OK, I admit to a personal viewpoint about this. "Hang you up the
most" sounds dated and awkward to my ears, and I wouldn't have used
it when it was current slang (in my college years, or something like
that). Now, using current internet jargon, I say, "YMMV." :-)
Chuck
On Jul 17, 2005, at 11:24 AM, Joel Sears wrote:
I don't get it, what's the hang up with that song title?
The other day, I was in a conversation with a group at work. I said
"wouldn't be neat if we could... A twenty something coworker asked
" did you say neat? To which I answered "totally."
JS
On Jul 17, 2005, at 11:42 AM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Using slang often has drawbacks. You can identify yourself as in
a momentarily "in" group, only to find your expression hopelessly
out of date in a short time. None of this is news to most of you,
but it strikes me as most unfortunate that the otherwise
beautiful, lyrically and musically literate, Fran Landesman/Tommy
Wolf song, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," is rendered a
period piece because of its title line, which only appears after
all the rest of the sensitive, sophisticated, and expressive song,
lyrics and all, have made a different and more durable
impression. There's a lesson there.
Chuck
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