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what is a bo' selecta?

 
 
Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2003 08:53 am
I really need to know.

stasia
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2003 09:01 am
I didn't know either. But here is a clue!

http://members.lycos.co.uk/boneathome/BoSelecta.htm
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mac11
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2003 09:04 am
anastasia - It appears that it is a series on British television.
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anastasia
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2003 09:05 am
<giggles>

thanks - I did the web search and came up with nothing. nothing nothing nothing (helpful).

I even came up with some quiz question: who coined the term bo selecta" but the answer wasn't posted.

<giggles> I was haunting the board to see what the response rate is - NIMH said you get one response for every 10 or so views ... heheheh ... lessee.

stasia
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anastasia
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2003 09:08 am
heheheh ..

I can be more specific:

from the craig david/artful dodger track "re-rewind":

3, 3, 1
when the crowd say
bo' selecta

heheheheheh
I think I'd need a slang dictionary
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Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2003 01:04 pm
nimh is right on the ratio. It's approximate but 10:1 is about correct.

This can change with pagination settings.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2003 01:32 pm
Found this:

Quote:
bo means like hi or 'respect' and 'selecta' is like the dj = music selector


http://www.radiomute.com/t1872.html
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sozobe
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2003 01:33 pm
And this, which makes more sense:

Quote:
The song is called 'Boom Selection', what does that actually mean?
It's an old reggae term, which means, 'at this moment a very good tune is playing'. It came from the dancehall scene - the MC would say it over a mix.

What does Bo! mean?
Same thing.


http://www.ministryofsound.com/music/tunes/features/geniuscru/
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nimh
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 04:51 pm
anastasia says thank you, sozobe! that makes total sense. first time i heard it was on dancehall tracks, "bo, selecta" - so its like, egging the dj on, or, if its the mc rapping over the mix, kinda backing him up. cool.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 04:54 pm
You're welcome!
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littlek
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 05:25 pm
Hey, there's Anastasia!
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nimh
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 05:27 pm
yep, she's right here, actually, just woke up. musta been all the talk of dancehall ;-)
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anastasia
 
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Reply Thu 15 May, 2003 04:57 am
<g> thanks sozobe - I meant to get back here and never did. that was really cool of you.

did you know you're living NIMH's dreamlife? Mine, too - we're gonna start WWIII over who gets to stay home with the babies. <giggles>

actually, we decided whoever saves up first ... so that would be HIM, except *I* spend all his money! (that's my strategy)

<waves to little k> hiya!!!!

<waves to nihm, just 'cause>
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anastasia
 
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Reply Thu 15 May, 2003 04:58 am
"no it's habibi me"?
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james1302
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 04:40 pm

I am English and live in England. I watch Bo Selecta! every week (fridays, channel 4, 11:15) It is basically avid merrion doing lots of sketches in rubber masks pretending to be celebrities.It is soooo funny. Avid is obsessed with celebrities whenever he does an interview he brings them a gift (eg he brought Jonathan "wossy" Ross a model of them two having sex.) Avid also declares his passionate love for a celebrity when he meets them he also says what he wants to do with them. Apart from the masks he has a sketch called bedtime with the bear, which is very funny as he has a quick interview with a celeb. He also goes to film premieres or promotional record signings and gives weird presents to celebs. On yesterdays show he went to a one day music festival, where one of the female members of a band angrily told him to stop waiting outside her house, Avid replied "But I want to make love to you" the one of the male members repeatedly shouted "**** Off" Avid was kicked out. Avid is Romanian (Transylvania) and wears a neck brace and whenever someone says "how did you get that brace?" he makes up a story of how a celebrity attacked him. Once one of the big brother housemates went to the diary room and started impersonating Avid saying, "I want to see you ****" and "Is that possible, No?" the next day big brother gave him a warning for sexually harrasing big brother.

Hope I've helped.

go to www.channel4.com then search Bo Selecta for more info.
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james1302
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 04:44 pm
Actually the song isn't called 'Boom Selecta' its not even 'Bo Selecta' it's 'Rewind'

The Chorus is this line repeated:

Re-e-wind when the crowd say Bo Selecta!
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anastasia
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 07:50 am
I thought it was called re-re-wind?

thanks for the info! I had found some info on that television program already - was wondering about the origins of the term.

<giggles> It does sound like an interesting show.

stasia
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 08:03 am
anastasia wrote:
It does sound like an interesting show.

stasia


Yes, there some, who like that :wink:




james1302

Welcome to A2K! Enjoy it!
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penelope
 
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Reply Tue 22 Jul, 2003 10:20 am
Bo' Selecta is well funny. I watch it every Friday aswell. Avid is a crackpot, but still has me in stiches. I'm still not sure what exactly Bo Selecta means though, but when I do know is that when me boyfriend is up for it he texts me with the words Blow Selcta. Lol. Sorry, you didn't want to know that, did you?
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mac11
 
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Reply Tue 22 Jul, 2003 11:17 am
Welcome, penelope! Well, yes, that's kind of personal for a first post, but if you don't mind, I don't mind. Very Happy
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