Edited by Azizi Powell
[Most of the content of this post was published on pancocojams on November 30, 2012. Additional content in this post: song lyrics and one comment under Example #1]
This pancocojams post showcases sound files or videos of Mississippi John Hurt, Lloyd Price, Taj Mahal, and Wilson Pickett singing versions of the Blues/R&B classic "Stagger Lee".
Information about this song are also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All rights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the composer/s of this song. Thanks also to the vocalists, and musicians featured in these sound files and this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these sound files & video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "STAGGER LEE"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee_(song)
" "Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee", "Stackerlee", "Stack O'Lee", "Stack-a-Lee" and several other variants, is a popular folk song based on the murder of William "Billy" Lyons by Stagger Lee Shelton...
The first published version of the song was by folklorist John Lomax in 1910. The song was well known in African American communities along the lower Mississippi River by the 1910s.
Before World War II, it was commonly known as "Stack O'Lee"... In Mississippi John Hurt's version, as in all such pieces, there are many (sometimes anachronistic) variants on the lyrics. Several older versions give Billy's last name as "De Lyons" or "Deslile".
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Warning: That Wikipedia page includes profanity.
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From http://reocities.com/SunsetStrip/stage/8376/stagger_lee_1.html
"The legend of Stagger Lee is one of the most important and enduring stories from American folklore. Although it has had some popularity with the white community, it is a story that comes from the African-American oral tradition. There are many different versions of the tale, but here is the general storyline. Stagger Lee (also known as Stagolee, Stackerlee, Stackalee etc.) gets into a dispute with a man named Billy DeLyon (also known as Billy the Lion or Billy Lyons) after losing his Stetson hat to Billy while gambling. Stagger Lee pulls a gun (sometimes identified as a .45, other times as a "smokeless .44") on Billy who then pleads to be spared for the sake of his wife and children. Showing no compassion at all, Stagger Lee cold-bloodedly shoots and kills his opponent."...
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Click http://www.planetslade.com/stagger-lee2.html for multiple pages of information about Stagger Lee Shelton, including the following theory:
"Shelton may have taken his 'Stack Lee' nickname from a white man called Stacker Lee, whose father owned the famous Lee Steam Line of riverboats...Travelling up and down the Mississippi between St Louis and New Orleans, he became well-known as a gambler, a hell-raiser and a ladies' man. He made a habit of fathering illegitimate children wherever his boat put in, often by black or mixed-race women.
It's very unlikely that Shelton was really Stacker Lee's son - the dates and locations are all wrong for that - but he may well have adopted his nickname to hint at that possibility. Shelton's light skin, described by Jefferson Penitentiary as a “mulatto complexion”, would have made it easy for people to believe he had a white father. Who could blame him for hinting that father was the glamorous son of a powerful, rich family?"
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Also, click http://www.stackolee.net/ for a list of hundreds of recordings of "Stagger Lee" ("Stack O Lee").
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EXCERPT FROM WIKIPEDIA [added September 18, 2018]
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee
" "Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton in St. Louis, Missouri at Christmas, 1895. The song was first published in 1911, and was first recorded in 1923 by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. A version by Lloyd Price reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.
Background
The historical Stagger Lee was Lee Shelton, an African-American pimp living in St. Louis, Missouri in the late 19th century. He was nicknamed Stag Lee or Stack Lee, with a variety of explanations being given: he was given the nickname because he "went stag", meaning he was without friends; he took the nickname from a well-known riverboat captain called Stack Lee; or, according to John and Alan Lomax, he took the name from a riverboat owned by the Lee family of Memphis called the Stack Lee, which was known for its on-board prostitution.[2] He was well known locally as one of the Macks, a group of pimps who demanded attention through their flashy clothing and appearance.[3] In addition to these activities, he was the captain of a black Four Hundred Club, a social club with a dubious reputation.[4]
On Christmas night in 1895, Shelton and his acquaintance William "Billy" Lyons were drinking in the Bill Curtis Saloon. Lyons was also a member of St. Louis' underworld, and may have been a political and business rival to Shelton. Eventually, the two men got into a dispute, during which Lyons took Shelton's Stetson hat.[5] Subsequently, Shelton shot Lyons, recovered his hat, and left.[6] Lyons died of his injuries, and Shelton was charged, tried and convicted of the murder in 1897. He was paroled in 1909, but returned to prison in 1911 for assault and robbery. He died in incarceration in 1912.[7]
The crime quickly entered into American folklore and became the subject of song as well as folktales and toasts. The song's title comes from Shelton's nickname—Stag Lee or Stack Lee.[8] The name was quickly corrupted in the folk tradition; early versions were called "Stack-a-Lee" and "Stacker Lee"; "Stagolee" and "Stagger Lee" also became common. Other recorded variants include "Stackerlee", "Stack O'Lee", "Stackolee", "Stackalee", "Stagerlee", and "Stagalee".[9]
Early versions
A song called "Stack-a-Lee" was first mentioned in 1897, in the Kansas City Leavenworth Herald, as being performed by "Prof. Charlie Lee, the piano thumper."[10] The earliest versions were likely field hollers and other work songs performed by African-American laborers, and were well known along the lower Mississippi River by 1910. That year, musicologist John Lomax received a partial transcription of the song,[11] and in 1911 two versions were published in the Journal of American Folklore by the sociologist and historian Howard W. Odum.[12]
The song was first recorded by Waring's Pennsylvanians in 1923, and became a hit. Another version was recorded later that year by Frank Westphal & His Regal Novelty Orchestra, and Herb Wiedoeft and his band recorded the song in 1924.[13] Also in 1924, the first version with lyrics was recorded, as "Skeeg-a-Lee Blues", by Lovie Austin. Ma Rainey recorded the song the following year, with Louis Armstrong on cornet, and a version was recorded by Frank Hutchison in 1927.[10]
Before World War II, it was commonly known as "Stack O'Lee". W.C. Handy wrote that this probably was a nickname for a tall person, comparing him to the tall smokestack of the large steamboat Robert E. Lee.[14] By the time W.C. Handy wrote that explanation in the 1920s, "Stack O' Lee" was already familiar in United States popular culture, with recordings of the song made by such pop singers of the day as Cliff Edwards.
The version by Mississippi John Hurt, recorded in 1928, is regarded as definitive.[10] In his version, as in all such pieces, there are many (sometimes anachronistic) variants on the lyrics. Several older versions give Billy's last name as "De Lyons" or "Deslile". Other notable pre-war versions were by Duke Ellington (1927), Cab Calloway (1931), and Woody Guthrie (1941).[10]
Post-war versions
In 1950, a version of "Stack-a-Lee" by New Orleans pianist Archibald reached number 10 on the Billboard R&B chart.[15] Lloyd Price recorded the song as "Stagger Lee" in 1958, and it rose to the top of both the R&B and US pop charts in early 1959.[15] His version was ranked number 456 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, and also reached number 7 on the UK singles chart. Price also recorded a toned-down version of the song that changed the shooting to an argument between two friends for his appearance on Dick Clark's American Bandstand."...
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LYRICS: STACK O' LEE
[as sung by Mississippi John Hurt]
Police officer, how can it be?
You can 'rest everybody but cruel Stack O' Lee
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
Billy de Lyon told Stack O' Lee, "Please don't take my life
I got two little babies, and a darlin' lovin' wife"
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
"What I care about you little babies, your darlin' lovin' wife?
You done stole my Stetson1 hat, I'm bound to take your life"
That bad man, cruel Stack O' Lee
With the forty-four
When I spied Billy de Lyon, he was lyin' down on the floor
That bad man, oh cruel Stack O' Lee
"Gentleman's of the jury, what do you think of that?
Stack O' Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hat"
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
And all they gathered, hands way up high
At twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him die
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
Source: https://genius.com/Mississippi-john-hurt-stack-o-lee-lyrics
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LYRICS: STAGGER LEE
[as written {?) and sung by Lloyd Price]
The night was clear
And the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down
I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
He was barking at the two men
Who were gambling in the dark
It was Stagger Lee and Billy
Two men who gambled late
Stagger Lee threw seven
Billy swore that he threw eight
Stagger Lee told Billy
"I can't let you go with that
You have won all my money
And my brand new Stetson hat."
Stagger Lee started off
Goin down that railroad track
He said, I can't get you Billy
But don't be here when I come back
Go on, Stagger Lee
Stagger Lee went home
And he got his .44
Said, "I'm going to the bar room
Just to pay that debt I owe."
Stagger Lee went to the bar room
And he stood across the bar room door
Said, "Now nobody move."
And he pulled his .44
"Stagger Lee," cried Billy
"Oh, please don't take my life
I got three little children
And a very sickly wife."
Stagger Lee shot Billy
Oh he shot that poor boy so bad
Till the bullet came through Billy
And it broke the bartender's glass
Now look out, Stagg, come on
https://genius.com/Lloyd-price-stagger-lee-lyrics
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
Example #1: Mississippi John Hurt - The Ballad Of Stagger Lee
Uploaded by JTgrimteam on Jul 20, 2010
In My Opinion ; One Of the Best And Most Genuine Musical Pieces Ever Recorded. Mississippi John Was an Amazing Musician And Human Being.
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Here's a comment from this sound file's discussion thread:
Garett Russ, 2018
"It blows my mind how many racially-charged posts are derived from this music as I look through the comments.... The only thing that comes to mind is that if the shoe fits check yourself... You need to sit back take a deep breath and realize that you are smaller than what this man has done... Stop trying to build this imaginary Fortress of theology with your comments... And rather embrace the fact that amazing music came from a time of suffering.... bust the guitar out... try to jam along... and stop being a b** that is drowning in a time that wasn't even yours to drown in because you feel the need to be a voice for them.... Guess what!! These men and women were so strong they didn't need you... They use the strings (lightning Hopkins)... And they use their voice (Etta James)... Go ahead and pick up your pout box and take a walk home.... 😎"
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This comment is given as it was found in that discussion thread.
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Example #2: Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
Uploaded by RoverTCB on Apr 29, 2008
The first censored rock n roll record to be a n°1 hit
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The Wikipedia page whose link is given above includes information about how Dick Clark, the host of the television program "American Bandstand" made Lloyd Price change the lyrics of this song for that show's performance.
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Example #3: STAGGER LEE (1969) by Taj Mahal
Uploaded by wilsonmcphert on Nov 5, 2009
...I have done a slideshow video for this song and to try and help tell the story.
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Example #4: stagger lee - wilson picket
youknowstone, Uploaded on Mar 19, 2008
wicked live
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This singer's nickname was "The Wicked Wilson Pickett".
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Monday, October 3, 2016
Almost Three Year Old Jaiya Lip Syncing Two R&B Songs
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases my almost three year old granddaughter Jaiya Hughes lip synching at a family gathering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 25, 2016.
The adults who lip synch compete with each other, but the children's lip synching is a non-competitive show.
This post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to these songs' composers and vocalists.
And thanks to my granddaughter Jaiya! You better work it!
Love, Grandma.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Wiibathon Saturday 7th Lip Sync Battle
Renee Powell, Published on Sep 25, 2016
Whip my hair by Jaiya
[Song: Willow Smith - Whip My Hair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymKLymvwD2U]
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Example #2: Wiibathon Saturday 7th Lip Sync Battle
Renee Powell Published on Sep 28, 2016
Single Ladies by Jaiya
[Song: Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY]
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
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This pancocojams post showcases my almost three year old granddaughter Jaiya Hughes lip synching at a family gathering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 25, 2016.
The adults who lip synch compete with each other, but the children's lip synching is a non-competitive show.
This post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to these songs' composers and vocalists.
And thanks to my granddaughter Jaiya! You better work it!
Love, Grandma.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Wiibathon Saturday 7th Lip Sync Battle
Renee Powell, Published on Sep 25, 2016
Whip my hair by Jaiya
[Song: Willow Smith - Whip My Hair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymKLymvwD2U]
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Example #2: Wiibathon Saturday 7th Lip Sync Battle
Renee Powell Published on Sep 28, 2016
Single Ladies by Jaiya
[Song: Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY]
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Friday, April 15, 2016
Black Preacher's Oratorical Style & Wilson Pickett's 1971 Soul To Soul Concert Introduction to "Land Of A Thousand Dances"
Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision: September 10, 2018
This pancocojams post showcases a video of Soul singer Wilson Pickett's performance of his hit song "Land Of A Thousand Dances" at the 1971 Soul To Soul concert in Ghana, West Africa.
The focus of this post is the similarity between Wilson Pickett's introduction of "Land Of A Thousand Dances" and the cadence flow, call & response, and shouting oratorical style that is commonly associated with a number of Black [African American] preachers.
This post includes a definition of the oratory style called "whooping" that is associated with some African American preachers.
My transcription of that introduction is included in this post. Additions and corrections of that transcription are welcome.
Selected comments from this video's discussion thread are also included in this post. Some of these comments refer to the oratorical style that Wilson Pickett used for that introduction.
The Addendum to this post provides some information about the 1971 Soul to Soul concert in Ghana, West Africa.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Wilson Pickett for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/04/black-preaching-art-of-whooping-in.html for a pancocojams post which features a video of a Black pastor's sermon closing and includes information about the style of Black sermonizing called "whooping".
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE BLACK (AFRICAN AMERICAN ORATORY STYLE CALLED "WHOOPING"
"Whooping" (also given as "hooping") is a term for a Black (African American) oratorical and homiletic (sermon) style that some pastors use at the end of their sermons to heighten the spirit and emotions of their congregations. Whooping is described as pastors speaking in a call & response, sing/song cadence. Responses to the pastor's words ("call") are from the congregation which might repeat his or her words, and/or shout "Amen!", "Preach!", "Yes, Lord" or other words and phrases. Responses also include riffs played by the pianist, organist, and snare drummer. In addition to preaching in that sing/song style, pastors who whoop toward the end of their sermons may also sing during that whoop.
"Whooping" is most often associated with African American pastors, particularly COGIC (Church Of God In Christ) pastors and some Baptist and Missionary Baptist pastors.
Whooping is negatively described as "screaming".
The word "whooping" ("hooping") may have come from the term "whooping and hollering".
Here are definitions for the word "whoop":
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoop
Definition of whoop
"to shout loudly in an enthusiastic or excited way"
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http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hollering
"hollering
"verb (used without object)
1. to cry aloud; shout; yell"
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INFORMATION ABOUT WILSON PICKETT AND "LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Pickett
"Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B, soul and rock and roll singer and songwriter.
A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. Among his best-known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally", and "Funky Broadway".[2]
Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, in recognition of his impact on songwriting and recording.[3]"...
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_a_Thousand_Dances
"Land of a Thousand Dances" (or "Land of 1000 Dances") is a song written and first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1963. The song is famous for its "na na na na na" hook, which Cannibal & the Headhunters added in their 1965 version, which reached number 30 on the Billboard chart.[1] The song was covered by Danny & the Memories. Thee Midniters, an American group out of East Los Angeles, was one of the first Chicano rock bands to cover "Land of a Thousand Dances", scoring a local hit in 1965. The song's best-known version was Wilson Pickett's 1966 recording on his album, which became an R&B #1 and his biggest ever pop hit. Some releases of the song credit Antoine "Fats" Domino as a co-author of the song with Kenner. Domino agreed to record the song in exchange for half of the song's royalties."
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Wilson Pickett - Land of a Thousand Dances (HQ)
Edmilson Guermacoski, Published on Dec 16, 2013
A ALMA DA SOUL MUSIC.
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TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTRODUCTION TO "LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES"*
(at the 1971 Soul to Soul concert)
I was over in England
About a year ago
Doin the Tom Jones [show]
And ah fella dropped by by the name Ringo.
