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Take a blustery brass lineup, layer it over a rhythm section led by a stride-piano virtuoso in the Fats Waller vein, and tie the whole thing together with a one-of-the-boys frontwoman whose vocals have been compared to Anita O’Day’s, and you have the Hot Sardines. (We haven’t even told you about the tap dancer yet.)

In a short time, the Hot Sardines have gone from their first gig – at a coffeeshop on the last Q train stop in Queens – to selling out Joe’s Pub three times in three months, headlining at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing (where they played to a crowd of 6000 on Bastille Day), and opening for the Bad Plus, Lulu Gainsbourg and French gypsy-jazz artist Zaz. Through it all they’ve become regulars at the Shanghai Mermaid speakeasy and turned The Standard, where they play regularly, into their own “saloon in the sky” (The Wall Street Journal) – complete with tap dancing on the bar – honing a live persona that’s been called “unforgettably wild” and “consistently electrifying” (Popmatters).

The Sardine sound – wartime Paris via New Orleans, or the other way around – is steeped in hot jazz, salty stride piano, and the kind of music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and Waller used to make: Straight-up, foot-stomping jazz. (Literally – the band includes a tap dancer whose feet count as two members of the rhythm section). They manage to invoke the sounds of a near-century ago and stay resolutely in step with the current age. And while their roots run deep into jazz, that most American of genres, they’re intertwined with French influences via their frontwoman, who was born and raised in Paris (and writes songs in both languages).

The band was born when said Parisian (“Miz Elizabeth” Bougerol) met a stride piano player (bandleader Evan “Bibs” Palazzo) at a jam session they found on Craigslist. Above a noodle shop on Manhattan’s 49th Street, they discovered a mutual love for songs from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s that no-one really plays anymore. Or if they play them, “they handle them with kid gloves, like pieces in a museum,” says Evan, underscoring a point the pair can’t stress enough: “This music isn’t historical artifact. It’s a living, breathing, always-evolving thing.”

Members of the Sardines collective have worked with a genre-hopping roster that includes Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens, Lauren Ambrose, Sondre Lerche, Vetiver, Of Montreal, Nicholas Payton, Kurt Elling, Branford Marsalis, the New York and Jerusalem Philharmonics, Slavic Soul Party and the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra.

“Everything’s kind of being rewritten. And when nothing makes sense, there’s something real and satisfying about going to hear raucous jazz played in a dancehall with wooden floors and brown liquor.” – Miz Elizabeth

Some Of These Days
The Hot Sardines Lyrics

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Some of these days
You're gonna miss me baby.
Some of these days
You're gonna feel so lonely.

You'll miss my huggin'
You're gonna miss my kissin'
You'll miss me, baby

When I am far away

You'll feel so lonely
And want me only
'Cause you'll know, baby
You always had your way

And if you leave me
You know, it's gonna grill me
You're gonna miss, your thin little daddy
Some of these days

I said some of these days
You're gonna miss me, baby
I'm talking about days
You're gonna feel so lonely

You're gonna miss my huggin'
You're gonna miss my kissin'
You'll miss me, baby
When I'm long gone away

You're gonna feel so lonely
And beg for me only
'Cause you know, baby
I always gave you, your way

And if you leave me
You know, it's gonna grill me

You'll miss, your thin little daddy
Some of these days

Overall Meaning

The Hot Sardines's "Some of These Days" is a classic blues song that talks about a lover warning their partner that they will eventually miss them and feel lonely. The lyrics suggest that the partner has taken their love for granted and has always gotten their way. The repetition of "some of these days" emphasizes the inevitability of the feeling of longing and regret that the partner will experience.

The lyrics mention the physical expressions of love like hugging and kissing, suggesting that the relationship was passionate and intimate. The phrase "thin little daddy" is an endearment term used by some women to refer to their man, further emphasizing the affection in the relationship.

The singer warns the partner that if they leave them, it will be difficult for them to move on, and they will feel the agony of the separation. Overall, the song is a warning of the impermanence of love and the need to cherish and appreciate it while it lasts.

Line by Line Meaning

Some of these days
At some point in the future

You're gonna miss me baby.
You will feel my absence and regret losing me.

You're gonna feel so lonely.
You will experience a deep sense of isolation and longing.

You'll miss my huggin'
You will long for the physical affection that I showed you.

You're gonna miss my kissin'
You will regret not being able to kiss me and receive my affection.

You'll miss me, baby
You will regret losing me and all that I provided.

When I am far away
During the time I am absent from your life.

And want me only
You will desire me more than anything else.

'Cause you'll know, baby
You will come to the realization that I was the only one for you.

You always had your way
You were accustomed to getting what you wanted and having things your own way.

And if you leave me
If you choose to walk away from our relationship.