tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post660617885138711782..comments2024-03-29T05:26:28.491-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Sound File Of & Comments About The Classic 1992 Deep House Record "Follow Me" Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-84363065199843532152019-05-13T17:38:23.371-04:002019-05-13T17:38:23.371-04:00With regards to the clean meaning of "I'l...With regards to the clean meaning of "I'll house you" in the 1988 House song with that title, it occurs to me that "housemates" is a somewhat similar use of the word "house". The word "housemates" isn't used that much in American English-"room mates" is much more common, particularly in reference to university students who share a dorm room.<br /><br />But then it occurred to me that being "shacked up" is an American vernacular term that means the same thing as "being housed up". Here's a definition for "shacked up" from <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/shack--up" rel="nofollow">https://www.dictionary.com/browse/shack--up</a> <br />"shack up, Slang .<br />to live together as spouses without being legally married." Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-79497237587279116102019-05-13T13:49:48.032-04:002019-05-13T13:49:48.032-04:00Of course, the similarity refers to the clean vers...Of course, the similarity refers to the clean version of what "I'll house you" means.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-7849896946589725322019-05-13T13:21:21.969-04:002019-05-13T13:21:21.969-04:00With regard to the saying "I'll house you...With regard to the saying "I'll house you", I don't know if this is related or not, but in the late 1960s (1967-1969) in Newark, New Jersey I was a member of the Black cultural nationalist organization "Committee For Unified Newark". During the later portion of the time that I was a member of that organization, it was led by poet/playright/activist Amiri Baraka (formerly known as LeRoi Jones).<br /><br />The couples in that organization referred to their romantic partner as their "house", even if they didn't live with each other . So, for example, during that time, my "house" was Zayd and I was his house.<br /><br />I don't know if that "house" referent was widely used. I've never heard or read of it being used anywhere else. But it certainly sounds very similar to the "I'll house you" saying in the Jungle Brother's now classic House music record which was released two decades later by recording artists from the same city of Newark, New Jersey.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com