Talk:Rivers of Babylon (Boney M. song)

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[edit] Is the tune original?

When I first heard "Rivers of Babylon" in 1985, it sounded very familiar. Finally, I realized where I'd heard it: it's the same tune to the folksong "How dry I am." (Lyrics: How dry I am, how wet I'll be, if I don't find the bathroom key.) Is "How dry I am a parody?" or did Rivers of Babylon steal the tune? Dblomgren 03:36, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Who is King Alfa? I assume it's the same as King Alpha. Something to do with Rastafarianism it seems.--Moonlight Mile 00:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

This page(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Alpha) should be added to the this one. --203.97.127.185 10:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I first heard "Rivers of Babylon" performed by The Melodians in 1975 when a friend lent me the soundtrack to "The Harder They Come". At that time, I had only been listening to reggae music for a few months when San Francisco's KSAN-FM began to play that musical genre in addition to so-called underground rock that made the station famous. That summerI attended a midnight screening of "The Harder They Come." After that I began listening to Bob Marley and the Wailers, Toots and the Maytals & other reggae artists.

-- Johnny Too-Bad

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