No award could be big enough. We who listen and tell our friends and family to listen, and then they spread the word. Thats the award. From them, to us.
They are not great because of five Grammy Awards. They are great because they sing the struggle of the people of South Africa. Ladysmith was singing to help break apartheid not get Grammy Awards. White people perspectives are crazy.
Joseph Shabalala is Christian and this music is a fusion of traditional Zulu and Christian gospel musical styles. To young black South Africans, this was their parents' music, as old-fashioned and outmoded as the blues is to young black American fans of rap/hip-hop etc. LBM's enthusiastic reception surprised and dismayed young black South Africans. But the music's basic simplicity, sincerity and goodness have sustained it despite its detractors and allowed it to outlast more transient fads.
U r sooo right. I'm Nigerian too, but wen it coms 2dis Acapella tin, Mzansi r d kings. SA sabi sing die. Their apartheid struggle songs dey carry person 2 anoda realm
As a teenager I heard them practicing across the bushveld just outside of a town called Colenso. It struck as a truly spectacular moment in my world. Tears.
from a Country that instituted something as ugly as apartheid came this slice of wonder and beauty. there is always hope that the light will will overcome the darkness. one love!.
From Chile I salute the great Joseph Shabalala, I´ve just listened about his death,,,,, I´m very sad. It´s a loss for the world...no t only for music...his sweetness , his talent, went through any camera or picture.
This bring back memories. Every time I heard them on the radio I knew my daddy was up cleaning early morning. While making 🇸🇱 rice pap for breakfast and other dishes to follow for lunch and dinner. Oh, how I miss my childhood
Trying the same challenge since covid. It's only takes a week or two of no paycheck to be homeless. This song speaks of challenges we never anticipated.
Sitting here thinking how empty my childhood would have been without your songs. I’m still thanking my Dad for buying your cassettes😅( yea that’s how it was called back then) Big thanks much love❤️❤️🇨🇲
@@amandankhosi2039 This for asking. I’m doing fine. Almost died cuz of Covid end September. Thks to a wonderful sister I made it to live and tell the tale. How are you doing.
@@amandankhosi2039 I’m live in Holland Amsterdam but was born in the Caribbean. A country called Surinam. You might wanna look it op on the map. Moved to Holland in 1965. Married to a Dutch wife now 35 years and going for another 35 years. 2 kids and one wonderful grandson. How bout you.
empfinde bei diesem Lied? viel Wärme - alleine sein und? Weinen...ich hab keine Ahnung WAS das Lied heißt....MICH? berührt es....kenne Text gar nicht - singe dennoch mit...bewege mich nach der Musik - bin unzufrieden....wünsche mir sehr oft: mein Paradies zurück - was mir binnen der Familie genommen wurde - mein damaliger MANN: "kämpfte"nicht darum....auch nicht um das Kind....was ich nie bekommen durfte....es tötete nicht nur das Kind....UCH DIE SOGENANNTE lIEBE ZU IHM
gordana balasko you feel the lyrics not meant for the outsider to understand. It’s to be felt. African native tongue is a deeper understanding and being one with one self
Thulani has such a powerful voice and I am happy that he can keep that standard set by uBaba Shabalala. It was a really lifetime experience watching you guys in Arnhem, the Netherlands 22 September 2022. You are a gift from God to spread peace, love, and harmony to the world.
Thank you, our beautiful brother Joseph Shabalala, for giving us your amazing music, international solidarity, spiritual strength, compassion, and happy energy. We love this song. We miss you, but we will never forget you!
Thank You to the organisers of World Expo88, who brought the group to perform on the Riverside, despite the apartheid in South Africa. Their voices and melodies keep me captivated, even now in November 2022. So long Joseph the group leader.
I remember the group coming to my hometown when I was younger. A little brown girl from a small white city, I was in awe seeing real Africans for the first time. Still one of my fondest memories. their vocals were so amazing.
Who is here with me after the death of the African hero best voice in Africa you will never be forgotten and you will always be remembered. We love you hero rest in perfect peace hero may the almighty God grant you paradise Amen. 😭😭🙏🙏🙏
I love the way the singers interpret the song; - the voices different sections from tenor to deep baritone - are soft and gentle, just like light from the moon. That's why the song to me sounds like a lullaby.
Recently saw them in concert. Truly magical, though couldn't believe how youthful and energetic Prof Joseph Shabalala was until I realized it was one of his sons! Passing down the gauntlet. How wonderful!
LBM just played a couple weeks ago near Washington DC. They were fabulous! Joseph had his son lead off the second half of the concert - he must be about 20. Several older guys still kicked up their legs above their heads. The big hall was sold out and the crowd was wild with delight!
