The headline is taken from a Maestro calypso. It speaks to the lament of the pan-man every year after the Panorama Competitions. I was reminded of this when I saw the comments online on Mrs Boos’ winning entry. Many of them were not kind. It seems to me that the bitterest of us spend more time online than those of us who see good. But maybe all the views reflect the state of our society.
I don’t know what the criteria was for this 50th Anniversary Logo Competition but purely on my emotional reaction on seeing it, I found the piece to be inspiring and to be “us”. I did not need an explanation. I saw strength. I saw energy. I saw music. I saw diversity. I saw us. Debbie could not hope to please everyone but she did not have to. All she had to do was convince the judges that hers was the best before them in terms of answering the brief.
Maestro, real name Cecil Hume, passed away in a car accident on the morning of Aug 31,1977, Independence Day. Some people said he was prophetic when he composed Bionic Man. Two other of his compositions come to mind with regard to this blog post; Savage and Gold. One is appropriate to the online haters and the other speaks of Debbie.
