Two veteran highlife musicians, Sidiku Buari (pictured) and A.B. Crentsil have apologized for using vulgar lyrics in their hit songs. The two are top officials of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), which recently announced a ban on songs that contain vulgar lyrics.
Sidiku Buari and A.B Crentsil were prolific songsters in the 1970s early 1980’s. They both possess the skill to inject witty expressions in their songs that got their fans addicted to their kind of music. But the two musical nuggets strayed a little from the norm when they both released hit songs that contained vulgar language. Sidiku Buari’s track, “Feed my body” on his Disco Soccer album, suggests images of vulgarism. “Do it, push it, forward, backwards, sideways, anyway you want it”, Sidiku Buari sung in the song released in 1979 with the photograph of bare-chested woman on the cover of the LP.
A.B Crentsil’s hit song, “Moses”, contains sexually explicit language that draws analogy from the biblical exodus of Moses and the Jews from Egypt to Canaan through the red sea. The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation refused to play the song because it was too vulgar.
The two leading musicians, who are influential members of MUSIGA now say they are sorry for the lyrics they used in their songs. This follows recent criticism against songs like Borax and Daddy Lumba’s ‘Asee Ho’ [or Down There], even from members of MUSIGA.
Sidiku Buari told JOY FM that he used vulgar lyrics because of youthful exuberance and commercial interest. “Most of my songs at the time were produced in America”, he said. “At the time we were being childish. The producers wanted commercial music to make money but now we don’t want the [younger musicians] to make the same mistakes we made those days.”
A. B. Crentsil on his part says he now sees the release of the song, ‘Moses’, as one of the biggest mistakes he ever made in his life. “There is a proverb that once in a man’s life, man causes a blunder and I think this is one big mistake I made” A. B. Crentsil said. “I regret so much and if it was possible I will retrieve all the CDs and cassettes of that song”.
Two veteran highlife musicians, Sidiku Buari (pictured) and A.B. Crentsil have apologized for using vulgar lyrics in their hit songs. The two are top officials of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), which recently announced a ban on songs that contain vulgar lyrics.
Sidiku Buari and A.B Crentsil were prolific songsters in the 1970s early 1980’s. They both possess the skill to inject witty expressions in their songs that got their fans addicted to their kind of music. But the two musical nuggets strayed a little from the norm when they both released hit songs that contained vulgar language. Sidiku Buari’s track, “Feed my body” on his Disco Soccer album, suggests images of vulgarism. “Do it, push it, forward, backwards, sideways, anyway you want it”, Sidiku Buari sung in the song released in 1979 with the photograph of bare-chested woman on the cover of the LP.
A.B Crentsil’s hit song, “Moses”, contains sexually explicit language that draws analogy from the biblical exodus of Moses and the Jews from Egypt to Canaan through the red sea. The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation refused to play the song because it was too vulgar.
The two leading musicians, who are influential members of MUSIGA now say they are sorry for the lyrics they used in their songs. This follows recent criticism against songs like Borax and Daddy Lumba’s ‘Asee Ho’ [or Down There], even from members of MUSIGA.
Sidiku Buari told JOY FM that he used vulgar lyrics because of youthful exuberance and commercial interest. “Most of my songs at the time were produced in America”, he said. “At the time we were being childish. The producers wanted commercial music to make money but now we don’t want the [younger musicians] to make the same mistakes we made those days.”
A. B. Crentsil on his part says he now sees the release of the song, ‘Moses’, as one of the biggest mistakes he ever made in his life. “There is a proverb that once in a man’s life, man causes a blunder and I think this is one big mistake I made” A. B. Crentsil said. “I regret so much and if it was possible I will retrieve all the CDs and cassettes of that song”.
