| Crazy Fed Up |
Written by :
W.L.B
Location : Trinidad & Tobago
Posted : Nov 27, 2009 :
12:04:02 AM |
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The lovable
lunatic of calypso, Crazy has finally had enough
of being denied the National Calypso Monarch title
of Trinidad and Tobago. He has declared that he is
sitting out Carnival 2010, staying away from
everything to do with the festival next year, and
possibly forever.
But don’t get too
alarmed, your favourite mad socaman is just making
idle threats, and is in fact hoping that his
tongue-in-cheek song, For
Carnival, will bring him the title he has
been longing for throughout his calypso career -
or at least let the judges know just what he
thinks of them.
Say the song’s name really
fast and you will understand just where Crazy is
coming from. Yup, there he goes again with his
unmasked brand of double entendre, which
leaves little to the imagination. Already a hit
with many steelpan players in Trinidad,
For Carnival may be one of the
popular selections with the single pan bands for
the Panorama competition.
“The panmen love
the song, which I wrote with them in mind. For
years I have been writing songs that go on to
become classics, but the judges never seem to
recognise the worth of my calypsoes. Every year, I
send so much money recording songs and preparing
for competition that I could have been a
billionaire by now. So I saying, for carnival, I
not doing anything,” Crazy said.
Look out
for more releases from Crazy in the coming weeks,
as he puts together his collection for 2010. He
is, however, in great demand these days at
pre-Christmas events throughout Trinidad and the
United States because of his soca-parang single,
One For Tito, a tribute to
legendary paranderos Tito Lara of the
Lara Brothers, who passed away in February this
year.
Crazy, who 31 years ago recorded the
first ever soca-parang, entitled
Maria, remembers Lara and the
great music he created alongside his brothers for
over sixty years through this new reflective, yet
festive, song which really does bring a tear to
the eye.
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