1930'S DANCE HALL EFFECT

[CPAirsoft100]

so ghostly, but suave at the same time. These aren't bad ghosts, theyre awesome high class ones

[staclynn72]

Oh thats great, love it!

[raymond13008]

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC !  I LIKE MUCH ! THANKS YOU FRIENDSHIP RAYMOND

[am88ification]

if you look closely you could see lebron travelling while his mother is getting plowed by delonte west.

[MrSamWhitemoon]

*cheerfully* "Mr Grady..you were the caretaker here. I recognise your picture from the newspapers. You, uh, chopped your wife and daughters up into little bits and then you blew your brains out."

[xXMzOzzyFanXx]

"a nigger? ".... "A nigger cook"

[scooterdaz1]

No tv and no beer make Homer go crazy, dont mind if i do

[zub1964]

@Anysz94- I agree. Because of this game, a whole new generation is learning what real music sounds like. :-)

[EliasCrowe]

That's me in the back there.

[Leatherbubba]

How about a drink,Lloyd?

[MrDeCorey]

It should have said July 4 Ball 1928 it would have been better.

[climategeorge]

What a GREAT idea...i always wanted to make reproductions of the late night live broadcasts that 30's dance bands did on the BBC with introductions and background noises---would be so good if you could give it a go.

By the way- is it my imagination, but didn't Stanley Kubrick use this track in The Shining...i know he used something by Al Bowlly?

[Anysz94]

This song should be in Fallout New Vegas :) In this game there are a lot of similar songs but this song is the best for me; )

[bobdebicker]

Give me the bat, Wendy.

[imperatorcaesar100]

I think this was the photograph Stanley Kubrick used for the photograph of Jack Torrance at the overlook hotel on July 4th 1921.

[CanRarities]

Oh my god so many white people.

[newvintage8]

it's wonderful what you've done



[mrspivvy]

a great job- sounds better with this effect

[19NORGE78]

"Perhaps you need to correct him, sir"

[Jereponibus]

Great job on this video, TwiddlyBobby!

Everything fits so well together: the scenery, the music, and the background chatter. It really does give that 1930's dance hall effect. So you should definitely try doing similar experiments with other videos in the future.

Overall, I give this video a near-perfect 9 out of 10. :D

Though, it would have been a perfect 10 if it had a grinning Jack Nicholson at the front of the crowd. :P

[kaakoo]

Anyone have an axe?

[Heartbreakhotel112]

"He´s a very willful boy"... "Indeed he is mr Torrence. A very willful boy.. a rather naughty boy.. if I may be so bold, sir?"

[TheHasanMurat]

@Heartbreakhotel112 : Its his mother. She.....interferes.

[1moosel]

@Heartbreakhotel112 What do they call you around here Jeevesy ol' boy?! Grady sir, Delbert Grady.

[MrDeCorey]

Fantastic video I love this song!

And The Shining is one of my favroite movies.

[royko22]

Very interesting and enjoyable. This brings us back to a civilized period in our history, so unlike the present.

[Georgiahulse]

@royko22 Civilised??? The thirties were plagued with war around the world (not just World War II) and much of the working class in the western world lived in poverty.

[CandidCountry]

That is a very good point! People have always tended to say, "things were so much better ___ years ago and they are much worse now." Some changes are for the better (modern medicine, better education, better equal rights in many countries, etc) and some for the worse (loss of many family values in USA). Things always change and always will. This is a much better time to live in though, hands down.

[MerkinMuffly]

@CandidCountry You might have trouble convincing the blacks and jews that things were better in the old days, the good ol' days are all from perspective

[TALULAH13]

Thank you so much for posting this. Very effective. Look forward to your next 'experiment' : ) : ) : )

[Malasawas]

If they could get out of that photo... what would they do?

[ConnorEdge]

chills.

[postwar46]

This is very special music and the clip is beautifully arranged: a haunting snapshot of times past. Later, as World War II developed these sorts of tunes and songs , soulfully delivered, were part of the fabric of British society, that would never fade or fail. They don't play saxaphones like that anymore. The air piut through them from the lungs of the living was indeed an inspriation in the country's darkest hour.

