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Rob Jonker
2005-05-30 22:52:43 UTC
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Hi,

I'm puzzled about the song Jackie Wilson Said by Dexys Midnight Runners. I
know it should be Reed Petite but that's not what I hear. Anyone with better
ears?

Thanks in advance,

Rob
Tiny Dancer
2005-05-31 00:39:54 UTC
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Post by Rob Jonker
I'm puzzled about the song Jackie Wilson Said by Dexys Midnight Runners. I
know it should be Reed Petite but that's not what I hear. Anyone with better
ears?
Thanks in advance,
Rob, it's "Reet Petite", which is a homage to Jackie Wilson's first
hit back in 1957 called "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want
To Know)". You learn something new every day, eh? :-)

Cheers,

TD

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Phaethon
2005-05-31 02:53:26 UTC
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 00:52:43 +0200, "Rob Jonker"
Post by Rob Jonker
Hi,
I'm puzzled about the song Jackie Wilson Said by Dexys Midnight Runners. I
know it should be Reed Petite but that's not what I hear. Anyone with better
ears?
According to songfacts.com:
"The title comes from a Louis Jordan movie with an all-black cast called
""Reet, Petite, and Gone""."

You're on your own to figure out where that came from.
Post by Rob Jonker
Thanks in advance,
Rob
Phaethon
2005-05-31 03:04:59 UTC
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 02:53:26 GMT, Phaethon <***@3.am> babbled
on and on about
Post by Phaethon
On Tue, 31 May 2005 00:52:43 +0200, "Rob Jonker"
Post by Rob Jonker
Hi,
I'm puzzled about the song Jackie Wilson Said by Dexys Midnight Runners. I
know it should be Reed Petite but that's not what I hear. Anyone with better
ears?
"The title comes from a Louis Jordan movie with an all-black cast called
""Reet, Petite, and Gone""."
The same site says that "reet" is British slang for righteous.
Post by Phaethon
You're on your own to figure out where that came from.
Post by Rob Jonker
Thanks in advance,
Rob
Jasper
2005-05-31 10:00:45 UTC
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Post by Phaethon
The same site says that "reet" is British slang for righteous.
It is actually a Yorkshire colloquial version of the word "right" used
to mean "very".
Bunty :}
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Jasper Brown
Mark Rae
2005-05-31 10:41:39 UTC
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Post by Jasper
Post by Phaethon
The same site says that "reet" is British slang for righteous.
It is actually a Yorkshire colloquial version of the word "right" used
to mean "very".
Indeed so. A little further North it becomes "geet" as in "geet big hoose"
(very big house).

Strange, though, that the songwriters (Berry Gordy and Tyran Carlo) should
be employing Yorkshire dialect - I've always though that it just "sounded
good" rather than had any real meaning, a bit like "Da Doo Ron Ron"...
Phaethon
2005-05-31 20:51:35 UTC
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 10:41:39 GMT, "Mark Rae"
Post by Mark Rae
Post by Jasper
Post by Phaethon
The same site says that "reet" is British slang for righteous.
It is actually a Yorkshire colloquial version of the word "right" used
to mean "very".
Indeed so. A little further North it becomes "geet" as in "geet big hoose"
(very big house).
You Brits tawk funny.
Do you have any on-line resourses on dialects and colloquialisms?
Here in New Jersey there is no dialect, it's everyone else don't tawk
right.
Post by Mark Rae
Strange, though, that the songwriters (Berry Gordy and Tyran Carlo) should
be employing Yorkshire dialect - I've always though that it just "sounded
good" rather than had any real meaning, a bit like "Da Doo Ron Ron"...
Mark Rae
2005-05-31 22:11:43 UTC
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Post by Phaethon
Do you have any on-line resourses on dialects and colloquialisms?
Not personally...
Jasper
2005-05-31 19:33:54 UTC
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Post by Mark Rae
Post by Jasper
Post by Phaethon
The same site says that "reet" is British slang for righteous.
It is actually a Yorkshire colloquial version of the word "right" used
to mean "very".
Indeed so. A little further North it becomes "geet" as in "geet big hoose"
(very big house).
Strange, though, that the songwriters (Berry Gordy and Tyran Carlo) should
be employing Yorkshire dialect - I've always though that it just "sounded
good" rather than had any real meaning, a bit like "Da Doo Ron Ron"...
I have always thought that the songwriters intended the title as
whimsical humour - mixing the down to earth of the North with French.
Bunty :}
--
Jasper Brown
Rob Jonker
2005-05-31 06:34:33 UTC
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Thank you all

Rob
Post by Rob Jonker
Hi,
I'm puzzled about the song Jackie Wilson Said by Dexys Midnight Runners. I
know it should be Reed Petite but that's not what I hear. Anyone with better
ears?
Thanks in advance,
Rob
Madrigo Padrigo
2005-06-02 11:36:39 UTC
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Jackie Wilson Said is actually a van morrison song! Reet!!!

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