Ringo began to ask me some questions.
He said, “Pickett, you’ve been all around the world
singin about a thing called soul
He said, can you pleeese tell me
what is soul?
I looked around at him
I said “Ringo, I said
Sooooul ain't nuthin' but a feelin' .
He said, “How do you know? How do you know when you get it?”
I said “It gets in your haaaands.
It makes you clap your haaands.
[audience claps hands and exclaimsye]
Oh yes.
I heard ah sista say
“It got in my feeet.
And I had to I had to move my feeet.
Let me hear you say “Yeeeah!”
[audience shouts Yeah!]
How many of you think you got soul tonight, lemme see your hands
[audience raises one hand]
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah!
Now you got it tonight. Lemme see ya raise your hands.
{audience raises one hand]
Lawd have mercy.
I’m feelin pretty good right now.
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*This is my transcription of this introduction. Additions and corrections are welcome.
The band accompanies Pickett's words during that introduction by playing riffs throughout this introduction. This manner of musical accompaniment is customary in many African American churches.
After that last line, Wilson Pickett immediately starts singing "Land Of A Thousand Dances" [at 1:39 of this video.]
Click http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/wilsonpickett/landof1000dances.html for the lyrics to this song.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
These comments are given in chronological order based on their publishing date by year with the oldest comments given first. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.
2014
1. Hot80s
"love it. where was this concert held? tks"
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Reply
2. Paul White
"In mother Africa!!! I believe Ike and Tina were on this bill as well, though I'm not sure who else."
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3. Julio César Báez Aguilar (julianozain)
"Soul To Soul concert held in Accra, Ghana, on 6 March 1971.. Friendly greetings!!"
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Paul White
4. "Looks like Ringo Starr got his answer... Rest on Mr. Pickett!!!"
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5. THEMOJOMANsince1959
"Black Preacher Gospel Style. Which is good."
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ASide45
6. "Wow! pure energy!! like a black church service..."
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2015
[This comment is made in response to a question about why women at that Ghanaian concert didn't dance with men.]
7. Audrey Quaye
"I am from Ghana. Women would typically not mix in a crowd with men. I believe the concert was held at Black Star Square. The women would be sitting in the stands and not with the men in front of the stage. I hope this helps."
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2016
Reply
8. Finley Quaye
"That's correct Audrey, Black Star Square aka Independence Square.
I suggested organizing a similar event for 6th March 2017."
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9. Christopher Reinheimer
"+Audrey Quaye well hopefully now you are in America. where men will dance with you."
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ADDENDUM - INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUL TO SOUL CONCERT
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_to_Soul_(film)
"Soul To Soul was a concert held in Accra, Ghana, on 6 March 1971, by an array of mostly American R&B, soul, rock, and jazz musicians. It is also the name of a 1971 documentary film recording the concert.[1]
Concert
Ghana, after declaring its Independence on 6 March 1957, had made a variety of efforts to connect with African diasporans, some of whom — including Maya Angelou, W. E. B. Du Bois and George Padmore — lived in the West African nation for a time. In the mid-1960s, Angelou approached the government of Kwame Nkrumah and suggested bringing a number of African-American artists to Ghana for the annual independence celebrations. Nkrumah was deposed before action could be taken, but when the American father-son team of Ed Mosk and Tom Mosk approached the Ghana Arts Council in 1970 with an idea for a concert, the Council agreed. A massive 1970 concert by James Brown in Lagos, Nigeria, had prompted the Mosks' confidence in the idea.
Of the musicians invited to perform, Wilson Pickett was by far the biggest star in Ghana, where he was known as "Soul Brother No. 2." (James Brown was, of course, Soul Brother No. 1.)"...
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This pancocojams post showcases a video of Soul singer Wilson Pickett's performance of his hit song "Land Of A Thousand Dances" at the 1971 Soul To Soul concert in Ghana, West Africa.
The focus of this post is the similarity between Wilson Pickett's introduction of "Land Of A Thousand Dances" and the cadence flow, call & response, and shouting oratorical style that is commonly associated with a number of Black [African American] preachers.
This post includes a definition of the oratory style called "whooping" that is associated with some African American preachers.
My transcription of that introduction is included in this post. Additions and corrections of that transcription are welcome.
Selected comments from this video's discussion thread are also included in this post. Some of these comments refer to the oratorical style that Wilson Pickett used for that introduction.
The Addendum to this post provides some information about the 1971 Soul to Soul concert in Ghana, West Africa.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Wilson Pickett for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/04/black-preaching-art-of-whooping-in.html for a pancocojams post which features a video of a Black pastor's sermon closing and includes information about the style of Black sermonizing called "whooping".
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE BLACK (AFRICAN AMERICAN ORATORY STYLE CALLED "WHOOPING"
"Whooping" (also given as "hooping") is a term for a Black (African American) oratorical and homiletic (sermon) style that some pastors use at the end of their sermons to heighten the spirit and emotions of their congregations. Whooping is described as pastors speaking in a call & response, sing/song cadence. Responses to the pastor's words ("call") are from the congregation which might repeat his or her words, and/or shout "Amen!", "Preach!", "Yes, Lord" or other words and phrases. Responses also include riffs played by the pianist, organist, and snare drummer. In addition to preaching in that sing/song style, pastors who whoop toward the end of their sermons may also sing during that whoop.
"Whooping" is most often associated with African American pastors, particularly COGIC (Church Of God In Christ) pastors and some Baptist and Missionary Baptist pastors.
Whooping is negatively described as "screaming".
The word "whooping" ("hooping") may have come from the term "whooping and hollering".
Here are definitions for the word "whoop":
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoop
Definition of whoop
"to shout loudly in an enthusiastic or excited way"
**
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hollering
"hollering
"verb (used without object)
1. to cry aloud; shout; yell"
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INFORMATION ABOUT WILSON PICKETT AND "LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Pickett
"Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B, soul and rock and roll singer and songwriter.
A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. Among his best-known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally", and "Funky Broadway".[2]
Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, in recognition of his impact on songwriting and recording.[3]"...
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_a_Thousand_Dances
"Land of a Thousand Dances" (or "Land of 1000 Dances") is a song written and first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1963. The song is famous for its "na na na na na" hook, which Cannibal & the Headhunters added in their 1965 version, which reached number 30 on the Billboard chart.[1] The song was covered by Danny & the Memories. Thee Midniters, an American group out of East Los Angeles, was one of the first Chicano rock bands to cover "Land of a Thousand Dances", scoring a local hit in 1965. The song's best-known version was Wilson Pickett's 1966 recording on his album, which became an R&B #1 and his biggest ever pop hit. Some releases of the song credit Antoine "Fats" Domino as a co-author of the song with Kenner. Domino agreed to record the song in exchange for half of the song's royalties."
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Wilson Pickett - Land of a Thousand Dances (HQ)
Edmilson Guermacoski, Published on Dec 16, 2013
A ALMA DA SOUL MUSIC.
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TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTRODUCTION TO "LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES"*
(at the 1971 Soul to Soul concert)
I was over in England
About a year ago
Doin the Tom Jones [show]
And ah fella dropped by by the name Ringo.
Ringo began to ask me some questions.
He said, “Pickett, you’ve been all around the world
singin about a thing called soul
He said, can you pleeese tell me
what is soul?
I looked around at him
I said “Ringo, I said
Sooooul ain't nuthin' but a feelin' .
He said, “How do you know? How do you know when you get it?”
I said “It gets in your haaaands.
It makes you clap your haaands.
[audience claps hands and exclaimsye]
Oh yes.
I heard ah sista say
“It got in my feeet.
And I had to I had to move my feeet.
Let me hear you say “Yeeeah!”
[audience shouts Yeah!]
How many of you think you got soul tonight, lemme see your hands
[audience raises one hand]
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah!
Now you got it tonight. Lemme see ya raise your hands.
{audience raises one hand]
Lawd have mercy.
I’m feelin pretty good right now.
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*This is my transcription of this introduction. Additions and corrections are welcome.
The band accompanies Pickett's words during that introduction by playing riffs throughout this introduction. This manner of musical accompaniment is customary in many African American churches.
After that last line, Wilson Pickett immediately starts singing "Land Of A Thousand Dances" [at 1:39 of this video.]
Click http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/wilsonpickett/landof1000dances.html for the lyrics to this song.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
These comments are given in chronological order based on their publishing date by year with the oldest comments given first. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.
2014
1. Hot80s
"love it. where was this concert held? tks"
**
Reply
2. Paul White
"In mother Africa!!! I believe Ike and Tina were on this bill as well, though I'm not sure who else."
**
Reply
3. Julio César Báez Aguilar (julianozain)
"Soul To Soul concert held in Accra, Ghana, on 6 March 1971.. Friendly greetings!!"
**
Paul White
4. "Looks like Ringo Starr got his answer... Rest on Mr. Pickett!!!"
**
5. THEMOJOMANsince1959
"Black Preacher Gospel Style. Which is good."
**
ASide45
6. "Wow! pure energy!! like a black church service..."
**
2015
[This comment is made in response to a question about why women at that Ghanaian concert didn't dance with men.]
7. Audrey Quaye
"I am from Ghana. Women would typically not mix in a crowd with men. I believe the concert was held at Black Star Square. The women would be sitting in the stands and not with the men in front of the stage. I hope this helps."
**
2016
Reply
8. Finley Quaye
"That's correct Audrey, Black Star Square aka Independence Square.
I suggested organizing a similar event for 6th March 2017."
**
9. Christopher Reinheimer
"+Audrey Quaye well hopefully now you are in America. where men will dance with you."
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ADDENDUM - INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUL TO SOUL CONCERT
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_to_Soul_(film)
"Soul To Soul was a concert held in Accra, Ghana, on 6 March 1971, by an array of mostly American R&B, soul, rock, and jazz musicians. It is also the name of a 1971 documentary film recording the concert.[1]
Concert
Ghana, after declaring its Independence on 6 March 1957, had made a variety of efforts to connect with African diasporans, some of whom — including Maya Angelou, W. E. B. Du Bois and George Padmore — lived in the West African nation for a time. In the mid-1960s, Angelou approached the government of Kwame Nkrumah and suggested bringing a number of African-American artists to Ghana for the annual independence celebrations. Nkrumah was deposed before action could be taken, but when the American father-son team of Ed Mosk and Tom Mosk approached the Ghana Arts Council in 1970 with an idea for a concert, the Council agreed. A massive 1970 concert by James Brown in Lagos, Nigeria, had prompted the Mosks' confidence in the idea.
Of the musicians invited to perform, Wilson Pickett was by far the biggest star in Ghana, where he was known as "Soul Brother No. 2." (James Brown was, of course, Soul Brother No. 1.)"...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
War - The World Is A Ghetto (information, examples, lyrics, & comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series on the word "ghetto" (as used in the United States). Part II presents information about the Funk band "War" and showcases that band's 1972 song "The World Is A Ghetto". Selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread are also included in this post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-united-states-meaning-of-word.html for Part I of this series.
Part I presents definitions of the word "ghetto" from urbandictionary.com and selected comments from a dailykos article about comments that Senator Bernie Sanders made about African Americans and "ghettos".
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/03/too-hort-ghetto-hip-hop-track.html for Part III of this series.
Part III showcases Too $hort's Hip Hop song "The Ghetto".
The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
Thanks to War for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to the publisher of this example on YouTube.
Additional Black cultural songs whose titles include the word "ghetto" or words with that same meaning will be showcased on pancocojams at a later date.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNK BAND "WAR"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(band)
"War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for the hit songs "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae.[1] The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over the course of its formation, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.
Although War's lyrics are often socio-political in nature, their music usually had a laid-back, California funk vibe. A particular feature of War's sound is the use of harmonica and saxophone playing melody lines in unison, sounding like a single instrument, for example in the melody of "Low Rider"."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT "THE WORLD IS A GHETTO" (ALBUM)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_a_Ghetto
"The World Is a Ghetto is the fifth album by the band War, released in late 1972 on United Artists Records. The album attained the number one spot on Billboard, and was Billboard magazine's Album of the Year as the best-selling album of 1973.[1]
In addition to being Billboard's #1 album of 1973, the album is ranked number 444 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The title track became a gold record.
Track listing
All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B. B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott)."...
-snip-
"The World Is A Ghetto" is listed as track 2, side 2.
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LYRICS - THE WORLD IS A GHETTO (SONG)
(as performed by War)
Walkin' down the street, smoggy-eyed
Looking at the sky, starry-eyed
Searchin' for the place, weary-eyed
Crying in the night, teary-eyed
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Wonder when I'll find paradise
Somewhere there's a home sweet and nice
Wonder if I'll find happiness
Never give it up now I guess
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
[Instrumental Interlude]
There's no need to search anywhere
Happiness is here, have your share
If you know you're loved, be secure
Paradise is love to be sure
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/war/theworldisaghetto.html
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: WAR ~ The World Is A Ghetto
UnAmericanBandstand,Uploaded on Jan 11, 2009
1973
-SNIP-
There are R&B and Hip Hop samples of War's "The World Is A Ghetto". Some of those samples have this same title.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
These selected comments are given in chronological order by year starting with 2012 (although there are earlier comments), except for replies. The comments may not be in consecutive order. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.
2012
1. Tom K
"I remember to this day this was a big hit on the radio when I was growing up, it's still a good one -I wish artists would go back to making music like this that's socially-relevent."
**
2. Tommie Davenport
"i love this song, during this time it was a struggle for blacks, like it is today, but during this time of this song, life was sweet people cared for each other not like today.... i think you get my point....this song is so specail....."
****
2014
3. sauquoit13456
"On this day in 1973 {February 4th} "The World Is A Ghetto" by War peaked at #7 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on November 12th and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #3 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart...
Was track 2 of side 2 on the group's album of the same name; and on February 11th, 1973 the album peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and on February 4th it also reached #1 {for 7 weeks} on Billboard's R&B Top Albums chart...
"The World Is A Ghetto" was the first of three straight Top 10 records on the Top 100 by the group; after this one came, "The Cisco Kid" {#1 for 2 weeks in 1973} followed by "Gypsy Man" {#8, again in 1973}..."
**
4. aldeb456
"The world is a ghetto, Why can't we be friends, Cisco Kid, Slipping into Darkness....one of the most underrated bands/groups of all time!!"
**
5. lowriderbandfan
"Although the five surviving original WAR artists are split into two bands,1/4, at least they are still performing WAR music. As a diehard WAR fan though, I only follow the four WAR OGs of the LOWRIDER BAND for remaining a brotherhood despite that other band called "WAR" using their WAR
name. Peace. "
**
6. Joey Diaz
"Dang been there done that homeless male at 20. 41 now. For the folks out tbere. The solution shall come. Hang in there and take a hand up. If you can. Handouts keep you in the ghetto. Hand ups pull you up"
**
7. Leo55BabyBoomer
""Ghetto" is a term or adjective used by some to describe their perceptions of others living condition. Look around...the whole world has become a 'ghetto.' Corruption; crime; poverty; lack of employment; broken families; broken souls; broken spirits...like the song says, "The WORLD is a Ghetto." Let's stop bickering among ourselves and try to build a better place for tomorrow's youth...Democrats? Republicans? Tea Party members? Independents? Leaders?"
**
8. Kelvin Spence
"with cop killings,families hungry,brothers killing brothers tell me the world is'nt a ghetto"
**
9. Talan Shepherd
"This is so true, around the world as a whole."
**
10. Kyree Smith (ree)
"The world is a ghetto. They never lied. Just Look around u"
**
11. Floyd Williams
"If you are not a part of the 1% Powers That Be Or The Illuminati then yes, for you and for me, The World Is A Ghetto."
