Hibbert, who won the 2005 Grammy for Best Reggae album for True Love, died a few weeks after releasing Got To Be Tough, his latest album in a decade. “We would be standing in a Number 9 matatu going to Eastleigh, it was uncomfortable but some of the discomforts of standing and pushing against each other were taken away by the music. When they were doing that song, they were simply expressing themselves,” she said. “They did justice to the song and it became a massive hit. “You will know the song, maybe several versions of it, even if you cannot tell who recorded it.”Ĭatherine Ndonye, the presenter of the Sundowner show on KBC radio had praise for the latter versions of the song, but still had adulation for the original version. Chaka Demus and Pliers Party Mix - (Remix, remix) 91 recommend us 11,399 Customer Reviews. “ Bam Bam is one of those songs,” he says. Njoroge, who ran the hugely popular DS Club at the Nairobi Showground, says there is music that transcends the artiste. The theme of Bam Bam is about a righteous man, who, if provoked, will not hesitate to defend himself. The Maytals won Jamaica’s National Popular Song Contest in 1966 with Bam Bam. In Africa, Tiwa Savage sampled the hook in her Girlie O remix and even lesser-known Nigerian artistes such as Ketchup who made a splash in the music industry with Pam Pam which included samples of the song. “The owner of the bar would be angry because people are not drinking, everybody would be on their feet,” Njoroge said.
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