Thursday, February 2, 2012

What's the meaning of the following?

1-I rerecorded that song for an acoustic record.



Meaning of whole sentence.



2-The answer I'm saying is not to be a liberal. I'm saying that you need to be a moving target.



Meaning of liberal, moving target.



3-His first solo release contained what christian bookstores deemed "explicit lyrics".



Meaning of explicit here.



4-They wouldn't carry the album.



Meaning of whole sentence.



5-Dan Router is Webb's booking agent at Third Coast Artists. He says churches which were formerly bread and butter gigs are less and less willing to host Webb in their sanctuaries.



Meaning of booking agent, bread and butter gigs.



6-We've had people not book him for events.



Meaning of we've had people.What's the meaning of the following?
1-I rerecorded that song for an acoustic record.



"I recorded that song again for a record without any backing or amplifiers."



2-The answer I'm saying is not to be a liberal. I'm saying that you need to be a moving target.



"liberal" = politically left-wing

"you need to be a moving target" = "you need to not clearly state your beliefs"



3-His first solo release contained what christian bookstores deemed "explicit lyrics".



"sexual, offensive or graphic"



4-They wouldn't carry the album.



"They (e.g. record label or store) wouldn't sell the album."



5-Dan Router is Webb's booking agent at Third Coast Artists. He says churches which were formerly bread and butter gigs are less and less willing to host Webb in their sanctuaries.



"booking agent" = person whose job is to book acts for gigs (performances)

"bread and butter gigs" = simple unglamorous performances in small venues



6-We've had people not book him for events.



"It has happened that people did not book him for events"



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