**
Reply
12. Will, Follower of Jesus1 year ago
"cuz the one percenters own half the entire globe's wealth. So, yeah. Duh."
**
13. Ronald Charles Epstein
"The world looks desperate if one is poor."
**
14. TBmuch
"Even more true today I believe than then. Love the beat, lyrics."
**
15. Charles Starr
"Just watching the news and this song came to mind..."
**
16. Roger Hyam
"Ghettos are always relative. Ghettos within ghettos. Ultimately we are all in ghetto earth so let's get along and make it a beautiful place to live."
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2015
17. Tim Mayfield
"The sound, the voices , the music...
"So True"
In 2015 The World is Still A Getto"
**
18. Jamie Warrior Warlord McCallum
"nice track a classic nice jam, and the whole world is a ghetto, and well all our streets are tough and hard through out the world, well you might live in a quiet street but something will happen in that street one day, we all have to protect ourselves and help each other."
**
19. one new yorker
"Afro cuban new yorky funk to the 10th power."
**
20. maltaillon
"It was where I grew up! Compton, Ca. 1958-1970!!!!!!"
**
Reply
21. Gio Mf
"Compton right here. We still bumping this 90's kid here"
**
22. ray hanks
"damn this is great!!!,,,oh btw,, the world truly Is a ghetto, It is what it is baby,, we all in the same business,,,, Survival , howEVA !!!"
**
23. stephen lawson
"Canonball Aderle said a' its rough and tough in this Ghetto and a lot of funny stuff going on but you've gotta walk tall"."
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2016
24. MrOldskoolmusiclvr62
"I can personally relate to this song because I too & many Others were all born in The Ghettos across Urban America as I say Unto you from One Brother to Another, It Ain't Easy being Black in America! Also My Older Sister had this Album in Her collection back in The day, Oh Yes I truly remembered when She bought That Album & brought it Home & cranked it up!"
**
25. Jorgemanuel Garciabravo
"TO ALL ORIGINALS GOING HARD NATURALLY AT 12"
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series on the word "ghetto" (as used in the United States). Part II presents information about the Funk band "War" and showcases that band's 1972 song "The World Is A Ghetto". Selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread are also included in this post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-united-states-meaning-of-word.html for Part I of this series.
Part I presents definitions of the word "ghetto" from urbandictionary.com and selected comments from a dailykos article about comments that Senator Bernie Sanders made about African Americans and "ghettos".
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/03/too-hort-ghetto-hip-hop-track.html for Part III of this series.
Part III showcases Too $hort's Hip Hop song "The Ghetto".
The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
Thanks to War for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to the publisher of this example on YouTube.
Additional Black cultural songs whose titles include the word "ghetto" or words with that same meaning will be showcased on pancocojams at a later date.
****
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNK BAND "WAR"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(band)
"War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for the hit songs "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae.[1] The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over the course of its formation, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.
Although War's lyrics are often socio-political in nature, their music usually had a laid-back, California funk vibe. A particular feature of War's sound is the use of harmonica and saxophone playing melody lines in unison, sounding like a single instrument, for example in the melody of "Low Rider"."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT "THE WORLD IS A GHETTO" (ALBUM)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_a_Ghetto
"The World Is a Ghetto is the fifth album by the band War, released in late 1972 on United Artists Records. The album attained the number one spot on Billboard, and was Billboard magazine's Album of the Year as the best-selling album of 1973.[1]
In addition to being Billboard's #1 album of 1973, the album is ranked number 444 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The title track became a gold record.
Track listing
All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B. B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott)."...
-snip-
"The World Is A Ghetto" is listed as track 2, side 2.
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LYRICS - THE WORLD IS A GHETTO (SONG)
(as performed by War)
Walkin' down the street, smoggy-eyed
Looking at the sky, starry-eyed
Searchin' for the place, weary-eyed
Crying in the night, teary-eyed
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Wonder when I'll find paradise
Somewhere there's a home sweet and nice
Wonder if I'll find happiness
Never give it up now I guess
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
[Instrumental Interlude]
There's no need to search anywhere
Happiness is here, have your share
If you know you're loved, be secure
Paradise is love to be sure
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/war/theworldisaghetto.html
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: WAR ~ The World Is A Ghetto
UnAmericanBandstand,Uploaded on Jan 11, 2009
1973
-SNIP-
There are R&B and Hip Hop samples of War's "The World Is A Ghetto". Some of those samples have this same title.
****
SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
These selected comments are given in chronological order by year starting with 2012 (although there are earlier comments), except for replies. The comments may not be in consecutive order. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.
2012
1. Tom K
"I remember to this day this was a big hit on the radio when I was growing up, it's still a good one -I wish artists would go back to making music like this that's socially-relevent."
**
2. Tommie Davenport
"i love this song, during this time it was a struggle for blacks, like it is today, but during this time of this song, life was sweet people cared for each other not like today.... i think you get my point....this song is so specail....."
****
2014
3. sauquoit13456
"On this day in 1973 {February 4th} "The World Is A Ghetto" by War peaked at #7 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on November 12th and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #3 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart...
Was track 2 of side 2 on the group's album of the same name; and on February 11th, 1973 the album peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and on February 4th it also reached #1 {for 7 weeks} on Billboard's R&B Top Albums chart...
"The World Is A Ghetto" was the first of three straight Top 10 records on the Top 100 by the group; after this one came, "The Cisco Kid" {#1 for 2 weeks in 1973} followed by "Gypsy Man" {#8, again in 1973}..."
**
4. aldeb456
"The world is a ghetto, Why can't we be friends, Cisco Kid, Slipping into Darkness....one of the most underrated bands/groups of all time!!"
**
5. lowriderbandfan
"Although the five surviving original WAR artists are split into two bands,1/4, at least they are still performing WAR music. As a diehard WAR fan though, I only follow the four WAR OGs of the LOWRIDER BAND for remaining a brotherhood despite that other band called "WAR" using their WAR
name. Peace. "
**
6. Joey Diaz
"Dang been there done that homeless male at 20. 41 now. For the folks out tbere. The solution shall come. Hang in there and take a hand up. If you can. Handouts keep you in the ghetto. Hand ups pull you up"
**
7. Leo55BabyBoomer
""Ghetto" is a term or adjective used by some to describe their perceptions of others living condition. Look around...the whole world has become a 'ghetto.' Corruption; crime; poverty; lack of employment; broken families; broken souls; broken spirits...like the song says, "The WORLD is a Ghetto." Let's stop bickering among ourselves and try to build a better place for tomorrow's youth...Democrats? Republicans? Tea Party members? Independents? Leaders?"
**
8. Kelvin Spence
"with cop killings,families hungry,brothers killing brothers tell me the world is'nt a ghetto"
**
9. Talan Shepherd
"This is so true, around the world as a whole."
**
10. Kyree Smith (ree)
"The world is a ghetto. They never lied. Just Look around u"
**
11. Floyd Williams
"If you are not a part of the 1% Powers That Be Or The Illuminati then yes, for you and for me, The World Is A Ghetto."
**
Reply
12. Will, Follower of Jesus1 year ago
"cuz the one percenters own half the entire globe's wealth. So, yeah. Duh."
**
13. Ronald Charles Epstein
"The world looks desperate if one is poor."
**
14. TBmuch
"Even more true today I believe than then. Love the beat, lyrics."
**
15. Charles Starr
"Just watching the news and this song came to mind..."
**
16. Roger Hyam
"Ghettos are always relative. Ghettos within ghettos. Ultimately we are all in ghetto earth so let's get along and make it a beautiful place to live."
****
2015
17. Tim Mayfield
"The sound, the voices , the music...
"So True"
In 2015 The World is Still A Getto"
**
18. Jamie Warrior Warlord McCallum
"nice track a classic nice jam, and the whole world is a ghetto, and well all our streets are tough and hard through out the world, well you might live in a quiet street but something will happen in that street one day, we all have to protect ourselves and help each other."
**
19. one new yorker
"Afro cuban new yorky funk to the 10th power."
**
20. maltaillon
"It was where I grew up! Compton, Ca. 1958-1970!!!!!!"
**
Reply
21. Gio Mf
"Compton right here. We still bumping this 90's kid here"
**
22. ray hanks
"damn this is great!!!,,,oh btw,, the world truly Is a ghetto, It is what it is baby,, we all in the same business,,,, Survival , howEVA !!!"
**
23. stephen lawson
"Canonball Aderle said a' its rough and tough in this Ghetto and a lot of funny stuff going on but you've gotta walk tall"."
****
2016
24. MrOldskoolmusiclvr62
"I can personally relate to this song because I too & many Others were all born in The Ghettos across Urban America as I say Unto you from One Brother to Another, It Ain't Easy being Black in America! Also My Older Sister had this Album in Her collection back in The day, Oh Yes I truly remembered when She bought That Album & brought it Home & cranked it up!"
**
25. Jorgemanuel Garciabravo
"TO ALL ORIGINALS GOING HARD NATURALLY AT 12"
****
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Visitor comments are welcome.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Dinah Washington - "What A Difference A Day Makes" (information, lyrics, sound file, and comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a three part series on the last name (surname) "Washington" in the United States.
Part II presents information about the African American vocalist Dinah Washington and showcases her singing "What A Difference A Day Makes". Information and comments about that song and about Dinah Washington and song lyrics are also included in this post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/02/washington-blackest-last-name-in-united.html for Part I of this post. Part I presents excerpts from several online articles about the last name "Washington". Part I also includes excerpts from a 2002 research project that I commissioned on surnames in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Part I presents excerpts from several online articles about the last name "Washington". Part I also includes excerpts from a 2002 research project that I commissioned on surnames in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/02/grover-washington-jr-inner-city-blues.html for Part III. Part III presents information about the African American musician Grover Washington, Jr and showcases an example of his rendition of "Inner City Blues". A post on the tune "Soulful Strut" that features a version by Grover Washington will be published ASAP.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Dinah Washington for her musical legacy. Thanks also to Mexican songwriter María Grever for composing "What A Difference A Day Made" and Stanley Adams for writing English lyrics for this song. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of this sound file on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT DINAH WASHINGTON
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington
"Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s".[1] Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music,[1] and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues".[2] She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame,[3] and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993...
After winning a talent contest at the age of 15, she began performing in clubs. By 1941–42 she was performing in such Chicago clubs as Dave's Rhumboogie and the Downbeat Room of the Sherman Hotel (with Fats Waller). She was playing at the Three Deuces, a jazz club, when a friend took her to hear Billie Holiday at the Garrick Stage Bar. Club owner Joe Sherman was so impressed with her singing of "I Understand", backed by the Cats and the Fiddle, who were appearing in the Garrick's upstairs room, that he hired her. During her year at the Garrick – she sang upstairs while Holiday performed in the downstairs room – she acquired the name by which she became known. She credited Joe Sherman with suggesting the change from Ruth Jones....
In 1959, she had her first top ten pop hit, with a version of "What a Diff'rence a Day Made",[8] which made Number 4 on the US pop chart. Her band at that time included arranger Belford Hendricks, with Kenny Burrell (guitar), Joe Zawinul (piano), and Panama Francis (drums). She followed it up with a version of Irving Gordon's "Unforgettable", and then two highly successful duets in 1960 with Brook Benton, "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (No. 5 Pop, No. 1 R&B) and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)" (No. 7 Pop, No. 1 R&B). Her last big hit was "September in the Rain" in 1961 (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 R&B).[7]"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Diff%27rence_a_Day_Made
"What a Diff'rence a Day Made" is a popular song originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934. Originally, the song was known as “Cuando vuelva a tu lado” ("When I Return to Your Side"). The song is also known in English as “What a Diff'rence a Day Makes”, as popularized by Dinah Washington.[2]....
Song information
The English lyrics were written by Stanley Adams, and was played by Harry Roy & his Orchestra. It was published in late 1934. The most successful early recording, in 1934, was by the Dorsey Brothers, although it was first recorded in English by Cleveland crooner Jimmie Ague.[1]
Dinah Washington won a Grammy Award in 1959 for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance with this song. Her version was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.[3] It also earned her first top ten Pop hit, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]
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This Wikipedia page gives the song genre as "Pop". However, Dinah Washington's "What A Difference A Day Makes" has also been categorized as "Blues", "Rhythm & Blues", and "Jazz".
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LYRICS:
(composed by María Grever; English lyrics by Stanley Adams)
[as sung by Dinah Washington]
What a diff'rence a day made
Twenty-four little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers
Where there used to be rain
My yesterday was blue, dear
Today I'm part of you, dear
My lonely nights are through, dear
(Since you said you were mine)
What a diff'rence a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss
That thrilling kiss
(It's heaven when you find romance on your menu)
What a diff'rence a day made
And the difference is you
(What a diff'rence a day makes)
(There's a rainbow before me)
(Skies above can't be stormy)
Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss
(It's heaven when you find romance on your menu)
What a diff'rence a day made
And the difference is you
Source: http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/dinah_washington/what_a_diffrence_a_day_makes.html
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE : Dinah Washington: What Difference A Day Makes
phalenopsis1Published on Jul 2, 2009
-snip-
A commenter wrote that this was recorded in 1959.
Selected comments from this sound file's discussion thread:
These comments are given in chronological order based on their publishing date, except for replies, with the oldest comment given first. These comments may not be in consecutive order. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.
[Note: Unfortunately a glitch in YouTube or in my computer only won't allow me to read comments after number of page loadings.]
2013
1. 2011Ohmygoodness
"Wow. When I was a little girl, I grew up listening to music like this. My Dad used to play this all of the time, may he rest in peace. Dad, thanks for playing such wonderful music around me and I miss you so much."
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2. Rick Newsome
"This song is part of my young DNA. Miss Washington's voice mixed with the oxygen of our Queens apartment along with the Q5A bus fumes and cigarette smoke; I breathed it all in which fueled my mind with jazz, blues and life."
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2014
3. firstbornbirdman
"She was born to sing this song! She owns it completely. Definitely one of my favorites of classic jazz."
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2015
4. tippimail1
"The best-all bow down to her."
**
5. Elaine Dennis
"Feel lucky that my parents had such good taste in music and was brought up listening to music like this."
**
6. Gabriel Sandoval
"Originally a bolero, one of the most beautiful expressions of music. Titled, Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado. Written by the female Mexican song writer Maria Grever. Check out the original, I think you'll enjoy."
**
7. FazeSouthLDN
"Wow! Big up YouTube for giving access to dinah's angelic voice ;-). "
**
8. Bjr Adrian
"Lord, she was Dinah. She left us too soon."
**
Reply
9. Tamara Vukcevic Jankovic
"Music for all times!!!!"
**
Reply
10. Jonathan K. [2016]
"She wasn't even 40... She had a hard life though.
**
mark Prescott [2016]
11. "+Jonathan K. sorry to hear she had a hard life. She deserved the best. RIP my darlins."
**
12. Wayne Brasler
"The song was titled "What A Difference A Day Made." It was at the recording session it became "What A Difference A Day Makes." It proved a smash and gave Dinah an entire new career at a point she might be expected to have done her greatest work. She as a genius talent; listen to that phrasing, listen to that in-the-moment expression, listen to that pitch perfect vocalizing, listen to that great sense of timing, listen to that voice! She was a singer other singers admired."
**
13. John Palazzini
"Dinah was the very best......and this song is an everlasting classic ! ! !"
**
14. oceantracks
"We moved to FL in the early Sixties when I was 11. The house we moved in was airy and Mom often kept the windows open, and all through those long Summer days she played this album on our living room stereo. Dinah's voice filled our home, and now these songs bring back the memories so clearly of that time. She loved Dinah, and now that I'm an adult, I can see why."
