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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/30/2013 Posts: 56 Location: Mini Apple
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Background - Back in the day, my old man had this killer Pioneer "tenje", with a stack of "old people" music as I saw it.
10+ years in the frozen tundra and now I want that old people music. I've become old.
So, I'll start collecting some of the best zilizopendwa records from the 80s and 90s. I'm looking for recommendations and suggestions on some of your favorites. I'm thinking anything from Franco to Maroon Commandos. What are the must have top ten LPs I should listen to before the year is out?
- This is a fair start.http://www.amazon.com/Kenya-Dance-Mania/dp/B000QZR58Y/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0
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Rank: Member Joined: 2/7/2013 Posts: 447 Location: Nairobi
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kendata26 wrote:Background - Back in the day, my old man had this killer Pioneer "tenje", with a stack of "old people" music as I saw it.
10+ years in the frozen tundra and now I want that old people music. I've become old.
So, I'll start collecting some of the best zilizopendwa records from the 80s and 90s. I'm looking for recommendations and suggestions on some of your favorites. I'm thinking anything from Franco to Maroon Commandos. What are the must have top ten LPs I should listen to before the year is out?
- This is a fair start.http://www.amazon.com/Kenya-Dance-Mania/dp/B000QZR58Y/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0 the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD.....  You cant win, unless you first begin....
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 6,029
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Meduza wrote:kendata26 wrote:Background - Back in the day, my old man had this killer Pioneer "tenje", with a stack of "old people" music as I saw it.
10+ years in the frozen tundra and now I want that old people music. I've become old.
So, I'll start collecting some of the best zilizopendwa records from the 80s and 90s. I'm looking for recommendations and suggestions on some of your favorites. I'm thinking anything from Franco to Maroon Commandos. What are the must have top ten LPs I should listen to before the year is out?
- This is a fair start.http://www.amazon.com/Kenya-Dance-Mania/dp/B000QZR58Y/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0 the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... lwambo lanzo makiadi,madillu,tsbu ley,sam mangwana,tu ac,notorious big,mase etc.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/30/2013 Posts: 56 Location: Mini Apple
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[quote the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... [/quote] Very True. Very Inevitable. I'm surprised how it seemed to sneak up on me....all off a sudden, I am baba so and so and my kids think I'm embarrassing!
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/30/2013 Posts: 56 Location: Mini Apple
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mawinder wrote:the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... lwambo lanzo makiadi,madillu,tsbu ley,sam mangwana,tu ac,notorious big,mase etc.[/quote] Thanks Mawinder. I'm hunting for Franco's Bina na Ngai na Respect but so far no success. I may need to trick my old man out of his VERY old copy next time I see him......
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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kendata26 wrote:Background - Back in the day, my old man had this killer Pioneer "tenje", with a stack of "old people" music as I saw it.
10+ years in the frozen tundra and now I want that old people music. I've become old.
So, I'll start collecting some of the best zilizopendwa records from the 80s and 90s. I'm looking for recommendations and suggestions on some of your favorites. I'm thinking anything from Franco to Maroon Commandos. What are the must have top ten LPs I should listen to before the year is out?
