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- noun Plural form of
backbeat .
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Examples
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The group plays Django-esque jazz standards "Minor Swing," "I'll See You in My Dreams" and Wrembel originals, and when they emphasize the bass notes and backbeats, it sounds like French gypsy funk.
The Jazz Scene: Hot Tones, Francophones Will Friedwald 2011
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But this morning, I found a music video on YouTube, half tribute and half détournement, that pretty much captures the experience of watching the show through the magic of montage and backbeats.
A Glorious Dawn « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2009
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"I knew I'd be in trouble, but I didn't know it would be this bad," he tells himself, bemoaning his - and the greater global - predicament over careening backbeats and squalling electric guitar.
Album review: Hayes Carll, "KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)" Bill Friskics-Warren 2011
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"I knew I'd be in trouble, but I didn't know it would be this bad," he tells himself, bemoaning his - and the greater global - predicament, over careening backbeats and squalling electric guitar.
Album review: Hayes Carll's "KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)" Post 2011
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When I hear Fender bass and heavy backbeats in a hotel setting, even the Algonquin, I can't help but feel like I'm at a wedding.
The Modern Sounds of Yore Will Friedwald 2011
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We hear extra sounds in our heads, extra beats, extra backbeats, extra rhythms that people from other parts of the United States just don't understand or get.
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We hear extra sounds in our heads, extra beats, extra backbeats, extra rhythms that people from other parts of the United States just don't understand or get.
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We hear extra sounds in our heads, extra beats, extra backbeats, extra rhythms that people from other parts of the United States just don't understand or get.
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We hear extra sounds in our heads, extra beats, extra backbeats, extra rhythms that people from other parts of the United States just don't understand or get.
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We hear extra sounds in our heads, extra beats, extra backbeats, extra rhythms that people from other parts of the United States just don't understand or get.
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