I first listened to this late 90s on Radio Nigeria.. I was so young but I felt this song deeply. Here I am in 2021, and it feels very nostalgic! God Bless Africa, One love 🙌🏼❤️.
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Someone said "there will always be someone who hears this for the first time." I am blessed to be hearing this today
So true well said and bang on
First heard this song performed by Take 6. 😅
It brings tears to my eyes.
The best acapella group of all times with five Grammy awards under their belt what more you can ask for?they are simply the best
Yes 👍
Legendary
No award could be big enough. We who listen and tell our friends and family to listen, and then they spread the word. Thats the award. From them, to us.
They are not great because of five Grammy Awards. They are great because they sing the struggle of the people of South Africa. Ladysmith was singing to help break apartheid not get Grammy Awards. White people perspectives are crazy.
Joseph Shabalala is Christian and this music is a fusion of traditional Zulu and Christian gospel musical styles. To young black South Africans, this was their parents' music, as old-fashioned and outmoded as the blues is to young black American fans of rap/hip-hop etc. LBM's enthusiastic reception surprised and dismayed young black South Africans. But the music's basic simplicity, sincerity and goodness have sustained it despite its detractors and allowed it to outlast more transient fads.
Rest In Peace legend , sleep well 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. Love from Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
i don't understand the song ,but when i listen to it, it makes me proud to be an African.# I LOVE AFRICA
About being homeless
Go to a concert! Their tshirts have translations on the back!
I am Nigerian… but OMG my South African brothers send me into another spiritual realm with this sh** right here … I LOVE IT
U r sooo right.
I'm Nigerian too, but wen it coms 2dis Acapella tin, Mzansi r d kings. SA sabi sing die. Their apartheid struggle songs dey carry person 2 anoda realm
As a teenager I heard them practicing across the bushveld just outside of a town called Colenso. It struck as a truly spectacular moment in my world. Tears.
Ruth C. Box down in KwaZulu
Ruth C. Box time to leave n hand back land now, sorry nothing personal. Good music here!
Wonder guys
You are so lucky - blessed.
Rest in peace baba
Nigerian by birth,South African by soul...loved these guys in SA
It's 2023 and I'm still listening to this wonderful group.
🇫🇯BULA FROM FIJI🇫🇯
Y yo lo descubro.❤
Bula. From UK.
From Nigerian
Me as well THEY ARE TRULY AMAZING AND PHENOMENAL TO THIS DAY
Unfortunately, the leader was stabbed to death in NYC on tour few years ago
There will be always someone who hears to this for the firt time. Here I am. Amazing!
Love from Malawi...I grew up listening to these songs... this is the true definition of Africa!!!
I’m a white guy from Britain and I love ladysmith!
Rest In Peace to the great Joseph Shabalala 😭😭😭😭
Am shocked. I used to listen to his songs.
Joseph Bigboy Shabalala, we miss you.
may the pipes sound the dark island for him--------------------------
Well, now I'm weeping. Beautiful song and comment.
siyanda mashila When did he die!, No!
from a Country that instituted something as ugly as apartheid came this slice of wonder and beauty. there is always hope that the light will will overcome the darkness. one love!.
Sitt´n here with tears in my Eyes...... Hope u will be never homeless again!
This song just finished playing on Obonu FM 96.5 and I just moved here to listen to it again good tune legends love from Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭
71 and still singing like he was 21! Joseph Shabalala
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS GROUP........ The harmony is out of this world! One of the greatest groups in the world!
Rugby na podstawie uchwały podjęte
Cady heron loves it too
One of the greatest a capella (group) performances ever!
RIP Prof Joseph Shabalala you music lives on..
Thank you, Joseph Shabalala, for sharing with us your beautiful voice and stories. RIP 02/11/2020
Don't forget Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masakela- two of the greatest musicians of the modern time.
This song, this group....one of the great spiritual lights of our age.
YES!!
Absolutely yes
Hello dear.
How are you doing over there if I may ask?
@@amandankhosi2039 Just fine. Thank you!
@@sfdint you are welcome my dear,
Am Amanda from South Africa,
Where do you resides in if I may ask?
They play this stuff in HEAVEN.
I pary and hope that there is a God and a Heaven and if Angels are real that they sing in these voices 🙏❤
God.!! Yes..ur discernment
And now Joseph Shabalala sings it to the angels of heaven
Where we originate from
Yeah good call, seriously awesome
Gives me goosebumps over 30 years later.
Hello dear, how are you doing today and how's everything going over there
From Chile I salute the great Joseph Shabalala, I´ve just listened about his death,,,,, I´m very sad. It´s a loss for the world...no t only for music...his sweetness , his talent, went through any camera or picture.
