Tabu Ley Rochereau - Savon Omo

[solpicciotto]

This was our favourite among the many fantastic Congolese songs in Dar es Salaam in 1964-5

[pmbalele]

I think this came out 1963-5 and people in Mwanza were crazy with this song. Actually there was Omo laundry soap.

[sssnsule]

Malala1974,

Thanks for the great job you are doing. I must say I am jealous, envious!!!! Congo has all of these, and Cameroon has no such anthology on the web!!!

Please help us put whatever Cameroonian oldies you can find (messi martin, aloa javis, etc) especially between 1950 and 1970.

[Jsemanda]

Great, great composition!! one of my nephews is named Kitoko - from this song!!

[GEORGIEYS]

good job!! these was the music of those days.

Any possibility of getting IBRAHIMA by Tabu ley?

[douguess1]

J'ai les larmes aux yeux quand j'ecoute cette chanson car elle me rappelle mon enfance lorsque ma mere jouait ce son de Rochereau et voila que aujourd'hui je suis tres loin de ma Mom cherie.

Je t'aime Momie ton fils Douguess depuis New York.

[chahenza]

lovely... have always wondered who sang this number about ''sabuni ya Omo''. Got the answer!

[kesekwa]

@chahenza

New Blue OMO....Hungarisha zaidi ....but we danced to the music anyway!!!.

Nyasaye akulinde!

[kesekwa]

Respond to this video...  Muziki poa

[pmbalele]

Lingala language is similar to Nyamwezi language in Tanzania. Even the melody and song sounds are that those of Sukuma's. That could explain why people in West Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya fell in love with Zaire or Congo music. Lingala should be Bantu language. At least we could pick up meanings of the words.

[larryboy1995]

NEW BLUE OMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zampasi]

Jonas Zampasi à Bruxelles.

Tabu Ley ? pour moi, c'est un super STAR au Congo RD. Que Dieu Lui donne encore quelques années de survies. Rochereau, tient bon.

[artkaro]

je rentre du Togo et j'ai découvert Rochereau un soir dans un restaurant ; c'est la meilleure musique que j'ai écouté pendant mon séjour. Je suis trés contente de pouvoir l'écouter de nouveau car je suis rentrée sans enregistrement ... merci

[bracket215]

Just wonderful.

In the same vein as Kiri Kiri.

Do you have "Femme D'Atrui"?

Thank you.

[alfredo7123]

oh my God only if i could understand LINGALA....vous les zairois ...vous etes incontestablement les rois de musique africaine...we cameroonians aare good but to be frank zairois are simply INCREDIBLE...just hear Seigneur's voice inn this one...just easy, easy, easy and u get it just getting into your system like it is sang.

[sssnsule]

@alfredo7123

Hello Alfredo,

I was a kid in primary school Ebubu, Tombel of the then SW Province - no, West Cameroon- of Cameroon. I lived this song live when it came out in 1968.

Even today I like playing the strings of that solo guitar there.

You say Camerooninas are good? Where is our own store of music like the RDC anthology that you have on here?

[Mitou84]

Merci Malala pour nous permettre d'ecouter ce tresor du Seigneur. Qu'il se retablisse le plutot possible.

[Mosscheik]

I always if he got paid any monies/royalties

[yasminerihanna]

Ahan! Zairois, Vous avez finallement decide de faire sortir vos tresors de leur cachette. Je suis de la Cote d'ivoire et cette chanson a berce toute mon enfance. Merci, Tabu Ley. Merci Malala.

[serenanaser]

Nous sommes depuis des années de Congolais...peace