BEST AND WORST OF BONEY M

[richardjohn]

OK, here's a new one for you. Best track and worst track.
My best track would be 'Painter Man'. I love this thumping disco classic and have never tired of it. Shame it's so short. I just want it to go on and on.
Worst Boney M track for me is 'Happy Song'. This is the most twee,nausiating peice ever released under the Boney M name. What does it have to do with Boney M ? You can't hear Liz or Marcia, and l think Bobby's voice has been mangled through a Rolf Harris stylophone. Truly awful.

[boneyMitchell2006]

painter man lol please one of there best songs i dont think!!

stop it your killing me ;D


what about rare stuff like this oh and there is a extended painter man mix .....

boney m the dream megamix djavalon dream mix 18.17 mins
Ma Baker
Gadda Da Vida
10 000 Lightyears
Ship Ahoy
Maliaka
Living Like A Moviestar
Daddy Cool (Remix '86)
Sunny
Ma Baker (Remix '93)
Boonoonoonoos
Future World
Gadda Da Vida usa megamix very cool

todos buenus-usa official promo dj dance edit superb remix(rare)

i shall sing dj bacon 2004 wooh wa mix (stuning remix)

daddy cool dj victor golden boney mix promo dj remix.

rasputin- disk,os 2004 white label jay gelderbloom.

rivers of babylon- marcia 2006 promo only re recording

rivers of bablyon 1234 dj garry m y2k reworks mix- fab!

s- cream feat bobby farrell -aruba style single mix

happy song dj house mix dj vs dj mix extended mix

liz mitchell - fools unreleased song with her rappin! superb(rare)

liz mitchell- oo7 (remix)

liz mitchell- sayamanda(remix) diffrent mix and rap!

liz mitchell- share the world(remix) version one

liz mitchell-share the world(remix) version 2 diffrent mix!

liz mitchell-sunshine(remix)

liz mitchell- get up and dance(12 extended remix diffrent vocals)

liz mitchell- live at g.a.y england live concert 1994 19/03/

rare concert and live songs! fan recording track list......

acapella medely night flight to venus/take the heat off me
love for sale/love for sale/heart of gold fab live mix

get on up and dance2 sunny3 bahama mama4
painterman4 megamix5 i.ll meet you(in the morning)6
hooray hooray7 brown girl8 no woman no cry 9
marys boy child10 im born again(acapella)11
where did you go(acappella)12 megamix88 reprise 65 minutes long



fever -2004 frankstars bass attack mix(stunning remix)

liz mitchell rivers live badd ass tv uk live tv recording 1996

ma baker-wayne g mix dj only version.

rivers of bayblon superb 12 minute remix (bootleg mix)

my bonnie + ma baker + belfast live and ssemi live 1977 tv german show!

rasputin-semi live top of the pops rare difrent mix fab!

ma baker- top of the pops 100%live superb + bobby reall vocals

i beg you boat (on the river) demo superb q recording rare!

children of paridise- demo version diffren production rare!!

liz mitchell live 1990 germany redemption song 100%live fab

have you ever seen the rain-live semi live 1977 difrent version

strange unreleased extended version

silly confusion demo version rare

marinero liz mitchell 4 diffrent mixes rare promo 12" single
including; lambada remix ! + precussion mix.....

rivers of babylon usa 12 single with exlusive liz mitchel verse
official extended mix

citezen 12 single rare and totally unofficial boney m recording
this is not boney m as we all know but its issued as a boney m song strange!!!! rare

rivers acid house official remix 1988 cd single mix rare

marcia barret seasons -rare 1999 unreleased song fab!!

marcia/boney m official recording we kill the world
diffrent song words and verse rare! and fab

boney m josepine baker demo version 1990 uk tv rare!
and intervew marcia and bobby

the best of 13 years non stop remix unreleased recording
45minutes long remix( fan recording or official?)

boonoonoonoonoos(demo and diffrent bobby rap) rare

malcom and liz- we to are all one (rare!)

malcolm and liz-tina oz(rare!)

malcolms locks get up stand up feat liz mitchell rare!

liz mitchell-perfect

marcia barrett -could be love single! rare

marcia barrett- its time to go! rare

reggie tisiboe- please dont bring your sister (rare single!)

reggie tisiboe-beautiful morning (rare single!)

ma baker -kinky -disco remix! early dj mix fab!

marcia/boney m "never change lovers" dance mix!