This bring back memories. Every time I heard them on the radio I knew my daddy was up cleaning early morning. While making 🇸🇱 rice pap for breakfast and other dishes to follow for lunch and dinner. Oh, how I miss my childhood
Their voices are soft as butter. This music is so calming to me.💗
Rest in peace great one!
love from Sweden🇸🇪❤️
There will always be only one "Ladysmith Black Mambazo". Proud to be African
2020 and I am still listening
it has a touching story
I am still listening
@@chesiboigeoffrey1237 what is it ? the story
Me too.. harmony from gods
shadwo xii yeah what is it?
Talent will be remembered long after death. These folks are talented.
Sensational. The purity and harmony of their voices and the authentic sounds of my beloved country move me to tears.
you see these people are singin from the heart
this slaps so much harder when you're living in London and miss your home. RIP Joseph Shabalala
And even harder when you are actually fucking homeless. Count your blessings.
Hello dear, how are you doing today and how's everything over there
Its best when youre actually from Ladysmith ❤️, we won't forget you homie. RIP.
Hello dear. How are you doing over there and how's the weather conditions over there?
@@gambu4810 hello dear. How are you doing today and how's everything going over there if I may ask my dear
Ive been lovin this song since it came out.
Im not homeless anymore but i was, once.
Thanks x
Hope your doing well!
Hello dear
Hello dear
How are you doing over there if I may ask?
Trying the same challenge since covid. It's only takes a week or two of no paycheck to be homeless. This song speaks of challenges we never anticipated.
I have an album of theirs, I bought maybe 40 years ago - their beautiful voices in harmony touched my soul so deeply. I love them !!
JS ~ i love Zulu culture bcoz of you
@@mogwerarichardtsatsengseng1103.. Me too.
These men paid the ultimate price to be heard. God bless the surviving members. May the others rest in peace.
Sounds like a literal choir of angels. Magnificent.
Joseph will never die in my collection of his music.
My soul feels cleansed after listening to this 🇿🇦
Rest in peace Shabalala, your music will live to the ends of time
How are you doing today and how's the weather over there
Sitting here thinking how empty my childhood would have been without your songs. I’m still thanking my Dad for buying your cassettes😅( yea that’s how it was called back then) Big thanks much love❤️❤️🇨🇲
Lembra minha infância! Ainda ouvindo e sentindo o mesmo amor que sentia ao ouvir quando era criança! Saúde e paz, aqui do Brasil!
Was watching Legendary tribute... so touched.. RIP king
used to listen this songs with my late mom in Kenya when i was a kid and in 2019 am listening with my kid..what a feeling...
Many are homeless during this COVID-19 pandemic.
It shall come to pass.
Rest in peace 🙏 the legend...
Lol lol
Hello dear, how are you doing today and how's everything going over there
@@amandankhosi2039
This for asking. I’m doing fine. Almost died cuz of Covid end September. Thks to a wonderful sister I made it to live and tell the tale.
How are you doing.
@@johnthijm5113 am quite sorry about that, am all good my dear,
Where do you resides my dear
@@amandankhosi2039
I’m live in Holland Amsterdam but was born in the Caribbean. A country called Surinam. You might wanna look it op on the map. Moved to Holland in 1965.
Married to a Dutch wife now 35 years and going for another 35 years. 2 kids and one wonderful grandson.
How bout you.
Songs like these never die or fade out of fashion.
The iconic Ladysmith ... unsurpassable!
Long live Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Africa's finest crooners!
empfinde bei diesem Lied? viel Wärme - alleine sein und? Weinen...ich hab keine Ahnung WAS das Lied heißt....MICH? berührt es....kenne Text gar nicht - singe dennoch mit...bewege mich nach der Musik - bin unzufrieden....wünsche mir sehr oft: mein Paradies zurück - was mir binnen der Familie genommen wurde - mein damaliger MANN: "kämpfte"nicht darum....auch nicht um das Kind....was ich nie bekommen durfte....es tötete nicht nur das Kind....UCH DIE SOGENANNTE lIEBE ZU IHM
Erastus Ngemu
i like the song but i dont understand lyrics
gordana balasko you feel the lyrics not meant for the outsider to understand. It’s to be felt.
African native tongue is a deeper understanding and being one with one self
I saw them in concert and they were incredible.
Respect to all South African 🇿🇦 zulu tribes ❤ love and eternal peace from England 🏴 🇬🇧 ❤
Undoubtedly THE very best acapella group in the world, ever.
Wonderful Choir. Seeing them live is a real treat.
