Profound respect to Sir Maccartney. He actually remembered the unique Fela strains after so many years, a song he heard under the influence of strong narcotics! What a legend he is.
The "circumstances" that Paul refers to may have something to do with "gbana"/"igbo". The fact that he remembers the riff is a testament to both Paul's talent and the power of Fela's music .
Might be because he's fucking stupid, strings three chords together, acts like he's a big fan of Fela but doesn't even know the riff of one of his most important songs. McCartney is a pretender.
The evening I attended the shrine to watch fella is been one life experience i couldn't forget. It's a privilege i got from God! I was in my late 20s. I mustered the courage to go up to him during break time and planted a kiss on his cheek! It's one of the cheekiest act of courage i ever did I thank God for it. I never had another opportunity to see him again. I went to england, and 10years later the beautiful soul,that is Fela passed. RIPOWER FELA!! NO ONE CAN TAKE HIS PLACE!! Hi children should find their own destinies, instead of wanting to be another fela.
You rock, Sir. Paul McCartney for recognising/identifying with this talented African music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. I mean, Fela epitomizes all that is deep in the world's African music experience. Kudos to you, sir.
When he said the circumstances, I totally understand what he meant. The atmosphere at the shrine used to be crazy and yet very spiritual. I have never been anywhere like it.
...yup - circumstances. Anyone who went to 'Shrine' back in the day would understand **exactly** what McCartney is on about. The sessions were definitely beyond musical - I agree they were intensely spiritual. If you went in with an open heart you would leave enriched. Always.
Lolz ; a world only Fela’s thunderous creativity could birth ; it tore you away from an ultra conservative neo colonial world outside , into one of hypnotic African beats and rhythms , licentious delight and compelling freedom .
Sir Paul McCartney....ha man you dey make me laugh....love my white people's love of great music.....Beatles Fan....love that I grew up listening to all kinds of music, it crosses all races, genders, ages, religions, souls. Music is love, music is life! God bless all kinds of musicians.
I did not know about this connection Paul-Fela and I am so happy to know that one of my favourite artists met another great artist that I don’t know so well but that I admire a lot.... Especially for the background song of the video which is indeed one of my favourite songs :) Africa is everywhere ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I think Paul makes up most of the stuff he says as he goes along. Why is it only a this same story he repeats yet he claims he became “good friends” with Fela. Ginger Baker on the other hand was a great mate of Fela and they made great music together. Ginger went to stay with him to absorb the African drumming/rhythm.
@@illitrait for the uninitiated Fela's songs may sound alike. So, even without weed that stuff might sound hazy. Well, it's sir Paul McCartney so it's likely that he did have a weed fueled hazy evening.
I didn't know about their connection! I got into Fela's music through a friend of mine in Amsterdam, in the 80s, a black American jazz dancer. Mesmerizing music. Paul is such an inspiring and fantastic musician-composer, look at him digging into his Rhodes and the tune he produces. Magic!
Fela's originality and creativity are not only the hallmarks of his works--his penchant for tempo, beats, rhythm and orchestration is universally appealing, especially to music geniuses around the world. Like Miles, Fela was true to his music and sought to top his last work with a more critically acclaimed sequel...each time. He played pureheartedly, never for money but for lustrous artistry. He was in sync with his craft and steeped in the soulfulness of African music. He was, again, original with no.match. it was the reason he accused Sir Paul of stealing--or wanting to steal-- African music. Sometimes, confidence and originality, as well as superb skills or talent, smack of arrogance. Fela, with his accusation of SirPaul, wasn't arrogant; he was confident--confident in his talent, skills, and Africaness. Only he could have aimed this suspicion at Sir Paul. At play here, though, on another level, is something beyond the orthographic metaphor of confidence and humility--Fela confident enough to launch the accusatory salvo, and Sir Paul humble enough, despite Fela's upbraid, to glowingly respect Fela's work. Respect becomes superlative or more valuable when it's traded between and among geniuses. This is the case between Fela and Sir Paul. No doubt, Fela's aura in artistry is timeless and universal.