**
15. Jasmine Baloyan
""first take" artist “She had a voice that was like the pipes of life. She could take any melody in her hand, hold it like an egg, crack it open, fry it, let it sizzle, reconstruct it, put the egg back in the box and back in the refrigerator, and you would’ve still understood every single syllable of every single word she sang. Every single melody she sang she made hers. Once she put her soulful trademark on a song, she owned it and it was never the same.”
~ Quincy Jones ~"
**
16. routeman680
"I could not remember who sang this song, and I found Brenda Lee and now Dinah Washington. Dinah's voice is perfect, excellent diction, phrasing and pitch. This is the classic version by a top class performer."
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2016
17. rick smiff
"She told Kenny"just brush the drums,man"...and THAT made a difference"
**
18. mkl62
"This hit from Dinah Washington, aka The Queen of Blues, went to #4 on the Top 40 charts. It went to #1 on the Rhythm & Blues charts. It would finish at #45 for the year, 1959."
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This is Part II of a three part series on the last name (surname) "Washington" in the United States.
Part II presents information about the African American vocalist Dinah Washington and showcases her singing "What A Difference A Day Makes". Information and comments about that song and about Dinah Washington and song lyrics are also included in this post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/02/washington-blackest-last-name-in-united.html for Part I of this post. Part I presents excerpts from several online articles about the last name "Washington". Part I also includes excerpts from a 2002 research project that I commissioned on surnames in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Part I presents excerpts from several online articles about the last name "Washington". Part I also includes excerpts from a 2002 research project that I commissioned on surnames in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/02/grover-washington-jr-inner-city-blues.html for Part III. Part III presents information about the African American musician Grover Washington, Jr and showcases an example of his rendition of "Inner City Blues". A post on the tune "Soulful Strut" that features a version by Grover Washington will be published ASAP.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Dinah Washington for her musical legacy. Thanks also to Mexican songwriter María Grever for composing "What A Difference A Day Made" and Stanley Adams for writing English lyrics for this song. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of this sound file on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT DINAH WASHINGTON
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington
"Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s".[1] Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music,[1] and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues".[2] She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame,[3] and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993...
After winning a talent contest at the age of 15, she began performing in clubs. By 1941–42 she was performing in such Chicago clubs as Dave's Rhumboogie and the Downbeat Room of the Sherman Hotel (with Fats Waller). She was playing at the Three Deuces, a jazz club, when a friend took her to hear Billie Holiday at the Garrick Stage Bar. Club owner Joe Sherman was so impressed with her singing of "I Understand", backed by the Cats and the Fiddle, who were appearing in the Garrick's upstairs room, that he hired her. During her year at the Garrick – she sang upstairs while Holiday performed in the downstairs room – she acquired the name by which she became known. She credited Joe Sherman with suggesting the change from Ruth Jones....
In 1959, she had her first top ten pop hit, with a version of "What a Diff'rence a Day Made",[8] which made Number 4 on the US pop chart. Her band at that time included arranger Belford Hendricks, with Kenny Burrell (guitar), Joe Zawinul (piano), and Panama Francis (drums). She followed it up with a version of Irving Gordon's "Unforgettable", and then two highly successful duets in 1960 with Brook Benton, "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (No. 5 Pop, No. 1 R&B) and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)" (No. 7 Pop, No. 1 R&B). Her last big hit was "September in the Rain" in 1961 (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 R&B).[7]"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Diff%27rence_a_Day_Made
"What a Diff'rence a Day Made" is a popular song originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934. Originally, the song was known as “Cuando vuelva a tu lado” ("When I Return to Your Side"). The song is also known in English as “What a Diff'rence a Day Makes”, as popularized by Dinah Washington.[2]....
Song information
The English lyrics were written by Stanley Adams, and was played by Harry Roy & his Orchestra. It was published in late 1934. The most successful early recording, in 1934, was by the Dorsey Brothers, although it was first recorded in English by Cleveland crooner Jimmie Ague.[1]
Dinah Washington won a Grammy Award in 1959 for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance with this song. Her version was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.[3] It also earned her first top ten Pop hit, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]
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This Wikipedia page gives the song genre as "Pop". However, Dinah Washington's "What A Difference A Day Makes" has also been categorized as "Blues", "Rhythm & Blues", and "Jazz".
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LYRICS:
(composed by María Grever; English lyrics by Stanley Adams)
[as sung by Dinah Washington]
What a diff'rence a day made
Twenty-four little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers
Where there used to be rain
My yesterday was blue, dear
Today I'm part of you, dear
My lonely nights are through, dear
(Since you said you were mine)
What a diff'rence a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss
That thrilling kiss
(It's heaven when you find romance on your menu)
What a diff'rence a day made
And the difference is you
(What a diff'rence a day makes)
(There's a rainbow before me)
(Skies above can't be stormy)
Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss
(It's heaven when you find romance on your menu)
What a diff'rence a day made
And the difference is you
Source: http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/dinah_washington/what_a_diffrence_a_day_makes.html
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE : Dinah Washington: What Difference A Day Makes
phalenopsis1Published on Jul 2, 2009
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A commenter wrote that this was recorded in 1959.
Selected comments from this sound file's discussion thread:
These comments are given in chronological order based on their publishing date, except for replies, with the oldest comment given first. These comments may not be in consecutive order. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.
[Note: Unfortunately a glitch in YouTube or in my computer only won't allow me to read comments after number of page loadings.]
2013
1. 2011Ohmygoodness
"Wow. When I was a little girl, I grew up listening to music like this. My Dad used to play this all of the time, may he rest in peace. Dad, thanks for playing such wonderful music around me and I miss you so much."
**
2. Rick Newsome
"This song is part of my young DNA. Miss Washington's voice mixed with the oxygen of our Queens apartment along with the Q5A bus fumes and cigarette smoke; I breathed it all in which fueled my mind with jazz, blues and life."
****
2014
3. firstbornbirdman
"She was born to sing this song! She owns it completely. Definitely one of my favorites of classic jazz."
****
2015
4. tippimail1
"The best-all bow down to her."
**
5. Elaine Dennis
"Feel lucky that my parents had such good taste in music and was brought up listening to music like this."
**
6. Gabriel Sandoval
"Originally a bolero, one of the most beautiful expressions of music. Titled, Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado. Written by the female Mexican song writer Maria Grever. Check out the original, I think you'll enjoy."
**
7. FazeSouthLDN
"Wow! Big up YouTube for giving access to dinah's angelic voice ;-). "
**
8. Bjr Adrian
"Lord, she was Dinah. She left us too soon."
**
Reply
9. Tamara Vukcevic Jankovic
"Music for all times!!!!"
**
Reply
10. Jonathan K. [2016]
"She wasn't even 40... She had a hard life though.
**
mark Prescott [2016]
11. "+Jonathan K. sorry to hear she had a hard life. She deserved the best. RIP my darlins."
**
12. Wayne Brasler
"The song was titled "What A Difference A Day Made." It was at the recording session it became "What A Difference A Day Makes." It proved a smash and gave Dinah an entire new career at a point she might be expected to have done her greatest work. She as a genius talent; listen to that phrasing, listen to that in-the-moment expression, listen to that pitch perfect vocalizing, listen to that great sense of timing, listen to that voice! She was a singer other singers admired."
**
13. John Palazzini
"Dinah was the very best......and this song is an everlasting classic ! ! !"
**
14. oceantracks
"We moved to FL in the early Sixties when I was 11. The house we moved in was airy and Mom often kept the windows open, and all through those long Summer days she played this album on our living room stereo. Dinah's voice filled our home, and now these songs bring back the memories so clearly of that time. She loved Dinah, and now that I'm an adult, I can see why."
**
15. Jasmine Baloyan
""first take" artist “She had a voice that was like the pipes of life. She could take any melody in her hand, hold it like an egg, crack it open, fry it, let it sizzle, reconstruct it, put the egg back in the box and back in the refrigerator, and you would’ve still understood every single syllable of every single word she sang. Every single melody she sang she made hers. Once she put her soulful trademark on a song, she owned it and it was never the same.”
~ Quincy Jones ~"
**
16. routeman680
"I could not remember who sang this song, and I found Brenda Lee and now Dinah Washington. Dinah's voice is perfect, excellent diction, phrasing and pitch. This is the classic version by a top class performer."
****
2016
17. rick smiff
"She told Kenny"just brush the drums,man"...and THAT made a difference"
**
18. mkl62
"This hit from Dinah Washington, aka The Queen of Blues, went to #4 on the Top 40 charts. It went to #1 on the Rhythm & Blues charts. It would finish at #45 for the year, 1959."
****
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Friday, August 7, 2015
Afrocentric Fashions & Other Afrocentric Elements In Floetry's Video "Say Yes"
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases the song and the 2003 video of "Say Yes" by Floetry.
I was impressed by this song and by the afrocentric fashion styles and other afrocentric elements in the video. By "afrocentric elements" I mean those elements that reflect Black African and/or African Diaspora people, interests, and styles. What I interpret as afrocentric in this video include the visual focus on Black people including the young Black child on the subway, the locks (dreadlock) hair styles worn by females and by males, the afrocentric fashions worn by females and males, the break dancing scene in the subway station, and more. Afrocentric clothing styles usually refer to clothing that is made with African print, kente cloth, or other African or pseudo-African fabrics. I'm expanding that definition to include long dresses and Rastafarian caps, and accessories such as the red, black, and green wrist band that the singer in this video wears.
Click http://www.iwantthatwholelook.com/2014/08/afrocentric-fashion.html for an article on women's afrocentric fashions.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic reasons.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Floetry for their music. Thanks to the producer of this video and all those who are featured in the video. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube and the transcriper of this song.
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INFORMATION ABOUT FLOETRY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floetry
"Floetry is an English R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("the Songstress") and Natalie Stewart ("the Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums, one live album, and sold over 1,500,000 records worldwide. Formed in 1997, Floetry started on the performance poetry stage.
Beginnings: 1997–2002)[edit]
Since moving to the United States in 2000, they have written for Jill Scott, Jazz of Dru Hill, Glenn Lewis (Marsha only), Bilal, and Michael Jackson, for whom Marsha penned the hit 2002 single "Butterflies".
Floetic and Floacism: 2002–03[edit]
In 2002, they signed with DreamWorks Records and released their debut album Floetic, which featured the singles "Floetic", "Say Yes" (released March 2003), and "Getting Late"...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Floetry - Say Yes
FloetryVEVO, Uploaded on Oct 8, 2009
Music video by Floetry performing Say Yes. (C) 2002 SKG Music L.L.C.
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LYRICS: SAY YES
(as sung by Floetry)
[Intro:]
See I've been watching you for a while your smile and stuff
and I don't know if I can be with you for tonight alright,
is that alright baby, baby
[Verse 1:]
There is only one for me
You have made that a possibility
We could take that step to see, ohh
If this is really gonna be
All you gotta do is say yes
[Chorus:]
All you gotta do is say yes
Don't deny what you feel let me undress you baby
Open up your mind and just rest
I'm about to let you know you make me so
All you gotta do is say yes
Don't deny what you feel let me undress you baby
Open up your mind and just rest
I'm about to let you know you make me so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
You make me so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so
[Verse 2:]
Loving you has taken time, taken time
But I always knew you could be mine
I recognize the butterflies inside me
Sense is gonna be made tonight, tonight
All you gotta do is say yes
[Repeat Chorus]
[Ad lib to end]
-SNIP-
Posted by bill arthur, July, 2015 in the discussion thread of the video given above.
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post showcases the song and the 2003 video of "Say Yes" by Floetry.
I was impressed by this song and by the afrocentric fashion styles and other afrocentric elements in the video. By "afrocentric elements" I mean those elements that reflect Black African and/or African Diaspora people, interests, and styles. What I interpret as afrocentric in this video include the visual focus on Black people including the young Black child on the subway, the locks (dreadlock) hair styles worn by females and by males, the afrocentric fashions worn by females and males, the break dancing scene in the subway station, and more. Afrocentric clothing styles usually refer to clothing that is made with African print, kente cloth, or other African or pseudo-African fabrics. I'm expanding that definition to include long dresses and Rastafarian caps, and accessories such as the red, black, and green wrist band that the singer in this video wears.
Click http://www.iwantthatwholelook.com/2014/08/afrocentric-fashion.html for an article on women's afrocentric fashions.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic reasons.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Floetry for their music. Thanks to the producer of this video and all those who are featured in the video. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube and the transcriper of this song.
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INFORMATION ABOUT FLOETRY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floetry
"Floetry is an English R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("the Songstress") and Natalie Stewart ("the Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums, one live album, and sold over 1,500,000 records worldwide. Formed in 1997, Floetry started on the performance poetry stage.
Beginnings: 1997–2002)[edit]
Since moving to the United States in 2000, they have written for Jill Scott, Jazz of Dru Hill, Glenn Lewis (Marsha only), Bilal, and Michael Jackson, for whom Marsha penned the hit 2002 single "Butterflies".
Floetic and Floacism: 2002–03[edit]
In 2002, they signed with DreamWorks Records and released their debut album Floetic, which featured the singles "Floetic", "Say Yes" (released March 2003), and "Getting Late"...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Floetry - Say Yes
FloetryVEVO, Uploaded on Oct 8, 2009
Music video by Floetry performing Say Yes. (C) 2002 SKG Music L.L.C.
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LYRICS: SAY YES
(as sung by Floetry)
[Intro:]
See I've been watching you for a while your smile and stuff
and I don't know if I can be with you for tonight alright,
is that alright baby, baby
[Verse 1:]
There is only one for me
You have made that a possibility
We could take that step to see, ohh
If this is really gonna be
All you gotta do is say yes
[Chorus:]
All you gotta do is say yes
Don't deny what you feel let me undress you baby
Open up your mind and just rest
I'm about to let you know you make me so
All you gotta do is say yes
Don't deny what you feel let me undress you baby
Open up your mind and just rest
I'm about to let you know you make me so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
You make me so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so
[Verse 2:]
Loving you has taken time, taken time
But I always knew you could be mine
I recognize the butterflies inside me
Sense is gonna be made tonight, tonight
All you gotta do is say yes
[Repeat Chorus]
[Ad lib to end]
-SNIP-
Posted by bill arthur, July, 2015 in the discussion thread of the video given above.
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Thursday, July 2, 2015
Black Acceptance Of Gay Rights & Video "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" by Sylvester
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases an excerpt from an online article urging Black people to join others in embracing and advocating for gay rights.
Information about Sylvester James, Jr. and a video of Slyvester's hit song "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" are also featured in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, sociological, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Brandon Ellington Patterson, the author of the showcased article, and thanks also to Sylvester James, Jr. for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on Youtube.
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EXCERPT OF SHOWCASED ARTICLE
From http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/black-lives-matter-gay-marriage-lgbt-supreme-court "Why You Can't Be Pro-Black and Homophobic at the Same Time" by Brandon Ellington Patterson, Jul. 2, 2015
Every chain must be broken if freedom is to be achieved for all black people.
..."Thirty-four percent of black transgender people live in extreme poverty—a rate three times that of black people as a whole and eight times that of the general US population. Homelessness is rife. Only 19 states have state-wide non-discrimination laws that cover both sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2013, two-thirds of all LGBT homicide victims were transgender women of color, while LGBT people are more likely to be subjected to hostility, brutality, and unjust arrest from police after reporting a crime against them. And forty-three percent of black gay youth have attempted suicide as a result of issues related to their sexual orientation.
