i saw hugh perform at a small jazz club in Los Angeles. when it was over he approached the bar where i wad sitting. i had to speak to him." Mr. Masekela who do you listen to?" he replief "I listen to God".
That's The Hugh Masekela I know .I once met Him in the Street of Durban, South Africa He was Going to a Practice Session,since they were Having a Series of Concerts.I approached him and started a conversation.At first his answers almost Made Me to walk away but I hung on and became cordial.
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My grandpa from Botswana worked in the gold mines of Johannesburg as a young man… he got beaten up by ruthless boer police and had a back injury that never left. This song hits hard for me. RIP Ntate Masekela
It's our story. My mother told stories of her uncles who left the Villages in Zambia and travelled to work in the Brick Factories in Bulawayo Zim and the Gold mines of SA.
This is the first time hearing this song, "Stimela" by Hugh Masekela. The first time I heard Hugh Masekela, was in Jamaica in the 1960's with "Grazing in the Grass" which was a huge hit in Jamaica. I'm glad I listened tonight, at 12:52am, Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
@@lwandlehlomuka9851 he is African South Africa is a divisive white man creation at Berlin Conference.... Us Africans never signed up to that "thank you very much"..... 😁.. The man himself mentioned Somalia etc etc and he mentioned Zimbabwe.... Thanks very much again ❤️
This piece articulates the existence of Africans and the man was educated by the hinterland of mother Africa and speaks to that particular existence,he even entwines this masterpiece with the American national anthem probably speaking to the human struggles but feel free to claim him for SA alone .
None like such will ever walk this earth again. True one of the African soil, true voice of the African soul. We are a truly blessed generation to have heard his wail
I'm touched by his dedication of ths song.. i was recently deployed in DRC, i now got to say that SA is blessed, i lost a friend there.. may his soul RIP 🫡
South africa 🇿🇦 a man who represents all black people, a story teller a poet a father a grandfather but most of all a Musician . From Los Angeles to Johannesburg to Cairo to Durban from Durban to Lusaka to Lagos all the way to Abuja all the way to Windhoek Mthatha to Algiers i could go all day there is no where BRA HUGH didnt touch people with his performances.i am always grateful to have listened to his music whether on radio or the dusty street of soweto, mamelodi in Moretele @the Joy of Jazz in Capetown. REST easy old Tima
@@emaryn Hello pretty, how are you doing today, i hope you had a lovely Sunday evening from your end, tell me how are you doing today, i hope everything is fine with you, just checking up on you to know how you doing?
I'm supposed to be asleep because I'm going to school tomorrow well in a few hours (time:00:11) but I need my ears blessed by the legend himself Hugh Masekela. 😭😭❤ This is tooooo good.
Fascinated by this man when he came to United States in 1968 the Americanization of ooga booga he came with a powerful message to Black America about their relatives their heritage in Africa
Not only is it the greatest piece of African jazz song ever composed (obviously as a southern African I subscribe to this comment), but it’s also a symbolic song! Trains were a symbol of separation back then
Hugh Masekela was a South African trumpeter singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home".Hugh Masekela story is a long and exciting one: the two times Grammy awarded artist is Africa´s most important jazz and world musician. He has covered the globe and played with just about every top star you can think of. Hugh Masekela wrote a number of international hits and sold several million This performance should always be available to the world.Hugh Masekela was a power-house - his vocals and energy here are on a whole other level. I saw him live and it was the best concert I've ever seen.Thank you, Mr. Masekela A LEGEND.💞💞
Heard he was recognised as one of the jazz greats of all time in New York. RIP legend A.K.A anti-apartheid hero. As South Africans, we recognise your contribution to our freedom ✊🏿
Two years ago I heard about this man and about his music, since that day I realised how many musical artists I'm missing in my life, since that day I simply can't stop listening to his music which is not only a music, it's a journey.
@@nowayout8773 Oh no, not the performance. I have a studio sound track which sounds incredible. Any yes, streaming BT and using Spotify have their moments. Good to know you have great taste in music.
