Wow
That different eh…..I heard Adrian Clarke’s “I ent frightened”…and was really impressed….AC for me followed by Bag…..Webster..Crystal

RPB HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST. HAS BROUGHT AN UNRIVALLED LEVEL OF CONSISTENT CLASS TO THE CALYPSO CONTEST WHICH HAS BEEN UNMATCHED.

When I gine get back my R@SSHO!# money. i was not allowed to get in and waste my f*ck!n% gas in traffic when they could have announced they have sold 12000 tickets but the gym can only hold $6500. I am very disgruntled and ANGRY. This government is bare shite and over 300 empty chairs at the front for the ministers friends.I am stuck with a Finals ticket and was unable to see it – Cudnt they have put up a big screen outside the gym?

Oh how happy i will be when elections are called

@David
I went to the show with my ticket and was not allowed to get in because they said they gym was full. Myself and many more were turned back and we have the tickets to prove it.

maybe 12000 tickets werent sold but it seemed that more tickets were sold than the gym coudl have accommodated.

@2dbone…Irregardless of what u say, David will always back this sorry @$$ Government…Them just pissy…Sorry to say, My friends and I were also turned back this is sad and disgraceful…David if you cant tek de damn heat, step out de frigging kitchen….Delete this comment as you accustom when it pointing at you.

GUESS IT WOULDN’T BE LONG BEFORE THE TITLE OF SIR RED PLASTIC BAG IS CONFERRED BY HER MAJESTY ON MR STEDSON WILTSHIRE.

@Sargeant

Brought it forward, it is the second blog.

I have been searching Bajantube and Youtube for cropover 2012 music and 50 % is the same as last year and the last 10 years.

Alison Hinds. 2012 gals want more iron. 2008 All night iron and don’t forget
“de iron got me so bazodee.
So Alison’s theme is wukkin up an tekkin iron an lill Rick is wukkin up pun bumpers.at at a kazillion beats per minute.

This music correlates to the wukkin up pun de street.

This obsession Bajans have with wukkin up pun bumpers must have some deep rooted psychological meaning given their homophobic rhetoric.

Perhaps I should write a calypso for us who prefer a frontal approach.

But jus so wunna know. I have a Allison / square One CD I buy from HMV and I does watch she videos on youtube. Cause Alison is sweetness personified.

@ Hants
“I have to buy music because of a rule instituted by others in my household.”
*************

…so Hants you can’t take a hint…?
You are being forced to buy CDs extolling the (only real) bajan talent of ‘wukking up on bumpers’ and emphasizing how much ‘Allison likes to take her iron….’

Don’t you think that the “others in your household” trying to tell you something…?
If you know what is good for you you would turn off the damn computer and get to work with the metallurgy ASAP. 🙂

I listened to Plastic Bag’s song “A Royal visit”.

Very good social commentary with a little double entendre.

i can’t tell you who should of won but i can tell you it was not Bag. even the look on his face said it all. last nite was just a joke and shame for that competition.

I saw the seats empty also but we were prevented from entering and the door were closed upstairs. Then ya cud see the ministers shuttling in their friends and family. But let them enjoy their last days in office. And they dont even have the decency to apologise and tell us we can be refunded but Lashley talking all over he pompous face.

Although this may sound political, there is one fact – MANY PEOPLE WERE TURNED AWAY AND IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

Why do they have judges?
It would be better to allow members of the public to vote by phoning in, or on the internet.

Those questioning note the NCF will be refunding as suggested by BU.

http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/ncf-redeeming-tickets-for-cohobblopot/

@David
you were so eager to defend this government and the NCF, now you know that more tickets were sold than they claimed. it shows yet another weakness in the audit checks and balances – they dont seem to even know how many tickets were sold.
I want back my money, i am not redeeming anything for Cohobblopot.
mishap and mistake after mistake by the incompetent DLP.

Sunday Sun
Ricky Jordan, 5 /8 /2012.
WHILE THE MAN himself RPB must be congratulated for his stellar achievement of ten crowns in 30 years, one cannot help but be baffled at the judges, who obviously remain overwhelmed by the star quality in him and Gabby.
Neither of the two Big Show tent members should have placed in the top three; and the highest Red Plastic Bag deserved, after one strong song in the form of Thank You, Calypso, was fourth. But that’s why I’m not among the calypso judges, some of whom have been called blind, deaf, and worse.

Whether or not this description held true at the MQI Banks Lime Pic-O-De-Crop Finals at the Gymnasium of the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex Friday night, the collective gasps at the result and the general feeling that it did not go down well with the public were very real.

And it must worry anyone interested in the future of the art form that these two “generals” can continue to dominate an arena with material that lacks any real lyrical effort, while other hard-working and talented individuals seem to be penalized for daring to be in such “thoroughbred” company. Simply put, one now has to be twice as good as these multi-crowned winners to gain the calypso title.

I am really ashamed of Barbados. The fact that no one thinks Gabby should have been in the top three reveals what a sad state we are in. It also reveals why people like Chrystal will never come higher because fans like you make them believe they are doing something of excellence. This a musical competition. You can’t win it based on if the crowd likes what you sing about or not. You don’t have to agree with what Gabby sang about but the judges have criteria, based in MUSIC, not popularity. If we can’t see that Gabby and Ian Webster were in a class by themselves, we as a people obviously have ZERO understanding of music.

