Word: whoops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...music sounds like nobody else's: short, choppy phrases, thorny melodies that blossom abruptly and are suddenly plucked away, trumpets and trombones that whoop with glee, orchestration that seems all top and bottom with a yawning gap in between...
...some impressions back home, the reception has been relatively cordial. But newspapers and government officials have bristled over the pace of Rockefeller's mission, which whipped his party through seven countries in eight days, with as little as four hours in one capital. Besides, anti-American demonstrators whoop it up whenever the party hits town. In Tegucigalpa, Honduras, a university student was killed by the police, who say a patrolman's gun went off when he fell with his finger on the trigger. Immediately after the shooting, Rockefeller took to the streets, smiling and shaking hands with crowds...
Tourists walked along the sidewalk, clicking their cameras and trying to stay clear of the mass of dancing bodies and umbrellas swinging in the street. The number ended in a powerful discord of shrill brass notes, and the crowd let out a great "Whoop!" We continued marching to the beat of the snare drum...
...like a convict. They scouted the top floor and finally found an escape route. They brought me down on a freight elevator, then walked me through the kitchen to my limousine. But just as I got through the kitchen, some maid spotted me and let out a whoop. I ducked and hid my face. The last thing I wanted was for someone to start applauding then. But she'd recognized me, and damn if the whole place didn't start clapping...
...together and romp all over the place for about 75 minutes. The Beatles did this in Hard Day's Night; Annette Funicello and cohorts had their fun in Beach Party; and now Tiny Tim, the hippies and some plain old hipsters (e.g., Malcolm Boyd) get their chance to whoop it up in You Are What...