John BEPPU (beppu@taurus.oac.uci.edu)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:04:19 -0800
[ date ] 981125 | Wednesday | 03:28 PM
[ author ] Mark Turner (mturner@netcom.com)
> >
> > first, we have a song sung by 2 French women
> >
>
> The first thing that comes to mind is the new album by
> Les Nubians, on the Higher Octave label. One of the
> better songs is a cover of Sade's "Sweetest Taboo," but
> I don't know if that's the one getting airplay.
>
I think that's it. "Les Nubians" sounds familiar.
<disclaimer hallucinations="possible">
I'm not 100% sure this happened. I just have a
vague recollection suggesting that it might have.
</disclaimer>
On the show, they'll play 4 songs or so, and then
Garth Trinidad (the host) will tell everyone what
what was just played in reverse order.
Anyway, when he announced "Les Nubians", I think
he hesitated a little before deciding to say
"Les Nubians" in a very American fashion (Less Noobians).
As far as Spanish goes, his enunciation has been
excellent, but perhaps he's not familiar enough
with French.
I wonder if he was thinking which would be less
disrespectful--trying to sound French and fscking
it up, or just saying it like an American and
just being honest in his lack of French skills.
I dunno. This just came to mind when I saw the
string "Les Nubians". I think it happened.
On a side note, I'm surprised by how many positive
reactions I got to the 4 Hero album featuring Ursula
Rucker. I'm definitely going to check it out.
thanks.
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