Comments on: Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound of the Underground Lagos Dance Floor 1974-1979 http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/ Even when I was wrong, I got my point across. Thu, 24 May 2012 05:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joseph http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/#comment-10851 Joseph Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:46:12 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/#comment-10851 Yes! This compilation is incredible. And if it can get a lazy fuck such as myself to shake it, it must be doing something right. Yes! This compilation is incredible. And if it can get a lazy fuck such as myself to shake it, it must be doing something right.

]]> By: Cashew http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/#comment-10838 Cashew Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:57:07 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/#comment-10838 As urgent as I expected it to sound. Thanks for turning me on. As urgent as I expected it to sound.

Thanks for turning me on.

]]> By: Ryan http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/#comment-10813 Ryan Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:14:02 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/#comment-10813 Hot shit! Nothing like a little Naija jamming to get the adrenaline flowing. As for Nigeria, well we could spend hours, days, weeks, months, years talking about the instability. What does it say that the men Fela called out in "Army Arrangement" back in 1984- Obasanjo and Yar'Adua are the men who have been in power for the last 10 years. Obasanjo and Yar'Adua, neither of which are from the Niger Delta have been living fat off of the oil riches of the region, along with every other non-Igbo or non-Ijo in power. Oh well- not much a college student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana can do about it for the moment. Anyway, keep it coming. Hot shit! Nothing like a little Naija jamming to get the adrenaline flowing.

As for Nigeria, well we could spend hours, days, weeks, months, years talking about the instability. What does it say that the men Fela called out in “Army Arrangement” back in 1984- Obasanjo and Yar’Adua are the men who have been in power for the last 10 years. Obasanjo and Yar’Adua, neither of which are from the Niger Delta have been living fat off of the oil riches of the region, along with every other non-Igbo or non-Ijo in power.

Oh well- not much a college student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana can do about it for the moment.

Anyway, keep it coming.

]]> By: eL-dawG http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/#comment-10810 eL-dawG Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:49:29 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/04/17/nigeria-disco-funk-special-the-sound-of-the-undergroud-lagos-dance-floor-1974-1979/#comment-10810 The Nigerian Civil War [Biafran Secession] raged from 1966-69, and hinged on oil, north/south representation,successive military coups, and God knows what else. At it's end, over a million Igbo had died. As usual, the supporters of either side were drawn from a fine collection, including the US, France, Britain, the USSR and South Africa. By the mid 70's the oil money was enriching the well-connected and utterly bypassing the Niger Delta. Corruption was endemic. Nigerian popular culture had a lot to say about it via cabaret and catchy melody. Afro-pop superstar Fela Kuti was prominent in his marathon musical condemnations-- "Army Arrangement", "ITT", "International Sufferhead" come to mind. His outspoken-ness earned him an assault on his family compound in Lagos, and then a jail sentence. Amnesty Int'l took up his cause, and he was released. But yes, anything beats any version of "Lo Rida" spun into infinity. The Nigerian Civil War [Biafran Secession] raged from 1966-69, and hinged on oil, north/south representation,successive military coups, and God knows what else. At it’s end, over a million Igbo had died. As usual, the supporters of either side were drawn from a fine collection, including the US, France, Britain, the USSR and South Africa.

By the mid 70′s the oil money was enriching the well-connected and utterly bypassing the Niger Delta. Corruption was endemic.

Nigerian popular culture had a lot to say about it via cabaret and catchy melody. Afro-pop superstar Fela Kuti was prominent in his marathon musical condemnations– “Army Arrangement”, “ITT”, “International Sufferhead” come to mind. His outspoken-ness earned him an assault on his family compound in Lagos, and then a jail sentence. Amnesty Int’l took up his cause, and he was released.

But yes, anything beats any version of “Lo Rida” spun into infinity.

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