Judy Garland kills in the arts•meme theme song, “I Don’t Care,” from “In the Good Old Summertime” (1943).
They say I’m crazy Got no sense But I don’t care They may or may not mean offense But I don’t care You see, I’m sort of independent I am my own superintendent And my star is on the ascendent That’s why I don’t care
I don’t care, I don’t care What they may think of me I’m happy-go-lucky, they say that I’m plucky Contented and carefree I don’t care I don’t care If I do get a mean and stony stare If I’m not successful It won’t be distressful Cause I don’t care
A girl should know her etiquette Alas, alack Propriety demands we walk a narrow track When fellas used to blink at me I’d freeze ‘em and they’d shrink at me But now when fellas wink at me I wink at them right back!
I don’t care I don’t care If people frown on me Perhaps it’s the lone way But I go my own way That’s my philosophy I don’t care I don’t care if he’s clerk or just a millionaire There’s no doubt about it, I’ll sing and I’ll shout it Cause I don’t care
Oh, I don’t care, I don’t care When it comes to happiness, I want my share Don’t try to rearrange me There’s nothing can change me ’cause I don’t care!
Los Angeles is bursting with fine art and performance -- plus the best big-screen film viewing in the world. I cover the cultural beat on the Los Angeles Times and The Huffington Post. I mix it up on arts·meme, a fine arts blog.
eisenstadt,
gered mankowitz, photog, 1967
“the red danube” (1949)
