapologetic African man.

  • @joycenomanyo2223
    @joycenomanyo2223 Před 2 lety +5

    For me, this is freedom fighter who should be listened to forever.

  • @conradsunkiojack7428
    @conradsunkiojack7428 Před 5 lety +48

    A fervent lesson in musical reproduction . Do not go to the studio or laboratory and jumble up some fabrication or concoction in a hurry . It would not last the test of time . Of course you have to have talent . Which is the first and paramount requisite for excellence in all branches of the arts . Since its release in 1973, when l was about 14 years old, l have been thrilled by this exilarating album, sides A and B . Now at 61 years of age, the effect still outstandingly revererberates all over my body and soul with a chilling shiver and great sensation. The sound and instrumental arrangement high in measure, sonorous rendition on the alto 🎷 solo by FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI himself, juicy rhythm guitar, and of course, deep bass, rounded up by tight percussion mix of african and standard 🥁 drum sets . Just irresistible to your feet . LADY .

    • @eniaofe9853
      @eniaofe9853 Před 4 lety +4

      Yes! No computer generated stuff. He is there cranking out those sounds just playing the instruments. This is y this music cannot be replicated nor sampled. It is just way too original.

    • @muritalasule4818
      @muritalasule4818 Před 4 lety +3

      The alto sax solo was by a great saxophonist named IGO CHICO, Conrad Sunkiojack, man. Fela couldn't do that. His feelings on sax were like his aggressive opposition to oppression, very harsh, ear-grating stuff. Chico - Lord bless his departed soul - was the master of subtle melody on sax. Respect to Chico!

    • @boatenmma6845
      @boatenmma6845 Před 3 lety +1

      Precisely!

  • @VincentAmanorBoadu
    @VincentAmanorBoadu Před 4 lety +14

    Fela was an innovator, a beautiful mind with a horn or a keyboard. The rest is all noise. Lady tells a beautiful story about the importance of what is in a name. I recently greeted a woman - I mean a lady - in Nigeria as M'am, and she immediately retorted that "Who is m'am?" I remembered Fela and smiled.

  • @lugwetunje3896
    @lugwetunje3896 Před rokem +2

    Am from Kenya East Africa I remember my brother used to sing this song,I liked the English

  • @jowaness
    @jowaness Před 6 lety +174

    I'm from Kenya and I have always loved this song....it's 46 years since it was released....still this good in 2018

  • @ericmontford6521
    @ericmontford6521 Před rokem +22

    The Godfather of AFROBEATS!!💪🏾💪🏾

  • @ndubanamoonde2261
    @ndubanamoonde2261 Před 7 lety +224

    fela was ahead of his time and thats why Nigerian politicians, military and police could not understand him. First heard this song 1979 kitwe chimwemwe Zambia. still playing it in 2017. love sound of those elephants (trumpets).

    • @melkitante8180
      @melkitante8180 Před 6 lety +7

      Nduba Namoonde To be honest my brother it is everywhere in Africa when u r ahead of politicians army government they tend to kill you

    • @osabuoheinogbebor9563
      @osabuoheinogbebor9563 Před 6 lety +13

      could not understand ? they understood him quite well and that's the reason they kept attacking him. he constantly exposed them and said the things others were scared to say !

    • @blooberization
      @blooberization Před 6 lety +6

      Exactly. No one can beat the system, except through enlightenment, expression and music. Fela was a real man, of likes we see very few of these days, but he chose to fight the entire system which this world is sadly based on. Ignore the idiots, laugh at them even when they steal all your food.

    • @timmccarthy3034
      @timmccarthy3034 Před 5 lety +3

      @@osabuoheinogbebor9563 so true, The army beat him up bad, broke all his musical instruments, and thew his own mom off a rooftop, because he spoke out against them...they understood his message VERY CLEARLY.....that is why they almost killed him...

    • @crankybear1236
      @crankybear1236 Před 5 lety +2

      @@melkitante8180 It's everywhere in the world!

