Wimoweh
Remember this word, which was the refrain on The Lion Sleeps Tonight, by the Tokens and many others? Initially I meant to post to ask if anyone knew what the word meant, but I just found out - turns...
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Anybody else heard of this use of Hambone?I've never understood it to mean exclusively "patted out the rhythms on their bodies", but hamboning is what I would call it. I have also heard hands called...
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Both the slavery and the musical connections are not supported by the evidence."Hambone," meaning an inferior actor, dates to the 1890s. It was only later applied to music, in the same sense, an...
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aldi-thanks-it was left out that there was a female originally also in the Tokens-forget who. Sedaka left before they had any hits. They also recorded as Darrell & the Oxfords, in the...
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Thanks to this thread, I've now got an irritating line of a song that I can't get out of my head. Where does it come from?Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones ......I didn't know that wimoweh came from...
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ElizaD-Ezekiel-better known as "Dry or Dem Bones"-gospel. "Hit" & best known version by the Delta Rhythm Boys-mid-late 40's. Chubby Checker did a twist version called "Dry Bones Twist." But he did...
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ElizaD, There's much to take issue with here. "Lurking' is a much more restful occupation!1. Is this the song/chant you had in mind?www.geocities.com/rembran...oloza.html2. The site Aldi found talks...
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Good point about Swaziland, Indoda, I missed that. I'm pretty sure, from all the other sites I've looked at, that Solomon Linda's original recording was released in South Africa as a whole, and it was...
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No, Indoda, that's not the one, though I can imagine the welly dance as I read it!I think I remember hearing that the chant I quoted was a Bushman one, but nobody can confirm or deny that. If however...
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A bakkie is a South African word for a small truckDoes that mean a pick-up, or something else?
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ohdan--Definitely related to the passage from Ezekiel. I recently taught a children's choir a version of the song that embedded the traditional "spiritual" verses in the passage your link pointed to.
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ohdan-correct-the refrain is " Hear the words of the Lord."aldi-I couldn't connect to your site, but there was a big article about Linda a few yrs ago in Rolling Stone Magazine, excellent &...
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Yes - it is the ubiquitous South African pick-up. Comes from the Afrikaans word 'bak' which means 'container'. Bakkie is the diminutiveBTW EC interesting to see how quickly 'embedded' becomes an...
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That's why we here, love English. We don't have to have our new words voted on by some language academy somewhere. Do any languages besides French & Spanish have a legislative group? If so, how do...
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Try this site, doc. It has the article you mention in its entirety, and you're right, it's a fascinating story.
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aldi-thank you. Columbus, explorer? No, you are the internet explorer-I knew you'd find the article. Now your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is the story of "B" sides. But, the story may...
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Tough one, doc, which hasn't yielded to first tentative probings with google (although now I know there's a radio station and a group with the name!). Still, I like a challenge!
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aldi- good man! There's got to be something. Not surprising, when you consider Stallone's Rocky was rejected by many, as was Spielberg's ET.
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