Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
missing some wacked out vocals
English answer:
to whack out / belt out
Added to glossary by
Shirley Fan
Oct 19, 2007 07:26
16 yrs ago
English term
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missing some wacked out vocals
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Untitled I has most of it down to a formula, it's just missing some wacked out vocals and/or audio samples and you could probably interchange the two bands pretty readily.
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| 3 +1 | to whack out / belt out |
jerrie
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| 4 +3 | crazy or inintellible lyrics |
kmtext
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| 5 | missing some (good) supporting vocals |
juvera
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to whack out / belt out
Maybe it means vocals that are whacked out / belted out - gutsy, strong, powerful
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-19 10:08:33 GMT)
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“The songs aren’t simply ticked off one after the other, they flow smoothly into one another and each change hands over the lead to another singer. Not a single modulation is belted out with less than pinpoint accuracy.” -- Märkische Allgemeine
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-19 10:08:33 GMT)
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“The songs aren’t simply ticked off one after the other, they flow smoothly into one another and each change hands over the lead to another singer. Not a single modulation is belted out with less than pinpoint accuracy.” -- Märkische Allgemeine
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Peer comment(s):
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NancyLynn
: this is what I thought when I read the question, though kmtext's interpretation could be correct, depending on the band they're discussing
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+3
10 mins
crazy or inintellible lyrics
Vocals just means the lyrics as sung, so the lead singer here is probably difficult to understand or the lyrics themselves don't make much sense. If it's a thrash metal band, there's probably a lot of distortion to the vocal track due to overamplification.
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-19 07:37:13 GMT)
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sorry, should have read unintelligible lyrics! My fingers are dyslexic this morning.
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Note added at 13 mins (2007-10-19 07:39:26 GMT)
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The impression I get of Untitled I is that it's instrumental, so it doesn't have a vocal track. The writer's saying that if it did have one, it would be very similar to the music of the other band (s)he is comparing them to.
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-19 07:37:13 GMT)
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sorry, should have read unintelligible lyrics! My fingers are dyslexic this morning.
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Note added at 13 mins (2007-10-19 07:39:26 GMT)
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The impression I get of Untitled I is that it's instrumental, so it doesn't have a vocal track. The writer's saying that if it did have one, it would be very similar to the music of the other band (s)he is comparing them to.
Peer comment(s):
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Ken Cox
: yep -- and 'it's just missing' means 'the only thing that it lacks'\\'mixing' wouldn't make sense here
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Mòran taing.
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Dylan Edwards
: Just add some wacked out (crazy) lyrics and it would sound pretty much like the other band. /... it should be remembered the word is "vocals", so I imagine it's not just the words themselves, but they way they're sung.
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NancyLynn
: could be correct too, along with what Dylan observed; the name of the band would be a good clue, I think
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2 hrs
missing some (good) supporting vocals
Whack it out / wack it out - to defend or support successfully; early 20th century slang, says my excellent slang dictionary, and actually shows the spelling both ways.
It fits very well in the context, and musicians like to use expressions harking back to the first half of the nineteen hundreds.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-19 09:46:40 GMT)
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If these supporting vocals were there, you could interchange the two bands, they would be equals.
It fits very well in the context, and musicians like to use expressions harking back to the first half of the nineteen hundreds.
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If these supporting vocals were there, you could interchange the two bands, they would be equals.
Peer comment(s):
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Dylan Edwards
: Agree with your added note, but you're looking at slang of the wrong period. "w(h)acked out" means "under the influence of drugs" (Oxford Dictionary) and hence generally crazy.
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Old slang has a habit of surviving in certain circles, as I explained earlier.
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NancyLynn
: whacked out in modern American English has a different meaning
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