IslandMix - Soca, Reggae, Zouk and Caribbean Entertainment

1. Can some tell me what happened to calypso ? is it over shadowed by soca ? have the majority of supporters become the minority ? or ppl want more tempo and hype than just lyrics ?


2. why is it when a thread is created it can never stay on course must it be hijacked and get totally side tracked ?? sometimes you even lose interest in the thread

example a thread is created about who is the wealthiest performer artist etc .from the caribbean ..... and in the thread the MAIN topic WYCLEF IS A HIP HOP ARTIST NOT SOCA OR CHUTNEY OR REGGAE OR DANCEHALL OR DISCO OR ROCK

ohhhhhhhh yeaahhhhhhh <--- i like that it does roll off the finger tips nice lol

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Ok, I'll answer question number one. I won't talk about the other islands but I know for sure in Antigua soca has definitely passed calypso in terms of popularity. There was even talk about moving the Calypso Monarch finals to Saturday and giving the Party Monarch finals, the Sunday. I do believe that it's a case where younger people especially relate more to soca than they do to calypso. And older people still relate to both. So because of that, soca has a greater fanbase right now.

ok i follow both of you and agree but is it FAIR when RADIO makes a decision to play ALMOST NO CALYPSO shutting out the minority of ppl who love calypso i think radio has a strong part to play in this am sure if we heard calypso on the airwaves ppl would pay more attention to it ... or maybe i eh know what i talking about..... but repetition does have an effect on ppl

Did you say IDIOTS?

Well, stop making yourself LQQK like one.

An IMIXER (ONE PERSON) created this THREAD....and in the OPENING POST by the AUTHOR (ONE PERSON) she or he SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED what GENRES we should CONCENTRATE on.

But of course, like the AUTHOR of this THREAD stated, there R those WHO are LACKING the CAPACITY to STAY on TOPIC.

well each station i think gears the music towards the demographic. i kno in anu, both observer radio and zdk, stations that older people listen to, play a good amount of calypso both in and out of the season. Whereas stations such as SUN, Family, Gem, Hitz and Liberty who are geared towards younger audiences are likely to play only soca and not calypso.

Somebody say shit and you come sliding down, lol it's funny when you heard idiot you felt the urge to respond lol like i called your name or something? are you the vincy town idiot. ohhhhh yeaaaaaaa you were one of the idiots in that thread, come again like the idiot that you are lol - awaiting your idiotic reply as usual.

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Mannnnn, I THINK it will be de WHITE BOY, Justin Timberlake.

Man, you is a realll C*nt! Timberlake?....PLEASE! tonights show is gonna be all about Mary! what do you think Lucian2dbone?

Mannnnn, DE WHITE BOY is GOING to TAKE this. They are ALREADY BUILDING HIM UP as the NEXT GREAT POP STAR.

But I think MARY will get her SHARE.

calypso doesn't exist too me.i cah listen to it i doh know why.

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One of the reason why soca have supplanted calypso, IMO: Calypso in its truest form is a social, economical and political commentary to a specific island nation, so its kind of difficult to market outside of the specific island. Part of the difficulty is that someone outside of the island would not be able to relate to the song. Where as soca is genrally about partying and styles of partying with catches phrases that anyone could adopt and relate to....

part 2, its just like debate in a group people always stray from the subject.

this does mek me wonder how much longer calypso will be around, cause seein that the fanbase is mostly older folks and the younger folks ain't pickin up on it, maybe calypso might die off with the older folks

I agree with u, it does have an effect, listenin to the radio, I does pick up on the calypsoes that I hearin and I does like them, so yea u have a point