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‘Pan Up There’
sung by “Crazy”
composed by Steve “GospelPan” Reid & Edwin Ayoung
pan by Earl Brooks, Sr.
produced by Junior “IBO” Joseph
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“Pan Up There”
“Crazy”
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“Pan Up There”
“Crazy”
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LYRICSVerse 1
As I sat
down in the stands - taking in
Panorama
The place was hotter than fire -
And
I could feel the temperature
Caught up in the excitement I fell
and hit my head
When a doctor who was there - start
bawling "Oh Lord he dead"
When I open my eyes - I heard the
Lord saying
Enter the Kingdom of Elohim
Everything was so nice - It had to
be paradise
Something - I never saw before - I
stood in awe
Chorus
I saw Steel
bands in Heaven
I saw Steel bands - Playing Pan in
the Kingdom
I saw Steel bands in Heaven
I saw Steel bands - Playing Pan in
the Kingdom
With Moses on the tenor pan - Saint
Peter on the bass
It was sweet Pan music in the place
Verse 2
I was
invited to hear - A certain steel
orchestra
The band had one hundred elders -
All ah them super players
When the band started to play - I
saw the whole front line
Ramajay and then I saw - The Angels
look so divine
I saw Abednigo - Strumming on a
Quadro
King Solomon on a Guitar Pan
King David dance for days - When
they play a Song of Praise
He jump and wave in front the band -
He put up he hand
Chorus
I saw Steel
bands in Heaven
I saw Steel bands - Playing Pan in
the Kingdom
I saw Steel bands in Heaven
I saw Steel bands - Playing Pan in
the Kingdom
Clive Bradley on the Tenor Pan -
Rudolph Charles on the bass
It was sweet Pan music in the place
Verse 3
They were
serving things to drink - So I went
to wet my throat
I ask ah man for rum and coke -
He
laugh and say, "oh what a joke!"
What is wrong with you he said -
here we don't have no strife
The only drink we serve here - Is
from the fountain of life
I heard a voice whisper - “He is
awake, doctor”
He had passed out in the savannah
They said it is just a dream - And
it is not what it seem
But the feelings I felt it was real
- I had to squeal
Chorus
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“Crazy”
Edwin Ayoung or “Crazy” - born Edwin Ayoung in 1944, on Maraval Road in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad of a Venezuelan mother and Trinidadian father of Chinese descent, was - in his youth - as skilled and competitive in his country’s national pastime of cricket, as he has been now for years as a world-travelled musician, performing artist and composer.
Though dubbed The “Loveable Lunatic of Soca,” Ayoung has time and again not been given his due in his native land, yet remains one of the most commercially successful artists on the international soca scene. An experimentalist, he pioneered the unique musical genre known as Parang Soca and played a leading role in promoting Chutney Soca. Crazy would go on to sing several monster smashes in parang soca, including Muchacha and Homemade Wine.
A brilliant double-entendre artiste at its best - Edwin Ayoung has delighted in pushing the envelope in his humorous and witty manner. With songs like Paul, Nani Wine and Suck Meh Soucouyant to name but three, this illustrious performer remains a staple in the music world
He’s been ranked in the top three for Trinidad & Tobago’s annual national calypso monarch competition - his best showing being at position two with Dustbin Cover. He captured the prestigious Road March title (the ‘tune for the road’ during Carnival Monday and Tuesday) in 1985 with Suck Meh, Soucouyant.
“Crazy” has already been heard from for the season on Oh God, Oh God and Gee Gee Ree. He’s back on this track, Pan Up There.
Born in South East London, Steve “GospelPan” Reid has been involved in pan, both as a player and as a band director for more than twenty-two years.
It was after attending the Notting Hill Carnival at the age of nine that he wanted to join a Steel Band; in 1989, that dream became a reality when he joined Calvary Steel Orchestra and two years later, became its director.
Steve has also collaborated with Ray Holman and David ‘Happy’ Williams on a total of six compositions, which have yet to be heard; the songs range from gospelypso, to praise and worship to contemporary pop styles.
In 2015 he wrote Pan in Church, and for the 2017 Panorama season he co-wrote Pan Up There with Edwin “Crazy Ayoung.
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