Getting Jiggy

Forgive me if this has been asked before (I did scan all recent messages on my server), or if this question isn't related to a Seinfeldism, but on a recent rerun, I thought Jerry said something like "Don't get jiggy with me". At first I thought he was saying "don't get CHEEKY with me, but he repeated it again and it sounded like "jiggy". Again -- apologies all around if it's already been discussed or is a new conversaional term I've never come across.

It's from a Will Smith sonmg called, "Gettin' Jiggy Wid It."

Do ya feel lucky, punk.

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Gary Montler wrote:

He also "Turned that motha out."

Gary Montler wrote in message ...

I guess the jig is up! -----guppy

Gary Montler wrote:

There's a HUGE Will Smith single with that line it...

That was in the episode with Joe Mayo having his party and everyone invited had been assigned a "job" to do. Jerry was in charge of the music at last year's party and wasn't chosen this year. He didn't know why he wasn't selected again because last year he got "jiggy with it" (in reference to the Will Smith song of the same name).

"But I was gonna get jiggy with it!"

Guess Jerry liked the new Will Smith album....

"Turn that mother out" is actually a line from "Tear The Roof Off The Sucker" by the immortal 70's funk band Parliament/Funkadelic, featuring George Clinton.

Dave wrote:

Whoa now...we're going at LEAST as far back as George Clinton's P-Funk for that phrase...

Dammit, ratboy...spin some Parliament/Funkadelic there tonight and get "jiggy" with THAT!

High Five, WT

"if the truth will set you free and knowledge is power, what the hell am I doing watching so much TV?"

Although I don't remember Jerry saying "turn that mother out," that line is from a great George Clinton/Parliament song from the mid 70's called "Tear the Roof off the Sucker." Remember-- "we want the funk, gotta have that funk..."

BraveHeels wrote in message ...

You are either too young or too old to remember the 80's superstar MC Hammer, then just "Hammer", but now he's back to MC Hammer.

The reference is to a song titled "Turn this mutha out". I believe it was on his first album. This was followed by such great hits as "Can't touch this", "Pray", and "Pumps and a bump"

Too old I'm afraid :) Then again, wouldn't Jerry be too old to know an MC Hammer song? Who's to say the line wasn't from the George Clinton song?

Neither too young or too old. I recall the 80's very well (graduated High School in 85) but my musical tastes did not include rap. I am aware of who MC Hammer is, er was, but I wouldn't have been caught dead buying his albums. I was too busy spending my money on the likes of Bad Company, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Styx, Boston, Pink Floyd and the like.

Given that Hammer liked to 'sample' the work of other musicians (Like "Can't touch this" used an old song, Rick James I think?), could it be possible that he got the "turn this mother out" line from an earlier song? Like the Clinton tune Braveheels mentioned? Just wonderin... ------------------------------------------ [email] (Hammer nail here--> <-- for a new monitor.)

Thanks Dave, that is exactly what I wanted to say but didn't. Perhaps Hammer "sampled" the P-Funk song. By the way, high school class of '83 here and I like your taste in music!

Class of 87 *here* and I do remember Hammer, but only "Cant touch this".

Will Smith gets Jiggy.

;)

On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Jennifer Hooper wrote:

Keith117 wrote in message ...

I was going to post something like this but then realized that it is impossible to type to a melody. You could pronounce what you posted a thousand ways. Just for the record though; there are way more "na"s than that - it would be: nanananananana. nananananana.

Hmmmmm...I thought it was the Nylons "Kiss Him Goodbye"

Since we're talking about George Clinton, Parliament, et al, I did a little research and found the Quasi-Official P-Funk Fan Page.

On Fri, 03 Apr 1998 11:08:34 -0500, Dave wrote:

Most likely Hammer took that line from Clinton. "Pray" used the music to "When Dove's Cry" by Prince, and "Can't touch this" ripped off some song as you mentioned above. I believe most of the songs on his albums sample other musician's work.

'Turn That Mother Out' was also a lesser known song by MC Hammer I believe.

BraveHeels wrote:

When did Will Smith start experimenting with "Gangster Rap"? For the love of God. Turning that mother out"...what cutting edge lingo!

Kristian http://intermark1.acsc.net/kristianinc

Catch MC Hammer with RL Mirsky on the duet "Lets Get Jiggy Tonight" on LaFace records-cool!!

As was mentioned a few weeks ago, the line "turn that mother out" was from a Parliament/Funkadelic song, who was neither gangster nor rap. (they were Funk) Apparently the line has been sampled by several rap artists.

"Getting Jiggy with it" is a song by Will Smith, it was hot at the time that episode aired. JFYI

MBF405 wrote in message ...

that

Thanks. Did you know that Bill Clinton is in some hot water over some "intern" issue or something?

P.S. - The sky is blue.