The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #66603   Message #1107749
Posted By: PoppaGator
02-Feb-04 - 08:14 PM
Thread Name: Counting Cadence...
Subject: RE: Counting Cadence...
Ain't no use in goin' home
Jody* got your girl and gone
Sound off 1 2
Sound off 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2....3-4!

I was at Fort Dix NJ for basic training in Nov/Dec 1972. Each of our drill instructors had his own individual approach to counting cadence; the best of the bunch, SSGT Williams, used to sing his 4/4 reinterpretation of the Temptations' "Poppa Was A Rolling Stone." *Almost* made the whole exercise bearable!

* "Jody" is the mythical civilian who is scoring with your girlfriend/wife while you're away in the service. I'm sure that this is explained and explored in detail in the "jody" threads mentioned above. I'm amazed and amused to learn that the Canadian military refers to the cadence chanting of their US couterparts as "jodying."