Soca started in Penthouse Club in Port Of Spain. It was a band of musician that started it. In 1972 Regal Calypso Tent in Port of Spain. There was an audition at the tent. A guy came and started singing a crossover song. We called it soul calypso on the spot. Shorty was there, Relator was there, Caressa and others were there. People started laughing at the man so he left. The next year some of the same guys who were laughing at the guy started singing the same thing. Shorty had a show in Penthouse. The band got involved in the beat.
I am from South America ...I lived in Port of Spain for 6 month in 2001 and I felt in love with Soca soo much! To this day after more than 20 years I still wake up listening to it ! It lifts my spirit every morning .. you can't be sad if you listen to Soca!!
They should have mentioned the late great Cecil Hume Maestro too, he was also one of the founders of fast Calypso Tempo ( faster beat or Bpm ( Beats per minute). He had some huge Soca Hits, and was one of the best to do it. So we must give Maestro his props that is long time due. He had classic Soca music like Take ah Side, Tempo, The Show Must Go On and Mountain Dew Gang etc. These are timeless tunes.
Great vid. Keep it up. One day you will be a walking library and it will make you alot of money. You are a man of substance. Shorty took the credit for Soca but if you listen to the Mighty Shadow in 1971. The song is 'the threat" you would realise that that type of music started before
Trinidad 🇹🇹 we gave the caribbean culture excluding jamaica what would caribbean culture be without 🇹🇹 lets be honest more caribbean islands participate in soca than reggae so 🇹🇹 has the most influence on the caribbean
Huh? East Indians were brought to the Caribbean AFTER Emancipation as indentured servants. That is from the 1840s to the @ 1900 long after slavery was abolished in the British empire
This is my opinion, I think love shorty I I do credit him for coming up with the new sound of soca. How ever I see no correlation in soca with Indian rhythm. If you pay close attention to the evolution of calypso just before soca was ever on the screen, theirs no rhythm in soca that didn't exist in calypso before, what shorty did was to change the instruments around what would have played one rhythm played something else and something else replaced that sound. Most of what was played on the kick was transfered to the snare, that's one example. Again theirs no new rhythm in soca that didn't exist in calypso before. I'll leave it their for now
Bless by the first generations in ilands dhayiti fatte with christophe colonbus cap dhayiti saint nicola travay par jean jack dessaline et toussaint louverture and barack huisent obama and donald juntrump et uniteds nations vatican city for the black and white arfranchies die pour libertes de lamerique historien tom tom. Pibon pase kassav division or latino carraib toutes partes setire an africa pour qui sa division sa yo nou toutes pa main san cent beni par ala tombe pour se religion a droite a gocher pour pa kap ede frere ak soeur yo sur la terre surtement nap fem la loi te anba nou du nou presidens les mwen dire mwen pale ak nou se l' hopital nou voye pour yo alle kontamine avec fda mwen besoin we visage fda qui kill my mother for me and michael jackson Whitney Houston's george flooyo signer yveto victor toto Toyo 😊😅😮😢😊😅😮😊😅😮😢🎉😂
Calypso comes from Ethiopia... Check your story. Do your research lol I know I'm gonna piss of alot of my Trini family but...... Calypso is Ethiopian. 😂😂
@@DJ16official there is no such thing as calypso in Ethiopia stop it! Calypso started in Trinidad! Calypso not even an Ethiopian word! Calypso is not an Ethiopian sound at allllll!!! If anything Calypso rhythms would be closer to Nigerian rhythms boy/gurl bye lol
The person who was talking about African and East indian rhythms and the music being created as a political tool to bring them together is talking ABSOLUTE NONSENSE! The music was never called CALYPSO firstly; Calypso is an exonym coming from a european journalist. It was always called KAISO from the Igbo Ka-I-So~ Keep Going! So-Ca is merely the modern, faster version of Kaiso. Wow what nonsense! The popular music form that evolved into the modern forms in TnT is a mixture of related African musics from Guyana(Shanto) the Pena and the Kaiso from Trinidad. It also includes the African ring shout music of the Qois Quois (In Guyana Queh Queh) and many other rhythms not mentioned here. Ras shorty is talking RASS!
