Now I have said 100 times on THIS FORUM that I am a REAL TRINIDADIAN -- I eh come on NO BOAT.
So if you are playing this CALYPSO on a CARNIVAL MOTHER OF ALL CARNIVALS SATURDAY NIGHT in TRINIDAD on a CARNIVAL SATURDAY NIGHT -- I WANT TO HEAR THE CALYPSO THROUGH and THROUGH. I might give you a little 120 second variation from THE ORIGINAL ... but yuh better spread it thin and stay with the original.
THAT IS MY ARGUMENT!!! LOVE YOUR CALYPSO CULTURE and DEMONSTRATE it on the PANS on
PANORAMA NIGHT. I don't give a DAMN about what you know about OTHER GENRES. Stick to the CALYPSO and PLAY THE CALYPSO if you want to impress me.
Ah taking up the challenge that was laid down for me and ah listening for the CLASSICAL NONSENSE. And if ah think ah hear it, ah going and hire ah classical music student in SAN FRANCISCO and pay them $100 to pull out THE NONSENSE and ah coming back to PROVE MEH POINT.
Let me go further and say that it is a foolhardy mission for any STEELBAND to try to play that song in a PANORAMA (ditto for TOURIST LEGGO -- ah hope AINSWORTH MOHAMMED do read this, I will lose a good friend in the process). But the sentiment of the moment could be forgiven and if the arranger chooses to make it a NOISE EVENT (not a MUSICAL EVENT), I can live with that provided there is enough NOISE-- like in JAM JAM JAM.
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