Franco TPOK - Kinsiona

[JGP46]

reveille en moi mon essence, mes forces, ce en quoi j'aspire. Rabbi Garcimore de Brazzaville!

[JGP46]

j'en ai les larmes aux yeux! beto bakongo, j'y trouve une force inouie metaphysique, spirituel.... etc. Garcia De Kodia!!!!!!!!

[STARPITSH]

papa mutu aboma yo eza gbanda atielaka yo poissons ye pe akokufa mokili mawa

[tomaluta]

cry mari mari.....let me cry papa ngozulu soit sage

[dvczz]

oooooooohlala, LUAMBO, for ever!

[czybski]

Yes, I was there in Utrecht, 1987, in a giant dark factory hall, saw & swinged with Franco & his band before (in Delft, Amsterdam,The Hague) but now we knew his time was running out, so they were playing like crazy en with shivers & quivers we were swinging our brains out. Franco, pour toujours.

[kairitukega]

Lamenting!feel his pain

[ivihiga]

I hav ereplayed this several times, no clue what he was singing about untill I readthe comments, RIP.

[amarine6]

ce fou ce que tu me fais du bien avec ces videos je suis devant mon ordi depuis ce matin et il est deja 18 je ne vois meme pas le temps passer. merci

[DafrenchAccent]

this is one is my fav! tho I don't speak kikongo I do enjoy this track big time!

[ameninakelly]

it's not lingala but KIKONGO

[bardotster]

Hi, I'm looking for the (lingala) text of this song. I know he sings for his brther Marie,who died.

Bonjour, je chechre les paroles Kinsiona!

Hallo, ik zoek naar de tekst van dit liedje!

Ich suche den tekst von kinsiona!

[Otenga]

You right I have both the CD and the DVD. It was done LIVE in Utrecht, Netherlands.

[kairitukega]

Is it possible to have a copy of CD and dvd pls?

[KALLEROGERS]

Kinsiona meaning Bereavement. Here Franco just like in many other occassions mourned his late brother Bavon Marie Marie ( Killed in a deadly road accident few miles from OK Jazz social club after an argument with Franco).

[summersunt]

It's amazing what music can do...I understood not a word of this, but for some inane reason the trumpets at the start of the song make me think of Cuba..everytime I hear the trumpet sound I think "Viva La Revolucion!" I have absolutely no idea why!

[babmushe]

Franco grieving his late brother Bavon Marie Marie.

[Nasipwondi]

With deep sadness.A helthy Franco,was just a year away to Pass on.I enjoy listenning to his Musical fire though can NOT decode a single word.Thanks Rahndi.

[rahndi]

My unsolicited two cents. The human voice is an instrument. It has abstract qualities as well as literary qualities. The abstract qualities are an important poetry. People listen to opera and think nothing of the fact that they can't understand the language. They do pick up on the subtle emotions conveyed by the singer. Franco sure assembled talents that were the best that the human voice has to offer (on any country or continent). He also got the greatest uncompromised compositions from them.

[HeshimaJameni]

What a marvelous voice. What language was he singing in?

[kochogoshire]

Lingala I think. With franch sheng intertwined with the language

[orangekush3]

its kikongo...not lingala....kikongo was his maternal language.

[HeshimaJameni]

@orangekush3. Was his father mukongo too or was he a mungala?

[rumcove07]

@rahndi Right on!

[Nasipwondi]

Im figuring out where/when this gig happened.Salute rahndi.

[rahndi]

When? The sign in back of the stage says 1987. Where? Twice the performers (once by Franco) say "Utrecht, O' Yea!" I take this to mean they are in The Netherlands (aka Holland).