[Georgiahulse]

@postwar46 I'd say Motown and Northern Soul had much greater saxaphone playing than this!

[royko22]

@Georgiahulse I'd say so too since there is no saxophone in Ray Noble's orchestra -- moron!

[Georgiahulse]

@royko22 Urrmmm, yes there was? Ernie Ritte, Bob Wise and Harry Carter were on Noble's Saxophone team and Bud Freeman played on the tenor sax in Ray Noble's American Orchestra.

[PeteWoodier]

I like everything from Joy Division, the Stones etc, and I love music from the 30's and 40's. I feel I am a richer guy than those who only like one type of thing.

[Rach84]

I love this, can you make other dance hall effect videos from the 30s-40s? that would be awesome!!

[oldhuffnpuff]

Absolutely ghostly.

[deadenemy40]

@Louiseiddon midnight, the stars and you by ray noble's orchestra

[johnnyalonso1]

wow - this clip really got me. it sparked old feelings and memories of my family from a time when life was easier. thank you :)

[candw87]

@johnnyalonso1 This how i remember it great times

[Rach84]

@candw87 wow, that's cool how you got to experience it. I'm convinced I had a past life in the 30s-40s. I'm so drawn to that time period.

[ancientraver19881989]

@Rach84 I am too hence there's always a lot of Glenn Miller and other 30s and 40s and very early 50s stuff on my car stereo

[Rach84]

@ancientraver19881989 call me crazy, but I'm convinced I lived a past life in the 1930s/40s.

[johnnynoirman]

This was a very successful experiment

I wonder if you re-create the palladium sound

during the mambo craze in the 1950's and 60's?

[Rach84]

so cool, good job...makes me wish I was there at this dance hall with this song playing, lol. that was my time in another life.

[dicsballer9]

Amazing work, really.

[scooterdaz1]

Thank you

[Khantikone123]

Some club has this picture enlarged and made into a wall paper in the tiny restroom. I went in there taking care of business, then BOOM I noticed the picture. Seeing everyone staring at you on all 4 walls, some how is scarier than seeing a monster.

[GyroscopeProductions]

Overlook Hotel

July 4th Ball

1921

[scooterdaz1]

Very impresive, such feeling

[griveramx]

Wow! It's amazing! Please do repeat your experiment for everybody's delight :)

[TheLegoboy1997]

I wish I could jump into the picture!

[TheQwerty1123]

congratulations! i love the music from the 20's & 30's. you took me back in time to celebrate in an elegant party of this era... greetings from mexico.

[djtektronics]

and exactly how is this a experiment ?

[Memusclebear]

I was born about 80 years too late as well...I am a ballroom dancer and very sentimental as well..I long for the elegant days....ROB

[BowlSheetFilms]

ill be remembering you, whatever else i do. midnight, with the stars and you.

love the opening to the song and the ending. as a matter of fact, i just love the whole damn thing!

[TheAMERIKANPSYCHO]

They should actually build a hotel/ski resort like the one in that movie the shining

[TheAMERIKANPSYCHO]

I looked for this song in the credits of The Shining and could find it.

[kickass5]

This song can also be heard in the movie "Babbitt", it sound pretty much the same. I just discovered it a few days ago watchning the movie on the TMC.

[playerbnny]

nice job man, i wish i could live back in this time (1920's-1940's), everyone had strong morals, people dressed AWESOME, and the music was pure AMAZING (some songs makes me cry)! Also some of my favorite cartoon characters were created during this period!

[kickass5]

@playerbnny That was the image of America that we, the 60s generation in the former Soviet Union were captivated by. One word describes it best - class.

[killerkyle92]

i'm standing right there in the middle i was at that party lol

[crapsk8r]

sounds like in the movie nothing different

[bravexbroadcast]

hmm i wonder would they have live bands play covers of this song or would they have like a radio or a record playing?

[Lukoilovich]

the shining

[FortFrolicLover]

Hi Lloyd, Ive been gone... But now I'm back :D

[tscpereira]

:D

Anything you say Lloyd... Anything you say...

[FortFrolicLover]

@tscpereira haha I just love those quotes :D

[Shangas]

Very very very well done!! And with one of the most awesome songs in the world.

