Stop Motion 5 by Caroline

Stop motion animation.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Stop motion
• stop motion animation
• creative

[jkeyes1000]

Have I grooved Caroline today? Yes, I certainly have! I've been busy lately, moving my stuff into an apartment, but I'm back--with my computer all set up and ready to comment on your mind-blowing videos. Who taught you that phrase--"Have you grooved..."? Your father? We old folks used to talk like that when we were 'hip' and 'cool' (which latter attitude we invented--by the way). The groove referred originally to the vinyl record, and consequently to the experience of serenely enjoying it.

[TransexualTriumphs]

@jkeyes1000 I can't say any particular person "taught me" it. I mean, I've heard the phrase "groovy" and was just playing off of that. Did people say groovy as grooved? I love changing the tenses of words, in my poetry, making nouns serve as verbs etc. . .

[jkeyes1000]

@TransexualTriumphs If I'm not mistaken--the term 'groovy' was coined in the early sixties by radio disc jockeys, and soon adopted by musicians and long-haired 'hippies' like me (see photograph). By the seventies, the verb 'to groove' had become common amongst R&B singers--as in "groove to the beat", etc. One might well have said "grooving (or "grooving to") Caroline". Shortly thereafter, it fell to neglect, as Disco Music rendered its meaning absolutely useless.

[TransexualTriumphs]

@jkeyes1000 why did Disco music render the groove phrase useless? ?

[FRANKHIP]

very cool

[jkeyes1000]

@TransexualTriumphs Well--I suppose there were some people who actually liked Disco (athough I question their judgemental faculties whilst attempting to ecsape the dull reality of Easy Listening by loading up on drugs and alcohol to the point of unconsciousness). My implication was that that Disco was uninspired and uninspiring and therefore not groovy. But it was a huge commercial success. Creativity was down for the count...1977, 1978, 1979....