This was the year Shadow should have won the Monarch for sure!! the man had two big tunes, this one and Poverty is Hell. The judges didn't even put the man in the finals....it was one of the most perplexing decisions ever by judges of the Calypso Monarch competition.....they later said it was because he was not mobile enough on stage.......what BS!!! Everybody know Shadow's trademark is to stand up by the mic and jump on one spot.....LONG LIVE SHADOW!!! The original people's champion!!!
Dis is d jouvert song of all jouvert songs...Shadow's abstract and often macabre humour tempered with his style & mastering of kaiso always takes kaiso to another level...Thanks for posting this
I have studied you Mighty Shadow, I have built an entire chapter wholly inspired by this song and this performance. Thanks for leaving us with enough memories to fill our unworthy hearts with sunshine! 🙏🏿❤️
Voted best Jouvert song ever in an informal poll on Tim Tim and Trumpet's show on Next 99.1 fm this morning. Man still winning the people's hearts after he's gone. Long live de Bassman!!
Oh gosh! Calypso Fiesta in Skinner Park was BOSS back then nah! I was in dis fete in ah dance prance when ah could jump no more! Eh eh! All ah we was deh whole day gettin on bad and payin de devil!!!
It's so crazy and so deep when you get into the history! For all the haters and all those miseducated get into Hollis Liverpool, Errol Hill, Janice Quinter, Bruce Procope, Daniel Crowley, Philip Scher and the many other's writing the history for you to read since some of you can't even begin to wrap the oral histories being told around your heads. One People, One love!
Trinivalist! I admire your knowledge of a heritage soon to be driven away by the lack of knowledge being given to so many Caribbean students and residents! I'm actually doing a paper on Carnival for one class and Calypso for another...PLAY DE DEVIL!
@Trinivalist Not true. Jab- Jab is from the Diable Molasse. Diable Molasse is the result of a slave falling into the vat of molasses,an unfortunate death. The remaining slaves believed the grounds were haunted by the "Jab Molassie". That is why the original "devils" painted themselves black and wore chains. And yes, lots of Trinidad Carnival traditions were brought over by the huge amount of Grenadian slaves. Island-specific is inaccurate b/c we were slaves before we Bajans, Trinis or Grenz.
