The Mystery of Manu Dibango; or, omgineedhelpsobadly
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1DaynaRT
This is a repost from the Green Dragon group because, well because I'm truly desperate.
Yesterday I spent a good many hours perusing a collection of songs put together by the people at iTunes called School of Rock (link opens iTunes). The songs move through the evolution of rock and roll, from the blues to grunge to electronic music, with many, many stops in between.
One of the songs given as being an inspiration for disco is "Soul Makossa" (important part starts at 1:05), an Afro-Jazz tune by Manu Dibango, a French speaking musician from Cameroon . I was curious as to how a song from somewhere so 'foreign' influenced disco music. As soon as I listened to the sample I heard a saxophone riff I knew, and knew well. "WTF?", I said to myself. "Someone must have sampled or copied this at some point and that's what I'm remembering."
I searched for hours last night and I couldn't find any songs that had swiped that part of the original. Turns out that song is mostly known for being the source of the often copied phrase "ma-ma-se-ma-ma-sa-ma-ma-koo--sa". Say it out loud. Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" right?
But where on earth did I hear that saxophone line? I starting looking for straight-up covers of the song and finally found exactly what I was hearing in my head: The Headhunter by Mandingo (horns at :37). Instead of a sax, the musicians used trumpets/trombones to recreate the saxophone part. Mystery solved!
No. Where would I have heard that song? I'm not a jazz aficionado. Far from it. So now I'm left wondering if The Headhunter was used in a television show or a movie, but I can't find it credited on any soundtrack. I've looked for songs that have sampled the Mandingo version and have come up empty.
Does anyone know anything about this damn song? Please help before I go insane. (My husband is sure I already am.)
Yesterday I spent a good many hours perusing a collection of songs put together by the people at iTunes called School of Rock (link opens iTunes). The songs move through the evolution of rock and roll, from the blues to grunge to electronic music, with many, many stops in between.
One of the songs given as being an inspiration for disco is "Soul Makossa" (important part starts at 1:05), an Afro-Jazz tune by Manu Dibango, a French speaking musician from Cameroon . I was curious as to how a song from somewhere so 'foreign' influenced disco music. As soon as I listened to the sample I heard a saxophone riff I knew, and knew well. "WTF?", I said to myself. "Someone must have sampled or copied this at some point and that's what I'm remembering."
I searched for hours last night and I couldn't find any songs that had swiped that part of the original. Turns out that song is mostly known for being the source of the often copied phrase "ma-ma-se-ma-ma-sa-ma-ma-koo--sa". Say it out loud. Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" right?
But where on earth did I hear that saxophone line? I starting looking for straight-up covers of the song and finally found exactly what I was hearing in my head: The Headhunter by Mandingo (horns at :37). Instead of a sax, the musicians used trumpets/trombones to recreate the saxophone part. Mystery solved!
No. Where would I have heard that song? I'm not a jazz aficionado. Far from it. So now I'm left wondering if The Headhunter was used in a television show or a movie, but I can't find it credited on any soundtrack. I've looked for songs that have sampled the Mandingo version and have come up empty.
Does anyone know anything about this damn song? Please help before I go insane. (My husband is sure I already am.)
2krolik
There's a distinct resemblance, I think, to the opening and closing parts of Frank Zappa's "I'm the Slime" which first came out on the 1973 album "Over-nite Sensation." The Zappa estate protects its material pretty closely, so I can't provide a link to the original, but here's an SNL live performance from 1976:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1k8GKXlDEo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1k8GKXlDEo
