Here are the complete lyrics for "So What" However - the word "help" should be "hep" Enjoy. W.L. Barlow
Miles Davis walked off the stage
That's what the folks are all saying
Oh yes he did leave the stage
Soon as the solo was over
Coltrane he walked off the stage
That's what the folks are all saying
Oh yes they both left the stage
Clean out of sight, now
They felt they had to rehearse
Although we know they are masters
They get a real groovy sound
And you will have to admit it
Oh yes they both left the stage
Soon as their solos were over
And if you can't figure out their groove
I'd like to help you
Well, my friends
How about Miles Davis
I never know why some people always
Try to find some fault of this man and his horn
And when they go
To wherever he is playing
They seem to go to see whether he
Is going to get to business
(scat section spelled phonetically)
Sa bap m boo ba doo-dle do ba doo dn shiy
Dooi dn dzoo grahp
Fiddle-dee bap m bah bu dzeh ah
He never walks around the place and speaks to
All of the folks he don't know, I wouldn't either
And neither would you friends
But I, I know he is friendly
I do, the rest of us we do
Oh yeah
We dig his beautiful soul and we love
Him and his blue horn,
And here's another thing now
About the clothes he wear
I am sure his style is in the future
He is cool, the fit of his clothes are perfect
Just like the way he plays,
He is not afraid of being different
And he has won most bold
Of this modern jazz,
He and Gillespie are kings
Miles and his group are breaking records, yeah
Because they sure do swing
Miles Davis walked off the stage
That's what the folks are all saying
Oh yes he did leave the stage
Soon as his solo was over
Coltrane he walked off the stage
That's what the people are saying
Oh yes they both left the stage
Clean out of sight, now
They said they had to rehearse
Although we know they are masters
They get a real mellow sound
And you will have to admit it
Oh yes they both left the stage
Soon as their solos were over
And if you couldn't figure out their groove,
Well I have helped you
Oh yes they both left the stage
So what!
So......what? (Is he agreeing with me or being sarcastic about my dislike of it??)
At a certain point in college in the early 70s.....you weren’t cool if you didn’t ‘discover ‘ jazz. People I know who (I believe)hated it, felt that they had to buck up and sit there and force themselves to enjoy music they hated.
I fostered no such self delusion.
I like many types of music. But not Jazz from the late 40s on.