Paul on the Fender Rhodes, showing us that hypnotic Fela riff. McCartney still seems to be a fanatic of great music, no matter where it comes from! This is an eclectic musical taste that I appreciate, indeed!!
Yeah, Sir Paul was playing the riff to "Why Blackman Dey Suffer" Good ear! I've always loved the rhythm of that tune! "Kan-Gini Koko, Kan-Gini Jeeh-Jeeh... Kan-Gini Koko, Kan-Gini Jeeh-Jeeh..."
I know right I was surprised as well the first time I heard him say he went to Lagos. He also has deep knowledge of music around the world and loves it. That's what makes him special
...not sure The Beatles ever came to Lagos, but after their break-up, McCartney formed Wings. One of Wings' albums ("Band On The Run") was actually recorded in Lagos in 1973, and I recall seeing several pictures of the MacCartney family (Paul, wife Linda and young kids) casually hanging out with friends in Lagos.
Glad fela had full awareness of what he was dealing with. In south Africa they said they only needed refreshments but 400yrs later, they are still getting refreshments
It is so amazing to see Paul McCarthey give such a wonderful experience of with his encounter with fela. Btw, the music his was reffering to was SHAKARA
Actually, based on what he has said in other interviews about this, Paul is playing down the degree of suspicion and nascent anger that Fela Kuti had before they got together. On a separate note, great to the see the 'The Beatles' drum skin - might be one of the bona fide 6 or 7 that Ringo used over the course of The Beatles' live career.
The riff and instruments are from 'Teacher Don't Teach me Nonsense' Sir Paul conflated two different songs i. e. vocals and hook/instruments. Nigerian weed used to be quite strong😆
Precisely. It's interesting that when McCartney was in Nigeria Ginger Baker was only too happy to shake gravel in canisters to add syncopation to Band On The Run. But then decades later, he goes on at length about McCartney not reading music and being reliant on George Martin for any success. I enjoyed Ginger's drumming and cream I'll leave it at that. So my guess is that Baker was simply jealous of a bigger star then he coming to Nigeria and potentially making a bigger splash...sad but all too human..
I saw a thing online a few years ago …where it said..”Ask Paul McCartney anything!”…..so,i asked what was the strongest pot he ever smoked?..He read it..laughed, and he said he was at a party in Africa with Fela and Ginger Baker,and Fela had some pot that took his head off…it was so strong!..Then, he wqs so high…he said he wanted ro go off exploring the wilds of Africa..at night!..They said that is not such a good idea,Paul!
this is really entertaining. really cool. a book paul granted interviews for (man on the run) however, tells a different story and PM is famed for his confessed, spotty memory. he was robbed at knifepoint the day before and the following day, during recording sessions, collapsed from what was either a known condition of shock that affects some heavy smokers, OR pot paranoia... regardless; he was taken to hospital. obviously, he recovered. so his 'weeping' that night at the shrine, fela's club (where the book says he was REALLY loaded) was induced by more than great music.
@@Allan-et5ig Paul didn't need to mention any of that though. The story was about Fela and he just said that he was playing great music and it made him cry. He didn't need to explain any more of the story.
@@allancerf9038 LOL I'm not the one telling Paul what to do, you are. You're saying he was lying when he wasn't and that he should have told more of the story when he didn't have to. You're a bit confused.
you mean like Tony Allen developing ideas he heard from Max Roach to inform the afrobeat? no one owns the music, no one own the language...its just what you do with it and what you say with it
According to Geoff Emerick,what Paul is saying about Fela it is a falsehood. Kuti diden´t invite Paul,Linda,Denny end Geoff to the club called The Shrine,they got there by themselves. Emerick wrote:" During the break,some of the misicians came over to say hello.We assumed it was going to be the usual kind of camaraderie that goes on at live gigs everywhere-- swapping road stories,talkin music,telling jokes--but it was anything but,To our surprise,our visitors were angry and hostile." "What are you doing in our country?" they demanded."You´ve come here to steal our music and our rhythms. Why don´t you just go back home?" "I could see Paul getting alarmed; this was not the reception he hed been expecting.Somehow he managed to talk his way out of it and got the musicians calmed down enough to leave us alone...at which point we made a hasty departure."