- This is a fair start.http://www.amazon.com/Kenya-Dance-Mania/dp/B000QZR58Y/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0 The cycle of life ndiyo hiyo. Mimi kitu natafuta sana ni that old gramophone, ile ya Sanyo that looked like a briefcase when shut. My old man's broke down (ok, tuliiharibu ) and it has proved unrepairable. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/31/2008 Posts: 7,081 Location: Kenya
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kendata26 wrote:mawinder wrote:the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... lwambo lanzo makiadi,madillu,tsbu ley,sam mangwana,tu ac,notorious big,mase etc. Thanks Mawinder. I'm hunting for Franco's Bina na Ngai na Respect but so far no success.I may need to trick my old man out of his VERY old copy next time I see him......[/quote] ...Bro...You are either a foreigner or you live in those upmarket places where you never have a chance to meet hawkers...If you walk down Mfangano street you will see all those stalls selling mp3s...Ask them to give you copies of Franco music...There must be about 5 CDs (mp3s) for Francos music...And at ksh50 bob each...And if all that fails...I can help you with my collection...My Ipod has 25,000 songs...Most of which I downloaded before Megaupload website was shut down...All of very good quality...You can get some of the music which has been re-upped from this blog and other blogs which you can find when yo click on the 'next blog' up there. http://globalgroovers.bl...01/disaster-strikes.html
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/30/2013 Posts: 56 Location: Mini Apple
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@ Rankaz Been awhile since I last saw one of those...Reminds me when I used the old man's records as toys, aiming at bottles. With painful consequences! http://i1313.photobucket...6/Sanyo_zpse3efd196.png
@magigi. yes and no. I'm a foreigner, only because I haven't lived in Kenya for 10 yrs!!I'll have to make a point to go searching next time I'm home. Thanks for the tip. Magigi wrote:kendata26 wrote:mawinder wrote:the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... lwambo lanzo makiadi,madillu,tsbu ley,sam mangwana,tu ac,notorious big,mase etc. Thanks Mawinder. I'm hunting for Franco's Bina na Ngai na Respect but so far no success.I may need to trick my old man out of his VERY old copy next time I see him...... ...Bro...You are either a foreigner or you live in those upmarket places where you never have a chance to meet hawkers...If you walk down Mfangano street you will see all those stalls selling mp3s...Ask them to give you copies of Franco music...There must be about 5 CDs (mp3s) for Francos music...And at ksh50 bob each...And if all that fails...I can help you with my collection...My Ipod has 25,000 songs...Most of which I downloaded before Megaupload website was shut down...All of very good quality...You can get some of the music which has been re-upped from this blog and other blogs which you can find when yo click on the 'next blog' up there. http://globalgroovers.bl...1/disaster-strikes.html[/quote]
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/31/2008 Posts: 7,081 Location: Kenya
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kendata26 wrote:@ Rankaz Been awhile since I last saw one of those...Reminds f when I used the old man's records as toys, aiming at bottles. With painful consequences! http://i1313.photobucket...6/Sanyo_zpse3efd196.png
@magigi. yes and no. I'm a foreigner, only because I haven't live in Kenya for 10 yrs!!I'll have to make a point to go searching next time I'm home. Thanks for the tip. Magigi wrote:kendata26 wrote:mawinder wrote:the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... lwambo lanzo makiadi,madillu,tsbu ley,sam mangwana,tu ac,notorious big,mase etc. Thanks Mawinder. I'm hunting for Franco's Bina na Ngai na Respect but so far no success.I may need to trick my old man out of his VERY old copy next time I see him...... ...Bro...You are either a foreigner or you live in those upmarket places where you never have a chance to meet hawkers...If you walk down Mfangano street you will see all those stalls selling mp3s...Ask them to give you copies of Franco music...There must be about 5 CDs (mp3s) for Francos music...And at ksh50 bob each...And if all that fails...I can help you with my collection...My Ipod has 25,000 songs...Most of which I downloaded before Megaupload website was shut down...All of very good quality...You can get some of the music which has been re-upped from this blog and other blogs which you can find when yo click on the 'next blog' up there. http://globalgroovers.bl...1/disaster-strikes.html[/quote] 1. Sit outside a pub in Nairobi West...Hawkers will bring to you all sorts of music... 2. Visit Melodica for old old old records (can get some vinyl records there too if you have a GRAMAPHONE!!!) 3. Holler when around...I can share with you some of my collection!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/1/2009 Posts: 1,883
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Magigi wrote: kendata26 wrote: mawinder wrote:the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... lwambo lanzo makiadi,madillu,tsbu ley,sam mangwana,tu ac,notorious big,mase etc. Thanks Mawinder. I'm hunting for Franco's Bina na Ngai na Respect but so far no success.I may need to trick my old man out of his VERY old copy next time I see him...... ...Bro...You are either a foreigner or you live in those upmarket places where you never have a chance to meet hawkers...If you walk down Mfangano street you will see all those stalls selling mp3s...Ask them to give you copies of Franco music...There must be about 5 CDs (mp3s) for Francos music...And at ksh50 bob each...And if all that fails...I can help you with my collection...My Ipod has 25,000 songs...Most of which I downloaded before Megaupload website was shut down...All of very good quality...You can get some of the music which has been re-upped from this blog and other blogs which you can find when yo click on the 'next blog' up there. http://globalgroovers.bl...1/disaster-strikes.html how can you claim to enjoy good music while you listen to them in the mp3 format? abk. use at least .flak and for your ipod you get and listen to your musict in the apple lossless format. your mp3 megaupload collection is as useless as ndetei the politician.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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I also noticed a soft spot leaning towards Sunday-school rhymes..
