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I like some reggae, dub especially, and I like calypso and mento a lot. Soca, bouyon, and zouk aren't as exciting to me with some soca just being sort of annoying.
Yeah, soca will be extremely annoying to you if you haven't participated in carnival. I didn't really like it until I was old enough to play mas. Soca is difficult to appreciate on its own musical merits (not much to it honestly) and only makes sense in the context of high energy jouvert fetes where paint and water are flying around. Then you say, "Oh, this is fun! Now I get it!" But just playing it from your laptop with no context to work with will drive the uninitiated to the brink of insanity.
Russell Peters gets some good cracks in on Trinis and soca in this video.
Yeah, soca will be extremely annoying to you if you haven't participated in carnival. I didn't really like it until I was old enough to play mas. Soca is difficult to appreciate on its own musical merits (not much to it honestly) and only makes sense in the context of high energy jouvert fetes where paint and water are flying around. Then you say, "Oh, this is fun! Now I get it!" But just playing it from your laptop with no context to work with will drive the uninitiated to the brink of insanity.
Russell Peters gets some good cracks in on Trinis and soca in this video.
IMO, it depends on soca you are listening to. In the 70s, 80s and early 90s, soca was so beautiful and melodic and was generally mid-tempo. There was plenty brass and intricate instrumentation. The genre left the majority of that behind for years, and only now does it seem to perhaps be coming back around. I honestly listen to soca more than anything else, not just for Carnival or a fete.
IMO, it depends on soca you are listening to. In the 70s, 80s and early 90s, soca was so beautiful and melodic and was generally mid-tempo. There was plenty brass and intricate instrumentation. The genre left the majority of that behind for years, and only now does it seem to perhaps be coming back around. I honestly listen to soca more than anything else, not just for Carnival or a fete.
Woman on d Bass is such a sweet song...and I love it on pan. Kitch well...nothing much needs to be said for him. He made the most beautiful songs for pan.
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Also how did you embed those the videos.