It's such a coincidence that this song still resonates, so relevant with South Africans, Africans in today's society. The state of out country The message is clear. Wonderful talented tata. Uphumle ngoxolo 🙏✊
The stimela also took me from boarding school in Bergville to my grandparents in Pietermaritzburg. Some of us white people also had a tough life. Not as bad as many, but still a tough personal journey. Broken family, dumped in a boarding school, only went home to my grandparents once a month. Life is cruel for many people. I love my country, viva South Africa.
O saudoso Pres, Samora Machel dizia que o racismo não tem cor e nem pátria e com o mesmo todos sofremos e também dizia que o mundo é para Humanidade-Moçambique
A wonderful man, the late great Hugh Masekela, I had been to a concert of his years back. One of my favorite musicians whom I was fortunate enough to happily run into here in Los Angeles by chance, where I believe his son was living at that time. What a memorable moment. Where ever you are Ato Masekela, may you be at peace and eternal happiness. Thank you.
One of the greatest story tellers of our times. He uses his voice as an instrument and uses his trumpet as his voice. He takes you to every scene through his lyrics!! You close your eyes and you are able to see everything that he sings about through inner vision! Aaah bless his soul!🙌🏽
what an amazing man. My dad's alway been a fan and so I've listened to a lot of his songs, yet everyday I discover new gems. I personally feel like that crowd was dead, coz I would have been losing my mind 😭😭😭. A 70 something year old legend pulling off a performance like that??!!! But seriously tho, may his soul rest in peace and God bless every person who comes across his music
I have been listening for almost 30 years and everytime I listen I understand it a bit more and deeper and it does bring my Uncle a litle bit closer to my heart.
Very few can fuse poetry, jazz and story telling in such sophisticated manner, this is such a legendary performance, it will still be relevant years to come, Thanks Bra Hugh and your tight band🙌🏼🙏🏼👌🏽
Legendary bro Hugh. What genius talent & poet. He lives on in our memories. I still play his collection on my turntable regularly especially when working from home, or chilling with friends over Pap & Braai Fleis, sipping on Irish’s finest Triple Distilled, Black Barrel 🥃 on the rocks by the fire 🔥.
2021 November 09-Here as a young black man 🖤This man will forever remain my legend. May the new generation embrace the rich South African music history. Rest on mkhulu Hugh Masekela ❤️🕊️
This is the only song that I have ever heard where someone explains something as the way it is, exactly the same.How can you not hear a train with piano as a background sound?Pure Genius
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I.do.love.this.song.my.our.be.bless
Yes.i
Sti ... sti ... sti ... me ... me ... me ... la ... la ... la ... Stimela 🎉 Oh wow!
❤❤❤❤❤❤
I cannot subscribe to a Deadman. What I can tell you is, whenever I'm lost .I listen
to this song and I love it❤
Who is here in 2024?
Me.
🖐️
We are here until infinity
Ndikhona
Me.
It’s 2024 …. This is still a blessing . Whatever year you see this . Be blessed . You are loved 😊
Babz u kno
Q0
From Kenya I second that.
i saw hugh perform at a small jazz club in Los Angeles. when it was over he approached the bar where i wad sitting. i had to speak to him." Mr. Masekela who do you listen to?" he replief "I listen to God".
That's The Hugh Masekela I know .I once met Him in the Street of Durban, South Africa He was Going to a Practice Session,since they were Having a Series of Concerts.I approached him and started a conversation.At first his answers almost Made Me to walk away but I hung on and became cordial.
If only u asked him in Zulu
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@@nelsonlengolo7185k😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊L
That sounds about right. Goated, down to the bones.
My grandpa from Botswana worked in the gold mines of Johannesburg as a young man… he got beaten up by ruthless boer police and had a back injury that never left. This song hits hard for me. RIP Ntate Masekela
We lost a lot of people😢😢
This man was not just a musician but a poet. An all rounder.
He was and remains to be a treasure of Africa. Not too many artists bring to light the plight of the poor and downtrodden. May he RIP.
