PART DEUX OF "TRINIDAD CARNIVAL 2K10"
FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT I'VE BEEN CREATING AND LITERALLY PUTTING MYSELF ON THE ROAD MENTALLY TO IMAGINE HOW THESE PIECES WOULD LOOK... BUT OF COURSE YOU NEED THE INSPIRATION, SO I TURN TO MY FIRST LOVE, SOCA! I'VE BEEN SO BLESSED WITH ORDERS, THAT WITH MORE REQUESTS, THE MORE I HAVE TO IMAGINE THE COSTUME, HOW WOULD THE PIECE FIT WITH THE PERSON, AND THE FABULOUSNESS OF IT ON THE ROAD!! I'M FINALLY FINISHED WITH THE FIRST HALF OF CARNIVAL PIECES, SO SOME OF YOU HAVE THEM OR WILL HAVE A GIFT IN YOUR EMAIL IN THE MORNING OF A QUICK GLIMPSE!
ANYWAY, BACK TO THE MUSIC, AS I TAKE THIS MUST NEED BREAK; I'VE DECIDED TO CONTINUE MY SOCA FAVES FOR 2K10!
SO WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I WAS LISTENING TO A CD, AND
OLATUNJI'S "SO AH LOVE IT" CAME ON... AND I COULDN'T HELP BUT JUST START BEATING THE STEERING WHEEL... THE CHUNE IS VERY SIMPLE (ESPECIALLY THE CHORUS, BASICALLY "CARNIVAL, CARNIVAL, ITS CARNIVAL, CARNIVAL..." BUT SOMETHING ABOUT IT TAKES ME TO A PLACE... IT'S PROBABLY THE RIDDIM BUT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, ADD A LIL MORE DRUMMING TO IT, OR CREATE A ROADMIX, TRUST ME... I CAN SEE PEOPLE CHIPPIN DOWN DE ROAD!
WHOIII GAL WHOOI: BUSY SIGNAL & MACHEL MONTANO- THIS CHUNE IS A MIX OF TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC, REGGAE AND CALYPSO RIDDIMS... I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE TELL ME, I HEAR THE FOLK LOL... I ALMOST BUSSED INTO A BIG DRUM/BELLAIR DANCE ON THE TRAIN THE OTHER DAY!! LOL THIS CHUNE WOULD BE NICE IN A FETE!
TRUE LIES (ROADMIX)FAYANN LYONS-ALVAREZ- GREAT ROAD CHUNE... ANOTHER ONE WHERE I WAS DRIVING AND FOR SOME REASON I COULDN'T STOP BOUNCING! LOL I CAN SEE MASQUERADERS GETTING ON IN THEIR FANCY BOOTS, FEATHERS SWAYING, AND JUMPIN' UP!! OH YEAH... AND THOSE FEATHER PIECES I'M MAKING WILL BE DANCING ALONG WITH YOU... LOL (SORRY, IT WAS CREATED WITH SOCA INFUSED RIDDIMS)
THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT- MACKA DIAMOND &DENISE BELFON- THIS CHUNE IS VERY DANGEROUS! LOL I LOVE THE DANCEHALL VIBES WITH A SOCA ESSENCE, PLENTY BUMPAS WILL BE ROLLIN WITH THIS ONE!
SURRENDER- DESTRA GARCIA- HOW COULD I NOT TALK ABOUT THIS ONE! THIS CHUNE IS A PAN CHUNE BUT ALSO SOMETHING I FEEL A CERTAIN BAND WILL ENJOY ON THE ROAD AND MAKE THE COSTUMES BECOME ALIVE! THIS SONG REMINDS ME OF SOME OF US WHO SURRENDER TO THE MUSIC AND JUST "LEH GO!" THIS WAS ONE OF MY EARLY FAVORITES!
