The Lion Sleeps Tonight Wimoweh
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Published 2016-09-20
Richard Swan, director of London City Voices (www.londoncityvoices.co.uk) teaches Wimoweh, by Solomon Linda, to the audience at the 2016 Summer Concert at Troxy, London. LCV is a non-audition, non-religious, multi-branch choir singing mainly pop and rock repertoire.
Sadly, Solomon Linda never received any royalties for the song, (originally named "Uyimbube", meaning "you are a lion" and misheard by Pete Seeger, who made it famous). It was only in 2006 that he was formally acknowledged as the composer of the song, and his estate was awarded the rights to past and future royalties. You can read more at simplymusic.com/lion-sleeps-tonight-story-song.
All Comments (21)
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My summers in high school were spent working at a zoo. My last summer there, 1978, our only African lion and the only African lion I have ever known, Leo, passed away at the ripe old age of 28. Basically he was an overgrown and extremely playful kitten and my friend. He was fond of wandering around the zoo after hours rubbing up against the employees and chasing butterflies. After a necropsy we held a memorial service where we placed his body on a bamboo pyre and we all said words, 42 employees and about a hundred regular zoo members. Then we lit the pyre and sang this song, nearly 150 of us as the forty foot flames crackled and licked the blackened night sky our voices reverberating against the forty foot high granite face of the main building. To this day I still miss his thunderous roar and the lick of his tongue on the back of my hand and the expression on his face when he saw his friends first thing in the morning. Lala rafiki yangu!
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This gentleman is a genius trainer!
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The song is called "Mbube" which tranlates to Lion from Zulu. Wimoweh is what y'all hear🎭🇿🇦
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I wish I was there when they get to sing along
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what an amazing ability to involve the whole room, not just the chorus but the spectators as well excellent job.
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He's not expecting the crowd to not be compose of 50% tone deaf. Just telling them what to listen to. And that. Is awesome.
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African chorus music is so sublime!
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That ladies and gentlemen is how to communicate. Effortless, no shouting or cojoling,marvelous audience participation. Very very impressive,loved every minute. Bravo that man !
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And as Pete Seeger once said, "And don't get hung up on what the person next to you is singing, or you'll sound like you're in a washing machine."
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This is fantastic audience participation. What a treat for those that were there!
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involving the audience in the show is so satisfying to watch..😁😁😁
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How beautiful... people coming together ❤️ creating beauty. Wow.
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How beautiful our individual voices sound when combined in unison..Thxs.
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This is fantastic how each group - soprano, altos, tenors, bass etc sang the song! Amazing! Love this song🥰
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That was lovely, especially as each part dropped out just leaving the bass. it's all about the bass 😂
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This brings a great memory from my youth. I went to a punk rock gig in the late 80's where Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Dead Kennedy's played that night. After an insane evening we all piled into a VW van to head home. While driving home fully exhausted this song came on the radio. Literally everyone sat up and we all sang this song. It was awesome!
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this performance ave me tears of joy with a flash back of my childhood. <3
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I wish i could be there... So good to hear that. Truly amazing
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Ohhhh, for the life of me! What a genius!! How he inculcated everyone? This is a Thriller. I am sure each and every member of the audience went away fulfilled for joining.
