While The Hilding Holmberg Orchestra was snoozing through 1940's 'swing music' at The Elk's Club Ballroom, in my 'home town' in North Alabama......and The Lawrence Welk Show ruled the Television World on weekends........
Marian McPartland's 'Bohemian' cellar bar performance was one of the more preferred options... of so many...... playing in NYC at The Apartment Supper Club, along with Blossom Dearie, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Stan Getz, Sun Ra, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Tim Buckley, The Blues Project, Nico, Jackson Browne, and Reparata & the Delrons.
BLOSSOM DEARIE'S "I'M HIP"
I'm hip, I'm no squareI'm alert, I'm awake, I'm awareI am always on the sceneMakin' the rounds, diggin' the soundsI read Playboy magazine 'Cause I'm hip
I dig, I'm in stepWhen it was hip to be hep, I was hepI don't blow, but I'm a fanLook at me swing, ring-a-ding-dingI even call my girlfriend "man" i'm so hipEvery Saturday nightWith my suit buttoned tight, and my suedes onI'm gettin' my kicksWatchin' arty French flicks with my shades on
I'm too much, I'm a gasI am anything but middle classWhen I hang around the bandPoppin' my thumbs, diggin' the drumsSquares don't seem to understand why I flipThey're not hip like I'm hip
I'm hip, I'm aliveI enjoy any joint where there's jiveI'm on top of every trendLook at me go, vo dee oh dohBobby Darin knows my friend i'm so hip
I'm hip, but not weirdLike you notice I don't wear a beardBeards were in but now they're outThey had their day, now they're passeJust ask me if you're in doubt'Cause I'm hip now whatever the fadsAnd whatever the ads say, it's neatsvilleI'll be keeping abreastOut in front of the rest with elitesville
'Cause I'm cool, as a cukeI'm a cat, I'm a card, I'm a kookI get so much out of lifeReally, I do, skoo-buh doo booOne more time play "Mack the Knife"Let 'er rip i may flipBut I'm hip
Ooh, I'm hip mm, I'm hipSkoo ba doo boo, doo boo, doo booBoo doo boo doo doo doo
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