Dude, Eye witness memories are so bad that they're not allowed in some court cases by some judges...who knows if Geoff Emerick was correct or McCartney was correct... My take on the same interview that you read is that yes, you're correct all those things happened but all's well that ends well... Ransom's music was nothing like Jet, and McCartney enjoyed ultimately, the music he heard.
@@krisantoine In those days everyone heard the sounds they liked and incorporated it into their own versions, Chuck Berry did it to, thank god the lawyers were not involved because hundreds of thousands of great songs were able to be created from the practice.
@@ledzepandhabs No, you are wrong! The Beatles very specifically stole Berry's music, and he sued them and won, resulting in the beatles not pressing their first two albums anymore!
@@krisantoine No I am not wrong, I just said everybody stole music throughout the history of the world. So what, who cares, you think Chuck never heard something and incorporated it into his own?
Paul could have easily laid the same accusation on Fela… you think even someone like Fela Khuti doesn’t take influence from white music? Come on now Fela, no one “owns” a form of music once it’s out there.
Give me real gist, this na oyibo nonesence talk. Steve wonder and others like am Roy Ayers don role with Fela. No body appreciate. Nonesence oyibo talk for publicity
I love the idea of Fela Kuti expecting to hear something that sounds like his stuff and all of a sudden Paul starts playing Jet.
....or "Bluebird"! I don't know why, I always think of him playing "Bluebird" for Fela! lol.
Profound respect to Sir Maccartney. He actually remembered the unique Fela strains after so many years, a song he heard under the influence of strong narcotics! What a legend he is.
this riff dear Paul, is actually from "Why Black men dey suffer", this is confirmed by Uwa (the one and only Uwarity)
Thanks a lot man
LOL!!!! Paul 😂
Thanks
Sir Paul McCartney is simply a genius to remember that riff 40 years after 🔥💯
Or maybe he just have a great musical memory
The "circumstances" that Paul refers to may have something to do with "gbana"/"igbo". The fact that he remembers the riff is a testament to both Paul's talent and the power of Fela's music .
Well said
What is gnaba/igbo?
@@hw343434 ganja, weed
Might be because he's fucking stupid, strings three chords together, acts like he's a big fan of Fela but doesn't even know the riff of one of his most important songs. McCartney is a pretender.
@@brodjefferson3513 and you’re an idiot?
The evening I attended the shrine to watch fella is been one life experience i couldn't forget.
It's a privilege i got from God!
I was in my late 20s. I mustered the courage to go up to him during break time and planted a kiss on his cheek!
It's one of the cheekiest act of courage i ever did
I thank God for it.
I never had another opportunity to see him again.
I went to england, and 10years later the beautiful soul,that is Fela passed.
RIPOWER FELA!!
NO ONE CAN TAKE HIS PLACE!!
Hi children should find their own destinies, instead of wanting to be another fela.
You rock, Sir. Paul McCartney for recognising/identifying with this talented African music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. I mean, Fela epitomizes all that is deep in the world's African music experience. Kudos to you, sir.
When he said the circumstances, I totally understand what he meant. The atmosphere at the shrine used to be crazy and yet very spiritual. I have never been anywhere like it.
...yup - circumstances. Anyone who went to 'Shrine' back in the day would understand **exactly** what McCartney is on about. The sessions were definitely beyond musical - I agree they were intensely spiritual. If you went in with an open heart you would leave enriched. Always.
Lolz ; a world only Fela’s thunderous creativity could birth ; it tore you away from an ultra conservative neo colonial world outside , into one of hypnotic African beats and rhythms , licentious delight and compelling freedom .
Sir Paul McCartney....ha man you dey make me laugh....love my white people's love of great music.....Beatles Fan....love that I grew up listening to all kinds of music, it crosses all races, genders, ages, religions, souls. Music is love, music is life! God bless all kinds of musicians.
Love this man even more for loving Naija music
Fela made Paul McCartney cry.....
That is the power of African rhythms and President Fela Kuti....
