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词汇 doo-wop
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Definition of doo-wop in English:

doo-wop

noun ˈduːwɒpˈdo͞owäp
mass noun
  • A style of popular music marked by the use of close harmony vocals using nonsense phrases, originating in the US in the 1950s.

    杜沃普(指一种流行音乐,其特点是用密集和声演唱无意义的乐句,20世纪50年代起源于美国)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dance, jazz, be-bop, 50s doo-wop, and standard jangle-pop all get thrown into the mix at varying points, while remaining inimitably in the thrall of their particular brand of noise.
    • Pop has always done this kind of thing - check back to the first half of the 60s when doo-wop, Motown and girl-groups turned the charts into a tub of sudsy glory.
    • The band combines doo-wop with slacker rock for a truly unique recording.
    • It's not as ambient but it still crosses many similar paths, from film score to a simple song with a whole bunch of twists in the middle, ranging from free jazz to good old doo-wop.
    • The song is a snappy blend of doo-wop, ska and rhythm and blues, with an uptempo dance-beat.
    • Jump blues, country, gospel, western swing and pop - forget stereotypes, primal rock was more than just doo-wop and rockabilly.
    • From barbershop quartets to gospel close-harmony groups to doo-wop to the kooky a cappella experiments, vocals-only pop music has a long history.
    • He had worked his way through the music business from doo-wop to folk, and saw the changing tides.
    • This is the high peak of their doo-wop, with tricky little rhythms on the falsetto lead line and some extremely beautiful lyrics that seem to go beyond high school puppy love into something more universal.
    • Taking on rock, jazz, blues, avant-garde, classical, doo-wop and all the other styles he incorporated in his compositions, they take it all in their stride and play just how he would have liked it.
    • The whole album was explained as being both a tribute and a satire of doo-wop, the culmination of his live-hate relationship with it.
    • His music ranges from boogie blues and doo-wop to jazz fusion.
    • These audio jump cuts and sudden changes in ambience were also reflected in the music, as doo-wop, pop songs, political commentary, fuzz guitar rock and cocktail jazz all piled up on each other.
    • Like a streetcorner serenade, it's got all the oooh's, aaah's, handclaps and snaps of classic doo-wop, and yet it somehow remains brilliantly, unwaveringly faithful to the original.
    • Their jazz and doo-wop strains were definitely blurred in the translation of their recorded sound to the stage, and their robotic elements almost completely absent, which rubbed some fans the wrong way.
    • More theatrical tricks and styles - the yodel, the spoken interlude, the intricate harmonies of doo-wop - fell away as the decade progressed.
    • Yet the music they played, fuzzed garage punk that lifted liberally from such diverse strands as doo-wop, vaudeville, blues and sugary teen pop, absolutely refused to take any prisoners.
    • Real people, not models, danced dopey and devil-may-care in real, dirty streets and futzed over relationships, all intercut with name and no-name musicians singing original tunes-blues, doo-wop, rock, country.
    • The songs do have some vocal basslines, nonsense syllables, and a cappella passages, but the harmonies rarely evoke '50s or early '60s doo-wop.
    • Jump music, gospel, R & B, doo-wop, bebop, uptown soul, and the US response to the British invasion are all heavily featured.

Derivatives

  • doo-wopper

  • noun
    • The only confusing aspect of this version of the play was trying to establish early on what part the doo-woppers played in the production.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I eschewed the doo-woppers for the blues and rockabilly types.
      • This album is out of print as the doo-woppers are currently in the studio getting ready to release a new album.
      • It wasn't just the doo-woppers who padded or enriched their repertoire with pop oldies.
      • I certainly don't mean to imply that the doo-woppers don't have problems that need solving, but shouldn't these other items be of some importance and demand equally prompt attention?

Origin

1950s: imitative.

Definition of doo-wop in US English:

doo-wop

nounˈdo͞owäp
  • A style of pop music marked by the use of close harmony vocals using nonsense phrases, originating in the US in the 1950s.

    杜沃普(指一种流行音乐,其特点是用密集和声演唱无意义的乐句,20世纪50年代起源于美国)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Jump blues, country, gospel, western swing and pop - forget stereotypes, primal rock was more than just doo-wop and rockabilly.
    • Dance, jazz, be-bop, 50s doo-wop, and standard jangle-pop all get thrown into the mix at varying points, while remaining inimitably in the thrall of their particular brand of noise.
    • The whole album was explained as being both a tribute and a satire of doo-wop, the culmination of his live-hate relationship with it.
    • Taking on rock, jazz, blues, avant-garde, classical, doo-wop and all the other styles he incorporated in his compositions, they take it all in their stride and play just how he would have liked it.
    • Jump music, gospel, R & B, doo-wop, bebop, uptown soul, and the US response to the British invasion are all heavily featured.
    • Real people, not models, danced dopey and devil-may-care in real, dirty streets and futzed over relationships, all intercut with name and no-name musicians singing original tunes-blues, doo-wop, rock, country.
    • He had worked his way through the music business from doo-wop to folk, and saw the changing tides.
    • These audio jump cuts and sudden changes in ambience were also reflected in the music, as doo-wop, pop songs, political commentary, fuzz guitar rock and cocktail jazz all piled up on each other.
    • The band combines doo-wop with slacker rock for a truly unique recording.
    • Like a streetcorner serenade, it's got all the oooh's, aaah's, handclaps and snaps of classic doo-wop, and yet it somehow remains brilliantly, unwaveringly faithful to the original.
    • The songs do have some vocal basslines, nonsense syllables, and a cappella passages, but the harmonies rarely evoke '50s or early '60s doo-wop.
    • From barbershop quartets to gospel close-harmony groups to doo-wop to the kooky a cappella experiments, vocals-only pop music has a long history.
    • Pop has always done this kind of thing - check back to the first half of the 60s when doo-wop, Motown and girl-groups turned the charts into a tub of sudsy glory.
    • More theatrical tricks and styles - the yodel, the spoken interlude, the intricate harmonies of doo-wop - fell away as the decade progressed.
    • Yet the music they played, fuzzed garage punk that lifted liberally from such diverse strands as doo-wop, vaudeville, blues and sugary teen pop, absolutely refused to take any prisoners.
    • It's not as ambient but it still crosses many similar paths, from film score to a simple song with a whole bunch of twists in the middle, ranging from free jazz to good old doo-wop.
    • His music ranges from boogie blues and doo-wop to jazz fusion.
    • This is the high peak of their doo-wop, with tricky little rhythms on the falsetto lead line and some extremely beautiful lyrics that seem to go beyond high school puppy love into something more universal.
    • Their jazz and doo-wop strains were definitely blurred in the translation of their recorded sound to the stage, and their robotic elements almost completely absent, which rubbed some fans the wrong way.
    • The song is a snappy blend of doo-wop, ska and rhythm and blues, with an uptempo dance-beat.

Origin

1950s: imitative.

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