Monday, Feb. 12, 1973
Of Freaks, Indies and Bubble Gum
WHETHER tuning up a pitch in the studio or making one at a sales meeting, any would-be operator in the pop record business must know the lingo. A brief primer:
ARTIST--Any performer, of whatever ability.
BOOGIE--To relax, kid around, do one's thing, take it easy.
BOP--To drink, smoke, pop pills, goof off or otherwise have a good time.
BREAK or BREAK OUT--To become a hit.
BUBBLE GUM--Rock for the preteeny-bopper set; the lowest common denominator in pop music.
DO ME A SOLID--Do me a favor.
FREAK--A rock performer with an attention-getting mannerism or physical handicap (e.g., albino Blues-Rocker Johnny Winter).
HYPE--False or exaggerated claims about a performer or record. GOOD HYPE --Promotion or advertising that is, astoundingly enough, true.
INDIE--Independent producer or record company.
MONSTER--A superhit; also, the creator of a superhit.
ON THE FARM--Woodshedding, or getting it all together; harks back to the not-so-distant days when rockers rented farms to do everything but farm on.
OUTRAGEOUS--Great.
PRODUCT--Records, as in "He puts out a lot of product."
RELEVANT--The kids will buy it.
STIFF--A record that does not sell.
STREET--The marketplace; also, the latest industry rumors, as in "The street says..."
TRIP--A cat's bag, style, anything he's got going down.
TURNTABLE HIT--A record that gets air play but does not sell.
UP FRONT--Having top priority.
WHIPPED--Drunk.
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