#juluka

[qedavathegrey]

Everyone has finally accepted Africa (Toto), Land Down Under and I’m Gonna Be for the bops they are, yet continue to sleep on this one. I’m here to change that.

[mypopculturesummer]

The firelight has danced its last across your face my friend

[sugarmusicnews]

Seabird – Pendulum

Seabird – Pendulum In 1977 Pendulum followed up the success of 1976’s ‘Take My Heart’ with ‘Seabird’. While the former managed to get to number 6 on the Springbok Top 20, ‘Seabird’ did not fly as high, only getting to number 18 during a 3 week run. And this is probably a fair reflection of the 2 songs as ‘Seabird’ is not as anthemic as ‘Take My Heart. It is a more gentle track which kind of…

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[kckatie]

Tonight’s Folk Friday track: Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Scatterlings of Africa

Ancient bones from Olduvai Echoes of the very first cry ‘Who made me, here and why? -- Beneath this copper sun.’

[sugarmusicnews]

Third World Child – Johnny Clegg

Third World Child – Johnny Clegg I must admit that when I first heard ‘Third World Child’ I was a bit disappointed. Back then it seemed to me to be too simple a song for Johnny Clegg to be singing. But this was the title track to his first solo album after his Juluka partner, Sipho Mchunu, had left. He had not yet added Savuka to the name on his albums. But I was deceived by the simplicity of…

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[pigeonindustrialcomplex]

The dance wants to dance the dancer But the dancer wants to dance the dance There's a war between the puppet and the master Between master and the puppet-dancer's heart Have you seen the gunfire flash across the news in the night? Have you seen the bedroom scene in the ballet? Oh, the dancing bear can't bear to dance much longer Soon the puppet will be the dancer's master

[pigeonindustrialcomplex]

And he said mehlomadala, mehlomadala Angisakwazi wemganami He said mehlomadala, mehlomadala Uqhamkaphi wena wemganami

And he said old eyes (mehlomadala) You've got old eyes, boy (mehlomadala) You've seen much too much for one so young He said old eyes (mehlomadala) You've got old eyes, boy (mehlomadala) Child, from whence have you come?

[pigeonindustrialcomplex]

From their hands leap the buildings From their shoulders bridges fall And they stand astride the mountains And they pull out all the gold And the songs of their fathers Raise strange cities to the sky Where they did not belong and they do not belong And they never knew why