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Originally posted by WICKED SCORPION
While in reggae the broad meaning still can be used for all categories in many situations ie. A reggae bashment, a reggae radio station, reggae lovers, "DJ play some reggae music," I don't think it works the same for Calypso. If someone invite you to a Calypso show, how can you not envision a tent atmosphere as opposed to a soca show with bands like xtatic and traffik?
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Good point and I agree. Reggae is more generic in its curent usage while Calypso is more specific and has given way to Soca in the marketing sense. Nevertheless, Calypso is still used by many, including some soca artists, to describe their music.
Interestingly, black American music has never really been labeled with an all-inclusive term unless you go way back when it was called "race music". Although, the R&B of the 50's and 60's certainly is nothing like the R&B of today. That term kinda hung around and evolved into something completely different. There was country blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, soul, rap, etc. but no one generic term to describe it all, right?
So, from a marketing standpoint, each type of black American music was able to stand on its own with its own label.
BTW, another analogy would be salsa...It is used as a generic term for latin music which also includes merengue, etc. or it can be a specific kind of latin music or dance with its own rhythm. |