On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Blipvert wrote:
quoted 1 line I don't know why I am contibuting to this thread but here goes.> I don't know why I am contibuting to this thread but here goes.
neither do I; you shouldn't have(see below comments)
quoted 19 lines One person already pointed out to the list that "the bomb" was an expression>
> One person already pointed out to the list that "the bomb" was an expression
> used by P-Funk. It was actually a common term or expression used in funk with
> various uses or meanings. Sort of like "tear the roof of the sucker" or
> "let the mother-fucker burn". I guess in a simplified sense it would mean that
> things are so right that they can't go wromng or that the speaker is too strong
> or too content with who s/he is to let any difficulties get in the way of life
> or the freedom of expression. In a more abstract sense, it is the re-structuring
> of a language born of a culture or underground for the purpose of empowering
> the speaker with the destruction and post-strucur(alism) of a language used
> formerly as a control device by the speakers opressors. The paradoxical double
> meaning of the slang in the simplest sense confuses the opressors and in a larger
> sense becomes a language or code unfamiliar to the opressors and is thereby used
> as a weapon against the originators of the bulding blocks of said language. It
> is beautifuly sublime and should not be perceived as a substitute for an expressive
> vocabulary or as evidence of poor skills of criticism (as was suggested in the
> original post regarding this subject) nor should it be mistaken as having roots
> in any sub-genre of house music.
>
right, this is totally unnecessary. I was referring to a seperate
incident that had absolutely NOTHING to do with the origins of the "bomb"
phrase (p-funk/gap band/whatever). Thanks for the esoteric language, and
the superfluous dialogue.