tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post670881036929634200..comments2023-09-24T03:18:15.557-04:00Comments on Guanaguanare: the laughing gull: Experience The Songs OnlineGuanaguanarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-54693290313046646242018-01-23T07:46:19.190-05:002018-01-23T07:46:19.190-05:00Dear John,
Thanks for your comments. I had a liste...Dear John,<br />Thanks for your comments. I had a listen to Maestro's Champion of the Road and you've already got most of it. That bit before "man who carry the load" escaped us both and if you ever figure it out, please let me know what he is saying. Feel free to continue to ask me about lyrics. The more ears the merrier.<br />By the way, have you already posted all the lyrics for the songs that you have already transcribed? I'd like to visit your site.<br />Blessings,<br />Guanaguanare<br /><br />Tell me dis steelbands man, why we calysponian <br />Get first class attention in de competition <br />Panmen shouldn't take sides, taking some for a ride, <br />Racket and politics should never mix in music. <br /><br />Chorus: I say, steelband man if yuh honestly and truly plan <br />To really have a fair Road March competition, <br />Brother man here's how you do it.[Do it, do it] I say [Do it] <br /><br />You try one of Shorty tune or you try one from Shadow, <br />You take one that Blakie croon or you try one from Brigo<br />And then when ----- man who carry the load<br />Is the champion, champion of the road.<br /><br />Lovely tunes are wasted, young singers frustrated<br />When we keep supporting only them big kingpin<br />Steelband men must be fair, beat the best tune you hear<br />And to hell with who high and mighty or who win crown ten time already.<br /><br />You take a tune from Viking or you try one from Squiggy <br />One from the Mighty Stalin or you try one from Valley<br />And then when ----- man who carry the load <br />Is the champion, champion of the road.<br /><br />Well, if Lord Parakeet have a tune that's real sweet<br />Is the panmen duty to beat it out loudly<br />But the best they suppress so the rest could progress<br />If you ent have money to throw 'way<br />Well they rip you off Carnival day.<br /><br />You take something from Lord Fluke or you take one from Princess <br />One from the Mighty Duke or you take one from Rex West<br />And then when -------- man who carry the load <br />Is the champion, champion of the road.<br /><br />Winston break the long span when he came with Bassman<br />The same bands who make him, the next year they break him<br />So you see where we stand, but this thing could be grand<br />What I want the panmen and them do, give credit where credit is due.<br /><br />You take a tune from Plainclothes or you take one from Francine <br />One from Calypso Rose or the Mighty Saccharine<br />And then when -------- man who carry the load <br />Is the champion, champion of the road.Guanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-9168580487902381512017-11-30T15:49:12.788-05:002017-11-30T15:49:12.788-05:00By the way Gull, I will post ALL the songs I'v...By the way Gull, I will post ALL the songs I've transcribed over the past 18 years if you wish. They belong to everyone!John Leonhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10718631398398339778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-48595487653616520902017-11-30T15:47:32.630-05:002017-11-30T15:47:32.630-05:00In my search for lyrics, this week I've been h...In my search for lyrics, this week I've been hammering myself and any site who can help me with a few lyrics of Maestros' "Champion of De Road", here's most of the body.........I do a good bit of transcribing, and if the artiste is alive, I will ask him/her myself. Which includes Super Blue, Poser, Scrunter, Carl Jacobs, David Rudder,Stalin,Sparrow and others, too bad Kitch passed before I discovered the root of this rich genre!<br /><br />Vs. #1.....<br /> Play!! Come On!!.........Tell me dis steelbands man, why de calysponian get first class attention in de competition...... shouldn't take flight, taking some for a ride, racket and politics should never mix in music<br /><br />Chorus #1.....I said steelbandman if yuh honestly and truly plan to really have a fair road march competition, brother, man here's how you do it....Do it ! Do it! I said.....Do it! Do it!