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James Horner — Sing, Sing, Sing
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Anax
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: May 10, 2013 - 22:16
 
Just too damn happy. My meter doesn't go up that high.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 07:53
 
 helgigermany wrote:
I dont love big band sound!

 
And it don't love you.

Which is too bad, really. The history of the development of the big band, its origins with military brass bands and black musicians in New Orleans, its adoption of jazz and blues idioms, and its translation into the music of an era is fascinating. It's a listening journey that embraces everying from "Alexander's Rag Time Band" to "St. Louis Blues" to "Rhapsody in Blue" to "Sing, Sing, Sing" and so on. What's interesting is that in the very early days of rock'n'roll, the big band influence was pervasive. Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" was a big band vocal arrangement in the best tradition of Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey. And it wasn't uncommon for big bands (Lawrence Welk, Percy Faith, Nelson Riddle, Horst Jankowski) to put hits in the Top 40 well into the '60s.

BBoyes
(Salt Lake City Utah)
Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 10:46
 
 helgigermany wrote:
I dont love big band sound!
 
I'm not usually a fan especially either but this one caught my attention. There is sooo much energy in this! Love it.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 10:45
 

Glad my amp can deliver othewise my transducers would be toast by now !!!!

And can you imagine these guys in person in a tight venue ?

 

 



helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 22:29
 
I dont love big band sound!

triskele
(a strange land)
Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 14:08
 
my dad, born in 1921, said that "sing sing sing" was his favorite hit song of his generation...he would have LOVED this version.

nevar23
(Georgia)
Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 18:52
 
It seems fitting that fireworks are going off outside as this is playing. Happy New Year, all! {#Bananapiano}

blueice7
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 10:03
 
{#Nyah}

pcicatar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 08:39
 
 a2sportsguy wrote:
From "Tusk" to "Sing Sing Sing." Brilliant. This is DJing as an art form. And my friends wonder why I don't listen to Pandora or Spotify.
 
Yes!  I abhor Pandora.  Spotify is excellent for shear access to music and you can search for worthwhile playlists to subscribe to.

heeps
(England)
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 08:38
 
{#Dancingbanana}

cambuddyf
Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 11:58
 
Fantastic.

If you think about it, the Benny Goodman version of this song was probably the "A Day in the Life" for it's time. 

MayBaby
(Savannah, Georgia)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 14:29
 
Still Awesome.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 10:52
 
 Papernapkin wrote:
At first I thought it was Nick Drake.
 


shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 10:49
 
Nice!!!!!

derekd
(Mudball called Earth)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 12:16
 
Only this kind of variety on RP. Thanks Bill!

posworld
(Michigan)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 12:15
 
This whole soundtrack is excellent. 

a2sportsguy
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 16:06
 
From "Tusk" to "Sing Sing Sing." Brilliant. This is DJing as an art form. And my friends wonder why I don't listen to Pandora or Spotify.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 12:39
 
 impediguy wrote:


Isn't music like a reel-to-tape of our lives? And what I mean about our lives is a chronicle of feeling alive, not a deprecation of history. Moreover, I tried out and held a seat in my University's Jazz Band for five years, and so I can say with conviction that James Horners Bands's (or Benny Goodman's original) performance of this tune will never be equalled by ordinary mortals. Truly "god like".
 
Actually, Louis Prima wrote and recorded the original version of this tune, though the Goodman version is much more widely known.  I like all three versions.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 12:36
 
{#Sunny}

lindergr55
(Albuquerque, NM)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 12:35
 
Not Gene Krupa, but still most foot tappin'!  {#Bananasplit}

ejankowski40
(Germany)
Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 05:42
 
Loved this song{#Bananajumprope} when Soundtrack came out...

lexica
(Oaktown, 510)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 21:53
 
Help, my toes keep tapping and I can't stop 'em!
*dances around room*
*barely avoids tripping over cat*

matude
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 04:14
 
my feet are moving.. 

10

orquidea
(Baquería)
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 04:13
 
I like it...{#Clap}

AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 15:39
 
 Shesdifferent wrote:
Two words...Mute button
 
Really??  Wow!!  You truly are different.
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And that's okay. ;-)

AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 15:37
 
 dogugotw wrote:
So I'm Stumbling around the web, listening to RP, James Horner Sing, Sing, Sing and hit this:   http://holmi.info/ninja-dance/

Too freaking funny.
 Awesome!!  I think he's in step with the beat. 



dogugotw
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 09:49
 
So I'm Stumbling around the web, listening to RP, James Horner Sing, Sing, Sing and hit this:   http://holmi.info/ninja-dance/

Too freaking funny.

