Funnily enough swing was an expression of rebellion and youthful libertines, not elegance and class 😂. You want class, you go back to the aristocrat times. Pomp, grandeur, excess, all that classy stuff.
@@shapshooter7769 well, if french absolutism is your interpretation of class, go ahead. Certainly, the swing era and 30s & 40s fashion is mine. I guess that freedom of choice is everything that we have instead of time travelling. 😉
My dad was born in August 1917 so he was right in the middle of this period. He played in a jazz/swing band that did gigs all over NYC and he was an amazing dancer. I never realized it until my cousin Andrea got married in 1969 I was 9 and at her wedding the orchestra played "Sing sing sing" and he and his brothers were on the dance floor with their wives and just took it over. My mom said that when she first met him in 1955 he had shelves full of trophies from dance contests that he had won. My mom said he entered those contests so he could win some money to eat with during the depression. When he was 70 he could still do all these dances and also he could do the Kazotsky (Prisiadki). Might have to Google that one, but it isn't an easy one to pull off.
Yes. I loved that generation. I remember even in the 80s when I first started to go to weddings. Most of them born in the 1920s and 1930s knew how to dance so well from the Big Band Era. I went to my nephews wedding recently they do not play the music anymore sadly. Greatest Generation are gone sadly now many of the silents the parent of Generation X are going fast teens of the 40s and 50s who knew how to dance like that.
I wish my generation went out and did things like this, i know they still have places you can go but its usually old people and i want to be able to go out with my friends and their boyfriends and do this stuff it looks like so much fun
All ages still do this. Any major city and a lot of smaller ones have swing dancing. Look for swing/Lindy Hop in your area. Expect that it isn't like the movies however, swing dancing is about 1% aerials and movies make it seem like it's 90%.
What are you talking about, dork? The people who originally did this are the people you're calling old. They had more class and swing than you will EVER have.
These do still happen, just not quite as rowdy as movies make it seem. Check your local newspapers for social events. I live in a moderate-sized college town, and we have swing, blues, tango, and more. We also exchange with other cities. Their dancers come here and we go there.
Billy Jean, honestly, you are an egoist, an egotostic monster, an an arrogant maniac, full only of yourself. 1993 was a catastrophe for many people. If you can't understand it I feel pity for you.
When we watched this movie in class, I started dancing in my seat. I couldn’t help it. As a musical theater kid, this really made me want to dance along.
I believe that each generation has their was to go crazy on a party. No reason to look back in nostalgia, as much I LOVE this scene and the music. But we had parties like this during the 80s.. yes... music a little less sophisticated, but as earth shattering, the dress code was less elegant, more to the absurde, but we had fun, so much fun, as much as these kids. All night dancing, drinking, talking stuff our parents would not have understood, being against the establishment,... it was being young, the world and future was ours (apart it would explode due to Cold War), and we fell in love. And we left the house because there was no Internet, WoW etc. And now type please Ok boomer, even I am not a Boomer. Was just happy while typing. Sorry :-(
Swing and Big Band music have always been my favorite type of music and I've been listening to it for over 3 score. I like music that makes me move. A couple of years ago I came across a movie out of Japan called Swing Girls and thought I'd give it a watch. Glad I did. Yes, they play Swing...
Oh my god I love the energy of swing dancing so much! And the ending of the video where he and the girl so loghtheartedly danced together like flowing threw water just *chef's kiss*
I remember watching this in history class in 9 grade I had the best history teacher ever I will never forget Dakota high school was some of the best years of my life I made life long friendships and I have memories that I will never forget
I think some people didn’t actually see the movie Swing Kids or completely missed the point , these teenagers weren’t just having fun giggling and dancing they were rebelling against the harsh regime of the Nazis,most of the kids were arrested and forced into the German army. While yes the dancing is pretty cool , don’t forget the backdrop is in Nazi Germany and these kids weren’t just dancing they were literally breaking the law
I was lucky to have a dad who listened to Benny Goodman and other fame musicians of that era because he was a part of it. he said we were related to B. Goodman, under our arms! That I didn't understand if it was true or not, because I was too young. Well, I think they say having a creative passion needs to be nurtured from youth and he did a good job with part of this. The dancing is so good.
The moves that they did Cristian Bale and Simon Leonard in this movie are really good. Talking about as a teacher and knowing they are actors.. Congrats!
The first five minutes of this film need to be taught in film school on how to film a dance sequence. It’s perfect. I’m so glad people appreciate this film now because it didn’t really do much at the box office when it first came out.
