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Orchestra Baobab — On Verra Ca
Album: Specialist In All Styles
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Released: 2002
Length: 4:48
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Great band. They have been around a long time and they are not all that young, but when they hit the stage, they can groove with the very best...and make it seem effortless 
Posted 9 months ago by TonyM    [ Reply ]
 spamulik-2 wrote:

Saw them in Northampton around this time,  great night,  sadly not many people there. I think they had just won a grammy.  




You Lucky Duck! I wish I was there too!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Saw them in Northampton around this time,  great night,  sadly not many people there. I think they had just won a grammy.  
Posted 1 year ago by spamulik-2    [ Reply ]
very nice guitar

and bongos
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Good music is good music. It doesn’t matter who when or where it was written or performed.
Posted 3 years ago by dboseman    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

African music is not particular popular among the RP-listeners.I wonder why.



Because those listeners are id-iots!
Posted 3 years ago by Chongo1959    [ Reply ]
This band does a great cover of Franklin's Tower for anyone who's interested.
Posted 4 years ago by alexandersmcmillan    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:


RP as an anti-western propaganda tool is something you'd have to provide some pretty convincing evidence for. That's certainly not my understanding — and I'm kinda in a position to know...
 
Um, is there anyone out there who is pro-imperialism? If so, what the heck are you doing here? Shouldn't you be listening to Radio Fourth Reich or something?
Posted 4 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
10 years ago I heard this song on Radio Paradise.

And I was hooked! Orchestra Baobab's songs accompanied me through hard times. Later, I discover lots of other African bands and songs.

A couple of months ago I was finally able to go to their concerts but it was sad and joyful at the same time because Issa Cissokho (lead saxophonist) died recently. Me and Orchestra Baobab both got a lot older, I could tell.
Posted 5 years ago by bitkidoku    [ Reply ]
I've heard other tracks by this band -- but not this one. Nice! Guitar! Break!
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 BobbyCat wrote:

Depends on which African music. There's a lot of absolutely great stuff. But when I hear some words that I reckon as typically anti-west, I switch. For instance, a song that begins with a religious sentence, or another one screaming "istimaar" (= imperialism), makes RP suddenly sound like a propaganda tool.
Bill should check the texts closer, in my humble opinion.
 

RP as an anti-western propaganda tool is something you'd have to provide some pretty convincing evidence for. That's certainly not my understanding — and I'm kinda in a position to know...
Posted 5 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
 BobbyCat wrote:

Depends on which African music. There's a lot of absolutely great stuff. But when I hear some words that I reckon as typically anti-west, I switch. For instance, a song that begins with a religious sentence, or another one screaming "istimaar" (= imperialism), makes RP suddenly sound like a propaganda tool.
Bill should check the texts closer, in my humble opinion.
 

"istimaar" (= imperialism)?

So in your opinion Africans have no right to talk about imperialism, is that what you mean?

Because, otherwise, then, you cannot listen to music from Bob Marley, Manu Chao and many many other bands anymore.

Or - if you whant to ban all music from an imperialist country....

Start with the USA!!!!
Posted 5 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
African music is not particular popular among the RP-listeners.I wonder why.
 
Depends on which African music. There's a lot of absolutely great stuff. But when I hear some words that I reckon as typically anti-west, I switch. For instance, a song that begins with a religious sentence, or another one screaming "istimaar" (= imperialism), makes RP suddenly sound like a propaganda tool.
Bill should check the texts closer, in my humble opinion.
Posted 6 years ago by BobbyCat    [ Reply ]
 FamilyMan wrote:

Fortunately, my colon is pretty good about keeping promises.  May it ever be.  On verra ça!

 
{#Lol}  sing it brother!
Posted 6 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
African music is not particular popular among the RP-listeners.I wonder why.
Posted 6 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]

Don't forget to go to their gigs when they are around.

Live it's even more exicting then on their records.


Posted 6 years ago by JoepKoperdraat    [ Reply ]
 Chumbawamba-1984 wrote:
"On verra ça" is a traditional song with a lot of covers by various African bands, including Youssou n'Dour and his band. The song is about the white colon that never kept his promises, always postponing the good done to his indigenous African servants. "On verra ça" is French for "We will see later" and is the typical reply that Africans in French dominions got for their requests for emancipation and rights.

 
Fortunately, my colon is pretty good about keeping promises.  May it ever be.  On verra ça!


Posted 7 years ago by FamilyMan    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:

Ähm, yeah Caribbean - sorry mate - they are from Africa, more preceise from the Senegal.

Not much Caribbean there. {#Cheesygrin}

 
Cuban or "Cuban-style" music was popular in West Africa in the 1970s - when this band formed.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
love it!
Posted 8 years ago by irma_in_goma    [ Reply ]
Sucks out loud.  a 2 is being generous
Posted 8 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
great cover for thos song here (Cankisou, Jeba Ma Miluna): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaFTmocLsPM
Posted 8 years ago by dalikjebuh    [ Reply ]
Wow...what a great sound!
Posted 8 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
That's what they call an orchestra in Africa? :)
 
Posted 8 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:

Ähm, yeah Caribbean - sorry mate - they are from Africa, more preceise from the Senegal.