2023 and tears still roll down my face when listening to this masterpiece. ❤
Same😭❤💯
@@Owamlisa-21 timeless music, God bless Bra Hugh's soul as he rests in peace. ❤ kudos to his band as well, what a masterpiece. 🤞🏼
He was awesome, he pretty much told hold Africa was colonised..the pain, the displacement
I absolutely love him,I wish I could have met him
*how
This are type of music which deserves billions of views
Don'r forget to subscribe man 😉
I agrée but how many young people understand a bit of it?
These people who were watching this live, do they realize how blessed they are to have witnessed this greatness?
Im tellx you
@@abigailwisedominiquemeithi2108 . they have no idea
I hope they acknowledged
They do, you can see the love from those eye's.
@@drawmepleasemichael959 to, 1.36~
This song is the greatest piece of art to be created!! The true essence of Africa!
It's a story and a Song
It's our story. My mother told stories of her uncles who left the Villages in Zambia and travelled to work in the Brick Factories in Bulawayo Zim and the Gold mines of SA.
Da italiano lo penso anche io, quando la sento, emozione e brividi.
I'll come back here for the rest of my life❤
Everytime i listen to Stimela i think about the struggle that we experience in day to day as Africans😢
Damn what a Force of nature. Rest in Peace wonderful man.
A Tour de force, essentially Bra Hugh Masekela is/was a natural entity
Never heard of this artist until today. Thank God I stayed. Thanks RUclips algorithm.
He's not an Artist, he is Art. A Great. May His Soul Rest In Eternal Peace
Holding those chords on the keys for 7minutes without changing it at the same tempo is serious discipline.
Very true ✋🏿✋🏿
Very true
The band was disciplined
This is the first time hearing this song, "Stimela" by Hugh Masekela. The first time I heard Hugh Masekela, was in Jamaica in the 1960's with "Grazing in the Grass" which was a huge hit in Jamaica. I'm glad I listened tonight, at 12:52am, Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
🙏🙏
🙏🏼
It is a classic and tells such an important story of the subcontinent
🙏🏽
Glad you listened 😀
I want to dedicate this song to my Liberian people🇱🇷
who suffered seven years plus of civil war.
I'm just glad that this performance was documented....we'll keep coming to it for years to come.
and imagine I'm still visiting it in 2023. My children will play this master piece.
Indeed. I was continously nodding my head and moving my feat the whole time
One of my greatest disappointments in life is that, i never got to watch Hugh Masekela live……. This song is spiritual!!
I also wish i was born 15 years earlier 😪
@@tumelotumza9037 Eish! You can say that again
You are not alone. I’m disappointed too.
very spiritual
Very spiritual. I/WE remember Marikana!!!
I want to dedicate this song to the people in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼!
Zimbabwe!
Haiti 🇭🇹💝
It's a South African masterpiece by a South African legend thank you very much
@@lwandlehlomuka9851 he is African South Africa is a divisive white man creation at Berlin Conference.... Us Africans never signed up to that "thank you very much"..... 😁.. The man himself mentioned Somalia etc etc and he mentioned Zimbabwe.... Thanks very much again ❤️
This piece articulates the existence of Africans and the man was educated by the hinterland of mother Africa and speaks to that particular existence,he even entwines this masterpiece with the American national anthem probably speaking to the human struggles but feel free to claim him for SA alone .
None like such will ever walk this earth again. True one of the African soil, true voice of the African soul. We are a truly blessed generation to have heard his wail
He gave it his ALL and left nothing. This was a masterful performance.
Today was last day at work. Yes am on pension 😊 my first song on pension 😀
How old are you?
How's pension treating you my friend?
Hope your retirement is going amazing!
I'm touched by his dedication of ths song.. i was recently deployed in DRC, i now got to say that SA is blessed, i lost a friend there.. may his soul RIP 🫡
Thank you for your service. May God keep and protect you 🙏🏾
Thank you for your service
Soul food Dankie Baba uyingwenya
Am I alone in 2019🙄
I'm here!
