Oct 12, 2006

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The lion sleeps tonight: The Tokens

Eller var det Robinson som sov i går (liten tuva...)?
Eller McClaren? Från hjälte till hatobjekt på under en vecka.
Hej vad det går.
Någon som saknar Svennis?

Anyway - se här lite trivia om "The lion sleeps tonight". När en sydafrikansk schlager blev amerikansk hit:

Seeger thought they were saying "Wimoweh" on the original, and that's what he wrote down and how it was recorded in English. They were actually saying something like "Uyimbube." In any language, it means absolutely nothing, the equivalent of "shooby dooby" or "doo wop."

Wimoweh. Wiomweh.

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