I am Russian, I listen to this music for over 10 years, all the time just amazed at how perfectly it's done. One could say that concerts are well-rehearsed, but after listening to different performances it's clear that's not the point. In fact, all the people on the stage - it's just one single organism, one soul. So f...... good!
I have never seen such balance and steadiness in stage performance. It actually like studio work. 2022 and still counting... If you weren't inspired let's see your hands
I did. I can tell you the real fun is not even on the stage. It is when his tour buses pull up. Wow!! Everything just stand still...and you see some of the most incredible scenes ever.
Completely ahead of his time. He ranks among the greats like Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Zaire's Luambo Makiadi (Franco) etc. He sung about Africa's problems but politicians considered him a thorn in the flesh. Fela you will always be remembered for your music. Extremely talented musician with the versatility to play so many instruments.
This is what i call music. Different Instruments, a collection of people and their vibes letting the music speak to us. This is the true definition of beautiful music.
QUE ESPECTACULAR ES ESSTE HOMBRE KE MANENA DE TOCAR SU RITMO TE LLEGA ADENTRO DEL ALMA KE MUSICA TAN ENCANTADORA TE TRASPORTA A UN RELAX GRACIAS FELA KUTI POR REGALARNOS ESTA MUSICA TAN HERMOSA SOY MEXICANA ME ENCANTA MI PADRE ERA DESENDIENTE DE CUBANOS TRAEMOS SANGRE DE RAZA NEGRA FELICIDADES POR SUBIR ESTA HERMOSA MUSICA
I am lucky I saw Fela perform many times. I even watched him rehearse when Kalakuta Republic was located at Idi-Oro. The gate was always open, and we used to stop by after school.
His band is so incredibly talented and tight. Bam. They all stop on the beat... bam, they all drop back in. I could listen to this all day and night. Fela is a genius!
My son went and saw Fela the musical and turned me onto Kuti and his off-spring (again). What fantastic ,exuberant and life-affirming music ! Am blown away !
What made Fela stood out as a fadeless master was his totally perfect musical arrangement... It's so terrific, so exceptional, awesomely original and unique. Fela is truly great.
I have shared this before, and it's so damn great I'm sharing it again. FELA!!!! I can't do him justice but his message is so powerful I'm going to try and reproduce it here - what he has to say about rich, corrupt "VIP" politicians: Him not know hungry people Him not know jobless people Him not know homeless people Him not know suffering people Him go they ride best car Him go they chop best food Him go they live best house Him go they waka for road You go they commot for road for am Him go they steal money [Chorus] Na "Vagabond in Power"! Him be wrong man Na "Vagabond in Power" I say him be wrong man Na "Vagabond in Power" I say him be wrong man Na "Vagabond in Power" I say him be wrong man Na "Vagabond in Power"
if this is old school then I will remain old school. Come on! you would know time was invested to create this...and unfortunately the world today is in a hurry to listen and feel music...music is spirit, it hits the soul and directs the body to the path of the rhythm...give me some Fela Anikulapo Kuti!!!!
A person with power who abuses others is the wrong person; he is a vagabond in power. Fella is a revolutionary and the Nigerian government dealt with him seriously.
Thanks to videos like this there won't be no debate in the future about the colour of this great man.now my kids have an idea what life was for me in the 1970's at the shrine
0:52 - "I want you all to get in the groove of this song now, just all clap with the rhythm so they can feel it Let's go now., ready? " When it comes to the genius of Fela Kuti, and in all of his work, from Confusion to Expensive Shit to Ye Ye De Smell to Witchcraft and Who're You, to You No Go Die and Kakakuta Show and Water Get No Enemy and so many more, in fact all of it, one is always ready.
Great music and important words. We are still allowing corrupt elite officials and business people to make a mess of our places and our lives, in most parts of the world. Fela wants us to do better!
The best there was, the best there is , the best that will ever be.Great man! They only come once in a life time... I'm so glad, I saw this Iconic man strut his stuff at Lekki Beach., back in the day. I even got to shake his great hands. Sleep tight, brotha, sleep tight.
And There he was LIVE in Flesh. The iconic & legendary Fela Kuti, the Abami Eda himself, the Eleniyor, the prophet, the oracle, the soothsayer, the civil rights activist, the freedom fighter and the PEOPLE'S CHAMPION. Every ills of our society he sang about is still happening till this day...The abuse & misuse of power by elected officials all over the world 🌎.
