Fwd: FDR in Trinidad

[rich]

another fav of my girlfriend's--Lord Kitchener's Saxophone is worth
the price of the whole CD

rich

On 11/7/08, James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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