![]() I’ve always hated surprises but when your mother calls… well, it’s a surprise alright. Mother had called us to come downstairs for a surprise. My siblings and I gathered in the living room. Solomon Linda’s Original Evening Birds – Mbube (ORIGINAL VERSION OF WIMOWEH) Memories: The Lion Sleeps Tonight… Setting Sun ![]() “Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer My memory of the song is tied to my mother… Read on. Much has been said on how Solomon was cheated out of royalties but more on that later. The original song evolved into other versions particularly two popular versions, Wimoweh (US charts, 1952,#6) performed by The Weavers, and The Lion Sleeps Tonight (US charts #1,1961,UK #11) by The Tokens. In 1939, when Solomom Linda and The Evening Birds sang and recorded his famous song – Mbube – for the South African Gallo Record Company, he had no idea that it would eventually earn millions for others, and be recorded internationally by many well known singers of the century from The Weavers, The Tokens, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba, to The Kingston Trio. ![]() The Lion Sleeps Tonight… Lyrics from submitted by Naj Uyanik Happy Hippo & Stan – “ The lion sleeps tonight” Ranters, what are you looking forward to in Borderlands 2? What more would you like to see unveiled about the game so shortly before its release?īorderlands 2 will be available on Septemfor the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.Memories: The Lion Sleeps Tonight… Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh While September isn't that far off, tantalizing trailers like today's make us all the more anxious. Gearbox has drawn some criticism claiming it hasn't taken many evolutionary strides from the original " Diablo with guns," but our hands-on time with Borderlands 2 so far (check out our E3 preview and PAX East preview), while partially validating that notion, has proved that the developer has a firm grip on one of this generation's more entertaining action/RPG franchises. The trailer embodies that perfectly - if a gruesome mass execution is going to take place, it's going to be carried out through a car compacter operated by a 500-pound junkyard mechanic with a heart tattoo over her heart.įresh off a fine showing at E3 - Borderlands 2 received our nominations for Best Shooter and Best RPG - it's good to see the game back in action so soon with everything its fans know best: explosive multi-species battle scenes (replete with immensely customizable weapons and class abilities), vehicle drifting and mech flying, Hyperion Corporation's new space enemies, and, imperatively, Claptrap. Gearbox's stylistic first-person shooter, a sequel to 2009's well-reviewed Borderlands, is an uncharacteristic blend of post-apocalyptic-wasteland all-out warfare, animated personalities, and darkly comic narrative tropes. Oh, and one more thing about "Wimoweh": in the time-honored tradition of setting blood-soaked kill montages to cheery melodies, songs rarely come in a tidier gift-wrapped package.īorderlands 2shows us why. in 1961 - and it exploded into pop culture consciousness in the 1990's when used to promote the Ace Ventura films and Disney's The Lion King. Its various rhythm-and-blues iterations became the center of several "Wimoweh" revivals - both internationally in the 1950's and as a chart topping hit in the U.S. Since it's going to be in your head for the rest of the day - and whenever you think about Borderlands 2 - we figured a quick background on "Wimoweh" was in order for the uninitiated.Īlso known as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," the song was first composed in 1939 by the South African Zulu musician Soloman Linda.
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