Topic: Swing: on the upswing or downswing?

[John Gimber: Webmaster]

Right, swing music, my favourite kind.  But...

After the rash of "new swing" that came out earlier last year, there hasn't been a lot of new swing around, or (dare I say it) there hasn't been a lot of new-style swing that actually moves me.

Do you think swing is still on the way up on the leroc scene, or on the way down, for popularity?

John.

[marty_baby]

Hi John,

not sure what swing is!

is it slow 6-beat stuff?
Do we hear it a lot at the Elmgrove?
Can you stick Sounds bites onto this web Sites - like to hear some!   


Cheers
Martin

[John Gimber: Webmaster]

Swing stuff - Leroy brown, ain't that a kick in the head, it ain't what you do, etc.  Old swing-jive stuff.  Frank sinatra, Robbie Williams, Lisa Stansfield...

[Elaine]

I love Swing music, although I also call it Blues.  Funnily enough I only commented the other day that I had not heard much of it recently at some of the Bristol venues and then a track was played last night at Kingswood!

Bring it on!   


Elaine

[Nick M]

I am not sure Swing is fading away - what about

1) the recent Westlife swing album
2) Michael Buble (who has a new album out soon)

Also I heard a rumour that Robbie Williams may release a foillow-up to "swing when you're winning". Anyone know if thats true?

[JT]

.. and I went to see Jules Holland at the CIA just before Christmas and I'd say that was probably a sell out gig!  (or does he count as boogie woogie!)

[John: Elmgrove LeRoc]

Well, we try to play a fair amount of swing / blues at Elmgrove, with a mix of latin and some modern stuff - depends who gets to the music deck first really - David's music tastes any my music tastes are rather different!

John.

[philsmove]

The question is how do I rate Swing but the options seem to be how do other people rate it

I have to confess music names confuse me

What exactly is the difference between Swing and Blues

[Nick M]

Blues is generally slower than swing, and often in a 12-bar format. Boogie woogie is much faster - often too fast for LeRoc.

[Anita]

I'm no music expert and I'm sure someone else could answer Phil's question far better than me, but to me all the swing music mentioned by John- and stuff like Michael Buble's 'Moondance ' &' Sway'-- is far more up tempo than blues and has a completely different feel to it--more lighthearted than blues. Isn't Blues slower , more sultry and with a more melancholy feel to it. Perhaps someone with more musical experience could elaborate. I certainly dont see the two types of music as the same though , although I like both. They play quite a bit of swing @ Kingswood--not as much Blues though as its much harder to dance to than swing-- unless you've been taught to Blues dance properly of course.

[ClaireLSt]

frimfram sauce!
i think there is loads of new swing if you want to find it. check out eg  some music clips on amazon of 'yallopin' hounds' - swingtastic. 
but yeah, i don't know if the tempo difference makes it blues or slow swing.. its all good stuff though and def should be part of a dance evening, IMHO.   

[Nick M]

try www.clubtopsy.com for a good selection of new swing

[philsmove]

try www.clubtopsy.com for a good selection of new swing

Thanks nick that's brightened up breakfast

[John Gimber: Webmaster]

Yeah, cheers for that.  It looks interesting!  Will have a mooch around their site later.

John.