Does are the kids of the vagabond politicians Fela sing about, am not surprised at all, what Fale sing about 35 years ago, now in Nigeria we have old and new vagabond in Politicis
this is my song, the problem with baba he has so many great songs to choose from i used to like beast of no nation,he miss road,itt,zombie,unknown soldier and just like that but now i am hooked on this song
All I can say is, wow. I knew Fela Kuti before but never saw this concert. Hit after hit, it's a ridiculous line up of songs. Thanks for posting this! Can anyone recommend another classic Fela Kuti concert from a different period?
The master composer at work.He played so many instruments at d shrine d only instrument dat i don't recall him playin was guitar.his son's seun dancing is just a watered down version of d original.
Fela in full control of his band...from the London school of music hall of fame. I hope that the British government will put up a plaque in his memory where he lived in the 1960s at Elephant and Castle.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE CLUBS BETWEEN 9PM TILL 5AM WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING KIDNAPED OR HARRASED ON YOUR WAY BACK HOME, FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. THE WORLD HAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. GOD HELP US AND SAVE US FROM TOTAL DESTRUCTION
I am Russian, I listen to this music for over 10 years, all the time just amazed at how perfectly it's done. One could say that concerts are well-rehearsed, but after listening to different performances it's clear that's not the point. In fact, all the people on the stage - it's just one single organism, one soul. So f...... good!
God bless you sir
May you continuer to listed to Nigeria music Sir.
Oga Patapata of Music. Hypnotic. Blissful trance.
Горжусь бро! I’m a Nigerian living in Russia too! Thanks for liking Fela song:))
Fela is Deelishious &&&&&ANGRY 😡💢
Fela's son always came to my house when I was little.. never realized i had a legend's son in my living room until i grew up and left nigeria :(
That's a legend too ma'am... Seun wey get big brain for small head
😂 You right
I have never seen such balance and steadiness in stage performance. It actually like studio work. 2022 and still counting... If you weren't inspired let's see your hands
I am envious of anyone who got a chance to see this man and his band live. Envious!!
I did. I can tell you the real fun is not even on the stage. It is when his tour buses pull up. Wow!! Everything just stand still...and you see some of the most incredible scenes ever.
I did and I was only sixteen years old at the time when I went to his live show, and I went couple of times.
Me too😭😭😭
@nylamay. You’ll super envy me then. 😀
me too lol
MY FIRST LOVE when it comes to African music. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 VIVA AFRICA ❗️ I own 10 of his CDs and counting.
❤
Great performance. Babatunde’s solo was wonderful . Bless all of them and Rest In Peace Fela, Toni Allen and all the ones not here with us no more 😢
Completely ahead of his time. He ranks among the greats like Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Zaire's Luambo Makiadi (Franco) etc. He sung about Africa's problems but politicians considered him a thorn in the flesh. Fela you will always be remembered for your music. Extremely talented musician with the versatility to play so many instruments.
Revolutionary
This is what i call music. Different Instruments, a collection of people and their vibes letting the music speak to us. This is the true definition of beautiful music.
Fela is the best artist Africa has ever gotten
The buildup to 13:13 is amazing no matter how many times I listen to it always jump outta my seat
amazing how everything comes back together😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
QUE ESPECTACULAR ES ESSTE HOMBRE KE MANENA DE TOCAR SU RITMO TE LLEGA ADENTRO DEL ALMA KE MUSICA TAN ENCANTADORA TE TRASPORTA A UN RELAX GRACIAS FELA KUTI POR REGALARNOS ESTA MUSICA TAN HERMOSA SOY MEXICANA ME ENCANTA MI PADRE ERA DESENDIENTE DE CUBANOS TRAEMOS SANGRE DE RAZA NEGRA FELICIDADES POR SUBIR ESTA HERMOSA MUSICA
I am lucky I saw Fela perform many times. I even watched him rehearse when Kalakuta Republic was located at Idi-Oro. The gate was always open, and we used to stop by after school.
Whoa
One of the greatest Africans that ever walked the surface of the earth!
one of the greatest period!!
Fela un monument de la music et culture africaine. Fela The Great
His band is so incredibly talented and tight. Bam. They all stop on the beat... bam, they all drop back in. I could listen to this all day and night. Fela is a genius!
