Like I said, when you find a pair of balls and post your own videos of your skills , come back and let's have a discussion about 'musicality'. As far as me, I don't need to prove anything. My skills pay my bills. what is insulting to me is people like yourself who try to diminish a black trini living legend like like boogsie while promoting a white guy who is foreign to the culture of pan music. Its not about race in the end to me, but for you it is.
LOL a people even THINKING that Andy Narell could be the greatest with the likes of legends like boogsie, professor philmore, etc still alive and kicking! Not so strangely enough, its only white people who seem to think this. And the only people who pay money to see Andy Narrell look like him, not like boogsie, etc. Andy Narrell is merely the great white HYPE of pan, nothing more, nothing less.
@AManandHisPan Oh boy! I checked out your vids and how you react perfectly matches with your skills on pan:-) But no sense to discuss further because everyones taste is different. I try to judge music by the skill and musicality and you do it by the color of the skin :-( Besides, critisizing Boogsie doesn't mean not to like him. BTW: I don't stay all day long in you tube, only from time to time I like to kick some people out of their livelong self-complacency. Worked!
@pan4new and i will leave you with these final words. andy narrell is only where he is, (if he really is anywhere) because of his skin color. white people love to see other white people doing black things and pay a lot of money for it. he is a novelty for his people in so many words. like elvis, eminem, and many others. Have a nice life!
for everyone else, did i mention that there are numerous black and non white pannists out there who would run circles around andy narrell but don't get the same amount of recognition as him (among whites). it is what it is. facts are facts and whether people like it or not, race plays is prominent factor in everyday life, and music is no exception. Long live boogsie! a true master!
@AManandHisPan Forgot to say: what you write about Narell is quite insulting and is aiming against him as person, not musician. Dou you at least know him to judge like this. I personally start to think that you hate white people, especially if they play pan. I know Boogsie as well as Andy and both are great persons & musicians.
Getting emotional, are you? FYI, i make a living from pan and support my family with my skills and performances. When you can say the same for yourself, come back and tell me then that i need to 'see the light'. You gotta love armchair critics and amateur players! Especially ones like you who yap yap all day on youtube while having NO VIDEOS in their profile to back it up! post a video of your skills nd then come back and act like you can judge!
@pan4new this was not his best performance but it does not tarnish his image as the g.o.a.t. in my eyes. all performers have those days. LOL @ boogsie being a legend only in tnt. what planet are you living on? LOL. and for you to even mention a hack like Narrell in the same sentence as boogsie shows that you are biased. Andy Narrell is the most over hyped pannist of all time maninly due to the fact that he is white, nerdy and awkward and europeans identify with him..
@pan4new this was not his best performance but it does not tarnish his image as the g.o.a.t. in my eyes. all performers have those days. LOL @ boogsie being a legend only in tnt. what planet are you living on? LOL. and for you to even mention a hack like Narrell in the same sentence as boogsie shows that you are biased. Andy Narrell is the most over hyped pannist of all time maninly due to the fact that he is white, nerdy and awkward and europeans identify with him..
OMG. Poor pan. Next time take a hammer to tune the instrument. No wonder Boogsies is a hero in Trinidad and nowhere else. B4 you start complaining think about this: I know Boogsie is probably the best players on earth. But why he does a performance like that? I din't know Charlie Parker was smashing his saxophone. Why is Andy Narrel the worlds bestknow panist? Because his message is the music. The message I here is: I give a shit what music I play and if my instrument is trash as long it's fast.
@pan4new this was not his best performance but it does not tarnish his image as the g.o.a.t. in my eyes. all performers have those days. LOL @ boogsie being a legend only in tnt. what planet are you living on? LOL. and for you to even mention a hack like Narrell in the same sentence as boogsie shows that you are biased. Andy Narrell is the most over hyped pannist of all time maninly due to the fact that he is white, nerdy and awkward and europeans identify with him..
@pan4new this was not his best performance but it does not tarnish his image as the g.o.a.t. in my eyes. all performers have those days. LOL @ boogsie being a legend only in tnt. what planet are you living on? LOL. and for you to even mention a hack like Narrell in the same sentence as boogsie shows that you are biased. Andy Narrell is the most over hyped pannist of all time maninly due to the fact that he is white, nerdy and awkward and europeans identify with him..
@AManandHisPan Oh man. I feel very sorry for u. Blind and def the world must be an unfriendly place. God bless you that you might see the light at least one moment in your life.
...AND one other thing at 4:29 the bass player and keys changed (played the last 4 chords of song) which made him get mad or upset. this culminated in the rest of his solo having so much more tension, what is this FESTIVAL called? the MOODS OF PAN. so STOP HATING, you make me hate your very existence for the negative energy you put on hear.
