Confusion is a 1975 studio album by Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti (pictured) and his band. It was arranged, composed, and produced by Kuti, who emphasized his African heritage and nationalism on the album. Confusion is a commentary on post-colonial Lagos and its lack of infrastructure and proper leadership. Kuti's pidgin English lyrics depict difficult conditions in the city, including frenetic, multilingual street markets and inextricable traffic jams at Lagos' major intersections. Confusion is a one-song Afrobeat album with an entirely instrumental first half featuring free form interplay between Kuti's electric piano and Tony Allen's percussion. It leads to an extended mid-tempo section with polyrhythms by Allen and tenor saxophone by Kuti, who follows with call-and-response vocal passages. Since the record's release by EMI, it has been praised by music critics, who found it exemplary of Kuti's Afrobeat style and recommended it as a highlight from his extensive catalog. In both 2000 and 2010, Confusion was reissued and bundled with Kuti's 1973 Gentleman album.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
2333 BC:
According to Korean legend, Dangun, the "grandson of heaven", established Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangun
1952:
The United Kingdom successfully completed a nuclear test to become the world's third nuclear power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hurricane
1963:
Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Honduran President Ramón Villeda Morales in a violent coup and initiated two decades of military rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
1981:
The hunger strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at HM Prison Maze in Belfast ended after seven months and ten deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike
2008:
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, establishing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to as a bailout of the U.S. financial system, was enacted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program
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Männlein: A little man; a dwarf, a mannikin. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/M%C3%A4nnlein
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back. --Gore Vidal https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal