Sunday, November 16, 2008

Daddy Cool



I like cheap music videos. African, Reggae, and some country and bluegrass videos I see seem to have particularly homely production values. The music is usually something I haven't heard so they have a built-in interest value. The production values make them seem accessible and more genuine.

That said:

Boney M is some kind of West German genetic experiment in Pop. From the mighty mighty Wiki Wiki:

"Boney M. was a German pop and disco group created by West German record producer Frank Farian."

They swam in the same primordial muck as Northern European super poppers Abba.


Rivers of Babylon:



Brown Girl in the Ring (the most euro-pop sounding of the three)

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

It really does sound a bit ABBA-esque. I dug the first song a lot, with the disco violins. Thanks for sharing.