Hugh Masekela - Coal Train Live

[5553440]

Музыканты наивысшего класса !!!!!!! Спасибо .

[blacktoadder]

give me hope, johanna...

[MrMrssnowflake]

He is still touring? I'd love to see him!

[MrNooneseesme]

@MrMrssnowflake hes at the BARBICAN in March

[cryboy100]

best of the bes

[drumerah]

This song is so beautiful...Can't wait to see Hugh in Worcester Ma. in Feb.2012.

Keep doing what you do Hugh! Telling it like it is..not enough people do!

[stretts]

loved this song for many years. Saw Hugh Masekela live in Birmingham UK, last year, awesome !

[loytielangs]

i have no words to describe that song> the enery is so great and overwelming. big ups mr masekela

[gakitosoeime]

I first watched him when he came to Kenya in 2006 for the SawaSawa festival...epic cannot even describe!

[leonberrange]

I was there that day, I heard this just after arriving in UK for the first time. For me this captures the mood of the times... Does anyone know who that lovely guitar player is? And the rest of the band?

[THAREPSO]

looks a bit like gadaffi

[BurnTheLeaves]

my girlfriends aunt bought me and her tickets to see this along with her sister and boyfriend. I quickly went onto youtube to see what it was about... i declined the invite 2 minutes later.

pressing the dislike button now, deal with it haters.

[JuraBL]

@BurnTheLeaves Enjoy your fagottry then!

[MrNooneseesme]

@BurnTheLeaves LOL - you mean you actually listened to this and then declined - LOL again again and again

[vixxa]

classic. my parents would always play the recording of this concert. i should get around to looking up some translated lyrics. LOVE IT.

[mandarinacuatica]

increible

[tass0s71]

I love this tune !

[MrPierrefeu]

The Coltrane is there

[steffdotro]

Those who dislike this must be the the ones who don`t feel sorry for the situations that have been and still are, in that place called mother Africa...

[MrKeithMJones]

I saw him live at Yale Bowl back in the 60's. He was a voice/trumpet to be heard then and continues to be. Long live Masekela!

[amanda23841]

I love Hugh Masekela!! He is just so good at what he does, and then some. plus he's got thissomething about him, can't quite put my finger to it... a bit like the george clooney kind of sexy!!

[wiseguy847]

How on earth could anyone dislike this?????????? so beautiful

[Truburgh]

I only speak english, but I understood every single noise out of his mouth from 4:13 on. I felt that shit.

[bimbledwadle]

Saw Hugh Masekela at The Hacienda Club in Manchester when I was a young girl....Packed and Dancing....what a memory....

[hansonjay67]

Masekela is most greatest african artist with spirituality in music... great artist..

[motherfunker1988]

Mayibuye Africa! One of the greatest musicians and human beings ever!!!

[Burt472]

Fantastic Track.Thanks Hugh

[mohamedDelirio]

hugh masekela great !!!!!!!

[Sjpdad1]

great music!!!!!

[sultanese]

Im an African American, from Philly....and this is one of the greatest songs i've ever heard....nuff respect due

[BobbyBerberyan]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[borismellor]

Saw him at the Astoria on his Freedom tour, briliant gig, and what an atsmosphere

[ArabicGMCA]

Long Live HUGH MASEKELA 

[Putaspellonyou]

near the top of my list of people i have not seen that i would give limb for...

[soniasmith65]

Just turned on to Hugh for the first time today....."love Coal Train", incredibly moving.

[byker4groove]

Just heard Hugh last night at The Sage in Gateshead. At 71 he's a giant of Jazz and a brillint entertainer. Catch him if you can on his current tour.

[413lm]

I love this song! Everytime I see him in concert it is an amazing experience. He's still going strong, just saw him again in concert in October 2010. Thanks for posting.

[413lm]

Love this song! Everytime I see him in concert he is amazing! He's still going strong, just saw him again in concert in October 2010.

