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#115774 11/17/03 01:03 PM
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I think it's wrong. It should be "I got rhythm, I got music…"


#115775 11/17/03 09:37 PM
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As soon as I read this post, there started up in my head,
"I've got rhythm, I've got music .....".

What do y'all make of that usage?


I think Gershwin can do whatever he wants (wanted). Actually, if you look at the entire lyrics he uses both "I got" and "I've got" in the song.


One of my favorites is:

"I've got you under my skin
I've got you deep in the heart of me

So deep in my heart
You're nearly a part of me
I've got you under my skin..."


Great romantic dance song...if memory serves. *sigh*


#115776 11/17/03 11:41 PM
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Great romantic dance song...if memory serves. *sigh*
Technically it was before my time, but I do love old-fashioned social dancing. Waltzes, and fox-trots and all. We have ballroom around but it's not quite the same, less about dancing well and more about dancing "correctly".
I was born a generation too late. My father told me about the late 40's and early 50's when there was a dance every night except Sunday. Because of the LOrd's Day act you couldn't shold a dance on Sunday - but you could start one at 12:01 AM on Monday.


#115777 11/18/03 12:08 AM
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I love to dance, too, Carol. I have an older male friend who was teaching me how to dance; waltz, foxtrot, Tango. Very fun. The problem is finding men who know how to dance properly. My DH is clueless. I suppose I was born too late as well (1962), though I wouldn't trade with my mother or grandmothers and have to deal with the faulty birth control of that earlier age. Yikes!


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Hey Twin,
Come to vancouver and I'll introduce you to the dance scene here.



#115779 11/18/03 01:53 AM
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Hey Twin,
Come to vancouver and I'll introduce you to the dance scene here.


Thanks! Sounds like great fun to me! I may just take you up on that someday. We could be cool together.



#115780 11/18/03 04:25 AM
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You're probably right, Faldage, but I know I've heard "Ive got" as well as "I got". Do we need to consult the original Gershwin MS?


#115781 11/18/03 01:02 PM
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Here are the lyrics:

I Got Rhythm
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald

In this fast and troubled world we sometimes lose our way
But I am never lost I feel this way because...

I got rhythm, I got music, I got my girl
Who could ask for anything more?
I've got good times, no more bad times
I've got my girl, who could ask for anything more?

Old man trouble I don't mind him
You won't find him around my door
I've got starlight, I've got sweet dreams
I've got my girl, who could ask for, who could ask for more?

Old man trouble, I don't mind him
You won't find, you're never gonna find him 'round my door
Oh, I've got rhythm, I've got music
I got my girl, who could ask for anything more?

I've got rhythm, I've got rhythm ...

Gershwin


#115782 11/18/03 02:47 PM
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Relax gift horse, all you did was start a conversation.

I'm not tense, just terribly terribly alert.


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Better to be a lert than a loof.


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