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Brenda and The Big Dudes - Weekend Special (Concert in the Park / Live at Ellis Park Stadium, 1985)
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In 1983 Brenda Fassie formed "Brenda and the Big Dudes", and that same year she had a breakthrough hit with "Weekend Special," singing in the disco-flavored "bubblegum" style. "Weekend Special" sold over 200,000 copies and had an extended life in cover versions and remixes, including one by New York producer Van Gibbs in 1986 that spent eight weeks on Billboard magazine's Hot Black Singles chart. The song's international success led to a Fassie tour of the United States, Europe, Australia, and Brazil.
Concert held at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg on the 12th January 1985 in aid of Operation Hunger.
℗ 2010 IMD under exclusive license to Next Music
#ConcertInThePark #BrendaFassie #WeekendSpecial
@phirozkhan1938 3 жыл бұрын
I am a 68 year old Muslim Indian, I have to agree Brenda was special.
@vusimuzi9913 7 жыл бұрын
NO TWITTER NO HASH TAGS NO Facebook BUT STILL GOT A FULL STADIUM...... BRENDA IS A LEGEND
@wiltuhoward8164 6 жыл бұрын
victor ndazamo yes! Pure talent
@mousedog1970 5 жыл бұрын
Spot on bra. What a special lady !
@mohlomitauhadi2249 5 жыл бұрын
She was indeed a legend. I hate drugs and curse wherever they come from.
@zwelakhemfanelosimelane110 5 жыл бұрын
I don't she was the only artist performing on this day
@MegaDiva1999 5 жыл бұрын
Say that again. Unlike bo Cassper. This is just incredible....
@corinnedawnlewis9478 Жыл бұрын
I was there. One of my favorite songs ever. Miss my homeland.
@elulugnie4250 20 күн бұрын
I'm so jealous 😢
@docsafari 2 жыл бұрын
This is the concert that shook South Africa and helped bring on the collapse of. apartheid. Producer Hilton Rosenthal made sure all races could attend. And they did. Peacefully. Many SA greats like Johnny Clegg who were also anti-apartheid activists performed. Johnny and Sipho in Juluka sang Johnny’s Scatterlings, both a great lecture on human origins and an anti-apartheid anthem. Shortly after this Johnny wrote Asimbonanga, which many consider the greatest of the anti-apartheid anthems. And Brenda would go on to do her Black President because a few years after this earthquake of a concert, Mandela was released. This concert helped change the world.
@kedibonemahasane6162 24 күн бұрын
MaBrrrrrrr 💃 I was there. First timme I ever attended a music festival. Didn't want it to end 😂
@albertinamukombabi9927 Жыл бұрын
How I wish I was born in that time to see her perform
@pakithehealermokoena471 2 жыл бұрын
I cry when it gets to 3:03 what a time,what a talent, what a loss .
@IamGarvin15 19 күн бұрын
She was a legend, and needs more appreciation. Today's artists do not come near to this
@rachelshafodino3738 Жыл бұрын
When the world was natural 💃
@rochlin11 8 жыл бұрын
gee, she could fill a stadium, awesome! Even in 1985!
@DennisScullyzenith7 5 жыл бұрын
her and 23 other acts.
@bramikewaledownsmichael6748 5 жыл бұрын
I was a year old
@kalaharisurfer9605 3 жыл бұрын
I think this is from Concert in the Park.
@rubenkalmeyer569 3 жыл бұрын
Ofc she could she is a legend
@dantedt3931 5 жыл бұрын
Whoever came up with that bass line is a legend for life.
@unity_pta 5 ай бұрын
His name is David Mabaso, He's the only one that's still alive in the video. He is from Soweto.
@miselwanogqala2330 2 ай бұрын
I feel that bass my friend🥰
@elulugnie4250 20 күн бұрын
@@unity_ptaDamn all the other Big Dudes have passed? 😢
@shumbayaw 7 жыл бұрын
The guy playing the bass is killing me. He deserves some award, he's playing from the heart
@nonenone5247 6 жыл бұрын
jack golden its either her baby daddy or the late Sammy klaas.they were great. and one of her back up singers is her sister.
