[78-L] another batch of burning questions

[Don Chichester]

Congratulations!!!
 
dc
 

> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:51:35 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] another batch of burning questions
> 
> 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
> >>>>> ________________________________________
> >>>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [
> >>>> 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of
> >>>> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com [neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]
> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:31 AM
> >>>>> To: 78-L Mail List
> >>>>> 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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