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Wednesday, September 7. 2011

WAKE UP!

Maggie's Farm pinup girl Marianne sent me this video this morning to WAKE UP my day, and it certainly did. It is from a Japanese movie, school girls doing a rousing version of the classic swing era Sing, Sing, Sing. Unfortunately the embed is disabled at Youtube, but just click this link and get your day jumpin'.  Crank up the sound and swing.


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


If you want to hear the original with greats Benny Goodman, Harry James and Gene Krupa, you'll be rewarded with a great day.


Posted by Bruce Kesler at 11:04 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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I avidly watched all 4:27 of the video -- and it certainly didn't have anything to do with the music.

If they're looking to replace the piano player, I'm available.

As a musician, though, I'd classify this as 'boogie', not 'swing'. It certainly sounded like swing because it was so brass-dominant, but it's the beat that defines a genre as much as anything else, and the 1/2 time was classically boogie.

Do audiences usually clap along on the off-beat to swing songs?

For more on cute young Japanese girls, check out the first one of these.
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-09-07 12:14 (Reply)
Dr. Merc ... It's called counterclapping and yes, we used to do it to add to the general mayhem and uninhibited joy. I've always thought that it's a great way to join in and move things along. Those young girls were sooo cute, weren't they?

Marianne
#2 Marianne Matthews on 2011-09-07 12:35 (Reply)
This is a Japanese movie. Probably dubbed-in music.
The real thing is at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A
#3 PacRim Jim (Link) on 2011-09-07 14:10 (Reply)
PacRim Jim, sort of. The "Swing Girls" group did make a movie about [sort of] how they came to be - but they played concerts for at least four (high-school and college) years. NOT dubbed.

Do a YouTube search for "Swing Girls" and see several more numbers.
#4 John A on 2011-09-07 19:08 (Reply)

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