Kommentare zu: Dur Dur – Somali Music from the 1980’s

Von: gaspare

gaspare — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:16:34 +0000

Thanks much both Andreas & Sanaag

This is awesome music !!!

Von: diresibachew

diresibachew — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:27:06 +0000

Dear Sir
I was craving for this musics by Dur dur . I had been seraching the whole Addis and fail to get it. …..You know when this music was published I was a school boy (I personaly know some of the artists, they are wonderful and smart) and had a wonderful memory. Realy realy I appreciate and God bless you
dires

Von: Ethiopian

Ethiopian — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:11:48 +0000

Beautiful music! I heard this group before when I was in Ethiopian – they are quite good!

Von: ryan

ryan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:43:33 +0000

Thanks for sharing this wonderful music, I am really enjoying this cassette.

Von: warsame

warsame — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:19:55 +0000

wow!wonderful songs, thank you very much. keep the job u doing to know everthing somali songs, this remind me middle 90s when I was Dire Dawa even Radio harar have copy of this album. Could you pleae find me song called naftan u jeelan awgaa from Sahra Dawo I think this can be found only Radio Hara Somali section.

Von: Andreas Wetter

Andreas Wetter — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:42:41 +0000

Sanaag,

thank you very much for the information! I will update the post as soon as possible.

Von: Sanaag

Sanaag — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:15 +0000

Hello Andreas,

Many thanks! Imo, the original line-up is not playing on this cass. and it seems the new musicians are looking for their own distinctive mark. Not only the music, but also the content and the context of the lyrics are quite different from those of the initial band.

I musically prefer the original group. Having said that, I”m positively surprised by the lyrics on this recording. Although some are covers of old standards, they”re poetically more skilled than their earlier songs and, more important, they”re addressing social issues – an engagement the original band lacked.

A. Songs (with correct Somali spelling in brackets)

1. Shered (Sharad): Riddle, quizz, code… –> love song
2.* Abasho (Cabasho): Complaint, accusation… –> it”s a prayer for forgiveness, repentance and peace in Somalia and everywhere
3. Shelede: ? The lyrics are in a Southern dialect that I can”t grasp very well, but it seems it”s about “someone who”s possessed by the demons of love”
4.** Hak Somalk Dumark (Xaqsoorka Dumarka): Justice for Women / Uphold Women”s Rights
5. Africa –> Lament over Africa”s current plagues (war, bad politics, poverty, desolation…) and a call for unity to confront the problems hand in hand
6. African Music: –> No idea in which language or about what he”s singing
7. Ethiopian Girl (cover of “I”ve Been Thinking About You”)
8. Gorophmca (Gorofka): The Elixir (full of love)
9. Ladaney: Oh, Ladan! (female name) –> cover of an old love song
10. Kennea (Keennee Gardaran?): Who is Wrong? (The dictator or the citizens?) –> This is an old song from early 70s denouncing the dictatorship in veiled lyrics about love.
11. **Tarik (Taariikh): History –> love song
12.* (C)abasho

* Tracks 2 & 12 are the same
** Tracks 4 & 11 are interchanged

B. To my knowledge Muktar, Abdinur and Qomal belong to Durdur”s 2nd/3rd generation male singers. A bunch of their vids are on:

http://www.youtube.com/user/daljirdawakhay#p/search

The videos on Likembe feature mainly the original band and the original male vocalist (Cabdullaahi Baastow) is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03RjSgEGiBA and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5X_6oirbE

Thanks a lot and auf wiedersehen!

Von: alejandro

alejandro — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:32:17 +0000

This is terrific! Thanks a lot.