[413lm]

Love this song! Everytime I see him in concert he is amazing! He's still going strong, just saw him again in concert in October 2010.

[vibrations111]

chingapile

[ewart007]

the guy on the leading guitar is on fire

[MrVic97]

@ewart007

his name is John Selolwane

[bangform]

beautiful music with a real message........stimela

[Trowerblues]

This is incredible man! Guess the gig in Edinburgh next month is a no brainer!

[rebeccavc932]

Just love the flügelhorn...beautiful!

[yintoni]

Hugh Masikela uvela Emalahleni [Witbank] is it?

[yintoni]

2004DIANNE u said it right old times ne

[NorfsydeD]

Haha looks like Dr. Dre just jamming. .

[clivenqiw]

This is one of Africa's gifts with stage stamina.

[stimela03]

most powerful song done by any artist ,well that is in my book any ways!

[Pornoblitz]

geil geil geil!!!!!!!!!!

[2004dianne]

This song goes straight to my heart, memories of the beloved country, the roling hills of Natal, the majesty of South Africa, and the suffering and forgiveness of her people. I love Africa so much, God bless you Hugh for sharing your talent and music. So powerful. This makes me cry!

[wutyoOsay]

Crazy music, really. So much groove with a few notes only. He got me stuck on the beat !!!

[ebok57]

Two giants from Africa...Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Hugh Masekela

[LucaZ2222]

He performed this song in Milano many years ago, in a concert where he was supporting Paul Simon. Miriam Makeba (his wife) was the other supporter. At the end of the song I stood up and clapped and screamed for 10 minutes. I was the only one standing up in the whole arena, but I couldn't care less. This song outperformed by far all other songs performed that night. Listening to it again still sends shivers down my spine. There's not enough stars in the Milky Way to rate this song.

[MrSunshine58]

hats off...i see/hear this in 2010 for the first time...but the recording goes 24 years ago....sounds like it was recorded yesterday, though.Seeing and hearing this, I really wish i could step back in time...

[Buttercup327]

Love his music, Hugh is such a humble person, had the opportunity to meet him in the 90s at UCLA with Miriam Makeba

[malikkiozen]

amazing no words to describe

[Godpickin]

The Best !1

[atrahan29]

My favorite

[kcufdam]

Takes me back 20 - 25 years sittin in my mates room listening to zappa, Masakela cheb kaled, talking heads, .... all sorts...smokin real gooood weeeeed. still listen to the music without the coincidentals.

[akilmosq24]

I saw Bro. Hugh Masekela in Richmond, Va. and was on the front row, I will never forget it. I don't think he ever receive the recognition he deserves.

[DenEColt]

God this is powerful stuff! Never heard this before tonight. Coal Train = Coltrane? Or just coincidence? A big thanks for posting this one!

[IIIAFireInsideIII]

wow! I'm very surprised!!! I heard him at soundtrack of "ten minutes older - trumpet" beautiful, expression, great

[cocosolo03]

Go Bless Hugh Mazakela for such music, We love you ! never give up !

[emeleoebanks]

This is so damn powerful it has the same bone chilling effect everytime i hear it

[MyZiri]

Feel the power of African music!

[mamamaat]

The Incomparable! I love You, Hugh Masekela and always have! My favorite is The Healing Song which I have loved since childhood. Stimela is my 2nd favorite somg! Thank you for sharing your Love. Thank you, my Broither. Thank you.. Thank you.

[morison21]

amazing song.very powerful,although i didnt understand the second part.

[Rufusdos]

damn, he can play that thing. this is STRONG.

[yacine1701]

Thank you, Mr. Masakela.

[greenaether]

I agree with You, ctoddy1... Most people from my country would understand, even it is quite far from South Africa. Freedom! Great artist!. BTW, His (and His band) "Village gate concert" (USA, sixties) is very beautiful, too.

[jazzyblue2]

...i got the chills....and ripped my heart out...

