
Craig 'Leftside' Parkes sometimes slips into the 'Dr. Evil' character. - Winston Sill
In this weekly Muss Buss Caan Buss song review feature, three musical minds with different tastes analyse each song and grade it on vocal ability, lyrics, musical arrangement and appeal. Songs that make the grade are dubbed 'Muss Buss', while songs that flop are dumped in the 'Caan Buss' bin.
The three reviewers welcome feedback from the artistes and the public about the column. Send your comments to bussdem@hotmail.com or mail in your songs to 'Muss Buss' at the Gleaner Company, 7 North Street, Kingston. This week the muss buss/caan buss team will be reviewing Leftside's Coconuts.
Lady Boo: "Him tun Indian now. Him have time eeh."
Stunner: "Wha yuh mean time?"
Lady Boo: "Like it just sound like some idle song, like lemme find sumting really idle to do in the studio today."
Witch: "Boy him Indian voice impressive still. Him sound just like the Austin Powers movie."
Lady Boo: "Well, maybe he needs to go into acting then. Him full of the voices. I wonder if he has the facial expressions to go wid it."
Stunner: "Well, he's a very creative little fellow, and this tune is just another depiction of his creativity."
Witch: "Well the song is funny, I think it's talking about a woman's breasts and the riddim is actually not bad."
Lady Boo: "Yeah di riddim cool fi true. I guess we can all shake our coco puffs."
Stunner: "The riddim fits the song nicely and of course he's talking about breasteses, I'd be rather surprised if he was telling you guys to shake your hair."
Witch: "After the split from Esco, it's been a while since we hear a Dr Evil, which was hot when him first come wid it, but Leftside seem to be releasing quite a bit of songs and this is just his ting, his sense of humour."
Lady Boo: "Him love it, him nuh stop use Dr Evil. I guess this whole comic thing it alright sometime, but mi nah go buy some CD because dat on it."
Stunner: "Wah, I would buy it 'cause the lyrics on it and it's funny."
Witch: "I wouldn't buy it for that either, but is something different now and again, not like him doing it all the time. I think it will get played, maybe is not quite as explicit to get nuff forwards but it will play."
Stunner: "Sound like it can do enough to get a small buss."
Witch: "Yeah, put him back on the map."
Lady Boo: "Mi nuh really see no big buss, really local."