[78-L] another batch of burning questions

[David Lennick]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I just found my nice laminated pressing of 
PRIVATE JIVES.

dl

On 5/15/2012 3:34 PM, David Weiner wrote:
> 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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>>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] another batch of burning questions
>>>>>
>>>>> "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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