Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Mfumu Vata on April 10, 2021, 18:49
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The combination of Heritier Wantanabe, Aimelia Lias and Ferre Gola was giving something in the chorus of Salsister. I wonder how it would sound if Didier Lacoste also participated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOOoiMc7mzE
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One of my favorite songs of all time, really like Heritier and Ferre's vocals.
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The only song who didn't get ruined by mabanga lol. Werra went crazy on that album
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The only song who didn't get ruined by mabanga lol. Werra went crazy on that album
hahaha i think the demand was way too big,there is a generique they did not release for malewa which had 210 names
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The only song who didn't get ruined by mabanga lol. Werra went crazy on that album
hahaha i think the demand was way too big,there is a generique they did not release for malewa which had 210 names
Yeah but big or not, Werra went way over the top with the Mabanga.
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The only song who didn't get ruined by mabanga lol. Werra went crazy on that album
hahaha i think the demand was way too big,there is a generique they did not release for malewa which had 210 names
Yeah but big or not, Werra went way over the top with the Mabanga.
The hell - 210 names?
13ans was the first song back in the day when I where I thought the amount of mabangas was really excessive. That was precursor to what we are used to now
The mabangas in Nostalgie still passes me off. From start to finish he's saying names, no pauses whatsoever. As if the mabanga was just inserted without any consideration to the main lyrics and refrains
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Maman Mabe was worst of all songs in A la Que Leu Leu. It was like Nsone didn’t want that song to succeed, reading a whole list from start until the end.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-2i7qGtgovg
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And I believe Examen was riddled with mabanga as well, as you guys would say. I guess everyone must've been turning up to Werra's doorstep, begging him for a libanga, he tried to satisfy his customers and the end result was... A La Queue Leu Leu. Still a solid album with a solid band but let's be real, it hasn't exactly aged well, has it?
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The only song who didn't get ruined by mabanga lol. Werra went crazy on that album
Lol, why would he want to ruin his song by saying the names of 100 randos?
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And I believe Examen was riddled with mabanga as well, as you guys would say. I guess everyone must've been turning up to Werra's doorstep, begging him for a libanga, he tried to satisfy his customers and the end result was... A La Queue Leu Leu. Still a solid album with a solid band but let's be real, it hasn't exactly aged well, has it?
Some songs sound ok still, but others are plagued with that terrible sounding "tin can" programmed snare tuning that Al Nzimbi thought was a good idea at the time
The generiques/sebene still sound great though - Papy Kakol, Celeo, Mimiche (RIP), and Bill really did their thing
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albums like this one,kipe ya yo of jb,l'album du patron lead to some serious mabanga upset,there were many who did not make it on albums despite paying(i think a lot of the first wave of combattants came from that and the ngulu issues)
i wont be surprised if it exists a bit too in the fally ferre generation
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM-DhLyLjmg
from 5:47 min
In this interview Werrason gave the reasons that it was due to his own musicians (Baby, Bill, Celeo, Ferre, etc.). Some giving him 60 names, others 70, etc. Werrason then prefering to do their mabanga on his own, saying that people wouldn't listen if they did it by themselves. He blamed Jacquie Wantunda for pushing him to still do those mabanga's instead of skipping it. But I won't be surprised if he lied kiekiekie
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Lol he just had to pay debts for the Double Zenith ;D too much loaning
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off-topic
It difficult to please mabanga-customers and musicfans on the same time
About Double Zénith, I think that he wanted to make his mistake of Bercy up. There was a point of him receiving all fanclubs and influent donors on stage when singing Destin ya Moto. Bercy also received fanclubs and influent donors, but that was towards the end when the show ended, most spectators leaving the music-hall and him regretting it. But he did that because he didn't want them to disturb the choreographies which was often the case in concerts of his rival JB Mpiana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD-9dQdPTpk
from 6:34 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n61Z9fbjduI&t=23s
from 1:26:25 min Werrason receiving influent donors, heads of fanclubs, etc. and Adolphe just laying on the floor.
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Can someone kinda summarise the concept of fan clubs please
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lol, don't you know what a fanclub is ? It's just a group of people who are fans of the artist. The difference with the American and European version is that those of Congolese people were important for the stay of musicians in their country (those of Congolese were implented everywhere, Danemark, Sweden, Germany, U.K., Italy, etc.). They were sometimes also collecting money for the clothes that the bandleader had to wear at a important event at Zenith, Olympia or Bercy and were also really important for promoting those events in the community.
It was expensive for tourpromoters and bandleaders to pay hotels for all their musicians, which made often x or y artist stay at the family of fan x or y, beside of living in Paris or Brussels at their quartier-général (headquarter) where there was a house rented (in case if the tour was well organised). But it was often going wrong, because of musicians sometimes ending up by sleeping with the mother or one of the children, when the father was at work. It's the reason why alot became years later combattans. This was often the case in London and Brussels. I don't know if you saw Werra's press-conference in London before Bercy, him at some point apolozing about some of his musicians having with the wives of those who received them during the first tour in U.K. From 2001, it became more frequent, when musicians found out how you could get papers in countries like France. Girls who were then in their puberty dissapearing from home and their parents looking for them. But in end, finding out that they were somewhere in Saint Denis or Aubervilliers sleeping with musicians and later on ending up pregnant. Those girls then thinking that those musicians were really in love with them, while it was just for sex, profit (getting money that they stole from home or chekula) or papers. When Fally's ex Nicky said that they started dating when she 16, I though that it was a joke, but later on I discovered that it was true.
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No I didn’t really understand maybe because I’m younger lool but that makes sense I can see how that can go really wrong my gosh but thanks for the explanation