<br />Yuh try one of Shorty tunes, well yuh try one from Shadow, yuh take one that Blakie croon, well yuh try one from Brigo and then man who carry de load, it's de champion, champion of de road!!<br /><br />Vs. #2....<br /> Lovely tunes are wasted, young singers frustrated, when we keep supporting, only dem big king pin, steelband men must appear with de best tune yuh hear and to hell with who high and mighty, or who win from ten time already......<br /><br />Chorus # 2.....I said steelbandman, if yuh honestly and truly plan to really have a fair road march competition, brother, man here's how you do it........Do it! Do it! I said "Do it Do it!!"<br />Yuh take a tune from Viking, or yuh try one from Squibby, one from de Mighty Stalin, or yuh try one from Bally, and then ??????????? man who carry de load, it's de champion champion of de road.....come on.....do it.....<br /><br />Vs. #3....<br /> Well if Lord Parakeet, have a dream that's real sweet, it's de panman duty to beat it out loudly....but de best is suppressed, so de rest would progress, if you ent have money to throw away, when they rip you up Carnival Day<br />Chorus #3....Steelbandman, if yuh honestly and truly plan to really have a fair road march competition brother, man here's how you do it......Do it ! Do it!!.....I said...."Do it.....Do it!!"<br />You take something from Lord ??????, well you take one from Princess, one from the Mighty Duke, or yuh take one from Rex West, and ??????man who carry de load, it's de champion, champion of de road!!<br />Vs. #4....<br /> Winston break de long span when he came with Bassman....the same band who make him, the next year dey break him, so you see where we stand.????????????????? grand....what I want you panmen and them do, give credit where credit is due......<br />Chorus #4.....Steelbandman, if yuh honestly and truly plan to really have a fair road march competition, brother, man here's how you do it......Do it! Do it!! I said "Do it Do it!!"<br />You take a tune from Plainclothes, well yuh take one from Francine, one from Calypso Rose, and de Mighty Saccharine........and when ????????????????? man who carry de load, it's de champion, champion of de road!!<br />John Leonhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10718631398398339778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-87740574027425263132012-06-15T20:54:16.801-04:002012-06-15T20:54:16.801-04:00Unknown,
Thanks for visiting and leaving your comm...Unknown,<br />Thanks for visiting and leaving your comment with suggestions. <br /><br />Although you have the text, I usually transcribe directly from the performance and in this one he sings:<br /><br /><i>Singing to me, "God go save the queen!"</i><br /><br />I will go with what he actually sings although what you have sent:<br /><br /><i>"Now, Let God save the queen!"</i> is equally effective.<br /> <br />About the word "void" I find that I am hearing a word that ends in 'l' and not 'd'. I don't know if I am just instinctively needing to hear a word that rhymes with soil but have a listen again and tell me what you think. <br /><br />No, I have never heart the monologue. What is it about?<br /><br />Thanks so much for communicating. I am going to listen to this again focusing on where he sings 'void' according to your source.<br /><br />BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-69427905041012314602012-06-11T02:15:13.470-04:002012-06-11T02:15:13.470-04:00Could not find an email address anywhere, but for ...Could not find an email address anywhere, but for Phillip My Dear I make the lyrics to the 3rd verse (or stanza, since it's really POETRY, rigt?!)to be as follows. AND I, TOO, CAN BE WRONG: it happened before - I think. <br />"In Buckingham, no one respond to the alarm<br />So this plunderer displayed inside my boudoir<br />A tool made for agriculture. I stood there in awe<br />With a man in my bedroom, seven feet or more<br />He told me, "Come hither!” … and void: all my good linen he soil,<br />He was so obscene!<br />There was a man in my bedroom, so nasty and mean,<br />Telling me, "Now, Let God save the queen!"<br /><br />I've got a copy of the song from the "Man In My Bedroom" CD Album -with a long monlogue at the start. Maybe you heard it also?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313339250403972618noreply@blogger.com