[nosferatuist]

I LOVE THIS! ^^ miiiiiiidnight the staars and you!

[TEZZANNE]

wow beautiful...this made me have tears in my eyes,,,made me think of my beloved dearly departed grandma who would have attended the dances in the 1930's....they looked so elegant and classy,so wish i could have been at them too....born about 50 yearss too late though:(

[Blabloo72]

I was born in 1972 - you are so right and I agree with you so much! Would love to have a drink in 'The Gold Room' of the Overlook Hotel in the 1920s or 1930s with a beautiful woman and sweep her round the dance floor to this song. WONDERFUL!

[TEZZANNE]

THAT SOUNDS LOVELY:)XX

[Blabloo72]

Thankyou for that! xx What's your dancing like? :-) xx

[TEZZANNE]

not too good when it comes to this kinda music as i havent got a dance partner to dance the dance with lol:)xx

[TEZZANNE]

hi blabloo i see youre from liverpool like i am....this song might have been played in the grafton at the dances there many moons ago....ive seen pics of the graffy from the 30's when it was a popular dance hall,looked amazing:)x

[Blabloo72]

This song was almost certainly played in the Grafton in the 1930s as it was so famous - it's by Al Bowley. It sounds really ghostly. Nice to speak to a fellow scouser but I live 'over the water' now. x

[kfoxnwpb]

@Blabloo72 I'm with you Blaboo! I was born in 1969....I was born MUCH too late as far as I'm concerned.

[SweetJudith12345]

@kfoxnwpb I so agree, so many agree also...

[JohnQRandom]

@kfoxnwpb

I was born in '73, and it's not that we were born too late, it's that we were born too early, because time travel hasn't been invented yet. How wonderful it is to compare the music, the women, the fashion, and the big ideas of the 1920's through the 1940's to that of the present day. This is what makes us long for this era, and the fact that you can't go back is as sad as waking up in the morning only to find out that you slept through your best friend's late night slumber party.

[kfoxnwpb]

@JohnQRandom I don't think I could've worded this any better.

[JohnQRandom]

@kfoxnwpb

Hey man thanks. It's great that we have this music in common. : )

[Jgerman]

oh you made me cry too. Bless you for your sentiments x

[saulwilliams56]

@TEZZANNE ohh god cheer up, its better to be alive now than any other time in human history :)

[humphriedboswell]

Well done, sir.

[sealforvr]

reminds me of the Country Club dances my folks would take me to sometimes in the early 60's. Huge hall, dance band, ladies in gloves and hats and furs, men in tuxes. We kids would be taken to another room and shown cartoons and fed burgers and fries. As we got older we were taught how to dance, proper manners, etc and allowed in to the dance itself.

[frog77]

yes...its good. i like it. very good ..the more i listen the more i like it

[pahoboye]

nicely done

[rockaway20000]

How Romantic!

[goccioloni]

i didn't really understand what's the point of this

[SatchmoSings]

goccioloni--

With such accessories readily availible on computers, I think this has to do with something called masturbation.

[frsdonahue]

This song attracts me like a magnet. i can play it over and over, and never get tired of it. Thanks for the dance hall effect. Fantastic! Sending me ona trip of nostalgia!

[prettyparisian]

Same here, I find it utterly entrancing thats the word I'd use, I'm just pulled in by it x

[m222rjr]

Fantastic! have you done any more "makeovers"? Its like being there.

A Long time Bowlly fan

[Fpockets]

I share the same feeling as some of you, when i first heard it in the movie..it seemed so familiar.

[Bloozboy91]

Past lives, perhaps

[yes4albert]

You nailed it!

[DARKnDODGY]

"you have always been the caretaker"....

[lamdasond]

@DARKnDODGY  mr torrance!

[vpinon11]

thanks, for bringing this out again, it was nice. It was left uncredited in the movie, and of course should have been the first credit. A very evocative and historical performance!

[prettyparisian]

Theres something about this song that I find utterly alluring, I cannot help but be pulled in by Al Bowlly's beautiful voice and the romantic dance band beat. It has to be the most beautiful of al bowlly's songs, I love it. I'm entranced by it xx

[bozpity]

Yes, except I can't ever really believe the movie. The song was written and performed in 1934. The movie was 1921. That's the end of my suspension of disbelief.