THEN you would be in the position he is in as the greatest Steel Pan representative in the WORLD TODAY, that means you would be sitting in his seat or throne. until then SHUT UP. i think what makes it worse is some of you are Trinidadian as well. he's face is set cos he's not happy with one or two people in band, they didn't stay on the vamp when instructed to,
i have one thing to say to you: trintalk, panJazz, TheBardapple ,monroebroo and manofsteelpan… kiss my black ass right! cos if one of you could even come close to what he played on that day and do it better in ANY way with Mood, Tension, Go as fast as possible (prestissimo), with expression (espressivo), Scating (the ability to sing your own improvised melody)
i am a person that normally deals with right knowledge and right wisdom But all that is going out the window NOW! cos i have something to say right NOW!…..
All you people hating and criticising the supreme and masterful performance of the Great Len "Boogsie" Sharpe in concert at the Moods of Pan Festival 2008 in Antigua playing Summer Time,...
it is clear to me that this is just a bad hair day for the great one you hypocrites stop pretending like this is such a great boogsie performance, you can see his concerned face, from the get go,i hope he will learn to walk with his own instrument , and do a proper mic check next time, i have been there, it is no picnic,
this horrible performance, besides the wind howling through the mics, that is one of the worst rolling I have heard, the pan no comments, as far as his scatting some of his notes does not match his snging and he is not playing the phrases that he is singing acurately, this video should be pulled because since that boogsie has done thousands times better performancesup till late last year , he might have been high, and he definetely getting old to think of going on stage with a pan like that,
Boogsie is probably the greatest pannist on the planet. His scatting coincides with his lines, which proves that he is HEARING his solos in his HEAD and not just playing a bunch of notes. RESPECT to you sir. NUFF RESPECT!!
Very very talented musician but I think theres crack in his drum!! starts off ok then he sings and it becomes silly. DONT SING MAN!!! Its good that he can be fast on the drum but whats the point when it sounds like musicial ranting and raving, doesn't make sense. Thats why you shouldnt do drugs kids!
The greatest to ever hold a pair of pan sticks! The Parker of the Pan! I dare anyone to name anyone even remote close to Boogsie. There will never be another Sharpe! I respect the younger ones coming but its a different time. He never had any formal training and is playing things some of us can't even imagine!
80s...someone called him Charlie Parker of the Steel Pan...I appreciate what they were trying to say but its a mislead...no one compares to this cat on STEEL PAN less alone any other instrument...he's an original...the BOOGSEY SHARPE of the Steel Pan
Yes iman so true this the shit we go to school to learn and Sharp playing it with no schooling. Raw talent! For those of you who can't appreciate the master at work, Oh well!! In the 50's the Bebop jazz piano played crapping sounding piano's and was never criticized and most of them went down in history as legends in the music today. Boogsie should be sponsored, like drummers are sponsored by Zyldian, Sabian, Yamaha etc..
First of all, those that have ever seen Boogsie play from angry or anguished frame of mind, can tell that he was just "a little excited"... This isn't Boogsie being Aggressive. He's a peculiar idiom to understand at times. In this video he's been more playful than anything else
Yes I do believe Boogsie needs to find a tuner to produce a special Pan to meet his special needs.... a pan that can stand up to his strength and not buckle under it...
Never said he was perfect I, actually agree that he ain't perfect and yes of course people have the right to criticise but the reason for my explicit post is that every pannist should not have to play smooth or soothing to receive the nod of approval for they may suffer the fate of sameness...Boogsie wants the listener to HEAR every single difficult note he plays not for one single note to be lost to overtones..it ain't easy to play what he plays & how he plays it softly....
Like I said, when you find a pair of balls and post your own videos of your skills , come back and let's have a discussion about 'musicality'. As far as me, I don't need to prove anything. My skills pay my bills. what is insulting to me is people like yourself who try to diminish a black trini living legend like like boogsie while promoting a white guy who is foreign to the culture of pan music. Its not about race in the end to me, but for you it is.
AManandHisPan 3 months ago
LOL a people even THINKING that Andy Narell could be the greatest with the likes of legends like boogsie, professor philmore, etc still alive and kicking! Not so strangely enough, its only white people who seem to think this. And the only people who pay money to see Andy Narrell look like him, not like boogsie, etc. Andy Narrell is merely the great white HYPE of pan, nothing more, nothing less.
AManandHisPan 3 months ago
@AManandHisPan Oh boy! I checked out your vids and how you react perfectly matches with your skills on pan:-) But no sense to discuss further because everyones taste is different. I try to judge music by the skill and musicality and you do it by the color of the skin :-( Besides, critisizing Boogsie doesn't mean not to like him. BTW: I don't stay all day long in you tube, only from time to time I like to kick some people out of their livelong self-complacency. Worked!
pan4new 3 months ago
@pan4new and i will leave you with these final words. andy narrell is only where he is, (if he really is anywhere) because of his skin color. white people love to see other white people doing black things and pay a lot of money for it. he is a novelty for his people in so many words. like elvis, eminem, and many others. Have a nice life!