Not much Caribbean there. {#Cheesygrin}

 
Maybe not in that perspective. But many of the Caribbean people have African (slave) ancestors. African tribal music is a major influence in Caribbean music. 
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 prickelpit96 wrote:
A really, really(!) nice album full of swinging caribean music. The typical style reminds me of my last backpacking tour through Cuba. Thank god, I'm allowed to.
 
Ähm, yeah Caribbean - sorry mate - they are from Africa, more preceise from the Senegal.

Not much Caribbean there. {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 twoplain2sea wrote:
It Takes Two  to Hug a Baobab.

 
But how many men did it take to dig out the baobab and put it back upside down?
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
It Takes Two  to Hug a Baobab.
Posted 9 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Juicy! 
Posted 9 years ago by ObeliskToucher    [ Reply ]
 Beaker wrote:
TOTALLY love this sound.  Joyous and happy!

  
Completely agree!!!!


Posted 9 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
"On verra ça" is a traditional song with a lot of covers by various African bands, including Youssou n'Dour and his band. The song is about the white colon that never kept his promises, always postponing the good done to his indigenous African servants. "On verra ça" is French for "We will see later" and is the typical reply that Africans in French dominions got for their requests for emancipation and rights.
Posted 10 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
This track is very good but not their best from a great Senegalese band.  Some of their music just floats.  Great guitars and sax.  Good cigar smoking music on some of their slower tunes.  Probably stopped touring.  I missed them.
Posted 11 years ago by hd220    [ Reply ]
Really like that song! Bill, can you please play more international/world/foreign language music? We listen to RP at a non-profit cafe in State College, PA (Penn State University main campus) and I'm sure our international students and faculty would LOVE hearing music from their country. Thanks!!! Ken on behalf of CommonPlace.
Posted 11 years ago by kenhull    [ Reply ]
{#Fire}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Listened to this entire album last month sitting in a hospital car park in Inhambane (Mozambique) in an arrested truck awaiting the outcome of the medical examination of a motorcyclist we had hit. Took 2 days, but he was fine and so was the music. So was the amount of the err Police assessment..
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 shellbella wrote:
{#Dancingbanana_2} {#Dancingbanana} {#Bananajam} {#Tongue-out} {#Drummer} {#Bananapiano} 

 
Yes, OHHHHH  Yes!!   {#Mrgreen}          {#Bounce}
Posted 11 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2} {#Dancingbanana} {#Bananajam} {#Tongue-out} {#Drummer} {#Bananapiano} 
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Don't wan't to come across as the obnoxious fool, but if the band's name is refering to the tree, I believe it is pronounced more like baowbab rather than bayoubab. With the information you do what pleases you best!
Posted 12 years ago by slippery    [ Reply ]
I LOVE THIS MUSIC ANYTIME........ reminds me of sitting on the beach when all my friends are freezing their butts off......cannot wait for my trip to Cuba this Feb. {#Clap}
Posted 13 years ago by Tamster    [ Reply ]
Lovin the OB! 8
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I love this music - when I'm sitting on a beach under a palm tree, ice cold beer in my hand and the ocean lapping up on the sand.  Otherwise, no thanks.
Posted 13 years ago by Canlistener    [ Reply ]

Orchestra Baobab - On Verra Ça, Live

Orchestra Baobab performs one of their many old classics at Festival au Bout du Monde, Crozon, 2003.


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Yeah!  Gets me moving.  Most excellent.
Posted 14 years ago by jessfine    [ Reply ]
 Flashdog wrote:
Not just World Music-"Great Music"
 
Yes sir! {#High-five}
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 andrewimft wrote:
billery wrote:
Heard it. Hated it. Why can't we hear more Matchbox 20 or Train? Kelly Clarkson is good too. What about Pantera? Egglexiscism suxxors. ;-)

lolZ


Posted 15 years ago by djholechek    [ Reply ]
{#Meditate}    {#Cowboy}
Posted 15 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
Alhamdulillah!!!   I love this song  !!

Posted 15 years ago by VioletBuddha    [ Reply ]
billery wrote:
Heard it. Hated it. Why can't we hear more Matchbox 20 or Train? Kelly Clarkson is good too. What about Pantera? Egglexiscism suxxors. ;-)



No....!!!

You can't be serious!! The results would not be beneficial...





RP is where we go to escape that garbage.