😂😂😂😂 today is NOT April fools nice try! Guyana has absolutely nothing to do with soca or calypso! Soca & Calypso is 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 always some Guyanese trying to fit in somewhere and claim something to be recognized for something they have absolutely nothing to do with! 😂
I will dive into this more. But I do think using words that both the west and the Caribbean can identify with for the purpose of education is important. I will definitely be more clear moving forward!
@@Misha-TNT lol... apparently JMB knows more than the person credited with creating soca - Ras Shorty I. The music was never not called calypso, a term which first appeared in the Post of Spain Gazette in 1900. It was called calypso, caliso, cariso, carriseau, and yes, also kaiso. The origin of the terms has been researched by many - among them eminent scholars like D.J. Elder in the 1950s, Gordon Rohlehr in the 1960s, and Chalkdust in the 1980s. There is a consensus for kaiso as it aligns with the West African origin of the music, but it cannot be confirmed as the 19th century history of Trinidad is so complex.
@ I love your video & content please do not allow anyone to sway you ! U did great research again Guyana has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with calypso or soca music and Calypso has nothing to do with Spain or any Spanish culture soca is strictly African & East Indian rhythms just as the creator of the genre Lord Shorty explained this sound is unique to Trinidad it’s our sound and through time other Caribbean islands started to create their own versions of soca music but the idea to blend East Indian & African rhythms together is Trinidadian 💯 since your not of the culture ppl will try to convince u otherwise because they do not like to recognize Trinidad for some reason!
Your inquisitive nature is really refreshing ✨️
Soca started in Penthouse Club in Port Of Spain. It was a band of musician that started it. In 1972 Regal Calypso Tent in Port of Spain. There was an audition at the tent. A guy came and started singing a crossover song. We called it soul calypso on the spot. Shorty was there, Relator was there, Caressa and others were there. People started laughing at the man so he left. The next year some of the same guys who were laughing at the guy started singing the same thing. Shorty had a show in Penthouse. The band got involved in the beat.
Doing more research! Thank you!
As a trini🇹🇹 I appreciate you doing your research and delving into our culture & roots of soca music! Love your video! ❤️🇹🇹
I am from South America ...I lived in Port of Spain for 6 month in 2001 and I felt in love with Soca soo much! To this day after more than 20 years I still wake up listening to it ! It lifts my spirit every morning .. you can't be sad if you listen to Soca!!
This man right here.......man RIP And respect to Ras Shorty.
TRINI CULTURE.... Better Recognize!!! 🇹🇹👍🏽❤️
Absolutely Awesome job you're doing, stay with it you'll get help for sure
They should have mentioned the late great Cecil Hume Maestro too, he was also one of the founders of fast Calypso Tempo ( faster beat or Bpm ( Beats per minute). He had some huge Soca Hits, and was one of the best to do it. So we must give Maestro his props that is long time due. He had classic Soca music like Take ah Side, Tempo, The Show Must Go On and Mountain Dew Gang etc. These are timeless tunes.
Thank you for telling us the history of Soca Music.
Great vid. Keep it up. One day you will be a walking library and it will make you alot of money. You are a man of substance.
Shorty took the credit for Soca but if you listen to the Mighty Shadow in 1971. The song is 'the threat" you would realise that that type of music started before
Gonna dive into this. Appreciate the kind words!
Trinidad 🇹🇹 we gave the caribbean culture excluding jamaica what would caribbean culture be without 🇹🇹 lets be honest more caribbean islands participate in soca than reggae so 🇹🇹 has the most influence on the caribbean
His grande ďauther singing socket now that is in trindad history Nader black man grandedather
i have some soca songs....see Lord Cam -Message of Goodwill. Dis Chic. Cultural Hypocrisy, Draggers Jam, Why Ah Wear Sandals right here on youtube
soca started in jamaica
Boii stop trolling, reggae and dancehall is Jamaican thing , Jamaicans hate soca.
