Last night saw the launch of comic actor Leon Shuster and musician Don Clarke’s music video Khuthula Bo! which is meant to further inspire the soccer fever which infected has the country.
The song which comes a month ahead of the release of the movie Schuks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide to South Africa is meant to be an anthem for the national soccer team as the World Cup approaches.
A selected audience of media and other guests was treated to a short screening the music video and performances in Fourways, Johannesburg.
The two personalities that sing the song say the four-minute-long video was inspired by the antics of Schuks Tshabalala and his trusty sidekick Shorty who star in the soon to be released film in which Schuster also stars.
The character of Shorty is portrayed by the witty Alf Ntombeni who was also in attendance. Shuster himself did not attend the screening.
The song which could soon be blazing on radio sets of patriotic locals will include the phrase “Bafana Bafana bring it home to mama” and “if the ball is like a bullet, you must put lightning in your boots”.
Ntombeni says his message to foreign visitors will be that ‘this is home’. He partially explains this sentiment by saying it is similar to where they refer to as home in the sense that they will find the same means of transport and animals, among other things.
Clarke who penned some of the lyrics to the song describes the video as a frantic, highly expressive juxtaposition of human images representing many facets of South Africa’s rainbow nation with all sorts of people singing lines from the song. As for his inspiration, he says it is an instinctive talent which he somewhat fails to explain.
“There’s a lot of dancing, clapping, clowning around and generally reacting to the spirit of the music and the event that we have all been waiting for,” says the well-known artist about the song.
The catchy Khuthala Bo! is one of the songs featured on Clarke’s latest offering. It will also be featured on the official FIFA 2010 soundtrack which will be distributed locally under record label Gallo.
Schuks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide to South Africa opens at cinemas nationwide on 28 May.
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