  • @joydavid5428
    @joydavid5428 Před rokem +6

    Baba na Baba 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 the only truthful man in Nigeria 😢 continue to rest in the lord Jesus Christ Amen 🙏😭

  • @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    Fela was blessed with great drummers, great bass players, great women backers....but we are all blessed by him.

  • @moniqueagbor1710
    @moniqueagbor1710 Před 5 lety +128

    I'm a typical African woman and proud of my heritage.

    • @uhuruwakabila1184
      @uhuruwakabila1184 Před 4 lety +11

      There is NOTHING typical about an African woman... You are the creator of many nations. You go girl!!!!

    • @demultiplexeur2
      @demultiplexeur2 Před rokem +2

      Africans women not agree.

  • @josephinempundu4205
    @josephinempundu4205 Před 2 lety +22

    This song titled Lady brings back fond memories way back in1978 when i was in high school. This song was the opening song at our variety show and the girls and boys dressed in african atire streamed into the school hall dancing. I fell in love with this song and it would play in our household. We even nicknamed my young sister Lady as she danced to it very well. Love Fela.

    • @oseisiribuor7870
      @oseisiribuor7870 Před 2 lety +2

      I was in my senior year in 1978 and you're right Fela was very popular among teenagers then, and the track was released in 1973 when I was a freshman. It stayed at the top of the Afrobeat songs chart since its inception, and it still swinging today

  • @lema4290
    @lema4290 Před rokem +2

    August 2022 who's still jamming to this masterpiece 💃🕺..Long live Fela Kuti 🕯️🕊️💜

  • @margaretedet2931
    @margaretedet2931 Před rokem +3

    It is Fela music, that l felt in love with my husband and Nigeria food. Today l still do. Thank you Fela for your music.

  • @user-xp6pz4nt3h
    @user-xp6pz4nt3h Před 6 měsíci +3

    My dad was a lover of Fela music..Rip Dad 😢😢

  • @SunguraCentral
    @SunguraCentral Před 4 lety +18

    Respect to an African King! Love and light from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 to Naija, Africa and the world.

  • @metalhead4800
    @metalhead4800 Před 6 lety +37

    This album ,SHAKARA" was how the love of Afro Beat started.

    • @evek2572
      @evek2572 Před 4 lety +2

      Pioneer of Afro beats

  • @guyaubertbona2807
    @guyaubertbona2807 Před rokem +3

    I am Cameroonian i like Fela Kuti this beautiful song

  • @Keithlfpieterse
    @Keithlfpieterse Před 11 měsíci +4

    THANK YOU!!! I am most grateful for this upload having loved it from the moment I heard it in Amsterdan at a FELA concert in Paradiso as a South African exile in the 80's!!! MANY THANKS!

  • @kingsleyizamosa2499
    @kingsleyizamosa2499 Před 5 lety +35

    Fela philosophy could have made Africa world power, best in any productive, he's a winner right from birth. Music inspiring the death soul to live again. I Love you kuti

  • @d00gun
    @d00gun Před 8 měsíci +3

    This world needs more Fela's! Greetings from Germany and Turkey!

  • @erictalkington5674
    @erictalkington5674 Před 3 lety +31

    Whoever puts all of this information on the screen during the Fela tracks, thank you. There is a ton of very interesting info on these videos. You do a great job. I've learned quite a bit about Fela that I didn't already know.

  • @barondeanemmanuel2486
    @barondeanemmanuel2486 Před 7 lety +116

    This dude made my childhood back in Enugu. His story and music is firmly woven into my existence. God blessed us with this incredible human.

    • @farouks.mamman2455
      @farouks.mamman2455 Před 6 lety +3

      Baron Dean Emmanuel what's going on now is not music but noise. The legendary fela anikulapo remains the only man who can challenge the military and send. messenger to them

    • @eniaofe9853
      @eniaofe9853 Před 4 lety

      @@farouks.mamman2455 You r correct; not music but noise and half naked bodies shaking on stage: noise; not music.

