(negram NR-110).
Here's another Fela Kuti afrobeat cover, from an artist I initially thought was from Suriname, but i finally discovered he was from Cabo Verde. This country being a portuguese colony, Johnny Rodrigues was supposed to serve in portuguese army to fight Angola independence movement, but he could avoidit flying to the US with his family, and then lived in Netherland during the mid 70s.
He recorded this LP in 1974, including the track "Hey Mal Yo", which is inspired from traditional Portuguese folk song and dance called "O Malhão" (meaning the winnover), and which became N°1 in dutch charts in 1975. Another track in the album is the Fela Kuti cover Lady, here played with a nice funky groove.
He recorded this LP in 1974, including the track "Hey Mal Yo", which is inspired from traditional Portuguese folk song and dance called "O Malhão" (meaning the winnover), and which became N°1 in dutch charts in 1975. Another track in the album is the Fela Kuti cover Lady, here played with a nice funky groove.
Johnny and his Orquesta Rodriguez - African Woman:
Many artists worlwide covered Fela Kuti songs. Try the afrocolombian weird version of Shakara HERE, or a jazz fusion cover HERE, or a mandingo afrobeat-inspired senegalese folk HERE.
Lady lyrics:
If you call am woman
African woman no go 'gree
She go say, she go say, "I be Lady o"
[Chorus]
She go say, "I be Lady o"!
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 wan tell you about Lady
I wan tell you about Lady
I wan 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 wan take cigar before anybody
She go wan make you open door for am
She go wan make man wash plate for am for kitchen
She wan salute man she go sit down for chair
She wan salute man she go sit down for chair
She wan sit down for table before anybody
She wan sit down for table before anybody
She wan a piece of meat before anybody
She wan 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
Lady na master
