When Trinidad Music Actually Said and Meant Something

Trini culture in song. How come we have so much talent and every year we must suffer an inundation of rum songs with stolen Bollywood melodies and songs that describe the "flex of the season". We're better than this. I hope watching this makes you all realise how much potential most of the current Trinidad mainstream artistes are wasting. Our culture is rich, diverse, poetic and unique.

P.S. I only tried to put one song per artist. I know I missed out a lot of the goodies (Mighty Sparrow, De Fosto, Sundar Popo, Scrunter, etc.) but you can make your own lists with those!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• trini
• trinidad
• tobago
• music
• reggae
• rapso
• calypso
• kaiso
• chutney
• ataklan
• machel
• montano
• 3canal
• brother
• resistance
• culture
• steelpan
• rock
• scene
• parang
• soca
• carnival

[TheTriniBerry]

Damn... missed out Trevor Sayers worldwide hit "Stamina Man"...

[cherrypie2525]

i have to say, I really love this. I loved how you tried to incorporate the different genres of Trini music into the video. Trinis tend to forget we have more to our music culture than chutney and soca. Wished i saw more Lord Kitch, Sparrow, David Rudder though... HOWEVER please explain to me how Fishnin is a trini song that actually makes sense, because i really don;t see it...i love it.but i really dont see the sense in it.. :s lol

[TheTriniBerry]

@cherrypie2525 Is bout selling fish! Haha, well, when I say "made sense", I meant 'express a piece of our culture' as well. And I think Fishnin' is a good example of incorporation of Trini 'sound' in local rock music. If that makes any sense...

[Noparticularperson]

I like this list... honestly. But its a bit too short for all the other songs that 'meant or said anything' Well done though! I rate this list.

[TheTriniBerry]

@Noparticularperson Thanks! I tried to put a little of everything in there - soca, chutney, rapso, local rock, kaiso, instrumental, parang - and was quite surprised (and dare I say, proud) by how diverse our sounds are when it comes to expressing an idea or a slice of our culture. I know I missed out a lot like Mighty Sparrow, Scrunter, Sharlene Boodram, Bunji Garlin, Ras Shorty I, David Rudder, etc. but I guess someone else can make another list with those? :)

[aracroix]

@TheTriniBerry Great compilation, "Fishnin" was questionable. Sparrow is not a Trinbagonian though. A Rudder - High Mass or Bachanal Lady and any Kitchener would have made this list a perfect 10!

You get a 9 in my book.

Well Done! :-)

[TheTriniBerry]

@aracroix Thank you! Please check out Part 2 to see how I filled in the blanks! It's posted as a reply to this video.

[Necrophega]

Just watched it off of Buhwamoder's wall.

Well done! I think about 5 of those songs I've never heard before, but I'll be sure to look them up!

Fabulous vid!

[zayneclarke]

great vid :)

[wickedthalia]

I love this!!!! This bring back rell memories!

[Jewlz180]

@scribby007 lol cause is only a trini could sit down and make up shit like da

[saffiyahissoapy]

wonderfu video...

[doghair13]

beautiful thanks for this just what we need,hopefully we ll change :)