Gyae Su
A 1980s Pat Thomas song remade as the lead single of the 2015 album.
Pat Thomas, from Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band (2015)
Thomas wrote it, and Ebo Taylor wrote the horn parts, per Afropop and OkayAfrica. The original is a 1980s track; NTS, citing Discogs, lists a Gyae Su on Star in 1983, which is not confirmed to be the same recording as the two vintage cuts on Coming Home, the Wo Nyim Nnti Na Woye LP version (4:28) and the Mpaebo LP version (5:22). This is the 2015 remake, the lead single and second track at 4:12, premiered by OkayAfrica with a live video on Afropop on June 17, 2015. OkayAfrica hears drum claps and swaying guitars under Thomas's soft voice, a feel-good song; the liner notes urge listeners not to cry and to take life's ups and downs in stride, and Thomas says of it, stop crying, and give yourself to God. Banning Eyre hears sikyi highlife.
Setlist.fm shows it eighth in the Pat Thomas set at MIMO in Rio de Janeiro on November 12, 2016; we found no play count, chart entry or covers.
On stage
- 2016-11-12, MIMO, Rio de Janeiro Song eight of the set.
Sources
- Pat Thomas talks about his new album, Afropop Worldwide
- Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band premiere Gyae Su, OkayAfrica
- Album preview: Pat Thomas, Coming Home, Afropop Worldwide
- Pat Thomas, NTS