Ok
Jamband is the origin of soca!!! 🇻🇮
😅😂 stay off the weed 🥷
East Indian did not move to Trinidad or the Caribbean they were brought their as the first set of slaves to work in the cane fields
It was more like indentured servitude and the East Indians did indeed come after the African slaves
The first set of slaves we’re actual the indigenous people
Huh? East Indians were brought to the Caribbean AFTER Emancipation as indentured servants. That is from the 1840s to the @ 1900 long after slavery was abolished in the British empire
Do your research before spewing nonsense
Look at dominaca and soca music
This is my opinion, I think love shorty I I do credit him for coming up with the new sound of soca. How ever I see no correlation in soca with Indian rhythm. If you pay close attention to the evolution of calypso just before soca was ever on the screen, theirs no rhythm in soca that didn't exist in calypso before, what shorty did was to change the instruments around what would have played one rhythm played something else and something else replaced that sound. Most of what was played on the kick was transfered to the snare, that's one example. Again theirs no new rhythm in soca that didn't exist in calypso before. I'll leave it their for now
Bless by the first generations in ilands dhayiti fatte with christophe colonbus cap dhayiti saint nicola travay par jean jack dessaline et toussaint louverture and barack huisent obama and donald juntrump et uniteds nations vatican city for the black and white arfranchies die pour libertes de lamerique historien tom tom. Pibon pase kassav division or latino carraib toutes partes setire an africa pour qui sa division sa yo nou toutes pa main san cent beni par ala tombe pour se religion a droite a gocher pour pa kap ede frere ak soeur yo sur la terre surtement nap fem la loi te anba nou du nou presidens les mwen dire mwen pale ak nou se l' hopital nou voye pour yo alle kontamine avec fda mwen besoin we visage fda qui kill my mother for me and michael jackson Whitney Houston's george flooyo signer yveto victor toto Toyo 😊😅😮😢😊😅😮😊😅😮😢🎉😂
It's actually called Calypso lol do your research
Lies
Calypso comes from Ethiopia... Check your story. Do your research lol I know I'm gonna piss of alot of my Trini family but...... Calypso is Ethiopian. 😂😂
😂😂😂😂 today is NOT April Fools Day! Nice try
@@DJ16official there is no such thing as calypso in Ethiopia stop it! Calypso started in Trinidad! Calypso not even an Ethiopian word! Calypso is not an Ethiopian sound at allllll!!! If anything Calypso rhythms would be closer to Nigerian rhythms boy/gurl bye lol
The person who was talking about African and East indian rhythms and the music being created as a political tool to bring them together is talking ABSOLUTE NONSENSE! The music was never called CALYPSO firstly; Calypso is an exonym coming from a european journalist. It was always called KAISO from the Igbo Ka-I-So~ Keep Going! So-Ca is merely the modern, faster version of Kaiso. Wow what nonsense! The popular music form that evolved into the modern forms in TnT is a mixture of related African musics from Guyana(Shanto) the Pena and the Kaiso from Trinidad. It also includes the African ring shout music of the Qois Quois (In Guyana Queh Queh) and many other rhythms not mentioned here. Ras shorty is talking RASS!
😂😂😂😂 today is NOT April fools nice try! Guyana has absolutely nothing to do with soca or calypso! Soca & Calypso is 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 always some Guyanese trying to fit in somewhere and claim something to be recognized for something they have absolutely nothing to do with! 😂
I will dive into this more. But I do think using words that both the west and the Caribbean can identify with for the purpose of education is important. I will definitely be more clear moving forward!
@@Misha-TNT lol... apparently JMB knows more than the person credited with creating soca - Ras Shorty I. The music was never not called calypso, a term which first appeared in the Post of Spain Gazette in 1900. It was called calypso, caliso, cariso, carriseau, and yes, also kaiso. The origin of the terms has been researched by many - among them eminent scholars like D.J. Elder in the 1950s, Gordon Rohlehr in the 1960s, and Chalkdust in the 1980s. There is a consensus for kaiso as it aligns with the West African origin of the music, but it cannot be confirmed as the 19th century history of Trinidad is so complex.
@@Misha-TNT my favourite origin is an old timer who said they didn't know what to call it so they called it "call-it-so" which became calypso. 🙂
@ I love your video & content please do not allow anyone to sway you ! U did great research again Guyana has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with calypso or soca music and Calypso has nothing to do with Spain or any Spanish culture soca is strictly African & East Indian rhythms just as the creator of the genre Lord Shorty explained this sound is unique to Trinidad it’s our sound and through time other Caribbean islands started to create their own versions of soca music but the idea to blend East Indian & African rhythms together is Trinidadian 💯 since your not of the culture ppl will try to convince u otherwise because they do not like to recognize Trinidad for some reason!