While trying to make a list of CDs to request from India, I remembered this band that everyone was so crazy about in India in the late 1970s. On a whim I googled the name and the results included a link to a video on youtube. And there they were- dancing and singing "Daddy Cool"with the fantastic Bass music in the back ground. I was transported back. I was barely a teen (Or was I?). Grown-ups dancing. Lots of color and sunshine (Was it a party for Holi?) I could even smell the beer, the biryani and the Thums- Up (No, did'nt get to do the beer till much later-ok, omit the much- but the smell was all around).
And then there were other links from this link ("Hooray, Hooray. It's a holiday", "Sunny", "Still I am Sad", "Rasputin", "Brown Girl in the ring" and ofcourse "Rivers of Babylon"). Played them over them so many times that my eight year old was humming "Hooray Hooray" by day two!
I remember the immense popularity of these LPs and they were being played everywhere and everyday, being played so often that after a while we all became sick of them and graduated to other bands (Dire Straights, Pink Floyd et al- or was there something else before them- Doobie Brothers?) and never heard this music again. Anyone still listening to Boney M was now considered ghati and uncool.
And this last week hearing the songs again was magical. The music still has the power to bring a smile to one's lips, uplift the soul and break into dance after all these years.
"She's crazy like a fool...."
4 comments:
Veddy cool blog.
What a creative spirit you are.
Veddy nice photograph.
An artist, forsooth.
No way! Remember I had to with some difficulty, it was Ra Ra Rasputin & Daddy Cool that brought all the memories rushing back!
Boney M, BeeGees, ABBA...and not to forget Cassius Clay
The funny thing is the almost complete ignorance about this group in the US. Any idea why?
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