Fela Kuti - Army Arrangement (LP)

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Army Arrangement LP (1985) Fela Kuti
Songs - Army Arrangement / Cross Examination / Government Chicken Boy
fela.net/discography/
This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official KZfaq channel ( / fela ) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May.
The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.

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@owenekechukwu8887 2 жыл бұрын

Fela was an excellent composer and arranger. His dexterity with the piano and sax were superlatively excellent. We miss you and love you. Rest well.

@user-kw5te9tj3i 3 ай бұрын

Decades after his death, Fela lives on.

@hannahemmink810 3 жыл бұрын

Fela and his band are TOP musicians, THE BEST. EVER. Fela also is the greatest Warrior Prophet Musician that ever toured in this world. His peotry and narration style are unmatched. His daring and his sensitivity also. LOVE FELA , FREE THE PEOPLE! NOW!

@shmillbe3390 5 ай бұрын

Chill big dog

@user-gj9kc7qc6q 5 ай бұрын

Abeg na real upper limit 🇳🇬

@omooduduwanimi7769 2 жыл бұрын

Is such a pity that we AFRICA loose the gifted and talented man like Fela, May your soul continuing resting in peace, I believe your music messages will live forever

@i.165 2 жыл бұрын

God Himself crown Fela has king of Afro beat music. Listen carefully to his composition and lyrics. GREAT MUSIC GENIUS.

@user-mh8nz9hw2q 3 ай бұрын

I,m one of the most luckies person on earth to have been in his concert twice One in Benin and other one lagos,i was 14 to15 when i start listen to his song so i was nick name fela in school then

@zitadeclan 3 жыл бұрын

Fela, the same thing you have been hammering on is still happening in 2020

@TheStl4011 Жыл бұрын

....in 2022

@hilaryokekec2218 Жыл бұрын

exactly

@idabeauty 3 ай бұрын

2024

@kellyoku Жыл бұрын

Baba Kuti, you are a great composer, May your soul rest in peace.

@chembaobyero4651 Ай бұрын

I used to listen to this as a teen and my classmates would ask wtf are you listening to ,I’d give them the earphones and they would say yeah yeah

@AlexanderNwaibe 2 жыл бұрын

Fela was like a prophet; sensed all these mess Nigeria is in now. Only God go save am from this "bad condition", according to Fela Anikolakpo Kuti.

@juwe9516 2 жыл бұрын

Obasanjo is wayo military crook... 16$ Billions electrification funds crawled away under the Atlantic ocean.... Wayo thief. Arranging master.

@josechadlaur7768 3 жыл бұрын

What a perfect music !!!

@muriringim 2 жыл бұрын

The Legend of All times

@nurubaks9213 6 жыл бұрын

This guy play and perform live, its a pity we dont have such again in nigeria

@gehegedrei 3 жыл бұрын

´First record i got from Fela. Blew my mind then. Blows my mind now.

@AAde-or3qz 3 жыл бұрын

E no finish! E no finish! E no finish! E no finish! E no finish! E no finish! E no finish! Baba Fela, e still never finish for ground o.

@tetchijosueaboukoi3030 2 жыл бұрын

Cette musique me donne la chaire de poule bravo à toi mon fan fela kuti un artiste ne meurt jamais

@HapArchery0183 4 жыл бұрын

VIVA AFRICA!!! -- Fela Kuti(From "Viva Nigeria")

@sundayokoro6219 Жыл бұрын

Fella was ahead of his time, and more educated than the military men who catapulted themselves to the national and international stage, with a bloodbath coup. Today, his voice is louder and clearer than his days of torture at the hands of the military. You can kill a man to destroy him. But you can never kill or destroy his ideas. Fela is a tangible example of this philosophical adage. Flea children deserves an apology from OBJ, and all the military leaders after him

@BensonMarkAkinkugbe 2 жыл бұрын

I am a big fan of Fela on the tenor Saxophone, trumpet, and sometimes on the piano but never his fan on the soprano sax 🤣🤣🤣🤣. He was one of the greatest things to have come out of Africa. Wish that Jazz artists could do a tribute album for him just as they did for Bob Marley, Grover Washington, Ray Charles etc. What a delight that'd be. The Bassline (m.m.d.r: m.d.l:) was one of my favorites as a bassist back then

@olagokeabodunde3342 9 ай бұрын

I don't think he was keen on even the piano too. He was all about the wind instruments.

