| 释义 |
rootsy, a.|ˈruːtsɪ|
[f. *root n.1 (see sense 23 b) + -y1.]
Of music: of a rudimentary, uncommercialized kind; full-blooded; authentic; so, in generalized use, traditional, ethnic, homespun.
1976Sounds 11 Dec., The flip is ‘Love Is The Drug’..Jacob's anti-drug song, a rootsier sound with Horsemouth's militant drumming going snap-crackle-pop-snap. 1977Westindian World 3–9 June 13/3 Although this album is much more rootsy than the last, it is still very much in the ebb and flow of the ‘international reggae’ stream. 1982Face May 11/2 Alison places an ad in the local paper for a ‘rootsy blues band’. 1986Los Angeles Times 21 May vi. 2/5 I'm not here to put any new innovations on you... I'm still using things that are already there: the basic American rootsy sound with country and blues and so forth. 1986Sunday Express Mag. 14 Sept. 54/1 Yoakam..is..a musician with a mission. His object? To bring the rootsy heartland sounds of Appalachian song back into the mainstream. 1988Skateboard! July 6/2 We want ten o'clock to seven o'clock drops, full tuck eleven o'clock roll-backs, and all that rootsy pipeyness not shown in Wheels of Fire. |