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Manu Dibango — Soul Makossa
Album: Soul Makossa
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Released: 1985
Length: 6:03
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Makoosa...Akeela Mama
ko mama sa maka makoosa Mama ko mama sa maka makoosa Mama ko mama sa maka makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa........Su maiyea
Heyyyy soul makoosa........Atteele
Heyyyy soul makoosa........Mosoma Mosoma
Heyyyy soul makoosa........coma coma coma coma coma coma coma coma coma coma coma
Tunga debo ombo e tunga nailso makosa
anaamoona sisi aooo yasal makosa
amona yeayea amona yeayea coma saou makosa
Tunga tunga umbo te tunga nesa makosa
Nikaso Mama ko mama sa maka makoosa
Mama ko mama sa maka makoosa Mama ko mama sa maka makoosa
Mama ko mama sa maka makoosa
Vido...he he
Nadea
Heyyyy soul makoosa...... Makine
Heyyyy soul makoosa......Mangola wakina
Heyyyy soul makoosa......MOSAMA!
Heyyyy soul makoosa............ynot domo
MOODOK! mmmmm hmmmm
Tunga tunga umbo te tunga nesa makosa now makoosa makoosa makoosa makoosa makoosa
Bathaso mosoon
Yonse yonse batha yonse makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa...........Ahfray way bali de salinglay makoosa
Heyyyy soul makoosa...........Mondiday oak amoon oohenga akyeah
Heyyyy soul makoosa...........Nadamo ahne money money Heyyyy soul makoosa...........Musik ohano amoo
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RIP, Mr Dibango...

Pitchfork: Afro-Jazz Star Manu Dibango Dead at 86
Posted 4 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
bookem' Dano!
Posted 18 years ago by sukilau    [ Reply ]
Funk Yes...
Posted 18 years ago by LuvsMusic    [ Reply ]
I feel like I should be driving in a car with a siren magnetically mounted to my roof...
Posted 18 years ago by sukilau    [ Reply ]
Art_Carnage wrote:
I have no idea what he's saying, but I will defend to the death his funky right to say it.
Voltaire gets down, Afro-style!
Posted 18 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
Vive Henri Leconte sorry...
Posted 18 years ago by yom    [ Reply ]
Vive Thierry Henry!
Posted 18 years ago by TonyBear    [ Reply ]
Vive Château-Thierry ! Comprenne qui pourra... :)
Posted 18 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
babygirl614 wrote:
Haven't heard this one in about 30 years...OMG...I'm amazed. Thanks, Bill!
I've never heard it before, and I hope it's another 30 years until I hear it again.
Posted 18 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
It just... keeps... going...
Posted 18 years ago by lsherida    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this one in about 30 years...OMG...I'm amazed. Thanks, Bill!
Posted 18 years ago by babygirl614    [ Reply ]
I have no idea what he's saying, but I will defend to the death his funky right to say it.
Posted 18 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
I definitely want to hear more... I'm intrigued... Take me somewhere new!
Posted 18 years ago by lkbooth71    [ Reply ]
Yamson wrote:
Normally, I wouldn't like this song, but after that terrible Jann Arden track, this sounds like gold!
I couldn't agree with you more.
Posted 18 years ago by bbHappy    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
This song thinks it rocks, but it is sadly mistaken.
This cracked me up and I agree.
Posted 18 years ago by mrmojorisin    [ Reply ]
-relayer- wrote:
Does it ever end?!?
The party never ends
Posted 18 years ago by redjacket    [ Reply ]
Normally, I wouldn't like this song, but after that terrible Jann Arden track, this sounds like gold! Love that crazy stereo panning with the percussion...
Posted 18 years ago by Yamson    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
This song thinks it rocks, but it is sadly mistaken.
Physicsgenius thinks his comments are accurate, but he is sadly, if not obliviously, mistaken.
Posted 18 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
A superb Manu Dibango album is Wakafrika in which he collaborated with many African musicians. Wore it out on cassette and now have it on CD. A must-have for any world music collection.
Posted 18 years ago by karen    [ Reply ]
This song thinks it rocks, but it is sadly mistaken.
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
sqqqrly wrote:
Except for the singing, parts of this sounds like music from a Telly Savalas episode... I like it though. A 7. "We love ya baby". I am sure some of you are saying Telly who?
