Slang--origin of "ya yas"

[Tom S. Bair, Jr.]

Wasn't that phrase in an early rock-n-roll song?

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> Help! Does anyone know the origin (or real meaning) of the phrase "ya yas"
>(as in "Get your ya yas out," "getting the ya yas," etc.)? Please e-mail me
>if you can help me! Thanks!
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[Skitt]

Tom S. Bair, Jr. <tom...@teleport.com> wrote in message
news:OHhz2.37756$202.17...@news1.teleport.com...

>Wasn't that phrase in an early rock-n-roll song?

No, "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" was the title of a Rolling Stones album
recorded at their 1969 concert.
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[pet...@ms.com]

In article <7akbgf$pe...@svlss.lmms.lmco.com>,

It goes back farther.

Sittin' in La La (Los Angeles?)
Waitin' for my Ya Ya
Yeah

Sittin' in La La )
Waitin' for my Ya Ya
Yeah

It may seem funny
But I don't believe in money...

HTH
Pjk

[Tom S. Bair, Jr.]

pet...@ms.com wrote in message <7akif7$9aj$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...

>
>It goes back farther.
>
>Sittin' in La La (Los Angeles?)
>Waitin' for my Ya Ya
>Yeah
>
>Sittin' in La La )
>Waitin' for my Ya Ya
>Yeah
>
>It may seem funny
>But I don't believe in money...
>
>HTH
>Pjk

Oh yeah, that's it! I love that song, man. Still, what the hell is a ya-ya?

[Roger Whitehead]

In article <QSuz2.38583$202.18...@news1.teleport.com>, Jr. Tom S. Bair
wrote:

> Still, what the hell is a ya-ya?

A Sloane in complete agreement with someone?

Roger

[.Nisaba Merrieweather]

Hi there.

Sunshine wrote in message <7ajd09$7vo$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...

> Help! Does anyone know the origin (or real meaning) of the phrase "ya yas"
>(as in "Get your ya yas out," "getting the ya yas," etc.)?

It's a miss-spelling of "your arse".

"Your" signifies something that belongs to you, an arse is a sphincter that
fully digested food is expelled from the body through. Your bottom. Your
bum. Your arse.

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> Re: Slang--origin of "ya yas"
>
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>In article [11]<QSuz2.38583$202.18...@news1.teleport.com>, Jr. Tom S. Bair

>wrote:
>> Still, what the hell is a ya-ya?

It is German slang for "yes".

Rob Lieblich ancestors must say that a lot in Germany.

Ya-ya?

Bun Mui

[Rev. Karin Conover-Lewis]

Maybe it's just me, but I always took that line to mean that he was waiting
for his girlfriend. I'm unaware of any slang that equates "Ya-ya" with
"Girlfriend," but it does fit contextually. It's very common for nonsense
words to be used in pop music simply because they "fit," and that may well
have been the case in that particular song.
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Tom S. Bair, Jr. wrote in message ...

>Oh yeah, that's it! I love that song, man. Still, what the hell is a ya-ya?
>
>
>

[Barry Aitchison]

Bun Mui wrote:
> > Re: Slang--origin of "ya yas"

> It is German slang for "yes".
>
> Rob Lieblich ancestors must say that a lot in Germany.
>
> Ya-ya?
>
> Bun Mui

Oh, no! Not Bun Mui on Alt.Writing. Quick, the Mortein.

Anopheles

[pet...@ms.com]

In article <ufBz2.170$Qp3...@news.flash.net>,

"Rev. Karin Conover-Lewis" <revk...@spamkiller.flash.net> wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but I always took that line to mean that he was waiting
> for his girlfriend. I'm unaware of any slang that equates "Ya-ya" with
> "Girlfriend," but it does fit contextually. It's very common for nonsense
> words to be used in pop music simply because they "fit," and that may well
> have been the case in that particular song.
>

Me, too, but somewhere I got the impression that "ya ya" also referred
to drugs.

[bruce bowser]

On Saturday, February 20, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Rev. Karin Conover-Lewis wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but I always took that line to mean that he was waiting
> for his girlfriend. I'm unaware of any slang that equates "Ya-ya" with
> "Girlfriend," but it does fit contextually.

Its a guy thing. In the United States, if the girl looks hot and wearing seductive clothing
and walks by a construction site, you will probably hear "yeah yeah".

