People don’t really use “bozo” as an insult anymore. I don’t understand why. It has so many qualities and can be used in such a wide variety of circumstances, it still outclasses modern-day terminology like “douchebag” or “jerkenstein.” So why has it been overall benched in common insultery? After all, “bozo” has that necessary rhythmic dual syllable action which allows for multiple alliterations of emphasis, variable to one’s humour. It has that redundant “o” sound, which adds its own natural, built-in insistence to one’s insult. That vowel at the end also gives place for some ragging drawl, which can be adjusted to be as coarse as one wishes it to be.

Its applications are numerous too: one can apply it to someone who is failing in his attempts to be funny. It can also be expressed to brand someone as annoying, or even frustratingly annoying. One can also use it to express displays of idiocy. Couple that with a vintage feel, and you have a gibe whose usage is as satisfying as it is versatile.

Just like Dark Meat’s great song Freedom Ritual, from their upcoming Universal Indians: Expanded Edition, is satisfying and versatile. After starting off with a vibrant a cappella intro which almost feels gaelic, it transforms into a boisterous, massive, horn-hungry, psychedelia-infused country-rock beast of a song, which only a seventeen person collective, who include former members of Of Montreal, Elf Power, and We Versus Shark within its ranks, can unloose in such a grand spectrum.

So listen to the song now, or risk being a bozo, bozo.

MP3: Dark Meat - Freedom Ritual

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