Boney M.

Artiestinformatie

Land	Duitsland

Boney M. was een succesvolle discogroep uit de jaren 70. Producer Frank Farian richtte de groep op. De naam van de groep is afkomstig van de Australische detectiveserie Boney, waar oprichter Farian een groot fan van was. De bezetting van de groep wisselde meerdere malen, de twee bekendste leden van de groep zijn Liz Mitchell en Bobby Farrell.

De groep scoorde vele hits, zoals Sunny, Ma Baker, Rivers Of Babylon en Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday.

Naast al dat succes was er ook aardig wat kritiek op Frank Farian. De mannen in de groep hadden bijna geen vocale inbreng bij de muziek van de groep. Frank Farian zong namelijk bijna alle mannelijke partijen zelf in. Alleen tijdens concerten zong Bobby wel zelf de nummers. Maar ook bij de dames werd er gerommeld met de zang. Zo werd er tijdens concerten de microfoon uitgezet van één van de dames en werd dit opgevangen door een koor van drie zangeressen.

In 1986 werd het einde van de groep aangekondigd, maar de groep is sindsdien altijd op de een of andere manier doorgegaan. In al die jaren zijn er vele best of compilaties en remixalbums uitgebracht.

In maart 2021 geeft Majestic de single Rasputin uit 1978 een opfrisbeurt anno 2021.

Songtekst

"Freeze! I'm Ma Baker, put your hands in the air and gimme all your money!"

This is the story of Ma Baker, the meanest cat from old Chicago town

She was the meanest cat (In old Chicago town)
She was the meanest cat (She really mowed them down)
She had no heart at all (No no no heart at all)

She was the meanest cat (Oh she was really tough)
She left her husband flat (He wasn't tough enough)
She took her boys along ('cause they were mean and strong)

Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, she taught her four sons)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, to handle their guns)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, she never could cry)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, but she knew how to die)

They left a trail of crime (Across the U.S.A.)
And when one boy was killed (She really made them pay)
She had no heart at all (No no no heart at all)

Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, she taught her four sons)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, to handle their guns)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, she never could cry)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, but she knew how to die)

She met a man she liked (She thought she'd stay with him)
One day he formed with them (They did away with him)
She didn't care at all (Just didn't care at all)

"Here is a special bulletin
Ma Baker is the FBI's most wanted woman
Her photo is hanging on every post office wall
If you have any information about this woman
Please contact the nearest police station"

"Don't anybody move, your money or your lives!"

One day they robbed a bank (It was their last foray)
The cops appeared too soon (They couldn't get away)
With all the loot they had (It made them mighty mad)

And so they shot it out (Ma Baker and her sons)
They didn't want to hang (They died with blazing guns)
And so the story ends (Of one who left no friends)

Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, she taught her four sons)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, to handle their guns)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, she never could cry)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, but she knew how to die)

Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, she taught her four sons)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, to handle their guns)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, she never could cry)
Ma Ma Ma Ma (Ma Baker, but she knew how to die)

Songinformatie

	A-kant
Artiest	Boney M.
Titel	Ma Baker
Lengte	4:10
Componist(en)	Farian, Reyam, F. Jay
Producer(s)	Frank Farian
	B-kant
Titel	Still I'm Sad
Lengte	3:42
Componist(en)	S. Smith, McCarthy
Producer(s)	Frank Farian

Platenlabel	Hansa
Catalogusnr	17 888 AT