Brian Eno - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

[Adyacentes]

Eno can turn everything into gold!

[inky6511]

I thought I would never hear Eno's version of this again! Many thanks to whoever uploaded it. I bought it when it was released as a single :-)

[newfuckingwave]

the only version of this song i will ever enjoy

[boyblue62]

Bought this as a bootleg in 79 - could not get it legal.......with Seven Deadly Fins...12 inch vinyl....still got it :-)

[DOREMISOLO]

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[julysuprise]

When was this released?

[marioworldtour]

was eno the one singing?

[SuperHappyFunTimeLol]

how is this ambient

[bvh1223]

@SuperHappyFunTimeLol Surely you can hear it's not. Eno did more than ambient music.

[SuperHappyFunTimeLol]

@bvh1223 well he should stick to ambient

[bvh1223]

@SuperHappyFunTimeLol Oh, my child. Except then we wouldn't have Roxy Music, Talking Heads, U2, Laurie Anderson.....  You poor thing, don't know much about music, do you?

[kaini]

wim on, brian. wim on.

[person40000]

he is bald

[101Strings]

: D

[livepower34325]

This is the sideffect of boredom :P

[cliolord]

@livepower34325

I'm feeling that brother, haha!

[Lieu3C4]

If humanity is all dead by the beginning of the 23rd Century, there will still be no one who can replace Mr.Eno.

[kilroywuzhere1]

hoy crap eno did this?

[Jez4prez]

@kilroywuzhere1 This really really spun me out too haha, I never knew Eno made this!

I remember when I was a kid this was probably the first song that I actually really loved. I used to make my mum play it over and over again haha.

Fast forward to more recent times and it was Eno's ambient work that I love, and it was his ambient work that led me to get into electronic music and to start producing my own music! crazy! lol

[smarlonc]

Nice, I always appreciated Brian Eno. Whim fits.

Ladyamith Black Mambazo has a live acapella version on YT that is most beautiful, certainly complimentary.

[PRIVATEAYEIEYE]

I have wanted to hear this since the late 70s!

Thanks!

More conventional than I expected. I thought he'd give it the whole "Great Pretender" wall of sound with crickets or sumpin.

Oh well, just doing this song at the time was pretty exotic as it had been pretty much forgotten. Now everyone knows it from the movies.

[btreefingers]

pretty sure he did this tune for ca$h, its still awesome though!

[PRIVATEAYEIEYE]

@btreefingers Nah, when he did this the song was near forgotten. In the early 60s, this was World Music!

[btreefingers]

@PRIVATEAYEIEYE i agree, but also... i dont agree. i have deep respect for eno, but i dont think that this song could ever be forgotten.

[PRIVATEAYEIEYE]

@btreefingers It first appeared here in the 50s when "Folk Music" from around the world was quite the thing. The first big hit version came out in 1961 as recorded by the Tokens. It, like most pop hits of the time had it's moment and by the mid-60s was largely forgotten by the general public.

Disney's Lion King brought it back to prominence.

[btreefingers]

@PRIVATEAYEIEYE was it in the lion king? i dont remember that lol

[britcrit09]

I had no idea this was Eno!

My appreciation of his work is now even greater!

[Akhiloth]

This cover is the shit!

[UeyUeyAzteca]

Excellent! I thought I had only imagined this Eno version. It really exists!!!

[abcbamz17]

hahah yes!

this is so great

[mkington]

thanks jp, love it

[yolo1998]

thank you JP :)

[MsMacca1968]

cool bananas

[bonniebardowski]

super

[bapyou]

After hearing this, I can see that many of Eno's songs were rewrites of The Lion Sleeps Tonight ... in a roundabout way. It's so totally what Eno's about.

[MarkOmori]

MY GOD I use to have this on vinyl but sadly lost over time and many moves and nobody believed me when I said Eno had done a version!

[BeondaPale]

@MarkOmori

EXACTLY !!

[ALESSANDROGOLINI]

Vi ricorda qualcosa sto pezzo? Grande ENO!

[holyshinji]

like  lullaby !

[runner305]

WOW! I'm a longtime fan of Eno's, and yet didn't realize he did a version of this....I'm blown away.

[pontello3]

wicked!

brian is a fuclong genius!

[fnordist]

R.I.P Solomon Linda

[letronchosier]

How to explain the sun to a mole?

[hatcherben]

Imagine my surprise to find it was produced by Brian Eno.

[jazzlover10000]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn. Am disappointed in Eno. I like the Phil Manzooonera stuff tho' Yes the original version is more appropos. OK but the 1970s was all about experimenting, making 99% junk and 1% brilliance. This is just the 99% that's all. I got no problem with that.

