tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post5842252889762587958..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Caribbean Song "One Solja Man" (example, lyrics, and comments)Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-11355036113770351212021-08-02T17:17:55.733-04:002021-08-02T17:17:55.733-04:00Thanks for your comment, Unknown.
I appreciate yo...Thanks for your comment, Unknown.<br /><br />I appreciate you sharing information about the Jamaica Music Festival. Is it still held (other than the possible cancellation because of Covid-19?)<br /><br />Also, for the folkloric record, from which decade/s do you remember this song (i.e. When were your "formative years"? <br /><br />Thanks again!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-57963746128570808632021-08-02T14:00:28.106-04:002021-08-02T14:00:28.106-04:00I am a Jamaican living in MD, who used to sing tha...I am a Jamaican living in MD, who used to sing that folk song in my formative yeaars in Jamaica (especially at the annual Jamaica Music Festival). I couldn't remember a line of the song and was very happy to be directed to your blog to listen to the Carifolk Singers. Very impressed.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978250024067444439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-4075515072132536942017-10-06T19:45:15.217-04:002017-10-06T19:45:15.217-04:00Unknown, thank you for your comments about the Jam...Unknown, thank you for your comments about the Jamaican song "One Solja Man".<br /><br />I appreciate learning more about the meaning of this song.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-18861362205353827082017-10-06T18:40:11.499-04:002017-10-06T18:40:11.499-04:00This song has to be set in the 40's maybe duri...This song has to be set in the 40's maybe during the war era. Hmmm the Solja man is the legitimate suitor (Maybe caucasion )who is keeping her maintained hence all those money talk. The Silk and Satin refers to their relationship or so it seems (Tongue in cheek), she doesn't want to damage it. The tambourine and Belly reference means the lady doesn't want to get pregnant. The John Crow is a black man, another lover as others have inferred who's name is Jeremiah. He is John crow because he takes advantage of her weakness.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949030847864658082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-19894352232415423432014-07-14T18:07:47.515-04:002014-07-14T18:07:47.515-04:00I've just come across this explanation for the...I've just come across this explanation for the phrases "wheel and turn" and "lick your head against a tambourine":<br /><a href="https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100707150927AA7b8ed" rel="nofollow">https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100707150927AA7b8ed</a><br /><br />Part Admin/Part Tour Guide, 2010 <br />"The songs* is from the dance era of the 60s, 70s and 80s. The lyrics go through a number of popular dance moves of the time. Including 'wheel and turn' a move where you spin as fast and rhymically as you can and then break or stop and change moves or spin in the oposite direction. The artists could also have been using artistic license to say not only was his heart hurt (emotainally hurt) but he was so confused he lost physical balance, fell and hurt his head by hitting it against a tambourine. But the rest of the song does not speak to this it speaks to dancing similar to elephant man's 'pon de river' where he goes through todays pop moves <br /><br />Source(s):<br />Its my culture and I keep abreast of area "<br /><br />* The questioner who asked about that phrases mentions The Wailers songs "Rude Boy, Walk the Proud Land, and Rebel's Hop" .<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com