Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases the Calypso song "Fire In Me Wire" performed by Calypso Rose.
Information about Calypso Rose is also given in this post.
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All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Calypso Rose for her musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Calypso Rose - Fire Fire
IsDePanInMe, Published on Jul 13, 2008
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This video shows the complete song.
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Example #2: Calypso Rose"Fire in me wire"( part1) live@Petit Bain Paris May 26th 2012
Azimuthprod2, Published on May 27, 2012
Calypso Rose "Fire in me wire"(1ère partie) en concert au Petit Bain à Paris le 26 Mai 2012
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Part I of this two part video includes an introduction in which Calypso Rose tells how the road march judges first refused to crown this song the winner of the road march competition because she is a woman. Here's the transcript to those remarks which are given at .03-1:33 in this video:
"The refused to give me the first Road March.
The "Road March" in Trinidad & Tobago for Carnaval is the most played music on the road by the steel pan and the brass. In 1968 I won the Road March with a tune they call "Fire In My Wire". And now being sung by nine different languages. The last territory to pick up the rights to "Fire In Me Wire" was Japan.
And they say, they couldn't give it to me because I am a woman and they could not of given the Road March to a woman in front of the men.
But thank God, two years ago, they came and acknowledged me. No, no one year 2011 and they made 2011 in Trinidad & Tobago "Calypso Rose Carnaval Year". And they, and they Paid Me all my Interest and they honor me for the former Marches I won which they denied too* and they honored me for all."
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After these remarks Calyso Rose starts her performance with the command to the band "Hit me!"
*This might be the word "two".
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Example #3: Calypso Rose "Fire in me wire"(part2) live@Petit Bain Paris May 26th 2012
Azimuthprod2, Published on May 27, 2012
Calypso Rose "Fire in me wire"(2ème partie) en concert au Petit Bain à Paris le 26 Mai 2012
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INFORMATION ABOUT CALYPSO ROSE
From http://www.tucott.com/calypso-rose/
"Calypso Rose born McCartha Linda Sandy-Lewis, April 27, 1940 in Bethel, Tobago is a calypsonian. She began writing songs at the age of 15, turned professional in 1964 and has written over 800 songs and recorded over 20 albums.
Rose’s father was a leader with the Spiritual Shouter Baptists. Her family was very traditional and opposed her singing in Carnival Tents. She composed her first Calypso in 1955 after seeing a man steal the spectacles off of a lady’s face in the Croisée, San Juan. In the song, she advises Tobagonians to stay at home, because Trinidad was no place for them. Originally she used Crusoe Kid as her stage name, the name Calypso Rose was given to her by the Spoiler, and tent members Piggy and Spike.
Travelling outside of Trinidad and Tobago for the first time in 1963, Rose covered the islands from Grenada to St. Thomas. She won the Calypso King contest and the Roadmarch in St. Thomas with her first recording, Cooperation. In 1966 she wrote the song Fire in Me Wire, the first calypso ever sung two years running at the Trinidad carnival, in 1966 and 1967.
In the mid-70s, as well as dominating the race for the Calypso Queen Title, a title she won five years running from 1972 to 1976, Rose had major hits with Constable Rose and Do Dem Back which became her first gold disc.
Rose was the first female to win the Trinidad Road March competition, in 1977 with her song Gimme More Tempo and in 1978 she took the title again with Come Leh We Jam. In the same year she won the Calypso King competition, the first time it had ever been awarded to a female. The competition’s title was changed to Calypso Monarch in her honour.
She has lived in New York, since 1983."....
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INFORMATION ABOUT TRINIDAD & TOBAGO'S ROAD MARCH COMPETITION
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Road_March
"The Carnival Road March is the musical composition played most often at the "judging points" along the parade route during Carnival. Originating as part of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, the term has been applied to other Caribbean carnivals.
In Trinidad and Tobago the Road March title has been given out in every year since 1932 (with the exception of years affected by World War II when Carnival did not take place). Scoring is based upon a rank-and-points system devised by a Carnival committee before the start of the parade. The Road March title is among the most prestigious in Trinidad Carnival. The most such titles have gone to the Mighty Sparrow and Machel Montano with eight wins, Super Blue, with nine wins, and the late Lord Kitchener, with ten. In the mid-1970s, women entered the calypso men' s oriented arena. Calypso Rose was the first female to win the Trinidad Road March competition in 1977 with her song "Gimme More Tempo". The following year with "Come Leh We Jam" she won the "Calypso King " competition, the first time a woman had received the award. The competition's title was changed to Calypso Monarch in her honour."...
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Information about Road March Competitions in other Caribbean nations is also given in this article along with a list of road march winners for each of those competitions.
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LYRICS: FIRE FIRE IN ME WIRE
(Calypso Rose)
I heard a bawling, like somebody crying
I could imagem what was happening
I saw this old lady running
Calling out to she neighbour Ramsingh
Neightbour neighbour, come o lord
My house on fire
And if yuh hear she
Fire Fire!
In meh wire papa
Ay ya yeye
O yo yoye
Fire Fire
"Spanish"
Heat for so
Ah jump out me bed
Start holding me head
Well ah say tonight lord
somebody dead
Because this old lady
She ent living with nobody
So ah jump from meh house
And ah start bawling like ah crazy mouse
and if yuh hear me
Fire Fire!
In she wire papa
Ay ya yeye
O yo yoye
Fire Fire
"Spanish"
Heat for so
When me neighbour Ramsingh
He came running
He thought it was a joke
Because he didnt see no smoke
She bawling come over Ramsingh
Where is the ladder
Unreel the house
And let go the water
To out the fire
and if yuh hear she
Fire Fire!
In she wire papa
Ay ya yeye
O yo yoye
Fire Fire
"Spanish"
Heat for so
Fire Fire!
In she wire papa
Ay ya yeye
O yo yoye
Fire Fire
"Spanish"
Heat for so
Source: http://islandlyrics.com/lyrics-calypso_rose-fire_fire_in_me_wire_1980s_calypso.htm
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