@Gawsonix876 4 ай бұрын

Amazing album.

@talkmouth 7 жыл бұрын

baba fela o. me & you no dey the same category. RIP

@bmuhamad 2 жыл бұрын

I saw Fela perform in Los Angeles, 1986.

@owalude 2 жыл бұрын

You are one of the few lucky ones to have seen him perform live, some of us were not so lucky. RIP Fela.

@etvisland4598 2 жыл бұрын

the music in this is incredible

@timiakinbo2282 5 жыл бұрын

33 years ago, he said Nigeria was all about the friend-know-friend government. Here we are in 2018 and it is the same story! What a man Fela is, or should i say a prophet! 15 billions missing then not missing, very typical Nigeria!

@IUfidi 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you my brother!

@QuiltyVal 4 жыл бұрын

here in russia the same...

@arimiyauolubowale1261 4 жыл бұрын

@@QuiltyVal I'm a Nigerian but currently live in Russia (Moscow). Russia is far better, at least people enjoy social amenities with good standard of living at affordable level. In Nigeria things are very horrible, only the elites can afford what the masses can afford in Russia.

@QuiltyVal 4 жыл бұрын

@@arimiyauolubowale1261 bro) you are in moscow, pls visit other places in russia, moscow is not all of russia

@arimiyauolubowale1261 4 жыл бұрын

@@QuiltyVal I have heard so too. I would .... So Moscow is just like Abuja where most people visit and feel Nigeria is awesome.

@arcane231 Жыл бұрын

Bernard Chomba RIP Love you Brother. 😭

@frankorepsw 8 жыл бұрын

This is one of the 1st tracks I heard from fela.

@felakuti 8 жыл бұрын

+frankorepsw Thanks for going back memory lane from Fela's LP Army Arrangement (y)

@dansatchkabaka4415 6 жыл бұрын

I was lucky to see the very first live performance of this song.

@illitrait 5 жыл бұрын

@@dansatchkabaka4415 - saw this performed as a precocious 14-year old at the Shrine - it must have been around 1980 or 1981 latest. Halcyon days. Fela **never** performed his songs live once they had been released.

@illitrait 5 жыл бұрын

...gotta say, this recording does sound a bit odd - it comes across as rather 'electronic' and not very 'earthy', if you get my meaning.

@bmuhamad 2 жыл бұрын

@@illitrait I believe this is the Bill Laswell mix of this track...

@cetossa Жыл бұрын

Yep : good job as usual, black President Fela... Continue to rest in perfect peace! 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

@markharry4683 7 жыл бұрын

fela is nice man in Nigeria

@frankpaul6324 2 ай бұрын

Let's take a couple of minutes and really think about the level of genius artistic expression it takes for Fela as a composer to be able to use special forms of musical notations to create multiple sets of instructions which each member of his band then applies their individual instruments in other to perform this wonderful piece of musical arrangements, rhythms, pitch, tone, tempo, harmony, and melody that supports the chords. Wow!

@tinatagba9578 3 жыл бұрын

Na wayou government we dey ooo

@rennanjuca 2 жыл бұрын

Atemporal 02/07/22

@mpengezisimthembile1221 2 жыл бұрын

Na soul enjoymentooo

@charlesadekoya7074 10 ай бұрын

❤ Evergreen Vibes! Fela lives on...

@EdwinLawrence-ff4zm Жыл бұрын

Na wetin fela talk still dey happen na wayo government we dey

@faisvillelimited1619 6 жыл бұрын

One day go bi one day...one day go bi one day...those wey dey steal the money for Africa...one day go bi one day...

@olaoyefurniture2291 4 жыл бұрын

One day most be one day ' great legend has spoken.

