busker

[Bruce Dykes]

This went direct to Frank before I checked the address...meant it for the
list at large...

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Dykes <bkd at graphnet.com>
To: Frank Abate <fabate at blr.com>
Date: Thursday, May 25, 2000 5:09 AM
Subject: Re:


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank Abate <fabate at blr.com>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 5:16 PM
>
>
>>Do others have hard evidence for busk in the US?  More than just personal
>knowledge of the term (which can be misleading)?
>
>
>Not with any sort of regularity.
>
>I can offer this tidbit...
>
>I first heard this word in the US circa 1985/1986, when "Walk of Life" was
>released as the second single from Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms" album.
>One of the characters in the song is a busker, and they explained the term
>in many of their interviews.
>
>I rather suspect that while you may find sporadic references prior to that,
>you'll see a surge around that time, especially in the pop music press...
>
>bkd
>
>and it's not in Outlook Express' spellcheck...