A very nice video of the famous Charleston dance from the 1920's. But this video doesn't show much film footage from those years when the Charleston dance was famous-However the music is authentic from those years, authentic style of clothing from those years is also shown, and u see it also in the colour video part of this video.
@Aaron1912 While I agree with you that the greater society as a whole is getting dumber, your analogy has nothing to do with it. Language is a practical application built of convenience. The fewer words/syllables needed to convey the same instinctive message is but a mere benefit to the rest of everyone's time.
It's used to make the meaning more clear, we didn't ommit it or anything. It's just not how you say it. It's wrong. But I agree with you in the way that our society doesn't care as much about language anymore. :/
Also, you used 'e.g.' correctly. I've never seen that in a Youtube comment before. You rock.
Reposting Aaron1912's post (11 months ago 19) For the people still wondering. "The orchestra is called: The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra. The players who provide vocal refrain are: Michael Law, Julia Shore, Danielle Carson, and Melanie Marshall." You can find it on the tube.
@Aaron1912 I don't see why you're sad, 2010s looks more correct to me having in mind that it's a plural form, referring to the years of 2000. 2010's may have a more sophisticated look, but really, it just reminds me of people who put an apostrophe before the plural termination (all the trade's).
Plus, the apostrophe preceding shortened forms has disappeared due to a very natural cause: it's not practical, it did not survive, and this happens in all languages, all the time. What's 'a bigga deal?
what season is this from? I see Len in the judge's box, but don't recognize the other judges. Plus, I don't recognize any of the dancers. Must've been early.
@Aaron1912 Jdjep is right. If you spell it out, it makes perfect sense.. Nineteen-twenties- correct. Nineteen-twenty's- incorrect (unless you're personifying, of course)
Google it. You will find both ways are right. The apostrophe has been used in the English language for hundreds of years. People just don't bother anymore. Go to Amazon or visit any music store and you see that many CD covers use the apostrophe e.g. The Wonderful World Of The 60's. Greatest Hits Of The 1970's etc. Try it.
@Aaron1912 I do believe in our ever changing language that it would be more beneficial if everyone were to stick to one way of doing it. The English language has changed, not toned down. In some respects words have been changed for the worse, for example the simple "Hello" has now been changed to a caveman like grunt to one another. But I do believe that the evolution (or more depletion) of the apostrophe in writing decades that has occured is beneficial.
He's actually wrong. I just spoke with my English teacher and she said you do write an apostrophe. ('S) is used as a plural in letters ("Watch your P's and Q's.") and ("How many and's in that passage?") Also signs, numbers, and dates ("She lived in the 1980's.") Thus, the 1920's is definitely correct and in fact is cited as a specific example in Webster's International. 1920's is possessive of number, form and substance and all possessive words use an apostrophe. All. No exceptions.
@Aaron1912 The 1920s is a collection of years (1920, 1921, etc.) and hence “1920s” is plural which does not require an apostrophe. E.G. "1920's fashion" = the fashion of the year 1970 ONLY. "1920's music" = the music of the year 1970 ONLY. Though that's an unconventional possessive, it's sound. In no other general circumstance is the apostrophe correct, including 'in the 1920s.'
@Aaron1912 Your English teacher is an idiot. We do not use the 's to denote the plural. We can write: Ps and Qs; P's and Q's is also possible but only because it might be hard to read. Years are written: 1980s. There is no possession in that date; that date is also not a contraction. Your English teacher should be shot.
There is an apostrophe. Walk into any music store or just visit Amazon and you will see thousands of CD covers which show an apostrophe e.g. 80's Pop Hits......Greatest Hits of the 1960's etc.
@MrCountArugula Say Count, before recommending the firing squad, you might want to check out the Wikipedia article on apostrophes. Scroll down to "Use in forming certain plurals."
@lyndyhopper The show is Strictly Come Dancing. The Charleston performance is by Swing Xtreme (created by Ryan François). Search on "swing extreme charleston" for the uncut clip or search on "ryan and jenny lindy hop" for more clips of Ryan François and Jenny Thomas .
@AspireToDoItAll Bet you wouldn't wanna live in the 20's? You may like the Dances etc. they've done back there , but WW2 happened soon after them and you would have a terrible time then. But People often say it was better in the past. Some still say it was better with Hitler. No Offense at all :P
@Kaitsu02 The only reason why the 1920s seem so idyllic to many, besides the awesome music, dances, and fashion, is because it was one of the few times in American history where 1. the U.S was not involved in war and 2. the U.S experienced an exponential economic boom post-WWI. And then also women's rights and speakeasies and whatever, but mostly the first two points.
I'm so torne between two truely grate dances the elegant quick step and the lively and happy Charlston, both so exquisit and both deserving of a dule first place but alas the quick step has taken my heart in the competition. Brava brava!
