With a little imagination the capital
letter 'L' and the figure '7' form a square. Square can be interpreted as boring,
in an old-fashioned kind of way. That is a bit confusing, because much can be
said about this grunge band from Los Angeles, California, but not that their
repertoire consisted of boring, old-fashioned songs.
The square sign did not
just come out of the blue: L7 borrowed it from the text of the song Wooly Bully
by Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs, that begins like this:
‘Uno, dos/One, two, tres,
quatro/Matty told Hatty/About a thing she saw/Had two big horns/And a wooly
jaw/Wooly bully/Wooly bully/Wooly bully/Wooly bully/Wooly bully/Hatty told
Matty, “Let’s don’t take no chance/Let’s not be L-seven/Come and learn to
dance”/ Wooly bully/Wooly bully’.
It is doubtful if Sam really is the inventor
of the L7 sign. After all, Americans sometimes make the L7 sign with their
hands, to indicate that something or someone is considered straight or square.
Active: 1985-2001, USA
Site: http://l7official.com/
3 comments:
L7 is the most common size of American women's panties. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
for me it s a hand sign meaning "vagina"
My ears perked up at the beginning of an 80's video, THE JETS, YOU GOT IT ALL. The band is selecting a song from a diners jukebox and mentions the selection "How about L7" "Awe No" I laughed. Not saying this has the band name origination but 1985 The Jets debut album came out and L7 started. I'm sure L7 is a die hard THE JETS fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a7dN52k_r0
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