Talk:Swing revival

message: This article might be worth reworking to link more coherently with references to neo swing in the lindy hop, history of lindy hop and lindy hop today articles. I'll see if I can get to it sometime. PlainJane 10:01, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: reworking

message: Article really needs a section on the influence of Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive album. As far as I know that got the whole ball rolling in the early 80s, when most of the people in revival bands were in high school. Our high school jazz band went from playing horrid rock/jazz fusion arrangements, to a full scale big band playing classic charts as soon as we got ahold of that record. A few people from my school went on to play with some of the major bands. -googuse 17:36, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Influence of Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive

message: I don't know, but I know Colin James is one the of main Swing Revival artists in Canada.   He is more famous for his blues and rock hits, but he has also put out 3 swing albums, including a new one.  Where does he go?  Kevlar67 03:17, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Primary or Secondary? 

message: 1980s and early 1990s
The Swing Revival in America was led by bands such as Royal Crown Revue of Los Angeles which came into existence against the grinding sounds of The Grunge Movement out of the underbelly of the LA punk and music scene. All through the 1980s groups of disaffected people were looking for something other to do musically, some went to Old Ballrooms, like the Venetian Room in the Farimont Hotel in San Francisco, Others went to the Rainbow Room in New York City. They all were seeking something more pleasant and glamourous. 
With the introduction of the Compact Disk in the 1980s, Music companies were scouring their back catalogs to find new profit in old recordings.  A compilation of Louis Prima songs was and still is the staple of the Swing Revival because of its fun songs and novel arrangements.  
In most cities music was being performed by Jazz oriented dance bands like Tim Hesla's Converse All-Stars through the late 1980s as a cocktail and counter culture swanky response to the pain lyric laden alternative rock that followed the New Wave and an alternative to Boy Bands and the increasing Negativity of Hip Hop. 
There was a urge to learn to dance to the music of the Swing Era. New bands played Swing older bands revived and  folks began writing new songs(some insipid, some sublime.)
Dancing
Many people went to ballroom dance studios in their respective city to learn "Swing Dancing".  Others went to movie sources like Buck Privates, A Day at the Races or HellsaPoppin' from the 1930s and 40s to catch moves. Through some research and a phone book; fanatical dancers began tracking down the source dancers from the Era itself. Some still alive and dancing some 50 years later.  Los Angeles and Orange Counties and the New York City area had living Legends like Frankie Manning who were brought out of retirement to teach Lindy Hop. The original "Black Swing Dance" from Harlem, while in California others were still doing the Balboa, the original "White Swing Dance."  Many of the folks who started with the basics from orhtodox dance studios began peppering their steps with throws and lifts and other acrobatic steps that had originated in Lindy Hop with the afforementioed Frankie Manning in the Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s.  
The Split. Lindy Hoppers Vs. "Swingers"
Most people who participated in the "Swing Thing" as some called it, used it as a way to meet and date people.
Others used it as an after college networking and friendship environment.
Lindy Hop Nation.
The internet served as a breeding ground for small communities. 
Clubs and Societies popped up all over the US and the world 
The information shared this way, like most fan groups, much of the world of Lindy Hopping was connected.  
Swing dancing Instructors would often host weekend workshops with esteemed teachers who 
usually would have gone to the trouble of training for and winning major swing dance competitions 
or appearing in movies, tv shows or music videos. 
A system of Lindy "Exchanges" started cropping up. 
Where dancers in a city would organize a swing dance weekend sometimes with a guest teachers, nights of live bands and after hours dances and daytime activities. 
There are major competitions currently running for all major forms of Swing Dancing that at 
times include the original dances and sometimes do not.  
The Swingers.
A contingent of the "Swing Scene" falls into the cocktailing, suit and dress wearing lifestyler crowd, who did not follow into the dance scene as far as the Hard Core Lindy Hoppers nor showed up to mingle and meet people interested in the fad aspect and no more. Many of these folks came in to revel in the Zoot Suit Swank or Gangster Styled aspect of the Swing Movement. Many of these folks were also falling into a vintage clothing, car and lifestle culture before or during the Swing Revivals early years. Many of these people credit the demise of their New Golden Era of Swing to the Dancers and Tourists who came through during the Revival era 1998-2001, and used up the dance floor space, did not dress as well, and wouldn't buy alcoholic drinks to support the bars and the live music in them.  Most of the Swing Lifestylers listen to The Core Rat Pack Singers (Sinatra, Martin and Davis) and also have ties to 1920s through 1940s recreationist societies in their respective cities.
Moved from main article by Jerry picker 20:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Or Maybe this is the truth

message: I wonder if the Movie Chicago deserves a mention here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(2002_film)
Jmohler1970 (talk) 19:55, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Chicago

message: I wonder if this particular band deserves a mention. Their performance at the 1999 Super Bowl Halftime Show was certainly a crowning moment for the revival of big band-style music.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.137.170 (talk) 05:40, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

message: Ever listened to Roger Cicero's songs with swing elements? It's not historically revelant. At best it's meaningless, average swing covered by bad pop singing. With that in mind it rather looks like his management manipulated this article here in an attempt to make Roger Cicero relevant. I strongly recommend erasing the parts refering to him in this article, because they don't add more value to the article, at all.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.201.184.70 (talk) 23:12, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Corrupted article

message: The song from Aladdin (1992) deserves mention as an influential swing song of this era 100.34.218.40 (talk) 23:49, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Never had a friend like me"