@BethanyVScaralett ln answer to your comment regarding the merits of the Quickstep and the Charleston,one has to consider the age groups they were designed to cater for. Whilst the Charleston had a huge following amongst the young,fun loving twenty-somethings of the day,the quickstep was favoured by generally older,slightly middle class people and has survived today,albeit that the professional form we see in competition tends to bear little resemblance to the original as danced by the populace.
The !920's Were truly the best era, even though i am 17 and most people my age do not appreciate it, I believe that The Charleston is absolutely great And I LOVE IT!! :D
Notice how the hemlines were shorter in the modern footage compared to the original 1920s footage? So many people have got the idea of "flappers" wrong. They were rebels of the time - not everyone dressed so scantily!
@quidwitch i think they were about knee length or a little pass knee length. nd yes it was scanty for that time cuz b4 women were wearing full length dresses. today that look wuld b modest. oh how have times changed.
@quidwitch AND the amount of frills... that is actually the depiction of a flapper dress in the 50's!!!! In the 20 there was only a few line at the most in dresses as frills. More "gems" and applique. People confuse tha depiction of the 50's fake flapper dresses as the real once.
@quidwitch I totally agree... it's often a criticism made by true costume historians and designers that hemlines in the 1920s are depicted as being exceptionally short when in fact, they never went above the knee. The softer fabrics and looser designs often gave that illusion though, especially when dancing. And the true 'flapper' style didn't actually really exist until about 1927. And I've always been annoyed by the way that male characters or costumes usually have a 'gangster' style.
@moneyjr1122 Yes, that's true, but you shouldnt throw the baby out with the bath water. if you view the past with presentism, you'd hate last week. View the past for for what it was-good and bad and in-between.
@murraymae first off last week didnt have a black male being linch -.- the 20's were roaring for only white people dont try to justify it at all! only reason why we were the roaring 20 is because our compeition had to deal with germany not because america had a economic boom on it own because as the following black friday came as well so during this time the banks already started to destroy america .. yes culture wise its unqie history wise its skeleton in the closet
@vintagesugar82 Yes, I've heard WW2 rationing reduced availability of many commodities. But had thought synthetic textiles began with Dacron in the 1940s. Thank you for your interesting further textiles and fashion history information . . . your collectibles may someday enrich a museum.
@vintagesugar82 You're right that pantyhose must have caught on by the mid to late 1960s, as the miniskirt (mid-thigh and higher) would have shown garters. :) Nylons "went viral" in the '40s, replacing the silk stockings that were only for the rich (as in dance film "They Shoot Horses Don't They").
@vintagesugar82 Thx 4 your in the know '20s/'30s fashion history aside. True, flappers wore their stockings (w/ garter belt, as pantihose first hit the markets in '70s) -- but sometimes (to relax) rolled down. As Velma Kelly sings in musical "Chicago," "I'm gonna rouge my cheeks and roll my stockings down (and all that Jazz)!"
@dannyandonepiecerule My guess is that the show is the UK (pre-USA) "Dancing With the Stars." On judges' dais, seated at right are Len Goodman and Bruno Tognoli. Another clue -- voiceover British accents.
For what it's worth,,the quickstep shown here is by no means the one danced by the public during its many years of popularity. The couple are demonstrating a style much favoured by competition dancers and l suspect they are either full or semi professional. That style needs a lot of space...notice how much ground they cover. Impossible on a busy dance floor.lts also become overly complex and in some ways,unrecognisable from the popular dance it once was. Sad really,it was a good dance.
@crankbv1 Re the quickstep . . . yet this ballroom, ultra sophisticated professional quickstep version of champions is pure caviar, a divine delight to behold. Platonic purr-fection.
@JudgeJulieLit Many thanks for your comments regarding mine. You are doubtless a somewhat sophisticated lady whose knowledge of ballroom dancing exceeds mine and l am respectful of that. However,notwithstanding the enviable talents of the quickstep demonstration couple,l merely reiterate my comments that this form is only possible given almost unlimited space. On a popular dance floor...for which it was intended...it remains impracticable,and requires others to constantly give way. Not good PR!
@crankbv1 You're welcome. And your point -- that the ballroom enlarged- step and gesture Quickstep requires a ballroom -- is a good one. I look forward to seeing soon on YouTube clips of the more practical, popularizable, limited-space danceable Quickstep version !
@DoomSprite236 "[I]t's not like the wars did that much to American society" . . . Surely you jest? Of course the world wars core revolutionized, radically permanently altered all Western and most of global society . . . in countless ways. As for life "in the early 1900s must have been great," yes in many ways -- fresher air, fresh attitudes, more space -- but without myriad modern conveniences, e.g., modern medicine and communications and civil rights. But we can always revive great styles!
Y ME PASO A OTRO VIDEO QUE ESTAS COSAS ME CANSAN.....Y ME ABURREN..........YA LES VALE.....TANTO ALARDEAR DE TODO PARA DESPUES OFRECER ESTA PORQUERIA..........ANDA YA.............