❤❤❤
My son went and saw Fela the musical and turned me onto Kuti and his off-spring (again).
What fantastic ,exuberant and life-affirming music !
Am blown away !
Africa 70 is on fire, Fela is killing it! Those Germans got the show of a lifetime!!!
What made Fela stood out as a fadeless master was his totally perfect musical arrangement...
It's so terrific, so exceptional, awesomely original and unique.
Fela is truly great.
Put on your earphones and feel the groove.
Meu deus! Maior músico que já existiu na face da Terra.
(My God! Best musician on the planet.)
It's unbelievable that this was 35 years ago. One of the myriad of proofs that BABA lived well ahead of his time.
I have shared this before, and it's so damn great I'm sharing it again. FELA!!!!
I can't do him justice but his message is so powerful I'm going to try and reproduce it here - what he has to say about rich, corrupt "VIP" politicians:
Him not know hungry people
Him not know jobless people
Him not know homeless people
Him not know suffering people
Him go they ride best car
Him go they chop best food
Him go they live best house
Him go they waka for road
You go they commot for road for am
Him go they steal money
[Chorus]
Na "Vagabond in Power"!
Him be wrong man
Na "Vagabond in Power"
I say him be wrong man
Na "Vagabond in Power"
I say him be wrong man
Na "Vagabond in Power"
I say him be wrong man
Na "Vagabond in Power"
This is our contemporary society!
Charles yormie
I thought his message will be difficult for non Nigerians but your interpretation is perfect. Have you been to Nigeria before?
Thank you for sharing
These guys speak the truth, even when fela is not singing!
No better music on this earth.
if this is old school then I will remain old school. Come on! you would know time was invested to create this...and unfortunately the world today is in a hurry to listen and feel music...music is spirit, it hits the soul and directs the body to the path of the rhythm...give me some Fela Anikulapo Kuti!!!!
I truly cannot listen to music of today. I just can’t. I’m old school all the way, and born in 1985.
This magical music makes me sad and happy at the same time. Mellow fire.
Fela is the most talented musician ever!
Really i believe so
Relevance in 2019. All hail King Fela
Bayo do you think guys in Nigeria still listen to this with all the hardships under Buhari?
2020 jammin it feeling the groove, timeless tunes
D greatest African musician of all time
The greatest African Musician to ever live
The greatest muscian ever period
I agree
A person with power who abuses others is the wrong person; he is a vagabond in power. Fella is a revolutionary and the Nigerian government dealt with him seriously.
He performing with a cigarette 😂😂. He is that man💯🔥❤
Its not à cigarette sir,,,
EL REY DEL AFROBEAT!!! FROM COLOMBIA,SOUTH AMERICA RESPECT!
Thanks to videos like this there won't be no debate in the future about the colour of this great man.now my kids have an idea what life was for me in the 1970's at the shrine
His own power over his own country 🙏🏽💜
One of my favorites by Fela.
ABSOLUTLY AMAZING. I love him: his music. All my respect to FELA A. KUTI.
The vagabonds,their families, their friends and their posses will definitely thumb down.
GOD OF NIGERIAN MUSIC AND LETS SAY AFRICA!!!
This is meaningful music coming from iconic Fela Kuti.
0:52 - "I want you all to get in the groove of this song now, just all clap with the rhythm so they can feel it Let's go now., ready? "
When it comes to the genius of Fela Kuti, and in all of his work, from Confusion to Expensive Shit to Ye Ye De Smell to Witchcraft and Who're You, to You No Go Die and Kakakuta Show and Water Get No Enemy and so many more, in fact all of it, one is always ready.
Great music and important words. We are still allowing corrupt elite officials and business people to make a mess of our places and our lives, in most parts of the world. Fela wants us to do better!
The best there was, the best there is , the best that will ever be.Great man! They only come once in a life time... I'm so glad, I saw this Iconic man strut his stuff at Lekki Beach., back in the day. I even got to shake his great hands. Sleep tight, brotha, sleep tight.
Raw Performance. Incredible. This is an unplugged performance.
Amazing. That is all.
The King of Afrobeat
God bless his soul... Fela lives on!
Sublime,dire que je l'ai découvert sur le tard mais je suis heureuse de le faire découvrir à des amis.Artiste magnifique 👏👏💕💕
Rip African LEGEND
This music makes me happy and sad at the same time
Still hits hard in 2021.