    • @gregasobo7438
      @gregasobo7438 Před 3 lety

      Baron Dean Emmanuel, he did to all the youths who are in their 60s today. He was simply the best.

    • @doreenonekalit9888
      @doreenonekalit9888 Před 3 lety

      For Real

    • @doreenonekalit9888
      @doreenonekalit9888 Před 3 lety

      @Van Brown ✊🏿🌍👍👍

  • @chiomaiberi7088
    @chiomaiberi7088 Před 2 měsíci +11

    2024 anyone?

  • @julienviallard7808
    @julienviallard7808 Před 3 lety +47

    One of the most beautiful song ever done.
    Fela transcends into the trusthfullness of his lyrics.
    Réal trip to our higher consciouness.

  • @daviddavidson8050
    @daviddavidson8050 Před 4 lety +27

    Hello. I 1st started getting hip to Mr. Fela through my dear sister from California. At 1st I was shocked by his lyrics and musical style. But as I got listening I began to get more and more out of what he's still saying today through his musical works and activism and through that of Mr. Fela, Jr's. musical works and activism. I wish all here and in Fela Kuti Music World well. ✌💖

  • @lemmuelodjay1765
    @lemmuelodjay1765 Před rokem +33

    That tenor saxophone solo by the late Ugo Chico Okwechime was a banger

  • @CoSu1006
    @CoSu1006 Před 2 lety +81

    I get goose bumps whenever I listen to this song which is almost every day! Makes me proud to be an African American!

    • @egieoruyi7579
      @egieoruyi7579 Před 2 lety +2

      But dude is nigerian ?

    • @CoSu1006
      @CoSu1006 Před 2 lety +13

      @@egieoruyi7579 Yes I know but I was referring to myself! My lineage is African!

    • @evelinesiewe7734
      @evelinesiewe7734 Před rokem +2

      @@CoSu1006 you should not mind them as african we are all brothers and sisters and we should build a better black world altogether

    • @Danielscottschiffer
      @Danielscottschiffer Před rokem

      Me too ...listen to every week for years ....this is music and words of truth !

  • @business-clinicafrica
    @business-clinicafrica Před 8 měsíci +4

    Fela is just more than a legend truly.

  • @MsNini-sw2jn
    @MsNini-sw2jn Před 6 lety +66

    This entire album stayed on rotation in my home growing up in the 70s and is still on heavy rotation of my daughter, nephews and nieces in my home today. Yeah Yeah!!

  • @ramlaramadhan8235
    @ramlaramadhan8235 Před 2 lety +4

    Haaa seventies Africa was legendary Fela kuti. Manu dibango, Salif Keita Dr Nico kasanda Victor Olaiya, Osibisa, grand kalle, Hugh Masekela, Franco luambo, Miriam Makeba, Tabuley Rochereau, Africando, The list goes one. Timeless classics, organic at best ❤️❤️🎶👍🏿let's celebrate our legends

  • @kogokorhymes
    @kogokorhymes Před rokem +3

    As a kid, I used to find his music so boring. Until I grew up to understand the LYRICS. I love Fela Kuti. He's still I and my uncle's favorite 🖤🖤🖤

  • @VCT3333
    @VCT3333 Před 2 lety +13

    So many great, fantastic songs. And it's great that his sons Femi and Seun are carrying on the tradition. This, Zombie, Coffin for Head of State, ITT, Gentleman ..... My god what a Force!!!
    My life has been blessed for having had a chance to listen to him. God bless you, Fela.

  • @ochiengatanda8574
    @ochiengatanda8574 Před rokem +1

    Enjoying every bit of this"fela's' tunes

  • @godwinamega5010
    @godwinamega5010 Před 7 lety +300

    Nigeria Government please do something for Fela Kuti memories

    • @AriesSuperLove
      @AriesSuperLove Před 7 lety +19

      Godwin Amega in Lagos Nigeria and some parts here in America every year they have this event called Felabration

    • @doesmacliche6128
      @doesmacliche6128 Před 6 lety +14

      Plus fela museum in Lagos Nigeria... More still have to b done like studying his originality in d field of art and music....

