Fela Kuti Afrodisiac Holiday D4 Darkside Blues

D4 Darkside Blues

it is best heard as a piece

Bobby Hutcherson's crystalline vibraphone

Having grabbed their career by the horns with Mechanical Bull

Fela Kuti Afrodisiac Holiday D4 Darkside BluesThe best known song on Afrodisiac is "Jeun Koku," a satire about gluttony (an indulgence only available to prosperous Africans). Originally recorded as a single in 1970, it had given Fela his first major hit. In Broken English, the title translates as "chop and quench," which means "eat and die" in Standard English. It is a stonking dance track. The most enduring piece, however, may prove to be the closing "Je'Nwi Temi" ("don't gag me"), a critique of