If you have some thoughts or comments about that I'd love to hear them. Beyond 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight,' The Tokens influence on early. Therefore in my mind lion meme = Christian meme. Wimoweh is a music tribute group honoring the legacy of The Tokens. The song we know as The Lion Sleeps Tonight or as. And since lions carry some Christian symbolism with them I automatically interpreted every lion meme I saw as posted by a Christian. Wimoweh is a mishearing of the original songs chorus of Uyimbube Zulu for, You are a lion. The song is well known for its gentle vocal intro, and the lyrics: 'A Wimoweh, A Wimoweh.' In the 2010s, the song has been used in remix videos in which someone is about to get hurt. Secondly, because of the symbiotic relationship between the political right and Christianity, and the anti-vax messaging that comes from the political right, I was left with the impression that strongly religious Christians are among the groups that are the most vaccine hesitant. + Add an Image Like us on Facebook Pin Tweet The Lion Sleeps Tonight is a pop song made popular by doo-wop band The Tokens. For one, the Jesus = lion motif has a long history. So there are a couple of reasons why I always equated lion memes with Christianity. Maybe it is the case that Christians are more drawn to posting lion memes. Therefore lion memes fall into two sub categories, overtly Christian ones with attached bible verses, and superiority complex ones.Īlthough there are only a couple of overtly Christian memes in this group of 20 images, 16 of them do mention prayer / prayer warriors. People who post those kind of memes see themselves as a higher class, more enlightened, stronger, etc.
Some lion memes are just meant to express superiority. I just viewed lions as a symbol for Christianity. I did this instinctively without much consideration. Pic 1Ī while ago when I was categorizing memes, I lumped lion memes into the Christian memes group. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” has been featured in a number of movies, perhaps most notably the pair of Ace Ventura films (starring comedian Jim Carrey) released in 19.Pic 2. The official release date of The Tokens’ rendition is 1 January 1961. And the label behind the recording is RCA Records. The Tokens are said to have initially been embarrassed with the song and in fact tried to prevent it from being released. However, it up as the B-side to a now-obscure track called “Tina”, and they even went on to name their debut album “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. (1993) and ‘N Sync (1997).Ī British group called Tight Fit also dropped a pretty-successful rendition back in 1982. However, it was The Tokens, a doo-wop group from Brooklyn, New York, who arguably released the most-renowned version, as their take on the tune topped the US Billboard Hot 100 (a feat it replicated in New Zealand) in addition to peaking at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and also charting in Australia, Belgium and Germany. Amongst some of the big names which standout are Miriam Makeba (1960), R.E.M.
This song has been covered by many artists throughout the decades. Thus The Tokens were actually the first in a long line of artists to actually sing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, as that phrase was added by George Weiss himself (1921-2010).Īnd the other co-writers credited on The Tokens’ version are also the producers of their rendition, Luigi Creatore and Hugo Peretti. And that word was actually uyimbube, which translate to “you are a lion”. It was another writer, American George David Weiss, who later came out with the English lyrics. He did so specifically for The Tokens’ cover of “Mbubu”, which by this time had come to be known as “Wimoweh” due to a mispronunciation of the word which originally made up the song’s chorus. That’s when a South African musician by the name of Solomon Linda (1909-1962) first wrote and recorded it, though back then it was entitled “Mbubu” and recited entirely in the Zulu language. The origin of this song dates back to 1939. Release Date of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
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