What does TCB mean?

jazz lady

jazz lady

~*~ Rara Avis ~*~
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TCB (Aretha Franklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Franklin's version of the song contains the famous lines (as printed in the lyrics included in the 1985 compilation album Atlantic Soul Classics):

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care ... TCB

The last line is often misquoted as "Take out, TCP", or something similar, and indeed most published music sheets which include the lyrics have this incorrect line in them. "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" and "T-C-B" are not present in Redding's original song, but were included in some of his later performances with the Bar-Kays.

"TCB" is an abbreviation that was commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s, meaning "Taking Care of Business", and it was particularly widely used in African-American culture. However, it was somewhat less well-known outside of that culture, yielding a possible explanation as to why it was not recognized by those who transcribed Franklin's words for music sheets.
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belvak

belvak

Happy Camper
BS Gal said:
Well, Bachman Turner Overdrive could certainly have shortened up their famous tune if they had just used TCB.
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Maybe, but it just wouldn't have worked right with the music. I mean...

Teee Tee, Ceee of Beee Bee just doesn't have quite the same ring as Tak-ing Care of Busi-ness, now does it? :lmao:
 
Beelzebaby666

Beelzebaby666

Has confinement issues..
I always thought the letters left over after taking out the TCP spelled:


REST!!

Which, after getting some respect, is the only other thing I would think I'd want:lol:
 
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