Its just Music. It can make people cry indeed
Always trying to ti make it about Race yet are the first to scream Racism at the drop of a hat
The fact is FELA was inventing music he wasn't just playing it. I still do feel emotional when playing WATER E NO GET ENEMY
I did not know about this connection Paul-Fela and I am so happy to know that one of my favourite artists met another great artist that I don’t know so well but that I admire a lot.... Especially for the background song of the video which is indeed one of my favourite songs :)
Africa is everywhere ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I think Paul makes up most of the stuff he says as he goes along. Why is it only a this same story he repeats yet he claims he became “good friends” with Fela. Ginger Baker on the other hand was a great mate of Fela and they made great music together. Ginger went to stay with him to absorb the African drumming/rhythm.
@@lizbourn4192 He probably only hung out with him a couple times or less and it was so long ago that he can only remember so much.
This is the most favorite Fela song ofPaul McCartney:
"WHY BLACKMAN DEY SUFFER"
He's mixing the songs up, Shakara Oloje and Woman presumably refers to Lady.
...blame it on the "weed", @@hansvandermeulen5515 - it was a hazy evening.
@@illitrait for the uninitiated Fela's songs may sound alike.
So, even without weed that stuff might sound hazy.
Well, it's sir Paul McCartney so it's likely that he did have a weed fueled hazy evening.
I didn't know about their connection! I got into Fela's music through a friend of mine in Amsterdam, in the 80s, a black American jazz dancer. Mesmerizing music. Paul is such an inspiring and fantastic musician-composer, look at him digging into his Rhodes and the tune he produces. Magic!
Music IS the weapon. Thanks Sir Paul and thanks Fela!
Fela's originality and creativity are not only the hallmarks of his works--his penchant for tempo, beats, rhythm and orchestration is universally appealing, especially to music geniuses around the world. Like Miles, Fela was true to his music and sought to top his last work with a more critically acclaimed sequel...each time. He played pureheartedly, never for money but for lustrous artistry. He was in sync with his craft and steeped in the soulfulness of African music. He was, again, original with no.match. it was the reason he accused Sir Paul of stealing--or wanting to steal-- African music. Sometimes, confidence and originality, as well as superb skills or talent, smack of arrogance. Fela, with his accusation of SirPaul, wasn't arrogant; he was confident--confident in his talent, skills, and Africaness. Only he could have aimed this suspicion at Sir Paul.
At play here, though, on another level, is something beyond the orthographic metaphor of confidence and humility--Fela confident enough to launch the accusatory salvo, and Sir Paul humble enough, despite Fela's upbraid, to glowingly respect Fela's work. Respect becomes superlative or more valuable when it's traded between and among geniuses. This is the case between Fela and Sir Paul. No doubt, Fela's aura in artistry is timeless and universal.
fela is the greatest Artist to have ever walked this planet,talking bout Music.
That’s no true. Michael Jackson was and will ever be the greatest artist to have ever walked this planet
@@mundoinclinado5645 not even kidding
Paul on the Fender Rhodes, showing us that hypnotic Fela riff. McCartney still seems to be a fanatic of great music, no matter where it comes from! This is an eclectic musical taste that I appreciate, indeed!!
Great story!
Priceless history of paths crossing!
To me Fela will always be my idol, long live
He lives on as far as the cause is still on
I am part of the newest generation and Fela is still an inspiration ✨
Two of my favorite musicians.
LEGENDARY
Yeah, Sir Paul was playing the riff to "Why Blackman Dey Suffer"
Good ear! I've always loved the rhythm of that tune!
"Kan-Gini Koko, Kan-Gini Jeeh-Jeeh... Kan-Gini Koko, Kan-Gini Jeeh-Jeeh..."
So cool that Paul went to the Shrine!!!
I didn't know the beatles came to my home country. I didn't even know he knew Fela...
I know right I was surprised as well the first time I heard him say he went to Lagos. He also has deep knowledge of music around the world and loves it. That's what makes him special
...not sure The Beatles ever came to Lagos, but after their break-up, McCartney formed Wings. One of Wings' albums ("Band On The Run") was actually recorded in Lagos in 1973, and I recall seeing several pictures of the MacCartney family (Paul, wife Linda and young kids) casually hanging out with friends in Lagos.
@@illitrait oh wow😮❤
So many different vibes of the same song there at the time. All live and lots of fun.
