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Post by kaytwo on Mar 17, 2011 12:02:23 GMT -5
I love the Zulu version of this classic,..just wish there were printed lyrics somewhere. The re-arrangement of the bridge is pure musical beauty in that "live Cat" style of simplifying chord changes.(Yusuf's Cafe' dvd).
Anyone have a clue about the lyrics?
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LadyD
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Post by LadyD on Mar 17, 2011 16:05:25 GMT -5
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Post by kaytwo on Mar 17, 2011 17:05:11 GMT -5
Thank you Ladyd,
Didn't realized it was such an old subject.
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Post by G-One on Mar 18, 2011 4:07:27 GMT -5
I do love this version. 'cause this was the beginning of Yusuf re-entering my life back in 2003!! My spouse was zapping through the tv-programs late at night. I heard a very familiar voice and shouted "go back, go back that sounds like Cat Stevens!!" And then I witnessed the incredible  And when I saw this happy face, I knew it won't take too long ... Attachments:
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Post by sabina on Mar 18, 2011 5:43:27 GMT -5
:)Oh @g-one SO many thankx for posting this.....bought tears to my eyes....wow....!! |
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Post by sabina on Mar 18, 2011 5:48:11 GMT -5
:)and I've just seen the attachment..........I love seeing Yusuf radiating JOY!!!!!!! cant thank you enough.......ty ty ty ty ty  |
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Post by tiffany on Mar 18, 2011 12:39:27 GMT -5
OK. I think that this Zulu version of "Wild World is interesting, but the languange is difficult to pronouce. When Yusuf sings the lines that start "You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do, and it's breaking my heart in two, 'cause I never want to see you sad, he changes the word "girl" to "child. Then, in the chorus that says "Oh baby, baby it's a wild world, he changes that line to "Bana Bana, which is another phrase in Zulu
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Post by kaytwo on Mar 21, 2011 12:39:47 GMT -5
I can't help but wonder what inspired this version...perhaps his friend Peter Gabriel, who sings in some African languages,besides German. They've seemed to be good buddies that go way back.( Gabriel played flute in Yusuf's "Mona" band.)
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Post by soitis on Mar 21, 2011 13:15:55 GMT -5
That was in November of 2003 that Yusuf performed at Nelson Mandela's AIDS benefit concert in South Africa.
I guess it was an appropriate adaptation of the song for that occasion.
For me original version is better
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