Geoffrey Oryema - Land of Anaka

[deejaysoulution]

sooo beautiful

[Kornmann]

Gorgeous!

[lunacielooo]

Questo brano mi coinvolge molto! Voce splendida.... <3

[elVRACH]

Мощнейше

[Elisabeth123ize]

Alors ça j'aime wowwwww

Bonjour la Corse

Amitié

[imaginerie1]

très beau et touchant ....ce chanteur va droit au coeur....il émeut et pénètre avec sensibilité dans tous les sens....douceur virile et chaleur maternelle .UN GRAND ....merci très fort

[xanglat]

Just marvelous !

Wild and beautiful ! Un grand souffle de FREEDOM...

J'apprécie grandement ! Quelque chose qui exhale des tréfonds de l'âme, enivrant, ensorcelant !

Transcendant ! DIVIN ! Just a delight to listen ! I love it !! Really !!

CONGRATULATIONS

[MultiSeni1]

your voice is amazing

[imaginerie1]

que du bonheur..la voix et la musique m 'emporte dans un ailleurs plein de douceur et de sérénité ..merci

[inkawara1]

speachless...just listening...

[thankGodforDavidG]

this is so soulful, fills the heart !

[marion2141]

***JUST WONDERFUL!***

[Smellthegrass]

Long Way Down brought me here

[pontelloful]

Meravigliosi!!!

[masterofpiano1]

oneday oneday i'll know wath does his melodies means

[anmahek]

This man sounds even better live!!!!!!!!!

[shadowblaziken89]

voice of angels and a heart of gold he has

[anmahek]

How beautiful you are! And your voice is amazing!!!

[Laishaje]

wunderschöner Song...was für eine Stimme !!!!

this is so amaizing..great voice ..thank you !!! Greetings from Germany !!!

[mschichou7]

exceptionel



[Esencia1968]

marry me mr oryema:-)

peace and love forever

[alas1223]

C'est perdre un temps si précieux de contemplation de comparer ainsi deux artistes aussi doués. On s'en fout qui a découvert l'autre. Et je ne crois pas que Gabriel s'efface, il ne fait que laisser toute la place à ce beau chanteur qui entre en transe dès qu'il se produit. Gabriel a bien d'autres qualités merveilleuses et ce n'est pas de lui qu'on parle ici.

:-)

[alas1223]

Non, il n'y a aucune raison de comparer les deux artistes. Gabriel n'est pas terne, il laisse tout simplement la place à Oryema qui semble entrer en transe dès qu'il se met à chanter. Que Gabriel l'ait "découvert" à l'Occident ne change rien non plus au talent de ces deux formidables compositeurs.

[unasensualita]

cet homme a un visage extraordinaire et une voix sublime... même Peter Gabriel est terne à côté, c'est dire ;)

[Niglo45]

@unasensualita faut quand-même pas exagérer : c'est Peter Gabriel qui l'a découvert et produit (avec Brian Eno) sur son label Real World en 1990

[oldhavana1]

ACOJONA geoffrey,,,,,,,, que registro mas amplio tiene,,,,,,,,,,

[sansalka]

SOOOO PAWERFULLL!!!!!!!!

BELLISIMO

[ThePosti]

the best video i``d seen.great song

[geodive]

wow!!!!!!! speechless...

[Wonni1961]

Was für ein Song , ich LIEBE ihn , meine Hymne !!!

Gänsehaut und Tränen !!!

[KYMAMI]

races coming together and making a peaceful culture in all,on stage right before our eyes,damn to hell racism

[cosmoscitizen]

A giant with an angel's voice

[TheAciro]

Oh Geofrey,wer ni ene dong ton i cwiny dano ma mit adida,pig wanga dong omol malyet adida Ki Denmark kany.,wer ni mit mada,wapwoyo mada, an aciro.

[robtubesagain]

Check out Geoffrey's new album "From The Heart" on iTunes

[Ianesteban10]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[idangle6]

such an interesting person ill bet u hed be awesome to meet.....seems very wise

[kykdaar]

PHEW!!!

[Teodosijevic]

Pure beauty!!!

[MikeTube7]

This is such a beautiful song!

A couple tears just fell on my keyboard! I wonder where they came from?

[paulkisitu]

Geoffrey you are talented.

[Diavidia]

OMG ! It's sooooo beautiful ! THANKS A LOT for sharing

Dia

[Diavidia]

OMG ! It's sooooo beautiful ! Where dit that concert took place ?

THANKS A LOT for sharing

Dia

[LocustaVampa]

He has very interesting eyes...you see?

[nickboyuk]

I was there and the first time I had heard, then bought all his CDs. gggggggreat

[MrRastaManDan]

So pure!

[ferdinandocarlomagno]

Molto bello!

[agallo17]

AN AFRICAN DIAMOND!!!!

