Dave da Dude Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Like the "Oy" in the beginning of "TNT" by AC/DC. How is it spelled? What does it mean? Dave the Dumbfounded Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 ever heard that aussie sports chant? at the top of your lungs... "aussie, aussie, aussie- oi, oi, oi" used to be a penal colony you know -funk the also dumbfounded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 ..the Aussie Energizer Guy (before the bunny) (showing my age again) Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND DUST Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Originally posted by Dave th Dude: Like the "Oy" in the beginning of "TNT" by AC/DC. How is it spelled? What does it mean? Dave the Dumbfounded When my daughter was about 2, I used to have that cd in my car all the time. She thought they were saing; PIE PIE PIE. So whenever we went for a drive she would ask to hear the pie song. http://b-cordova.dmusic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batterypowered Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I always thought 'Oi!' was like 'Hey! You there!' As opposed to 'Oy', which is Yiddish, as in 'Oy veh...' Also seen used by many punks, and those in the 'Oi' genre. twoblock.net batterypowered.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 "Hel-LO, it was an OY-spa, that's O-I-Y-E, OIYE-SPA!!" Hey, my friend's kid calls an old Devo Tune ("Peek-a-Boo") "the GHOST song"! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldil Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Originally posted by guitar geezer: ..the Aussie Energizer Guy (before the bunny) (showing my age again)Wasn't his name Jacko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimEm Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I always thought it was "Oi!" as in the punk "Oi! Oi! Oi!" Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teahead Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 The phrase "Oi!" as I believe it to be spelled, can also be heard on the title track of the Blur album "Parklife." Pedal Clips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Originally posted by Teahead: The phrase "Oi!" as I believe it to be spelled, can also be heard on the title track of the Blur album "Parklife." That's a great CD, isn't it? BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teahead Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 You're right blue, it is! Graham Coxon is an excellent guitar player too. I prefer the songs on "The Great Escape" but Parklife was a great album indeed. Pedal Clips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 funkjazz, ever heard that aussie sports chant? I kinda' thought that it was an aussie sports chant of some kind, but does anybody have anything more definitive? Thread returned to the highjackers Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted January 16, 2004 Author Share Posted January 16, 2004 Where are our Aussie friends? Try saying that fast three times in a row Com' on! Does anyone know the real answer? Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Killer Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 There's a type of punk/ska called "Oi." A few years ago, there was a controversy about it. Some people thought it was "Oy" and that it was some kind of anti-Semitic slur. Fuckin' morons. MEGATRON FOR PRESIDENT http://grannysghost.com/megatronLap.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teahead Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 I'm not sure that it's a specific Australian chant, although phonetically it sounds that way. I spent my youth in England, and I heard many cries of "Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, Oi, Oi, Oi!" during my childhood! Usually as a rally cry in the school playground to start a game of something or other, or even occasionally at soccer matches. Another guess is that it's a cricket chant, originating from the "Ashes" series between England and Australia. I've no idea where they got it from but I doubt it's related to Mr. Osbourne, regardless of how I spelled it! Pedal Clips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted January 17, 2004 Author Share Posted January 17, 2004 Teahead, Thanks for the info. Sounds 'bout right to me, but I'm just a dumb Yank Dave Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John O. Lennon Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 It's always hard to define spellings of words that come from other languages, especially those that have completely different alphabets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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