Boney M one of the old time disco groups of seventies is coming to Bangalore on the 9th of March. I collected free tickets from the IIPM office at Koramangala. This live action features only one lead singer, Marcia Barrett from the original band..
My trust with English music started with the hits of BoneyM. “Brown Girl in the ring’, “Daddy Cool”. Listening to these still takes me back to those adolescent years. I started listening from a 3 in 1 tape player and BoneyM and ABBA was played music on that system.
Recently, I played the video of “Daddy cool”. Daddy is not around anymore to listen to it and so, its just takes on trip to those golden years of my life.
The charm of “DaddyCool” comes with the freaking dance by Bobby Farrell and the odd voices ladies make in chorus. : )
BoneyM kicked up its popularity among Keralites during the late 70’s and early 80’s. Just when the time when Gulf exodus started to sink in our land. It was almost common to see the Gulf returnees coming back with a 2 in 1 stereo and couple of English cassettes.
It was a sight most depicted in many movies. Happy faces from Dubai visiting Kerala for holidays , walking walking down from the airport tarmack swinging a 2 in 1 in hand.
Swinging 80’s has long faded into oblivion and it’s replaced with street market folks coming with laptops, digi players, digital cameras and all popular cell phones.
So, now I’m just waiting for the BoneyM and hoping the live action will come close to the memories I cherish.
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