    • @jeremiahesite7430
      @jeremiahesite7430 Před 6 lety +23

      they wont. he insulted many in power today.

    • @ogasontop
      @ogasontop Před 6 lety +14

      they who hated him are in power

    • @kingping3357
      @kingping3357 Před 6 lety +7

      This song eish it kills me.wht a legend.the song is so powerful.i love it.it is still rocking like it was for yesterday

  • @michaelotieno100
    @michaelotieno100 Před 3 lety +6

    Listening from Nairobi. Fela Kuti was way ahead of his time....ageless music.

  • @obinao.o5819
    @obinao.o5819 Před rokem +1

    Since u left us no one could wear ur shoe, continue to rest the greatest icon of our time. The prophet.

  • @danjumaahmadu3806
    @danjumaahmadu3806 Před 5 lety +16

    There can never be another FELA,let's celebrate this great iconic personality by subscribing and listening to his philosophical and satirical music that will outlive generations. His prophetic YABUS is what my country is experiencing now as a passing phase, I salute his vision

    • @eniaofe9853
      @eniaofe9853 Před 4 lety

      Yes!! There cannot be another Fela!!

  • @rdgkmg2549
    @rdgkmg2549 Před 5 lety +5

    I remind when i was 5 Y.O. i use to sang this song everytime. It was in 90s. I was in Douala Cameroon. And now i Still listen in 2018 in PARIS. I love fella and Nigeria. I am happy that in Cameroon we have both frenchspoken and englispoken people. And i pray for all my country people who suffering in north West and south ouest Cameroon. God please have a mercy.

  • @augustamarsh9314
    @augustamarsh9314 Před 4 lety +21

    Love Fela's music growing up in Liberia until now .The music lives on Africa will never die..

  • @emii-precious3380
    @emii-precious3380 Před 5 lety +262

    Why won't FELA be celebrated like Bob Marley??

    • @mahmoudabubakar1694
      @mahmoudabubakar1694 Před 5 lety +35

      They were both legends and friends..Bob Marley is the best of reggae and Fela Kuti is also the best of afrobeat.

    • @timmccarthy3034
      @timmccarthy3034 Před 5 lety +27

      He is celebrated by many as the greatest of his genre of musical style.....I first heard him on Afropop radio, and once was all it took, to get me into his music in a big way... (I am a "white" guy BTW) Bob Marley was the superstar of Reggae largely because of the British promotional push to get his music to the people in a commercially money making way........and Bob Marley was like the spokesman for the Rastafari religion, which is also a BIG reason why he was the big star he was ....and of course, the smoking of Herb is so very popular among all the youth , who , mostly are the ones that flock to concerts and buy records......so Fella never talks about smoking Herb in his songs, whereas Bob and Peter Tosh did.....A LOT......which pushed up his popularity too.....Plus, Bob Marley happened to be a genius song writer, able to fit together melody and lyrics so perfect that only "God" could try and do better.....I think people just need to want to expand their minds in order to get into some kinds of music that they never heard before...If they only listen to one type of music.......then they are missing out on a lot........Commercially speaking, Fella's music is not something you just hear on the radio at all.....Radio only wants the 2 or 3 minute songs that are popular "hits" ....and never allowed to venture beyond that..ONLY alternative radio stations like the one I heard Fella on, dare to expand the bounds of the norm.....If people are not interested in alternatives, they will never hear anything different...SAD BUT TRUE.....So Bob will always be more popular than Fella.....among the general population......

