Reggae Ilonggo's Turagsoy

Habang naghihintay ako ng sundo sa isang barangay sa Bago City, Negros Occidental... minabuti kong kunan ang isang pagkakataon ang isang obra na sikat na sikat sa Visayas ang "Turadsoy". Perfectly performed by a poor blind ilonggo for a living.

At least ang kababayan ni FG kumakanta para kumita. Si FG di naman bulag pero malakas kumapa ng pera na walang gitara.

The song is about a simple fish pulutan, Turadsoy, which became very popular in Panay and was the most sought inuman song during the 80's. Di pa uso ang videoke (anathema to our culture of harana and pinoy street jamming).

It is a reggae song before I heard Bob Marley in the early 80's in Boracay. Ayaw ko namang e claim na si Kamlon ang kompositor daw ng Turadsoy ay nauna pa kay Bob Marley mag reggae. Though historically, late 1960's daw ito: "As far as Jamaican record buyers were concerned, the origin of the word reggae was the 1968 Pyramid single by Toots and the Maytals "Do the Reggay" (sic). Other possibilities as to the origin of the word include Regga, the name of a Bantu speaking tribe on Lake Tanganyika and a corruption of "streggae," which is Kingston street slang for prostitute. According to Bob Marley, the word is Spanish in origin, meaning "the kings music" but according to veteran session musicians the word is a description of the beat itself. Hux Brown of the Skatalites and lead guitarist on Paul Simons 1972 hit "Mother and Child Reunion" says that it is "just a fun, joke kinda word that means ragged rhythm and the body feeling."

Malay ko, nauna lang kasi sumikat si Bob Marley sa Europe at Western/Northern worlds. Baka naman si Bob Marley ay Ilonggo, lolo nya ay isa sa mga Datu na naglayag papuntang Jamaica. Kung nakasaksi na kayo ng Kalibo Ati-atihan, ang ritmo ng tugtog ng mga tambol ay nahahawig sa genre ng reggae at ska. Pati ang sayaw ay hawig sa kumpas ng reggae, sundot-tango ang ulo. Beat nga raw ang reggae at nas tambol (drums) yun makukuha. Hhhmmm, pag-isipan.... mga kaupod.

Ti bato kamo si Bob Marley Ilonggo gali????

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[spicyjampong]

BTW, cnong FG??

[utc07]

FG -First Gentleman Mike Arroyo

[MsWhipps]

@capricorn17january inayauan, cawayan negros occidental, aniano manlangit ngalan ya



[MsWhipps]

@CARLVIRGIE143 thank you for a excellent comment carl GOD BLESS YOU TOO happy christmas deepest greetings from aniano manlagit and family, thats man name.

[CARLVIRGIE143]

This place is my dad's hometown... I remember hearing this song when I was really young in the late 80's in Bacolod City.. This great man's performance really brought tears to my eyes. wish I could hand him $20 or something nice for his effort but unfortunately im half world away. God bless you manong!! hope ill run into you someday in the Philippines.

Carl

Los Angeles

[Jlim2k2]

nice! hiligaynon folksong.

[MrQueenalexander]

as far i am remember this is originally sang by Max Surban a famous Visayan singer who hailed from Cebu.sikat ang kantong to sa mga bisaya Particular in my hometown in Iloilo wayback in the 80's when i was young then.ahh bring back those happy memories laging kinakanta ng mga tiyo ko pag may inuman sila..

[yuds16]

@TheToyota2000GT The song is about a fresh water fish he caught on the river. Then cooked it for his friends, if im not wrong its a "fish-soup". His friends liked it very much, so then he knew that his cooking was great. As it goes along towards the end of the song it is described as "spicy-fish-soup".

[TheToyota2000GT]

Many all of you.

I ask who it is.

What does this blind singer sing for Japanese me?

Please teach the poetry of the song.

[MrGazo48]

wow!!! reaggae king!!! heheheh

[MrGazo48]

wow~!! nindot pud dah... isahan ko heheheh....

[mongrelblood666]

di man ni reggae... ilonggo folk song ni ya.