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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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SWAMPED UP
Hello,
I would like to know the exact meaning of this "swamp up" here:
'Danny (the producer on the record) didn't have to SWAMP the song UP too much, it was already swamped up pretty good when it came to him'
Thanks in advance, Jo.
I would like to know the exact meaning of this "swamp up" here:
'Danny (the producer on the record) didn't have to SWAMP the song UP too much, it was already swamped up pretty good when it came to him'
Thanks in advance, Jo.
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Hi, 'Danny (the producer on the record) didn't have to SWAMP the song UP too much, it was already swamped up pretty good when it came to him' Here's what I think. This is a reference to American Cajun music, which is sometimes said to have a "swampy" sound because the Cajun area of New Orleans has a lot of swamps. The sentence means that the music already sounded very Cajun, so the producer did not have to add much more of the Cajun sound to it.
- Hi, 'Danny (the producer on the record) didn't have to SWAMP the song UP too much, it was already swamped up pretty good when it came to him' Here's what I think.
- This is a reference to American Cajun music, which is sometimes said to have a "swampy" sound because the Cajun area of New Orleans has a lot of swamps.
- The sentence means that the music already sounded very Cajun, so the producer did not have to add much more of the Cajun sound to it.
- A phrase like 'to swamp up' is uncommon, non-standard and slang-y English.
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
'Danny (the producer on the record) didn't have to SWAMP the song UP too much, it was already swamped up pretty good when it came to him'
Here's what I think.
This is a reference to American Cajun music, which is sometimes said to have a "swampy" sound because the Cajun area of New Orlea
'Danny (the producer on the record) didn't have to SWAMP the song UP too much, it was already swamped up pretty good when it came to him'
Here's what I think.
This is a reference to American Cajun music, which is sometimes said to have a "swampy" sound because the Cajun area of New Orlea
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Not sure, but this is the context, for others:
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Chronicles: Volume One, By Bob Dylan
Ambiguity and mystery, so potent here, have long been key to Dylan's mojo.
"Chronicles" stresses Dylan's life in New York in the early '60s and
highlights "New Morning," a 1970 album, and "Oh Mercy," a 1989 disk
that Daniel Lanois produced.
It touches w
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Chronicles: Volume One, By Bob Dylan
Ambiguity and mystery, so potent here, have long been key to Dylan's mojo.
"Chronicles" stresses Dylan's life in New York in the early '60s and
highlights "New Morning," a 1970 album, and "Oh Mercy," a 1989 disk
that Daniel Lanois produced.
It touches w
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The reason it means "clean up" or "clear out" is because it is something that a "swamper" does. See definition 2.a. in the American Heritage Dictionary link here:
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