Crocker! (this one gets a 7, great to hear it again)
Posted 18 years ago by MtnGoat    [ Reply ]
Are you f...ing kidding me. I thoght I would never here this song again. What a pleasant surprise..
Posted 18 years ago by rgr0707    [ Reply ]
Make it stop. Not only is it boring and repetitive, but long to boot.
Posted 18 years ago by Beastie    [ Reply ]
i saw this guy live in south africa a few years ago. excellent show.
Posted 18 years ago by fcatalao    [ Reply ]
madness!
Posted 18 years ago by grassfolk420    [ Reply ]
I remember this gem from like 1972. Kid bro and I would sing the vocal parts, which weren't very many. Maka koo maka saa maka komomo saa, Maka koo maka saa maka komomo saa, ... Mesmerising in synch.
Posted 18 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
just realized the beastie's use some of this too on check your head or ill communication, not sure which
Posted 18 years ago by Kregg    [ Reply ]
porno fly
Posted 18 years ago by Kregg    [ Reply ]
Except for the singing, parts of this sounds like music from a Telly Savalas episode... I like it though. A 7. "We love ya baby". I am sure some of you are saying Telly who?
Posted 18 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
Need to get the bell bottoms and beads out of mothballs.... Right on!
Posted 18 years ago by Kagin    [ Reply ]
Every time this comes on I have to check the playlist, Wow haven't heard this in ages! Great Stuff!! I know many listeners don't like repetition, but, this really works. Love the horns!
Posted 18 years ago by skooney    [ Reply ]
Worst song I ever heard. Confiscate their horns! Just abolish this type of jazz. Funny thing about that. Now, a month and a half later, I was just about to post "Well, I usually don't like horns but I like these" . . . What has gotten into me?
Posted 18 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Does it ever end?!?
Posted 18 years ago by -relayer-    [ Reply ]
I saw Manu Dibango in the early '80s at Club Foot in Austin. Was just blown away. This man rocks. Sweet upload.
Posted 18 years ago by Buzzardcheater    [ Reply ]
Strange to hear this on RP... hearing more and more of this kind of stuff... good on whoever is uploading it.
Posted 18 years ago by turnergirl1of2    [ Reply ]
Jamonaaaaa!!!!
Posted 18 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Wikipedia: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
I came here to make the exact same comment...
Posted 18 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Seems like there's a track on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" that repeats the lyric in the chorus of this song. Anyone know what they mean?
Ok, I found the answer to my own question. For all those who were dying to know, it's in Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', the first track on Thriller. wikipedia wrote:
Probably most remembered is the chanted refrain "Mama-se, mama-sa, mama-coo-sa", featured prominently during the song's final bridge. With regard to this chant, writer Mark Anthony Neal says: "The lyrics (utterings really) were taken directly from the music of Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango who broke into the American market in 1973 with his classic 'Soul Makossa'."
Wikipedia: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Posted 19 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
mamaCU mamaCA mamamacucha mammacu mmama :) OScar
Posted 19 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the lost theme music to the unsold pilot of Huggie Bear, a Starsky & Hutch spinoff that would've been the big hit of 1977 if only the network had picked it up. That said, I like it.
Posted 19 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Not bad, but reminds me of AWB
Posted 19 years ago by Cachatons    [ Reply ]
Seems like there's a track on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" that repeats the lyric in the chorus of this song. Anyone know what they mean?
Posted 19 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Hear, hear! Manu is The Man - and I suspect you'd get no argument from Sir Isaac (Hayes, not Newton)!
Posted 19 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
Step aside, Isaac Hayes; Manu Dibango is the real Black Moses! And "Soul Makossa" is his testament. It's a long, pumping, rhythmic workout, certainly a soul jam in an African style, punctuated by a primitive honking sax that would put King Curtis or Jr. Walker to shame. Manu's deep, guttural chant setting up the breaks between verse and chorus. Originally a b-side to a single whose a-side most Americans have never heard, "Soul Makossa" rightly became a stateside r&b hit in the 1970's, and was massively influential among the more Afro-centric of Black Americans. Without it, no "Jungle Boogie" by Kool and the Gang, f'rinstance. Like Nigerian Fela Kuti (who was always more political), the Cameroonian Manu Dibango took what he liked out of American funk and soul, and made something not just African but very personal out of that influence. This is so cool! And not just because it's my upload.
Posted 19 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]