ESTO ES MAS RIDICULO QUE MANDAO A ENCARGAR.......NADA QUE VER CON LA EPOCA........UNA MALA VERSION DEL PASADO.....LO SIENTO.......PERO LOS AÑOS TREINTA NO SON ACTOS DE CIRCO...HAY QUE SENTIRLOS...Y LOS PASOS AMARICONAOS HAY QUE DEJARLOS ATRAS...Y LOS PASOS DE BAILARINES FINITRUQUIS TAMBIEN.......SE LES OLVIDA QUE LA ELEGANCIA..Y LA ECHURA DEL HOMBRE Y LA MUJER MANDAN.....Y EN ESTOS TIEMPOS....CREEN QUE UNA RECREACION ES MEJOR...PERO NO TIENEN NI PAJORERA IDEA.......
@nepetro Re why Americans don't dance (or, dance far less) now -- long habit of watching, not doing. Started in late 1940s when television was introduced to humanity -- a fascinating new reason for most to stay at home, and potatoing on couch, watch hour after hour of other people living. And now the pc's we all stay glued to most of the time have further rarified our times of ever getting together with others -- in a grand forum such as a hall -- to spread out and dance. But you can revive it!
@nepetro But even to pop music (or any music in your head or that you sing from memory) you can dance. Start by just swaying in rhythm to the music, then act out the meaning. Use any immediate space available to you . . . and like Fred Astaire, any props. Alone or w/ friend/s, have fun with it . . . revive and create dances. Only you can change the inertia to one of motion. And the more one moves, the more one can move. New better habit and lifestyle. Njoy!
Awesome. The problem with this show is, that camera follow dancers. The feeling of movement and quickness due this capture style get much more poorer.
The orchestra is called: The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra. The players who provide vocal refrain are: Michael Law, Julia Shore, Danielle Carson, and Melanie Marshall.
The group is a takeoff of the 1920's Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris) who sang for Paul Whiteman. If you can get a copy of "King of Jazz" (1930), you can hear the original version (this group does a great job of imitating them).
@Aaron1912 You Might want to search for "Jack Hylton and his orchestra" He is the author as far as I know. In fact there's a mix by one called: BLam. Search for Happy feet high heels mix. You'll love it!
the original group was a group called The Rhythm Boys who featured the legendary Bing Crosby before he became the first multi-media mega star of the world.
The group is a takeoff of the 1920's Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris) who sang for Paul Whiteman. If you can get a copy of "King of Jazz" (1930), you can hear the original version (this group does a great job of imitating them).
Man imagine The Charleston combined with Break Dancing with a Hip Hop beat using Samples from 1920's songs? Then again, it would take an open mind to appreciate something like that.
@RealityHurts923 Especially seeing '20s Al & Leon's athletic Charleston, it's easy to imagine it hybriding / morphing with Break Dancing (that also swings wide the extended leg) to Hip Hop (esp. as the Charleston has hops). But to Break Dance, no short skirts for the ladies! And musically we ought all keep our minds ever open -- as any melody from any era can be rearranged as with a new tempo and percussion into any new artwork, to join the tradition and thus enrich it.
@LIONGIRL13 Dance, costume & spirit wise, you can relive the '20s anytime, (most) anywhere . . . flapper out . . . Go, girl, go! Start a craze. Free yourself and role model for all "flaming youth" today. Nineteen twenties style (short skirts, e.g., fringed) did resurge in the '40s and '60s. Fashion (e.g., in manners, language and moves) can recycle 4ever. U2 can be a bees knees. ;) From your library you can borrow vintage music cds and dvds and dance to them . . . solo and with friends.
Good dancing but silly costumes, dresses in the 1920s only reached a tiny bit above the knee for a short time around 1929 and then quickly lowered again.
Flappers didn't all walk around in mini dresses showing their theighs, thank god.
Joli
Supers danseurs ( et danceuses :) )
TheCARENTAN 4 days ago
i freaking love 2:19 on !
mylene0wnt 1 week ago
OH YES :D IT IS VERY AWESOME .. !
Schnuqqifreaki 1 week ago
@Schnuqqifreaki Haha I KNOW!! Seriously I could dance all day to this!! :D
oONodokaOo 1 week ago
Why the hell is everyone talkin about phones?
dirtynuke 2 weeks ago
first song name?
Schnuqqifreaki 2 weeks ago
@Schnuqqifreaki Happy Feet by The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra.
This version is awesome isn't it? :)
oONodokaOo 1 week ago
Nice clip!
Which music is used?