[oOoPIANOoOo]

One of the best songs ever produced.

[ouihotpot]

smashing!

[danny21uk]

Hair of the dog that bit me!!

[ImpeturbableLawrence]

I have never seen The Shining and I think perhaps I won't now - not if it messes up your responses afterwards.

[KarmicOmen]

Incomplete ... no Jack Nicholson in the front row of that photo ;o)

[hollywoodhottie19]

PEOPLE IN THE HALL COULD YOU SHUT UP?. I am trying to listen to the orchestra...

[loribit85]

Wow, Shining sure has given a boost to this nice ballroom piece, but has also fucked it up in people's minds. It's like Tarantino said: when you hit the scene-music combination right, you can never really hear the song out of context without thinking at the movie that used as a soundtrack.

[tsntana]

Hate to say it, but you're right. I can never hear the song without thinking of the movie. Even the picture in this vid reminds me (and others) of the pic shown in the final scene of that movie.

Still I like the music (not just this song). I wasn't around during that time. But somehow, I miss it for some reason.

[capchio]

Sooo right!

[sinshamsh11]

Very nice. All I need to do is broadcast this into an empty hallway in a hotel. Excellent work!

[d1guevara]

ah, the twins....."come and play with us...come and play with us danny.....forever and ever........

[BadCamera32]

Redrum redrum redrum...REDRUM!

[StanierBlack5LMS]

Cool trick..good song...Shame Ray Noble, Bowlly, and Halls stuff is hard to get on CD

[1moosel]

A song to get lost in, and lose you mind to....... "Hi Jeeves, little slow tonight isn't it"? hahahaha.......

[NiftyNataliePollock]

Wonderful Wonderful......so romantic...

[purplepoodle1970]

absolutely one of the best pieces of music I have heard - sent shivers down my spine in The Shining when I heard it!!

Totally awesome!!

[paxguns]

You must have the patience of Job. Well done.

[CrashingCrockery]

Isn't this just straight out of the end credits of the film? They let the whole thing play with no interruptions, crowd and applause intact. I too taped this straight from the DVD...

[robertorocky]

Wonderful, just close your eyes and your there. Great job. :)

[dudemantwo]

This reminds me of a scene in Woody Allen's films...

[weareironman2]

cool

peace

[ifuckingfarted]

Listen to alot of this stuff. Grandfather of mine was big into things Guy Lombardo so I had some exposure to this era :)

I leaned poise and manners all stemming from then.

[cpossberg]

Judging by your name, I'd say you're a quick study!

[ifuckingfarted]

Well yes I am a fast learner lol :p

[cpossberg]

lol !!

[AnnaAdel]

i added it to my favourite.

[FaerieCrone]

Reminds me of The Shining. Gives me chills.

[prettyparisian]

oh wow, I shut my eyes and I was there =0 fantastic, I loved every moment xxx

[NuckingFuts17]

haha its amazing isn't it?

i fell in love with this era.

there was a certain simplicity, gentleness, optimistic feeling in the air we just don't find anymore.

and im pretty damn glad, there are people out there, who are still in love with this era.

haha so yeah...join me in a dance to Midnight, the stars and you? =]

[prettyparisian]

I would love to! =D I wish I could, I agree, Its nice to know that theres others who appreciate the era too. haha I think I'm an old person in the wrong body sometimes =) lol

I love the silent movie era and the 1930's and I agree with you, I think it was simplistic and optimistic. I think it would have been lovely to go dancing, to that style of music, compared to nowadays it's not quite the same is it. Not as classic and beautiful.

[NuckingFuts17]

not nearly as classical and beautiful. haha. yeah no doubt, woulda been cool experience it firsthand. hey we can always dream right? ''Midnight with the stars and you Midnight and a rendez-vouz Your arms held a message tender Saying I surrender all my love to you Midnight brought a sweet romance I've known all my whole life through I'll be remembering you Whatever else I do Midnight with the stars and you'' =]

[prettyparisian]

Yeah, I'm a dreamer too lol =) Lovely lyrics thanks for posting them, I'm dancing around my room right now =D

xxxxx

[NuckingFuts17]

hahaha.

yeah...as am i bonny lass.