Legend at work. Genius
Sikhona
Nao Sei But Me Too
U are nt alone
From Hugh to Hugh.... thank you old man thank you for your African spirit and continue to rest in the Lord.
Hugh Mupfunya
Amen. Add another Hugh to the list brother.
❤️💪🏽🎼🎺
We lost a god father and a legend to us all in South Africa but u will forever be praised 🎉❤ Tata Masikela
South africa 🇿🇦 a man who represents all black people, a story teller a poet a father a grandfather but most of all a Musician . From Los Angeles to Johannesburg to Cairo to Durban from Durban to Lusaka to Lagos all the way to Abuja all the way to Windhoek Mthatha to Algiers i could go all day there is no where BRA HUGH didnt touch people with his performances.i am always grateful to have listened to his music whether on radio or the dusty street of soweto, mamelodi in Moretele @the Joy of Jazz in Capetown. REST easy old Tima
My Afrikan musical god man...genius play in paradise forever 👴🏽🙏🏽✊🏾👍🏾👋🏽❤️♥️♥️
I bumbed into Bra Hugh in London at the underground in 2012. I was so star struck, I couldnt even say Hi
Whose still here at the end of August 2024 ? 🔥🔥
👌🏾🔥
Sept still here
Outstanding. Can you hear the train in the rhythm of the song and the feelings of the miners ?
i can hear the cries of woman who their husbands did not make it back
I do.
I was there with my Mom
Blessed are you! Did you grasp the narrative? Just curious…
Hello
Do you realize how this was such a blessing to you? I would love to interview you about that experience.
The legend 2024 still blessing with his poetic
Mentioned Namibia 🇳🇦. Thank you never forgetting us in your thoughts and in your contributions for liberation through song. Lala Nghoxolo Bra Hugh.
All power to all the people
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello make you smile
@@davislouis212 This simple hello is awesome. Continue spreading happiness.
@@emaryn Hello pretty, how are you doing today, i hope you had a lovely Sunday evening from your end, tell me how are you doing today, i hope everything is fine with you, just checking up on you to know how you doing?
@@davislouis212 Hi Davis. I am fine thanks. I had an awesome weekend. How are you doing?
I'm supposed to be asleep because I'm going to school tomorrow well in a few hours (time:00:11) but I need my ears blessed by the legend himself Hugh Masekela. 😭😭❤ This is tooooo good.
Niece music and good voice from any African man.
Reading this at 00:11 in 2023😂❤
Reading this at 00:20 year 2023
It's shame I can't share a screenshot , I'm typing this text at exactly the same the time
Fascinated by this man when he came to United States in 1968 the Americanization of ooga booga he came with a powerful message to Black America about their relatives their heritage in Africa
I don't know you,but I love you all my extended cousins
Very painful what we're learning from old,
But everything is beautiful in it's own angle
Lĺp
Son of the soil, a Legend Africa's best 💃💃💃💞💞💞🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼
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🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
felt this performance so much i started wiping his sweat on my screen trying to be with him at that state. this man will always be my hero
Daniel Motlanthe a
True
Met him at The Jazz Standard. I sang "Languta" to him and made him laugh. He has provided the music for my"War Dance" for the last 50 years. :-)
@@lizasamantha85 Aaa
Ever green classic by one great song writer in Hugh Masekela,,salute and rest ever peacefully son of the soil❤
Dr Hugh Masekela, one of the best South African exports ever.
What a performance, continue resting.....
Ngempela Mvuleni ngiyavuma
Nkosi yam, imagine being here. 😢😢😢😢😢, what an outstanding performance. 😱😱😱, My God 🙏👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
My GOD, blessed me to see him do this one night, at Yosi's in Oakland. RIP Mr. Masekela.
the ease with which he addresses the audience is a testimony of his charisma, experience and power
I hope we learn as Africans, you did your part Man, God bless you
Timeless
We will never have music like this ever again👏
Long live to Hugh Masikela and long live to the mine workers of the past, the present and the future🔥🔥🔥
This was more of a journey than a performance and wow, legends live forever. 👏🏾
Not only is it the greatest piece of African jazz song ever composed (obviously as a southern African I subscribe to this comment), but it’s also a symbolic song! Trains were a symbol of separation back then
Don't think there's a studio in this planet that could have handled Fela and Hugh at the same time. Straight fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
that would have been great.