Glad fela had full awareness of what he was dealing with. In south Africa they said they only needed refreshments but 400yrs later, they are still getting refreshments
The rift that eventually was used for ''Why black man dey suffer today''.
Absolute phenomenal genius Fela
i always loved that song too...
Isn't it ironic. Remembering WHY BLACK MAN DEY SUFFER.Very emotional music.
JO MINI KOKO JO MINI GBE!!!
ko gini koko
Abami Eda lives on🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love Sir Paul, Love you Fela, come with me to Lagos baby...... unforgetable great feelings there.
Thank you Sir Paul
Sir Paul, well done!!
FELA LIVES!!!
Fela forever!
Lovely....
It is so amazing to see Paul McCarthey give such a wonderful experience of with his encounter with fela. Btw, the music his was reffering to was SHAKARA
LIKE THE GROOVE OF PIANO SOUND ON IT
Actually, based on what he has said in other interviews about this, Paul is playing down the degree of suspicion and nascent anger that Fela Kuti had before they got together. On a separate note, great to the see the 'The Beatles' drum skin - might be one of the bona fide 6 or 7 that Ringo used over the course of The Beatles' live career.
Exactly.
@@Allan-et5ig I love that he’s got it hanging there, like any musician would display a momento of their band… except his band was The biggest ever.
Fela was born for this ❤️
I love Paul McCartney 😩😀
Love Sir Paul 💟
legend recognizes legend,well done sir paul,rip baba fela.
The riff and instruments are from 'Teacher Don't Teach me Nonsense'
Sir Paul conflated two different songs i. e. vocals and hook/instruments. Nigerian weed used to be quite strong😆
That song is found on the Alagbon Close album, from 1974.
Great! Thanks, Sir Paul.
Excellent accuracy.
Easily the best musician ever to have mounted the saxophone.
This is the coolest thing I'ver ever seen McCartney DO !
I want an Afrobeat from Pauly
Yeah this is nice
and who else was behind that...
Ginger Baker who was already playing with Fela Kuti.
Precisely. It's interesting that when McCartney was in Nigeria Ginger Baker was only too happy to shake gravel in canisters to add syncopation to Band On The Run.
But then decades later, he goes on at length about McCartney not reading music and being reliant on George Martin for any success. I enjoyed Ginger's drumming and cream I'll leave it at that.
So my guess is that Baker was simply jealous of a bigger star then he coming to Nigeria and potentially making a bigger splash...sad but all too human..
Thanks Paul
Paul is amazing for this story! But part of me finds it hilarious that Fela basically pulled up on him lol
🤣🤣
Literally
It’s not like he’s not heard it or played it himself for 40 years. Probably he’s been playing it a lot during those years
Paul is that dude
The greatest Beatles...
The sound/reef is "Kongini konko, Kongini Jeje"
I saw a thing online a few years ago …where it said..”Ask Paul McCartney anything!”…..so,i asked what was the strongest pot he ever smoked?..He read it..laughed, and he said he was at a party in Africa with Fela and Ginger Baker,and Fela had some pot that took his head off…it was so strong!..Then, he wqs so high…he said he wanted ro go off exploring the wilds of Africa..at night!..They said that is not such a good idea,Paul!
Teacher dont teach me nonsense
This man clearly was changed from the Fela black experience
Paul real musician
love it
Yea that riff is definitely baba fela
But what's the song playing in the background...? 00:54
Water get no enemy
That reminded me of the song American woman, hmmm I wonder if this is where they got it from
I think American Woman release in 70' came out two years earlier. ..
Fela is a genius
Funny how he says he was the only white people there and than there was ginger baker with fela
this is really entertaining. really cool.
a book paul granted interviews for (man on the run) however, tells a different story and PM is famed for his confessed, spotty memory.
he was robbed at knifepoint the day before and the following day, during recording sessions, collapsed from what was either a known condition of shock that affects some heavy smokers, OR pot paranoia... regardless; he was taken to hospital. obviously, he recovered.
so his 'weeping' that night at the shrine, fela's club (where the book says he was REALLY loaded) was induced by more than great music.
