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The King Meets The President In Africa
The King Meets the President in Africa— Fela Ransome Kuti and Michael Joseph Jackson mash in thematic, musical and spiritual unity in ten...Video Episodes:
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01:52:51 10/28/10
Rich Medina Presents Jump N Funk
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9th year anniversary of the original afro beat experience
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23:51:45 08/24/10
Human Nature Vs I No Get Eye For Back
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http://mrx.mn/mjfela Atop a hypnotic music bed mashed from both tunes—with a particularly effective use of the horns from Fela’s “I No Get Eye…” as a refrain—Jackson floats his gentle yet insistent probes about human nature: “Why, why…do they do me that way?” But the probing takes on a more disturbing context when mashed up. For not only is Fela’s “I No Get Eye For Back” a metaphoric lament about betrayal, it also evolved from a lyric in another Fela tune, “Alagabon Close,” which targeted the police at the notorious Alagabon station after Fela was detained there. In Fela’s representation, the police there delighted in brutality and dehumanization. An with those narratives now floating in the stew—betrayal, brutality—Jackson’s musings as to the nature of humanity take on an entirely new, and unsettling, context. Michael Jackson - "Human Nature" Looking out Across the night-time The city winks a sleepless eye Hear her voice Shake my window Sweet seducing sighs Get me out Into the night-time Four walls won't hold me tonight If this town Is just an apple Then let me take a bite Chorus If they say - Why, why, tell 'em that is human nature Why, why, does he do me that way If they say - Why, why, tell 'em that is human nature Why, why, does he do me that way Reaching out To touch a stranger Electric eyes are everywhere See that girl She knows I'm watching She likes the way I stare If they say - Why, why, tell 'em that is human nature Why, why, does he do me that way If they say - Why, why, tell 'em that is human nature Why, why, does he do me that way I like livin' this way I like lovin' this way (instrumental section) Looking out Across the morning The city's heart begins to beat Reaching out I touch her shoulder I'm dreaming of the street Chorus If they say - Why, why, tell 'em that is human nature Why, why, does he do me that way If they say - Why, why, tell 'em that is human nature Why, why, does he do me that way I like livin' this way (Repeat Chorus - Ad-lib/fade-out) Fela Kuti - "I no Get Eye For Back"
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20:56:36 07/03/10
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough (Who Are You Man)
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Get the whole experience at ;mrx.mn/mjfelaDon’t Stop Till You Get Enough (Who Are You?), which uses the instrumental percussion of Fela’s “Who’re You?” to downshift Jackson’s Off The Wall scorcher to an afro-smooth tempo."Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" Lyrics[1st Verse]Lovely Is The Feelin' NowFever, Temperatures Risin' NowPower (Ah Power) Is The Force The Vow
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23:20:07 06/24/10
Thriller Vs Zombine
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Sometimes there’s nothing more revolutionary than a good time and a dope-ass groove. And for all that Fela also represents those two elements, they often run second to his political dimensions. Jackson, however, is the fuel that pushes the fun into the red zone, as on “Thriller Zombie,” which takes Jackson’s shout-out to the b-boying undead, mates it with Fela’s caustic takedown of soldiers who refuse to think for themselves, and births a dance-floor monster. The connective glue even works visually. Consider the accompanying “Thriller Zombie” video (hyperlink), where Jackson and his fellow dancing ghouls cavort as Fela exhorts: “Attention! Quick march! Left turn! Right turn! Open your hand…”Thriller lyricsSongwriters: Temperton, Rod;It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes You're paralyzed 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike You know it's thriller, thriller night You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl! But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind You're out of time 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl Thriller, thriller night You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time (They're open wide) This is the end of your life They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen I'll make you see That this is thriller, thriller night 'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow! (I'm gonna thrill ya tonight) Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize y'alls neighborhood I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin' Thriller night, baby, ooh! The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty thousand years And grizzly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom And though you fight to stay alive Your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the thrillerFela Kuti "Zombie"Zombie o, zombie (Zombie o, zombie)Zombie o, zombie (Zombie o, zombie)Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go (Zombie)Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop (Zombie)Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn (Zombie)Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think (Zombie)Tell am to go straightA joro, jara, joroNo break, no job, no senseA joro, jara, joroTell am to go killA joro, jara, joroNo break, no job, no senseA joro, jara, joroTell am to go quenchA joro, jara, joroNo break, no job, no senseA joro, jara, joroGo and kill! (Joro, jaro, joro)Go and die! (Joro, jaro, joro)Go and quench! (Joro, jaro, joro)Put am for reverse! (Joro, jaro, joro)Joro, jara, joro, zombie wey na one wayJoro, jara, joro, zombie wey na one wayJoro, jara, joro, zombie wey na one wayJoro, jara, joroAttention! (Zombie)Quick march!Slow march! (Zombie)Left turn!Right turn! (Zombie)About turn!Double up! (Zombie)Salute!Open your hat! (Zombie)Stand at ease!Fall in! (Zombie)Fall out!Fall down! (Zombie)Get ready!Halt!Order!Dismiss!
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23:49:14 06/16/10
Billie Jean Is Shakara
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The seamless—and unexpected—unions of theme, groove, and spirit pepper the entirety of The King Meets the President in Africa. In Billie Jean Is Shakara, the young woman who’s become the bane of Jackson’s existence—with looming paternity suits and all—sounds a heck of a lot like the Shakara Woman in Fela’s “Shakara,” who deploys a hard-to-get attitude as the opening gambit in an arsenal ultimately aimed at getting what she’s being so coy about. ;The video takes the mashup concept further by playing the Nigerian governments trumped-up case against Fela as the finger-pointing Billie Jean falsely accusing our hero.Check the whole experience at:
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15:45:11 06/11/10
Remember The Time (Roforofo Remix)
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Remember The Time (Roforofo Remix), from "THE KING MEETS THE PRESIDENT IN AFRICA" introduces Jackson’s “Remember The Time” to Fela’s “Roforofo Fight.” Jackson’s tune is an urgent reminisce to an old lover, delivered with his usual searing vocal performance atop an infectious dance groove. But with the instrumental percussive thunder of “Roforofo Fight” as a platform, it achieves an earthy afrobeat identity, particularly with the pitch-perfect use of the “Roforofo…” horn refrains over Teddy Riley’s original production. That alone suffices. But if one knows the context of Fela’s “Roforofo Fight,” a metaphor for a mud-slinging fight that leaves both participants sullied from skin to soul, then the layers deepen. In this context Jackson’s lyrics play as one side of a lover’s lament. A communiqu
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15:23:59 05/25/10
Trailer The King Meets The President In Africa
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The King Meets the President in Africa— Fela Ransome Kuti and Michael Joseph Jackson mash in thematic, musical and spiritual unity in ten vibrant instances, with results that deliver pure mind/body juju. At first glance that conclusion rings counterintuitive, if only because the very idea of wrenching the distinct compositions of these two masters into a singular, workable groove seems improbable —if not outright impossible. Michael is, well, Michael. And as anyone who’s ever mixed or danced to a Fela record can attest, his songs are highly organic, ever evolving, ever changing records, the complete antitheses of modern beat-machine music—not exactly prime candidates for blending. Yet, blend they do. The outcome? Mental and dance-floor dynamite! - Selwyn Seyfu Hinds
10/28/10