The Mighty Gabby

 

 Gabby "Regi, Regi" [3:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Today is polling day, did you cast your vote yet?
Well you can stay in the comfort of your on home and cast your vote for your favorite political jingle on Boyce Voice…

Here is the final entrant for the “Political Jingle of the Road” competition entitled “Regi”, this one being sung by the unmistakable vocals of calypsonian and Cultural Ambassador the Mighty Gabby. “Regi” bigs up our BLP government Minister Reginold Farley You don’t hear this one on the radio so this is an exclusive..
Click above and take a listen too “Regi” will you vote for him or his song?

I could not believe my eyes when I read the attack leveled at our entertainment industry by our Minister of Culture and Prime Minister Owen Arthur. It was like being hit in my entertainment face with a piece of “hardwood”.

The article quoted PM Arthur lamenting the fact that despite him removing duties on local CDs they still retail at stores for $49 in Barbados while he can purchase the same CDs for U.S $12 in New York.

It is these kind of reckless statements that encourage piracy by giving the impression that local entertainers are ripping off the public on cost of legitimate CDs. Owen is basically accusing entertainers of “price gouging” by not passing on savings to customers and is promising “anti gouging” legislation to deal with our asses when he gets back in.

PM obviously forgot that cute little government tax nick named VAT aka Value Added Tax. The Government adds on 15% vat when calypsonians collect CDs from the manufacturer and then Government adds on 15% again on retail selling price to customers.

So that means a whopping 30 % of the price of a legitimate CD is government vat. Therefore Boyce Voice agrees with the PM the price is too high and should be drastically reduced by taking VAT off CDs like entertainers have been asking for years.

The PM also forgot the meeting between his Ministry of Finance and record shop retailers back in 2000 where the selling price of local CDs were agreed on with Government. Since then the cost of living and CD production cost has gone up but CD retail prices have remained the same.

Why is the PM attacking entertainers at election time anyway, is he trying to beat our votes out of us? I blame Bajan comedians Mac Fingall and Trevor Eastmond though. That is what you get for cracking so much “vagina-biting” jokes….

The PM should focus on the fact that there is more than just price gouging going on, some people are gouging other things and biting them right out too. If Owen gets back in he also needs to set up some “Anti Biting Legislation”.
 

Shontelle Performing with Natahlee in Bacchanal Time 2005

“Shontelligence” is the name of the album. Shontelle is the name of the girl. Ms Shontelle Layne is the name of the next Bajan artiste being positioned to make it big in the international music scene with her soon to be released album “Shontelligence”.

That is a damn interesting name for an album which was titled to reflect her intelligence and musical ability. Shontelle is being managed by Evan Rogers of Syndicated Rhythm Productions who introduced Rihanna to the world. Local Bajan manager Sonia Mullins of Starchild still remains involved in Shontelle’s management process which shows that she is not forgetting her roots.

Just two years ago we (Madd) had Shontelle performing with Bacchanal Time Calypso tent with Natahlee doing the song “colours”, so we would like to believe we discovered her first. Shontelle will now have the opportunity to be “proud to be a Bajan and represent her nation” just like the lyrics from the song “Colours” she wrote and performed in Bacchanal Time.

Today we present another song that Shontelle wrote but Alison Hinds performed that has been redone, Here’s Shontelle and Rihanna and this guy group (can u guess who they are?) performing “Roll”

Do you see “laugh out loud” that is in the title of this post?

That was placed there by Darron because I sent him this “Kenny and-Dolly video to post on Boyce Voice.

He obviously does not know how big Kenny and Dolly is bout here in the Caribbean. They are not as big as Madd mind you, but they have quite a bit of standing as it relates to Christmas.

From when we had the Rue Rue retail music store back in the 90’s Kenny and Dolly “Once upon a Christmas CD” was always a hot seller.

So today Christmas, Boyce Voice is presenting the video for you too view.

I think what also has Darron is the mention of the Christ child and the religious symbolism epitomized in the presentation.

Between you and me, I think Darron is evil, like Santa Claus…

I wished you Merry Christmas yesterday so I will not do it again today, get a life…

Since I attended the Nifca Gala in November this is something that has been keeping me up at night…

How can a man performing a song entitled the “The Blue Bells of Scotland” be awarded the Governor General’s Trophy in our local National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (Nifca) competition?

It was determined by Governor General Sir Clifford Husbands that Samuel Millington who performed the song “Blue Bells of Scotland” on his trombone be given the Governor General’s award plus $5000, plus a trophy. That’s a lot of stuff for highlighting England.

