Saturday nite fever ...
Yesterday was kinda like day one ...... of de long weekend in Trinbago .... dis weekend! ..... and I say long weekend ...... cuz yuh done know ..... dat real people callin in 'sick' tomorrow ...... and MAKIN it ah long weekend ...... wit Tuesday being Divali .....
so yeah ....... imagine last nite ..... nite one of de 'long weekend' ..... ah nite dat had real ting tuh do in Trini ...... like de famous 'Eyes Wide Shut' Halloween Party (steups - doh even start meh on Halloween in Trinbago!) ..... Spragga Benz in Sting ....... Fanton Mojah somewhere ..... an' ah Prosperity dance in Bournes Road ...... I ..... like I end up wit ah Saturday nite fever ...... cuz there I was ..... on ah Saturday nite ...... at 11:00 pm ...... on my couch ....... feelin cold ..... under ah blanket ....... watchin flickin SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (on VH1)!!!
Tony Manero and Stephanie (she cyah act tuh save she life!!!)
Now I cyah remember de las time I see dat movie ....... and after watchin it last nite ..... it coulda been a lil longer!! ...... dat movie was simply awful ..... how did we ever sit tru 2 1/2 hours of dat .... and actually enjoy it?! ...... the story was crap ..... de clothes was crap ...... de hairstyles was crap ...... de acting was real crap ..... and de dancing was crap ....... but only cuz ah had 'Dancing with the Stars' tuh compare it wit ...... fuh me ...... de only ting ...... dat save dat movie ...... well other than John Travolta .... who I totally had a teenage crush on ...... was the FABULOUS MUSIC!!!
An' ah know ah goin an' show meh age here eh ...... but is no scene ....... cuz I realise ..... I come from ah good time ..... a good era ...... cuz LAWDY ....... that movie had a soundtrack and ah half ...... it went Platinum 15 times!!! ..... with songs from ole foggies like ....... The Bee Gees (LOVE!!!) ....... Yvonne Elliman ...... Kool & the Gang ...... KC & the Sunshine Band ..... The Trammps!!!
WOW ..... I was transported ....... back tuh ah time ...... when music was actually GOOD!
Now don't get me wrong eh ...... it have some good music today too ...... cuz I could appreciate meh lil Buju and Beenie an dem (even Pamputtae) ...... and meh lil Kanye West ..... and even ah lil Usher and Beyonce an ting ...... but somehow ...... tuh me ...... none of the music of today ...... lives up tuh de music of yesteryear! ...... an opinion which by the way ....... is constantly endorsed ...... by de widespread use nowadays ...... of 'samples' of de music from back in de day ...... and I eh no long time music aficionado ..... I jus like what I like ...... and I guess I learned to like ALL kinds of music ...... cuz I grew up in a house of music ..... 24/7 ...... you see ..... my father ...... in his youth ...... used to be a DJ ...... and even when he got out of the music ..... there was no getting the music out of him ...... he remained a music man (and to this day ... still IS) ...... he had hundreds of records ...... and 45s ...... which he actually played ..... it wasn't like just a 'collection' ......
...... I grew up on artistes and groups like ...... The Bee Gees, ABBA, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Bryan Adams, Jon Secada, Bob Marley, George Benson, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Donna Summer, Neil Diamond, John Denver, Michael Jackson, Prince, Teddy Pendergrass, Barbara Streisand, Earth Wind and Fire, Luther Vandross, Elton John, Barry Manilow, Eagles, Chuck Mangione, Maxi Priest, Richard Marx, Chicago, Rod Stewart, Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton John, Aaron Neville, Earl Klugh, Kenny G (not Kenny J), Barry White, Michael Bolton, Terence Trent D'Arby, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Eurythmics, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Patti La Belle, Brothers Johnson, Jeffrey Osborne, Al Jarreau, David Rudder, Julio Iglesias, Anita Baker, Phil Collins, Air Supply, Jody Watley, Smokey Robinson, James Ingram, Sting, Santana, Quincy Jones, Tina Turner, Foreigner, Hall & Oates, Billy Ocean, Europe, Laura Branigan, REO Speedwagon, Christopher Cross, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Boyz II Men, Celine Dion, Babyface, Toni Braxton, Gloria Estefan, Melissa Etheridge, Vanessa Williams, Sade, Seal, Whitney Houston .....
..... and the list goes on ..... and on ..... and on ....... and on ...... so yuh know ..... ah doh have tuh tell yuh .... dat I never ...... in my entire life ..... had tuh buy a single record or CD ...... cuz my daddy ...... had em ALL!!!
..... an' ah doh have tuh tell yuh either ..... dat all dem ole people concert in Zen ...... I was dey ...... even when dey had de Bee Gees Tribute Band!!!!
