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Thread #17951   Message #175738
Posted By: GUEST,Frank Hamilton
09-Feb-00 - 04:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: Burning Issue
Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue
This song has been recorded by many people, many times. It was written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren and published in 1934. It's probably a movie song because it was published by Warner Brothers.

It's interesting because since it was in the standard jazz repitiore of the 40's and 50's, it is the basis for a peculiar early be-bop jazz expression. To covet something is to "have eyes" for it as in: Man, I really have eyes for that short and dig those threads too.

Short=car, Threads=clothes "Have Eyes

I got eyes for this thread (which doesn't include clothes)

Frank