@israelafyusisye7078 6 жыл бұрын
you stink
@mariamasiteng5594 4 жыл бұрын
It's true.
@thinancayiyana9365 Жыл бұрын
Its David Mabaso recently honoured by Yvonne Chaka Chaka with an award,the only surviving member of The Big Dudes.
@bramikewaledownsmichael6748 4 жыл бұрын
The bass guitar its onpoint
@deonrichards4496 4 жыл бұрын
My wife and I have fond memories of attending football and rugby games at Ellis Park Stadium in JHB 🇿🇦 but our favourite visit is when we attended a Big Five live concert in the early 90’s featuring artists like Lucky Dube and Yvonne Chaka Chaka and when Brenda performed there was this intense rapture like emotion that spread across the field. Thank you for the memories BF, my African Queen! ❤️
@nkululekomkhwanazi8678 2 ай бұрын
What an artist she was!!!❤❤ Even whem she sings on stage, her voice is the same as when its was recorded in studio. Usually, musical artists' voices sound different on stage. Brenda was that unique...oh what a beast she was. Rest In Power, mama. You are loved❤❤❤
@revgbalise3192 3 жыл бұрын
the bass player is kiling it...she was a huge star
@geraldmathabela44 3 жыл бұрын
Who can't get over this in 2021 still?
@Ramosmz 7 жыл бұрын
I am thinking of doing a tribute to Brenda with this song... Simple The Best. From Mozambique to South Africa with Love
@martasumbane1438 5 жыл бұрын
Moçambique é nós
@abduragmaanalexander4224 2 жыл бұрын
Brenda walked so that artists of today could climb. Filling up a stadium with no social media influence and especially with the circumstances of the time! Forever our Queen ❤
@divinedee3197 2 жыл бұрын
Words well said bru
@kwamekwaten2151 Жыл бұрын
🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
@TebogoMotlhale Жыл бұрын
The frequency modulation (FM) synthesis of the legendary Yamaha DX7 on stage in the 80s ! This thing was a BEASSSSSSST of a synthesizer, and to this day, I bought ONE off eBay to keep as a souvenir becuz NOTHING sounds like it !!!
@LizekaSimunda 8 ай бұрын
Oh the legend fiist time o f her life performing ishe was 18 year old she was so young
@audrinebanji169 2 жыл бұрын
She was the best of her kind
@TehSyneS 5 ай бұрын
such an icon.
@bd3825 7 жыл бұрын
Wow! I am a South African living in the states and this makes me miss South Africa and my people. This brings back so many good childhood memories because Brenda was a constant in my home growing up. At end of year Brenda would release an album and everyone in the country would dance to it.
@MegaDiva1999 5 жыл бұрын
come home Bruh
@goldenstar9379 4 жыл бұрын
Am in London but from Cape Town
@nadinebrock 4 жыл бұрын
@@goldenstar9379 let's switch places for a couple of months lol
@goldenstar9379 4 жыл бұрын
virgo Yea we can do it .
@busisiwendlovu4628 4 жыл бұрын
I'm in Cape Town just watching raw talent and the power of her voice. Sending love to you guy please keep safe
@tasibho 4 жыл бұрын
Brenda fassie was really blessed. Not only was she an incredible performer who knew how to captivate an audience but she was really talented too. That combination is very rare.
@Amari_900 Жыл бұрын
The Legendary Brenda Fassie, WE Missss YOU 🇿🇦 Salute 😔
@wiltuhoward8164 8 ай бұрын
Brenda was a character 😂😂 she blessed us with her beautiful talent
@busisiwendlovu4628 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine that the stadium is just to see her, she was special jndeed
@thembinkosidube3918 4 жыл бұрын
True...
@expatresourcing6907 4 жыл бұрын
@@thembinkosidube3918 so special. Why did she take her life? We needed her.
@expatresourcing6907 4 жыл бұрын
She could have packed us in that stadium every weekend.
@expatresourcing6907 4 жыл бұрын
A very special flower to us South Africans!
