The Kalinda was an African dance that was popular with the slaves and free people of color in New Orleans - they had one day of the week off from their labors, and they would assemble in public spaces like Congo Square and play music and dance according to their African heritage. Many of the dances they did had associations with Voudon, including the Kalinda. (And The Kalinda was also considered somewhat lewd.) "Ba-doum" is Cajun French baby talk, used by the black women who raised the white children. It means something like "fall down and go boom" - they'd say it to a child who had a minor fall, to make the child laugh instead of crying. "Dance Kalinda ba-doum ba-doum" referred to how during the Kalinda the dancers pretend to trip and fall down, slightly disarranging the women's clothing and giving the men an opportunity to help the women get back up. The rythmic performance and the singers chanting "Dance Kalinda ba-doum badoum" is evocative of those Voudon-influenced dances in Congo Square.
Dr. John's stage persona was that of a hoodoo man - hoodoo isn't Voodoo or Vodoun, it's somewhat different set of practices based on African traditions (look up Hoodoo in Wikipedia). There are mysteries everywhere a person chooses to look...
@@purplealice i dig Dr. John's music and was also interested in voodoo. Read a few books about it back in the day until I started to have nightmares about it. One of my very favorite movies is I Walked with a Zombie where the great Jacques Tourneur combines horror with poetry
Voodoo isn't necessarily evil. It has power, and you can use this power for good or for evil. Just like fire - you can use fire to boil water to make yourself a cup of tea, or you can set a forest fire that damages half of California. Voodoo is essentially a religion that was native to certain regions of Africa, When slaves were brought from Africa to North America, the white slave masters didn't want the slaves to practice their own religion, speak their own languages, or use their traditional musical instruments and dance their dances. Most of the time, slaves were forced to go to whichever church their master favored, and taught to sing hymns. But Christianity doesn't involve magic, which Voudoun does. And magic can be used for evil or good. A practitioner of Voudun can use magic to make a specific person fall in love with them. They can put a curse on someone who has harmed them in some way. But they can also use magic (and the knowledge of herbs and things) to cure disease, and to bless and bring good luck where it's needed. And "zombies" are not part of traditional Voodoo, and they're not reanimated corpses, they're people whose will has been broken by severe mistreatment and by being given various herbal medicines that create an altered mental state in which they are forced to follow the orders of the sorcerer who has drugged them. If reading about voodoo gave you nightmares, I'd say you were reading the wrong books.
@@purplealice the books I read were fine. The Hollywood image of zombies coming after me was what was giving me nightmares. I was in my early 20's when I read them.
I remember this album being on prominent display in my local record shop in 1968. Never heard any of the tracks until now. What a treat I have been missing all these years! This track in particular is a masterpiece.
this drumming must have come from a tradition of a kind the rythyms jst get you in the heartfelt region does anybody know anything about the origins of this song??
Does anybody know the type of organ ( if that's what it is) that starts about 9 seconds in? And if anybody knows all keyboard instruments on the whole album I would be Sincerely grateful!!
The Kalinda was an African dance that was popular with the slaves and free people of color in New Orleans - they had one day of the week off from their labors, and they would assemble in public spaces like Congo Square and play music and dance according to their African heritage. Many of the dances they did had associations with Voudon, including the Kalinda. (And The Kalinda was also considered somewhat lewd.) "Ba-doum" is Cajun French baby talk, used by the black women who raised the white children. It means something like "fall down and go boom" - they'd say it to a child who had a minor fall, to make the child laugh instead of crying. "Dance Kalinda ba-doum ba-doum" referred to how during the Kalinda the dancers pretend to trip and fall down, slightly disarranging the women's clothing and giving the men an opportunity to help the women get back up. The rythmic performance and the singers chanting "Dance Kalinda ba-doum badoum" is evocative of those Voudon-influenced dances in Congo Square.
great comment....thanks
Dr. John's stage persona was that of a hoodoo man - hoodoo isn't Voodoo or Vodoun, it's somewhat different set of practices based on African traditions (look up Hoodoo in Wikipedia). There are mysteries everywhere a person chooses to look...
