I mis-dialed my iPod the other day and saw my Top 25 Most Played list for the first time:
- Someday Soon Sweet Samba — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Damara Blue — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Cape Town To Congo Square 1: African Street Parade — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Cape Town To Congo Square 2: District Six Carnival — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Cape Town To Congo Square 3: Too-Kah — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Song For Sathima — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Loudspeakers Low Frequency Response (10Hz-200Hz) — audiocheck.net
- Little Blue — The Beautiful South
- Tintinyana — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Tuang Guru — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Tired of Being Alone — Al Green
- Call Me (Come Back Home) — Al Green
- Eleventh Hour — Abdullah Ibrahim
- Here I Am (Come and Take Me) — Al Green
- Don’t Marry Her — The Beautiful South
- Mirror — The Beautiful South
- Water From An Ancient Well — Abdullah Ibrahim
- I’m Still in Love With You — Al Green
- /=/ — Andrew Bird
- Love and Happiness — Al Green
- The Sound Of North America — The Beautiful South
- Cannibal Resource — Dirty Projectors
- The Mountain Of The Night — Abdullah Ibrahim
- The Light (Part II) — Mason Jennings
- Empire Builder — Mason Jennings
Huh. I would have guessed Guy Clark, Desmond Dekker and Squeeze. Ah well, you can’t lie to your iPod. I feel strangely hungry for some Abdullah Ibrahim!
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I think mine might have “Mannenburg” or “Soweto” on the most played and I don’t see why yours shouldn’t. Dollar Brand, but still…
The only reason Soweto isn’t up there is because I listen album-wise rather than single-wise, and my kids usually break in partway through an album. Early tracks inevitably get higher rated.
The Charlie Hunter / Derek Phillips / John Ellis version of Soweto is how I found out about Ibrahim. (listen)
I just pulled a
slightlycorny remix of Mannenburg by Thabonage off eMusic because that’s the only version they had. Listening now / ignoring corn.