Fwd: FDR in Trinidad

[James Kyllo]

Me too..   and I can highly recommend this one:
http://www.amazon.com/London-Place-Me-Various-Artists/dp/B000068GU3/ref=pd_sim_m_6

(from the customers who bought this also bought panel)

best

James

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Heikki Raudaskoski
<hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi> wrote:
>
>
> It seems I just have to get that CD - thank your SO for me, Rich!
>
> The one sent by me is from the Van Dyke Parks album "Discover
> America" (1972) - a truly great collection of calypsos. It contains
> the songs malignd mentions too. I only have it in vinyl. Purchased
> a copy in London in, ouch, 1979...
>
> "Clang Of The Yankee Reaper" (1976) is almost as good a take on
> Caribbean - except for the splendid title song - music, but more
> aseptic.
>
> Van Dyke, of course, arranged Ry's first album.
>
>
> Heikki
>
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, rich wrote:
>
>> my girlfriend is writing a dissertation on, in part, writers from the
>> caribbean. she recommended the CD below (see link)
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: kate
>> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:33:36 -0500
>> Subject: Re: FDR in Trinidad
>> To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>>
>> Yes, it's a calypso number.  But The Attila's lyrics were different.  I have
>> this version:
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000I5KH/ref=hmd_thanks_cont
>>
>> I see Ry Cooder had one too and I dread to hear it.
>> Kate
>>
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: malignd at aol.com
>> > Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:34:53 -0500
>> > Subject: Re: np congratulations
>> > To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> >
>> > Stuff like this is so cool.  I used to play in a band that did the
>> > occasional Caribbean song -- G Man Hoover, Bing Crosby -- and this is
>> > just in that vein.  It also reminds me of the black American folk song
>> > Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt.
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
>> > To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> > Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 4:14 pm
>> > Subject: Re: np congratulations
>> >
>> >
>> > FDR In Trinidad
>> >
>> > (public domain/arr. & adapted by Van Dyke Parks)
>> >
>> > When Roosevelt came to the Land of the Hummingbird
>> > Shouts of welcome were heard
>> > "Hummingbird, Hummingbird, Hummingbird"
>> > His visit to their island is bound to be
>> > An epoch in local history
>> > Definitely marking the new era
>> > Between Trinidad and America
>> >
>> > We understand that the president had just been
>> > On a visit to Brazil and the Argentine
>> > With Mr. Cordell Hull in attendance
>> > There they took part in a peace conference
>> >
>> > Struck by his modest style
>> > We were intrigued by the famous Roosevelt smile
>> > In fact everybody was glad
>> > To welcome Roosevelt to Trinidad
>> >
>> > We were privileged to see the democratic
>> > President of the great republic
>> > With his charm and his genial personality
>> > And his wonderful urbanity
>> > To stop war and atrocity
>> > And make the world safe for democracy
>> > The greatest event of the century
>> > In the interest of suffering humanity
>> >
>> > Port of Spain threw open her gates
>> > To the President of the United States
>> > In fact everybody was glad
>> > To welcome Roosevelt to Trinidad
>> >
>>
>



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