ALISON HINDS - BOOM BOOM TONIC- ANOTHER DANGEROUS CHUNE! LOL WHY I LOVE THIS CHUNE, IT HAS TO BE THE ZOUK INSPIRATION! YOU WOULD SWEAR KASSAV WAS THE HOUSE BAND WHEN THE SONG WAS CREATED! IF I WAS ON THE ROAD, AND THE RIGHT DANCE PARTNER WHO CAN BREAK INTO A ZOUKISH DANCE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME, IT WOULD BE ON, COSTUME ON AND ALL!! I ACTUALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE A VIDEO TO THIS CHUNE, PRESENT A MIX OF TRADITIONAL DANCING WITH A MODERN TWIST!
I PAY FOR THIS (ROAD MIX)-FARMER NAPPY & MACHEL MONTANO- THIS CHUNE IS ONE OF THOSE JUST JUMPING UP AND GETTIN ON FROM SIDE TO SIDE! JUST PACE DOWN DE ROAD! LOL "I PAY FOR THIS, I PAY FOR DAT... NOBODY CAN TELL ME NUTTIN!" FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKS HARD, IT IS TIME TO GET ON BAD! LOL
HUNTING (ROADMIX)- BLAXX- I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS THE ULTIMATE JOUVERT CHUNE FOR ME... I THINK BECAUSE I REMEMBER PLAYING JOUVERT EVERY YEAR, A CHUNE WITH PLENTY PACE WOULD COME ON, AND A PARTICULAR SOMEONE WHO WOULD WEAR HORNS WOULD RUN AFTER ME WITH HIS FORK IN HAND, REAL' GREASY IN OLE' OIL... AND READY TO JUK ME! LOL I KNOW! IT'S THE WHISTLE AND THE LYRICS OF COURSE, "WHOLE DAY I HUNTIN, EVERY NIGHT I HUNTIN!" YUP... A TRUE JOUVERT JAM!
HEAVEN- NADIA BATSON & KEES DIEFFENTHALLER- I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS CHUNE, IT'S FUN... AND I CAN SEE MYSELF HEADING BACK TO THE STATES FROM MY CARNIVAL EXPERINCE, SITTING ON THE PLANE, PUTTING ON MY IPOD... AND THIS CHUNE COMES ON AND I WOULD REMINICE WITH TEARS IN MY EYES AT HOW HEAVENLY THE CARNIVAL EXPERIENCE WAS!
*SNEAKS THIS ONE IN!* I STILL LOVE
FOREIGNER (3SUNS AND BENJAI)... THIS CHUNE PUTS APEP IN MY STEP WHEN I WALK DOWN DE ROAD! LOL
CYAR SLEEP- RAYMOND RAMNARINE FEAT. KERWIN DUBOIS- ANOTHER SWEEET CHUNE... YOU MAY FIND ME USING THE WORD "SWEET" A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC... BUT WHEN A CHUNE HITS ME AND MAKES ME CLOSE MY EYES, REMINISENCE ABOUT A CARNIVAL THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, YEAH... THEN THE CHUNE HAS A HOLD ON ME! GREAT LYRICS AND ARRANGEMENT! "THIS YEAR NAH MISSING ME... TOO MUCH THINGS GOING ON, FOR ME TO BE IN BED, I CAN GO SLEEP WHEN I DEAAAAAAAAAD"
CAREFUL (ROAD MIX)- LIL' BITTS- I HAVE A THING FOR ROADMIXES, IT HAS RIDDIM AND MORE RIDDIM... CAREFUL MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT THAT SPECIAL MAN YOU SEE IN A FETE, AND YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE HIM AN UNFORGETABLE DANCE... "DOH LEH GO... CAREFUL WHEN YUH WUKKIN UP ON ME...CROSS YUH T'S, DOT YUH I'S...." I LOVE IT!
BARMAN- RICKY JAI- THIS CHUNE IS SO CUTE!!I FIND CHUTNEY SOCA ALWAYS KICKSY!! "MI WIFE DEY HOME AND SHE WAITING, SHE WAITING FOR SOME SWEET LOVIN!...BARMAN GIVE ME SOME GUINESS AND PUNCHEON!" ANOTHER FETE FAVE!
*EXHAALLLLLLLES* I HAVE MORE CHUNES, BUT I MUST GET BACK TO WORK! HERE'S A GLIMPSE OF A PIECE HEADING TO TNT!
