The Golden Voice from Burkina Faso in a track that has become a “classic”: Taximan (n’est pas gentil).
Like the previous post (Maitre Gazonga), most of this music was recorded in Abidjan during the 80s, where so many musicians from various countries met and worked together, creating a giant & rich melting pot of music in all styles.
Amadou Traoré (March 8, 1944 – August 27, 2014) was better known as Amadou Balaké. He joined Africando at some point in his career.
6 replies on “Amadou Balaké – Taximan (n’est pas gentil)”
great 🙂 chorus could be about (some) berlin taxi drivers 🙂
Barbara Muerdter and Parisian taxis, the worst on earth (as told by tourists)
there is a big discussion here because some taxi drivers massively rip off tourists (to the chagrin of the “good” taxidrivers), but also some taxidrivers are just really unfriedly to everyone…but that’s the reputation of the original Berliners anyway, that they are quite rough in their ways…
Just downloaded the song for my collection by the way, really like the sound of it…
If you can find the 3 * 3 Golden Afrique albums (either CD or digital) they’re worth the price.
Yes, I put them on my wish list at Amazon (I know it is not the best place to buy music), so I can download them if I have some extra money….Thanks for the tip!