....amazing ....enchanted and gratefull...

...thanx for posting ....Peace and love..Peg@

[boo8boo9]

this song did somthing to me //// love it !!

[afansi]

Congratulations -50 years in the business ... so they say.

This song is my favourite by a mile.

I talked to some of those guys who went down there.

How much has changed?

[cantsingalick]

one of my favorite songs...very moving.

[ctoddy1]

I dont have to be from South Africa to understand what he is saying...i feel it...it's amazing....

[MagicMr03]

one of the greatest songs I know

[cherio70]

The type of music you feel in bones

[Mrsuperafrosamurai]

Amazing.

[deatha44]

love the story telling......

love this song

love masakela

[kalaharib]

Great artist to ever come from Africa!

Read his book titled " Still Grazing"! An interesting book.

[JuraBL]

I meant "...that this way!"

[JuraBL]

Damn! I wish I could rate this a 10 stars. ********** Well I'll do this this way.

[spokest]

Try listening to a track called Ade by Hugh Masekela and the Union of South Africa. Very very upbeat and will get your feet tapping ten to the dozen.

[dmitryfriga]

love this performance much more that studio records of this song

[thegeeess]

when was it that hugh first released this amazing song? i just found out about it from the blackcoffee remix and im new to african music. trying to learn more! thx

[spokest]

Have a listen to another Masekela classic called Lady. I think it was a cover of the original by Fela Kuti. Both versions are superb. And if you want an A1 classic by Hugh, and you like jazz, then Polina is the one - it was also on an album by Dave Grusin on which HM made a guest appearance.

[slice39]

A truly amazing "Man" and artist, I first heard "Stimela" in the mid 80's and loved it from the start. I listened to it so much I could sing it in it's original language, phonetically of course.

[Alexemeel]

He is superb. By the way: the song is called: Stimela. :-)

[gbalah162]

yeah your right. i was gonna say that. it really is called STIMELLA, AND HUGH CAN SING. i love his voice and how his music stays true to African heritage.

[jerec576]

He was born in Africa lol, he got deported over 3 times. Great stuff, and this afro is real

[gbalah162]

yeah, he and Miriam Makeba are a few of Africa's best, their music always speak to me

[kutuku54]

south africa

[spokest]

Saw Masekela do this at Kippies next to the Market Theatre, Jo'burg, in 1991, and then a few months later in Brighton. Shivers up the spine stuff....

[kutuku54]

where exactly in 1991?its true

[spokest]

Like I said, at Kippies next to the Market Theatre in Jozi, then again in Brighton, UK, in April 92.

[brennaisodd]

I love this man.

[iChesus]

this guy is awesome

[marshalblueberry]

He's coming to Holland may 23 in The Hague!!!!!!!!!

[kutuku54]

need to send him a copy of a video documentary of the black art and the triute to him from new haven jazz festival...Johnlightfoot production

[Fr33dByLove]

MI ah love it!!! Hugh Masekela is de real deal!! yes I!

[cymraes111]

madibasia - wonder why you like Irish rebel music? Doubt it's because of your understanding of the history behind the lyrics!!! Maybe you just like the tunes. As I said - FUCKWIT

[cymraes111]

madibasia - my gut reaction to your post is that you are a total fuckwit. What does it matter whether manic parrot is south african or not? They clearly have alot more intelligence than you do. This song is about real people 's lives and the suffering they had to endure - WITH NO CHOICE!!!!! And what the fuck do you mean by "the SA story"? This is no story - IT IS FACT!! Happy ending????!!!!!!! Yeh, so things are different now, but it is VERY recent history.

[eamcas67]

I was fortunate enough to be there on the day. Hugh and his band were the highlight by a country mile.

Thought provoking song for a spoilt young sarf london boy as I was then.

[dmitryfriga]

This is absolutely awesome. I adore this.

[madibasia]

Manic parot. Please tell me where you get your wisdon? Are you South African?