[bilbomarks]

Electronic drumkits do not age well omg.

[Vambo1958]

The original is much better

[problem49]

@Vambo1958 In light of the fact that you are referring to the Tokens' cover of the original version by South African sheperd Solomon Linda, which you have never heard, I suggest you keep your ignorant comments to yourself.

[Vambo1958]

@problem49 excuse me, bitch, this version by Eno sucks ass!

[problem49]

@Vambo1958 I am unaquainted with the process of "sucking ass", so I must defer to your vast experience on this issue.

[Argos357]

@problem49 a little presumptuous don't you think?

[Argos357]

@problem49 a little presumptuous don't you think?

[problem49]

@Argos357 On the contrary, I'd say I struck the nail directly on the head.

[Argos357]

@problem49 heysuz christa.... I hope your not a carpenter!

[Dashativity]

If there is a god, she worships Brian Eno . . . as do I.

[Jamesbharris2]

Absolutely fucking mental.

[dreadlegs]

Classic stuff always loved this track!

[entropious88]

Brian is the master of many musical forms.

His solo work is genius.

Thanks for posting this rarity.

[Vambo1958]

Boring like every bit of solo work he has done

[thelaughingduck2001]

Really?!?!? 'Here Come The Warm Jets', 'Taking Tiger Mountain' 'Another Green World' and 'B&A Science' are 'boring'?!?!? I can't see it myself, some of the innovating and captivating albums of all time.

[Vambo1958]

To each his own, the music press became fond of him but he does not make me want to invest any time to listen to his experiments..

[FlorrieDugger]

do you know if this is on any of his cds along with the seven deadly finns? Surprised they never added this on "Another Green World " as a bonus when they did the remasters.

[thelaughingduck2001]

Nope, never been reissued

[FlorrieDugger]

Actually it has been added on his 1993 box set called Eno Box II: Vocals. It has both The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Seven Deadly Finns.

[ladyuranium]

oh wow, is this brain one's version of elevator music? It has a kitsch quality that is surprisingly good.

[Heliosphan15]

oh sweet, this is the shit of the moment! =)

[heatherdaydream]

Hey pernicketty, I have the vinyl also.....yeh...it's rare...

I have spent many happy hours singing along to bith sides of this joyous record...sigh

[eblasina]

Which Brian Eno record is this song from, Brian is an absolute genius

[TEKM0SIS]

this sucks

[alannigelmarshall]

Whize he singing this crap?

[himself801]

Partly, he was chasing a hit, trying to score some much needed cash.

When he left Roxy Music he was up to neck in debt for his share of what E G management had spent on launching RM.

[robwyattfan]

Two things: he needed a single and second, Eno's early music was very, very interested in deadpan novelty humor, which this song displays in folds. I mean for Lord's sake, it's about a lion eating a baby set to this faux-"world" soundtrack that isn't actually related to any "real" musical traditional, but a weird facsimile/parody of about four. A.K.A., quintessential Eno (see: Kurt's Rejoinder; China, My China; or the entire My Life in the Bush record).

[robwyattfan]

@strangeparty, V 1, the lion is in the jungle, far away. V 2, "near the village ... the lion sleeps," the lion has moved towards the village, stalking his meal. Then V 3, "Don't fear my baby, the lion sleeps tonight," I mean come on, the lion doesn't really sleep. The lion has left the jungle, entered the village and is right out the door about to devour. Sure, "baby" can be in the colloquial sense, but knowing the sense of humor displayed in Eno's own songs, I'm guessing he took it literally.

[robwyattfan]

@strangeparty, meh, it isn't a coincidence that it's about a lion. I really don't think my interpretation is far from what Eno would prefer. See the lyrics to many of his own songs from his early period (Baby's on Fire, Back in Judy's Jungle, the Great Pretender [which is about machine rape according to Eno; hard to get darker than that]) to understand why he'd pick this one if my darker interpretation matches his own.

[robwyattfan]

@strangeparty, I mean, his entire career is based on twisted this or that. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to think that he used baby instead of darling intentionally. Sure, Seeger said it was a political tune about a sleeping king waiting to rise again, but I like my baby eating spin better. : )

[astronautapinguim]

His voice is great! I like him singing in his first four solo albums and as backing for David Bowie in his "Berlin trilogy". His voice remind me - a little - Ringo Starr's voice... Anyway, his voice isn't bad... Has emotions on it. Just hear "Fat Lady of Limbourg" (from Taking tiger mountain by strategy) and, mainly "Golden Hours" (from Another green world!

