Fela Kuti POX

I friggin love Fela.

i'll go with Water Get No Enemy as it's the only one i can remember

I don't have enough time to make this list! But Water Get No Enemy and Schuffering and Schmiling would definitely be on it

Oh shit how did I leave off Schuffering and Schmiling!?!

He has too many too good songs, so much so that sometimes it just goes completely over my head.

Sometimes his & Sun Ra's horn sections remind me of each other.

Up Side Down
J.J.D.
Kalakuta Show
Alu Jon Jonki Jon
Water No Get Enemy
I.T.T.
Original Sufferhead
Roforofo Fight
Authority Stealing
Na Poi

Water get no enemy
Coffin for head of state
Expensive shit
Egbe Mi O
Lady
Shuffering and Schmiling
Unknown Soldier
Gentlemen
Zombie
Original Sufferhead

When those twofers came out a few years back i bought six of 'em on-the-spot.

Just about all of Africa '70 is great -- i'll add these from Egypt '80;

ODOO (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)
Beasts of No Nation

Water No Get Enemy fo' fux sake!
i've been doing this all day

No Agreement and Fear Not For Man (which the cough at the start I swear has been sampled)

I still have my doubts about Mr Kuti - compared to the other four gods of Funk (James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton and Prince) he seems a bit lacklustre as his songs usually die on me in the eight or nine minutes in due to lack of variation within the songs - and general thinness of the rhythm section.

Still looking at my collection I realise I have 5 of his albums on vinyl, 7 2fors on CD, and far too much on mpeg - it's just his moments are so much better than the song structures. Sometimes I feel like it's a new genre - ambient funk.

the fela live with ginger baker is actually quite good, as baker thickens up the rhythm section, the songs are shorter, and Kuti comes across as a person with a sense of humour(as opposed to a sanctimonious prick like usual).

'opposite people' is the one that not only gives me the chills and FORCES me to dance, but all 20 minutes are godlike. i love zombie, kalakuta, shuffering, etc, but OP is the ONE.

ITT
Coffin for Head of State
Gentleman
Water No Get Enemy
Unknown Soldier
Shakara
Lady
Zombie
Monday Morning in Lagos
Roforofo Fight

Lady!!!!!!! (first and most!)
others...
Zombie (this is the one that started a riot, right?.... I mean, not the only one...)
Expensive Shit
You Gimme Shit, I Give You Shit
Shakara
Shuffering and Shmiling
Water No Get Enemy
Sorrow Tears and Blood
Slap Me Make I Get Money
Confusion

This one's sort of tough, though, because most of the time I listen to Fela I get hit unexpectedly by songs I never noticed before. Lady and Zombie are two notable exceptions that were favorites from day one and continue to be so.

... oh yeah, and don't forget about the Tony Allen material.

1985 N.E.P.A.
1988 Never Expect Power Always
1999 Black Voices
2002 HomeCooking
2000 Jealousy/Progress
2000 No Accomodation for Lagos/No Discrimination...

jedmond speaks wisdom. "no agreement" is simply hair-raising and belongs on more of these POX lists.

I've just started exploring these Fela twofers, excellent stuff