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Benny Goodman — Sing, Sing, Sing
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pdm
(Toronto)
Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 10:10
 
I discovered about a week ago that climbing hills on my bicycle is much quicker and easier if I'm listening to swing. In this case it was Benny Goodman Sing,Sing,Sing (on CBC radio 2). Hmmm, I wonder if disco would work? Never mind, I'm not willing to find out.

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 15:16
 
wow this is LONG

michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON)
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 15:15
 
Yikes. Still going? Oh hell, and Elvis next.


triskele
(da sout'wes'side)
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 15:14
 
i love the way this song reminds me of my late parents...who were of the generation that called this genre their dance music....wow.

Anax
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 15:13
 
AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa! Scuffle, bump... SLAM!

ginniet
(Spokane, WA)
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 15:11
 
That's the way to help me survive 2 more hours of work!

{#Dancingbanana}

michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON)
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 15:08
 
 Sjaaks wrote:

The first minute is fun, the remaing day and a half annoys me.... Don't care if it's a classic, it makes me wanna hit the mute button... 2 

Just did.

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Feb 15, 2010 - 05:32
 

The first minute is fun, the remaing day and a half annoys me.... Don't care if it's a classic, it makes me wanna hit the mute button...

2



Rotterdam
Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 02:14
 
 Moonflower31 wrote:
I can see why my dad was so wild, listening to this stuff, it's hot!!
 

I agree. I give this a 10. Brilliant ground-breaking, sexy music, and impossible not to move around to! 

Rick_V
(New Orleans)
Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 20:28
 
Awesome tune. Very powerful.

Ja300Mes
(North Fork)
Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 19:27
 
The GRP All-Star Big Band does a KILLER cover of this tune on their Live album
Click here: GRP All-Star Big Band : Discography : The GRP All-Star Big Band Live!

If you have a killer sound system, this CD will challenge it to the max.

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 15:36
 
Lubs it!{#Bananapiano}

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 15:27
 
 leathepea wrote:
Can't get into it, boring.
 

Have you the BRAINWORMS?!!{#Eek}

Bridieboo
(Halifax, NS)
Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 15:25
 
That is one sexy piece of music!

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 15:05
 
 fuh2 wrote:

I see cats
 
I wish I could get my fat, lazy kitty to dance like that!  {#Lol}

Moonflower31
(Flagstaff)
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 09:31
 
I can see why my dad was so wild, listening to this stuff, it's hot!!

George_Tirebiter
(Phoenix)
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 09:28
 
Fantastic!  I never tire of this composition.  Far ahead of it's time.  {#Dancingbanana}

Lrobby99
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 09:28
 
 ansugon wrote:

You should try the live version from 1938.  Probably one of the greatest concerts ever of any genre.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Benny-Goodman-Carnegie-Concert/dp/B000HWXGDO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260283713&sr=1-4

 

never got much into the swing big band stuff. reminds me of zoot suit stuff. no offense but boring.

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 09:27
 
{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Bananapiano} {#Bananajam}  

ansugon
Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 07:05
 
 keller1 wrote:


Almost any version of this tune is good and this one of course features Gene Krupa.  That said, this one starts to drag at around five minutes.  The Los Straitjackets version is shorter and has more dynamics.

 
You should try the live version from 1938.  Probably one of the greatest concerts ever of any genre.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Benny-Goodman-Carnegie-Concert/dp/B000HWXGDO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260283713&sr=1-4


Lrobby99
Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 06:55
 
 keller1 wrote:


Almost any version of this tune is good and this one of course features Gene Krupa.  That said, this one starts to drag at around five minutes.  The Los Straitjackets version is shorter and has more dynamics.

 

ditto leathpea

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 06:51
 
 leathepea wrote:
Can't get into it, boring.
 

Almost any version of this tune is good and this one of course features Gene Krupa.  That said, this one starts to drag at around five minutes.  The Los Straitjackets version is shorter and has more dynamics.


shayde
(Berlin, MA)
Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 06:48
 
Wait - something changed.  This is the entire piece - I'm used to hearing a shortened version - even on RP.  Did Bill change the version?

okobojicat
(Dreaming of the Moravian Highlands)
Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 06:45
 
This reminds of pep band. Sitting up their in the old bleachers with the reek of popcorn and Skyler going nuts on the drums. Us Trumpets screeching. The saxes or clarinets who sat infront of us always giving us dirty looks for playing too loud.

Good times.

Tagish_girl
(happily seeking hammock, HBG, SE)
Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 06:44
 
I am so all over this song!  I can't sit still!  My colleagues are looking at me like i'm a freak!  WHO CARES! GO BENNY GO!!!!

fuh2
(salmon land)
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 21:22
 

I see cats

rollo_tomasi
(32° 49' N 116° 58' W)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 12:03
 
 crockydile wrote:
I see cartoons. This music will always be associated with old cartoons for me.
 
me too

Johnny Quest opening from 1964....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fYTA7bxqP4


MayBaby
(Savannah, Georgia)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 12:02
 
Every time I hear this and it ends, I'm am disappointed that I don't hear this incredible applause, wild cheers, laughter and whistling,
then big sighs from everyone dancing... Love it.

Rod
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 11:59
 
It's hard to improve on this! An all time classic. And fun to dance to.

derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 11:59
 
{#Drummer}  Love it. Only on RP.

jakewhite77
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 11:56
 
Thanks, I needed this.

leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 11:54
 
Can't get into it, boring.

