[Seri ROB] RIVERS OF BABYLON VERSI FUNK NEW ORLEANS-THE NEVILLE BROTHERS

GRUP R&B

The Neville Brothers, adalah grup  soul/funk/R&B Amerika, dibentuk pada tahun 1977 di New Orleans, Louisiana.
Empat bersaudara dari keluarga Neville , Art (lahir 1937), Charles (lahir 1938), Aaron (lahir 1941), and Cyril (lahir 1948).

ALBUM 2004

Album studio pertama mereka "The Neville Brothers" (Capitol)  dirilis 1978. Album terbaru atau album ke sepuluh 2004: Walkin' In The Shadow Of Life (Back Porch). memuat 13 buah lagu, dan lagu terakhir adalah Rivers Of Babylon. Kagu yang populer oleh grup disko Boney M di akhir abad 20.

MELODIANS PLUS MINUS

Dengan gaya funk New Orleans', The Neville Brothers memakai lirik  versi reggae The Melodians (1970), namun baris Mazmur 19 ayat 14, tidak dipakai lagi : "Let the words of our mouth, And the meditation of our hearts, Be accepted in Thy sight". seperti yang dilakukan Sinead O'Connor. 

Lalu sama seperti versi Sublime mereka mengganti "We" dengan "He" pada ayat 1 Mazmur 137 : "By the rivers of Babylon ,Where [he] sat down And there [he] wept When he remember Zion".

Mereka pula menambahkan kata-kata: " [Incomprehensible] brothers Sing your song of freedom,  [Incomprehensible] sisters" pada pertengahan lagu, (seperti "teriakan" The Melodians ).

Sedang pada ayat 3 Mazmur 137, ["When the Wicked"] menjadi  ["It was the wicked"] Carry us away captivity Require from us a song

LIRIK

By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remember Zion

It was the wicked

Carry us away captivity
Require from us a song
How can we sing King Alfa's song
In a strange land

[Incomprehensible] brothers 
Sing your song of freedom 

[Incomprehensible] sisters 

By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remember Zion

It was the wicked

Carry us away captivity
Require from us a song
How can we sing King Alfa's song
In a strange land

[Incomprehensible] my brother

By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remember Zion

By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remember Zion

By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remember Zion.

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