Little Tasja

The Danish/Jamaican reggae star Natasja has died. I still can't believe it. I was in my house in the Danish countryside writing my usual stuff, when I heard it. Even now after having returned to city it doesn't seem right that she is not here anymore.

In honor & remembrance of her I will continue playing her Denmark song, which shows how she was - direct, honest & alive.

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local warmings said…
"White African" always reminds a song by Claude Nougaro (a famous french singer, a little between continents because he was between pop & jazz) about Louis Armstrong. Very nice song and ungorgettable tune.
He begins like this:

"Armstrong I'm not Black
I'm white (on the skin)
When you want sing hope
What a bad luck"
and can say this
"I feel cold, I
Who is white"

A white who would have been black but who finish like this
"when blacks and whites
would be like 2 drops of water"

1)Armstrong je ne suis pas noir
je suis blanc de peau.
quand on veut chanter l'espoir
quel manque de pot.
oui j'ai beau voir
le ciel L'oiseau


Rien rien
rien ne luit là haut
les anges zero
je suis blanc de peau.

2) Armstrong tu te fends la poire
On voit toutes tes dents.
Moi, je broie plutôt du noir
Du noir en dedans.
Chante pour moi ,
louis oh oui

Chante, chante
Chante ça te tient chaud.
J'ai froid oh moi
Qui suis blanc de peau


3)Armstrong la vie quelle histoire
C'est pas trés marrant,
Q'on l'écrive blanc sur noir
ou bien noir sur blanc
on voit surtout du rouge du rouge

sang, sang
sans trêve ni repos.
Qu'on soit, ma foi
Noir ou blanc de peau


4)Armstrong, un jour tôt ou tard
On n'est que des os
Est-c'que les tiens seront noirs
Ce s'rait rigolo
Allez Louis, allé luia

Au-delà de nos oripeaux
Noirs et blanc sont ressemblants
Comme deux gouttes d'eau.

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