I think it is an error to redirect "Sock it to me" to Laugh-In. It should be redirected to earlier usage. The earliest usage I could find was in Aretha Franklin's version of the Otis Redding song RESPECT.
SolarBozo ( talk) 23:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
... and thereby grossly non-compliant as a Dab. If we can confirm that Aretha explained whether she was singing about a night of sex, or of exuberant music (and perhaps dancing), it should probably become primarily about her performance of it, but include a section about the broader meme.
Pending any such confirmation, i'm removing the dab tag, and treating the other uses of it as occasions for
garden-variety links to related articles.
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Jerzy•
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05:31, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
I think it is an error to redirect "Sock it to me" to Laugh-In. It should be redirected to earlier usage. The earliest usage I could find was in Aretha Franklin's version of the Otis Redding song RESPECT.
SolarBozo ( talk) 23:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
... and thereby grossly non-compliant as a Dab. If we can confirm that Aretha explained whether she was singing about a night of sex, or of exuberant music (and perhaps dancing), it should probably become primarily about her performance of it, but include a section about the broader meme.
Pending any such confirmation, i'm removing the dab tag, and treating the other uses of it as occasions for
garden-variety links to related articles.
--
Jerzy•
t
05:31, 20 February 2018 (UTC)