What happens is that some of these western chaps have read little about Goa's
history, therefore the cultural knowledge is zero. So when they arrive in Goa
they find a totally different lifestyle (to the rest of the subcontinent) which
leaves them in awe and wonder.
Thanks to Sr. Noronha who has initiated this thread, we will probably have a
book published named the Bands of Goa. The problem with Goans is that there
is no unity. There is no development or even a semblance of a music industry.
Tiny countries like Jamaica created they own genre like reggae. African
countries the kizomba. Always copycat will kill the rat.
BC
A friend, Helene Derkin (now Derkin-Menezes), charmingly narrates her
experience of falling in love with the windsurfing champ Derek Menezes in
Goa, how she encountered the Goan band, and what a dance at Colva was like
in the 1990s. ("From the Outside In," in Inside-Out, Goa,1556 and
GoaWriters 2010). Point of the story: it can be hard work to get cover
versions right too!
QUOTE Then out of the blue, I hear Western music blaring out nearby and
frown in annoyance - don?t want to be reminded of home. I recognise the
song, it?s in the top ten back in the UK. Derrick says the dance must have
started and Fi and I exchange glances ? we are sure we?re in for some very
staid and dreary music as we drive up to the venue, but, by the sheer
volume of what?s being played, that is obviously not the case. The dance is
called ?Noite de Fama? traditionally held on the day of the Colva church
feast. I walk inside the cloth barrier vowing not to be so judgemental.
What I thought was recorded music is actually a live band called Lynx, we
are astonished ? how can a bunch of Goan guys sound exactly like Take That
one minute and Big Mountain the next!