Through anti-LGBT bigotry, we add to the marginalization of these black folk….
There is no caveat or asterisk on the phrase "Black Lives Matter." All black lives matter, not just the ones you are comfortable with. You cannot be pro-black if you oppress black people. And, more importantly, you cannot love all black people if you oppress black people. You do not mean "black lives matter" if you protest when an unarmed straight black man is killed by the police because they are black, but don't care about the the many transgender black women who have been murdered this year because they were trans.
If we are to liberate black people as a whole, then we must combat all forms of discrimination against black people, including anti-LGBT discrimination and that which we inflict upon them from within our own communities. The struggle must be multi-layered, just like the identities of black people. Every chain must be broken.
If black people do not come to grips with the homophobia and transphobia within our own communities, then all black people will never be free. That, indeed, would be a tragedy that we brought upon ourselves. I, for one, join the LGBT community—black LGBT people—in celebrating a milestone in their struggle for freedom."
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INFORMATION ABOUT SYLVESTER JAMES, JR.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(singer)
"Sylvester James, Jr. (September 6, 1947 – December 16, 1988), better known as Sylvester, was an American disco and soul singer-songwriter. Known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, he was often described as a drag queen, although he repeatedly rejected such a description. Responsible for a string of hit singles in the late 1970s, Sylvester became known in the United States under the moniker of the "Queen of Disco."
Born in Watts, Los Angeles, Sylvester developed a love of singing through the gospel choirs of his Pentecostal church. Leaving the congregation after being persecuted for his homosexuality, he was an early founder of a group of black cross-dressers and trans women known as The Disquotays, who disbanded in 1970. Moving to San Francisco, he embraced the counterculture and joined drag troupe The Cockettes, eventually producing solo shows heavily influenced by female blues and jazz singers like Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker. During their critically panned tour of New York City, Sylvester left the Cockettes to focus on his solo career...
Gaining new backing singers in the form of Two Tons O' Fun and Jeanie Tracy, he obtained a recording contract with Harvey Fuqua of Fantasy Records. His first solo album, Sylvester (1977), was a moderate success, and was followed by acclaimed disco album Step II (1978), which spawned the hit singles "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and "Dance (Disco Heat)." He recorded four more albums, including a live album, with Fantasy Records before signing to Megatone Records, the dance-oriented label founded by friend and collaborator Patrick Cowley, where he recorded four more albums, including the Cowley penned and produced hit Hi-NRG track "Do Ya Wanna Funk." An activist who campaigned against the spread of HIV/AIDS, Sylvester died from complications arising from the virus in 1988.
On September 20, 2004, Sylvester's anthem record, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)," was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame. A year later, on September 19, 2005, Sylvester himself was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his achievement as an artist. His life has been recorded in a biography and made the subject of a documentary and a musical."
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FEATURED VIDEO
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - 1978
Lazaro Santos Published on Apr 6, 2013
Grande sucesso "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" gravado em 1978, faixa do álbum "Step II" (pela Fantasy Records), e que foi número 1 da Billboard club hits. Por Sylvester James (Los Angeles, 6 de setembro de 1947 - São Francisco, 16 de Dezembro de 1988).
Google Translate: from Portuguese to English:
Big hit "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" recorded in 1978, the album track "Step II" (by Fantasy Records), which was number one on the Billboard club hits. Sylvester James (Los Angeles, September 6, 1947 - San Francisco, December 16, 1988).
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Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/you-make-me-feel-mighty-real-lyrics-sylvester.html for the lyrics to this song.
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases an excerpt from an online article urging Black people to join others in embracing and advocating for gay rights.
Information about Sylvester James, Jr. and a video of Slyvester's hit song "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" are also featured in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, sociological, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Brandon Ellington Patterson, the author of the showcased article, and thanks also to Sylvester James, Jr. for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on Youtube.
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EXCERPT OF SHOWCASED ARTICLE
From http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/black-lives-matter-gay-marriage-lgbt-supreme-court "Why You Can't Be Pro-Black and Homophobic at the Same Time" by Brandon Ellington Patterson, Jul. 2, 2015
Every chain must be broken if freedom is to be achieved for all black people.
..."Thirty-four percent of black transgender people live in extreme poverty—a rate three times that of black people as a whole and eight times that of the general US population. Homelessness is rife. Only 19 states have state-wide non-discrimination laws that cover both sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2013, two-thirds of all LGBT homicide victims were transgender women of color, while LGBT people are more likely to be subjected to hostility, brutality, and unjust arrest from police after reporting a crime against them. And forty-three percent of black gay youth have attempted suicide as a result of issues related to their sexual orientation.
Through anti-LGBT bigotry, we add to the marginalization of these black folk….
There is no caveat or asterisk on the phrase "Black Lives Matter." All black lives matter, not just the ones you are comfortable with. You cannot be pro-black if you oppress black people. And, more importantly, you cannot love all black people if you oppress black people. You do not mean "black lives matter" if you protest when an unarmed straight black man is killed by the police because they are black, but don't care about the the many transgender black women who have been murdered this year because they were trans.
If we are to liberate black people as a whole, then we must combat all forms of discrimination against black people, including anti-LGBT discrimination and that which we inflict upon them from within our own communities. The struggle must be multi-layered, just like the identities of black people. Every chain must be broken.
If black people do not come to grips with the homophobia and transphobia within our own communities, then all black people will never be free. That, indeed, would be a tragedy that we brought upon ourselves. I, for one, join the LGBT community—black LGBT people—in celebrating a milestone in their struggle for freedom."
****
INFORMATION ABOUT SYLVESTER JAMES, JR.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(singer)
"Sylvester James, Jr. (September 6, 1947 – December 16, 1988), better known as Sylvester, was an American disco and soul singer-songwriter. Known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, he was often described as a drag queen, although he repeatedly rejected such a description. Responsible for a string of hit singles in the late 1970s, Sylvester became known in the United States under the moniker of the "Queen of Disco."
Born in Watts, Los Angeles, Sylvester developed a love of singing through the gospel choirs of his Pentecostal church. Leaving the congregation after being persecuted for his homosexuality, he was an early founder of a group of black cross-dressers and trans women known as The Disquotays, who disbanded in 1970. Moving to San Francisco, he embraced the counterculture and joined drag troupe The Cockettes, eventually producing solo shows heavily influenced by female blues and jazz singers like Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker. During their critically panned tour of New York City, Sylvester left the Cockettes to focus on his solo career...
Gaining new backing singers in the form of Two Tons O' Fun and Jeanie Tracy, he obtained a recording contract with Harvey Fuqua of Fantasy Records. His first solo album, Sylvester (1977), was a moderate success, and was followed by acclaimed disco album Step II (1978), which spawned the hit singles "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and "Dance (Disco Heat)." He recorded four more albums, including a live album, with Fantasy Records before signing to Megatone Records, the dance-oriented label founded by friend and collaborator Patrick Cowley, where he recorded four more albums, including the Cowley penned and produced hit Hi-NRG track "Do Ya Wanna Funk." An activist who campaigned against the spread of HIV/AIDS, Sylvester died from complications arising from the virus in 1988.
On September 20, 2004, Sylvester's anthem record, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)," was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame. A year later, on September 19, 2005, Sylvester himself was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his achievement as an artist. His life has been recorded in a biography and made the subject of a documentary and a musical."
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FEATURED VIDEO
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - 1978
Lazaro Santos Published on Apr 6, 2013
Grande sucesso "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" gravado em 1978, faixa do álbum "Step II" (pela Fantasy Records), e que foi número 1 da Billboard club hits. Por Sylvester James (Los Angeles, 6 de setembro de 1947 - São Francisco, 16 de Dezembro de 1988).
Google Translate: from Portuguese to English:
Big hit "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" recorded in 1978, the album track "Step II" (by Fantasy Records), which was number one on the Billboard club hits. Sylvester James (Los Angeles, September 6, 1947 - San Francisco, December 16, 1988).
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Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/you-make-me-feel-mighty-real-lyrics-sylvester.html for the lyrics to this song.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Skool Boy (Skooly) - "Na Na Boo Boo" & The "Na Na Na Naa Na" Taunt
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases a sound file of & lyrics for the song "Na Na Boo Boo" by Skool Boy. This post also provides some information about Skool Boy (Skooly) and includes selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread.
The Addendum to this post also presents some examples of & links to comments about the "na na na naa na" ("na na na boo boo" and similar constructs) saying or rhymes which inspired the title & some of the lyrics of this song.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Skool Boy for recording this song. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT SKOOL BOY
http://www.mtv.com/artists/rich-kidz/biography/
"It’s been said that the greatest Rap movements start out small, but for Atlanta’s own Rich Kidz, a strong hustle has produced big results. Bred from the same Bankhead streets as T.I., the duo comprised of RKaelub and Skateboard Skooly started their movement in 2008, in the halls of Frederick Douglass High School. Kaelub, a senior at the time was putting together a crew called the Rich Kidz and recruited young Skateboard Skooly.
An introductory track "Wassup" featuring then freshman Skooly was recorded and took Atlanta by storm. Later during an opportunity to record at Grand Hustle Studios they recorded a catchy track entitled "My Partna Dem" which eventually charted on Billboard's Hip-Hop/R&B chart.
After five years, Rich Kidz have five street-albums and several successes under their belts. ..
The hustle has officially paid off, and the stage is now set for the Rich Kidz’ major label debut. Recognizing their hardcore grassroots efforts, Columbia Records readily signed the duo and added them to their roster of legends (and soon to be legends) in the Rap game. Prior to their signing, the Rich Kidz signed themselves to their own imprint label Rich Kidz Music Group, LLC. "...
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FEATURED VIDEO: Skool Boy - Na Na Boo Boo
SWaggBanger13, Uploaded on Dec 22, 2010
Old Ass Song
-snip-
A number of commenters on this sound file's discussion thread mentioned that this was an "old jam". I haven't been able to find out when it was released by Skool Boy (Rich Kidz) but one commenter who posted a comment in 2010 mentioned that its tune was very popular as a ring tone [for cell phones] in 2009. That doesn't seem that old to me. I don't know if the commenters meant that the song itself had been previously recorded by someone else before this particular recording.
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LYRICS: NA NA BOO BOO
(recorded by Skool Boy)
Na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
[Yeah yeah yeah!!]
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Nana na boo boo
Who gon stop me
You won’t stop me
Since you left me
I’ve been happy
Count my blessings
No my messin
She’s my heaven
Since you left me
I’ll be happy
I’ll be happy
Look at me smile now
Feel like a child now
Every time see your face I feel alone
Every time I see your face I feel strong
And every time I hear your voice I get mad
Hope you understand
Yeah I want the best of you
Betcha that I learned my lesson
No more stressin
I've got my blessing like
Na na boo boo
Na na na boo boo
Who gon stop me
Got my blessings
No more stressin
Seem like heaven
Nanna boo boo
Since you left me
I've been happy
I've been happy
Hurt for a while now
Look at me smile now
Feel like a child now
Every time I see your face
I feel alone
And every time I see your face I feel strong
And every time I hear your voice I mad
Hope you understand
Yeah, I want the best for you.
I have learned my lesson
No more stressing
I've got my blessing
like
Na na na na boo boo
I’m steppin out
I’m gonna get myself a pretty young thang
Bring her back home and Imma make her sang
And you aint even gonna be on my mind
I think you did me a favor this time
Stick my hands in my ear and stick my tongue out baby
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Transcribed from the recording by Azizi Powell with considerable use of comments found in this sound file's viewer comment thread that were posted by YanBan123, 24lildc24, PrettyLuPooh, 116TwettyBird. and Cutie Pie (all in 2011). Those commenters all focused on the "Every time I see your face" verse and the lyrics that begin with "I’m gonna get myself a pretty young thang" portions of this song. Except for the way they spelled the words, those commenters agree with the above transcription of those portions except for Cutie Pie's substitution of the word "her" in the line "Every time I see your face I feel strong".
I'm not certain that this is an accurate complete transcription of this song. Additions and corrections are welcome.
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RANDOM COMMENTS ABOUT THE LYRICS TO THIS SONG
School Boy's record "Na Na Bo Bo" is a song about a man's reaction to the break-up between he and his girlfriend. Because many people experience conflicting emotions during and after a break-up, it's fitting that in some parts of the song the man says that he is happy and professes that the woman did him a favor ending the relationship, and in other parts of the song confesses that he feels alone, and is mad. As one commenter wrote "this song is a little sad".
Yet, what seems to resonate with most of the commenters on that sound file's lengthy viewer comment thread is the singer's use of the taunting ditty "na na na boo boo".
The "stick your tongue out" portion of the last line in the song is lifted from a defiant gesture that young children often do when they are taunting someone. "The stick your hand in your ear" is usually given as "put your finger in your ear". "Putting your finger in your ear" means conveys that you aren't listening to what the person who is talking to you is saying.
It occurs to me that in the context of this song, the double word "boo boo" may retain the meaning of a small accident or something that is done wrong and may also carry the meaning of "boo" ("beau"; a person's romantic boyfriend or girlfriend) as it is used in African American culture. Notice that usage in bigalo3222's and tjaxretro's comments given below.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THAT SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
There are 545 comments to that discussion thread as of 8:30 PM April 22, 2014. That is a large number of comments for a R&B/Hip-Hop song that wasn't a best selling record.
Here are a very small number of those comments, presented under the year that they were posted to that discussion thread but not necessarily in the order that they are found on that thread.
WARNING: This youTube viewer comment thread contains a lot of profanity although most of it is complimentary such as "that's my sh&t" with that word either spelled that way or similarly or completely spelled out. In addition, this viewer comment thread includes the "positive" use of the four letter form of the "n word", and also contains a few sexually explicit comments.
2010
Malik Ricks
"RK4L
Rich Kidz for life."
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StardustSwagg133 years ago
"Love dis songg.! oldd forreall but RichKidz brought it backk.!"
-snip-
Notice the contemporary (what I call "Hip-Hop/texting") style of spelling in this comment. That spelling style is found in most of the comments in that thread. A feature of that spelling style is a disregard for standard spelling, and standard rules for capitalization & punctuation.
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UMEEZEDMFCCBOYZ
"OLD BUT STILL FYA LOL"
-snip-
fya = fire. Another contemporary spelling of "fire" is "fie". This use of "fire" is similar to saying something or someone is "hot" or something is "cooking", "smoking" or "burning up". All those words mean that something or someone is very good.
**
ImBree2YhuuLamess
"Itss Somethinqq Bout Thiss SOnqq Thass So Addictinqq.! iLike It nOw.!"
-snip-
I think the seemingly random capitalization in this sentence & its multiple letters in some of its words reflect the importance in Hip Hop "languaging" regarding the way words (including names)look, and not only the way that they are spelled. Of course, in that Hip Hop languaging words should be spelled closer to the way that they are pronounced, and should convey uniqueness. And of course, that style of writing, spelling, and talking is used by young people (more than us old heads) because it is considered to be "hip" or conveys "swag".
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bri mullins
"im glad they finally put dis song on here dis my song"
-snip-
"dis" = this; not to be confused with "diss" = to insult
**
2011
Danielle Nikole Colton
"everybody tht got a problem i hust look at 'em and be like "Na Na Boo Boo" aha"
**
swaggakiidtrey
"I remember everyone had this ringtone. My shyt used to play before my teacher got in class. Everyone had thiss ringtone last year."
**
zonethreesha
"skooley go in on any song no matter what the beat is!"
-snip-
"To go in" ("to go in hard)" means to give something your all & do it very well. The phrase "to go in" is also used in Church Of God In Christ congregations to mean "get happy"/"feel the Spirit" and cut a Holy dance. I wonder whether the secular or religious meaning came first, and if the secular meaning carries some of that religious meaning of freely expressing yourself (while you are feeling the Holy Spirit).