Posted 16 years ago by andrewimft    [ Reply ]
YAY YAY YAY - THE legends in Afro-Cuban music - - - NPR music recently archived a full live concert - https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91597883
Posted 16 years ago by djeneba    [ Reply ]
Not just World Music-"Great Music"
Posted 16 years ago by Flashdog    [ Reply ]
PeeBee wrote:
True WORLD music! I love it.
Agreed. A real treat!
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Alpine wrote:
That's enough of that.
Yessir.
Posted 17 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
A really, really(!) nice album full of swinging caribean music. The typical style reminds me of my last backpacking tour through Cuba. Thank god, I'm allowed to.
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Cool just found out that MY respresentative in Congress co-sponsored H.R. 2060, the Internet Radio Equality Act. He writes: "H.R. 2060 has received a great deal of bipartisan support in the House of Representatives but has yet to receive a committee hearing. I remain hopeful that this legislation will be brought to the floor for a vote before the new royalty structure becomes effective on July 15. - Sam Farr" Way to go, Sam!
Posted 17 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
This appeals to me
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
.............. just arrived from LRC, bloody buffer bug strikes again! Hi! Woss up? Orchestra Baobab on Verra Ca Ok, that'll do, anythin' but buffer bug!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
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Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Deep! saturnine wrote:
Gotta love that guitar solo there.
Indeed!
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
That's enough of that.
Posted 17 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
I dig it. More please, Bill!
Posted 18 years ago by maynard    [ Reply ]
meloman wrote:
...great music, all the better because there's no Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, etc. spoiling the pure sound.
I call that, "World Music for Dummies". Stuff like this always gets the benefit of the doubt and an open minded listed on my part (at least I try).
Posted 18 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
sebabisan wrote:
Despite the fact that this station prides itself on its eccelecticism it seems that there are a lot of listeners who can't deal with the ecclecticism.
Hey, I can deal with it, now matter how it may be spelled. I can't freakin' STAND it, but I deal. . . .
Posted 18 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
True WORLD music! I love it.
Posted 18 years ago by PeeBee    [ Reply ]
meloman wrote:
I agree. I have a couple of their discs. Great music, all the better because there's no Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, etc. spoiling the pure sound.
This is excellent and all the more appreciated after a blitz of Jethro Tull, Belle and Sebastian, and Paul Simon. Pop-rock, Pop, and finally interesting music that opens the mind. Eclectic. Loverly, since it gives us wonderful moments like this.
Posted 18 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
This is one of those bands that gets better and better the more you listen and discover. I hope the low score that it has now doesn't discourage more plays....
I agree. I have a couple of their discs. Great music, all the better because there's no Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, etc. spoiling the pure sound.
Posted 18 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
woozurdaddy wrote:
That we are involved with a station with listeners who can spell ecclecticism is way cool
Except that it's spelled "eclecticism"
Posted 18 years ago by ludwig7    [ Reply ]
on verra ca on and on-a
Posted 18 years ago by rascal420    [ Reply ]
billery wrote:
Why can't we hear more Matchbox 20 or Train? Kelly Clarkson is good too. What about Pantera?
Let all know just who this "Lester" guy is: He has never even heard of "Matchbox 20," "Train," "Kelly Clarkson," or "Pantera."
Posted 18 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
Interesting!
Posted 18 years ago by Ubaldo    [ Reply ]
Yay! Gotta love that guitar solo there.
Posted 18 years ago by saturnine    [ Reply ]
Heard it. Hated it. Why can't we hear more Matchbox 20 or Train? Kelly Clarkson is good too. What about Pantera? Egglexiscism suxxors. ;-)
Posted 18 years ago by billery    [ Reply ]
Despite the fact that this station prides itself on its eccelecticism it seems that there are a lot of listeners who can't deal with the ecclecticism.
Posted 19 years ago by sebabisan    [ Reply ]
My dog digs this. He's doin the Rumba
Posted 19 years ago by NiceGuy2005    [ Reply ]
Fantastic. Title means loosely a defiant "we'll see about that".
Posted 19 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
this sucks....now all I'm doing is craving a taco and a Corona....
Posted 19 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
i want ROCK !!!!
Posted 19 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
Now that's a long-ass song.
MylenerHead wrote:
It would be better with a margarita.
Exactly
Posted 19 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Now that's a long-ass song.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
jaymusicfan wrote:
pretty good music they do take a few listens to get a hold of....any one see the vh1 special with the baobab orchestra dave mathews and trey anastasio of (phish)?
I saw that. It was awesome.
Posted 19 years ago by sjren76    [ Reply ]
It would be better with a margarita.
Posted 20 years ago by MylenerHead    [ Reply ]
Great stuff!
Posted 20 years ago by Karmala    [ Reply ]
great album
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
pretty good music they do take a few listens to get a hold of....any one see the vh1 special with the baobab orchestra dave mathews and trey anastasio of (phish)?
Posted 20 years ago by jaymusicfan    [ Reply ]
Looks like my CD collection grows again today. Thanks Bill! \:D/
Posted 20 years ago by johkir    [ Reply ]
Byrne would be pleased to preceed the track, great music!!!
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
This is one of those bands that gets better and better the more you listen and discover. I hope the low score that it has now doesn't discourage more plays....
Posted 20 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]