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What are you listening to?

HardBoiledMarlowe

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Sorry if this has already been posted. I'm curious to hear what y'all think of this "electro-swing" business.

[video=youtube;fBGSJ3sbivI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGSJ3sbivI[/video]

[video=youtube;-TIkl-6xemw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TIkl-6xemw[/video]
 

vitanola

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Well, I suppose if one likes it...

It just amazes me that so many think that it sounds to them like Swing Music:
[video=youtube_share;zpzOFpPum6w]http://youtu.be/zpzOFpPum6w[/video]
[video=youtube_share;0WtWzoHNrq8]http://youtu.be/0WtWzoHNrq8[/video]
[video=youtube_share;H98OTY7gL6M]http://youtu.be/H98OTY7gL6M[/video]

Note the steady rhythm, with an emphasis on each of the four beats of the measure, not the odd "Um-chuck, Um-chuck"
so beloved of the electro-swing crowd.

My ears suggest to me that electro-swing seems to be drawn from the wrong sources, but then they are prone to confabulation.

[video=youtube_share;PfOjgok3D-E]http://youtu.be/PfOjgok3D-E[/video]

I must say that I found the animation which accompanied the two Caravan Palace numbers to be quite charming.
 

vitanola

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I had a scary thought...maybe they think it sounds better than swing music. It has the trappings of the era without that corny hot-cha rhythm they can't dance to.

Yes. Just like "Shirt-tail Stomp", which they seem to take as their model. The "Um-Chuck, Um-Chuck" two beat that seems to be favored b the electro crowd sounds quite corny enough to my ears. Just a different variety of corn. Not that there is anything wrong with corn.

Are you ready, Hezzie?
[video=youtube_share;3HctWBcPxaw]http://youtu.be/3HctWBcPxaw[/video]
 
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HadleyH

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Chris Rea - Fool If You Think Its Over ...they would have loved him in the 1930s!:eusa_clap



[video=youtube;yjIqnfBUro0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjIqnfBUro0[/video]
 
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Hometown

Flanagan & Allen

[video=youtube;zA_TkIL4dCM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA_TkIL4dCM[/video]

Teddy Stauffer mit seinem Original-Teddies

[video=youtube;VpKBHivwa5k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpKBHivwa5k[/video]
 
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This song reminds me of what's been going on in my life.

Met a pretty gal at a local store and have found myself looking for excuses to go pick something up at the store.

[video=youtube_share;DHw-Whv0aWM]http://youtu.be/DHw-Whv0aWM[/video]

A few other cashiers had no customers and I stood in line behind a guy in a rascal with his wife and two carts of groceries just for the opportunity to talk to her today. Am I a rube or what? lol
 

JazzyDame

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It's about time I began that best-selling novel...I'm looking to this for inspiration:

[video=youtube;7aI7-BIzqFM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aI7-BIzqFM[/video]
 

Fletch

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Maple Leaf Rag - U.S. Marine Band, dir. Lt. William Santelmann, 1906.
And I must say, the sound quality is danged good for 1906. (It's a Victor.)
[video=youtube;NYeGbtV5gsU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYeGbtV5gsU[/video]
 
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HadleyH

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so


at the end of the day.... this is what life boils down to ... all the rest is BS :p:p:p(joking)

[video=youtube;uNBL4JXTz_I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBL4JXTz_I[/video]


there ya' go LOL:p:D

 

alsendk

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Back in the school yard days life was very simple. The big boys asked you if you liked Elvis....or Cliff.
If you found yourself sitting on the ground with a bleeding nose you knew your answer was very wrong

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elvis_zpsd33b6aeb.jpg
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HadleyH

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Back in the school yard days life was very simple. The big boys asked you if you liked Elvis....or Cliff.
If you found yourself sitting on the ground with a bleeding nose you knew your answer was very wrong




elvis_zpsd33b6aeb.jpg
[/URL][/IMG]


Exactly .......what a great picture that one! thank you alsendk !:D
 

JazzyDame

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The Way You Look Tonight, by The Chairman of the Board

"...keep that breathless charm..."

[video=youtube;h9ZGKALMMuc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ZGKALMMuc[/video]
 
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Back in the school yard days life was very simple. The big boys asked you if you liked Elvis....or Cliff.
If you found yourself sitting on the ground with a bleeding nose you knew your answer was very wrong

:p

Cliff Richards & The Young Ones* -- Living Doll (1986)
*Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer and Christopher Ryan

[video=youtube;gGOU0o9K89g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGOU0o9K89g[/video]

and here's Cliff in 1972 with Eric & Ernie

[video=youtube;L1KOH81SWgE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1KOH81SWgE[/video]

also from his appearance on the Morecambe & Wise Show

[video=youtube;PFgL_Mkjt7k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFgL_Mkjt7k[/video]
 
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