He wasn't lying here. He just didn't get into all the details.
@@ewest14 One could go forever about selective memory. Let's chose not to.
@@Allan-et5ig Paul didn't need to mention any of that though. The story was about Fela and he just said that he was playing great music and it made him cry. He didn't need to explain any more of the story.
@@ewest14 You're just some bum on youtube, you don't get to tell you Mommy what to do, much less Paul McCartney.
@@allancerf9038 LOL I'm not the one telling Paul what to do, you are. You're saying he was lying when he wasn't and that he should have told more of the story when he didn't have to. You're a bit confused.
Yeah Fela never played music live that he had recorded in a studio.
That song is Why Black Man Dey Suffer.
Kogini Koko kogini jenje
So do someone got the name of the song Paul was trying to find???
you mean like Tony Allen developing ideas he heard from Max Roach to inform the afrobeat? no one owns the music, no one own the language...its just what you do with it and what you say with it
The riff Paul McCartney plays (2:20) sounds to me more like African Woman check out ruclips.net/video/AZhQMWYE69E/видео.html
I think it was Black man dey suffers ruclips.net/video/ozyZEJiig8U/видео.html
Macca loves Flea’s fretless bass thwackin’!..
According to Geoff Emerick,what Paul is saying about Fela it is a falsehood. Kuti diden´t invite Paul,Linda,Denny end Geoff to the club called The Shrine,they got there by themselves. Emerick wrote:" During the break,some of the misicians came over to say hello.We assumed it was going to be the usual kind of camaraderie that goes on at live gigs everywhere-- swapping road stories,talkin music,telling jokes--but it was anything but,To our surprise,our visitors were angry and hostile." "What are you doing in our country?" they demanded."You´ve come here to steal our music and our rhythms. Why don´t you just go back home?" "I could see Paul getting alarmed; this was not the reception he hed been expecting.Somehow he managed to talk his way out of it and got the musicians calmed down enough to leave us alone...at which point we made a hasty departure."
Dude, Eye witness memories are so bad that they're not allowed in some court cases by some judges...who knows if Geoff Emerick was correct or McCartney was correct...
My take on the same interview that you read is that yes, you're correct all those things happened but all's well that ends well... Ransom's music was nothing like Jet, and McCartney enjoyed ultimately, the music he heard.
No, this was before the night Macca is discussing.
Any know the song?
It’s written at the end of the video as subtitles
I don't think the great Sir Paul needs to steal someone's music!........
Of course, he is great and may not need to steal from any one but he did recognize he was in the presence of a God in human flesh called Fela Kuti.
yes he does: Chuck Berry's :(.
@@krisantoine In those days everyone heard the sounds they liked and incorporated it into their own versions, Chuck Berry did it to, thank god the lawyers were not involved because hundreds of thousands of great songs were able to be created from the practice.
@@ledzepandhabs No, you are wrong! The Beatles very specifically stole Berry's music, and he sued them and won, resulting in the beatles not pressing their first two albums anymore!
@@krisantoine No I am not wrong, I just said everybody stole music throughout the history of the world. So what, who cares, you think Chuck never heard something and incorporated it into his own?
Worst part here is I can’t get a chance to hear that song ever !
Macca the king
I see how "American Woman" could have been inspired by this. in some.way..
That’s the song “ why black men die suffer”
Did he just try to do a black voice?
But you did with the Beatles. 🤣🤭🤫🤐
Paul could have easily laid the same accusation on Fela… you think even someone like Fela Khuti doesn’t take influence from white music? Come on now Fela, no one “owns” a form of music once it’s out there.
Why blackman suffers with different words
Give me real gist, this na oyibo nonesence talk. Steve wonder and others like am Roy Ayers don role with Fela. No body appreciate. Nonesence oyibo talk for publicity
"I'm not here to steal your music." *steals music*
Umm there is nothing remotely African sounding on the album Paul recorded in Lagos. Sorry. Try again.
What does stealing music mean? In my opinion it's shoplifting.
😂 Yes!!!
@@ClaudioDirani It means cultural appropriation
@@itsjemmabond there isn't such. That only lies beneath the muddy and demented layers of the sick minded
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