**
EvilRoyjin
"THIS GO HARD"
**
anthonycooks93
"dis dat fie song bruh....even thoe its soooo old"
-snip-
In standard English this comment would be given as "This is that fire song, brother...even though its soooo old".
**
bigalo3222
"i luv dhiz song it make me think of my boo :) #luving him"
**
tjaxretro
"10 people aint got no boo boo!"
-snip-
Editor's explanation - 10 people downrated this song [using the YouTube voting system in which viewers could vote thumbs up or thumbs downl. However, “boo boo” here is play on the word “boo”- African American form of the French word “beau” meaning your boyfriend or girlfriend.
**
bigalo3222
"i luv dhiz song it make me think of my boo :) #luving him"
**
barbie40121
"love dis song <3" ****
"Na na na boo boo
stick your head in doo-doo."
Another version of the "na na na naa na" ("na na na boo boo") taunt/teasing saying is "neener neener neener". Here's a rhyme that includes that form of that taunt:
"neener neener neener".
you don't have a wiener!"
Here's a link to the first of three blog posts by phonetician John Wells's blog on this taunting saying http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.sg/2011/07/nuh-nuh.html. Those blog posts are the most comprehensive that I've read online about this subject.
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases a sound file of & lyrics for the song "Na Na Boo Boo" by Skool Boy. This post also provides some information about Skool Boy (Skooly) and includes selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread.
The Addendum to this post also presents some examples of & links to comments about the "na na na naa na" ("na na na boo boo" and similar constructs) saying or rhymes which inspired the title & some of the lyrics of this song.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Skool Boy for recording this song. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
****
INFORMATION ABOUT SKOOL BOY
http://www.mtv.com/artists/rich-kidz/biography/
"It’s been said that the greatest Rap movements start out small, but for Atlanta’s own Rich Kidz, a strong hustle has produced big results. Bred from the same Bankhead streets as T.I., the duo comprised of RKaelub and Skateboard Skooly started their movement in 2008, in the halls of Frederick Douglass High School. Kaelub, a senior at the time was putting together a crew called the Rich Kidz and recruited young Skateboard Skooly.
An introductory track "Wassup" featuring then freshman Skooly was recorded and took Atlanta by storm. Later during an opportunity to record at Grand Hustle Studios they recorded a catchy track entitled "My Partna Dem" which eventually charted on Billboard's Hip-Hop/R&B chart.
After five years, Rich Kidz have five street-albums and several successes under their belts. ..
The hustle has officially paid off, and the stage is now set for the Rich Kidz’ major label debut. Recognizing their hardcore grassroots efforts, Columbia Records readily signed the duo and added them to their roster of legends (and soon to be legends) in the Rap game. Prior to their signing, the Rich Kidz signed themselves to their own imprint label Rich Kidz Music Group, LLC. "...
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FEATURED VIDEO: Skool Boy - Na Na Boo Boo
SWaggBanger13, Uploaded on Dec 22, 2010
Old Ass Song
-snip-
A number of commenters on this sound file's discussion thread mentioned that this was an "old jam". I haven't been able to find out when it was released by Skool Boy (Rich Kidz) but one commenter who posted a comment in 2010 mentioned that its tune was very popular as a ring tone [for cell phones] in 2009. That doesn't seem that old to me. I don't know if the commenters meant that the song itself had been previously recorded by someone else before this particular recording.
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LYRICS: NA NA BOO BOO
(recorded by Skool Boy)
Na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
[Yeah yeah yeah!!]
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Oh na na na na boo boo
Nana na boo boo
Who gon stop me
You won’t stop me
Since you left me
I’ve been happy
Count my blessings
No my messin
She’s my heaven
Since you left me
I’ll be happy
I’ll be happy
Look at me smile now
Feel like a child now
Every time see your face I feel alone
Every time I see your face I feel strong
And every time I hear your voice I get mad
Hope you understand
Yeah I want the best of you
Betcha that I learned my lesson
No more stressin
I've got my blessing like
Na na boo boo
Na na na boo boo
Who gon stop me
Got my blessings
No more stressin
Seem like heaven
Nanna boo boo
Since you left me
I've been happy
I've been happy
Hurt for a while now
Look at me smile now
Feel like a child now
Every time I see your face
I feel alone
And every time I see your face I feel strong
And every time I hear your voice I mad
Hope you understand
Yeah, I want the best for you.
I have learned my lesson
No more stressing
I've got my blessing
like
Na na na na boo boo
I’m steppin out
I’m gonna get myself a pretty young thang
Bring her back home and Imma make her sang
And you aint even gonna be on my mind
I think you did me a favor this time
Stick my hands in my ear and stick my tongue out baby
-snip-
Transcribed from the recording by Azizi Powell with considerable use of comments found in this sound file's viewer comment thread that were posted by YanBan123, 24lildc24, PrettyLuPooh, 116TwettyBird. and Cutie Pie (all in 2011). Those commenters all focused on the "Every time I see your face" verse and the lyrics that begin with "I’m gonna get myself a pretty young thang" portions of this song. Except for the way they spelled the words, those commenters agree with the above transcription of those portions except for Cutie Pie's substitution of the word "her" in the line "Every time I see your face I feel strong".
I'm not certain that this is an accurate complete transcription of this song. Additions and corrections are welcome.
****
RANDOM COMMENTS ABOUT THE LYRICS TO THIS SONG
School Boy's record "Na Na Bo Bo" is a song about a man's reaction to the break-up between he and his girlfriend. Because many people experience conflicting emotions during and after a break-up, it's fitting that in some parts of the song the man says that he is happy and professes that the woman did him a favor ending the relationship, and in other parts of the song confesses that he feels alone, and is mad. As one commenter wrote "this song is a little sad".
Yet, what seems to resonate with most of the commenters on that sound file's lengthy viewer comment thread is the singer's use of the taunting ditty "na na na boo boo".
The "stick your tongue out" portion of the last line in the song is lifted from a defiant gesture that young children often do when they are taunting someone. "The stick your hand in your ear" is usually given as "put your finger in your ear". "Putting your finger in your ear" means conveys that you aren't listening to what the person who is talking to you is saying.
It occurs to me that in the context of this song, the double word "boo boo" may retain the meaning of a small accident or something that is done wrong and may also carry the meaning of "boo" ("beau"; a person's romantic boyfriend or girlfriend) as it is used in African American culture. Notice that usage in bigalo3222's and tjaxretro's comments given below.
****
SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THAT SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
There are 545 comments to that discussion thread as of 8:30 PM April 22, 2014. That is a large number of comments for a R&B/Hip-Hop song that wasn't a best selling record.
Here are a very small number of those comments, presented under the year that they were posted to that discussion thread but not necessarily in the order that they are found on that thread.
WARNING: This youTube viewer comment thread contains a lot of profanity although most of it is complimentary such as "that's my sh&t" with that word either spelled that way or similarly or completely spelled out. In addition, this viewer comment thread includes the "positive" use of the four letter form of the "n word", and also contains a few sexually explicit comments.
2010
Malik Ricks
"RK4L
Rich Kidz for life."
**
StardustSwagg133 years ago
"Love dis songg.! oldd forreall but RichKidz brought it backk.!"
-snip-
Notice the contemporary (what I call "Hip-Hop/texting") style of spelling in this comment. That spelling style is found in most of the comments in that thread. A feature of that spelling style is a disregard for standard spelling, and standard rules for capitalization & punctuation.
**
UMEEZEDMFCCBOYZ
"OLD BUT STILL FYA LOL"
-snip-
fya = fire. Another contemporary spelling of "fire" is "fie". This use of "fire" is similar to saying something or someone is "hot" or something is "cooking", "smoking" or "burning up". All those words mean that something or someone is very good.
**
ImBree2YhuuLamess
"Itss Somethinqq Bout Thiss SOnqq Thass So Addictinqq.! iLike It nOw.!"
-snip-
I think the seemingly random capitalization in this sentence & its multiple letters in some of its words reflect the importance in Hip Hop "languaging" regarding the way words (including names)look, and not only the way that they are spelled. Of course, in that Hip Hop languaging words should be spelled closer to the way that they are pronounced, and should convey uniqueness. And of course, that style of writing, spelling, and talking is used by young people (more than us old heads) because it is considered to be "hip" or conveys "swag".
**
bri mullins
"im glad they finally put dis song on here dis my song"
-snip-
"dis" = this; not to be confused with "diss" = to insult
**
2011
Danielle Nikole Colton
"everybody tht got a problem i hust look at 'em and be like "Na Na Boo Boo" aha"
**
swaggakiidtrey
"I remember everyone had this ringtone. My shyt used to play before my teacher got in class. Everyone had thiss ringtone last year."
**
zonethreesha
"skooley go in on any song no matter what the beat is!"
-snip-
"To go in" ("to go in hard)" means to give something your all & do it very well. The phrase "to go in" is also used in Church Of God In Christ congregations to mean "get happy"/"feel the Spirit" and cut a Holy dance. I wonder whether the secular or religious meaning came first, and if the secular meaning carries some of that religious meaning of freely expressing yourself (while you are feeling the Holy Spirit).
**
EvilRoyjin
"THIS GO HARD"
**
anthonycooks93
"dis dat fie song bruh....even thoe its soooo old"
-snip-
In standard English this comment would be given as "This is that fire song, brother...even though its soooo old".
**
bigalo3222
"i luv dhiz song it make me think of my boo :) #luving him"
**
tjaxretro
"10 people aint got no boo boo!"
-snip-
Editor's explanation - 10 people downrated this song [using the YouTube voting system in which viewers could vote thumbs up or thumbs downl. However, “boo boo” here is play on the word “boo”- African American form of the French word “beau” meaning your boyfriend or girlfriend.
**
bigalo3222
"i luv dhiz song it make me think of my boo :) #luving him"
**
barbie40121
"love dis song <3" ****
ADDENDUM: EXAMPLES OF & COMMENTS ABOUT THE "NA NA NA NAA NA" ("NA NA NA BOO BOO") TAUNT/TEASING SAYING/RHYMES
"Na na na boo boo
stick your head in doo-doo."
Another version of the "na na na naa na" ("na na na boo boo") taunt/teasing saying is "neener neener neener". Here's a rhyme that includes that form of that taunt:
"neener neener neener".
you don't have a wiener!"
Here's a link to the first of three blog posts by phonetician John Wells's blog on this taunting saying http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.sg/2011/07/nuh-nuh.html. Those blog posts are the most comprehensive that I've read online about this subject.
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Visitor comments are welcome.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Collard Greens and Cornbread (Song by Fantasia & Soul Line Dance Video)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases a vocal performance and a soul line dance performance of the 2010 Soul music (Rhythm and Blues)song "Collard Greens And Cornbread".
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Fantasia, and the choreographer and dancers featured on these videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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ABOUT THE SONG "CORNBREAD AND COLLARD GREENS"
"Collard Greens And Cornbread" is a love song and not really a song about "soul food" i.e. cuisine that is culturally associated with African Americans, particularly African Americans from the Southern region of the United States.
"I go crazy when you love me, got me acting a mess
Even got the nerve to say you're better than my momma's
Collard greens and cornbread, yeah
Collard greens and cornbread, yeah"
-snip-
That song also mentions another soul food dish - sweet potato pie:
"Baby, and you're my sweet potato pie
Sugar, you know you are"
-snip-
Sweet potato pie taste almost like but not the same as pumpkin pie.
Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/collard-greens-cornbread-lyrics-fantasia.html for the lyrics "Collard Greens And Cornbread".
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FEATURED EXAMPLES
Example #1: American Idol - Fantasia - Collard Greens & Cornbread - Top 11 Results Show (2nd Week) - 03/31/11
AmericanIdol10top12, Uploaded on Mar 31, 2011
Fantasia - Collard Greens & Cornbread - American Idol Top 11 Results Show (2nd Week) - 03/31/11
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"Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984),[1] commonly known simply by the mononym Fantasia, is an American R&B singer and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_Barrino
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"Collard Greens & Cornbread" is the third official single from African American singer Fantasia Barrino's third studio album Back To Me (2010)
"Fantasia performed the song on American Idol's result night on March 31, 2011.[19][20] The song was officially released as a radio single on April 11, 2011.[21] The song debuted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 73. The single has since peaked at number 47 on the chart.[22]"
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Example #2: Official Soul Food Line Dance Video - Fantasia-Collard Greens and Cornbread
Lorenzo Evans, Uploaded on May 13, 2011
This is a video in honor of all of the people that have contributed to the International Success of the Soul Food Line Dance, and is not intended for any copyright infringement by the creator Lorenzo "goLo" Evans or the producers.
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RELATED LINK
Click this page of my cocojams.com website for a post on information about pre-emancipation African American rhymes from Thomas W. Talley's now classic compilation Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise And Otherwise that refer to food and beverages: http://www.cocojams.com/content/food-beverages-mentioned-thomas-w-talley%E2%80%99s-negro-folk-rhymes
You'll find that no rhyme in that collection refers to collard greens, cornbread, or sweet potato pie. Also, no rhyme in that collection refers to fried chicken, another Southern United States dish that is considered to be "soul food".
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases a vocal performance and a soul line dance performance of the 2010 Soul music (Rhythm and Blues)song "Collard Greens And Cornbread".
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Fantasia, and the choreographer and dancers featured on these videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
****
ABOUT THE SONG "CORNBREAD AND COLLARD GREENS"
"Collard Greens And Cornbread" is a love song and not really a song about "soul food" i.e. cuisine that is culturally associated with African Americans, particularly African Americans from the Southern region of the United States.
"I go crazy when you love me, got me acting a mess
Even got the nerve to say you're better than my momma's
Collard greens and cornbread, yeah
Collard greens and cornbread, yeah"
-snip-
That song also mentions another soul food dish - sweet potato pie:
"Baby, and you're my sweet potato pie
Sugar, you know you are"
-snip-
Sweet potato pie taste almost like but not the same as pumpkin pie.
Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/collard-greens-cornbread-lyrics-fantasia.html for the lyrics "Collard Greens And Cornbread".
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FEATURED EXAMPLES
Example #1: American Idol - Fantasia - Collard Greens & Cornbread - Top 11 Results Show (2nd Week) - 03/31/11
AmericanIdol10top12, Uploaded on Mar 31, 2011
Fantasia - Collard Greens & Cornbread - American Idol Top 11 Results Show (2nd Week) - 03/31/11
-snip-
"Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984),[1] commonly known simply by the mononym Fantasia, is an American R&B singer and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_Barrino
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"Collard Greens & Cornbread" is the third official single from African American singer Fantasia Barrino's third studio album Back To Me (2010)
"Fantasia performed the song on American Idol's result night on March 31, 2011.[19][20] The song was officially released as a radio single on April 11, 2011.[21] The song debuted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 73. The single has since peaked at number 47 on the chart.[22]"
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Example #2: Official Soul Food Line Dance Video - Fantasia-Collard Greens and Cornbread
Lorenzo Evans, Uploaded on May 13, 2011
This is a video in honor of all of the people that have contributed to the International Success of the Soul Food Line Dance, and is not intended for any copyright infringement by the creator Lorenzo "goLo" Evans or the producers.
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RELATED LINK
Click this page of my cocojams.com website for a post on information about pre-emancipation African American rhymes from Thomas W. Talley's now classic compilation Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise And Otherwise that refer to food and beverages: http://www.cocojams.com/content/food-beverages-mentioned-thomas-w-talley%E2%80%99s-negro-folk-rhymes
You'll find that no rhyme in that collection refers to collard greens, cornbread, or sweet potato pie. Also, no rhyme in that collection refers to fried chicken, another Southern United States dish that is considered to be "soul food".
