The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #81956   Message #1508360
Posted By: Azizi
23-Jun-05 - 06:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: For Real. I quit
Subject: RE: BS: For Real. I quit
"Hot diggity" reminds me of that great Soca hit "Hot, Hot Hot".

"Are ya feelin hot hot hot"
"Are ya feelin hot hot hot"

etc etc etc.

I mean this is the BS section, right? Besides, I can't find the
lyrics to the song online and it's too hot and I'm too tired to transcribe the words by trying to locate CDs with the song on it and then transcribe them... I ain't that crazy yet..

But if you don't know what "Soca" is all about, check this out:

"ABOUT SOCA

Contrary to widespread assumption, the term "soca" does not refer strictly to the fusion of North American R&B or soul with calypso, but rather, to the incorporation of dance-oriented East Indian percussive and musical elements into traditional calypso. Trinidad's Lord Shorty, who perfected this style in 1973, was credited with defining the inner "soul" of calypso through this expression of Trinidad and Tobago's African and Indian ethnic mix. Comparable fusions of Asian elements with reggae have resulted in such massive dancehall rhythms as Bhangra (Chaka Demus & Pliers' "Murder She Wrote") and Diwali (Sean Paul's "Get Busy," Wayne Wonder's "No Letting Go," Lumidee's "Never Leave You").

The soca fusion was embraced throughout the Caribbean, where Carnivals are held on each island in the spring. Much the way that preparations for New Orleans' big Mardi Gras blow-out dominate the pre-Lenten season, the yearly run-up to Carnival sees an explosion of music-making in anticipation of the event, because of the obvious opportunity to launch a huge hit in the competitions and parties that surround Carnival. The biggest international hit ever to come out of soca up until now was 1983's party classic, "Hot, Hot, Hot" by the Montserrat native Arrow (Alphonsus Cassell), covered by Buster Poindexter for the U.S. crossover market."

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Click HERE for more on Soca.

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See what one word or phrase can spark?!! Hot diggity dog!