@thembinkosidube3918 4 жыл бұрын
True,We miss her...
@parys4uapp306 3 жыл бұрын
When Talent spoke louder than anything in the music industry
@tmtools 7 жыл бұрын
Such talent this young lady had 😘
@nonenone5247 6 жыл бұрын
Tunino R. Haskell and that was 1983/4
@nanaamabosompemaa9695 3 жыл бұрын
2021 still listening to her music From Ghana 🇬🇭
@MsMutiti 5 жыл бұрын
I loved Brenda's singing and personality. She would make the entire stadium lively. Brenda had it as far as the music and entertainment is concerned. Even Europeans appreciated her. I heard many talking if her. We miss you but your spirit lives on. R.I.P.
@stevenmudau292 8 жыл бұрын
...damn! That bass is killer for 1985!!!!
@yolajiyana7871 7 жыл бұрын
i enjoyed it when the bass came in when she started singing "tonight i need somebody"
@tendokagwa4062 7 жыл бұрын
Bass in the 70's and 80's was really killer!!! Many songs were bass line driven
@The_Truth777 5 жыл бұрын
Steve, not only for 1985, for all time!!! That Baseline is sick
@baconboy1269 5 жыл бұрын
My parents are somewhere in that crowd but, they did not know each other then.
@nkosimohapi 4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@coolkidintheblock2861 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@mbaligasa8226 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Sada-mr8vz 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@mthokozisisibiya9148 Жыл бұрын
Lol, how do you know that they were there. Did they tell you.😅
@gareth-thebeasuperstar.9731 8 жыл бұрын
I miss ..........YOU.......,BUT I AM THANKFUL , for treating me as your blood brother ,when I stayed at your home,for almost two years & I shall seek out bongani soon .,,,,for your'sake,
@nigel_ngwenya 4 жыл бұрын
I hope you seeked out Bongani
@RK-ln6kg 2 жыл бұрын
Those people that rely on social media to fill up a stadium, here's one person that did not have social media and still filled a packed stadium, now that's talent.
@musasamelasoncasenduli1086 4 жыл бұрын
At 03:45 it proved that the crowd was very excited and happy. Brenda you were and still the best in South Africa.
@patronmhembere4760 7 ай бұрын
Correct, she was a crowd puller
@yusufkato5384 11 ай бұрын
What a performance, what a crowd, what a piece of music❣️❣️❣️
@rickymowatt5833 Жыл бұрын
That's what you call a performance. Natural and from the heart
@nollyking4339 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't even born but the way i love her and this performance 😍
@merohatutanise3989 6 жыл бұрын
Damn Brenda used to rock the entire full stadium😍😍😍 This was back in 1985. I was just few years old 😎❤️👍
@merohatutanise3989 6 жыл бұрын
South African’s one of the best artist 😍 Include Yvonne Chaka Chaka & others 😍 Man I miss those days
@_vic97 3 жыл бұрын
That basss though !!
@waverleygreen8537 4 ай бұрын
The Legendary Job "fats" Mlangeni on Drums! Msidos Wama Hit Was here in 2024
@oleratosibandze4916 6 жыл бұрын
I’m so addicted to this woman even in 2017. So upset I never got to see her. Sorry to all those born before Brenda Fassie times🙁
@kevinpillay2046 Жыл бұрын
She was amazing... How those songs were created and performed was magic. Viva South Africa ❤️
@marshelsefatlho4007 7 жыл бұрын
THIS IS LEGENDARY.Power to all BLACK WOMAN
@Dantor1990 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@DennisScullyzenith7 5 жыл бұрын
and every artist/band who was there that special day!