Djerique 3 weeks ago
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macroevolve 1 month ago
@Aaron1912 2011s = iPhone.
franc6 1 month ago 16
A very nice video of the famous Charleston dance from the 1920's. But this video doesn't show much film footage from those years when the Charleston dance was famous-However the music is authentic from those years, authentic style of clothing from those years is also shown, and u see it also in the colour video part of this video.
man975dog 1 month ago
@aaron1912 how do yo upload and edit those videos to look so clear?
thelonelyslayer 1 month ago
@Aaron1912 I just finished reading one of Fitzgerald's short stories from 1920. He writes the word 'Phone as youth slang.
thelonelyslayer 1 month ago
That reminds me on Charlie Chaplin
like it
funtic80000 1 month ago
aww, this is so nice! wonderful dance
darksession 1 month ago
@Aaron1912 While I agree with you that the greater society as a whole is getting dumber, your analogy has nothing to do with it. Language is a practical application built of convenience. The fewer words/syllables needed to convey the same instinctive message is but a mere benefit to the rest of everyone's time.
crimsonsamuraiftw 2 months ago
who sings the version of happy feet? please let me know :D
Animefreak193 2 months ago
@Aaron1912 Why is that sad? It's just more convenient and doesn't make the person any stupider.
hundredand3 2 months ago
@Aaron1912
It's used to make the meaning more clear, we didn't ommit it or anything. It's just not how you say it. It's wrong. But I agree with you in the way that our society doesn't care as much about language anymore. :/
Also, you used 'e.g.' correctly. I've never seen that in a Youtube comment before. You rock.
eusacioWa 2 months ago
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Reposting Aaron1912's post (11 months ago 19) For the people still wondering. "The orchestra is called: The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra. The players who provide vocal refrain are: Michael Law, Julia Shore, Danielle Carson, and Melanie Marshall." You can find it on the tube.
Ciogos 2 months ago
@Aaron1912 I don't see why you're sad, 2010s looks more correct to me having in mind that it's a plural form, referring to the years of 2000. 2010's may have a more sophisticated look, but really, it just reminds me of people who put an apostrophe before the plural termination (all the trade's).
Plus, the apostrophe preceding shortened forms has disappeared due to a very natural cause: it's not practical, it did not survive, and this happens in all languages, all the time. What's 'a bigga deal?
TasmanianPower 3 months ago
its hard to imagine a world without palm muting
JustinKennith 3 months ago
they allways say it was better in the older days! But before they said that as well... and so on
quiknik888 3 months ago
wow como quisiera vivir en esos tiempos
carlitopmartin 3 months ago
Charleston, lindy-hop--they all came out of the cakewalk.
Kirke182 3 months ago
Who sings the first song i want it!!
Evangeline30575 4 months ago
oh,that is the german style and have nothing to with the real stuff.Typical DDR Ballet.Bullshit.
p7261 4 months ago
which is quicstep and wich is charleston
thedabick 4 months ago
@thedabick heh,got no idea,but watch this with some dnb
666husar 4 months ago
what season is this from? I see Len in the judge's box, but don't recognize the other judges. Plus, I don't recognize any of the dancers. Must've been early.
STEPcoach 5 months ago
this music is awesome. hate the fact i'm the only one that i know that likes real music at young age... Pop music is so bad...
sgblisss 5 months ago
@sgblisss you're not the only one. Check out my videos, middle school to high school, this kept me sane.
OldTelivisionRocks 4 months ago
Not a good comparison.... Try charleston vs. Lindy hop.... They're much more closely related.
johnnyblaze92587 5 months ago
Charleston WIN.
oOBenjeeOo 5 months ago 3
History repeats itself. I hope! Keep the violent wars, but banning alcohol might be fun.
paulj0557 5 months ago
Simply ADORE this era! Wow! Thank you! Lubelle Rose
LubelleRose 5 months ago
What song is this?
brs320 5 months ago
This is so cool ...what an era....great vid....
fjbutch 6 months ago
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Check out my channel to see a "How to do the charleston" video so you can dance like these people
coolcatsrus 6 months ago
@Aaron1912 Who is the artist of the "Happy feet" song in this version?
weegmaster 6 months ago
Me encanto este video! Apendere a bailar asi! HE DICHO!
FranciscoRubi 6 months ago
Waar is de tijd?
dokussen1234 6 months ago
Crack 29'
crisdg89 6 months ago
Charlston's easily the winner in my books.
Though quickstep's still pretty cool.
molewizard 8 months ago
Abitur
potatoepeter1 8 months ago
i search the song at 1:09 in this version
Foxorisor89 8 months ago
Dance dance dance little lady. Who sing this song? in this time. Also in the video? thx
Foxorisor89 8 months ago
@Aaron1912 Jdjep is right. If you spell it out, it makes perfect sense.. Nineteen-twenties- correct. Nineteen-twenty's- incorrect (unless you're personifying, of course)
CrackStuntman 8 months ago
Google it. You will find both ways are right. The apostrophe has been used in the English language for hundreds of years. People just don't bother anymore. Go to Amazon or visit any music store and you see that many CD covers use the apostrophe e.g. The Wonderful World Of The 60's. Greatest Hits Of The 1970's etc. Try it.
Aaron1912 8 months ago
@Aaron1912 I do believe in our ever changing language that it would be more beneficial if everyone were to stick to one way of doing it. The English language has changed, not toned down. In some respects words have been changed for the worse, for example the simple "Hello" has now been changed to a caveman like grunt to one another. But I do believe that the evolution (or more depletion) of the apostrophe in writing decades that has occured is beneficial.
jdjep 8 months ago
1920s doesn't have an apostrophe you pleb!
jdjep 8 months ago
Yes it does.
