Bongos, not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Classic Rock and Roll. Maybe if you think about Santana then yes, but who else other than comes to mind? I bet Ted Nugent didn’t even come within 10 miles of your thoughts. Yet here he is batting cleanup on a Bongos playlist! Whodda thunkit?!
Most sources on Afro-Cuban cultural history argue that the bongo derives from Central African (Congo/Bantu) drum models, noticeable in the open bottoms. Also a Santería influence from Yoruba culture in the symbolic "twin" drum is assumed. The strong historical presence of Africans from the Congo/Angola region in Eastern Cuba (where the bongo first appeared) makes such an influence probable. Moreover, Central African/Congo influences are also documented in the Cuban son music genre, including changüí, and initially the development of the bongo drum went parallel with these genres. From such conceptual African drum models, the bongo developed further in Cuba itself, and some historians state that the attaching of the two drums was a later invention that took place in Cuba.
Who knew!
Your task? Name some more Classic Rock tracks that have easily discernable bongos on them… Go ahead … give it try!
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The first, who comes to my mind is Mickey Finn from T-Rex. Not that he was any good, though. Probably the reason why I thought of him.
L's L: Never heard of these dudes. It sounds okay, even though the style is too funky or whatever. Occaisionally it suits me fine, and apparently it suits me fine right now, because I dig it Nice bass!! A good riff too!!
MH : I can't remember if I ever bought a MH-album, but I remember those cool album-covers in the 70's I think, thinking it was heeeaayy.....but it wasn't really. This sounds nice. Classic rock, but it doesn't really sound like it's from 1981. More like 1978. I like it. 2 out of 2!!!
I'll bet, I won't like this one, though:
PB: I was right.
TN: Yeah well, it's okay, a little bit boring, but nice solo's, off course. I didn't hear that much Nugent back in the day. Do I regret? No really.
2.5 out of 4 is what I can give you.
As usual a very good idea, though.
I think The Beatles used bongo's on "An I Love Her"?! And Sympathy For The Devil, one of my absolute favorite RS-songs.
my firs thought when I lead off with LeRoux was "Niels will hate this one"... so Im pleasantly surprised!
Glad that you posted a song off an L/F album that was posted less than a year ago. Running out of ideas and needed my help (like you did with the one and only original spectacular one-of-a-kind bestest truest rulling above all others post of greatest closing album tracks of all time)? I mean I'm glad to help you out, but throw something my way, ya know?
And then it just goes downhill with a track off of Pat Benatar's "Tropic" album WHICH DOES OT EXIST!!!!!! Where are you pulling this stuff from?
I'm not mad at you, I'm just........disappointed.
I can now only sigh in exasperation.
That LL song is funky to the max. Forget the bongos, I'm digging the peeano solo!
That Nugent cover must have scared quite a few parents because he looks so, well, scary. The more I look at it, the more freaky it is. Wonder who's idea that was. Would make a nice Halloween mask.
You didn't mention Ricky Ricardo. I think every song he did had bongos. Maybe not, I hated that show. But he looked like a bongo guy.
Peeano solo coming up again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually did recall your MH post of yore, and it did bring up fine memories indeed! Thank you sir... And that typo find? Great catch! I will fix it ASAP!
I must admit to being surprised that the LeRoux track went over as well as it did... They are a cool band!
So you "fixed" it......
....and yet, it's still wrong.
that's what I get for working and reading this site at the same time! I stand corrected... And this is an album I really like to! Pat would be mad at me...
the 'a' is struck through - its called truth in editing...
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