    • @gregoryformey724
      @gregoryformey724 Před 5 lety +6

      Emii Precious Marley wrote song glorifying Buffalo Soldiers. Not knowing they were white paid mercenaries. He regretted it to the end

    • @gregoryformey724
      @gregoryformey724 Před 5 lety

      Fela didn't have social media to report instantly. I f bob had instantgram. You think he would glorify Blackman killing indigenous. Im park indigenous. My spirit tells me better. He stooped playing Buffalo soldier

    • @phoule76
      @phoule76 Před 5 lety

      from Wiki: (summary, yes they were black, but often sent to fight Native Peoples)
      Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This nickname was given to the Black Cavalry by Native American tribes who fought in the Indian Wars. The term eventually became synonymous with all of the African American regiments formed in 1866:
      Although several African American regiments were raised during the Civil War as part of the Union Army (including the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the many United States Colored Troops Regiments), the "Buffalo Soldiers" were established by Congress as the first peacetime all-black regiments in the regular U.S. Army.[1]
      ...
      In the last decade, the employment of the Buffalo Soldiers by the United States Army in the Indian Wars has led some to call for the critical reappraisal of the African American regiments. In this viewpoint[46] the Buffalo Soldiers were used as mere shock troops or accessories to the forcefully expansionist goals of the U.S. government at the expense of the Native Americans and other minorities.[46][47]

  • @wakapiwa3
    @wakapiwa3 Před 2 lety +2

    2022 still going strong...one needs to play Felas music on a long journey.....it makes it much shorter weather flying from West Africa to Europe or USA jkkkkkkk

  • @harrisonmsukwa647
    @harrisonmsukwa647 Před 2 lety +4

    Spirit of afrobeat will transcend generations

  • @tsakie88
    @tsakie88 Před 5 lety +10

    This is what we call music

    • @eniaofe9853
      @eniaofe9853 Před 4 lety +1

      Thank u. Impossible to copy nor replicate.

  • @ronk99
    @ronk99 Před 2 lety +2

    McCartney 3 2 1 introduced me to Fela. Amazed to discover this now in 2021! Music is the best 🙌

  • @rodriech
    @rodriech Před 2 lety +1

    2021 December 20 1845 Hours Zimbabwe..who is still with Fela here???

  • @LimKaamen
    @LimKaamen Před 6 lety +86

    Fela Kuti - Lady Lyrics
    If you call am woman
    African woman no go 'gree
    She go say, she go say, "I be lady, oh"
    She go say, "I be lady, oh"
    She go say, "I be lady"
    She go say, "I no be woman"
    She go say, "Market woman na woman"
    She go say, "I be lady"
    I want tell you about lady
    I want tell you about lady
    I want tell you about lady
    She go say him equal to man
    She go say him get power like man
    She go say anything man do himself fit do
    I never tell you finish
    I never tell you finish
    I never tell you finish
    I never tell you finish
    I never tell you
    She go want take cigar before anybody
    She go want make you open door for am
    She go want make man wash plate
    For am, for kitchen
    She want salute man
    She go, sit down for chair
    She want salute man
    She go, sit down for chair
    She want sit down
    For table before anybody
    She want sit down
    For table before anybody
    She want a piece of meat
    Before anybody
    She want a piece of meat
    Before anybody
    Call am for dance
    She go dance lady dance
    Call am for dance
    She go dance lady dance
    African woman go dance
    She go dance the fire dance
    African woman go dance
    She go dance the fire dance
    She know him man na master
    She go cook for am
    She go do anything he say
    But lady, no be so
    But lady, no be so
    But lady, no be so
    But lady, no be so
    Lady na master
    Lady na master

  • @indrajeetghosh6442
    @indrajeetghosh6442 Před 4 lety +13

    The Black President is right up there with any great who created superb music....love you Fela

  • @mariustoko5197
    @mariustoko5197 Před 5 lety +15

    As a cameroonian, nigerian musicians are great! But Fela is the one..Still wonder on his Skills, and how Nigeria government wont do something for his memories and give some value to the Shrine!! Go Slow as he sang! Even Macron recognize whether not in public am sure he do listen Fela's magic home... Fela Anikulapo was a Genius!! Baba Legend!