Aaron1912 8 months ago 9
@Aaron1912 No. No it doesn't.
jdjep 8 months ago
@jdjep Even though you're right you don't need to be a snobby prick about it. What are you some bitch English major?
Niven110 8 months ago
He's actually wrong. I just spoke with my English teacher and she said you do write an apostrophe. ('S) is used as a plural in letters ("Watch your P's and Q's.") and ("How many and's in that passage?") Also signs, numbers, and dates ("She lived in the 1980's.") Thus, the 1920's is definitely correct and in fact is cited as a specific example in Webster's International. 1920's is possessive of number, form and substance and all possessive words use an apostrophe. All. No exceptions.
Aaron1912 8 months ago 6
@Aaron1912 : No exceptions to prove the rule, you say? Now now, that would be its downfall,wouldn't it?
Or is "its" not a possessive to you in the previous sentence?
endorf 8 months ago
@endorf Pronouns have their own rules, they aren't necessarily isolated exceptions.
molewizard 8 months ago
@Aaron1912 You would say "How many 'and's in that passage?" I think.
Still uses apostrophes, but it's a slightly different context to the others, since 'and' is a quote, at least in this context.
molewizard 8 months ago
@Aaron1912 LOLOLOLOL okay I had to say this because you added "No exceptions."
"Its" is an exception. It's is the contraction of "it is" and its is the possessive.
Cormy1Live 1 week ago
@Aaron1912 The 1920s is a collection of years (1920, 1921, etc.) and hence “1920s” is plural which does not require an apostrophe. E.G. "1920's fashion" = the fashion of the year 1970 ONLY. "1920's music" = the music of the year 1970 ONLY. Though that's an unconventional possessive, it's sound. In no other general circumstance is the apostrophe correct, including 'in the 1920s.'
jdjep 2 days ago
@Aaron1912 Your English teacher is an idiot. We do not use the 's to denote the plural. We can write: Ps and Qs; P's and Q's is also possible but only because it might be hard to read. Years are written: 1980s. There is no possession in that date; that date is also not a contraction. Your English teacher should be shot.
MrCountArugula 1 day ago
There is an apostrophe. Walk into any music store or just visit Amazon and you will see thousands of CD covers which show an apostrophe e.g. 80's Pop Hits......Greatest Hits of the 1960's etc.
Aaron1912 1 day ago
@MrCountArugula Say Count, before recommending the firing squad, you might want to check out the Wikipedia article on apostrophes. Scroll down to "Use in forming certain plurals."
wdashwor 20 hours ago
@jdjep moron correcting others
sociology1964 3 days ago
@sociology1964 Moron for being correct?
jdjep 2 days ago
Hey there, just wanted to say great job on the video! Thanks for doing it.
jdx1138 8 months ago
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rob123456789stan 8 months ago 3
it looks so cool! but this is really very hard xD
vampkinga 9 months ago
bring it back
2127brandon 9 months ago
What is the name of the song at 2.10?
lollettoilfolle 10 months ago
can anyone tell me what show these dances are off?
lyndyhopper 10 months ago
@lyndyhopper The show is Strictly Come Dancing. The Charleston performance is by Swing Xtreme (created by Ryan François). Search on "swing extreme charleston" for the uncut clip or search on "ryan and jenny lindy hop" for more clips of Ryan François and Jenny Thomas .
benjyth 10 months ago
@lyndyhopper the quickstep is off dancing with the stars. the charleston, i dont know.
MsMaxTT 9 months ago
Bleh, I'm living in the wrong time period =\
AspireToDoItAll 10 months ago 84
@AspireToDoItAll I hear you
MeRiteUwRong 9 months ago
@AspireToDoItAll Bet you wouldn't wanna live in the 20's? You may like the Dances etc. they've done back there , but WW2 happened soon after them and you would have a terrible time then. But People often say it was better in the past. Some still say it was better with Hitler. No Offense at all :P
Kaitsu02 3 months ago
@Kaitsu02 The only reason why the 1920s seem so idyllic to many, besides the awesome music, dances, and fashion, is because it was one of the few times in American history where 1. the U.S was not involved in war and 2. the U.S experienced an exponential economic boom post-WWI. And then also women's rights and speakeasies and whatever, but mostly the first two points.
thelonelyslayer 1 month ago
@AspireToDoItAll well the dance is still here, is just evolved to Rebolation and then into FreeStep
supermanvalle 2 months ago
@AspireToDoItAll me too lol
nekoasia 2 months ago
I'm so torne between two truely grate dances the elegant quick step and the lively and happy Charlston, both so exquisit and both deserving of a dule first place but alas the quick step has taken my heart in the competition. Brava brava!
