The Powers Girl - Benny Goodman
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Thats blues right there for you!
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We do have these things. There are scads of ppl dancing to swing music these days. I'm not into the swing "scene" per se, but I do like to dance- and dancing back then was about sex, too. All partner dancing has a sexual element to it.
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sigh. why dont we have these things anymore? I mean, dancing was so popular back then where you would get together with half the town and just swing. now days, dancing is all about sex and grinding. :-\
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@sabinoson I meant to say "have encountered." Ahhh...I hit the reply button too soon. Sorry.
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@chas63 Yeah, there seems to be a reverse racism going on (at least here in the Bay Area.) If you do Smooth lindy hop, you're "dancing white." (And that's usually said snidely, as an insult. I and other smooth lindy dancers have.)
Thing is, Dean Collins was a GREAT dancer!
So was Lou Southern, Freida Wycoff, Lennie Smith, Jewel Magowan, Joe Lanza, and Gil and Nikki Brady. And for those who knock "white dancing", George Lloyd, who was black, danced very much like Dean Collins.
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Benny at his best! Lets Dance!
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I wish they still made music like this. It's so cool! :-D
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@Katarasblueeyes FAT FINGERS!!
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@ongeify would have been born? I donßt know, I´m German :-D
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I wish I would be born in this era :-D
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Katarasblueeyes 1 year ago 19
@Katarasblueeyes - must be Artie Shaw fans
chas63 1 year ago 24
I mistakenly deleted a comment - sorry. To preface: the Lindy scene was never completely dominated by black dancers. Dean Collins, featured male dancer in this clip was an original Savoy Ballroom dancer - he migrated to LA where he brought it to the attention of the west coast and Hollywood. There is a sequence in the Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz" where Norma Miller talks about the white kids that would go to the Savoy and dance "some of them were so good you wanted to hit 'em",
chas63 1 year ago 6
isn't Peggy Lee also in this movie?
mookindahouse 2 years ago
Yes, but uncredited. The beautiful, personable but tragic Carole Landis is as well.
chas63 2 years ago
That song seems familiar, I can't pu my finger on it! But that clip is cool!
sweetaliena 4 years ago
The song is called "Roll Em". Goodman recorded it a couple of times; it is on a live cd called "Benny Goodman and Sid Catlett" and on any # of Goodman cd's.
chas63 4 years ago