[LibertangoVieenrose]

... oh what a great performance !

SUPERB and LOTS OF EMOTION WITHIN.

[LibertangoVieenrose]

@LibertangoVieenrose

It is strange - I am addicted to this song, do have to come back over and over again...

this is magnificant how two simple instruments and two marvellous voices can be so fascinating. I can only repeat:

THIS IS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE !

[jeydee1]

quel Regard!!

[doctoriza]

5 +

[FinsterFlummoxing]

It's amazing to hear the strength and beauty of the signature African sound of Geoffrey Oryema, yet let us never forget the turmoil and hardship that plagues the African continent.

It's an interesting juxtaposition.

[PaganBodhisatva]

Holy shit the drummer is Johnny Kalsi from Afro-Celt Sound System.....Glad to see these two work together

[chinatree1]

A very tender and loving lament. So good to see these 3 guys together tho it's Geoffrey's moment. Thanks RiverSound.

[cosmoscitizen]

Madiba embodies the very essence of hopes,dreamsand yearning...He should have been invited to Joburg...Thanks for your comments avivagabriel!

[gamclam]

vive l'ouganda qui à fait naître les oryema

and peter gabriel which discovered him

[oobaloobajo]

Pure emotion. There's absolutely no screen to exprime it...!

[lancetop]

enchanting

[avivagabriel]

Africa is calling.

Oryema sings of his lost, lovely Uganda with a tenderness that you may find hypnotic, entrancing.

There is nothing corny about the mingled hope and hopelessness in Oryema's voice as he pays tribute to the Ugandan land of his youth.

[avivagabriel]

In songs like "Exile," "Land of Anaka," and "Solitude," you will not only understand Oryema's nostalgia for his lost Uganda, but you will remember what you have lost, too.

You will remember with love, and desolation - and an overriding sense of peace. You will find a measure of gratefulness for having loved something, someone, someplace, so profoundly that even having lost it all, you remember the gift and are glad.

[avivagabriel]

"We had hopes. We had dreams..." sings Geoffrey. It is the refrain of his song.

avivagabriel (1 minute ago) Show Hide

Yes, Africa is calling. And Oreyma's response is this song of rejoicing, of mourning, of hopeless hope.

Today, Oryema lives in Paris. He is nowhere near his green Ugandan land. He fled Adi Amin's reign of terror. Geoffrey's father, murdered at the hands of Amin's assassins, remains behind, having soaked the roots of Uganda's grassy earth with his blood.

[avivagabriel]

'Land of Anaka' is an exile's song of rejoicing and mourning, of hopeless hope. Peter Gabriel lovingly sings harmony, while a sensitive percussionist grounds the song. Oreyma is given such care and attention that all three blossom. The song is a prayer. The audience is devoted

[avivagabriel]

The gathering takes place under a giant white bandshell somewhere in Johannesburg. This song easily fills the space.

If one's heart wasn't full enough, Nelson Mandela, surprisingly, is to join the musicians as tendrils of the refrain, "we had hopes... we had dreams..." drift out over the crowd in late afternoon sun.

But. We don't see Mandela. The video blips out, black, finished. We miss the song, even before it has ended. We are abruptly dislocated.

[sumgoldday]

sooooo good

[poboy61]

Simply amazing.....

[nikihayami]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, SHARE HIS LYRICS WITH ME. I still haven't found them in the net.

[kmoorebaltimore]

It's easy to find the lyrics but the parts where he sings in his native language is automatically translated to english, so u can still try to mimic what he says. but send me a MP if u want the Lyrics

[walalaura]

wonderful

indeed his voice is amazing

[CROBobo]

Wow, thnx man, I almost forgot about that question...I tried to find them myself while playing and I was close but I didn't play the strings in right order so I wasn't sure If I found the correct chords...anyway thanks again for your effort ;) BTW it's such an easy song to play but at the same time it sounds so beautiful...

[avivagabriel]

So utterly beautiful. I'm in love... with the music, with the man, and with the magic.

[sacalul0]

divine

[Mariposa7606]

what a voice!!!!!!!!

[nickboyuk]

Great performance, have his CDs, great voice

[CROBobo]

Does anyone have a TAB for this song?

[sirpoy]

Im lookin for it, nothing yet. I'll keep ya posted tho.

[mozart66]

I saw G. Oreyema and Peter Gabriel together back in 1994 on tour. I was so moved by Oreyema's voice, I went searching everywhere for a CD right away. It's so nice to see them still working together! Thanks for posting!

[himes75]

Marvellous. What a voice. Peter Gabriel is a heart of gold

[ParadaRamos]

Peter Gabriel is a really good man. I think that hosting a concert like this is very important for every African musician. I'd love to have this DVD.

[hugetubefr]

A wonderfull performance and a great voice ! Thanks.