This song is giving me the feels.
That's probably the point of the song to turn us all into wrecks who start constantly thinking about the ex/one that got away/ one we are still in love with. Well, he succeeded. In my opinion, Preedy just keeps getting better and better.
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I love Soca. I'm sure I've said this before. But as I've grown both in my love of Soca and my love for all things media, I've developed a separate love for Soca music videos. My favourite video does not match my favourite song or vice versa. Yesterday, I found myself watching soca music videos and I came to the realisation that Kes has the best music videos of the past two decades. Stay with me. For the most part they aren't at all basic but more importantly, the music videos always make the songs better. Here's my list. No 10. Kes videos usually have something in common, and that is his desire to showcase life in Trinidad in the best possible light, always with that lens of happiness and Carnivalesque freedom. The video starts on vibrant Charlotte Street before heading to a chill zone down the islands. It is so hard that I had to place this at number 10 because I love eeeet. No 9. Machel, the feminist is not an argument I can easily support., but apart from being innovative, a creative use of new media and a fun episode of Where's Waldo..er...Machel, this song is all about women taking charge on the road. I'm torn as to whether he is using the winer girls as props but I'm not going to judge harshly as most of them seem to be having loads of fun, doing what I try to do when I go out, dance by myself. Ease we up nah fellas. We will give y'all the signal. No 8. Spread your hands and leh goooo! I loved this character driven video. I loved the story. I mean, it's basically Uncle Ellis' life story taking place a few years before most of us knew who Uncle Ellis was. The ability to showcase beautiful T&T is also always a plus for me. 10 points man! No. 7 Don't give me a side-eye. If you went to school in the 90s you know you loved this video. Chris Garcia was bae. Not so much now but I think this is a really fun video. No. 6 So. I like this video. I hate the color correct Dori uses on all his videos though. Let your colours live man. Ugh. I like how this video makes me feel and that's all I can say to explain it. So there. BONUS: Let's all watch Rikki Jai on San Fernando Hill for three minutes. You're welcome. Now that that's over. No.5 I honestly did not like this song until I saw the video. It was edgy and honestly made me want to do some wild crazy things. Alas, I have boring friends who never encourage my whims so I live vicariously. No. 4 Every video shows pretty mas. Keep that. I love my mas stink and dutty so 10 points for this wild orgy of mud and music from Destra. Definitely one of my favourite songs that I've crossed the stage to. It was all wild abandon and drunken jumping. I love the visual representation of the mud and the oil. I'm going to warn you, it's mostly Kes from here. He does it for me when it comes to the videos. No. 3 I'm going to tell you a secret. Alice in Wonderland is one of the best things about my childhood so it was impossible for me to not love this video. And I mean love off on. KTB needs a national award. No 2. The parallels between the KTB process and the Laventille Rhythm Section process prior to stage performance was why I loved this video. I think whoever came up with this idea made a brilliant and creative choice. It's political without being offensive and it makes several statements without being obvious. This may be my favourite. No 1. lol Sike. Here's another Bonus. And this is a great video. No. 1. I dare you to contradict me.
The Jemel the Entertainer video is actually lots better than the official video for Full Extreme.2/20/2017 This is the video for full extreme, which also handily doubles as an ad for bmobile, cause Life is On. It starts off well, shows maximum love for the fans and has a great shot of the Ultimate Rejects crew doing push ups in front of burning cars. We're here for the push ups. All the push ups. Much sweat. Plenty muscles. Fire. This gem below is the parody video from Jemel the Entertainer and his band of hilarious funny guy, and girl. The parody video is Life. It's fun and theatrical and the reference to "poor people fete" had us rolling. And yes, music is a mission not a competition. But if it was a competition of music videos, who do you think would be the winner? Contributor: Francesca Hawkins. It’s impossible to miss the supersized images of MX Prime and the Ultimate Rejects blazing on new billboards at the prime entrance to the Savannah track. Erected overnight and in time for Sunday's Panorama semi-finals, the sign is positioned at the symbolic gate to the big stage. It’s yet another signal that the soca smasher “Full Extreme” continues to carry the keys to Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival 2017. From the moment of the song’s launch early in the season, the musical machine of Edghill Thomas and producers/DJs Johann Seaton, Avaron Vanloo and Joel Aming has swept across radio, dance parties, pan yards and into the wider Caribbean, leaving many other soca offerings to follow its trail. What sets “Full Extreme” apart is the song’s riveting ability to fully disrupt established notions of the soca genre. True to the soca form, here is a full-on fete-jam loaded with dance hooks and party lyrics; it’s also an incendiary commentary on the dismal state of national affairs. In every respect, these opposing points of view fuse soca’s party mandate with kaiso’s overt political tradition. Flashback to exactly 30 years ago and we find Stalin’s monarch-winning kaiso, Bun Dem (1987). In this other fire-laced musical commentary, the bard and St Peter stand together on Judgment Day deciding which despot deserves hell’s fire. This time around, the soca gives up no names for burning, offering the public imagination an open space to respond and call out any offenders it might wish to. Part of Full Extreme’s genius is the way in which it situates our collective responsibility into the lyrical mix. It’s us who “doh business”, we are the ones to “hold them and wuk them”, the kerosene and gasoline are ours to “light it up”. The chorus line “We jammin still” might just be the most used hashtag for the season and its use swings from captioning a best time in the fete, to an acidic underscore for an apparent national indifference and lack of accountability over escalating levels of social decline. Early in the season, 96.1FM’s recorded clip of Tweez, Ezel and Ishmael’s live session with MX Prime and the Ultimate Rejects floated across my feed (YouTube, published Dec 17, 2016). Tweez sets up the interview with the opener that MX has been a guest on the station “millions of times”. It’s a jaded nod to the artist’s 20 long years in the soca trenches. As the video cuts to MX Prime, we observe the artist, newly trim and lean - gone is the round baby face of his previous incarnations as Maga Dan and Maximus. Speaking wide-eyed about his collaborations with The Ultimate Rejects and their experiments with electronic dance music, little was said about the song’s lyrical potentials. By January, MX Prime was willing to concede, "This song is no longer mine. When you release a song, is everybody song” (Joanne Briggs, Guardian Newspaper, Jan 11, 2017). Image courtesy Peter Christopher, taken at Fete Royal at the Queen's Royal College, February 11. Regardless of which song eventually wins the 2017 road march title, “Full Extreme” will etch its way into musical history as an outstanding example of how lyrical/musical tricks and skills can move our often-criticized soca music towards new octaves of cultural relevance.
Adana Roberts Preedy. Disclaimer: A huge Preedy fan wrote this post. Though to be honest, this isn't the song we would have chosen. Kerry John I was there. The crowd loved him. And let's be honest, this song on the road is going to be crazy vibes. Omardath Maraj. Okay...so he needed a little more pep in his step and it wasn't a very energetic performance but I mean, who doesn't love this song? Uncle Ellis and Mya- Raytaytay Yeah, they weren't even in the semifinals but we don't care. If it was our choice we'd be jamming to this on Fantastic Friday. And finally, yes Erphaan, you deserved to be in the finals. You had a good performance, but no one is obligated to put you there, so wheel, come again and see you next year if YOU decide to enter. |