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Trinidad
& Tobago Panorama 2018 - HOME
sung by Edwin “Crazy” Ayoung
music by Dennis Smith
lyrics by Gregory “GB” Ballantyne
click here for lead sheet
LYRICSVerse 1
Dey break de panyard
And take he single tenor
One dat was chrome and powder
Before de Panorama
While he say dong agonizing on his
great loss
Miss Kathy spot him and went across
She say whole day you can’t only
play on a single, man
Take my second
Leh mih see yuh jam on two pan
Chorus
Play my
double, if yuh able
Small notes in de middle
Make meh tremble
Double-Second is deep
Feel de tone - bet from now
You cyah leave mih second alone
Cyah leave it alone pan break
Cyah leave it alone pan break
Cyah leave it alone pan break
Cyah leave it alone pan break
Verse 2
From de
first notes he play
Ah say Mr. Panman
You wasting time on one pan
Look how yuh spread like Tarzan
Leh dem college girls keep dey tenor
section tight
Big panman like you - ah find dat
ent right
And double-second doh ever cry like
a high tenor
Notes cut deeper
Vibrations could last much longer
Chorus
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Verse 3
She let him
run de tune
Couple times till he wet
Boy if yuh see him cold sweat
From all de sweet vibes he get
Then she tell him sorry, is de end
of de line
Ah just take a chance cause dis pan
ent mine
She say mih man if he only know ah
lend out he pan
He go break mih hand
Go be bacchanal in dis band
Chorus
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Edwin “Crazy” Ayoung
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.
Vocals flow from “Crazy” each steelband Panorama season and 2018 is no different. The track Pan Break written by Dennis Smith & Gregory “GB” Ballantyne and featured here, joins Wind and Solar, already released.
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