boney m feat bobby farrell josepine baker 91 single

boney m feat liz mitchell live g.a.y london uk 1995
rare fan recording cd

track list : amazing grace/people get ready
get on up and dance/sunny
painterman/ happy birthday acappella(for a fan!!)
megamix(extended 1988 mix)
boonoonoonoonoos!mix live intro acapella(stunning)
christmas (acappella) medely silent night/ when darkness is falling/ marys boy child/hooray hooray!!/no woman
no cry. end of the show exlusive fan made recording very rare

MORE RARE....

never change lovers (extended mix) bootleg superb

barbarella fortunteller(2004 dance remix by baland) wow!!!

rasputin (ural dance mix dj revenge)

gotta go home(jorder remix)

bahama mama(2004 dance mix) wow"!!!!

daddy cool(whats up daddy sukuba remix)

ma baker(2004 dj sebatus prl mix)

rivers(dj batida 2002 remix) wow

sunny(dj excited remix)

i love stuff like this

[jdbaptist]

The dance tracks to me definately are the best of Boney M. I think the cover of 'Painter Man' is absolutely perfect and I wouldn't remix so much as a hair of it. The same goes for all the classic Boney M. tracks. If it's not broken, don't fix it!
My favs (if I had to choose) would be 'Ma Baker' (ska meets central Europe!) and the hilarious 'Rasputin' ! To me these are Boney M. at their best. But there are so many good tracks between 75-78 it's hard to not love them all.
The ballads like 'Still I'm Sad' and 'Never Change Lovers......' are fantastic too but save me from having to listen to 'El Lute' and 'I'm Born Again'. Awful!

[richardjohn]

So you don't like 'Painter Man' Boney Mitchell 2006? You surpise me. I think it's great. It showed off Boney Ms harder rockier dicso sound. I think that if they had carried on making tracks with the Rasputin, PainterMan, Ma Baker sound their chart success may have continued for longer. Unfortunately, Frank Farian tried to repeat 'Brown Girl' with 'Holi-Holiday' and then the sound went all soft and lost its punch. I do like some of the softer stuff to but they should have released 'Let it All Be Music' or 'Calendar Song' after 'Gotta Go Home'. 'l'm Born Again' was too different from what had gone before and was never going to appeal to the age group buying their singles at that time. It's a shame that Farian used 'Oceans' to try and launch Precious Wilson's solo carerer because Liz or Marcia could have sung her verse on 'Let it All.' and 'Hold On l'm Coming' would have suited Marcia's voice perfectly. I like Precious's work with Eruption but it was wrong to use the album as a launch pad for her.
By the way did you get my e-mail?

[jdbaptist]

I agree richardjohn about how Frank Farian was pusing Boney M. with the whole calypso thing way too much. I mean, really, 'Brown Girl' was great but he just ridiculously pushed the whole thing to complete boredom point.
When you look at stuff like 'Painter Man', 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain' and that vein of music, which really worked with Boney M. than you can understand why the group (some of them anyway) were concerned with the turn and type of music that they had now gotten into. When he started to do things like 'Gadda-Da-Vida' and 'Children Of Paradise' then it started to look good again from the Boney M. camp.
Too much emphasis on Liz's sweet sing-a-long vocals I think and not enough on the more dance orientated chants and choral vocals which was the group at its best.

[oliver]

Well, best and worst of Boney M. ....mmmmh, let's see. I think the worst three recordings are "Dizzy", "Happy Song" and probably "Ride To Agadir" even if f few people like that song. I always felt it was terrible and I would have loved to hear more Boney M. and less Frank Farian on it. My favourite four songs are "African Moon", "Gadda Da Vida" "Children Of Paradise" and "Silent Lover". As far as "El Luite", "I'm Born Again", "Consuela Biaz" are concerned- they are far too kitschy for miy taste and I think Boney M. really lost their edge at that time. OK, the disco- phase was over but Farians direction was wrong in my opinion. I felt that "My Friend Jack" or "We Kill The World" were interesting and he should have persued that direction. Instead he gave us songs like "Boat On The River" which really sounded pretty uncool and uninspired. It was okay that Boney M. tried to leave the disco- tag behind (even Donna Summer, the queen of Disco suddenly tried to berak into new wave with tracks like "The Wanderer" or "Cold Love") but all albums after "Oceans" were sort of mish- mash to my ears. I would have loved to hear more in the vein of "Afrivan Moon" or "Breakaway". I think that Farain at that time was completely unsure what to do with Boney M. But anyway- in every group's oeuvre there's some weak songs. I too loved the "Voulez- Vous" album from ABBA but "Chiquitita" or "I Have A Dream" ? No, thank you. And the same goes for "Ocean´s Of Fantasay". Great album but I always disliked "El Lute". And I think "Oceans" is the album where you could feel for the first time that Farain was unsure of what to do with Boney M. First there is Precious Wilson- great singer but it confused people that she was on the album. Second the notoriously shortened version of "Ribbons" wshich really doesn't make sense. And then the title track and "Bye Bye Bluebird"- good tunes but they would have benefitted from the ladies" vocal contributions. All in all "Oceans" is a good album but to me it always sounded a bit confused.

