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Late Night Open Thread: Touch Touch

by Anne Laurie|  March 30, 20201:31 am| 9 Comments

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I knew Makeba’s signature song, going back to its original American presentation in the 1960s. But until now, I didn’t know the defiant dancehall history behind it, per Wikipedia:

… The song’s title “Pata Pata” means “touch touch” in the Xhosa language, in which the song was originally written and sung. “Pata Pata” was also the name of a style of dance that was popular in the shebeens of Johannesburg’s Townships in the mid-1950s. The dancer crouched before his partner and patted her body to the rhythm of the music as he rose up and she spun around, making hip circles. In another version of the dance,

The male dancers stand in a row with their arms extended out to the front, palms to the floor, while the women pat each in turn in a manner resembling security search body-frisking, after which the men do the same to the women.…

D’ya think Mr. Sullivan had any idea what Ms. Makeba was actually talking about?

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  1. 1.

    phdesmond

    March 30, 2020 at 2:14 am

    Pata pata — the first word in !Xhosa i probably ever learned.

  2. 2.

    phdesmond

    March 30, 2020 at 2:18 am

    I think i’m confusing Xhosa with !Kung. well, i never went on to learn either.

  3. 3.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 30, 2020 at 2:22 am

    The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra delivers Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' with 19 musicians playing their parts from their homes pic.twitter.com/YVLrXN9yh6— Khanoisseur ???‍♂️? (@Khanoisseur) March 28, 2020

  4. 4.

    Mary G

    March 30, 2020 at 2:35 am

    Hoocoodanode?

    (WaPo) Florida checkpoint shut down after causing massive traffic jam on I-95.
    An attempt to screen out-of-state drivers entering Florida backfired on Sunday when Interstate 95 came to a standstill, creating miles of traffic near the Georgia border.
    The Florida Department of Transportation erected a checkpoint on the heavily traveled highway around noon on Sunday, citing an executive order from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) that requires visitors from hotspots like New York to self-isolate for two weeks upon arriving in Florida.

    Here's the Google Maps traffic view of the new checkpoint at I-95 southbound for travelers entering #Florida from Georgia.Appears to be a significant slowdown in excess of three or four miles. pic.twitter.com/YFARkiRecH— Clayton Freeman (@CFreemanJAX) March 29, 2020

  5. 5.

    NotMax

    March 30, 2020 at 3:02 am

    @Mary G

    Stop! In the Name of Guv

    (With apologies to The Supremes.)

  6. 6.

    Sab

    March 30, 2020 at 4:37 am

    Wow! I remember this song since forever, and I had no idea what it was about.

  7. 7.

    raven

    March 30, 2020 at 6:37 am

    @Mary G: Hell, it’s like that half the time!

  8. 8.

    raven

    March 30, 2020 at 6:39 am

    I never got to see her but I did see Hugh Masekela, Chaka Kahn and Phillip Bailey once. Stimela was once of there best live performances I’ve even seen.

  9. 9.

    suezboo

    March 30, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    A National Treasure. Both Mama Afrika and the times she evokes in this song.

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