[misterberko]

He is an absolute genius (Music for Airports, Cluster & Eno, Thursday afternoon..etc) but I really can't stand his voice.

[SOMOGYI8230]

Well, I like his vocals on Sound and Vision (very much). The lower are his, the higher are Bowies, in case you did not know:-)

[misterberko]

Thanks - I didn't know that it was both of them singing, actually. I do know I am in a minority re: Mr. Eno's singing. I had bought all his ambient records then purchased "Before and after science" but couldn't get into it in the same way. When i took the CD back to the record shop ('Selectadisc' in London's Berwick Street) the person behind the counter gave me a half-hour lecture about how I was a f*%ing idiot and was trying to return the greatest record ever made.

[SOMOGYI8230]

Funny story! I kinda agree with the person behind the counter: an album containing both King's lead Hat and By this River...

[dugitomi]

The Enosphere, says 2nd greatest record ever made, with the first being Taking Tiger Mountain. But you would be completely within the rules of discourse, if you returned again and called the clerk a co**s***ing moron because everyone knows that No Pussyfooting with Mr. Fripp is the greatest recording, ever, for its aural beauty, advanced contrapuntal harmony, poly-rhythmic sophistication, and aesthetic perfection. A binarY onE who gets telepathic messages from Mr. Eno told me. It's true.

[cowboystitching]

Record store clerks suck. If they know so much about music, why are they just working in a store and not actually making it?

[strangeparty]

What makes you think that? Eno did minimal vocals on the song and the lead vocal is much deeper than the background vocal.

[SOMOGYI8230]

Fuck, you are right! I thought the lower vocals were Eno's, but it seems I was mistaking. Thanks for correcting me!

[ThisIsRuthie]

I haven't heard this in over 20 years.  To be honest it's not as good as I remember. I love Eno's voice though. I think his singing is highly underrated.

[pernicketty]

I have a 1979 release single of this on the Heat label. It has 'Deadly 7 Finns'(?) on the B-side. Is it rare?

[PierreGaspardHuit]

Thank you, Florencom, for one of the most beautiful song I ever heard in my life.

[cebulon6969]

Is this song on any of his albums, or is it just a single? This is tight.

[twolunches]

In my search for the soul of Brian I have at last found his core, true self. Wim away, yes wim away brian..

[pernicketty]

Please don't take your wim away Brian

[BloggStandard]

As a first single Eno was trying 2 get a hit, that's about it really. As oddly enough this song had been huge for EVERYONE that ever recorded it, expect our Brian. Which is good COZ 1) He stop trying to be a pop star (scraped his solo outing mid-tour etc) 2) Got into the serious stuff we know & love today. 3) Makes this single worth a few quid more. Win-Win-Win I'd say

I wonder if B.eno is onboard with getting the song-writer his royalties, he was ripped off pretty bad, wikipedia for details

[ssballs]

Surely he's "onboard" .Better yet,even the Tokens version seems to have been plagiated from some 1930's or -40's African band(also on YT)and even Mariam Makeba did a version.Seems like a full circle to me ,with the whole"world-muzak"business et all.The "new"Eno/Byrne;Overtones released last year could have been inspired by this .Simple and catchy yet heavenly tunes.First single?I had no idea.36 year later...

[CircaCertainty]

@ssballs Did you mean "et al" ? It is pronounced Et Al, as in "Al will be here tonight".

Just a little correction :)

[CircusOfHeaven]

how i loooove him

[maximpetergriffin]

a man could skip down the street listening to this - Idiot Glee

[stereom]

Wow, didn't know Eno had covered this song. Goes to show that he's real talented: he can take even the cheeziest pop tune and actually make it listenable. Even despite the tune's inherent cloyingness, he made the tune sound like his own, his trademark mid seventies eccentricity clearly shows in the arrangement. The best version I've ever heard of that otherwise embarrassment-worthy tune.

[mblart]

Pioneer of ambient music and the skullet.

[NoSheep2]

@mblart lol

[lisadm]

@mblart AMEN! LMAO!

[inko123]

oh my GOD this is so good.

[r41zcu4dr4d4d3E]

oh!!!

muchas gracias, lo buscaba hace tiempo

[evilsponge7]

this is beautiful! Eno is brilliant.

[walterke]

Wunderbar!

I wonder why this song hasn't been included on his first albums.

He was the most interesting roxy-mmeber. Since he has left the group Roxy Music was just another pop group.

[PointThree]

They were still amazing, but not as amazing as Eno.