BethanyVScaralett 10 months ago
@BethanyVScaralett ln answer to your comment regarding the merits of the Quickstep and the Charleston,one has to consider the age groups they were designed to cater for. Whilst the Charleston had a huge following amongst the young,fun loving twenty-somethings of the day,the quickstep was favoured by generally older,slightly middle class people and has survived today,albeit that the professional form we see in competition tends to bear little resemblance to the original as danced by the populace.
crankbv1 10 months ago
Charleston is unreal... no contest here
pwnageprata 10 months ago
The !920's Were truly the best era, even though i am 17 and most people my age do not appreciate it, I believe that The Charleston is absolutely great And I LOVE IT!! :D
AngelVencedor2008 10 months ago
@AngelVencedor2008 I'm 18, and I LOVE Charlestone! Nothing better than the twenties!
ClaireXDTys 10 months ago 2
charleston!
TheLadyhoney 10 months ago
so, i stoped at 0:18 and i can say right now that chaleston had win... quick step it not a dance.. :D:D wtf XD
123DominatoR321 10 months ago
omg i love the twenties .... the charleston is so cool...
aratanirbas 11 months ago
/watch?v=mvSAG16oFAc play that in the background... so much more fitting! 1920's were the decade of the rave!
HardstyleJumpstyler2 11 months ago
It's amazing! Thank you, Aaron. When I watching such a video, I'm always nostalgic about my childhood and studies in sports ballroom dancing.
iGuru0000 11 months ago
Notice how the hemlines were shorter in the modern footage compared to the original 1920s footage? So many people have got the idea of "flappers" wrong. They were rebels of the time - not everyone dressed so scantily!
quidwitch 11 months ago 55
@quidwitch Hem was/should be at knee, slightly above?
kikddabottle 11 months ago
@quidwitch They were rebels, but they had class! :D
Unlike nowadays. :/
Antiquenette 9 months ago
@quidwitch i think they were about knee length or a little pass knee length. nd yes it was scanty for that time cuz b4 women were wearing full length dresses. today that look wuld b modest. oh how have times changed.
jussmittin 8 months ago
@quidwitch AND the amount of frills... that is actually the depiction of a flapper dress in the 50's!!!! In the 20 there was only a few line at the most in dresses as frills. More "gems" and applique. People confuse tha depiction of the 50's fake flapper dresses as the real once.
narmolania 8 months ago
@quidwitch I totally agree... it's often a criticism made by true costume historians and designers that hemlines in the 1920s are depicted as being exceptionally short when in fact, they never went above the knee. The softer fabrics and looser designs often gave that illusion though, especially when dancing. And the true 'flapper' style didn't actually really exist until about 1927. And I've always been annoyed by the way that male characters or costumes usually have a 'gangster' style.
ColliCub 7 months ago
In this clips defense though, I will say that the outfits are likely intended to be more 'sexy' and stylised, than historically accurate.
ColliCub 7 months ago
@quidwitch not necessarily, check out some old photos from the time, they were some crazy short skirts
squidpants 4 months ago
What a lovely video, thanks! May I have this dance please?
13421JLUJ 11 months ago
1920`s!?..
Bruno47602 11 months ago
its just crazy how many genres you can Charleston to
evilduks 11 months ago 3
o.o
minijosed 11 months ago
1:43 — ловко уселась, браво !
MrOliwow 11 months ago
Such a stupid vid :-((
1111ydra1111 1 year ago
@1111ydra1111
What's stupid about it? >_>
BluelightSpike 1 year ago
1920 had so much style, it needs to get celebrated more.
makkein 1 year ago 227
@makkein They did..... In the 20's......
stealthrs2 10 months ago
@makkein its the real party music =)
gothiccitizen 9 months ago
@makkein yet so much racism and class diversity :) dumb ass that's reason why its not celebrated
moneyjr1122 7 months ago
@moneyjr1122 Yes, that's true, but you shouldnt throw the baby out with the bath water. if you view the past with presentism, you'd hate last week. View the past for for what it was-good and bad and in-between.
murraymae 6 months ago
@murraymae first off last week didnt have a black male being linch -.- the 20's were roaring for only white people dont try to justify it at all! only reason why we were the roaring 20 is because our compeition had to deal with germany not because america had a economic boom on it own because as the following black friday came as well so during this time the banks already started to destroy america .. yes culture wise its unqie history wise its skeleton in the closet
moneyjr1122 6 months ago
Aaron1912 you have GREAT uploads! Thank you!
KScarlett777 1 year ago
who does that happy feet song, I need to find this exact version? anybody?
Beckett0made 1 year ago
@Beckett0made Paul Whiteman and his orchestra...with the ''Rythm Boys'' - Namely '' Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, Harry Barris''....hope it helps.....
fjbutch 1 year ago
@fjbutch ah thanks very much, sorry for the late reply, only just worked out how to do it. Thanks again :D
Beckett0made 6 months ago
@Beckett0made It's all cool.... cheers :)
fjbutch 6 months ago
@vintagesugar82 Yes, I've heard WW2 rationing reduced availability of many commodities. But had thought synthetic textiles began with Dacron in the 1940s. Thank you for your interesting further textiles and fashion history information . . . your collectibles may someday enrich a museum.
