Word: calypsos
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...find new emphasis in a tune by changing the usual arrangement. Thus a World War II song called Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer, which he sings low and slow, loses its Tin Pan Alley patriotism and becomes plaintive, full of battle fear. An old calypso tune, F.D.R. in Trinidad, is delivered with careful ingenuousness, and Cooder brightly, as if inadvertently, stresses the irony that time has worked on the lyrics: "Mr. Cordell Hull in attendance/ They took part in a peace conference/ To stop war and atrocity and make the world safe for democracy/ The greatest...
...could be the name of an infectious disease, a moss lichen or a law-school seminar. Reggae (pronounced ray-gay) is the local jargon of Jamaicans distinguishing "regular" rhythm from calypso. To millions of fans, the lilting pop rock with the spicy island beat is the Caribbean's most captivating musical export since steel bands...
Almost every track on this album is stunning and most are adventuresome. The more intricately arranged songs with strings and woodwinds backing the lead guitar or piano approach a classical-sounding folk which very few writers manage successfully. There's a hint of calypso in some of the rhythms, and Mitchell has made good use of Graham Nash's harmonica playing. No folk album offers a wider variety of rhythm, texture, and melody...
...Songs of the Disinherited, then portrayed three faces of woman (sweetheart, wife, mother) in McKayle's mournful ode to the chain-gang life, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder. If McKayle's choreographic style shows a knack for quick, deft blending of styles (such as modern, jazz, calypso, ballet), that is largely because he has spent much of the past decade tailoring dances to the tight demands of TV shows (Ed Sullivan, Bill Cosby...
Cries were heard emitting from the Ladies' Locker Room. Deane Lord, Director of Public Information at Harvard, was found dressed in her Marimekko dress. Yale crew jacket and Jamaican Calypso hat rolling on the floor shrieking. "Alleiuja, Alleluja!" Deane is always full of the Lord's joy and no one would have though of disturbing her ecstasy...