Re: speaking of names...

[Jair-Rohm <gtc@chello.se>]

High;

I'm a little behind in my reading and just came across this. I just
needed to set the record straight...


> Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 14:33:29
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> From: mark <sine@zerocrossing.net>
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> Subject: speaking of names...
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> Live looping. Hmmmmm.
>
> Rock.  Rock?  What the hell does "Rock" mean? 
> Does it describe the music in any way?

"Rock" is derived from the original term used by radio
presenter Alan Freed to describe the "new" music of his day:
Rock and Roll. Alan Freed did not 'invent' the term but borrowed it from
the urban American sub-culture for whom the term was a reference to the
sex act: an act that was supposedly encouraged by the new music. In the
1960s the term (like everything else) was shortened. The original music
did indeed "rock" and "roll" with the emphasis on the
"roll". Check out the "rolling" piano style of Fats
Domino for example. Not to mention Chuck Berry's distinctively rolling
rhythm guitar, Willie Dixon's bass playing  and Little Richard. Remember,
back then they were "rocking" their babies and  "rolling
and tumbling". The misinterpretation and misappropriation of the
word "rock" is another tragedy of the late twentieth century.
Not to mention the distortion (both literally and figuratively) of the
music itself. 


>   Jazz? 
> What the hell does Jazz mean?


"Jazz" has very similar origins as the term "rock and
roll" just older. Guess what the nineteenth century slang for seamen
was...

 The music became known as "Jazz music" because it was
born and popularised in brothels in New Orleans during the late
nineteenth century. 

Just to set the record straight here. I mean: it is my culture. 


JPW


> Maybe we need a whole
> *new* word like Jazz...
>
> I'm suggesting Silis.  Easy to pronounce, has nice symmetry. 
> Easy to make into a logo...
>
> This is all so very silly.  It's like naming a cat.  You can
> think of all the names you want, but you're going to end up calling it
> something else.  This is how Mewberta became Mixmaster
> Tubbie.
>
> http://www.valerium.net/valerie/cats/gatos/pages/mixmastertubby.htm
>
> Mark Sottilaro

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