I absolutely love this.
And There he was LIVE in Flesh.
The iconic & legendary Fela Kuti, the Abami Eda himself, the Eleniyor, the prophet, the oracle, the soothsayer, the civil rights activist, the freedom fighter and the PEOPLE'S CHAMPION.
Every ills of our society he sang about is still happening till this day...The abuse & misuse of power by elected officials all over the world 🌎.
All time Band Leaders. James Brown
Prince
Fela
Totally agree with you, his words make me weep. If only we could turn back the hands of time and listen to people like Fela.
We have VIP Tinubu as president now,this song was so prophetic
Fela was a genius!
Hogan 523
You!!!!
I listened to most fela song on ur channel
The progression is just too lit.
Artwork at its finest 🐐
In this world of transitions with ephemere souls, soon alive become corpse - we all are vagabond in power
Fela was and still be a greating Man
Awesome...a full Fela set...never thought I would actually see one Thank you uploader..made my weekend
How could anyone EVER thumbs down this, or EVEN speak negatively about Fela.
46 people gave a thumbs down. I don't understand!!!! This is real music and life! Anyone who doesn't like this doesn't understand life!!!!
Does are the kids of the vagabond politicians Fela sing about, am not surprised at all, what Fale sing about 35 years ago, now in Nigeria we have old and new vagabond in Politicis
le roi de l'Afro Beat, RIP
President of African music.
Respect afrik
FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI. From Nigeria to the world. Enjoy it.
Mi dispiace molto di non averlo seguito di più, a suo tempo.
FELA GRANDISSIMO
who is here in April 2020 watching this ???
Truly Kalakuta President. Great Afro vibes and great team work.
this is my song, the problem with baba he has so many great songs to choose from i used to like beast of no nation,he miss road,itt,zombie,unknown soldier and just like that but now i am hooked on this song
Right from kakadu club to ikeja i have been enjoying fela’s marvellous songs
The late great Mr Anikulabi Fela Rantsome Kutcher much ❤️
Pure . The greatest.
est ce qu il nous reste encore des cracks de la musique en Afrique ?
All I can say is, wow. I knew Fela Kuti before but never saw this concert. Hit after hit, it's a ridiculous line up of songs. Thanks for posting this! Can anyone recommend another classic Fela Kuti concert from a different period?
Musicianship ✊🏽
happy and sad the same time, bittersweet feelings come to me
You hit it right. Happy and Sad at the same time. God bless
We have plenty Vagabonds in Power ryt now in Kogi State Bello, Edward and His So called new directionless team
The most important man of the 21st century
The master composer at work.He played so many instruments at d shrine d only instrument dat i don't recall him playin was guitar.his son's seun dancing is just a watered down version of d original.
Fela in full control of his band...from the London school of music hall of fame. I hope that the British government will put up a plaque in his memory where he lived in the 1960s at Elephant and Castle.
Vagabond In Power thanks for the share
THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE CLUBS BETWEEN 9PM TILL 5AM WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING KIDNAPED OR HARRASED ON YOUR WAY BACK HOME, FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. THE WORLD HAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. GOD HELP US AND SAVE US FROM TOTAL DESTRUCTION
Someone said burna boy is the new Fela Kuti... relax please
Yeah, I saw that too. I like Burna but he can't be compared to this the Afrobeat Legend.
Kukuruku he'll need another 40 years
No other Fela in our lifetime guys.
This is the actual performance of the VIP record. Great!
I just wonder who are these 29 people that didn’t like this ? Seriously!?!??😡
The connaiseur government officials their apologist and family members maybe lol.
Whole week listening to kuti fela ❤❤❤❤❤❤ I feel he is talking to mi 😂😂🫂🙏🪖 2024-7-7 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 Gen Z the truth way n life
And, in particular, listen to the words even more than to the music.because he spoke truth.
fela will always remain feLA
Simply genius.
Vagabonds in Power even in 2020 🎺
na vagabonds in power
Vagabonds In Power !!!
ViVa- Fela bravo!
Absolute Beauty itself
Interesting old school Classics 😃
People who think smoking isn't cool need to watch this.
La senti e ti rende felice!!
Na Vagabond In Power!
Clear the way for Baba Fela... Who dey?!!!!!!!!
For Ever Live Africa ✊🏿
❤❤❤
Na Vagabond In Power. Deep from Fela