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Pharrell Williams - "Happy", from Despicable Me 2 (video, lyrics, and comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases a video of "Happy" from the American movie "Despicable Me 2" "Happy" is one of four songs (as of January 29, 2014) that are nominees for the best original song Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards. The other nominees are "Let It Go" from Frozen, "The Moon Song" from Her and "Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
This post also includes information about Pharrell Williams, the song's composer and vocalist. The lyrics for this song are also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, inspirational, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Pharrell Williams for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the producer of this video, and to all the other persons who are featured in video. Thanks also to the transcribers of this song and the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT PHARRELL WILLIAMS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SONG "HAPPY"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharrell_Williams
"Pharrell Williams (born April 5, 1973), also known as Pharrell, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, fashion designer, and drummer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes, producing soul, hip hop and R&B music...As part of The Neptunes, Williams has produced numerous hit singles for various musicians.[3] Williams has earned seven Grammy Awards including two with The Neptunes...
In July 2010, Williams composed the soundtrack to the movie Despicable Me, produced by Hans Zimmer and recorded with the Hollywood Studio Symphony...
Williams penned three new original songs, included alongside composer Heitor Pereira's score, for the sequel Despicable Me 2. These were "Just a Cloud Away", "Happy", and "Scream" (featuring Cee Lo Green). His two original songs from the first film were also reprised on the soundtrack - "Despicable Me" and "Fun, Fun, Fun".[30]
In November 2013, Pharrell released the first 24-hour music video to his Despicable Me 2 collaboration song, "Happy". Guest appearances included Magic Johnson, Steve Carrell, Jimmy Kimmel, Jamie Foxx, Steve Martin, Odd Future, Miranda Cosgrove, Janelle Monáe, and many others.[38] It has received approximately 5.5 million views as of Christmas Day, 2013.[39]
It was announced in December 2013 that Williams had been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year.[40] In the same month, a press release from Columbia Records announced that Pharrell had signed a contract with the label and is releasing an album in 2014, featuring the single "Happy" from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack.[2] For this song, Pharrell has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song."
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LYRICS: HAPPY
(Pharrell Williams)
Verse 1:]
It might seem crazy what I’m about to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care baby by the way
[Hook:]
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
[Verse 2:]
Here come bad news talking this and that, yeah,
Well, give me all you got, and don’t hold back, yeah,
Well, I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine, yeah,
No offense to you, don’t waste your time
Here’s why
[Hook]
Hey, come on
[Bridge:]
(happy)
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
My level's too high
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
I said (let me tell you now)
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
My level's too high
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
I said
[Hook 2x]
Hey, come on
(happy)
Bring me down… can’t nothing…
Bring me down… my level's too high…
Bring me down… can’t nothing…
Bring me down, I said (let me tell you now)
[Hook 2x]
Come on
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pharrellwilliams/happy.html
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Music Video)
iamOTHER, Published on Nov 21, 2013
Performed by Pharrell Williams
Written and Produced by Pharrell Williams
Background Vocals performed by Rhea Dummett, Trevon Henderson, Ashley L. Lee, Shamika Hightower, Jasmine Murray and Terrence...
From the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. Check out http://24hoursofhappy.com to experience the world's first 24 hour music video! Directed by We Are From L.A.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S VIEWER COMMENT THREAD
Here are some comments from this video's viewer comment thread, including times for celebrity cameo appearances:
(WARNING: Like many other YouTube video threads, this comment thread contains profanity.)
2014
Cara Fears
"This is the best "happy" dance song I've heard in a long time. With all the bad news in the world, this song lifts your spirits. Good song Mr. Williams (and everyone elsed who worked on it). We needed this one!"
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missletie8383
"I dare you to watch/listen to this song and not feel HAPPY or at least have a smile after this song! It sure brought up my attitude :)"
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Den Ali1
"how great is this song. Its just all around surround me with goodness perfect. As Celiz Cruz said "la vida es un carnival." HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!"
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Erin Kinchin
"The song that makes you feel great first thing in the morning. A must listen to start your day right!!!!"
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Marty McNamara
"Take a bow Pharrell & Co. You've nailed it. Keep rollin' in this direction guys. Hats off to the production crew. :)"
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Rose Lentine
"kelly osborn in this video @ 2:52... (girl with purple hair) this song always makes me feel uplifted! I love the ole style jam combined with newer age!"
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Ezequiel Cai
"0:43 Miranda Cosgrove
2:49 Magic Jhonson(?)
2:56 Steve Carell :D"
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Oriente Nulli Secundus
"2:23 the guy from the black keys lonely boy video"
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ismail çiftci
"00:30 revolution aaron"
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Isak Osman
"2:31 Jimmy Kimmel? Is that you?"
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jadon netschi
"Tyler the creator and earl sweatshirt "
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idocta12
"0:48 TYLER, EARL & JASPER <3 too dope.
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"dope"= very cool (very good) ; "too dope" = really very cool
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UPDATE: 2/2/2014
The song from the movie "Frozen" won the best song Oscar, but I believe that
Pharrell's song made the audience the happiest.
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases a video of "Happy" from the American movie "Despicable Me 2" "Happy" is one of four songs (as of January 29, 2014) that are nominees for the best original song Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards. The other nominees are "Let It Go" from Frozen, "The Moon Song" from Her and "Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
This post also includes information about Pharrell Williams, the song's composer and vocalist. The lyrics for this song are also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, inspirational, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Pharrell Williams for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the producer of this video, and to all the other persons who are featured in video. Thanks also to the transcribers of this song and the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT PHARRELL WILLIAMS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SONG "HAPPY"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharrell_Williams
"Pharrell Williams (born April 5, 1973), also known as Pharrell, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, fashion designer, and drummer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes, producing soul, hip hop and R&B music...As part of The Neptunes, Williams has produced numerous hit singles for various musicians.[3] Williams has earned seven Grammy Awards including two with The Neptunes...
In July 2010, Williams composed the soundtrack to the movie Despicable Me, produced by Hans Zimmer and recorded with the Hollywood Studio Symphony...
Williams penned three new original songs, included alongside composer Heitor Pereira's score, for the sequel Despicable Me 2. These were "Just a Cloud Away", "Happy", and "Scream" (featuring Cee Lo Green). His two original songs from the first film were also reprised on the soundtrack - "Despicable Me" and "Fun, Fun, Fun".[30]
In November 2013, Pharrell released the first 24-hour music video to his Despicable Me 2 collaboration song, "Happy". Guest appearances included Magic Johnson, Steve Carrell, Jimmy Kimmel, Jamie Foxx, Steve Martin, Odd Future, Miranda Cosgrove, Janelle Monáe, and many others.[38] It has received approximately 5.5 million views as of Christmas Day, 2013.[39]
It was announced in December 2013 that Williams had been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year.[40] In the same month, a press release from Columbia Records announced that Pharrell had signed a contract with the label and is releasing an album in 2014, featuring the single "Happy" from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack.[2] For this song, Pharrell has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song."
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LYRICS: HAPPY
(Pharrell Williams)
Verse 1:]
It might seem crazy what I’m about to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care baby by the way
[Hook:]
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
[Verse 2:]
Here come bad news talking this and that, yeah,
Well, give me all you got, and don’t hold back, yeah,
Well, I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine, yeah,
No offense to you, don’t waste your time
Here’s why
[Hook]
Hey, come on
[Bridge:]
(happy)
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
My level's too high
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
I said (let me tell you now)
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
My level's too high
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
I said
[Hook 2x]
Hey, come on
(happy)
Bring me down… can’t nothing…
Bring me down… my level's too high…
Bring me down… can’t nothing…
Bring me down, I said (let me tell you now)
[Hook 2x]
Come on
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pharrellwilliams/happy.html
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Music Video)
iamOTHER, Published on Nov 21, 2013
Performed by Pharrell Williams
Written and Produced by Pharrell Williams
Background Vocals performed by Rhea Dummett, Trevon Henderson, Ashley L. Lee, Shamika Hightower, Jasmine Murray and Terrence...
From the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. Check out http://24hoursofhappy.com to experience the world's first 24 hour music video! Directed by We Are From L.A.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S VIEWER COMMENT THREAD
Here are some comments from this video's viewer comment thread, including times for celebrity cameo appearances:
(WARNING: Like many other YouTube video threads, this comment thread contains profanity.)
2014
Cara Fears
"This is the best "happy" dance song I've heard in a long time. With all the bad news in the world, this song lifts your spirits. Good song Mr. Williams (and everyone elsed who worked on it). We needed this one!"
**
missletie8383
"I dare you to watch/listen to this song and not feel HAPPY or at least have a smile after this song! It sure brought up my attitude :)"
**
Den Ali1
"how great is this song. Its just all around surround me with goodness perfect. As Celiz Cruz said "la vida es un carnival." HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!"
**
Erin Kinchin
"The song that makes you feel great first thing in the morning. A must listen to start your day right!!!!"
**
Marty McNamara
"Take a bow Pharrell & Co. You've nailed it. Keep rollin' in this direction guys. Hats off to the production crew. :)"
**
Rose Lentine
"kelly osborn in this video @ 2:52... (girl with purple hair) this song always makes me feel uplifted! I love the ole style jam combined with newer age!"
**
Ezequiel Cai
"0:43 Miranda Cosgrove
2:49 Magic Jhonson(?)
2:56 Steve Carell :D"
**
Oriente Nulli Secundus
"2:23 the guy from the black keys lonely boy video"
**
ismail çiftci
"00:30 revolution aaron"
**
Isak Osman
"2:31 Jimmy Kimmel? Is that you?"
**
jadon netschi
"Tyler the creator and earl sweatshirt "
**
idocta12
"0:48 TYLER, EARL & JASPER <3 too dope.
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"dope"= very cool (very good) ; "too dope" = really very cool
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UPDATE: 2/2/2014
The song from the movie "Frozen" won the best song Oscar, but I believe that
Pharrell's song made the audience the happiest.
****
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Visitor comments are welcome.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
The Source Of The "Shave And A Hair Cut. Two Bits" Tune
Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest update- April 22, 2024
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on the tune that is commonly known in the United States as "Shave and a hair cut. Two Bits". Part I provides information about the source of the tune which is commonly known in the United States by the words "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits." This post also provides an explanation of the meaning of "two bits" (or "six bits", another common ending in the United States or "two bobs", a common ending in the United Kingdom.) A few sound files and video examples the "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits" tune also are included in post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/examples-of-shave-and-haircut-childrens.html for Part II of this series.
Part II of this post provides examples of "clean" children's rhymes that contain the line "shave and a hair cut".
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and recreational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the musicians and singers who are featured in videos, and thanks to the publishers of those videos on YouTube.
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PART I: SOURCE OF "SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT. TWO BITS"
From http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShaveAndAHaircut
"Shave and a Haircut
Two bits!
Probably the most infamous seven beats of music in the modern world, or at least high on the list, this five-and-two lick appears everywhere. In music, it's a sting to end a piece; in other media, it appears in a joke and/or as a recognition signature, usually a knock—the first person taps out "shave-and-a-hair-cut," and waits for the "two bits" response.
While the rhythm is flexible, and the words change, it's always to a similar tune, though some different versions of it exist."
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Shave and a Haircut (two bits!)
Camille BaptistaPublished on Jul 18, 2012
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This post focuses on this tune's ending notes.
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From https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=164335963612731&story_fbid=234031866739872 "Unlocking Clave" April 9, 2013 at 11:32am
"The "shave and a haircut—two bits" riff is a commonly known example of a clave-based phrase that can be heard in a wide variety of North American music, such as bluegrass and show tunes."
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From http://www.rhythmweb.com/clave/ "The Clave Page"
"'Claves' is the name for an instrument used in Caribbean music, composed of two short but thick sticks, usually of as hard a wood as possible, often rosewood. They have great cutting power despite their small size, and play a very important role in certain types of music, especially Latin music.
The Term 'clave' also refers to the rhythms played on these instruments, and to the concept which is embodied in these rhythms. The clave acts as a sort of backbone, a guide, if you will, to which the other instruments and the dancers synchronize themselves..If the other rhythms line up properly with the clave rhythm, the music is said to be "in clave". Traditionally the clave rhythm was always heard on the claves, but nowadays, a timbalero or other percussionist may be playing the clave rhythm on a wood or plastic block, along with other parts."
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clave_(rhythm)
"The clave rhythmic pattern is used as a tool for temporal organization in Afro-Cuban music, such as abakúa, rumba, conga de comparsa, son, son montuno, mambo, salsa, Latin jazz, songo and timba. The five-stroke clave pattern represents the structural core of many Afro-Cuban rhythms.[1]
The clave pattern originated in sub-Saharan African music traditions, where it serves essentially the same function as it does in Cuba. In Ethnomusicology, clave is also known as a key pattern,[2][3] guide pattern,[4] phrasing referent,[5] timeline,[6] or asymmetrical timeline.[7] The clave pattern is also found in the African diaspora musics of Haitian vodou drumming, Afro-Brazilian music and Afro-Uruguayan music (Candombe). The clave pattern is used in North American popular music as a rhythmic motif or ostinato, or simply a form of rhythmic decoration...
Etymology
Anglicized pronunciation: clah-vay
Clave is a Spanish word meaning 'code,' 'key,' as in key to a mystery or puzzle, or 'keystone,' the wedge-shaped stone in the center of an arch that ties the other stones together. Clave is also the name of the patterns played on claves; two hardwood sticks used in Afro-Cuban music ensembles—Peñalosa (2009).[8]
The key to Afro-Cuban rhythm
Just as a keystone holds an arch in place, the clave pattern holds the rhythm together in Afro-Cuban music.[8] The two main clave patterns used in Afro-Cuban music are known in North America as son clave and the rumba clave.[9] Both are used as bell patterns across much of Africa...
Both clave patterns are used in rumba. What we now call son clave (also known as Havana clave) used to be the key pattern played in Havana-style yambú and guaguancó.[17] Some Havana-based rumba groups still use son clave for yambú.[18] The musical genre known as son probably adopted the clave pattern from rumba when it migrated from eastern Cuba to Havana at the beginning of the 20th century...
Rumba clave.
The other main clave pattern is the rumba clave. Rumba clave is the key pattern used in Cuban Rumba. Use of the triple-pulse form of rumba clave in Cuba can be traced back to the iron bell (ekón) part in abakuá music. The form of rumba known as columbia is culturally and musically connected with abakuá which is an Afro Cuban cabildo that descends from the Kalabari of Cameroon. Columbia also uses this pattern. Sometimes 12/8 rumba clave is clapped in the accompaniment of Cuban batá drums. The 4/4 form of rumba clave is used in yambú, guaguancó and popular music."..
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This article continues with information and examples of clave rhythms in various musical genres in Cuba, Africa, Brazil, and the United States.
This Wikipedia page was retrieved in 2014 and is different than the page that I read on April 22, 2024.
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Son Clave vs Rhumba Clave
thisguy41487, Published on Dec 21, 2012
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES PHRASE "SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut
"In music, the call "Shave and a Haircut" and the associated response "two bits" is a simple, 7-note musical couplet or riff popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comic effect. It is used both melodically and rhythmically, for example as a door knock.
"Two bits" is an archaism in the United States for 25 cents, a quarter. "Six bits" is occasionally used. The final words may also be "get lost" or some other facetious expression. In England, it was often said as "five bob" (slang for five shillings), although words are now rarely used to accompany the rhythm of the tune.