> It's very common for nonsense words to be used in pop music simply because they "fit," and that may well
> have been the case in that particular song.

Here in NY, a lot of people say "yas" in stead of "you people".

[Dingbat]

On Friday, February 19, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Skitt wrote:
> Tom S. Bair, Jr. <tom...@teleport.com> wrote...

> >Wasn't that phrase in an early rock-n-roll song?
> No, "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" was the title of a Rolling Stones album
> recorded at their 1969 concert.
> --

It's a dated New Orleans expression for casting out evil spirits.
The Stones could mean: Cast away your inhibitions and have a blast.

But they obviously borrowed it from Blind Boy Fuller's song title
spelt without the hyphen and apostrophe, as 'Get Yer Ya Yas Out',
as far as I recollect. It's too much trouble to research whether I
recollect correctly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Boy_Fuller

This Fuller progressively lost his eyesight and is one of 3, AFAIK, black
blues artistes with Blind in their stage name. The other 2 I know of are
Blind Blake and Blind Willie McTell.

Another Fuller, Jesse, is credited with the 'San Francisco Bay Blues',
the 1st song I heard accompanied by a kazoo.

[Jerry Friedman]

On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 6:48:15 AM UTC-7, Dingbat wrote:
> On Friday, February 19, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Skitt wrote:
> > Tom S. Bair, Jr. <tom...@teleport.com> wrote...
> > >Wasn't that phrase in an early rock-n-roll song?
> > No, "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" was the title of a Rolling Stones album
> > recorded at their 1969 concert.
> > --
> It's a dated New Orleans expression for casting out evil spirits.
> The Stones could mean: Cast away your inhibitions and have a blast.
>
> But they obviously borrowed it from Blind Boy Fuller's song title
> spelt without the hyphen and apostrophe, as 'Get Yer Ya Yas Out',
> as far as I recollect. It's too much trouble to research whether I
> recollect correctly.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Boy_Fuller
>
> This Fuller progressively lost his eyesight and is one of 3, AFAIK, black
> blues artistes with Blind in their stage name. The other 2 I know of are
> Blind Blake and Blind Willie McTell.

Blind Lemon Jefferson too.

> Another Fuller, Jesse, is credited with the 'San Francisco Bay Blues',
> the 1st song I heard accompanied by a kazoo.

Whereas very few people have heard the version of the instrumental
interlude followed by "Froh wie Sonnen fliegen" in the Ode to Joy
that some of us recorded in college, with people singing the
instrumental parts (Walloon, Walloon, Walloon, Walloon...) and me
doing the tenor part off-key on a kazoo.

And whereas again, when I was in grad school I never heard the
Champaign-Urbana Kazoo Ensemble (CUKE), though I was slightly
acquainted with the founder.

--
Jerry Friedman

[Dingbat]

On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 9:06:43 AM UTC-8, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 6:48:15 AM UTC-7, Dingbat wrote:
> > On Friday, February 19, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Skitt wrote:
> > > Tom S. Bair, Jr. <tom...@teleport.com> wrote...
> > > >Wasn't that phrase in an early rock-n-roll song?
> > > No, "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" was the title of a Rolling Stones album
> > > recorded at their 1969 concert.
> > > --
> > It's a dated New Orleans expression for casting out evil spirits.
> > The Stones could mean: Cast away your inhibitions and have a blast.
> >
> > But they obviously borrowed it from Blind Boy Fuller's song title
> > spelt without the hyphen and apostrophe, as 'Get Yer Ya Yas Out',
> > as far as I recollect. It's too much trouble to research whether I
> > recollect correctly.
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Boy_Fuller
> >
> > This Fuller progressively lost his eyesight and is one of 3, AFAIK, black
> > blues artistes with Blind in their stage name. The other 2 I know of are
> > Blind Blake and Blind Willie McTell.
>
> Blind Lemon Jefferson too.
>

Ah yes. Partnered with Huddie Ledbetter (aka Lead Belly) and taught
electric blues pioneer T Bone Walker, author of Stormy Monday. He and
Blind Blake were born blind.

