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| 1 | | On the title song of Michael Jackson’s album ‘Bad,’ the Man Who Would Be King of Pop gives the millions of Jackobites worldwide these immortal words: “I’m bad, I’m bad, shamon!” And while it sounds as if MJ is extolling the virtues of some sort of processed meat product, “shamon” is simply his unique way of saying “c’mon!” As an exclamation, it hasn’t exactly taken off, but indie pianoman Ben Folds, for one, has carried the flame, throwing down a “shamon” of his own on his 2001 song ‘Rockin’ the Suburbs.’
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so mo [pronounced SHO MON] means “You Know” in Yoruba, a Nigerian language
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shaman is a tradional spiritual leader and healer
| 1 | | That’s a fun story. My feelings about Michael, over the course of my lifetime, have gone something like this:
1) He’s one of the coolest guys on the planet.
2) He’s kind of weird.
3) He’s seriously creepy.
4) Wow. I can’t believe he’s dead.
5) What a tragic case.
Did anyone ever figure out what he meant when he’d randomly go “Shamon!” in the middle of a song?
(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at [email protected])
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