The catchy chorus of the song entertained us much in the 1980's and still catches my attention.The Chorus goes like :
Zaminamina hé héHowever a storm is brewing over the song around the blogosphere, the Telegraph of UK features an Article that expresses the disappointment by South African fans.In the World2010Cup News website readers are postulating different but interesting arguments over the World Cup song stating that it could have as well been sang by the Original Band or an African Artiste. To some extent i concur, her chorus is just "too Mzungu".A World Cup song for Africa originally done by Africans could have been done better by Africans...The Somali born K'Naan's song "Waving the Flag "testifies to this.So what is your pick on this?
Waka waka eh eh
Zaminamina zangalewa
Ana wam ah ah
I can see why the South Africans would appreciate an African band - and maybe this desire on their part will encourage bands to write more songs to compete with Shakira's. The more songs they can get on the radio/Internet, the more attention those bands will get while the world watches the soccer matches. I really like Shakira's song in Spanish better than in English, but the African sound is what I like best about both versions. I look forward to hearing whatever the various African bands create!
ReplyDeleteThe Official FIFA World Cup 2010 Song 'Waka Waka' by Shakira has already been released on 28th April 2010 and the song is now available in video format too. The song video is said to have a terrific feel and make you dance and sing along with it.
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