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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kendata26 wrote:mawinder wrote:the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... lwambo lanzo makiadi,madillu,tsbu ley,sam mangwana,tu ac,notorious big,mase etc. Thanks Mawinder. I'm hunting for Franco's Bina na Ngai na Respect but so far no success. I may need to trick my old man out of his VERY old copy next time I see him......[/quote] There's a shop, shortl after Tom Mboya/Ronald Ngala streets junction on the left hand side ukitembea towards Haile Selassie avenue that may have the same. I happened to pop-in there while unsuccessfully hunting for the said gramophone and I saw they have some of that. They also supply some gramophone 'consumables' e.g stylus. Shop name is Melodica. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/31/2008 Posts: 7,081 Location: Kenya
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mkenyan wrote:how can you claim to enjoy good music while you listen to them in the mp3 format? abk. use at least .flak and for your ipod you get and listen to your musict in the apple lossless format. your mp3 megaupload collection is as useless as ndetei the politician. ...@Mkenyan...I import the cds in Apple Lossless format...but it is impossible to buy all the those CDs!!! And by the wast is lost when a song is in MP3 format!
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/30/2013 Posts: 56 Location: Mini Apple
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Magigi suggested Melodica too. I'll stop on my next trip. I found Franco on Amazon but $85 is way too much for a CD! Thanks for the suggestions Rankaz13 wrote:kendata26 wrote:mawinder wrote:the old music is real good...As you age you start to appreciate good music....and YES....you are growing OLD..... lwambo lanzo makiadi,madillu,tsbu ley,sam mangwana,tu ac,notorious big,mase etc. Thanks Mawinder. I'm hunting for Franco's Bina na Ngai na Respect but so far no success. I may need to trick my old man out of his VERY old copy next time I see him...... There's a shop, shortl after Tom Mboya/Ronald Ngala streets junction on the left hand side ukitembea towards Haile Selassie avenue that may have the same. I happened to pop-in there while unsuccessfully hunting for the said gramophone and I saw they have some of that. They also supply some gramophone 'consumables' e.g stylus. Shop name is Melodica.[/quote]
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/1/2009 Posts: 1,883
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Magigi wrote:mkenyan wrote:how can you claim to enjoy good music while you listen to them in the mp3 format? abk. use at least .flak and for your ipod you get and listen to your musict in the apple lossless format. your mp3 megaupload collection is as useless as ndetei the politician. ...@Mkenyan...I import the cds in Apple Lossless format...but it is impossible to buy all the those CDs!!! And by the wast is lost when a song is in MP3 format! if that be a question....am too lazy to get into it...but you can start by reading this: why neil young hates mp3 — and what you can do about it
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/8/2013 Posts: 2,517
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will this do?  "😖😡KQ makes money for everyone except the shareholder 😏😏 " overheard in Wazua
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/2/2009 Posts: 2,458 Location: Nairobi
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Welcome to the world of tranquillity..
there is a shop along Moi avenue, opposite Assanands... hapo utapata all you looking for
Unless you want to do it the old fashion way.. vinyl, gramophone.. clean the vinlyl, place it in position.. takes some skill to place the 'ka-needle'... listen to the 'shhhhhhhhh' sound atleast 5 seconds... Then the song starts...
"Nabiso Candidat Mobutu Sese..na biso candidat mobutu sese... bandoki basiliteee" 17:30minutes side A
In your case you are singing
"makambo ezali binene.. mambo ngumu Ulaya... "
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/30/2013 Posts: 56 Location: Mini Apple
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Siringi wrote:will this do? YES!!!!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 12/1/2008 Posts: 1,098
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/30/2013 Posts: 56 Location: Mini Apple
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Musicland? I remember the place. I think that was the name back in the 90s. These places have incredible staying power! I find that I listen to vinyl because it has a different sound. Less clean and clinical but more rounded. Part of it is just uzee. I'll definitely check it out poundfoolish wrote:Welcome to the world of tranquillity..
there is a shop along Moi avenue, opposite Assanands... hapo utapata all you looking for
Unless you want to do it the old fashion way.. vinyl, gramophone.. clean the vinlyl, place it in position.. takes some skill to place the 'ka-needle'... listen to the 'shhhhhhhhh' sound atleast 5 seconds... Then the song starts...
"Nabiso Candidat Mobutu Sese..na biso candidat mobutu sese... bandoki basiliteee" 17:30minutes side A
In your case you are singing
"makambo ezali binene.. mambo ngumu Ulaya... "
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