VERY TRUE
12:02 12:07
It would have been a wonderful explosion. ❤I kept thinking about Super Fela, the whole time listening to The great Hugh.
I always telly friends that, this song is one of the most brilliant songs ever made, the best there is
Hugh Masekela was a South African trumpeter singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home".Hugh Masekela story is a long and exciting one: the two times Grammy awarded artist is Africa´s most important jazz and world musician. He has covered the globe and played with just about every top star you can think of. Hugh Masekela wrote a number of international hits and sold several million This performance should always be available to the world.Hugh Masekela was a power-house - his vocals and energy here are on a whole other level. I saw him live and it was the best concert I've ever seen.Thank you, Mr. Masekela A LEGEND.💞💞
Feel the pain and the love of this song. Legendary Hugh Masekela lives on forever
This is indeed an iconic performance, this is the music we need now more than ever
I'm just learning about him and I'm literally crying it's Soo good!
You should learn more about Afriicans
@@tshepondlovu4290 I’m trying…..who are your suggested artist?
Check out Caphus Semenya and letta Mbulu
Themba mkhize
Sibongile khumalo
Busi mhlongo
Jabu khanyile
Bhudaza
Jimmy dludlu
Meriam Makeba
Zim ngcawana
Judith siphuma
Gloria bosman
Simphiwe Dana
@@ferdykeyz4583 Sipho Gumede too
this is how our stories have been told for centuries, we've become so fluent in this language that isn't ours but we live on...
Sad truth 😭Ish
Who's streaming this amazing song with me this year.2021. The son of the soil...May your soul rest in peace
I want to dedicate this song to the people in Zimbabwe !. Damn what a Force of nature. Rest in Peace wonderful man..
I still play this song atleast twice a week. Without a doubt it's in my top three of my favorite songs of all time.
Heard he was recognised as one of the jazz greats of all time in New York. RIP legend A.K.A anti-apartheid hero. As South Africans, we recognise your contribution to our freedom ✊🏿
That's music we cant replace or create lets cherish the music of this legend
Two years ago I heard about this man and about his music, since that day I realised how many musical artists I'm missing in my life, since that day I simply can't stop listening to his music which is not only a music, it's a journey.
I just discovered this music and it is changing my life at age 57, also musician, and this music escaped me somehow. I might have to get new friends.
This piece was on a Dali CD when I purchased my Monitor Audio speakers about 15 yrs ago and love it to this day! Love this live performance.
@@nowayout8773 It'll get better the more you play it, especially on a high end audio system!
@@nowayout8773 Oh no, not the performance. I have a studio sound track which sounds incredible. Any yes, streaming BT and using Spotify have their moments. Good to know you have great taste in music.
So blessed i got see this legend twice in London
RIP 🙏🏽
This song srsly moves me so thank you Hugh Masakela *RIP HUGH MASAKELA* 1939-2018
It's such a coincidence that this song still resonates, so relevant with South Africans, Africans in today's society. The state of out country The message is clear. Wonderful talented tata. Uphumle ngoxolo 🙏✊
Great old man peaceful for is soul❤ we miss his voice and his sax as well....hi maid it happen when was living 🎉🎉🎉well done baba masekela ❤❤❤
Most inspiring piece of music I have ever experienced ever.
High quality live performance of a classic song 🎵 👌 Sleep in peace Baba you did that.❤❤🎉
Rest in peace, Bra - know that you won the great fight - thank you for the inspiration and for the beauty of your art.
What an icon, what a performance. This audience ..they had NO idea ..just nooo clue, what greatness they witnessed❤
Hugh Masekela Forever! Africa Will Be Free!‼️♥️‼️ Imperialism will find it’s grave in Africa‼️
amandla!
Amen
Poetry in motion. What a talent. Love it.
