Wu Ting
How would you explain ‘ got his sock chorus’ in the context? Mother reports that the hacienda on Isla Pixol has been appropriated, turned over to the people of the village as a communal farm. They turned the house into a school. “Well, good. One provincial school will have some books in it, anyway.” “You would be on their side, wouldn’t you? Houseboy for the pinkos.” “The point of the appropriation law is restitution, Mother. Meaning Don Enrique or his family must have taken that land from the villagers in the first place.” “But look, were they really using it? Your Leandro is probably the president of the collective now, trying to work out how to put on a pair of shoes.” “My Leandro? He had a wife. The only man in that house who did.” “Ooh, you slay me. Poor old Enrique, he got his sock chorus, didn’t he? Can you imagine the scrow, when they put him off his own place? And his mother! Holy moly, that must have taken the army.” Mother took a nibble of her watermelon salad.How would you explain ‘ got his sock chorus’ in the last passage? Thanks!
Apr 18, 2014 12:55 PM
Answers · 1
Sock :To perform jazz music in a vigorous manner . sock chorus: the last part of the performance Jazz and other popular music seem to have adopted the sock, with sock cymbal and sock chorus, but they also figure in the invitation to be quiet - 'put a sock in it'. Brass players muted their output with a sock or screwed up rag in the bell of the instrument. This was no doubt welcome to their neighbours. That´s what I´ve found.Hope it helps you!
April 19, 2014
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