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good copy of Kassa Tesema’s work
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October 29th, 2008 at 7:03 PM
The chorography is RUBBISH!!!what a vulgar representaiton of Bati!!
Elias
Are you still in your 20s?
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October 29th, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Ethiopian music is going back in time mimicking Motown in the 60s in style and contemporary in sound. Well done
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October 29th, 2008 at 8:36 PM
get a life.try something else
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October 29th, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Contemporary,but lacks musical innovation.I encourage him to invent rather just copy others works.
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October 29th, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Jossie is becoming cool!!!
By reading some of the comments, it looks like some are still stuck in Azmari muzika. This song was suppose to arouse the old school ppl.
Cheers.
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October 29th, 2008 at 10:19 PM
No way!
This is a cultural corruption. Can you have a better inspiration?
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:01 AM
I just wish there was more respect
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:02 AM
awesome!!! luv it!
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:38 AM
Mamo (#7),
There is no such thing as cultural corruption. Culture is grows by adopting and transforming, not by staying in one place generation after generation. I think these guys are amazingly talented.
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:44 AM
Good Jossy
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October 30th, 2008 at 7:57 AM
It is great!!!
The new generation style is beautiful. BATI is one of the key rhythm of ethiopian music, and it is great to deliver to the youth the source of our rhytm in undestandable way of the youth.
1- Bati is not Kassa Tesema’s work. It is the people’s music. Kassa himself took and play it from the people to the people. So Jossie have equal right like Kassa to modernize the people’s music.It is stylish Jossie !!!!
2- Caltural coraption??? hahaha funny!! Before you are saying that can you please define “CULTURE”
3- This comment is not for genuine “critique”. But it is for negative thinkers. Please,please ask yourself what can you do positive in your self instade of jumping on others work. To get the answer navigat your sub-conscious.It will tell you who you are.
Jossie and your teem, you are GREAT!!!!! I want to listen with style not only Bati, but Tzeta , Ambasel and anchihoyew lene.
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:31 PM
What a mess……In first place, I can understand if he has wrote and scored the song to set it up the way he did here. Hence it that I can not see the purpose of those women giggling their ass, fact being bati is slow bit….What is the idea of the chores singing in english……Oh we, I guess this is the ultimate advancement of our culture. Lastly, the bit does not go along with the song..But then this is meant to include the passion the hip-hap generation of the Ethiopian
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Bati is one of the five musical scales of Amharic-Ethiopian
melody. It is originated from the highlanders of Wollo-Ethiopia referring to the lowland beauty of Bati women.
Bati has been played by many Ethiopian singers as well as musicians.
It is nice just for hearing, good for slow dancing(Walz/Walzer)or blues or meditation.
I appreciate these guys on the video clip to demonstrate their love for Bati. I would say,Their music should match the song.
On the video clip the singer has a good voice. He can sing it well. If you guys do some corrections at the stage performance and lady dancing, you will achieve a lot.
I recommend our brothers and sisters to take avice from experienced composers and choreographers.
God bless you
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:14 PM
It is heart aching when one of the most few Ethiopia’s favorite music is not only misrepresented, but composed with dance chirography that expresses completely the opposite tune musicaly as well. A very precious TREASURE, TRASHED!!!!
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:30 PM
well done Jossy,
atleast you got people from the old thugs to the new freaks talking . i just loved it, now our youth have something to connect to when partying.
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October 31st, 2008 at 4:15 AM
Our youth is not an exception.Everyone is copying this shit from the american gutter.It simply brings money.
Decadence is on the march for some decades already!You can’t stop it! The more you criticize it, the more publicity it gets.
Godless America!
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October 31st, 2008 at 5:48 AM
There is nothing wrong with Josse as Josse. It is the out of place coordination of Josse and Bati that is neither a cultural transformation nor a tasteful presentation to the young funs to appreciate the music.
Some months ago there was a video on this web site with Ethio-American band called Bati and … They did well with coordinating soulful Ethiopian lyric most likely their own and made it inviting to young and old alike. They chose a smart name for their band.
ERE BATI, in my opinion is like Ethiopia’s traditional classic (I stay corrected). Bati is a place in the province of Dessie and the entire narration of the music, the singer expresses through the five senses and the mind (memory) of the woman who won his heart. It will make a great video with the best of Ethiopia’s scenery places. I believe the instrument is Kerar. The voice in this video is not the josse’s vocalist. It is the original singer’s.
If the music finds an expert Ethiopian video artist, it can be highly up graded as it can also metaphorically represent Ethiopia the country as the woman character in the lyric.
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:32 PM
This is sad, to see one of the very small collections of ethiopian music-classic- genre, to be distorted in order to fit a so-called “joung generation music”.
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October 31st, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I like it a lot,what is BATI mean, Please help
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November 1st, 2008 at 2:55 AM
Job well done, looking forward for more!
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November 9th, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Jossy has a great voice and I think will do well . I second the call to replace the choir by the beautiful and historical places in Ethiopia.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 PM