I, being the idiot that I am, would stupidly figure that the words “National” and “Independence” mentioned in Nifca would mandate that such a special recognition be given to performance of song which highlights our own Bajan attributes, not a tribute to England.

If the song were “The Khus Khus Grass of our Scotland District” or “The White Sands of we Brandon’s Beach” or Gabby’s “Emmerton” that would be work. But the “Blue Bells of Scotland”??

The Governor General needs to go and come again….

Ok Guys and Gals,

Its time to check out the CD “Reggae is Love” on the ZR Music label, ZR in this case meaning Zion Roots and not ZR transportation.

The cd is subtitled Reggae Baje Volume 2 and features of course Bajan artistes.

Melody Man, Storm Thrilla, Red Alarm and more all have tracks on here, including Ayana John with Guns and Roses which we featured earlier.

Going to let you listen to “Girls Need Love” by Hotta Flames. This one gets heavy rotation on the radio. The lyrics say, “Girls need more than sex they need love and affection and due respect” those are wise words.

Darron told me he mixed this track. Hope he listened to the lyrics so he would learn something, and you will learn something too when you click and listen to the song below “Girls need Love”…

 

 Girls Need Love - Hotta Flames [3:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

P.S; Anies, thanks for the cd.

Lil Ricks first music video features Girls going wild for real!

U have to compliment his management Santia and the Pyramid Entertainment Group on this spectacular wuck up video production.

Girls Gone Wild is a video which touches your heart and other places, you will want to watch it again and again.

I find the performance of the women to be captivating and intense, the dancer on the cycle seems to be so engaged in her task she is fascinating.

Most Men and certain women will be titillated by the gyrations featured in “Girls Gone Wild” Click on Link below to view..

Here’s a flash back to 1992 with Madd’s Maddy Maddy School Patrol featuring P.C Broomes and Carolann Scantlebury as Glamour Girl Sue.
Written of course by Eric Lewis, this song was controversial and socially potent at the same time.

You see the picture above?
That was the actual newspaper photo that started one of Madd’s biggest controversies. The Barbados Police was not amused at the portrayal of Police character Broomes being menaced by pep bottle brandishing school girl Sue, so they took steps to enforce a law from their perspective which resulted in P.C Broomes having to perform this song pants less.

The end result was that P.C Broomes did get to put his pants back on; I will give you the full story behind that real soon.
Frankly I feel there was a pervert in the Police Force who probably got a kick of Broomes performing in his boxers and set out to make his dreams come true.
The song is everlastingly potent because the lyrics address issues such as School truancy, Escaped prisoners, Police Brutality and Aids. Topics which are still relevant up until today.
How can one song by a bunch of supposed “madd” people address so many topics? click and listen.
The music that you hear by the way was arranged by ace producer Nicholas Brancker. RUE RUE!

 

 Maddy Maddy Patrol [4:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Have you heard the new tracks on Alison Hinds debut solo cd as yet?Well I have!

I was given album preview edition by her manager Van Gibbs and was able to get a listen which I will blog briefly on.
The Album is entitled “Soca Queen” and is definitely a must have for your CD collection when it comes out in November.
It is a mixture of old and new tracks and features Alison in diverse musical rhythms which will be sure to titillate you.
With out giving too much away I will tell you that one of the tracks on the album is the world famous “Faluma”
For your entertainment we now flash back in time and present Alison performing with Square One the same “Faluma”
Click and “get ready to wine”… and watch out for Alison’s new album coming soon..

Here is one of the hardest songs that Madd has ever done! Written by Eric Lewis, the perennial musical master piece known as Last Saturday Night.This song is as relevant now as when it was released back in 1998. It uses vivid word imagery to tell the story of a “bad boy” and how he ultimately came to an untimely end because of his life style.

Eric uses slang to capture the imagination and the interest of the listener, then when he has you, he shoots you, drops you in a coffin and buries you! I recommend this song to any one who needs to change their evil ways, including NCF!

“This is a lesson for de Bad Boys” Click and listen to “Saturday Night”

 

 Last Saturday Night [5:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Saturday Night is available on “Madd’s Greatest Hits CD”.  You can buy it online at www.bacchanaltime.com

Watch for Madd celebrating 25 years in entertainment in the Show the “Best of Barbados Gone Madd” at the Sir Garfield Sobers Complex on 25th November 2007.