@ehiskhaleradio Жыл бұрын

Great Album

@realradiotalkwithnigist7774 Жыл бұрын

This is Superb Music ---- Real Music

@kojoman75 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve alway's wonder if military history and the after affect of those who participated in physical war are taught? Like the long ranges affect on those who never claims PTSD; nor share their experiences? Especially those forgotten, or ignored? Those who fought on two-fronts, the VFWs (with arms) and those on the home-front (the survivors) without arms?

@fredericpiters2804 3 жыл бұрын

Je suis un blanc, français. Je l'ai vu en 1978 à Angers. J'étais coltranien. Je le suis resté. Avec lui, car j'ai entendu qu'il étais son héritier... Comment ne pas pense à Africa Brass ?

@tomboldway7274 2 ай бұрын

Foooookingamazing

@ahmedbashir3086 2 жыл бұрын

Wait first, how did Fela see so much? How did he see so much of the future?

@mellow4603 2 жыл бұрын

Nah, he didnt see the future. Our problems have just remained thesame.

@femiogidan791 2 жыл бұрын

Fela was not singing about the future. He was singing about what was happening at the time.

@nglza 8 ай бұрын

@@mellow4603💯 Sir

@osariemenosazuwa7630 6 жыл бұрын

Nice of baba

@akikiaovie 2 жыл бұрын

evergreen

@abiolaisholanke 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, uncle Fela Ransome kuti is an African saxophone legend in Sub-Saharan in 1970s!

@yakeenayodele4912 Жыл бұрын

I beg your pardon,,, This is FOREVER the best. The special gift to the world by God Almighty.

@yakeenayodele4912 Жыл бұрын

No one living now or then ever close to equal to Fela, period!

@akinpelumikayode8387 3 ай бұрын

No, his name is Fela Anikulapo Kuti. No more to slave name "Ransom"

@bmuhamad 5 жыл бұрын

Bill Laswell's version was not Fela's vision. That's all...

@user-hf1mk4hv9z 11 ай бұрын

Legend

@marcokevin4918 Жыл бұрын

My legend

@kincamell2 6 ай бұрын

Gratitude

@G_ism_International Жыл бұрын

Yr videos are sooo perfect 🥰 💞 👌 😍 ❤️ ✨️

@daudaogundimu6176 6 ай бұрын

BABA KUTI EVERGREEN WE LOVE YOU ❤

@chidianokwuru5147 5 жыл бұрын

Abami.......... .......

@piefunk98 2 жыл бұрын

Army Arrangemen 0:00 Government Chicken Boy 29:59

@kasherimilkong1036 Жыл бұрын

Army arrangement in 1979 has begotten a twin in 2023, APC ,Thiefnubu and rogueuersor Mahmoud Yakubu and STEALNEC have given us the most shitty chappy election ever. Big shame on them all. Croone on Baba Fela from your grave. The best and greatest African musician ever! The best bun ch of poetic instrumentalists and music philosophers ever come from the shores of Africa !!!.

@refilwesedibe480 Жыл бұрын

BABA!!!!!

@ChristianAloja-wp6zi 6 ай бұрын

🎉

@SomeGuy56131 Ай бұрын

1:34 This part is not part of the original track. What's going on?

@nglza 8 ай бұрын

🔥🏠

@yelassinacoulibaly819 2 жыл бұрын

🌈🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹👌👌👌🌹❤️❤️❤️🌈

@ElJay2412 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know why the Bill Laswell album is considered 'bad'- personally, i think it's a great album, especially the title track :)

@toksilorin4551 2 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't he stop sucking off Fela's music and get lost?

@newcenterfordeepecology8561 2 жыл бұрын

i think it's just poorly phrased, they're saying the production is bad, not the content. i can't hear the backing vocals well enough, the brass section is a little sloppy compared to other albums, etc.

@mikebeard3524 Жыл бұрын

In case there's any confusion, this version (in this video) is not the Laswell version--the is the Fela version.

@johaneykenboom871 Жыл бұрын

@MuzikJunky 6 жыл бұрын

Is there a definitive version of “Cross Examination” that Fela approved of, rather than the Bill Laswell remix that was on the first edition of the album? Peace.