Axeman (n) – Guitarist
Slash is regarded as one of the best axemen in the music business
Bangin’ (adj) – A term that describes that a song is of very good quality
That was a bangin‘ tune. Who was it?
Beatbox (n) – A drum machine
Nearly all of the new songs use beatboxes nowadays, don’t they? I still think I prefer
the real drum sound.
Belt out (vb) – Sing loudly
Gena and her friends like to belt out tunes at the karaoke every Friday night.
Bop (vb) – To dance
Look at Ethel bopping to The Beatles. You wouldn’t guess that’s she’s nearly 90.
Ear candy (n) – Melodic music
This tune is absolute ear candy. I could listen to it all day.
Earworm (n) – A tune that repeats in the mind
Be careful! Once you’ve listened to this
earworm, it will be in your head all day.
Funky (adj) – Rhythmic beat
Turn up the radio. I love this funky song.
Gig (n) – Concert performance
We are going to a gig later. Would you like to come?
Groove (vb) - To like or enjoy music enthusiastically, to dance
I love to groove along to this music. It makes
me so happy.
Grower (n) – A song which isn’t necessarily great on the first listen, but better when
subsequently listened to
It may not sound great at the moment, but after a few listens I’m sure it will really
like it. It’s a grower.
Head-banging (n) - Violent shaking of one’s head while listening to rock music
Did you see the fans with long hair at the front head-banging? I think so. All I could
see was hair.
Hook (n) - A catchy chorus or a repeated instrumental passage in a piece of popular music
The best part of this song is the hook. It gets me every time.
Hype (n) - Extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion
There is a lot of hype in the media about
this band. Let’s hear if they are as good as everyone says they are.
Ill (adj) – Signifying the extremely good quality of a track
This song is so ill. I can’t believe how
great it is.
Ivories (n) – Keys of a piano
The way he tickles the ivories will leave you spellbounded.
Joanna (n) – Piano
She can play the drums, but she’s even better on the joanna.
Jock (n) - Disc Jockey
This jock plays all my favourite music. I love her show.
Mashup (n) – A blend of pre-recorded songs to create a new one
Listen to this. I’ve done a mashup of two
of the top songs.
Muso (n) - An aficionado of music
Leon is a real muso. He knows so much about all genres of music.
Noodlin’ (vb) – Play insignificantly
Sometimes they come up with new songs, just when they are noodlin’.
Pogo (vb) – Jump up and down on the spot
There was so little room at the front of the stage, the music fans could only pogo.
Roadie (n) - A person employed by a touring band of musicians to set up and maintain equipment
The roadies are the ones who do all of the
hard work, but are the lowest paid of the people on the stage.
Tight (adj) – All musicians playing in rhythm and precisely
The band members were really tight. It was
like listening to the CD.
I don’t normally like heavy metal, but that was a great gig.
They certainly belted out their top hits. All of the tunes were bangin’.
Did you see those fans head-banging at the front of the stage? I bet they’ve got sore
necks now.
Yes, totally mad.There was a lot of hype surrounding this band, which I think they lived up to.
They were really tight.
Listen to you sounding like a muso. You’ll be coming out with expressions like noodlin
and rider next.
What’s a rider? When a group plays at a venue, the band will
have a list of food and drink that they want to have in their dressing room.
As if these rockstars don’t earn enough money.
I read about one group, that wanted to have a joanna, so they could tinkle on the ivories,
before they went on stage.
Before they played to an audience for 2 hours? Crazy.
Yes. I really liked some of the new stuff they played. It sounded pretty funky.
It certainly got the crowd bopping. I even saw you pogoing a few times.
Legend has it that Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols did it so he could get a better view
of the stage. From that moment on, pogoing was invented.
I was surprised to hear a beatbox too. You don’t expect that for this genre of music.
No you don’t. Especially when you have to contend with a very loud axeman on stage with
you.
I’m glad they played their new single. It really is an earworm, particularly the hook.
I think I’ll be humming it all the way home.
I wasn’t sure about it at first, but it’s a real grower. A DJ has done a mashup of it,
with one of their older songs. I’m looking forward to hearing it.
Me too. I wouldn’t want to be a roadie. They had so much equipment on stage.
You are right. Anyway Judy, the night is still young. How about we go to the disco?
That’s a great idea. The jock there always plays ear candy we can groove to.
And we can tear it up on the dance floor. Let’s go!