Tank de Lord ...... I was born in dat era yes ..... and not in dis hip hop / rap era ..... cuz I tink ..... is only cuz I was exposed tuh such a wide repetoire of music ..... something the young uns of today ...... eh know nuttin bout ...... dat I am actually able tuh appreciate ...... or rather ........ tolerate ...... the music of today ....... look jus de odda day ..... I was chattin wit a friend ..... who was telling me that the company he works for ...... plannin a George Benson show ...... he didn't know who de heck George Benson is ...... and he was actually very surprised that I knew ...... yeah ..... ah does look real young fuh meh age ...... but I thought to myself ..... how sad ...... dat dis yout man ...... and his whole generation ..... was deprived of such good music!!! ..... but den again ..... I guess each generation ...... claims theirs ..... as the best ..... and he ..... would probably feel the same ..... fuh his chirren generation!
Anyway ...... I never made it to the end of Saturday Night Fever ..... it was jus too much ...... so at 12:54 am ....... with only half hour left tuh go ...... I went in my bed ...... content ..... that for the 2 hours ...... I was at least taken back to a time ...... of some seriously GREAT MUSIC!!!
However ...... 2 1/2 hours later ....... in de middle ah de nite ...... meh eye open ...... tuh ah pitch black room ...... that was suddenly very hot ...... with a deafening silence that exaggerated each mosquito's annoying buzz ..... CURRENT GORN AGAIN!!!!! ...... GEEEEEZAN RICE!!!
so yeah ....... imagine last nite ..... nite one of de 'long weekend' ..... ah nite dat had real ting tuh do in Trini ...... like de famous 'Eyes Wide Shut' Halloween Party (steups - doh even start meh on Halloween in Trinbago!) ..... Spragga Benz in Sting ....... Fanton Mojah somewhere ..... an' ah Prosperity dance in Bournes Road ...... I ..... like I end up wit ah Saturday nite fever ...... cuz there I was ..... on ah Saturday nite ...... at 11:00 pm ...... on my couch ....... feelin cold ..... under ah blanket ....... watchin flickin SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (on VH1)!!!
Tony Manero and Stephanie (she cyah act tuh save she life!!!)
Now I cyah remember de las time I see dat movie ....... and after watchin it last nite ..... it coulda been a lil longer!! ...... dat movie was simply awful ..... how did we ever sit tru 2 1/2 hours of dat .... and actually enjoy it?! ...... the story was crap ..... de clothes was crap ...... de hairstyles was crap ...... de acting was real crap ..... and de dancing was crap ....... but only cuz ah had 'Dancing with the Stars' tuh compare it wit ...... fuh me ...... de only ting ...... dat save dat movie ...... well other than John Travolta .... who I totally had a teenage crush on ...... was the FABULOUS MUSIC!!!
An' ah know ah goin an' show meh age here eh ...... but is no scene ....... cuz I realise ..... I come from ah good time ..... a good era ...... cuz LAWDY ....... that movie had a soundtrack and ah half ...... it went Platinum 15 times!!! ..... with songs from ole foggies like ....... The Bee Gees (LOVE!!!) ....... Yvonne Elliman ...... Kool & the Gang ...... KC & the Sunshine Band ..... The Trammps!!!
WOW ..... I was transported ....... back tuh ah time ...... when music was actually GOOD!
Now don't get me wrong eh ...... it have some good music today too ...... cuz I could appreciate meh lil Buju and Beenie an dem (even Pamputtae) ...... and meh lil Kanye West ..... and even ah lil Usher and Beyonce an ting ...... but somehow ...... tuh me ...... none of the music of today ...... lives up tuh de music of yesteryear! ...... an opinion which by the way ....... is constantly endorsed ...... by de widespread use nowadays ...... of 'samples' of de music from back in de day ...... and I eh no long time music aficionado ..... I jus like what I like ...... and I guess I learned to like ALL kinds of music ...... cuz I grew up in a house of music ..... 24/7 ...... you see ..... my father ...... in his youth ...... used to be a DJ ...... and even when he got out of the music ..... there was no getting the music out of him ...... he remained a music man (and to this day ... still IS) ...... he had hundreds of records ...... and 45s ...... which he actually played ..... it wasn't like just a 'collection' ......
...... I grew up on artistes and groups like ...... The Bee Gees, ABBA, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Bryan Adams, Jon Secada, Bob Marley, George Benson, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Donna Summer, Neil Diamond, John Denver, Michael Jackson, Prince, Teddy Pendergrass, Barbara Streisand, Earth Wind and Fire, Luther Vandross, Elton John, Barry Manilow, Eagles, Chuck Mangione, Maxi Priest, Richard Marx, Chicago, Rod Stewart, Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton John, Aaron Neville, Earl Klugh, Kenny G (not Kenny J), Barry White, Michael Bolton, Terence Trent D'Arby, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Eurythmics, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Patti La Belle, Brothers Johnson, Jeffrey Osborne, Al Jarreau, David Rudder, Julio Iglesias, Anita Baker, Phil Collins, Air Supply, Jody Watley, Smokey Robinson, James Ingram, Sting, Santana, Quincy Jones, Tina Turner, Foreigner, Hall & Oates, Billy Ocean, Europe, Laura Branigan, REO Speedwagon, Christopher Cross, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Boyz II Men, Celine Dion, Babyface, Toni Braxton, Gloria Estefan, Melissa Etheridge, Vanessa Williams, Sade, Seal, Whitney Houston .....
