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Can't edit previous post. Swing time is now!

 

Come on man, if you're gonna talk about swing, post some SWING!

This was originally entitled 'Blue Balls', but since you can't call it that on radio...



I never really got what it meant to swing until I heard this piano solo:



And if we're talking swing, there's gotta be some dancing, too!

 

Just 'cause it isn't old-school doesn't mean it ain't good stuff, y'know? Not that I mean to speak ill of the classics, of course.

 

I'd never say something wasn't good because it's not old (except maybe about cheese ), but what you posted just didn't swing

 

It's got enough swing for me, anyway.

 

This is what swing is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6tW54kRfHs&t=6m37s

(I marked a time near the end, so the piece is nice n short ). It's a different way of syncopation, which, when it all comes together, makes you want to dance. Try to hear it! You'll get what I meant when I said it doesn't swing.

I know a lot of people use the word swing in a different way, so maybe I've been trolling a little bit. Sorry about that . I just feel like people should open their ears a bit more. Just because it was made a long time ago, doesn't mean it can't still be hip or fresh! It's all a matter of really listening to it. I used to hate Bird, just didn't sound interesting to me, all those fast notes. Now I've heard (and listened to) a lot more stuff and when I hear Bird play, I just really feel it, you know?

Try it! The music will give you a lot in return! There's so much there, for everybody . Of course, there's just as much stuff in modern music, so I guess it's still a matter of taste and preference

 

If I can weigh in on this...

I think the piece that Genesis posted would be classified as 'nu swing' or 'pop swing'. I get the impression that it's people who like or admire swing and decided to play it but don't really live the lifestyle and thus don't understand where swing comes from. It doesn't seem truly authentic or original. This is somewhat demonstrated by the sampling of Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher mid song. I'm not a swing fanatic btw, just watched the Blues Brothers a shit ton which is how I recognised it.

I just watched Krys vid. But the above is how I see it. I think you need to live the lifestyle to make the music authentic or at least emotive.


Unrelated to above but really nice.


And yeah, cause Tommy Emmanuel is a boss.

 

Makes sense to me. I've found a very similar tendency among people to over- and often misuse "Metal" as a label for other styles that are sort-of similar but lacking entirely in everything that made the genre what it is in the first place. Perhaps all music genres have that same sort of misconceptions; surely from the outside looking in.

 

R.I.P. to MCA from the Beastie Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhqyZeUlE8U&ob=av2e

 

Respect to the Beasties and their contributions to music, including a ton of classic hip-hop joints. Not many people cared for their live band instrumental tracks, but I personally loved them.

And many of their videos still have me cracking up because of the craziness going on in them. Case in point:



Kruza

 

I was e-mailing these links to a buddy of mine for a gig and figured ya'll might like it too. It's a pretty sick playlist. I"m not going to embed them all because that'd probably bog the site down too much.

Four http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPyJLRFk_UY

My Ship - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUJ0x3G3ZwQ

They can't take that away from me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq9Ew10USIM&feature=relmfu

Blue in Green - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqcMOKF4qM

There is no greater love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qZB4adZAf8 (You'll like the guitar here)

I could write a book - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I7y5v8-ao8

Fly me to the moon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6muK4CbNAI&feature=related

Bobplicity- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLzqjmoZZAc

Body and Soul - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok

Autumn in New York - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50zL8TnMBN8

Softly as the morning sunrise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J14E-XcleEs

Tenor Madness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW33ye4fPBA

Solar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarhWvPQ610

Tenderly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISnrLn4LnZs

Revelation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOqYvOen-8Y&feature=related

Stella by starlight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2MO8jpDC1s

Polka Dots and Moonbeams -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMuWWfKUQ6c

Sunny - there are a bunch of version of this song I just learned about while looking this up for you here are a bunch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkzjbY5PWzk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkUsGkxZSvM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6FmS5Co-j4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMvdh6AKRts&feature=related

Walkin' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWwYRjXXfLw&feature=related

Emily - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkcRo7oUIro

Take the A train - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbUklDXdH2o&feature=related

You'll never know - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w3_pMWNRSQ&feature=related

On the sunny side of the street - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L-pSXDK6As

Summertime - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf48RRY01Gc&feature=related

On Green Dolphin Street - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMBDYxL_2wc&feature=related

Autumn Leaves - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKANToc0SeM&feature=related

My Favorate Things - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odVCH7UVTOY&feature=related

Impressions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mZ54FJ6h-k&feature=related

Naima http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7ije-HXU8&feature=related

Bye Bye Blackbird - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seNLGODY_ew&feature=related

I'm old fashioned - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOGX46Do95o&feature=related

in a sentimental mood - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCQfTNOC5aE

Monain' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OSyznVDOY&feature=related

Blue Train - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZHUVjQydI&feature=related

Lover Man -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnj9hQrrfzM I'd listen for the piano part for ideas of what to play.

Round Midnight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3SE3zEVP0

Equinox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m2HN2y0yV8&feature=related

FootPrints - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XvJFW0DHbU

Black Nile - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvUJlKp8HQ

Armageddon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nXqhfry8KQ

Speak No Evil - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRkGglLe-U&feature=related

Yes and No (GREAT SONG) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0q8mGUHJVQ&feature=related here's a second version of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n01iwcZpLA&feature=related it's just that good

Cherokee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgO3LODw9E&feature=related

Sophisticated Lady - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs8w6R-Xh_E


My one and only love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRh7M9zQiIc&feature=related

 

This is dope,


I like these 2 also. Goh's has to be the worst...For me anyways.

Wolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7J5F1pE53M

Akira
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S9jh_9l14k

 

I googled the name Eileen because I have never heard or seen it outside VF.
Wikipedia more or less led me to this Irish song.

 

Here's some more Eileen. Also notice that the frontman for Dexy's Midnight Runners is Myke...

 

The infamous two step dance move. OMG these guys were the worst dancers ! Michael Jackson could help these guys out a bit.

 

I enjoyed this one.

 

lol. I was waiting for the, "that's far enough" line. Always cracks me up when he says that when he subs/gets tagged in. That was good though.

 

^I fought for ****** freedom!