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
@vintagesugar82 You're right that pantyhose must have caught on by the mid to late 1960s, as the miniskirt (mid-thigh and higher) would have shown garters. :) Nylons "went viral" in the '40s, replacing the silk stockings that were only for the rich (as in dance film "They Shoot Horses Don't They").
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
csodalom oket!!koszonom!!!
niki55100 1 year ago
@vintagesugar82 Thx 4 your in the know '20s/'30s fashion history aside. True, flappers wore their stockings (w/ garter belt, as pantihose first hit the markets in '70s) -- but sometimes (to relax) rolled down. As Velma Kelly sings in musical "Chicago," "I'm gonna rouge my cheeks and roll my stockings down (and all that Jazz)!"
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
What show was the group quickstep on?
dannyandonepiecerule 1 year ago
@dannyandonepiecerule My guess is that the show is the UK (pre-USA) "Dancing With the Stars." On judges' dais, seated at right are Len Goodman and Bruno Tognoli. Another clue -- voiceover British accents.
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
Quick Step, all the way. :D
jeanniewood 1 year ago
For what it's worth,,the quickstep shown here is by no means the one danced by the public during its many years of popularity. The couple are demonstrating a style much favoured by competition dancers and l suspect they are either full or semi professional. That style needs a lot of space...notice how much ground they cover. Impossible on a busy dance floor.lts also become overly complex and in some ways,unrecognisable from the popular dance it once was. Sad really,it was a good dance.
crankbv1 1 year ago
@crankbv1 Re the quickstep . . . yet this ballroom, ultra sophisticated professional quickstep version of champions is pure caviar, a divine delight to behold. Platonic purr-fection.
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
@JudgeJulieLit Many thanks for your comments regarding mine. You are doubtless a somewhat sophisticated lady whose knowledge of ballroom dancing exceeds mine and l am respectful of that. However,notwithstanding the enviable talents of the quickstep demonstration couple,l merely reiterate my comments that this form is only possible given almost unlimited space. On a popular dance floor...for which it was intended...it remains impracticable,and requires others to constantly give way. Not good PR!
crankbv1 1 year ago
@crankbv1 You're welcome. And your point -- that the ballroom enlarged- step and gesture Quickstep requires a ballroom -- is a good one. I look forward to seeing soon on YouTube clips of the more practical, popularizable, limited-space danceable Quickstep version !
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
whats the link to the first video?
cheergirl744 1 year ago
Man, living in the early 1900s must have been great
DoomSprite236 1 year ago
@DoomSprite236
Yeah, lovely anticipation of the two World Wars...
frialler2 1 year ago
@frialler2 well I mean it's not like the wars did that much to American society
DoomSprite236 1 year ago
@DoomSprite236 "[I]t's not like the wars did that much to American society" . . . Surely you jest? Of course the world wars core revolutionized, radically permanently altered all Western and most of global society . . . in countless ways. As for life "in the early 1900s must have been great," yes in many ways -- fresher air, fresh attitudes, more space -- but without myriad modern conveniences, e.g., modern medicine and communications and civil rights. But we can always revive great styles!
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
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bellini7verdi 1 year ago
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bellini7verdi 1 year ago
song?? :D
stiviefootball 1 year ago
fuck!!.. i wonder why do americans dont dance know!!...
at parties there are just music to listen in a concert but there is no music created to dance.. is pop a music to dance.. i dont think so
nepetro 1 year ago
@nepetro Re why Americans don't dance (or, dance far less) now -- long habit of watching, not doing. Started in late 1940s when television was introduced to humanity -- a fascinating new reason for most to stay at home, and potatoing on couch, watch hour after hour of other people living. And now the pc's we all stay glued to most of the time have further rarified our times of ever getting together with others -- in a grand forum such as a hall -- to spread out and dance. But you can revive it!
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago 2
@nepetro But even to pop music (or any music in your head or that you sing from memory) you can dance. Start by just swaying in rhythm to the music, then act out the meaning. Use any immediate space available to you . . . and like Fred Astaire, any props. Alone or w/ friend/s, have fun with it . . . revive and create dances. Only you can change the inertia to one of motion. And the more one moves, the more one can move. New better habit and lifestyle. Njoy!
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
The Charelston! love it!!!!!!!
tillieanne76 1 year ago
Awesome. The problem with this show is, that camera follow dancers. The feeling of movement and quickness due this capture style get much more poorer.
nihilnisi 1 year ago
Awesome.
nihilnisi 1 year ago
Do you know who sings Dance Dance little baby??
explorer914 1 year ago
@explorer914 Noel Coward (you can find it on Youtube), it is dance little lady and not baby
jeanserge21 1 year ago
this was an awesome trip....great video!!!