..... and the list goes on ..... and on ..... and on ....... and on ...... so yuh know ..... ah doh have tuh tell yuh .... dat I never ...... in my entire life ..... had tuh buy a single record or CD ...... cuz my daddy ...... had em ALL!!!
..... an' ah doh have tuh tell yuh either ..... dat all dem ole people concert in Zen ...... I was dey ...... even when dey had de Bee Gees Tribute Band!!!!Tank de Lord ...... I was born in dat era yes ..... and not in dis hip hop / rap era ..... cuz I tink ..... is only cuz I was exposed tuh such a wide repetoire of music ..... something the young uns of today ...... eh know nuttin bout ...... dat I am actually able tuh appreciate ...... or rather ........ tolerate ...... the music of today ....... look jus de odda day ..... I was chattin wit a friend ..... who was telling me that the company he works for ...... plannin a George Benson show ...... he didn't know who de heck George Benson is ...... and he was actually very surprised that I knew ...... yeah ..... ah does look real young fuh meh age
...... but I thought to myself ..... how sad ...... dat dis yout man ...... and his whole generation ..... was deprived of such good music!!! ..... but den again ..... I guess each generation ...... claims theirs ..... as the best ..... and he ..... would probably feel the same ..... fuh his chirren generation!Anyway ...... I never made it to the end of Saturday Night Fever ..... it was jus too much ...... so at 12:54 am ....... with only half hour left tuh go ...... I went in my bed ...... content ..... that for the 2 hours ...... I was at least taken back to a time ...... of some seriously GREAT MUSIC!!!
However ...... 2 1/2 hours later ....... in de middle ah de nite ...... meh eye open ...... tuh ah pitch black room ...... that was suddenly very hot ...... with a deafening silence that exaggerated each mosquito's annoying buzz ..... CURRENT GORN AGAIN!!!!! ...... GEEEEEZAN RICE!!!
Exellent era of music; I have quite a large collection myself. You have infinitely good taste compared to the yutemen of today.
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Aye Jumbie ..... ah jus make yuh out (from Jumbiewatch) ..... Welcome tuh de scene man ..... and yeah ..... excellent era indeed ..... and is not so much dat I have good taste yuh know ..... is more like ...... music just used tuh taste better!
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Oh Gosh, you bring back some real memories there girl. I was too young to go see Saturday Night Fever when it first came out but you couldn't miss the music, it was everywhere. At the risk of sounding my age, you're right, young people today have no concept of music, my little cousins and friend's children always want to get into my "vintage" music because its more entertaining than some of the crap they listen to. Let's face it, Brittany Spears ain't no Madonna no matter how hard she tries and while I like Kanye, Usher and JT, I don't want to listen to them in the car when I'm sitting in traffic.
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When the movie first came out ..... I was too young tuh go see it too ...... doh really remember what age ah end up seein it ..... but as yuh say ...... de music ..... de music was everywhere ...... den there was Grease ....... then Staying Alive ...... maintainin wit more borse music ......
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I agree with you 100% there was a better caliber of music way back when. I often wonder if the music of today would be used in things like ads as often as the music of yesterday was.
George Benson show *smirk* private no less
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uh ..... no ..... doh tink so ...... when we're old and gray ...... we'd still be hearing people like Michael Jackson in ads .....
.... and I doh know if dat show private nah gyul ..... I wonder if I was supposed tuh say anyting ....... next ting yuh know it really is someting 'private'!!
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I could never look at Travolta dance. It's just too weird to see a man, or any human dance like that.
I agree that they don't make good music anymore and I think I even blogged about that in my Rihanna post.
You grew up in a good era, part of my era as well. I also know who George Benson is because I once worked with two jazz fanatics. Now I only work with one. I noticed that new movies use old songs, songs that might not really be old but at least older than I am. Ever seen the movie I Am Sam? It was loaded with music of the Beatles sung by modern (2001) ariste. The movie was good but the music was better. I found out about the Beatles after they broke up but I like their music. Young people might say they don't listen to "old music" but all successful modern musicians were influenced by the older ones. I think the saying is "you can hide from the past but you can't escape it."
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his dancing was a little less painful ..... dan de high waist polyester pants he had orn
and yeah ...... a lot of 'new' music ...... is dependent ...... on old music ...... hence all the sampling! ...... which I really don't mind ..... except fuh times ..... when de new sampled remixed version ..... does absolutely no justice ...... tuh de original version .....
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