AManandHisPan 3 months ago
for everyone else, did i mention that there are numerous black and non white pannists out there who would run circles around andy narrell but don't get the same amount of recognition as him (among whites). it is what it is. facts are facts and whether people like it or not, race plays is prominent factor in everyday life, and music is no exception. Long live boogsie! a true master!
AManandHisPan 3 months ago
@AManandHisPan Forgot to say: what you write about Narell is quite insulting and is aiming against him as person, not musician. Dou you at least know him to judge like this. I personally start to think that you hate white people, especially if they play pan. I know Boogsie as well as Andy and both are great persons & musicians.
pan4new 3 months ago
@pan4new
Getting emotional, are you? FYI, i make a living from pan and support my family with my skills and performances. When you can say the same for yourself, come back and tell me then that i need to 'see the light'. You gotta love armchair critics and amateur players! Especially ones like you who yap yap all day on youtube while having NO VIDEOS in their profile to back it up! post a video of your skills nd then come back and act like you can judge!
AManandHisPan 3 months ago
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@pan4new this was not his best performance but it does not tarnish his image as the g.o.a.t. in my eyes. all performers have those days. LOL @ boogsie being a legend only in tnt. what planet are you living on? LOL. and for you to even mention a hack like Narrell in the same sentence as boogsie shows that you are biased. Andy Narrell is the most over hyped pannist of all time maninly due to the fact that he is white, nerdy and awkward and europeans identify with him..
AManandHisPan 5 months ago
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@pan4new this was not his best performance but it does not tarnish his image as the g.o.a.t. in my eyes. all performers have those days. LOL @ boogsie being a legend only in tnt. what planet are you living on? LOL. and for you to even mention a hack like Narrell in the same sentence as boogsie shows that you are biased. Andy Narrell is the most over hyped pannist of all time maninly due to the fact that he is white, nerdy and awkward and europeans identify with him..
AManandHisPan 5 months ago
hi all check out his new single, Rose on youtube, it is a tribute to sparrow,
davidandrewchow 6 months ago
OMG. Poor pan. Next time take a hammer to tune the instrument. No wonder Boogsies is a hero in Trinidad and nowhere else. B4 you start complaining think about this: I know Boogsie is probably the best players on earth. But why he does a performance like that? I din't know Charlie Parker was smashing his saxophone. Why is Andy Narrel the worlds bestknow panist? Because his message is the music. The message I here is: I give a shit what music I play and if my instrument is trash as long it's fast.
pan4new 11 months ago
@pan4new this was not his best performance but it does not tarnish his image as the g.o.a.t. in my eyes. all performers have those days. LOL @ boogsie being a legend only in tnt. what planet are you living on? LOL. and for you to even mention a hack like Narrell in the same sentence as boogsie shows that you are biased. Andy Narrell is the most over hyped pannist of all time maninly due to the fact that he is white, nerdy and awkward and europeans identify with him..
AManandHisPan 5 months ago
@pan4new this was not his best performance but it does not tarnish his image as the g.o.a.t. in my eyes. all performers have those days. LOL @ boogsie being a legend only in tnt. what planet are you living on? LOL. and for you to even mention a hack like Narrell in the same sentence as boogsie shows that you are biased. Andy Narrell is the most over hyped pannist of all time maninly due to the fact that he is white, nerdy and awkward and europeans identify with him..
AManandHisPan 5 months ago
@AManandHisPan Oh man. I feel very sorry for u. Blind and def the world must be an unfriendly place. God bless you that you might see the light at least one moment in your life.
pan4new 3 months ago
...AND one other thing at 4:29 the bass player and keys changed (played the last 4 chords of song) which made him get mad or upset. this culminated in the rest of his solo having so much more tension, what is this FESTIVAL called? the MOODS OF PAN. so STOP HATING, you make me hate your very existence for the negative energy you put on hear.
DanielPanMusic 1 year ago
THEN you would be in the position he is in as the greatest Steel Pan representative in the WORLD TODAY, that means you would be sitting in his seat or throne. until then SHUT UP. i think what makes it worse is some of you are Trinidadian as well. he's face is set cos he's not happy with one or two people in band, they didn't stay on the vamp when instructed to,
DanielPanMusic 1 year ago
i have one thing to say to you: trintalk, panJazz, TheBardapple ,monroebroo and manofsteelpan… kiss my black ass right! cos if one of you could even come close to what he played on that day and do it better in ANY way with Mood, Tension, Go as fast as possible (prestissimo), with expression (espressivo), Scating (the ability to sing your own improvised melody)
DanielPanMusic 1 year ago
i am a person that normally deals with right knowledge and right wisdom But all that is going out the window NOW! cos i have something to say right NOW!…..
