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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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GET DOWN

Hi,
I don't uderstand these expressions I have found reading Miles's Autobiography and about the music he likes:
'But I like raw shit, live, raunchy, GET DOWN, GET BACK IN THE ALLEY shit, ...'

Someone ready to help me?

thanks in advance, jo.
  

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low down, 'dirty' The idea with all these slangy adjectives is "unrefined", "not compatible with polite society", with overtones and undertones of frankly expressed sexual energy. The idea is to get down to the very basics of life, descend to the most primitive of desires and emotions. CJ

  • low down, 'dirty' The idea with all these slangy adjectives is "unrefined", "not compatible with polite society", with overtones and undertones of frankly expressed sexual energy.
  • The idea is to get down to the very basics of life, descend to the most primitive of desires and emotions.
  • CJ
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low down, 'dirty'

The idea with all these slangy adjectives is "unrefined", "not compatible with polite society", with overtones and undertones of frankly expressed sexual energy.

The idea is to get down to the very basics of life, descend to the most primitive of desires and emotions.

CJ

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