Originally posted by 124:
Sorry, Scott, I wish I could help you out more. But I can't get my head around any of those titles as 'swing' numbers.
I guess with arrangers we can re-jig any song with any style and, for ourselves, we could get used to it. But hitting an audience with, for example, Mustang Sally as a foxtrot for the first time I think might jar a few ears.
That said, I used to do the Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" as a quickstep, and that used to work out well. Remember that Paul Anka CD from a year or two ago where they took a bunch of rock standards and 'swung 'em up'? I guess that worked as well, though it never sat well on my ears.
Good luck.
[This message has been edited by 124 (edited 10-05-2009).]
Thanx for the input 124. It seems the term swing here has more to do with a dance step rather than type of music, especially with the west coast swing.
As far as east coast it seems it refers largely to swing and 50's music. In the Mood would be one.
I don't think Mustang Sally would ever make it as a foxtrot
I'll have to admit that Beatles tune as a Quick Step is hard to imagine. I may have to try it to see what it sounds like sometime
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