Elvis '..had me crushing as a child '

[johnfoyle]

Is this some kind of 'dudespeak' with which I'm not conversant?


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Thursday, November 2, 2006

'My Aim is True' vs. 'First Band on the Moon'

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[MOJO]

Dudespeak - I don't think so... They're based in the middle of Florida with no wave action happening there.

You can learn everything you ever wanted to know about dudespeak here:

Dude
Scott F. Kiesling
Department of Linguistics
University of Pittsburgh

- Excerpt -
The recent history of dude provides insight into its indexicalities as well as its rise in use in the United States. The discussion that follows is based on Hill’s (1994) history of the term to the recent past (until approximately the 1980s). Dudes were originally old rags, and a dudesman a scarecrow. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, "dude became synonymous with dandy a term used to designate a sharp dresser in the western territories [of the United States]" (321).

http://www.pitt.edu/~kiesling/dude/dude.pdf

[Neil.]

Argh! I hate it when people recommend My Aim Is True as a starting point from getting into Elvis. It's quite a weak album in retrospect. Though I can see why the lyrics were refreshing at the time, the music and arrangements are pretty basic and just not exhilarating in the way the Attractions stuff is.

[Extreme Honey]

agreed Neil...people should recommend newer albums by him, I think they're easier to get into. The older albums just sound older and most people prefer hearing modern stuff and making their way down. well at least I do...

I wouldn't recommend RIR because it's not very Elvis, but maybe something like WIWC or North.