If you want to make a statement, talk facts. Why does Hugh say "coal" train. Why not "staem" train. Because coal has a **** . Because this gets sympathy and sells his music. I like his music. I laso like Irish Rebel muscic. But it is a one sided story here.

Shame, poor Gazans, but who has been firing the rockets??? No man, there are two sides to thois story. The SA story has a happy ending,,,, for most.

[internationalcowboy]

Will we ever learn? These lands are not mine, the deep dark holes where the blood money flows, cuts me to the core.I wish for peace, now maybe a good time to start. Anybody out there?

[madibasia]

No one forced these migrant workers to get on the "Coal Train". Most of the workers from outside SA are illegal, they take the jobs from bonafide SA citizens.

I grew up in white SA. I too, had to eat shit to survive. Fuck you all who say that it is a one sided affair.

Just look to Zimbabwe to see how well it is doing under Robert Mugabe and the expulsion of white farmers. there was a time when all had a job... It is not a one sided affair.

[ManicParroT]

That's funny as hell, because a brief review of South African history indicates that the South African government deliberately displaced enormous amounts of black farmers in order to create a pool of cheap labour for the mines. White people got the land, incidentally.

You do read history, right?

[Ian3985]

anybody know who the strat-slinging, guitarist is?

such an angry and beautiful song.

[mserebreny]

I forget his name, but I know he played with Paul Simon during Graceland: The African Concert. Simon introduces him with the other musicians during the show --- I'm sure you can find the DVD with relative ease :)

[mandolinoelettrico]

feel the power of south african jazz!

[deatha44]

WOW!

[DrShellyLR]

omg i[solid harmony+revealation choir] sang this with Hugh about 5years ago in the barbican London. A fantastic+inspirational+creati­ve+warm gentleman

[muzak77]

This fantastic performance was from the concert A.A.A.

Artist Against Apartheid may be 1988-89.

There was also the perfomance of BIKO by Peter Gabriel unforgettable. Really love this song. It touch me deep inside dont't know why.

[daisypaul]

ur father was related to this great man and used to play his musioc all the time imiss him too much

[muzak77]

I really regret about your father.

Thank you for the reply.

[jesoby]

you can't just blame foreign mining companies; if these countries were run properly the companies would would pay their taxes and the money would indeed go into infrastructure instead of padding the overseas bank accounts and property portfolios of the crooks in power.

[notcomatose]

Jesoby, You must believe that there is an Easter Bunny. "Can't blame the foreign mining companies"with guns, whips and the controlling white Dutch folk who believe they own the country and enslave the blacks. They would shoot and kill parents and their children for demonstrating for education for their kids. Knowledge is power. Sure they would have done the right thing if you only asked them nicely. Ummm. You might be naive.

[jesoby]

notcomatose - I take it the song was written 15 or more years ago in which case of course the situation was indeed very different though I doubt the average miner is a lot better off now.

[notcomatose]

You are probably right. Seems that I have heard that parts of Southern Africa, and in Western African continent, or Congo they still enslave men and boys to work in streams to pan for diamonds. There was a recent movie with Sean Penn in it about the poliltical continuing problem. They steal boys and men from their villages under pressure of gun barrels to work for their corrupt cartels who likely pay off the local governments. Many have such difficult lives.

[deatha44]

I blame the greedy foreigners

[ixluvxjesusx]

luv this song x havnt heard it 4 years!!

[derjules6]

awesome!!!!!!

[jonken20]

great musician

[jbrown3792]

This song is so important and true that it cannot be translated without losing the meaning

[jimbo1066]

This guy is one of the greatest live performers I've ever seen

[Alexeli610]

3:10= Junk in da Trunk! Good Lawd!!!

[Li2303]

Which of you ever got to hear what Talib did with this song? I thought it was cute but yeah, Bra Hugh (even though he's old enough to be my father) ROCKS!