[boneymfan]

If I'm forced to pick a fave Boney M song then I'll have to go with a 5 way tie between:
1. Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord: The first Boney M song I ever heard. I love it especially love it when it gets to the "Oh My Lord" part.
2. Rivers Of Babylon: What a great melody.
3. Brown Girl In The Ring: Yet again another great melody
4. Ma Baker: I didn't care for this one in the beginning, but then it grew on me with avengence. I couldn't get it out of my head. Some of the instrumental parts are unforgetable.
5. Rasputin: How could anyone not love this song.

I can't pick my least fave. I don't have one.

[jdbaptist]

I agree with you Oliver. The first three albums I absolutely love. 'Oceans Of Fantasy', which was supposed to be a funk-orientated album, ended up completely muddled. There was no reason for Farian not to let either Liz and/or Marcia put vocals on 'Oceans Of fantasy' and 'Bye Bye Bluebird'. These are two of the best tracks on the album. They would have been so much better. 'El Lute' and 'I'm Born Again' are dreadfuly poor tracks and the full version of 'Ribbons Of Blue' should have been placed on the album before either of these songs.
He puts Precious Wilson on with 'Hold On I'm Coming'? (perhaps to help interest for the album in the States? She had a number one there with Eruption and 'I Can't Stand The Rain' so her profile may have been a lot higher there than Boney M.'s!) It's a great number though and one of the better tracks on the album!
I would have liked to see Frank and Boney M. develop more a long the lines of 'My Friend Jack', etc, aswell. This sounded really promising. In fact the tracks released in 1980 (with the exception of 'Boat On The River') are pretty interesting.
I love 'Breakaway', 'African Moon', 'Silly Confusion', 'We Kill The World' (first half), Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoy)', 'Goodbye My Friend',
'Boonoonoonoos', 'Malaika'.

[richardjohn]

I agree the quality of the first three albums is amazing. Almost any of the tracks could have been hit singles. l've often thought that they should have released more singles from 'Love for Sale'. How about the title track, or Have You Ever Seen The Rain and Plantation Boy. l even love 'Gloria Can You Waddle' although l'm not sure if Liz or Marcia are on it. l think someone could make a great dance track from it today. I still can't believe that the album only made No 60 in the UK. I think that 'Steppenwolf' and 'Voodoonight' are also really original tracks from 'Nightflight to Venus' that could have been hits ,as if the album didn't have enough hits already!

[boneyMitchell2006]

Have You Ever Seen The Rain and Plantation Boy.

nowyour talking pure class i love them both liz mitchells vocals lead on both simply unique plantation boy iv allways loved i love the way liz singes over herself at the end of the track this b side should have been a a side i read on the net a topic about singles and saying the bside was better than the a side the song was belfast i love belfast but its nothing on plantation boy that is pure class!! simply unique for its time pop songs at this time sounded nothing like this boneym/frank was way ahead of there time!! k

[jdbaptist]

'Belfast' and 'Plantation Boy' are not really comparable; one's a throw away disco stomper and the latter a hammy version of 'No Woman No Cry'. The vocals of all involved though are fantastic (what fabulous backing vocals too on 'Plantation Boy' , which really frames the vocals beautifully for Liz's lead. Liz was better singing in the key above her natural key too; it worked then to great effect and it is a pity that she doesn''t try this technique again. Put a bit of bite back into that vocal!

[boneyMitchell2006]

i loved it when liz did her own backing vocals not only lead singer but she also did the backing vocals you can clearly hear this on rivers elute plantation boy...no woman no cry....chica da silva i love that song her vocals on this are top and its a true boney m classic!!

[jimmy]

I love the old songs! Daddy Cool, MA Baker, Belfast, are "geniale" Disco Classics. The best album is "Boonoonoonoos". The most terrible Song is "The Calendar Song". Brrrrrrrrrrr.

[oliver]

January, February, March, April, May, June, July....repeat until you drop dead. I agree with you Jimmy- "Calendar" is one of the most unnerving Boney M. songs ever. I can't make up my mind on "The Carnival Is Over". Any opinions on that one ?

[richardjohn]

I like 'Calendar Song' it's repetitive, but it's a feel good song, for me anyway. Each to their own. I agree that it's not lyrically challenging but then neither is John Lennon's Imagine , but that frequenty tops polls for the best song ever! The most overated song ever in my opinion.