=].

peace.

[juvelir888]

Lol,welcome to the club,dude

[HordeofGoats]

I'm one of em' :D Even though it just ain't those decades. In Sweden, we too used to have those dancing places where you could meet and dance real dances like fox trot or jitterbug, or hell even waltz. And you could do tons of other stuff besides that. But today you've got to go to a rave-like discoteque and "dance" by rubbing ur ass against strangers. :|

[fghcdd]

full marks for effort, nice one!!

[DeamonBarber1]

i lived in capri....well in the back of one, It was a 1.6 L . that was in the ressesion in the 80s1!!!!

[macmichael129]

i and my friends do not really know how to use the net but i must say that theese musics and videos are extremely apreciated ..so if you manage to get in touch just do and thank you! we live in capri isle near naples italy

[yes4albert]

Well done, well done!!!!  Ah, you get it.

[nocturnefm]

nicely done..

[Stonefang]

i'm pretty sure this same picture and music was in Stephen King's "The Shining"

[Artist3303]

Music yeah, picture no.

[rabbitgrenade]

correction Stanley Kubrick!

[evanescencefan3294]

I love this song what is the name of it? I am wierd i am into Metal and Big Band 1920's music. hahaha

[redfan45x]

love this music

[TDAmeritrader]

BEAUTIFUL WORK!!! Well done twiddlybobby ...

Bravo!

[fiscornioman]

Hey, if youre stoned (weed or something like that) its better, they seem to move!

Expect flashing senses of being inside, talking with the people too.

Drugs are not good, but sometimes, are so funny.

[redfan45x]

dont your gonna make me cry

[Artist3303]

i hope that photo is from the 30s it would be abit shit having a party in the 20s what with proabition laws, "WoW were going to get compleatly sobour tonight.....then go out and break some fights up, go out for a curry, and pay or help if we make a mess"

[IlyaFyodorovich]

Despite prohibition, alcohol was just as prevalent in rich parties like this as it was before and after prohibition.

[nederland4045]

Other kinds of drugs (illegal today) were available.

Besides, who needs drugs to be happy if you've got music like that, stylish clothing, real dancing and men who behaved like gentlemen?

[redfan45x]

apparently you think the 20s where all nice and polite?

[Artist3303]

Me naa, only if you were part of the gentry, the poor were the worst afflicted back then, where did you get that idea? Just seems as if you know me

[redfan45x]

I do know you

[Artist3303]

Hmm given the fact that you live 8000 miles away, and the other fact that i dont know any 14yr olds, leeds me to believe that you dont infact know me boyo, proove that you do.

[plazro]

Perfect!If I may say so myself! :-)

[agustinymaximiliano]

c'est vraiement magnifique, ca!! Damnit, I should have been born back then!

In the Shining, this New Year's Eve ball takes place in the 20's, no?

[1980sguy]

You are correct, the movie has it in the 1920's; however, in reality this was a 1930's recording.

[redfan45x]

both are the best years ever

[BeeMyself]

Yes, it took place in 1921. :)

Sometikes I wish I was born back then too.

[LKayL]

This sounds brilliant, it makes you feel you're there!

[1980sguy]

What a sound, I don't know this was recorded but listening to this and closing my eyes I swear I was in a ballroom back in the 1930's. This recording is outstanding, thanks!!!!

[brwhizz]

This is a 30s song, not 20s

[TDAmeritrader]

Beautiful work...

[piraton26]

john graham

[craigsunny198]

mr. grady?....you were the caretaker of the overlook hotel weren't you. you always were.

[balarat84]

I live near Estes Park and for each B-day my girlfriend and I stay at the Stanley on the way up she plays this ...glad I found this lots of fun.

[ldFlorida]

Boy, if I only had a Time Machine and could project myself back into this audience and enjoy it live!!  But this is the next best thing to it. Thanks!!

[bumface100000]

im 13 and i love music we have today but i also LOVE this music and people dont appreciate the music from back then. Think about it? If they didnt bother doing this music in the 1920's we might not be where we are today with music!