[78-L] another batch of burning questions

[David Weiner]

And the 1927 Gershwin song, "High Hat" - "Š.You've got to treat her high
hat, just put your nose in the air and act like a frigidaire, you'll win
her like thatŠ.." 

Dave Weiner

On 5/15/12 1:49 PM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>And Geoffrey Wheeler (who for some reason still can't post directly) says
>he's 
>now inspired to create a new work titled "Putin On The Fritz". Hey, PDQ
>Bach 
>doesn't seem to be turning out any new stuff, so go for it!
>
>dl
>
>On 5/15/2012 10:55 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
>> Thank you for using the original lyrics. As you know, they've been
>> 'altered' over the years.
>>
>> Jeff Sultanof
>>
>> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:45 AM, David
>>Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>>
>>> Have you seen the well-to-do
>>> Up on Lenox Avenue
>>> On that famous thoroughfare
>>> With their noses in the air
>>>
>>> High hats and narrow collars
>>> White spats and fifteen dollars
>>> Spending every dime
>>> For a wonderful time
>>>
>>> If you're blue
>>> And you don't know where to go to
>>> Why don't you go where Harlem flits
>>> Puttin' on the Ritz
>>>
>>> Spangled Gowns upon the bevy of
>>> High browns from down the levy*
>>> All misfits
>>> Puttin' on the Ritz
>>>
>>> That's where each and every lulu-belle goes
>>> Every Thursday evening with her swell beaus
>>> Rubbin' elbows
>>>
>>> Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee
>>> And see them spend
>>> Their last two bits
>>> Puttin' on the Ritz
>>>
>>>
>>> * I corrected a couple of misquotes but couldn't resist leaving that
>>>one
>>> intact. That Levy and his high browns, my oh my..
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 5/15/2012 10:32 AM, Philip Carli wrote:
>>>> It _is_ to display an attitude of superiority, or, really, to  look
>>>>down
>>> upon or haughtily ignore someone. Think "top hat", which is what it's
>>> referring to - still a regular article of men's full evening dress
>>>until
>>> the late 1940s, and a mark of class division. P
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>>>>
>>>> "High hat" is a type of cymbal in a drum set. As a verb, perhaps it
>>>> refers to hitting someone on top of the head?
>>>>
>>>> joe salerno
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/15/2012 3:04 AM, Rod Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What is meant by "high hat," used as a verb? I've heard this in the
>>> Memphis
>>>>> Slim song, "Mother Earth." From memory:
>>>>>
>>>>> You may high-hat me all the time
>>>>> And you may never come my way
>>>>> Mother Earth is waiting for you
>>>>> There's a debt you have to pay
>>>>>
>>>>> It sounds like to "high-hat" is to display an attitude of
>>>>>superiority,
>>> but
>>>>> does anyone know their way around this term?
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