I loved the poetic from this great Legend
The stimela also took me from boarding school in Bergville to my grandparents in Pietermaritzburg. Some of us white people also had a tough life. Not as bad as many, but still a tough personal journey. Broken family, dumped in a boarding school, only went home to my grandparents once a month. Life is cruel for many people. I love my country, viva South Africa.
O saudoso Pres, Samora Machel dizia que o racismo não tem cor e nem pátria e com o mesmo todos sofremos e também dizia que o mundo é para Humanidade-Moçambique
A wonderful man, the late great Hugh Masekela, I had been to a concert of his years back. One of my favorite musicians whom I was fortunate enough to happily run into here in Los Angeles by chance, where I believe his son was living at that time. What a memorable moment. Where ever you are Ato Masekela, may you be at peace and eternal happiness. Thank you.
Just amazing . .. R.I.P. Hugh Masekela ... all heart !!!
One of the greatest story tellers of our times. He uses his voice as an instrument and uses his trumpet as his voice. He takes you to every scene through his lyrics!! You close your eyes and you are able to see everything that he sings about through inner vision! Aaah bless his soul!🙌🏽
Stimela - one of my FAVORITE songs. so soulful, moving & relevant.
Hugh Masekela was truly a national treasure!!
what an amazing man. My dad's alway been a fan and so I've listened to a lot of his songs, yet everyday I discover new gems. I personally feel like that crowd was dead, coz I would have been losing my mind 😭😭😭. A 70 something year old legend pulling off a performance like that??!!! But seriously tho, may his soul rest in peace and God bless every person who comes across his music
Guys you can never get tired of this song, especially this version ❤😊
Rest in Peace Hugh ! A musical genius has passed away. You will be missed!
I have been listening for almost 30 years and everytime I listen I understand it a bit more and deeper and it does bring my Uncle a litle bit closer to my heart.
Here is what I call ART. Thank you Papa Masekela (RIP)
How did his voice not age? He sounded as good here as he did in 1987 in the Paul Simon Graceland concert in Zimbabwe. Amazing.
I was at that concert a most beautiful thing that was.. I also heard him in a small venue later.
Oh you reminded me of that great concert. That was a masterpiece. 👌👌
I was there over 2 days.Wonderful memories.
November 2024 and I'm still here
Very few can fuse poetry, jazz and story telling in such sophisticated manner, this is such a legendary performance, it will still be relevant years to come, Thanks Bra Hugh and your tight band🙌🏼🙏🏼👌🏽
I always shed tears listening to this song
Legendary bro Hugh. What genius talent & poet. He lives on in our memories. I still play his collection on my turntable regularly especially when working from home, or chilling with friends over Pap & Braai Fleis, sipping on Irish’s finest Triple Distilled, Black Barrel 🥃 on the rocks by the fire 🔥.
2021 November 09-Here as a young black man 🖤This man will forever remain my legend. May the new generation embrace the rich South African music history. Rest on mkhulu Hugh Masekela ❤️🕊️
Rest in peace Bra Masakela. Thank you for all of your beautiful music and soulful inspiration. You will be missed.
i've never seen a cowbell played so naturally
This performance was actually very spiritual. I am only getting uts ethos and pathos for the first time today!
Omg!! I was about to comment the same!😄 You felt the same way i did. Wow
Poetry. ...let us never forget
This song does amazing things to my emotions 2020 we still here R.I.P Papa Hugh aka Bra Hugh.
From Mozambique to the world a big hug to all Africans
It’s incredible when we use our mind to make beautiful things.
So true.❤
This timeless classic performance still does the things in 2023.
Best ive heard in years, this is real talent, this man is truly 1 of a kind ....wow!!
One of our best storytellers in our African history God has blessed us with, the train story makes sense to those with good ears💯✍🏾🪘🎭🎶🎹🎼
This is the only song that I have ever heard where someone explains something as the way it is, exactly the same.How can you not hear a train with piano as a background sound?Pure Genius
😭 no comment it's my first time to watch his shows, RIP
Rest in piece. This will always be my favourite Hugh Masekela Piece - STIMELA