Confession time: I'm a 'big band' freak

[Cuban_Liberal]

Please don't hate me.

:scared:

[trof]

1. Me too.

Got several multi-disk albums.
I do a mean jitterbug, too.
;-)

[bearfan454]

2. Benny Goodman had some damn good hits n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

8. The Benny Goodman Orchestra ROCKED!

Gene Krupa is still an idol for a lot of drummers.

[sasquatch]

3. I like pre WWII blues music

Whoever hates me should have a harminca shoved up his ass.

[everythingsxen]

4. Also a big band lover..

Of course, I love most music. Even a chunk of country. :)

[tuvor]

5. I'm often "In the Mood"

Big band rocks!...so to speak.

[djeseru]

6. Actually listening to Duke Ellington right now.

"Black Beauty"...raised by my grandmother, she's of the Greatest Generation, so I grew up listening to the best. I love it all from 1920's on up til WWII.

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. What a relief!

I thought I was a freak!

:grouphug:

[Seabiscuit]

21. You are. But so are the rest of us here.

It's a good thing to be a Big Band freak.

:grouphug:

[Guy Fawkes]

9. I love bad movies...

I even like the sequals to bad movies! (GASP!)

[Longgrain]

10. I'm not a freak, but I like it.

As well as jazz and folk music...

I don't get obsessed by music the way many people do, but I like it all.

[jonnyblitz]

11. that's it!

big bands is where i draw the line!! :P :hi:

[Cuban_Liberal]

12. Hehe!

:pals:

[CubsFan1982]

13. So are my grandparents.

;)

Seriously, though, I've been to a couple of swing dances that the college puts on, and I never had more fun than I did at those dances. I'll be damned if I could tell you who exactly had performed the music, but it was definitely some good stuff; easy to dance to, I could never understand how anyone could listen to it and NOT be compelled to dance.

[Cuban_Liberal]

14. Exactly!

:D

[BlueJazz]

15. I adore the bands of Maynard Ferguson and Les and Larry Elgart.

People who have not seen, heard and felt the beauty and power of a (Professional) Big Band truly don't know what they're missing.

[RetroLounge]

16. I love big bands, had tons of 78's of them

but sold them all last year.

Have you seen the Brian Setzer Orchestra?

Nothing rocks like a horn section!

RL

[stpalm]

17. I am a big band fan

But I am a Band Geek- I play in Concert Band at school, pep band, Marching Band, and Jazz/Swing Band. I also play in a ska band outside of school.




I also LOVE George Gershwin music.

[skygazer]

18. I love that type of music

I don't claim to know the artists or particular songs for the most part but I really like the music. But then, I like many kinds of music - I was raised with a hodgepodge of musical styles. My dad is a devotee of the old style country and bluegrass, both of which I love (not the new pop influenced country but the old stuff). My mom loved big band music as well as the crooners. I have five older siblings who listened to a range of music which got me into stuff as diverse as Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkle. And my aunt used to take me to the symphony so I got some classical in there as well.

I don't much care for polka but I'm open to about anything musically.

[stpalm]

19. Mexican Polka!

AM 630 kicks ass. I hate regular polka, but when it is Mexican I love it.

[Cuban_Liberal]

20. Oh YEAH!

:thumbsup: