Boonoonoonoos
Boney M.
℗ 1982 Atlantic Records ATL 50852
By the turn of the 1980s, German production whiz Frank Farian had transformed his pet project Boney M into a successful worldwide phenomenon. As a result, he decided to push the group in a more ambitious direction with their next outing, the double-album Boonoonoonoos. Since the disco sound that had contributed to the group's fame was quickly dying out, Farian downplayed dance rhythms on this set in favor of international-flavored pop in the vein of ABBA. The strongest example of this development is "Consuela Biaz," a tale of revolution in a Latin American country done in the style of ABBA's "Fernando." Elsewhere, the group tries on a number of different styles that cover everything from synth-pop ("Silly Confusion") to African-styled worldbeat ("Malaika"). The best of these experimental tracks is "Ride to Agadir," an exciting tale of religious revolution that starts as a beautifully harmonized a capella tune and builds into a grandiose orchestrated epic. The problem with Boonoonoonoos is that it lacks the strong material necessary to sustain a double album. A number of the tracks merely take one hook and run it into the ground via endless repetition (the title track) while other songs rely on Farian's glossy production to sell their lackluster melodies ("Breakaway"). Ultimately, Boonoonoonoos is another example of a double album that would have probably made a really good single album. It has enough worthwhile tracks to hold the interest of hardcore Boney M enthusiasts, but casual listeners would probably be better off tracking down its highlights on a compilation. — Donald A. Guarisco. |
- 1. Boonoonoonoos [04:40]
- 2a. That's Boonoonoonoos [05:56]
- 2b. Train to Skaville
- 2c. I Shall Sing
- 3. Silly Confusion [07:18]
- 4. Ride to Agadir [05:11]
- 5. Jimmy [04:09]
- 6. African Moon [03:02]
- 7. We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World) [06:33]
- 8. Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoy) [04:21]
- 9. Malaika [03:26]
- 10. Consuela Biaz [04:37]
- 11. Breakaway [04:18]
- 12. Sad Movies [03:23]
- 13. Goodbye My Friend [05:26]
bonus:
- 14. Felicidad (Margherita) [extended original version] [04:34]
- 15. Strange [03:29]
Участие в альбоме:
- Liz Mitchell: vocals
Тексты:
Boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos give me Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos little bit Boonoonoonoos Let me tell you of a feeling That is spreading to the land It will give you good vibrations It will help you understand Boonoonoonoos that's Boonoonoonoos It will help you love your neighbour It will turn you to the light It will make you come out jammin' From the morning till the night Boonoonoonoos that's Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos give me Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos little bit Boonoonoonoos Everywhere the sun is shining There's a sweetness in the air Can you feel a new day rising On the people ev'rywhere Boonoonoonoos that's Boonoonoonoos We can split a tiny atom We can walk upon the moon It's been too long coming on us Gonna hear about it soon Boonoonoonoos that's Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos give me Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos little bit Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos give me Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos little bit Boonoonoonoos
That's Boonoonoonoos
Bo Bo Bo Boonoonoonoos Bo Bo Bo Boonoonoonoos Yippee Train To Skaville Ska Ska Ska Jamaica Ska Ska Ska Ska Jamaica Ska Out in Skaville there Is a very big fair Where the music plays So come on and share Boonoonoonoos, that's Boonoonoonoos When it's friday night And you're feeling alright And you got your girl And she's holding you tight Boonoonoonoos, that's Boonoonoonoos Do you dig that sound Keep on dancing around Do the best you can Get your feet off the ground Boonoonoonoos, that's Boonoonoonoos Do not try to hide Come on stay by my side If you catch the beat Then you're feeling alright Boonoonoonoos, that's Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos.....If you feel alright Boonoonoonoos.....If you dance tonight Boonoonoonoos.....Take a train to Skaville Fair Boonoonoonoos.....Take your dancing shoes Boonoonoonoos.....Then you cannot lose Boonoonoonoos.....Get a train and do not care I shall sing, sing my song Be it right, be it wrong In the night, in the day Anyhow it's outasight I shall sing La La La La La La La La With my heart, with my soul For the young, for the old When I'm high, when I'm low When I'm fast, when I'm slow I shall sing I shall sing, sing my song Be it right, be it wrong In the day, in the night Anyhow it's outasight I shall sing La La La La La La La La I shall sing, sing my song I shall sing, sing my song I shall sing, sing my song Be it right, be it wrong In the day, in the night Anyhow it's outasight I shall sing La La La La
Silly Confusion
Meet me on the moon very very soon Meet me on the stars Jupiter and Mars Fly me to a star Burning out in space shining on my face Fly me through the night on your Silver Wings Over crystal seas Valleys of the Kings By the lilac shore where the dragon flies In the diamond skies Silly Silly Confusion And tangle of wild illusion We're living in a wonderworld of fantasy We spent all our times in sweet living dreams It's a Silly Silly Confusion Like a flower of wild profusion You can do the things in life You always wanted to Within your heart you know it always will come through Take me for a ride in your Dream-Machine To a time and place where no one has been Let me look upon worlds I've never seen In your Dream-Machine Fly me to a star burning out in space Let me feel the light shining on my face Sail on solar winds sail on silver birds Through the universe Silly Silly Confusion... It's a Silly Silly Confusion... Silly Silly Confusion... It's a Silly Silly Confusion... Silly Silly Confusion Silly Silly Confusion
Ride to Agadir
They rode in the morning Casablanca to the west On the Atlas Mountain foothills leading down to Marakesh For Mohammed and Morocco We had taken up our guns For the ashes of our fathers and the children of our sons. For the ashes of our fathers and the children of our sons. In the dry winds of summer They were sharpening the blades. They were riding to act upon the promise we had made. With the fist and the dagger With the rifle and the lance We will suffer no intrusion from the Infidels of France. We will suffer no intrusion from the Infidels of France. Ride, ride, ride, ride to Agadir. Ride, ride, ride, ride to Agadir. They could wait no more In the burning sands on the ride to Agadir. Ride, ride, ride, ride to Agadir. Like the dogs of war For the future of this land on the ride to Agadir. Ride, ride, ride, ride to Agadir. Though they were waiting And they were fifty to our ten They were easily outnumbered by a smaller force of men. As the darkness was falling They were soon to realize We were going to relieve them of their God-Forsaken lives. We were going to relieve them of their God-Forsaken lives. They could wait no more In the burning sands on the ride to Agadir. Ride, ride, ride, ride to Agadir. Like the dogs of war For the future of this land on the ride to Agadir. Ride, ride, ride, ride to Agadir. They rode in the morning Casablanca to the west On the Atlas Mountain foothills leading down to Marakesh For Mohammed and Morocco We had taken up our guns For the ashes of our fathers and the children of our sons. For the ashes of our fathers and the children of our sons.
Jimmy
Jimmy, my heart is full of love, only true love, and its wisdom and visions are you. (Baby baby, there's no returning) Jimmy, there's words unspoken and unbroken, only you can ensure everlasting. (Baby baby, my love is you) Jimmy, I would like to drive your car, it don't matter how long, how far. Jimmy, you can have my loving heart and key and all. Jimmy, I would like to wear your ring, all your love songs I sure will sing. Jimmy, you can have my loving heart and key and all. Jimmy, if you only knew all that I felt for you, you wouldn't question me with a doubt. Jimmy, my heart is full of love, only true love, and its wisdom and visions are you. (Baby baby, there's no returning) Jimmy, there's words unspoken and unbroken, only you can ensure everlasting. (Baby baby, my love is you) Jimmy, I would like to drive your car, it don't matter how long, how far. Jimmy, you can have my loving heart and key and all. Deep and deeper I keep falling, falling in love with you. Even in times of hard depression, I stay in love with only you. Jimmy, I would like to drive your car, it don't matter how long, how far. Jimmy, you can have my loving heart and key and all. Jimmy, I would like to wear your ring, all your love songs I sure will sing. Jimmy, you can have my loving heart and key and all.
African Moon
African Moon Roll with the mighty waves We'll be there soon Feel the winds as we sail on home to African Moon African Moon My heart beats like the drum Now it is noon Loved ones we left behind I'll see again African Moon African Moon I will see you once more Yes again I'll adore the real sound of the drum Oh yes I'm sailing feel your hot sun African Moon African Moon Looking out to the sea A reunion there'll be in the evening sun Oh there's a new life that's awaiting me African Moon African Moon This land is my rightful home We'll never roam You'll weep fou your sons no more and daughters African Moon Hold up your head One day you'll be understood Stand and be proud Your sorrows are gone for good Hold up your head And you'll be satisfied!
We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)
I see mushrooms, atomic mushrooms. I see rockets, missiles in the sky. Day by day, more and more, Where will this lead to and what is this good for? Poor World, Poor World. Concrete's rising up, where yearerday was park you heard the Robin's Song Heavy tractor runs where air was clean and cool make money, bringing fuel. Where will this lead to and what is this good for? A Poor World, Poor World. Fishes doomed to die as people live close by and oaktree falls with moon Parking lots will come with flowerfields were bright as junkyard covers sight! Where will this lead to and what is this good for? Poor world, is hurting bad, Poor world, is doomed to die. We kill the world kill the world We surely do In peace we do! We kill the world kill the world 'cause we don't know what we are doing! We kill it One by one Don't realize! And nuclear piles stand like monuments of destruction throughout over the country Promenades must go so cars can drive in row New Fact'ry towers tall Farmhouse had to fall No flowers in the air pollution everywhere. Where will this lead to and what is this good for? A Poor world, Poor World. Oceans in despair There's rubbish everywhere The seaweed chokes in mud Nature's had her lot With nuclear waste and rot And mushrooms bloom as clouds. Where will this lead to and what is this good for? Poor world, is hurting bad, poor world, is doomed to die. We kill the world... Don't kill the world don't let her down. Do not destroy basic ground. Don't kill the world our means of life. Lend ear to nature's cry. Don't kill the world She's all we have, And surely is worth to save. Don't let her die, fight for her trees, Pollution robs air to breathe. Don't kill the world help her survive And she'll reward you with life And don't just talk, Go on and do the one, who wins is you. Cherish the world, A present from God On behalf of all creatures, made by the Lord Care for the earth, Foundation of life Slow progress down help her survive
Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoy)
Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Down the ocean a ship comes sailing through the waves Filled with hundreds of men they take as slaves Just long for their true Homeland Africa And to be saved they want to be free Men women and babyslaves Coming to the land of liberty, liberty Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi... They are tired of waiting for a brand new day Some of them sing and chant some of them pray And some men got a little tired too No one knows if the journey pay Men women and babyslaves Coming to the land of liberty, liberty Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi Ship Ahoi...
Malaika
Malaika na ku pende malaika malaika na ku pende malaika na me nee sen yeh yeh nekka na mum see oh nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika malaika na ku pende malaika malaika na ku pende malaika na me nee sen yeh yeh nekka na mum see oh nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika Kede gae no kuwa sa kede ge kede gae no kuwa sa kede ge ingge ku owa mailiway ingge ku owa da da nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika Malaika na ku pende malaika malaika na ku pende malaika na me nee sen yeh yeh nekka na mum see oh nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika Posa sa sum boura rohoyangoo peas sa sum boura rohoyangoo ingge ku owa da da ingge ku owa mama nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika nassin dwala mali sinawy ingge ku owa malaika Malaika no ku pende malaika malaika na ku pende malaika
Consuela Biaz
In the hills above Freno By a shiny mountain stream A young man laid where he fell In the ruins of his dreams He looked into the sky Happy to see that the dawn was slowly breaking And the women knelt beside him Consuela Biaz Consuela Biaz she knelt there and gently She bathed his wounds And he kissed her trembling fingers Consuela Biaz Consuela Biaz she knelt there and gently She bathed his wounds And he kissed her trembling fingers Consuela Biaz In the town San Domingo As we laughed and danced all night To the thrub of flamingo guitars Seemed a long long way from tomorrow's fight He came from over the sea Full of the passion of when You were born to be free From the Valley of Ronda Consuela Biaz Consuela Biaz she knelt there and gently She bathed his wounds And he kissed her trembling fingers Consuela Biaz Consuela Biaz from the Valley of Ronda To the hills above Freno Just to die against her shoulder Consuela Biaz I'm sorry if I have failed you
Breakaway
Papa said don't go to discos Mama said don't play with boys Sister said stop all romancing Brother said stop all your noise Breakaway ha, ha breakaway Breakaway ha, ha breakaway Papa said ain't working harder Better stay and work through the night Come over here and sit in my lap now You might get a rise if you do what is right Breakaway ha, ha breakaway Breakaway ha, ha breakaway Got to tear off your chains Pull up your roots Pack up your money And put on back your boots and breakaway Breakaway ha, ha breakaway Breakaway ha, ha breakaway Stand up boy, down at the disco Say I like you, will you dance on with me Say I love you, you're the girl I've been wanting Maybe some day you can marry me Breakaway ha, ha breakaway Breakaway ha, ha breakaway Got to tear off your chains...
Sad Movies
Sad movies always make me cry Sad movies always make me cry He said he had to work, so I went to the show alone. They turned down the lights and turned the projector on. And just as the news of the world started to begin, I saw my darling and my best friend walking in. Although I was sitting right there they didn'n see me. And so they both sat right down in the front of me. And when he kissed her lips then I almost died. And in the middle of the colour cartoon I started to cry. Oh Sad movies always make me cry Sad movies always make me cry Sad movies always make me cry Sad movies always make me cry And so I got on up and slowly I walked on home, And Mama saw the tears and said "Baby what is wrong". And so just to keep from telling her a lie, I just said "Sad movies makes me cry". Oh Sad movies always make me cry Sad movies always make me cry Sad movies always make me cry Sad movies always make me cry
Goodbye My Friend
Whirlwind you must know he can't leave Ever since he was young he had known what a man should know With no hatred inside Whirlwind take the wife and the child Find the trail that leads south To the lands they have given you The new home for your tribe Brother of Blood I have heard that the soldiers are two moons away They come with many guns And death is waiting for a brave man such as you Goodbye my friend you must be on your way Down through the canyons we wait and we pray Goodbye my friend you can linger no more Gun smoke is rising so run to that war Beyond the hills the far horizon In the purple evening sky You'll fild the Valley of Walhalla There when you die