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Trinidad
& Tobago Panorama 2017 - HOME
sung by Chuck Gordon
composed by Mark Loquan and Amrit Samaroo
lyrics by Amrit Samaroo
produced by Junior “IBO” Joseph
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LYRICSVerse 1
Hear a
murmur, coming from far,
It creating a tremor
It’s not thunder, nor no speaker,
Matter of fact, it sounding deeper,
Ah following,
To see what making this grumble,
And it taking me further into de
jungle,
Woh-yo
What it is I could see,
But a steelband jamming in Surrey,
With music that moving me
Chorus
Ah hearing
the sound of pan
(“Rumble in the Jungle”)
It’s an intense vibration
(“Rumble in the Jungle”)
Like Ali and George Foreman
(“Rumble in the Jungle”)
Bob and weave if you can stand
(“Rumble in the Jungle”)
When they hit the mi-nor key,
Sound
like Lions Roar,
I was really baz-od-ee, yes it shook
my core,
What this music do to me, I’m not
really sure,
All I know ah calling for more!
Wo-ya-yoye, dey rumbling,
Wo-ya-yoye, bass grumbling,
Wo-ya-yoye, Rumble in the jungle...
Verse 2
The winds
shifting, it’s exciting,
And the forest is singing
Crickets chirping, keep the timing,
Then the band kick, with their music
To blow yuh mind,
Performing in joy and splendour,
I start to move like I doh have no
behaviour
woh-yo
Music from left to right,
Like they spitting fire just for
spite
They light up the jungle night
Chorus
_________________
Rumble Jam
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Verse 3
As panists
sweat, dey fear no threat,
And they command my respect,
What they give us, comes out of
dust,
Innovation, is truly genius,
Is time we show,
Panist our admiration,
For bringing fame, love and praises
to our nation
Who-yo
Pan so powerful,
It have potential to change the
world,
That should be our nation’s goal
Chorus
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Chuck Gordon
Roderick “Chuck” Gordon has dropped the ‘Y’ from his name.
The double National Calypso Monarch winner playfully says he’s not questioning anything anymore in his career and so had no further use for the ‘Y’ in his famous sobriquet.
All jokes aside Chuck’s accomplishments and meteoric rise has been nothing to snicker about.
He performed Supernovas Steel Orchestra’s tune of choice for Panorama 2016, Breakthrough, and the band turned to Chuck Gordon once again as vocalist for the 2017 season. The track - Rumble In The Jungle - is jointly written by the band’s co-founder and arranger Amrit Samaroo, and Mark Loquan.
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By Mark Loquan
“In 2016 we saw Supernovas making the bold statement in moving from the Small to Large band category out of Surrey for Panorama, placing 2nd by a mere point behind the winners. It was a “Breakthrough” to the top five bands dominating the Panorama landscape for years, and the band is now ready to rumble for 2017. Arranger Amrit Samaroo and Mark have come together once again to produce “Rumble in the Jungle”, with the band ready to enter the ring to do musical battle. Several ideas have brought the song’s concept together.
“Firstly, there is the memory of the late world famous Muhammad Ali (passing away in 2016), who “floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee,” who won the historic bout against the then-undefeated champion, George Foreman. This match was held in Zaire in 1974 and was referred to as Rumble in the Jungle.
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Amrit Samaroo - Panist, Arranger, Composer, Steelband Leader, Educator
Born 2nd July 1982, Amrit Samaroo has always been inspired by the work of his father, Dr. Jit Samaroo. During his formative years he played the tenor pan and won first place at the San Fest and School’s Music Festival in 1992 and 1999 respectively. Amrit holds an Associate Degree in Performing Arts from COSTAATT (College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago), and Bachelor of Arts in Musical Arts from the University of the West Indies. He was the first winner of the Music Literacy Trust Fund Scholarship.
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2017 represents the 18th year Mark Loquan is composing for Panorama. Mark was also the Musical Director of the first steelband in Western Australia, Perth Pandemix which started in early 2013, and placed 3rd in the 2nd Australian Steelpan Festival held in Brisbane (September 2015). He is Honorary Founding Director of the Music Literacy Trust in Trinidad and Tobago, and has produced/co-produced works such as Passion for Pan album (2000), and the pioneering products of Pan In Education (2004), and Pan in Education 2 (2011).
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