The revenge of the Vuvuzela

Vuvuzela, an instrument not so appreciated in the western world. The instrument have been heard - with its monotone charactaeristic - throughout the entire World cup in South Africa. Now Swedish musician Håkan Lidbo tries to give the instrument a betetr reputation - by making a song based on the instrument. The song can be heard sometimes during this interview with him in Swedish. So if you want to get a glimpse of how it sounds, click on the white speaker found in the black link on the page and the interview will be heard.

This is what Håkan Lidbo himself says about the instrument to Sveriges Radio (my translation):

- I think the sound from the World cup sounds very inspiring, he says. Just imagine how grand it is that so many people are playing music together at once.

- I can imagine there are few africans that get angry at the Vuvuzela. In English and in the western world you say you "play" music. We see music as a composition and a live performance. In most African music traditions music is more seen as a way of spending time together.

- I heard an interview with an African pop star that said he couldn´t stand listening to western classical music. The tones never come back, the melody just changes all the time was his thoughts. His definition of good music was when everyone played the same tones over and over until everyone could handle playing them. That was good music in his mind.

/The Drumming Cat