>
> > Another Fuller, Jesse, is credited with the 'San Francisco Bay Blues',
> > the 1st song I heard accompanied by a kazoo.
> Whereas very few people have heard the version of the instrumental
> interlude followed by "Froh wie Sonnen fliegen" in the Ode to Joy
> that some of us recorded in college, with people singing the
> instrumental parts (Walloon, Walloon, Walloon, Walloon...) and me
> doing the tenor part off-key on a kazoo.
>
> And whereas again, when I was in grad school I never heard the
> Champaign-Urbana Kazoo Ensemble (CUKE), though I was slightly
> acquainted with the founder.
>

FWIW, the kazoo is my least favorite instrument.
> --
> Jerry Friedman

[Dingbat]

On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 9:06:43 AM UTC-8, Jerry Friedman wrote:

What do you mean by writing Walloon 4 times? Good for you that
you got to participate, but I find the timbre of some instruments
grating - India's horn called a naadaswaram in Tamil country,
bagpipes and the kazoo. Also the lead guitar on some pieces
though I like it on many pieces.

>
> And whereas again, when I was in grad school I never heard the
> Champaign-Urbana Kazoo Ensemble (CUKE), though I was slightly
> acquainted with the founder.
>

I can't even begin to imagine the sound of a collection of kazoos.

[Jerry Friedman]

On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 12:21:51 AM UTC-7, Dingbat wrote:
> On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 9:06:43 AM UTC-8, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> > On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 6:48:15 AM UTC-7, Dingbat wrote:

[Blind Boy Fuller]

> > > Another Fuller, Jesse, is credited with the 'San Francisco Bay Blues',
> > > the 1st song I heard accompanied by a kazoo.

> > Whereas very few people have heard the version of the instrumental
> > interlude followed by "Froh wie Sonnen fliegen" in the Ode to Joy
> > that some of us recorded in college, with people singing the
> > instrumental parts (Walloon, Walloon, Walloon, Walloon...) and me
> > doing the tenor part off-key on a kazoo.
> >
> What do you mean by writing Walloon 4 times?

That's how a friend with a bass voice sang the bass part that restarts
the music after "Über Sternen muss er wohnen." As a sensible person,
he liked the word "Walloon".

I forgot to mention that another participant was clinking two aerosol
cans (or something like that) together for percussion.

> Good for you that
> you got to participate, but I find the timbre of some instruments
> grating - India's horn called a naadaswaram in Tamil country,
> bagpipes and the kazoo. Also the lead guitar on some pieces
> though I like it on many pieces.

Ever hear a krummhorn?

> > And whereas again, when I was in grad school I never heard the
> > Champaign-Urbana Kazoo Ensemble (CUKE), though I was slightly
> > acquainted with the founder.
> >
> I can't even begin to imagine the sound of a collection of kazoos.

I'm sure you could find examples on line if you wanted. However, there's
a reason I never went to any of CUKE's performances.

--
Jerry Friedman

[bruce bowser]

Well in high circles, terms like Walloon and Fleming" could be popular. Am I wrong? When speaking English, you should carefully consider a Dutch and a French translation. Am I wrong?

[Dingbat]

On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 9:32:04 AM UTC-8, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> Ever hear a krummhorn?
>
Not grating but not great either. This lady calls it a crump-horn!
https://youtu.be/jTNg_qVManA

[Bertel Lund Hansen]

She says "crumhorn" and it appears spelled that way.

I have heard a lot of krumhorn since I have a family that is into
recorders and similar instruments, but it's been many years now since
they played the krumhorns. Today (as before) it's recorders and piano.

My mother also found out about an old kind of string instrument and
bought some of those.

I prefer violins and recorders for the old instruments.

--
Bertel, Denmark

[Ken Blake]

On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:05:23 +0100, Bertel Lund Hansen
<gade...@lundhansen.dk> wrote:

>Den 17.01.2023 kl. 23.07 skrev Dingbat:
>
>> On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 9:32:04 AM UTC-8, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>> Ever hear a krummhorn?
>>>
>> Not grating but not great either. This lady calls it a crump-horn!
>> https://youtu.be/jTNg_qVManA
>
>She says "crumhorn" and it appears spelled that way.
>
>I have heard a lot of krumhorn since I have a family that is into
>recorders and similar instruments, but it's been many years now since
>they played the krumhorns. Today (as before) it's recorders and piano.

I own a krumhorn, but I haven't played it in many years.