Many people enjoy listening to Luo songs, specifically the rising 'Ohangla' genre.
Ohangla is a tune many Kenyans enjoy even if they do not understand the lyrics because of language barrier. Nevertheless, the rhythm is amazing.
However, despite the artists unleashing their creativity on the tracks and the producers doing their best to ensure that everything comes out perfectly, some of these tracks have a weird part of them.
Here are the weird part of most Luo songs:
1. The biggest part of the songs is spent on greeting people
The biggest portion of the tracks is used to greet people, usually renowned members of the society, with politicians topping the list.
The likes of opposition leader Raila Odinga are the main beneficiaries, with the greetings at times taking the entire second half part of the songs.
Therefore, do not be amazed when you hear hundreds of ‘imosona’ (greet for me) when trying to listen to these songs.
2. Are largely advertisements
Most Luo tracks, beginning from back in the days of Okatch Biggy, to now when we are seeing the rise of the new generation led by the likes of Emma Jalamo, are largely composed to popularize individuals.
Therefore, the artists tend to veer out of the main topic towards the last minutes of the songs to ‘pay the bills’, which is to mention the specific individuals by name.
The occupations, home villages, establishments, and properties owned by the individuals who are on most occasions the sponsors of either the recordings or video productions, are also mentioned.
3. Never go below 10 minutes
They hardly go for less than 10 minutes, regardless of whether they are publicity, condolence or love songs. The introduction beat alone takes the first three minutes of the song.
Now you know.
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