Saturday, 4 October 2014

5. Mr Tembo

5. (of 8) Damon Albarn – Mr Tembo

I've written about this before. So, hit this link for a great song and great video and a great baby elephant:



Do yourself a favour. It's easy to like. The main overlay melody is played on a ukulele.

There's an idea for Christmas!

There's a small gospel choir. In the video above, Albarn spends the song serenading them.

If that's not enough, there's a Later version here:


with strings, but still with an uncluttered feel, and with a big finish a larger than life song deserves.

I've run out of superlatives, so here's some pictures:























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