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George and Ira Gershwin: Slap That Bass

George and Ira Gershwin: Slap That Bass

by | Dec 2, 2016 | Song of the Day

As I deal with the current dystopia I encounter every morning on NPR, I keep thinking about the song “Slap That Bass” by the Gershwin brothers. “Dictators would be better off if they zoom-zoomed now and then,” they write. I couldn’t agree more. “Zoom zoom, zoom zoom,...