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 Here Comes The Sun vs La Primavera by AfroBeatles 

The AfroBeatles celebrate the release of our brothers, Ocote Soul Sounds', new album "Taurus" dropping soon on ESL Music.

Yes, AfroBeatles is traditionally Fela Kuti and Beatles mashes but, we will occasionally explore the recordings of bands that are heavily influenced by Baba (Fela).Heading up that list is the mighty Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra which has been for years preserving the riddims established by Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and others.

One of the founding members of Antibalas, Martin Perna (Sax, Flute, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Production) has a dope, dare I say, side-group, Ocote Soul Sounds with his production partner Adrian Quesada.These cats have been dropping dope original afro-latin-soul-funk grooves since '06 and you need to cop ALL their records.

If you aren't hip to these dudes, The AfroBeatles are happy to introduce, Ocote Soul Sounds with a cut off their new album "Taurus" entitled "La Primavera" or "The Spring" for the latino-challenged amongst us.How perfect to find a song about the winter ending and the spring beginning right when we are pining for that exact transition to occur."La Primavera" is the perfect conceptual groove-vehicle to smash with The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun" which is, after all, roughly the same lyrical concept.

"La Primavera" lyrics M. Perna

Despues del invierno, (After the Winter)

Llega la primavera (Comes the Spring)

Llega la primavera

Dulce primavera (Sweet Spring)

"Here Comes The Sun" lyrics G. Harrison

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

and, I say, it's alright

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter

Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

and I say, it's alright

Little darling, the smiles returning to their faces

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

and I say, it's alright

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Here we are.  Just another day in the life of The AfroBeatles, literally.  Today we smash-up John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "A Day In The Life" with Fela Kuti's "Egbe Mio" which means Carry me, I want to die. 

Strangely enough, while working on this. we stumbled upon this entire sub-culture that we had no idea existed.  I told you from the beginning I knew very little about The Beatles before starting this project, but really, do all the fans out there know about this "Paul McCartney is dead" business???   

B, I'm sayin that there is an entire set of people walking this planet who believe that Paul McCartney died in a car-accident in 1966 and that the dude we have been living with all these years is not at all Paul McCartney.  The progenitors of this belief system weave an intense web of British Secret service involvement, assassination, and deception to maintain the cash cow that is the Beatles brand and, as exemplified in www.ispauldead.com, go to extreme lengths to document the extensive evidence supporting this theory.  There is even a flick called Paul McCartney Really Is Dead which supposedly features recordings George Martin made on his deathbed admitting that Paul was indeed killed and that our Paul is this dude Billy Shears.  The cover of SGT. PEPPERS is supposed to have some of the most blatant clues from John, George and Ringo that Paul is no longer with us, along with a backmastered run-out groove on the original vinyl that some interpret as the Beatles saying "Paul Is Dead, Paul Is Dead". The rabbit hole is DEEP on this one folks so decide if you want to take the blue pill or the red pill.  Happy listening!

The AfroBeatles celebrate the pioneering imagination of Jules Verne and go 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea in their Yellow Submarine to visit an Octopus's Garden in the shade.

The AfroBeatles have maintained a pretty heavy political mood for the last few releases. Today, on Jules Verne's birthday, we take some time to celebrate the fanciful, playful, imaginative vibes of the writer, Fela Kuti, and The Beatles.  

Join us on an epic, "trip" around the world and below it's surface aboard this mash of "Yellow Submarine", "Octopus' Garden" & Fela's "Who No Know Go Know"

Music Is The Weapon of The Future

Jules Verne

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jules Gabriel Verne; February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author from Brittany who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated individual author in the world, according to Index Translationum. Some of his books have also been made into films. Verne, along with Hugo Gernsback and H. G. Wells, is often popularly referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction".[1]

Yellow Submarine (film)

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Yellow Submarine is a 1968 British animated feature film based on the music of The Beatles. It is also the title for the soundtrack album to the feature film, released as part of the Beatles' music catalogue. The film was directed by animation producer George Dunning, and produced by United Artists (UA) and King Features Syndicate.