This fills me with joy. God Bless all the people of South Africa. Your struggles don't go unnoticed.
Thulani has such a powerful voice and I am happy that he can keep that standard set by uBaba Shabalala. It was a really lifetime experience watching you guys in Arnhem, the Netherlands 22 September 2022. You are a gift from God to spread peace, love, and harmony to the world.
today 4th November im still listening to the songs
Thank you, our beautiful brother Joseph Shabalala, for giving us your amazing music, international solidarity, spiritual strength, compassion, and happy energy. We love this song. We miss you, but we will never forget you!
Sparkling. Gives me a warm feeling all over.
honestly who would dislike such a song...
Katy Herron
I saw this concert in 1992. Beautiful in both its pain and joy!
Oh, this music is heaven to listen to. Blessed Be.
still enjoying this 27.07.2019...I love Africa.
Thank You to the organisers of World Expo88, who brought the group to perform on the Riverside, despite the apartheid in South Africa. Their voices and melodies keep me captivated, even now in November 2022. So long Joseph the group leader.
Since the 80's, this song has been echoing in my head on backcountry hikes as well as at work. Absolutely sublime.
if there turns out to be an eternity - then I want to spend it listening to Ladysmith Black Mambazo , they are superb!
One of the greatest groups of all time
A luta continua , saudações do Brasil .
Rest in peace our legend babu Joseph Shabalala. This song reminds me of ubabomkhulu wami who paased away in 2006.
I remember the group coming to my hometown when I was younger. A little brown girl from a small white city, I was in awe seeing real Africans for the first time. Still one of my fondest memories. their vocals were so amazing.
Your group has a lot of magic and heart that goes all the way deep in the soul.
Musical perfection!
Proud African , birth of humanity and civilization, our hospitality and goodness let us to be duped by our fellow human brothers 😭😭😭
We miss you already, Sir, Joseph Shabalala. Your music lives forever. RIP, our wish from the world.
God, this is gorgeous...
I’m not telling a lie I found their cd in a dumpster when I was skating as a young punk but ive loved them ever since
That is amazing and so random.
Grace
Destiny
I'm from Kenya 🇰🇪 & I love their songs
Have loved these guys for a long time.
Who is here with me after the death of the African hero best voice in Africa you will never be forgotten and you will always be remembered. We love you hero rest in perfect peace hero may the almighty God grant you paradise Amen. 😭😭🙏🙏🙏
i grew up listening to you Black Mambazo!!
CATE RIRA AMAZING!! My dad would always listen to this!!!
Proud South African👏👏😩🌸🌸
Am just 25 years old..but I love this guys..I wish I was born earlier to enjoy the world at that time...when the world was still a pure one.
2020 R.I.P baba Shabalala you played your part you lived your mark in this world
I love the way the singers interpret the song; - the voices different sections from tenor to deep baritone - are soft and gentle, just like light from the moon. That's why the song to me sounds like a lullaby.
Pure love from your neighbour Namibia 🇳🇦, still enjoying this In 27.08.2019
I loved these song so much 🤣 it's a blessing am alive today
Recently saw them in concert. Truly magical, though couldn't believe how youthful and energetic Prof Joseph Shabalala was until I realized it was one of his sons! Passing down the gauntlet. How wonderful!
Music and song with real passion and feeling. Thank you Joe S and his crew for giving us this treat.
The greatest group that South Africa has produced.
LBM just played a couple weeks ago near Washington DC. They were fabulous! Joseph had his son lead off the second half of the concert - he must be about 20. Several older guys still kicked up their legs above their heads. The big hall was sold out and the crowd was wild with delight!
Stunning. Beautiful harmonies
I have loved this group since I first heard them years ago on the Graceland album. What wonderful voices.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo....thank you...you make my heart soar when it is sad.....
I first listened to this late 90s on Radio Nigeria.. I was so young but I felt this song deeply. Here I am in 2021, and it feels very nostalgic! God Bless Africa, One love 🙌🏼❤️.
Rest In Peace, Mr. Shabalala. And thank you for the memories and the music.
🇿🇦 KwaZulu Natal- Ladysmith(Emnambithi) ✊✊
The songs i grew up listening each day
I'm just 21 but my dad made me listen to it with him now it's stuck in my head❤❤❤❤
I love the dark velvet voices. Harmony...beautiful.
This is such a powerful song. Always love listening to it.
Will you support me in getting Mental Hospitals opened
I still listen to their songs, wow. These songs touch the very core of my soul
Beautiful harmonies pleasure vivid nonplussed exposure to brilliant world singers, thank you so much
They are legends need more views and likes