Big Boss Line

[Jan Dean]

What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.

[Uni]

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.

Good question!! I see it's linked to Line Dancing.

Uni

[Michael Black]

What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big Boss
Line.

I didn't know there was a "Big Boss Line". "Big Boss Man", yes, but I
think the "boss" there is literal.

Without knowing the lyrics, could the "boss" be the way the word was used
as slang "boss song played by a boss DJ"? I seem to recall Boston was
called Bosstown for a bit for the same reasons, even if I'm not quite sure
what the slang "boss" meant.

MIchael

[Robb Scott]

Post by Michael Black
I seem to recall Boston was
called Bosstown for a bit for the same reasons, even if I'm not quite sure
what the slang "boss" meant.

Marketing. Someone tried to establish the "Bosstown Sound", sometime in
the mid-60s, as if it was some kind of grassroots thing like Liverpool
or San Francisco. Completely made up by suits in some office building.

OK, now I gotta hit Wiki....

Manufactured by MGM Records and producer Alan Lorber, included MGM acts
the Beacon Street Union, Ultimate Spinach, and Orpheus ("Can't Find The
Time"). A complete dud, right outa the box, though "Can't Find" was a
minor hit, at least in Boston. Also, I believe Skunk Baxter had
something to do with the Spinach, though he's not listed as a member on
the Wiki page - played the sessions or something.

TMI....

[Jan Dean]

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression
Big Boss Line.

I didn't know there was a "Big Boss Line". "Big Boss Man", yes, but I
think the "boss" there is literal.

Jackie Wilson released a record titled "Big Boss Line."

The expression is heard in Candy and the Kisses, The 81, and Dee Dee
Sharp, Mashed Potato Time. Probably other songs too.

[DianeE]

Post by Jan Dean

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression
Big Boss Line.

I didn't know there was a "Big Boss Line". "Big Boss Man", yes, but I
think the "boss" there is literal.

Jackie Wilson released a record titled "Big Boss Line."
The expression is heard in Candy and the Kisses, The 81, and Dee Dee
Sharp, Mashed Potato Time. Probably other songs too.

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Chubby Checker: "Do the Pony with your partner, or in a big boss line/Any
way you do it, you're gonna look real fine."

DianeE

[Uni]

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.

Jerry Blavat (DJ/Host) was into a lot of dance music and hops, and - "referring to himself as "the Geator with the Heater" and "the big boss with the big hot sauce."

Uni

[Gary Myers]

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line. <<

"Boss" meant good, e.g., "That's boss, man." Duane Eddy charted with "Boss
Guitar" and no doubt one might other similar usages from that time period.

[Jan Dean]

Post by Gary Myers

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.<<

"Boss" meant good, e.g., "That's boss, man." Duane Eddy charted with "Boss
Guitar" and no doubt one might other similar usages from that time period.

When I was a pre-teen and heard someone say something was "Boss" I
thought he was saying "Balls," i.e. testicles.

[Uni]

Post by Jan Dean

Post by Gary Myers

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.<<

"Boss" meant good, e.g., "That's boss, man." Duane Eddy charted with "Boss
Guitar" and no doubt one might other similar usages from that time period.

When I was a pre-teen and heard someone say something was "Boss" I
thought he was saying "Balls," i.e. testicles.

Like the Boss Mustang, about 1969!!! Had balls!

Uni :-)

[marcus60s]

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.

When I was a teen, "boss" meant "cool".

One of our local bands, that made it kinda big and had a record released, was called the Boss Blues.

[Michael Black]

Post by marcus60s

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.

When I was a teen, "boss" meant "cool".

That sounds about right. I couldn't remember an exact interpretation, but
it certainly was used a lot "Boss sound" was also in use back then.

Michael

Post by marcus60s
One of our local bands, that made it kinda big and had a record
released, was called the Boss Blues.

[hislop]

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.

I went looking for this stuff after reading this.

Rat Fink Ed Big Daddy Roth - Boss Mustang
http://www.flickr.com/photos/***@N05/3173615560/

I remember those model kits from the 60s and whenever.


"The guy over the years has epitomized cool," Chodosh said. "Even now, in so
many ways, he is still the Boss Fink."
http://www.hotrodworks.net/roth.html

I think maybe Boss might have originally been a hotrod term.


1939 Studebaker Coupe - The Boss
The History of Hot Rodding

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/1309_1939_studebaker_coupe_the_boss/

Or Boss means big engine:
Boss is the internal name for a family of large displacement V8 engines
from Ford Motor Company intended to compete with Chrysler Hemi engines
and General Motors' 6.2 L Vortec engines.
It was revived in early 2006 by Mark Fields[citation needed] and was
given the new name of Boss in light of the devastation caused by
Hurricane Katrina in 2005

[Michael Black]

Post by hislop

Post by Jan Dean
What is the significance/meaning of the word Boss in the expression Big
Boss Line.

I went looking for this stuff after reading this.
Rat Fink Ed Big Daddy Roth - Boss Mustang
I remember those model kits from the 60s and whenever.
"The guy over the years has epitomized cool," Chodosh said. "Even now, in so
many ways, he is still the Boss Fink."
http://www.hotrodworks.net/roth.html
I think maybe Boss might have originally been a hotrod term.
1939 Studebaker Coupe - The Boss
The History of Hot Rodding
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/1309_1939_studebaker_coupe_the_boss/
Boss is the internal name for a family of large displacement V8 engines from
Ford Motor Company intended to compete with Chrysler Hemi engines and General
Motors' 6.2 L Vortec engines.
It was revived in early 2006 by Mark Fields[citation needed] and was given
the new name of Boss in light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina
in 2005

That makes sense. A term used by hotrodders, originally having some
meaning but then into more common use, taken up by others, so "everyone
knows" what it means, but it's all a bit vague.

Michael