Baby Wants a Diamond Ring by The Squirrel Nut Zippers

Baby Wants a Diamond Ring by The Squirrel Nut Zippers from their album, The Best of the Squirrel Nut Zippers.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• oldies
• big
• band
• swing
• squirrel
• nut
• zippers
• baby
• wants
• diamond
• ring
• 30's
• 40's

[Joker365]

damn internet! making me browse and find awesome music!

[lastrada52]

What incredible playing. My 95 year old Uncle listened to this with me & he began to tear up because he thought The Squirrel Nut Zippers attempt at carrying on a 1940's big band tradition was fantastic. The old dude actually got out of his wheelchair to dance with my Mom. He said it was like finding a lost big band song. I had to go buy the cd for him. (Talk about music being great therapy. You can't under-estimate musical faith.)

[JokerDon1]

Squirrel nut zippers, Cherry popping daddies, Big bad voodoo band. All are good swing bands of these times.

[Annique]

My mom thought this was 'boring old-people music' but I happen to find this one of the most exciting sounds I have discovered in my life. Weird huh?

[slackereric]

@Joker365 i know right!!

[BrosephGreyson]

@tinman24601 Thanks for the insult, ass, and in a jazz sense, swing is kind of bland itself...

[SportVetture]

@lastrada52 That just says all. :D

[vribando]

I love it !!!

[thehasslessydney]

@littledrummerboy42 Where abouts do they play?

[thehasslessydney]

@FallenShards I wont argue the quality of one generation over another, I find that discussion absolutely banal, but look around you. There are more people than there has ever been before, interacting more than ever before. Sure it's harder than it has been to pick up a fad and say 'this is what this generation is about', but that's because the diversity of interest and experience is bigger than it has ever been.

[thehasslessydney]

@tinman24601 the indie/alternative (also pretty bad) and the associated faux bohemian thing, huge revival of DIY music, internet music sharing, artists recording in their bedroom on their shitty computers competing with the most famous stars out there, recording to the masses. there is so much out there. it wasn't hard to pin a style on the 90's 80's, 70's, because there were four or five at any one time, but in the 00's, it has exploded. people are producing culture like never before.