[mapila71]

no please tell me am curious whats it called. i love talib too. especailly the song just to get by

[Li2303]

It was on an unreleased version of the Beautiful Struggle album. It's bananas!!

You should be able to find it SOMEWHERE online.

[mapila71]

wow thanx i will try searching for it, take care dear

[l154479reserve]

Saw him perform this last night. At age 69 he is better than ever. The audience was on its feet,

some with tears in their eyes. Long life, Mr Masekela!

[mapila71]

that's not fair am jealous you get all the good stuff back home

[larce17]

Brilliant,powerful& soulful.Did Masekela and Santana ever play together? Seems like a perfect blend.

[NRG23U]

amazing song! Hugh you rock buddy :PpP

[keychautadotcome]

this is all the music i want to listen to i m high on this music so you think i m gonna whine no this is PERFECTO....

[keychautadotcome]

I love his msge and intensity..funky filthy barracks..reminds me of Fela I admire older men for many reasons..oh for their maturity cos some men are grown in years yet still wearing DIAPERS and have to be reminded to brush their teeth and wipe their snooty noses

[keychautadotcome]

youtube COMMUNITY believe this or not, while great men like hugh and Fela are fighting for basic human rights, some men are fighting for the 'LENGTH OF THEIR DICK RECOGNITION' to be proclaimed and worshiped, between the 2 I wonder who is 'SMALL MINDED' MARIO AH MMMM

[keychautadotcome]

this is hugh at his best!!!!

[keychautadotcome]

what a pleasure to listen to hugh on fathers day, these are the warriors in the battle field..they have chosen their battle for the benefit of his country men/women/children for the whole nation..yes GREAT MAN this song is very very moving...men like these are IMPRESSIVE!!!COURAGEOUS CHARISMATIC AND INTELLIGENT they stay close to THE CAUSE to me thats the definition of a MAN!!!

[batourey]

Deep deep down in the belly of the earth - there lies the soul of Africa. Kill not your brothers, dear Azania - they look to you for hope, they always have.

[tigerone1970]

Look where the money goes, and you will have your answer. Does the money from the mines go to taxes, and from there to infrastructure, agriculture and manufacturing? Or does it go to pad corporate accounts in Europe, America, Canada and Australia?

A miner in South Africa earns his company $17,80 per hour, and gets paid $0,80 cents per hour.

Look where the money goes.

[ttphoenix007]

This is a gr8 song,Thanx BRA HUGH!

[azikara]

Saw him do this live in Chicago in a small venue where his breath was nearly in our faces and I almost wept it was so beautiful...Thanks Hugh!

[threepennyg]

where is that song he did with Paul Simon for that Nelson Mandela concert? anyone has any ideas? 'bring back, nelson mandela, bring him back home to soweto, I want to see him walking hand in hand with Winnie Mandela'

love that song, please someone find it...

[rokniamadeus]

does anyone know how i can get the mp3 of this song?

[tdblaze44]

limewire

[Mugash]

You can find it on iTunes. There's more than one version of the song available. My personal favorite is on the album, "Hope". Enjoy.

[rokniamadeus]

I have the discography of masekela. I just couldn't find this version of coal train on mp3

[Mugash]

Look for 'Stimela'. That's the name of the song. If it's this particular version you want, then well, good luck.

[rokniamadeus]

cool cool

Thank you anyways. for taking time to explain. I like this song. Its a great song

[RaynoG]

Every song by Hugh Masekela is amazing. Im yet to hear one mediocre song but I dont think I will...

[BassmanII]

That's John Selelewane on guitar and Francis Fuster on percussion. They would later work with Paul Simon on the "Graceland" tour.

[lovemfano]

Hugh is a Legend im proud of him while im away far far from SA I play this song and feel at home

[Toyboy789]

This is an absolutely incredible song! The politics are sssoooooooooooooooo strong. And Hugh and his band haven't lost a thing over the years either! What a freaking legend!!

[William9422]

13 views?

WTF?