Date aired 23rd Oct
Playlist
Asimbonanga (Mandela) - Savuka & Johnny Clegg - "In my African Dream - the best of Johnny Clegg and Savuka" 1994
Love in the time of Gaza - Johnny Clegg - "Human" 2011
Nyembezi (Tears) - Johnny Clegg - "Human" 2011
Kwela Man - Juluka - "Scatterlings of Africa" 1982
Siyayilanda - Juluka - "Scatterlings of Africa" 1982
December African Rain - "Work for all" 1983
Bullets for Bafazane - "Work for all" 1983
Gathu Mawula revisited - Gurrumul and Blue King Brown - single release 2011
Us and Them - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Water - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Don't let go - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Come and check your head - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Lyrics - Bullets for Bafazane:
Shadow men from the outlands come to town
Looking for Bafazane they want to gun him down
Oh no
They say he thunders too loud and his people are proud
And they’ll never give in while he's still around
And it's the sky up above that he loves
Chorus: They've got bullets for Bafazane - They want to gun him down
They've got bullets for Bafazane - Now they're searching the town
They've got bullets for Bafazane - And the word's got around
They've got bullets for Bafazane
Eyes wide open in the backroom, finger on the trigger
Listening for any sound that will betray the silent deadly figure
He's got iron in his soul, he's got a smile in his eyes
He makes dancing shoes from old car tyres
And it's the sky up above that he loves
Chorus :
It's the sky up above that he loves
‘Cause he's still alive and for him that's enough
Interesting lyrics from an anthropologist/radical controversial musician....in 1983 - in South Africa.
Well it seems only fair as I mentioned it on air, that I put the clip here of the youtube vid of "Love in the time of Gaza."
Controversy again?
Surely not....
Johnny's father was Jewish and left when he was one year old.
But this clip that he had nothing to do with...well it sparked a bit of a reaction.
And then there was THIS that I saw for the first time thanks to "Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight." aired on the ABC in 2011
Ah, Blue King Brown...more "music with a message" delivered via musical inspiration (and a fair bit of percussion)
:)