Moonflower31
(Flagstaff)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 11:53
 
First music I remember hearing as a child....{#Bananapiano}

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:34
 
I could stand to hear this more.  It's fun, exciting, and work stopping.  Well deserving of the 10 rating.

berrydoo
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:31
 
That was fun!

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:29
 
Mute button...this is still going?

jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:28
 
 flyboy wrote:

I asked Bill about the discrepancy between the ratings on the list and the ratings on each song's page.  He said they use two different formulas.  The formula for each song's page is simply the average rating, while the formula on the list weights the number of people who have rated the song.  This is to avoid the possibility that a new song gets played once and gets rated a 10 by one person, giving it a 10.0 average, and vaulting it to the top of the list.  It dampens the effect of the transient whim of the minority.

Sounds like a good formula for politics as well... as you should well know up there in the snow, eh? 



strawtarget
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:28
 
Wow, I'm not really that big of a jazz fan, but it's impossible to keep myself from toe-tapping during this song.  Nice!

AdyMiles
(Wolverhampton, UK)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:28
 
Very talented guy, but no idea why this get top marks from so many. Does little for me


crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:28
 
I see cartoons. This music will always be associated with old cartoons for me. Cartoons that aren't very funny and often quite racist.{#Headache}

ogomez77
(Miami, FL)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:25
 
{#Drummer}

flyboy
(Sarah Palin's Hometown)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 10:26
 
 Otomi wrote:
Wait! Sing, Sing, Sing may be at the top of RP's top ten by listener ratings. The list on the Music/Artists page ("updated daily") has it at fourth place, but if you check the ratings on the page of each song, in every case there's a lower number, and Sing, Sing, Sing has a higher number than the other songs. Here's the list from the Music/Artists page (August 10, 2009, 5:30 pm), with the ratings from the song pages added after each song:

1. The Beatles - A Day In The Life  (9.68) - 9.3
2. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata  (9.674) - 9.3
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here  (9.66) - 9.3
4. Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing  (9.644) - 9.4
5. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower  (9.629) - 9.3
6. Mozart - Symphony No. 40 - Molto Allegro  (9.587) - 9.3
7. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio  (9.586) - 9.3
8. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five  (9.57) - 9.2
9. Pink Floyd - Us & Them -> Eclipse  (9.566) - 9.2
10. Vivaldi - The 4 Seasons: Summer  (9.543) - 9.2

There must be a bug in the code somewhere.
 
I asked Bill about the discrepancy between the ratings on the list and the ratings on each song's page.  He said they use two different formulas.  The formula for each song's page is simply the average rating, while the formula on the list weights the number of people who have rated the song.  This is to avoid the possibility that a new song gets played once and gets rated a 10 by one person, giving it a 10.0 average, and vaulting it to the top of the list.  It dampens the effect of the transient whim of the minority.


Otomi
(La orilla de la civilización)
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 15:34
 
Wait! Sing, Sing, Sing may be at the top of RP's top ten by listener ratings. The list on the Music/Artists page ("updated daily") has it at fourth place, but if you check the ratings on the page of each song, in every case there's a lower number, and Sing, Sing, Sing has a higher number than the other songs. Here's the list from the Music/Artists page (August 10, 2009, 5:30 pm), with the ratings from the song pages added after each song:

1. The Beatles - A Day In The Life  (9.68) - 9.3
2. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata  (9.674) - 9.3
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here  (9.66) - 9.3
4. Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing  (9.644) - 9.4
5. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower  (9.629) - 9.3
6. Mozart - Symphony No. 40 - Molto Allegro  (9.587) - 9.3
7. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio  (9.586) - 9.3
8. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five  (9.57) - 9.2
9. Pink Floyd - Us & Them -> Eclipse  (9.566) - 9.2
10. Vivaldi - The 4 Seasons: Summer  (9.543) - 9.2

There must be a bug in the code somewhere.

Al_Koholic
(Exit 82, New Joisey)
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:58
 
Had a chance to see Benny in New Brunswick, NJ.  Was gonna take my mother.  He decided to cancel the show and go fishing.

eddief
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:57
 
 ortallcowgirl wrote:
Movies have used this piece for years, and I can never get sick of hearing it.  The beat is so catchy.
 
Didn't Bugs Bunny dance to this in one of his episodes?


shayde
(Berlin, MA)
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:57
 
I've never heard this full length version - not even on RP - this is FRIGGIN AWESOME. 

Mojo_LA
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:55
 
I loved hearing the "Swing Kids" rendition of this — a fabulous performance and with modern recording quality. But there's nothing like going back to the roots of the song and the original performance.

Love hearing what sounds like Benny missing a cue and starting into a clarinet solo or a different theme just as Gene Kruppa is getting cranked up on the tomtom. (Of course he can't miss a cue, he's directing the band, but something happened!)

The song really is epic in its variety and changing themes throughout, with star-quality performances from his band, playing their hearts out. I read that his band hated having to play this song every night.  :)

Mojo


Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:55
 
 scottflory wrote:
of those top ten - is this the only one done with a live recording?
 
 

I would guess that the classical recordings were as live as this.

And listen to the quality of Goodman's playing. Nice...

zschubert
(Jacksonville, FL)
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:54
 
Gene Freakin KruppAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scottflory
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:53
 
of those top ten - is this the only one done with a live recording?