Bacadiar
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 09:48
 
Gotta love this classic. Always a favorite!

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 09:48
 
Somebody Stop Me!
That's a Spicy Meatball

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 17:13
 
Uhh, is that a 20? 

velocette
(Puget Sound, beneath the volcanoes)
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 22:20
 
 nevar23 wrote:
It is physically impossible to remain still while listening to this. {#Dancingbanana}
 
Only if you're dead! (Okay, at the volume I've got this cranked to, not even then....)

JsDad
(Chapel Hill, NC)
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 18:49
 
 JsDad wrote:
Wonder where this ranks in Songs Used in Movies?  Probably behind Ode to Joy...
 
To answer part of my own question it's been used in 26 films - 27 if you count the Benny Goodman Story...

JsDad
(Chapel Hill, NC)
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 18:38
 
Wonder where this ranks in Songs Used in Movies?  Probably behind Ode to Joy...

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 05:01
 
 oldsaxon wrote:
1936 this was written. There are a few rap songs, some rock tunes that will be this good after that many years, but the thing about swing is it wants you to dance...that's all, just dance. The world is in a great big mess, the economy is just starting to recover a bit, and there's stuff going on in Europe that seems unsettling, but come dance and spend some cash and feel good...Don't think about the mess in Europe, don't fret about the Fascists. Prohibition has been repealed...Time to party...let's dance!

 
{#Clap}{#Dancingbanana}


Lakeview
(Great White North)
Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 05:00
 
Cranked it! Great recording of a great song.

oilydwarf
Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 05:00
 
Monsters Inc?

NeuroGeek
(Just Way Out There)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 07:49
 
Less often would be more...

oldsaxon
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 11:37
 
1936 this was written. There are a few rap songs, some rock tunes that will be this good after that many years, but the thing about swing is it wants you to dance...that's all, just dance. The world is in a great big mess, the economy is just starting to recover a bit, and there's stuff going on in Europe that seems unsettling, but come dance and spend some cash and feel good...Don't think about the mess in Europe, don't fret about the Fascists. Prohibition has been repealed...Time to party...let's dance!


dpvest
(northern cali)
Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 11:01
 
this song made my neck tired...

bitbanger
(Upper West Side)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 13:58
 
 

I know that time relegates the inferior to obscurity and makes it hard to judge but this was one butt kicking time in American music, furshur.



nevar23
(Georgia)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 10:10
 
It is physically impossible to remain still while listening to this. {#Dancingbanana}

obstetricus
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 10:08
 
I guess it works for variety's sake

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 10:08
 
From faded to Fantastic..... {#Dancingbanana}


Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 10:07
 
Two words...Mute button

impediguy
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 19:23
 
 Hannio wrote:
This makes me think of dear old da freezing in his foxhole in the Ardenne in December '44, having been called back to the front when his leave was cut short. He was at a Benny Goodman concert in Paris when the MPs showed up and ordered everybody back to their units.

 



Isn't music like a reel-to-tape of our lives? And what I mean about our lives is a chronicle of feeling alive, not a deprecation of history.

Moreover, I tried out and held a seat in my University's Jazz Band for five years, and so I can say with conviction that James Horners Bands's (or Benny Goodman's original) performance of this tune will never be equalled by ordinary mortals. Truly "god like".

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 19:12
 
10!   This'll get the ol' dogs moving!  Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. Gene Krupa on drums, Lionel Hampton on xylophone.   This was a Christmas gift to my dad, who played it till the record went to vinyl heaven. 


Bridieboo
(Halifax, NS)
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 19:08
 
{#Bounce}

olivertwist
(Atlanta GA)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 06:01
 

The last song by Ben Harper almost put me back to sleep this morning, but this certainly is brightening my mood!



Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 05:30
 
This makes me think of dear old da freezing in his foxhole in the Ardenne in December '44, having been called back to the front when his leave was cut short. He was at a Benny Goodman concert in Paris when the MPs showed up and ordered everybody back to their units.


Andy_B
(aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla)
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 14:19
 
 kcar wrote:


LOL. That whirring sound you hear is Benny Goodman, spinning in his grave. Actually, this song is from the 30s. My all-time fave version is by Goodman et al. at Carnegie Hall in 1938. All-star band, great groove, very appreciative audience. I'm sure everyone whipped out their lighters at the end of the concert... 
 

Amen.  This is good but doesn't hold a candle to Goodman's Carnegie Hall concert version recorded live.  My dad had a dance band in the 30's and this was one of his favorite albums.  I grew up on this and eventually played tenor sax (as he did-he also played tenor banjo and accordian) in our high school dance band.
We played a lot of swing from the 30s and 40s era.