The Comedy of Errors: Loketo - Le Mot Fin (13 June 1992)

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All that time in France was starting to rub off on the AfroPop musicians who had gone there to set up home and make their fortunes.  This may be one of the few AfroPop tunes posted on this blog which owes its place here to the vocals ahead of the guitars.  In The Last Word (my GCSE French still holds up, doesn’t it?), Lucien Bokilo unleashes his inner Serge Gainsbourg over an understated, but delightful, arrangement from Loketo.  Unlike the get up and dance vibe of most soukous, this is one for Sunday mornings and the woozy vocals reflect a warm, contemplative feeling on the last words said to a loved one.  The video shows Bokilo having moved on from the woman he was getting children to help him softsoap at the Eiffel Tower in the sublime Leonore.  It also implies that his current squeeze ends up having the last word on him.  Being 1992, high waisted trousers are present and correct as a matter of course.

Video courtesy of melynga.