All you people hating and criticising the supreme and masterful performance of the Great Len "Boogsie" Sharpe in concert at the Moods of Pan Festival 2008 in Antigua playing Summer Time,...
DanielPanMusic 1 year ago
it is clear to me that this is just a bad hair day for the great one you hypocrites stop pretending like this is such a great boogsie performance, you can see his concerned face, from the get go,i hope he will learn to walk with his own instrument , and do a proper mic check next time, i have been there, it is no picnic,
TheBardapple 1 year ago
this horrible performance, besides the wind howling through the mics, that is one of the worst rolling I have heard, the pan no comments, as far as his scatting some of his notes does not match his snging and he is not playing the phrases that he is singing acurately, this video should be pulled because since that boogsie has done thousands times better performancesup till late last year , he might have been high, and he definetely getting old to think of going on stage with a pan like that,
TheBardapple 1 year ago
Boogsie is probably the greatest pannist on the planet. His scatting coincides with his lines, which proves that he is HEARING his solos in his HEAD and not just playing a bunch of notes. RESPECT to you sir. NUFF RESPECT!!
AllisonMarquis 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this is SO inspiring!!! More love!
molinmusic 1 year ago
pretty good but mr.vincent freeland of Antigua is the greatest ive ever seen point blank.
MrIonphly 1 year ago
Very very talented musician but I think theres crack in his drum!! starts off ok then he sings and it becomes silly. DONT SING MAN!!! Its good that he can be fast on the drum but whats the point when it sounds like musicial ranting and raving, doesn't make sense. Thats why you shouldnt do drugs kids!
simplicity236 1 year ago
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presskiddd 1 year ago
The greatest to ever hold a pair of pan sticks! The Parker of the Pan! I dare anyone to name anyone even remote close to Boogsie. There will never be another Sharpe! I respect the younger ones coming but its a different time. He never had any formal training and is playing things some of us can't even imagine!
sherwinsteel74 1 year ago
Boogsie in glory,there is no replica to this human,LOL
kellotherig 2 years ago
I played with him in the Bay Area in the
80s...someone called him Charlie Parker of the Steel Pan...I appreciate what they were trying to say but its a mislead...no one compares to this cat on STEEL PAN less alone any other instrument...he's an original...the BOOGSEY SHARPE of the Steel Pan
sonwamac 2 years ago
Yes iman so true this the shit we go to school to learn and Sharp playing it with no schooling. Raw talent! For those of you who can't appreciate the master at work, Oh well!! In the 50's the Bebop jazz piano played crapping sounding piano's and was never criticized and most of them went down in history as legends in the music today. Boogsie should be sponsored, like drummers are sponsored by Zyldian, Sabian, Yamaha etc..
Thwaites
92278 2 years ago
As I listen to the Boogsie I realize while he was soloing he was singing out the notes
spicebo 2 years ago
First of all, those that have ever seen Boogsie play from angry or anguished frame of mind, can tell that he was just "a little excited"... This isn't Boogsie being Aggressive. He's a peculiar idiom to understand at times. In this video he's been more playful than anything else
wiccanus 2 years ago
Why he though hush he mouth and let thee pan play?
TrinBagoTV 2 years ago
Tone of the pan could and should be more sweeter. The pans sound like old time pans
sounded in the late 40's. Some of the notes
sounded like there was no rubber on the sticks. Boogsie, Get a new set of drums. Tahzann!
monroebroo 2 years ago
Yes I do believe Boogsie needs to find a tuner to produce a special Pan to meet his special needs.... a pan that can stand up to his strength and not buckle under it...
Trintalk 2 years ago
FUNK THAT SHIT!!!! He is simply the greatest invention since slice bread with all of the attack included.
Trintalk 2 years ago
I agree. but he aint perfect. And people have the right to criticise.
PanJazz 2 years ago
Never said he was perfect I, actually agree that he ain't perfect and yes of course people have the right to criticise but the reason for my explicit post is that every pannist should not have to play smooth or soothing to receive the nod of approval for they may suffer the fate of sameness...Boogsie wants the listener to HEAR every single difficult note he plays not for one single note to be lost to overtones..it ain't easy to play what he plays & how he plays it softly....
Trintalk 2 years ago
Don't like it. I'd rather see someone play with a softer hand...he's attacking the pan waaaay too much...and get the mic away from your mouth...
manofsteelpan 2 years ago
check it yall bebop oscar peterson line @3:08 plus some jazz reharm wit da #4 or nat 6th motif @3:31......tha dude iz raw, u must respect!
Imanpan 2 years ago