@bryanmalaba1732 3 жыл бұрын
Here in July 2021..Just want to say The vibe and Brenda is incredible for me. And to have such a huge crowd at an era before the internet and smartphones. This is huge. I'm sure some people who wanted to get in couldn't get in. Given stadium capacity of 62000 plus people standing in the field could be between 8k to 10k,thus like 70K capacity.. Legendary
@khephar6611 3 жыл бұрын
When filling stadiums wasn't a crime
@martinmonna1674 2 жыл бұрын
I like how she sampled CJB's tonight i need somebody from 3:45
@plantymanaka7249 6 жыл бұрын
i wish i could wake her up.she was realy a queen .her tracks still rocking will make you turmble and roll on dancing floor.love you nokuzola.may her soul rest in peace
@stevenafrikaner1702 8 жыл бұрын
The Undisputable Queen of Vocals...Ma Brrr! Please upload more of her Live Concerts and earlier records too. She was such an inspiration to many singers in Africa and beyond. May her spirit live on forever!
@ndaulinendaulina5715 3 жыл бұрын
And this was live! No lip syncing! I can hear her go breathless. Singing like the record!
@bongingoma9218 7 жыл бұрын
she was a star
@wonkedyonta4537 3 жыл бұрын
natural legend❤, i used to listen to this song at my home where i grew up while my mom was selling alcohol that raised and she still . so whos still here in 2021
@lorrainesteenkamp7201 4 жыл бұрын
She was the best and the legend of SA.
@nankustemela1573 6 жыл бұрын
There will never be another Mabrrr... Her music will live forever!!!
@lyallwilliams 4 жыл бұрын
Live aid wembley 1985 and 1985 Elias park concert probably greatest times in music to go a concert
@mphagatuwani646 4 жыл бұрын
Woooow what a voice , talented. She was a great one in our life time. RIP Brenda Fassie
@MrMokaloba 4 жыл бұрын
2020 I still listen to the song with teary eyes
@socikwafamily5198 4 жыл бұрын
Our Sweet LITTLE Sis still in our hearts-Hello Im 53 now. OMG!!!!!! Ezethu
@bramikewaledownsmichael6748 5 жыл бұрын
I'm proud to hv bn born in the early 80s coz I cn relate very well to this genre even though I was 5yrs by then but everytime I play her music I remember everything tht was happening then
@charliewhite1385 3 жыл бұрын
Brings a smile to myself everytime I hear this.Happy days!!
@margaretchege5218 6 жыл бұрын
Wow those days stadium was full lol Brenda you were and you are till now a STAR and always you will R. I.P Brenda
@vannugejiiko1067 3 жыл бұрын
She was the best ever beautiful voice and dance so well forever missed ❤️🇿🇦🇲🇼🇮🇪
@banksidematt 6 жыл бұрын
We will love you always Brenda. I remember watching this performance on a tv show called Di a Rora Beautiful Brenda RIP x
@lordwickphophi6998 5 жыл бұрын
Elllis Park is sold out!! No cd. Just raw music from full band. 80s were the best when it comes to music. Brenda was just talented ,,unlike the the artists of today.
@deedanielson5482 6 жыл бұрын
How we grew up, the music we listened to. Good memories
@PS-mm3ny 4 жыл бұрын
This is so amazing, the energy of Brenda, the band, the bass!! How she improvises on the lyrics and gets the audience totally engaged!.. Just love it.. Puts a smile on my face every time (and gets me moving hahaha)
@sabelontuli9300 4 жыл бұрын
They trying to make a movie about her? I watched the first 5 seconds of this video and i had already decided that no one can act this out, no one
@jean-pierrecozett4516 4 жыл бұрын
Sho madjozi is my pick
@dopecaption5035 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah because she was hella talented 😍
@Missforexcharts 4 жыл бұрын
Unforgettable moments tht will go on in history
@theegreatestever2420 6 жыл бұрын
THE BASS GROOVE THOUGH! DAMMMM
@mphokolobe5832 3 жыл бұрын
BRENDA FASSIE WAS AND STILL A LEGEND ;HER SOUL MUST CONTINUE TO REST IN PEACE
@vannugejiiko1067 5 жыл бұрын
These new musicians now days can’t even sell the play ground she will never be forgotten I still love Brenda and her music ❤️💔🥀
@constanceadeshina7193 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this beautiful soul was still alive! Putting all other female singers to shame. Rest in perfect peace QUEEN.