Saw this movie in US History during my WW2 unit the ironic thing is that now i'm playing this song (sing sing sing) in my Jazz Band. So now i get to flex on my US History teacher
This is a great recording, however this actual version in the movie is not a recording from Benny Goodman. It's an arrangement and recording done by the studio that used Benny Goodman's arrangement because of it's high energy. Benny Goodman really can't be labeled as the artist for this version since it wasn't his band doing this actual recording. Here's the list of musicians and the two guys who did this arrangement: Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By - Robert Kraft Arranged By - Chris Boardman Bass - Chuck Domonico, Hen Wild Drums - Ralph Humphrey Guitar - Dean Parks, Dennis Budimir Piano - Michael Lang Trombone - John Johnson, Bill Reichenbach, Lloyd Ulyate Trumpet - Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Larry Hall Woodwind, Saxophone - Abe Most, Bob Tricarico, Dan Higgins, Gene Cipriano , Curt McGettrick And here's the link where I found the information: www.discogs.com/Various-Swing-Kids-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/5919825
The great Benny Goodman and Sing, sing, sing. I think maybe with Gene Krupa on the drums (depending on the year of the recording). Classic (and imagine how this "American cultural import' got under the Nazi's skin?!
Those seemed like fun times, but at the same time it must've been scary having lived in an era where you had to fear danger, especially when Nazi Germany was going on, especially when Hitler was alive. Sad period that is still here with us.
Least we forget that the movie is set in Hamburg circa 1939-on, and two decades later the children of these swing kids (who survived the WWII) were dancing to the Beatles in similar music halls.
So do I. Remembered this movie, after Jamming to video called Swing Dance, from Alfonso Jimenez. I dug it Soo Much, finally found this movie, Gonna Rent it tonight! Wish I could watch it together, with all y’all, Swinging Ladies! Swing Heil! 💃
Love your video & the music but I believe it is labeled wrong. This is not "Benny Goodman Orchestra - Sing, Sing, Sing" I think it's "Jumpin' at the Woodside" Sorry if I'm mistaken.🤔
Youth in 21st has no idea how awesome, healthy and fun it was to have no electronics but rather for fun going out and partying 'responsibly' making friends and actually socializing without phones and enjoying a night out on the town not the internet, but rather good ol' fashion fun. Born in the tape player era spent meals together with family and no internet or Iphone to distract you, got outside ate healthy home cooked meals and not nowadays drive through/quick n' easy but rather take time and enjoy one. We didn't have to deal with telemarketers, video games that kept you indoors and yes tv was fun, however the great outdoors offered more than tv at the time, now there's hulu, Netflix and what not so instead of a night on the town having fun now ones glued to the Internet and Tv getting not enough healthy meals nor enough exercise. Health issues are worse than back then especially allergies and today there's rarely any family downtime. Also wages back then people could live off of and not need a 2nd or 3rd job it paid the bills and having a family people could afford. Now its nearly impossible to start a family in 21st century unless your rich, and business especially retail make it impossible for employees to survive off of minimum wag thats less than living and standard housing, health and food costs without going paycheck to paycheck and needing a 2nd job while being over worked and underpaid.
Gigi Schuster Not all younger people are attracted to electronics. Me I'm attracted to playing the drums and its not easy. You need as much energy to play because drumming is fast paced(depending on what you are playing) like I play swing like this and its hard but fun. But I totally agree with your statement as I am only 12 lol
I was born in 1953. I would go back to that time in an instant. It was a simpler life. We visited family or vice versa on Sundays. We played cards and other games as a family. We could stay outside until the streetlights came on and we had delicious home cooked meals every day. I could go on and on.
It was also a time of great moral courage. Yad Vashem has honored 27,921 people from 51 countries, recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, non-Jews who saved ‘undesirables’ because ‘it was the right thing to do,’ despite the danger/risk. @@joewhitehead3
There is a resurgence of swing jazz and swing dancing. from the 1920s and 1930s. In fact The Great Gatsby Party is making it's return in September 2024 in the USA and in Toronto, Canada. Look them up on RU-vid. You can find modern versions of swing music and it sounds great.
Márcia Naur Lembro-me de assistir esse filme em VK7 alugado na época e adorado (I remember watching this movie on rented VCR tape back then and loved it).
Every film showing 1950's rock and roll or 1940's jitterbug "swing" dancing obviously depict professional dancers engaging in spins, lifts and acrobatics that would have been impossible for ordinary people. This film is a great example of that. Watch old 1950's videos of American Bandstand to see how the hoi poloi actually danced. No white panties on display!
I remember having to sing this song in 4th grade required chorus, and I hated it. Watching this movie and this scene a couple years ago brought memories I never wanted to remember