    • @clementchachuwatanko5686
      @clementchachuwatanko5686 Před 5 lety

      Pa we dont give a dam we waiting still White People come and tells us to do it how sad it Sound look cameroon our Country it is nothing but now poor in a rich courty Paul biya is Killing and his Evil People Killing cameroonais i think Paul biya is not a cameroonais because you cant kill your own house so have a nice day King

    • @ndombisimon6401
      @ndombisimon6401 Před 5 lety

      @@clementchachuwatanko5686 animals

    • @akadike6190
      @akadike6190 Před 3 lety

      Nigeria is a dreams killer

  • @stevehaynes9498
    @stevehaynes9498 Před 6 lety +62

    I grew up in Trinidad 🇹🇹 listening to this great music and that raspy sweet commanding voice,love it ...

    • @samueleversley3956
      @samueleversley3956 Před 5 lety +1

      @Sundiata King ANOTHER Trinidad here ,I have always argue that this have been the grates piece of musical arrangements on this planet..😎

    • @chrisoghenetegamaloney5799
      @chrisoghenetegamaloney5799 Před 4 lety

      Babatunde Adelekan but name says western Nigeria maybe fela’s region

  • @Redlyon22
    @Redlyon22 Před 2 lety +19

    Cant say how much I still like discovering my favourite artist never ceases to surprise me after first hearing Fela 40 yrs ago in a Dingy Flat in Dublin I feel I'm always honoured to be alive and still hear his great Africian Spirit inspire his people.

  • @RomeNeal
    @RomeNeal Před 3 lety +6

    Remember being at the Shrine in Lagos and being hypnotized by FELA playing live on stage and his LADIES do that dance! Great times!

  • @evbosarujoshua9583
    @evbosarujoshua9583 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Melodies in sounds 🥁🪘🎸 🎷 🎺

  • @nasserelhaqnsarellah6938
    @nasserelhaqnsarellah6938 Před 2 lety +2

    This song came out when i was 20. I am 65. Lucky il found it. Great song.

  • @TheStanojeGlavas
    @TheStanojeGlavas Před 4 lety +10

    Till this day I still haven't found the better musician...

    • @boatenmma6845
      @boatenmma6845 Před 3 lety

      You r so right I keep looking and always get pulled right back to fela!

  • @truetributeorganization632

    Fela continues to be one of the great influence of African Music.

  • @MsNini-sw2jn
    @MsNini-sw2jn Před 7 lety +42

    We still have this album at home. Had it since 1973. Love me some Fela!!

  • @paisleyprincess7996
    @paisleyprincess7996 Před 5 lety +9

    I used to date an Igbo dude who LOVED Fela. He introduced me to him. Thank god for that guy...

  • @Chidiuche
    @Chidiuche Před 2 lety +17

    Back in 2021 to enjoy this legendary artist. Yeah yeah! 😀. Those guitars....oh my gosh! 😀 🎵🎶📣

  • @musakuria4679
    @musakuria4679 Před rokem +3

    Fela Kuti was an African artist immensed in his passion & a bravado who spoke his mind.
    RIP Fela.

  • @sammathenge630
    @sammathenge630 Před měsícem

    Fela was simply brilliant, a master musician, and messenger, activist, his message is so relevant today...much love from Kenya 🇰🇪

  • @Galadriel131
    @Galadriel131 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I first heard him in 1980 at a disco called Tropicana. Since then I've been a fan and I really enjoy listening to his music. Many greetings from Germany❤

  • @tonyyayo9403
    @tonyyayo9403 Před 3 lety +4

    Watched Fela in London. His music is spiritual and original.

  • @dzmeli4469
    @dzmeli4469 Před 6 lety +30

    From cameroon this song is superb

  • @blacknproud8079
    @blacknproud8079 Před 3 měsíci +1

    fella lives on!!! continue to rest in power, my hero!!!❤❤❤❤❤