Various Artists - Calypso Invasion (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882. Otherwise, most scholars who have tried to trace the story of calypso agree that the word itself is not connected with the deity who lured Homer's Odysseus to her island. The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. The name possibly began with the French 'carrouseaux' and went through patois and Anglicization. There are also suggestions that the name originated with exclamations of encouragement to the singer by the chorus or audience or both. But whatever process brought the word into everyday use, the point is that calypso is here. Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior, and comment on it's absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted Time to tag calypso InchThe Living NewspaperInch in 1944. For eloquence and topical diversity, no other genre can approach the calypso of Trinidad and Tobago, for the calypsonian assumes a stance between editorialist, moralist, and satirist as scandal, disaster, politics, self-praise, sexual indiscretion and everything from local to international events prove as grist for the mill. Album Tracks 1. Mary Ann 2. Ugly Woman 3. Arima Tonight, Sangre Grande, Tomorrow Night 4. Caroni Swamp 5. Stone Cold Dead in the Market 6. Caroline 7. The Lost Watch 8. Germaine 9. Congo Bara 10. Fire Brigade 11. Uncle Jo's Gimme Mo' 12. Lieuttenant Julian 13. Mathilda 14. Scandal in the Family 15. Jouvert Barrio 16. Good Night Ladies and Gents 17. Saxophone Number I 18. Rum & Coca Cola

Album Tracks 1. Sir Lancelot - Scandal in the Family - Sir Lancelot 2. King Radio - Mathilda - King Radio 3. Lord Pretender - Human Race - Lord Pretender 4. Calypso Rose - Rum & Coca Cola - Calypso Rose 5. Caresser - Edward the VIII - the Caresser 6. The Mighty Bomber - Ugly Woman - the Mighty Bomber 7. Lion - Mary Ann - Lion 8. Relator - Nora - Relator 9. Lord Kitchener - Ah Bernice - Lord Kitchener 10. Duke of Iron - the Lost Watch - the Duke of Iron 11. Tiger - Gold in Africa - Tiger 12. Kiskedee Trio - Congo Barra - Kiskedee Trio 13. Caresser - Madame Khan - the Caresser 14. Atilla - la Reine Maribeau - Atilla 15. Sam Manning - Amba Calay - Sam Manning 16. Belasco?S Orchestra Feat Houdini - Blow Wind Blow - Belascos Orchestra 17. Houdini - Caroline - Houdini 18. Monrose?S String Orchestra - Old Lady Old Lady - Monrose's String Orchestra 19. Houdini - Uncle Jo? Gimme Mo? - Houdini 20. King Radio - Man Smart Woman Smarter - King Radio

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