bluebeatn.

Brit.

/ˈbluːbiːt/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌbit/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Blue Beat.

Etymology: < the name of Blue Beat, a record label (founded in 1960) on which music of Jamaican origin was distributed in Britain.

Chiefly British.

Popular music of Jamaican origin, characterized by a strongly accentuated offbeat; esp. ska, rocksteady, or early reggae, as released on British record labels.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > Jamaican

bluebeat1964

ska1964

rocksteady1967

reggae1968

dub1973

skank1974

roots reggae1976

skanking1976

roots1979

dance hall1982

ragamuffin1986

ragga1990

bashment1996

1964 Observer 9 Feb. 12/3 A new style called ‘blue beat’ which E.M.I. will be trying to launch on hundreds of thousands of discs next week. West Indian in origin, it has a dance to it.

1964 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 Mar. 7/2 (heading) The ‘Ska’ hits London—but they call it Blue Beat.

1980 Oxf. Times 18 Jan. 15/1 The name most commonly applied to the Specials' style is ‘ska’ or ‘bluebeat’, which means that it harks back to the pre-reggae sound of West Indian music.

2005 Wire Dec. 21/2 I used to listen to LPs at his place, enjoy The Shadows band and listen to this guy down the road playing bluebeat.

Compounds

General attributive, as bluebeat music, bluebeat record, etc.

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1964 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 15 Feb. 6/6 Jamaican High Commissioner Mr. H. L. Lindo went along to a launching party given by EMI Record Company for their new ‘blue beat’ record.

1968 Listener 29 Feb. 284/3 Surprising..to see his group of pugnacious London 13 to 14-year-olds acting out a kind of ballet about cowboys to their own selection of blue-beat music.

1974 Westindians in Great Brit. (ed. 2) 96 He..cherishes the memories of ‘the Blue Beat era’.

2003 R. Newman Fountain at Centre of World 199 They've got a compilation tape with groggy bluebeat ska interrupted by urgent flashes of 100-mph gabba-techno.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bluebeat
释义	bluebeatn. Brit. /ˈbluːbiːt/, U.S. /ˈbluˌbit/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Blue Beat. Etymology: < the name of Blue Beat, a record label (founded in 1960) on which music of Jamaican origin was distributed in Britain. Chiefly British. Popular music of Jamaican origin, characterized by a strongly accentuated offbeat; esp. ska, rocksteady, or early reggae, as released on British record labels. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > Jamaican bluebeat1964 ska1964 rocksteady1967 reggae1968 dub1973 skank1974 roots reggae1976 skanking1976 roots1979 dance hall1982 ragamuffin1986 ragga1990 bashment1996 1964 Observer 9 Feb. 12/3 A new style called ‘blue beat’ which E.M.I. will be trying to launch on hundreds of thousands of discs next week. West Indian in origin, it has a dance to it. 1964 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 Mar. 7/2 (heading) The ‘Ska’ hits London—but they call it Blue Beat. 1980 Oxf. Times 18 Jan. 15/1 The name most commonly applied to the Specials' style is ‘ska’ or ‘bluebeat’, which means that it harks back to the pre-reggae sound of West Indian music. 2005 Wire Dec. 21/2 I used to listen to LPs at his place, enjoy The Shadows band and listen to this guy down the road playing bluebeat. Compounds General attributive, as bluebeat music, bluebeat record, etc. ΚΠ 1964 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 15 Feb. 6/6 Jamaican High Commissioner Mr. H. L. Lindo went along to a launching party given by EMI Record Company for their new ‘blue beat’ record. 1968 Listener 29 Feb. 284/3 Surprising..to see his group of pugnacious London 13 to 14-year-olds acting out a kind of ballet about cowboys to their own selection of blue-beat music. 1974 Westindians in Great Brit. (ed. 2) 96 He..cherishes the memories of ‘the Blue Beat era’. 2003 R. Newman Fountain at Centre of World 199 They've got a compilation tape with groggy bluebeat ska interrupted by urgent flashes of 100-mph gabba-techno. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : † blue-beatv. < n.1964 see also
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bluebeatn.

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