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| Authored by: Dan on Saturday, March 13 2004 @ 08:05 AM EST |
That's not bad JJ.
But having just got back from an a long road trip from Mozambique
to cross all of South Africa and back --I'm here to tell you; Africa's
answer to Kenny G. Is more Kenny G. I heard "Song Bird" at least
three times during the trip! I would have killed to hear Soul
Makossa's "Manu Debango"!
Three of us were stuck in "rental car hell" (they called it a Toyota
Taz, but it's a Corolla-wagon with the steering wheel and stick shift
on the right side!) that had nothing offer but South African FM radio
(It did have a tape deck but no one sells tapes anymore, not even
here, and we didn't bring any).
So, we heard a lot of Dire Straights ((did you know he was South
African? We didn't. We're still not sure, but he must be. Why else
would he be played so often there?) And tho not good, it became
one of the few, however repetitive yet soothing listening chores we
enjoyed --compared to everything else we were forced to endure).
I don't mean to be harsh, but... While the country of Mozambique
needs A LOT of HELP, they can still manage a decent radio
station. In fact they have several. However, from what we could
tell, all of South Africa has only 7 radio stations. And while 7
might seem like A LOT. It's really not... I mean, how many radio
stations does Washington DC have? And smaller towns like Buffalo
or Cleveland or Little Rock have at least 7. Right? South Africa is
a BIG beautiful country. But it needs better music. (Also without
going in too deep, I don't really get that whole other language thing
they've got going on. I'm sorry, but Quebec it ain't! However,
maybe it is just that their dual language thing is a strain on their
overtaxed and over worked brains, and all their musical
creativity is swallowed up by their constant necessity to be
thinking and speaking in 2 languages simultaneously). It's a
theory anyway...
In any event, South Africa's answer to the questions of creative
disc jockeying (or DeeJaying ((abv DJ'ing)) "for all you hipsters out
there in Radio Land WM2A") is to simply play covers of old 50's
American (& British) classics (redone by South African artists?) and
speed them up by adding tons of computer enhanced backup vocals
(aka completely average musical artists playing old songs
are reworked with superfluous studio work to make them sound
professional). That and really really bad stuff like Kenny G. And
that brings us back to the DJ's.
John, thanks for posting this to the blog. Senior Cap&Bells has a
monthly newsletter he puts out highlighting some more of the
interesting pieces he comes across during his wheeling and
dealings as a "Record Detective". And this month I liked the piece
so much I asked John to post it to the blog. I like it and hope you
like it too.
Keep posting your pieces Cap&Bells, the music section needs the
help!
~ds[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, March 14 2004 @ 04:15 PM EST |
| Hi Danny - I like your music!!!! Dad LOVED his b-day gifts and hung the animal carving over the front door and printed your pictures and framed one in beautiful frame. Your card was a little bazar though - but sentiment was nice. We will try to phone you again - sorry to hang up but needed to take the call. It's hard dealing with time for calls. Good luck and be safe - our love, Mom and Dad [ Reply to This ]
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