I well understand FIXATIONS!!! But, LORD, this is WAY TOO MUCH. The WINDSHIELD in your car is about 80% larger than your REAR VIEW MIRROR and you spend less than FIVE PERCENT of your time looking into the REAR VIEW MIRROR when you are driving. Why? Because if you are not LOOKING AHEAD -- YUH DEAD!!!
Yet, on this forum, all people want to talk about is THE PAST.
No wonder that NOBODY could embrace the PRESENT TENSE and go into a MUSIC STUDIO and make some TODAY/DOWN THE ROAD MUSIC that could get some WORLDWIDE attention using the most modern PANS and TECHNOLOGY to push the INSTRUMENT into the STRATOSPHERE.
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Happy Father's Day, continue to RIP...
Things did stop, the DJ put ah stop to the Steelband.
Phase ll was not around in the 60s.
You missed the point!!! Allyuh believe that once allyuh leave Trinidad everything STOP. That was my opening sentence on my post!!!
I HAVE TO LAUGH!!! Ask anybody on this forum (except me) and they will tell you that BOOGSIE SHARPE is a MUSICAL GENIUS. Yet, when discussions about the PAST take place on this forum NOBODY ever talks about PHASE II on the ROAD or on the DRAG mesmerizing audiences.
WHY IS THAT?
I wonder if GLENROY or BUGS or CECIL or BEDE (sorry for using CAPS Brenda; I do love you and your spirit and contribution to PAN) know the answer?
Every generation has a right to its own heroes; so don't try to DEMERIT the PRESENT GENERATIONS!!!
The PRESENT is programmed in ways for the younger generation to have no sense of a past or foundation to build on. Who wants to go BLINDLY into the future without have a sense of where you came from?
In the age of the “internet of things” is easier to wipe out your memory and create a new operating system. It’s a plug and play society we living in, common sense is not so common any more, that’s why we have to teach the kids critical thinking skills, problem solving and decision making to survive in this new age. You tell them WISDOM is the correct use of knowledge and they will tell where I can go to download that application. I’ll stick with my PAST than have someone else tell me what to THINK.
The original HANG PAN
One of the reasons we old timers look back to the past is because steelbands were so dynamic in the past.
For example , I did not see and hear Hylanders drop "Let Every Valley" that j'ouvert morning , but I've heard old timers speak of it in awe , and it lives on in my imagination.
However , I've seen the power of Cavaliers dropping Tzina Tzina on Harris Promenade ,and the whole panorama band of Fonclaire dropping Pan by Storm , also on the Promenade.
I've seen big steelbands backed up from the Promenade , up to the Coffee on a j'ouvert morning.
And that is just Sando , we're not talking about town.
I've experienced prelims on the drag when steelbands were playing on the move , and bands like Cavaliers , Solo and Despers took half the savannah down the drag with them , as they went down the drag playing their panorama piece , which was almost a preview on J'ouvert.
So yes , I look back to the past.
Because the present is relatively static , since our biggest appearances are stage performances.
And because there are valuable lessons to be learned from the past.
And there is nothing today that compares.
Glenroy, you took the words right outta my mouth, In the 60s the Baby Boomers were teenagers and the Steelband was BOSS. There was a musical explosion the likes I doubt we'll ever see again, we were lucky to have experience the 60s that's why we talk about it. It's alright if allyuh want to start the BOMB talk AGAIN, why not, lol
We talk about the PAST because there nothing much to say about TODAY far less for TOMORROW.
Nothing is wrong with looking back at the period when the steelband was most successful, some operated without a sponsor and the band came out both carnival days. They were independent. The 60s was an awesome decade period. The 60s -70s is the point of reference.
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