RICARDO LEMVO: "Mama Kiyelele"

[longlivethe80s]

couldn't they have at least included some damn timbales instead of a drum set?

[CelestialChoir]

Lovely song, great groove, beautiful orchestration--does ANYONE out there have the Lingala lyrics with a translation? I can pick up the Spanish and Portuguese words, but I wonder if the song is about asking one's mother for help? Or is the "Sancta Maria" greeting a symbolic reference to "Mother Africa"? Does anyone out there know where I can find the lyrics? Muchas gracias, merci beaucoup, mucha obrigada, danke sehr!

[Ponape4]

How beautiful this song is... Qué bonita es esta canción...

[TheOriom]

hey mi vale que vaina buena exelente

[aperez467]

YOUR INTRO SUCKS!!!! OMG....just play the wonderful song already.

[DelkySignature]

@aperez467 You ain't paying shit to watch this, so consider that intro like your 60 secondes commercial break. Go get some popcorn...

[MamaAsantewaaRenenut]

believe. Typically, Ricardo has his African languages, colonial Belgian French. Cuban colonial Spanish (mixed w African languages/culture) from neighbor Angola's war aid, & colonial Portuguese from Angola. PLUS African Moors ruled Spain 4 900 years. Spain faces Africa 2day. Can u believe that in the US, so few r multilingual & so many r ignorant of history/geography AND tink that their limited thinking should limits 4 every1 else?

[rayva1]

Amazing! I just attended their concert last week at the SDSU Dayton Smith Recital Hall. I had no idea they were also on YouTube.

[mercdzz]

excelente ritmo

[miclublachencha]

esto es una de las muchas riquezas que africa nos ha dado y regalado entre esa cosas esta su musica 'GRACIAS '

[mercdzz]

muy buena eh

[dani760928]

SABOR!!! africa presente. heredando sus cadenciosos y sabrosos ritmos. exelentes musicos. ademas aportando el gran maestro pacheco.

[MIGUEL011091]

espectacular 20puntos para ricardo de lima peru de raultaurus

[ROOTSnBLUES2009]

Sweet! It will be great to see them live at the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues festival in August!

[Reacciona]

que introduccion tan pesada

[kapena100]

i cnt believe that this guy is from congo africa i wonder how long it took him to leanr spanish

[smileyflo]

we all grow up multilingual in Africa so picking up another is actually not that hard. I speak Sapanish too I am from Africa. And Congo has French as its language in addition to several native ones

[passionsofparadise]

WONDERFUL! Absolutelly wonderful!

[anjiaoshi]

This isn't a live performance, it's a lip-sync. The audio track is identical to the album performance. And notice how you never see the horn or flute players? Makina Loca put on scorching live performances, but this isn't one of them.

[jeni323]

Just glad its on here.. hard to find any way you slice it. My partner and I danced for his band at the opening of the Pan African Film festival one year. He was kind and gracious with us.

[jeni323]

but yes,, where is the conguero/timbalero etc(giggle)

[DelkySignature]

@anjiaoshi Did you read the commentary? Did you anywhere that this is a live performance? Are you a short bus rider or what?

[anjiaoshi]

@DelkySignature Grow up.

[soukous70]

By the way,love that 'tip of the hat' to maestro Pacheco,what a brilliant song...

[soukous70]

Ohh that was sweet like honey,thanks for sharing this great makina loca live performance,its killer!!!!