MrGustavogallegos 1 year ago
can anybody tell me who sings "happy feet" in this video? please :)
redhair137 1 year ago 13
The orchestra is called: The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra. The players who provide vocal refrain are: Michael Law, Julia Shore, Danielle Carson, and Melanie Marshall.
Aaron1912 1 year ago 20
@Aaron1912
love the 'happy feet' but could you up a dl version of THIS song with these vocals please??
SGTSAS 1 year ago
@Aaron1912
The group is a takeoff of the 1920's Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris) who sang for Paul Whiteman. If you can get a copy of "King of Jazz" (1930), you can hear the original version (this group does a great job of imitating them).
klkl2001 10 months ago
@Aaron1912 You Might want to search for "Jack Hylton and his orchestra" He is the author as far as I know. In fact there's a mix by one called: BLam. Search for Happy feet high heels mix. You'll love it!
espartanomaya 9 months ago
@redhair137
the original group was a group called The Rhythm Boys who featured the legendary Bing Crosby before he became the first multi-media mega star of the world.
BrotherCadaveri 11 months ago
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@redhair137
The group is a takeoff of the 1920's Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris) who sang for Paul Whiteman. If you can get a copy of "King of Jazz" (1930), you can hear the original version (this group does a great job of imitating them).
klkl2001 10 months ago
Quickstep can suck my dick, charleston all the way!!!!
elduran5 1 year ago
@elduran5 no need to be vulgar and rude
jeanserge21 1 year ago
@jeanserge21 How is that rude, does quickstep have feelings or something, and I don't believe there's a problem with my vulgarity.
elduran5 1 year ago
@argonaoota pues si pero uno hace lo que puede!
imagínate
si compraras una camisa, pero de tanta veces que la lavas o al pasar el tiempo pierde su carisma, su color y su bellesa.
en estos tiempos no se es como antes!
sharkboyp3 1 year ago
that actually sounds like anton du beke singing the quickstep LOL
Eurafrican 1 year ago
@argonaoota pero lo hacen bien...se esforzaron!
sharkboyp3 1 year ago
dit is echt leuk!!!!
1zwitser 1 year ago
@1zwitser Bitte, was bedeutet "leuk"? Weiss? Auf Englisch, bitte. :)
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
@JudgeJulieLit nice...
1zwitser 1 year ago
@1zwitser Danke schoen. In Dutch, I guess. (As some of my ancestors spoke it .)
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
Man imagine The Charleston combined with Break Dancing with a Hip Hop beat using Samples from 1920's songs? Then again, it would take an open mind to appreciate something like that.
RealityHurts923 1 year ago 2
@RealityHurts923 Especially seeing '20s Al & Leon's athletic Charleston, it's easy to imagine it hybriding / morphing with Break Dancing (that also swings wide the extended leg) to Hip Hop (esp. as the Charleston has hops). But to Break Dance, no short skirts for the ladies! And musically we ought all keep our minds ever open -- as any melody from any era can be rearranged as with a new tempo and percussion into any new artwork, to join the tradition and thus enrich it.
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
Who sang "Happy Feet" in this video? There are so many remakes...
lytwielder 1 year ago
like the original recordings best from the 1920's, all new er recordings jst dont have the vibe or the era
mindonatrip 1 year ago
This is the bees' knees!!! And the cat's pajamas!
shapeepster 1 year ago
Hey, this is Happy Feet! Is one of my favourite songs! Wonderful!
LucaC1993 1 year ago
Loving this, still.
900heyzeus 1 year ago
didnt kermit the frog dance to this song?!
LIONGIRL13 1 year ago
i wish i lived back then
LIONGIRL13 1 year ago
@LIONGIRL13 Dance, costume & spirit wise, you can relive the '20s anytime, (most) anywhere . . . flapper out . . . Go, girl, go! Start a craze. Free yourself and role model for all "flaming youth" today. Nineteen twenties style (short skirts, e.g., fringed) did resurge in the '40s and '60s. Fashion (e.g., in manners, language and moves) can recycle 4ever. U2 can be a bees knees. ;) From your library you can borrow vintage music cds and dvds and dance to them . . . solo and with friends.
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
These people are fantastic. Not the most imiginative choreography, but the dancers were incredible.
Kaalec 1 year ago
These people are fantastic.
Kaalec 1 year ago
2:55
kelfire23 1 year ago
Good dancing but silly costumes, dresses in the 1920s only reached a tiny bit above the knee for a short time around 1929 and then quickly lowered again.
Flappers didn't all walk around in mini dresses showing their theighs, thank god.
nederland4045 1 year ago
Bwaaa dixieland!boooo
12makes4 1 year ago
GOD, I HATE THESE CHEESY REVIVALS... BAD TASTE
AmazingChucklez 1 year ago
GOD, I HATE THESE CHEESY REVIVALS... BAD TASTE, NO TASTE, NO FLAVOR, I'M SURPRISED AT YOU FOR SELLING OUT LIKE THIS.
AmazingChucklez 1 year ago