@@purplealice i dig Dr. John's music and was also interested in voodoo. Read a few books about it back in the day until I started to have nightmares about it. One of my very favorite movies is I Walked with a Zombie where the great Jacques Tourneur combines horror with poetry
Voodoo isn't necessarily evil. It has power, and you can use this power for good or for evil. Just like fire - you can use fire to boil water to make yourself a cup of tea, or you can set a forest fire that damages half of California. Voodoo is essentially a religion that was native to certain regions of Africa, When slaves were brought from Africa to North America, the white slave masters didn't want the slaves to practice their own religion, speak their own languages, or use their traditional musical instruments and dance their dances. Most of the time, slaves were forced to go to whichever church their master favored, and taught to sing hymns. But Christianity doesn't involve magic, which Voudoun does. And magic can be used for evil or good. A practitioner of Voudun can use magic to make a specific person fall in love with them. They can put a curse on someone who has harmed them in some way. But they can also use magic (and the knowledge of herbs and things) to cure disease, and to bless and bring good luck where it's needed. And "zombies" are not part of traditional Voodoo, and they're not reanimated corpses, they're people whose will has been broken by severe mistreatment and by being given various herbal medicines that create an altered mental state in which they are forced to follow the orders of the sorcerer who has drugged them.
If reading about voodoo gave you nightmares, I'd say you were reading the wrong books.
@@purplealice the books I read were fine. The Hollywood image of zombies coming after me was what was giving me nightmares. I was in my early 20's when I read them.
I remember this album being on prominent display in my local record shop in 1968. Never heard any of the tracks until now. What a treat I have been missing all these years! This track in particular is a masterpiece.
this album was the best of Dr. John.
This is the perfect musical vehicle for a trip/journey away from where I am now. Totally welcoming where we're headed.
Rest in Peace Dr. John, this album is one of my favorites. Brings me right back to the best times of my life!
One of the greatest albums ever made
Huge loss for NOLA and the world. may your soul be at peace Good Doctor. Won't ever be another one like the Night Tripper.
As much as I like the album, I wish every song on it was like this.
First heard this when I was 14 in 1969. LOVED it.
The Dr. is one righteous and trippy cat.
Amen
this is where psychedelia meets................voodoo
Great music, real tunes
This album is awesome ...Dr. John fades into the New Orleans mists....
Faites sonner les matines? C'est ce que j'entends en tout cas. Je me perds corps et âme dans cette chanson.
Heard this in the car this afternoon. Incredible.
+Mohammed Rizvi you don't mean on the radio, do you?
Actually, it was on the CD my Uncle gave my Dad about 15-16 years ago... it had some really gd music.
fuck yeah
Got the vinyl. Still listen to it.
jealous, I've been trying to find a copy of this for a while now
There are tons available, cheap as chips if you can deal with a reissue. Sublime LP.
I'm getting Syd Barretts personal copy of this record in the next couple days. Too stoked for my own good
oh yes
me too
Great music
R.I.P. My dear Dr. John.
Heavenly sounds.
THE BEST!
*this Album was released in 68.
so atmospheric and original very expressive still dont what it means probably not alot
edward johnson
It means what it means whatever that means! Probably a old orleans dance..
Stupendo...
In memoriam Gerrit Bruil uit Goor, geboren 14 feb. 1958. rararararrararrararrararrararrar
this drumming must have come from a tradition of a kind the rythyms jst get you in the heartfelt region does anybody know anything about the origins of this song??
Yeah - it’s based on a real voodoo chant and dance.
Usually spelt Calenda or Calinda. www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3calnda.htm
Probably created on some psychedelic drugs lol
opium magic
A1
very nice
Lord's Prayer - Dudley Perkins is the Hip-Hop song... just check out Madlib, J Dilla for crazy samples like this
Does anybody know the type of organ ( if that's what it is) that starts about 9 seconds in? And if anybody knows all keyboard instruments on the whole album I would be Sincerely grateful!!
Hot
This just sounds like the swamp
This is Voodoo music right?
who needs drugs?
produced by Sonny Bono
you must mean the late very great Harold Battiste
No way......really?!
so
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