Ghana Postal Workers - Work Music

[sparkmark1]

Ha. This is the one song that sticks in my mind from Music of the World class from like 10 years ago!

[USMCdrummer06]

this my jam, son. Music and Culture... Fall '11

[mr9945]

weird

[kanakkanakka]

this is post-office music

[miszmikki]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! IT'S MY FAVORITE WORLD MUSIC!!! I WISH I.B. WOULD GIVE US THIS SONG TO ANALYZE ON OUR I.B. MUSIC EXAM

[unofficallyalice1]

we are listening to this in my music class while we are learning about world music

[bovantideb]

hey like the song, and the way u make it fun, can anyone help me with this? i sent a package with the wrong name on it.and the person canot pick it up...cause the post master mark throug it to make it right and john said he cantpick it up.. now he will be sendin it back to the states. and now he is upset with me and dont want to chat with me now. cause the post office will not release the package.it's a laptop.

[hapap1]

GOD BLESS U man ...i am taking world music and it is required tht we listen to this music...its under the topic music-culture..MU111 thnk u man..i really appriciate it

[hapap1]

GOD BLESS U man ...i am taking world music and it is required tht we listen to this music...its under the topic music-culture..MU111

[87325]

It's a nice song -- but parts of the beat are intentional and not at all related to working on a task. My professor was in Ghana and was friends with the field researcher that made this recording in the 70's. Apparently, the scissor swishing and clapping sound was made by a worker just using them for the sound -- not for their blade to cut any paper.

[cadetstarnoodle]

@87325 So it's invalid or ... ?

[cadetstarnoodle]

@87325 So it's invalid or ... ? Funny, the textbook makes that perfectly clear in Chapter One.

[Upwinger2020]

Amazing, catchy tune! I wish the wealth of work songs around the world could be better preserved.

[frankiilove123]

I love the music and the stamps but I really wanted to see the workers, too

[Smasher0404]

7th grade music my teacher made us listen to us it's awesome

[PlayHanghang]

I so love this! Filled with a wonderful rhythm and gentle joy.

It brings Buckaroo Banzai to mind somehow as well.

[bigred24hr]

this song is the shit we had to do something in class with this song!

[WaywardMatt]

Anyone know where I can find the full CD downloads for Worlds of Music book?

[syclic]

My professor played this song the other day in class for a short lesson on some different types of world music. I love African rhythms, they are so complex. I think it is great that there are people out there looking for the music being created in the many cultures around the world (ethnomusicologists I believe they are called). Thanks for sharing this wonderful song.

[Hope6817]

we listened to this in music class, I'm in grade 9 and we are learning about texture of music, and this song is suck a great example of homophonic music!!! I love this so much

[PunkRockLostie815]

We listened to this in our Music Therapy class and had to guess what it was. I can tell you, no one guessed that it was a group of postal workers just doing their job.

[choggiekendall]

....wish my post office rocked out like theirs!!

[PunkRockLostie815]

I'd go there everyday haha!

[lalipsy]

haha i so listened to this in my world music class in college...

[DefaultShinobi]

I remember this from my ethnomusicology class as well (o^-^)b

Love it.

[mchestercity]

me 2

thnx man

[sabreshortie13]

this song is so cool, i am also in a world music class, and this is one of our examples of African music. Thanks for posting it!

[englshivy]

you're very welcome. I studied it in a similar class 10 years ago and have enjoyed the tune and thinking about those men enjoying their work ever since.

[marceblumme]

wonderful!

i am studying this right now in my world music class. thanks for posting it!