History
An early occurrence of the tune* is from an 1899 Charles Hale song, "At a Darktown Cakewalk".[2] Other songs from the same period also used the tune. The same notes form the bridge in the "Hot Scotch Rag", written by H. A. Fischler in 1911.
An early recording used the 7-note tune at both the beginning and the ending of a humorous 1915 song, by Billy Murray and the American Quartet, called "On the 5:15".
In 1939, Dan Shapiro, Lestor Lee and Milton Berle released "Shave and a Haircut – Shampoo"[3] which used the tune in the closing bars, and is thought to be the origin of the lyric…
The Bo Diddley beat is derived from "Shave and a Haircut".[14][18]
"Shave and a Haircut" was used in many early cartoons, particularly Looney Tunes cartoons, played on things varying from car horns to window shutters banging in the wind. It was also used as an ending to many cartoon shows, just after the credits. Decades later, the couplet became a plot device used by the chief antagonist Judge Doom in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the idea being that Toons cannot resist finishing with the "two bits" when they hear the opening rhythm."...
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* [My asterisk] "An early occurance" here means "in the United States". As the earlier excerpts on this post indicate, that tune is a clave pattern which "originated in sub-Saharan African music traditions".
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ADDITIONAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS & SELECTED COMMENTS
Stella 17-Inch Music Box Playing "At A Darktown Cakewalk"
MusicBoxBoy, Uploaded on Mar 22, 2009
Here's my 17" Stella Console Grand playing "At A Darktown Cakewalk". Cakewalks, a largely forgotten part of our musical past, were popular during the heyday of Minstrel shows well over 100 years ago and were always performed in a quick and lively tempo. Hope you enjoy this.
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Here are three comments from this sound file's viewer comment thread:
2009
JohnnyDandMe55
"shave and a haircut 2 bits!
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2011
Kirke182
"@telesniper2 Cakewalks as musical pieces were white. The dance was devised by blacks as a way of mocking the way white people danced. All the written cakewalks were written by white composers--especially Kerry Mills, J. Bodewalt Lampe and Abe Holzmann. The Joplin-Marshall piece "Swipesy Cakewalk" is an exception although a lot of musicologists don't consider it a cakewalk."
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Kirke182
"@telesniper2 Darktown was an imaginary black section of a given town…"
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mario bauza y afro cuban jazz orq. tanga.
MrRobertopagan21, Uploaded on Sep 28, 2010
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From Wikipedia: Clave (rhythm)
"Although clave-like phrases are found in early twentieth-century African American music, the use of the clave pattern as an overt rhythmic motif does not appear until the 1940s with the birth of Afro-Cuban jazz (or Latin jazz). The first original jazz composition to be overtly based in-clave was "Tanga" (1942) by Mario Bauza."
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Bo Diddley -"Hey! Bo Diddley"
Jorge Michelini, Uploaded on Sep 14, 2010
Apresentação no TAMI SHOW em 1964.
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The Bo Diddley beat (Hambone beat) is an example of the "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits" tune.
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From
The "Bo Diddley beat" (1955) is perhaps the first true fusion of 3-2 clave and R&B/rock 'n' roll. Watch: "Hey Bo Diddley" performed live by Bo Diddley (1965). There is no documentation of a direct Cuban connection to Bo Diddley's adaptation of the clave rhythm. Bo Diddley has given different accounts of the riff's origins. However, Ned Sublette asserts: "In the context of the time, and especially those maracas [heard on the record], 'Bo Diddley' has to be understood as a Latin-tinged record. A rejected cut recorded at the same session was titled only 'Rhumba' on the track sheets."[89] Johnny Otis' "Willie and the Hand Jive" (1958) is another example of this successful blend of 3-2 clave and R&B". Otis used the Cuban instruments claves and maracas on the song. The song "Little Darling" is also built around clave"
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"WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE" - Johnny Otis
TheGoodlucks, Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012
Johnny Otis (and friends) perform "Willie and the Hand Jive". 1958
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ADDENDUM: The "Shave and a haircut Two bits" tune DID NOT come from a Morse Code.
From http://dan.hersam.com/2004/09/21/shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits/ "Amidst a tangled web: shave and a haircut, two bits"
[comment #10] "I know this little tune as “Shave and haricut, two bits” but I am more familiar with it as an ending to some folk music (I play a violin). I was once told that this was morse code for hello or ‘hi’, but the only thing this rhythm comes close to spelling is TINA (- .. -. .-)…so I disregarded that comment. I have also been told that this is an explative in Mexico" (involving ones mother and other things I will leave out).
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"explative" = expletive
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Shave_and_a_Haircut
The Morse code " dah-di-di-dah-di, di-dit " (shave and a haircut, "two bits") is fairly common in the radioamateur service, usually as a sign-off, but is only easily recognised because the "two bits" musical version pre-existed. Dunno if this had a counterpart in landline telegraphy. With all the digital tinkering in amateur radio, this risks going full-circle and becoming "two bits", driven largely by the introduction of microprocessors in the 1970s and 1980s. K7L (talk) 14:10, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
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That Wikipedia talk page also includes a comment about the Mexican expletive that has the same tune as "Shave and a haircut. Two bits".
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This concludes Part I of this pancocojams post.
Thank you for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
Latest update- April 22, 2024
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on the tune that is commonly known in the United States as "Shave and a hair cut. Two Bits". Part I provides information about the source of the tune which is commonly known in the United States by the words "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits." This post also provides an explanation of the meaning of "two bits" (or "six bits", another common ending in the United States or "two bobs", a common ending in the United Kingdom.) A few sound files and video examples the "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits" tune also are included in post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/examples-of-shave-and-haircut-childrens.html for Part II of this series.
Part II of this post provides examples of "clean" children's rhymes that contain the line "shave and a hair cut".
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and recreational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the musicians and singers who are featured in videos, and thanks to the publishers of those videos on YouTube.
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PART I: SOURCE OF "SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT. TWO BITS"
From http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShaveAndAHaircut
"Shave and a Haircut
Two bits!
Probably the most infamous seven beats of music in the modern world, or at least high on the list, this five-and-two lick appears everywhere. In music, it's a sting to end a piece; in other media, it appears in a joke and/or as a recognition signature, usually a knock—the first person taps out "shave-and-a-hair-cut," and waits for the "two bits" response.
While the rhythm is flexible, and the words change, it's always to a similar tune, though some different versions of it exist."
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Shave and a Haircut (two bits!)
Camille BaptistaPublished on Jul 18, 2012
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This post focuses on this tune's ending notes.
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From https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=164335963612731&story_fbid=234031866739872 "Unlocking Clave" April 9, 2013 at 11:32am
"The "shave and a haircut—two bits" riff is a commonly known example of a clave-based phrase that can be heard in a wide variety of North American music, such as bluegrass and show tunes."
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From http://www.rhythmweb.com/clave/ "The Clave Page"
"'Claves' is the name for an instrument used in Caribbean music, composed of two short but thick sticks, usually of as hard a wood as possible, often rosewood. They have great cutting power despite their small size, and play a very important role in certain types of music, especially Latin music.
The Term 'clave' also refers to the rhythms played on these instruments, and to the concept which is embodied in these rhythms. The clave acts as a sort of backbone, a guide, if you will, to which the other instruments and the dancers synchronize themselves..If the other rhythms line up properly with the clave rhythm, the music is said to be "in clave". Traditionally the clave rhythm was always heard on the claves, but nowadays, a timbalero or other percussionist may be playing the clave rhythm on a wood or plastic block, along with other parts."
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clave_(rhythm)
"The clave rhythmic pattern is used as a tool for temporal organization in Afro-Cuban music, such as abakúa, rumba, conga de comparsa, son, son montuno, mambo, salsa, Latin jazz, songo and timba. The five-stroke clave pattern represents the structural core of many Afro-Cuban rhythms.[1]
The clave pattern originated in sub-Saharan African music traditions, where it serves essentially the same function as it does in Cuba. In Ethnomusicology, clave is also known as a key pattern,[2][3] guide pattern,[4] phrasing referent,[5] timeline,[6] or asymmetrical timeline.[7] The clave pattern is also found in the African diaspora musics of Haitian vodou drumming, Afro-Brazilian music and Afro-Uruguayan music (Candombe). The clave pattern is used in North American popular music as a rhythmic motif or ostinato, or simply a form of rhythmic decoration...
Etymology
Anglicized pronunciation: clah-vay
Clave is a Spanish word meaning 'code,' 'key,' as in key to a mystery or puzzle, or 'keystone,' the wedge-shaped stone in the center of an arch that ties the other stones together. Clave is also the name of the patterns played on claves; two hardwood sticks used in Afro-Cuban music ensembles—Peñalosa (2009).[8]
The key to Afro-Cuban rhythm
Just as a keystone holds an arch in place, the clave pattern holds the rhythm together in Afro-Cuban music.[8] The two main clave patterns used in Afro-Cuban music are known in North America as son clave and the rumba clave.[9] Both are used as bell patterns across much of Africa...
Both clave patterns are used in rumba. What we now call son clave (also known as Havana clave) used to be the key pattern played in Havana-style yambú and guaguancó.[17] Some Havana-based rumba groups still use son clave for yambú.[18] The musical genre known as son probably adopted the clave pattern from rumba when it migrated from eastern Cuba to Havana at the beginning of the 20th century...
Rumba clave.
The other main clave pattern is the rumba clave. Rumba clave is the key pattern used in Cuban Rumba. Use of the triple-pulse form of rumba clave in Cuba can be traced back to the iron bell (ekón) part in abakuá music. The form of rumba known as columbia is culturally and musically connected with abakuá which is an Afro Cuban cabildo that descends from the Kalabari of Cameroon. Columbia also uses this pattern. Sometimes 12/8 rumba clave is clapped in the accompaniment of Cuban batá drums. The 4/4 form of rumba clave is used in yambú, guaguancó and popular music."..
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This article continues with information and examples of clave rhythms in various musical genres in Cuba, Africa, Brazil, and the United States.
This Wikipedia page was retrieved in 2014 and is different than the page that I read on April 22, 2024.
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Son Clave vs Rhumba Clave
thisguy41487, Published on Dec 21, 2012
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES PHRASE "SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut
"In music, the call "Shave and a Haircut" and the associated response "two bits" is a simple, 7-note musical couplet or riff popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comic effect. It is used both melodically and rhythmically, for example as a door knock.
"Two bits" is an archaism in the United States for 25 cents, a quarter. "Six bits" is occasionally used. The final words may also be "get lost" or some other facetious expression. In England, it was often said as "five bob" (slang for five shillings), although words are now rarely used to accompany the rhythm of the tune.
History
An early occurrence of the tune* is from an 1899 Charles Hale song, "At a Darktown Cakewalk".[2] Other songs from the same period also used the tune. The same notes form the bridge in the "Hot Scotch Rag", written by H. A. Fischler in 1911.
An early recording used the 7-note tune at both the beginning and the ending of a humorous 1915 song, by Billy Murray and the American Quartet, called "On the 5:15".
In 1939, Dan Shapiro, Lestor Lee and Milton Berle released "Shave and a Haircut – Shampoo"[3] which used the tune in the closing bars, and is thought to be the origin of the lyric…
The Bo Diddley beat is derived from "Shave and a Haircut".[14][18]
"Shave and a Haircut" was used in many early cartoons, particularly Looney Tunes cartoons, played on things varying from car horns to window shutters banging in the wind. It was also used as an ending to many cartoon shows, just after the credits. Decades later, the couplet became a plot device used by the chief antagonist Judge Doom in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the idea being that Toons cannot resist finishing with the "two bits" when they hear the opening rhythm."...
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* [My asterisk] "An early occurance" here means "in the United States". As the earlier excerpts on this post indicate, that tune is a clave pattern which "originated in sub-Saharan African music traditions".
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ADDITIONAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS & SELECTED COMMENTS
Stella 17-Inch Music Box Playing "At A Darktown Cakewalk"
MusicBoxBoy, Uploaded on Mar 22, 2009
Here's my 17" Stella Console Grand playing "At A Darktown Cakewalk". Cakewalks, a largely forgotten part of our musical past, were popular during the heyday of Minstrel shows well over 100 years ago and were always performed in a quick and lively tempo. Hope you enjoy this.
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Here are three comments from this sound file's viewer comment thread:
2009
JohnnyDandMe55
"shave and a haircut 2 bits!
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2011
Kirke182
"@telesniper2 Cakewalks as musical pieces were white. The dance was devised by blacks as a way of mocking the way white people danced. All the written cakewalks were written by white composers--especially Kerry Mills, J. Bodewalt Lampe and Abe Holzmann. The Joplin-Marshall piece "Swipesy Cakewalk" is an exception although a lot of musicologists don't consider it a cakewalk."
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Kirke182
"@telesniper2 Darktown was an imaginary black section of a given town…"
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mario bauza y afro cuban jazz orq. tanga.
MrRobertopagan21, Uploaded on Sep 28, 2010
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From Wikipedia: Clave (rhythm)
"Although clave-like phrases are found in early twentieth-century African American music, the use of the clave pattern as an overt rhythmic motif does not appear until the 1940s with the birth of Afro-Cuban jazz (or Latin jazz). The first original jazz composition to be overtly based in-clave was "Tanga" (1942) by Mario Bauza."
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Bo Diddley -"Hey! Bo Diddley"
Jorge Michelini, Uploaded on Sep 14, 2010
Apresentação no TAMI SHOW em 1964.
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The Bo Diddley beat (Hambone beat) is an example of the "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits" tune.
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From
The "Bo Diddley beat" (1955) is perhaps the first true fusion of 3-2 clave and R&B/rock 'n' roll. Watch: "Hey Bo Diddley" performed live by Bo Diddley (1965). There is no documentation of a direct Cuban connection to Bo Diddley's adaptation of the clave rhythm. Bo Diddley has given different accounts of the riff's origins. However, Ned Sublette asserts: "In the context of the time, and especially those maracas [heard on the record], 'Bo Diddley' has to be understood as a Latin-tinged record. A rejected cut recorded at the same session was titled only 'Rhumba' on the track sheets."[89] Johnny Otis' "Willie and the Hand Jive" (1958) is another example of this successful blend of 3-2 clave and R&B". Otis used the Cuban instruments claves and maracas on the song. The song "Little Darling" is also built around clave"
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"WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE" - Johnny Otis
TheGoodlucks, Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012
Johnny Otis (and friends) perform "Willie and the Hand Jive". 1958
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ADDENDUM: The "Shave and a haircut Two bits" tune DID NOT come from a Morse Code.
From http://dan.hersam.com/2004/09/21/shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits/ "Amidst a tangled web: shave and a haircut, two bits"
[comment #10] "I know this little tune as “Shave and haricut, two bits” but I am more familiar with it as an ending to some folk music (I play a violin). I was once told that this was morse code for hello or ‘hi’, but the only thing this rhythm comes close to spelling is TINA (- .. -. .-)…so I disregarded that comment. I have also been told that this is an explative in Mexico" (involving ones mother and other things I will leave out).
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"explative" = expletive
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Shave_and_a_Haircut
The Morse code " dah-di-di-dah-di, di-dit " (shave and a haircut, "two bits") is fairly common in the radioamateur service, usually as a sign-off, but is only easily recognised because the "two bits" musical version pre-existed. Dunno if this had a counterpart in landline telegraphy. With all the digital tinkering in amateur radio, this risks going full-circle and becoming "two bits", driven largely by the introduction of microprocessors in the 1970s and 1980s. K7L (talk) 14:10, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
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That Wikipedia talk page also includes a comment about the Mexican expletive that has the same tune as "Shave and a haircut. Two bits".
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