The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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共10首歌曲

艺人: The Tokens
语种: 英语
厂牌: RCA
发行时间: 1961年02月14日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Steve Leggett

The Tokens hit big in 1962 with &The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh),& a recasting of a South African tune that had been an earlier hit for the Weavers (the song had actually been written by Zulu songwriter Solomon Linda and was originally entitled &Mbude&). Infectious and full of a kind of vaguely eerie and ominous wisdom, the song has been a hit many times over in various hands. The Tokens, for their part, tried to repeat the trick several times (although without the lions) in such songs as &A Tale of Two Lovers,& &B'wanina,& and &Monkey Vendor,& all of which are included here in this brief collection from RCA Victor. None of these songs captured the allure of &The Lion Sleeps Tonight,& however, although &Water Prayer& is certainly intriguing and &A Bird Flies out of Sight (Felicidad)& demonstrates a succinct poetic lyric that is certainly a rarity in pop music. There are also two sort of mildly interesting hot rod tunes here, &Little Hot Rod Susie& and &Little Snow White Coupe,& that are no more ridiculous than most of the other songs in the genre, and &Little Snow White Coupe& actually affords the listener a unintentionally fascinating study in the psychology of loving inanimate objects. This collection is far too brief to be the essential Tokens purchase, but as an exercise in how a group tries to follow up a huge hit, it is instructive and surprisingly listenable.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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