TO balance
You obviously know nothing about calypso
You rerepresent one of the new breed who dont know your history, are not aware of anything and just walking around with dumb opinions based on sentiment and not on fact or reality

Bushie man you real cruel today.

De women just getting a little release from the pressures of living in poverty surrounded by ” sheeplike drunkards”.

I have listened to Wickham on Brasstacks and read some of his comments in the newspapers. I thought he was just another bright educated Bajan even though I didn’t always agree with his opinions.

I did not know anything about his private life and still don’t care about his private life but will continue to respect his opinions.

Barbados is a nation of hypocrites and the so called leaders consider themselves exempt from the moral standards they espouse.

@ac

You do realize that your criteria for judging is different?

well dats me but . remeber after the judging is over the record is out there in the market for the final judges who are the buyers local as well as international. who de hell wants to hear about a queen i hear the song and nothing is memorable expect the word queen. What criteria did the judges used except favourabilty. there is notthing exceptional about the song.just a nice song but not a winning song.

@ Meok

my criteria is

Content

Cross overappeal

Saleability

Popularity

now on content the song was written in a safe mode not to be offensive but did it accomplished the kind of interest that would want one to say “play it again” or i like it.to a wider audience that is of youth and older combined it would only get much of the attention from maybe the over 50/s group same can be said for sales as for popularity it must count for something because it generate sales of a product and makes the artist have favourable standing in the market isn’t it the international market artist are trying to penetrate however with a song like this little attention would be giving internationally in the music world popular is what drives and generate sales making the artist worth his weight in gold.

@Meok….What say you to the following? “Teach your children the right way,tell them they cannot be born gay.” How do you not see such to be most offensive?Simple response.Show me a Christian and I will show you a liar.Ronnie the Christian is Ronnie the Announcer.Who is Nobby the footballer?One and the same? Again…Show me a true Christian and I’ll show you a liar.

@ac
I am not in favour of RPB’s win (I would have given it to Webster or Gabby) but THIS is what matters.

Lyrics, Melody & Rendition. Presentation is only 5 points.

Let’s start with Lyrics: A contestant is judged on the strength of the lyrics. NOT the subject matter, but how sensibly you develop the subject matter. This does NOT mean that more words are better either. They’re looking at the complexity of your rhyming (sorry Kid Site, the one syllable words don’t cut it), and the wit employed. Use of language arts and literary devices. And overall, how cohesive the song is. It has to tell a story and it can’t be disjointed or all over the place.

Now Melody: Melody is the movement of notes in succession. Now, let’s get a few terms. A note is a single tone. A scale is a progression of 8 notes (doh, ra, mi, fa, so, la, ti, doh). A chord is made by playing 3 or more notes together, from the same scale. Not, the melody you sing is determined by the chords being played in the music behind you. At it’s most basic, you will sing either of the three notes comprising the chord. You can’t make a sweet melody without movement. For example, singing “doh, doh, doh, doh,” or “ra, ra, ra, ra” doesn’t make for a very interesting tune because it’s the same note and sounds like talking. People like Popsicle do this alot. There is very little movement in the notes he is “singing” because the arrangement is comprise of about 2, maybe 3 chords.

Now Rendition: Rendition is talking about how the notes are actually produced. We are looking at things like clarity (which requires you to sing from your stomach and not your throat) and diction (the proper formation of the words). It also looks at phasing (the rhythmic pattern of the words on the beat). Your lines have to start and finish in time with the musical bar, or count, and what’s in-between can’t sound rushed or jumbled. Gabby scores highly here because, well…… he is a singer. He is famous for singing the same lines as the backups, in a totally different phrasing (timing) and still ending on queue with them (everything fits in the bar). There are also other areas of rendition which ONLY a singer will score points in. Octaves for example. An instrument has more than one octave of each note. In laymans terms, there is a low “C” and a hi “C” and many “C”s between there. A true singer can sing higher than what the instruments are playing, but still be in key, because they are just singing in the “C” (or what ever note) above the one the band is playing. Again, Gabby does this. Actually, his second song this year, “Popsicle I Come For You” was rendered in a higher octave than he sang it in the semis. Chrystal did it in “Why Ya Tek Me Fa Sandra” when she said “Look how my voice HIGH and Sandra voice LOW”. She began the line on a higher version of the note being played and ended it on a lower version of the same note. People like Popsicle can’t score points in areas like that.

I know this is an earfull but I hope if will help someone to demystify the judges thought-processes.

@ David
I guess my question would be if all the judges stick to their musical guns or if some are still swayed by non-essentials. For example, there is a train of thought that because Judges are people too, Elaborate Presentations may actually be worth more than the alloted 5 points, In other words, the judge is a human too, so if I can impress him enough with my presentation, even if I sing foolishness I already have him in my pocket,

Another thing, is that different people have different ears. Someone may hear a melody and be impressed. Someone else with a wider musical background my detect similarities to another melody and rate it lower.