@tshepangmokgara992 3 жыл бұрын
The original queen B.......the queen of fill up
@leonkhunanemadihlaba1902 7 жыл бұрын
in the 80's brenda would have filled today's fnb stadium without breaking a sweat
@tshephishosimon 4 жыл бұрын
they would have an overflow at the dome with a live feed bruh
@nhlakaniphoarchie8644 4 жыл бұрын
U are right
@forplay2706 4 жыл бұрын
This woman embodied Greatness!
@musolimusoli8721 4 жыл бұрын
Waa! that crowd lol isalute u brenda
@coyottittocoetzee438 4 ай бұрын
I'm happy for every single person that was here on that day 🔥🔥🔥 you got to experience greatness
@phindabuthelezi6247 8 жыл бұрын
hhe hhe hhe. Fill up the Dome... Casper Nyovest Id like him to fill up Ellis Park. Now these are the real music legends. Jesus so many people. Wow
@patrickphokoane641 7 жыл бұрын
i wish he saw
@dopecaption5035 4 жыл бұрын
Damn I wish I was born then I would have been part of that crowd!🙆♀️🤸♀️💃😭
@nickfreshalive 8 жыл бұрын
to see any of her live performances are a blessing! Thank you!
@pleasedontwhipmemaster2353 4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful woman with amazing talent 😊🎶🎵🎼🎹🥁🙏
@faizavandermerwe7457 3 жыл бұрын
2021🙏R.i.p. Brenda Fassie.
@kingdarxide1218 7 жыл бұрын
she was like the female michael jackson of SA
@morerimesho6443 7 жыл бұрын
Of Africa
@gracekizza2514 7 жыл бұрын
true
@philanimabaso6699 7 жыл бұрын
i thing the right words are, she was like Brenda Fassie of SA kuphela nje
@bd3825 7 жыл бұрын
No Philani that's what you believe, but Brenda was an African in every sense of the word. She embraced her African people. She traveled the continent and even sang in many of our languages. Her music is known and loved all over Africa.
@reshaadkolia9285 6 жыл бұрын
+Bass Mainer 100%
@pekenjos 3 жыл бұрын
OMG, not even the great Celine Dion or Lady Gaga can draw a crowd like this!! Absolutely bloody amazing! What a super super star she was!!
@arlenebetton 3 жыл бұрын
2021 RIP King KUMBI M. Keeping it Klassy neva Thrashy. I miss and live you
@lennyreed5119 8 жыл бұрын
Fav song I'm English some boy played it twenty Years ago to me I loved it ever since esp tonight need somebody
@bclaw35 2 жыл бұрын
Best live performance I've seen ever... so much life and probably THE most beautiful VOICE too ✨
@MongameliPranks 8 жыл бұрын
goddess of art ! fav of all time ! the best!
@warewolf4760 3 жыл бұрын
RIP You Beautiful Legend♡ Thank you for being part of our lives.
@gugumpanza3665 4 жыл бұрын
Its 2020 and I still love her, my baby daddy was just playing this song now.....That is why I'm here🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 she was the Best of the best.💖💖.
@teresamagaia7882 5 жыл бұрын
Brenda era uma Diva. Saudades.
@frica466 3 жыл бұрын
Gone are those days when we were young and used to jive for Ma Bree songs ...The Legend ..The Queen🤗🤗
@thinancayiyana9365 Жыл бұрын
Then she goes to tonight i need somebody by CJB,Brenda was just too good,we lost a legend in her.
@godfreymthetho5416 9 ай бұрын
😮 Looks like the whole world was there
@ellaterry3236 4 ай бұрын
I love you Brenda
@sibusisomashaba3708 6 жыл бұрын
This woman was major. I cannot believe how packed the stadium was.
@christianthwala4183 4 жыл бұрын
She was so talented and amazing performer. What a star she was.
@nadinebrock 4 жыл бұрын
I miss Mabrrrr's spirit and energy 😔💞💐
@do3807 4 жыл бұрын
😭
@iyaboobidare-giwa2914 4 жыл бұрын
Rip one of the best singer from mother continent
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