Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Stop the Music. Please!

i dont know about the Nigerian musicians but i remember the pathos of Cacofonix's slim frame vibrating with his own certainty of his musical ability while his neighbors absolutely feared the discordant power of his music which had a negative effect even on non-humans.

The invading Romans, forever trying to overrun his Gaulish village, could be defeated in their repeated efforts by the sheer terror created by the music of Cacofonix.

thanks

toyin

On 3 July 2011 01:13, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:

In my youth, my favourite cartoon character was a musician called appropriately, Cacofonix in the comic Asterix. Cacofonix was so awful, each time he threatened to play music, he was quickly tied to a tree and his mouth sealed to ensure no instrument met his lips. Most of today's Nigerian musicians remind me of Cacofonix. From D'banj on down, they should all be tied to mango trees and their mouths plugged with fake Naira notes, never ever to play music again ever. Nigerian music is undergoing a major crisis and we should be concerned. Mimicry is the word; mimicry of the worst sort. Just like our jheri-curled accented pastors, Nigerian musicians seem to have figured out that mimicking anything Western pays. And so just as Nigerian pastors are climaxing to the beat of dollars in the pulpit, overdressed characters with contrived accents are shuffling about like drunks on stage, grabbing crotches and convincing the world that there is perhaps not a single musical talent in Nigeria. The lyrics appear to be repetitious odes to materialism, and more troubling, an open invitation to misogyny. The untalented should not profit from their mediocrity.

 

Enjoy the rest of my rant here

 

- Ikhide

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