Mixed Tempo songs?
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Bjork?remysun wrote:"It's Oh So Quiet" has slow waltz verses and a faster 4/4 refrain. That and Gling-Glo are some Bjork that DJs will play, with good results too.
Go for the original - Betty Hutton! Makes Bjork sound like a little girl.
Also check out her "Orange-Colored Sky" on the same CD. Makes Nat King Cole sound like a little boy.
Oh, and she did the original "Stuff Like That There" (on several other CDs) - doeesn't quite make Bette Midler sound like a little girl (nothing possibly could), but still.
Earlier threads
The search function of phpBB is so crappy, so I'm putting links to earlier related threads here. I had tried searching but didn't get these results in my first tries. Maybe there are even more threads...
"Songs that speed up"
http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1892
"Double Time"
http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=185
"Changing the pace from fast to slow"
http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1760
The last one is probably most closely to what I was looking for - Brenda suggested to use songs such as "After You've Gone" that start fast then slow down.
Anyone else with some recommendations of songs that slow down during the song (not just at the very end, and there is lots of stuff that speeds up). I really like the idea of having some high energy song slow down the tempo again instead of doing some sudden drop with a new song.
"Songs that speed up"
http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1892
"Double Time"
http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=185
"Changing the pace from fast to slow"
http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1760
The last one is probably most closely to what I was looking for - Brenda suggested to use songs such as "After You've Gone" that start fast then slow down.
Anyone else with some recommendations of songs that slow down during the song (not just at the very end, and there is lots of stuff that speeds up). I really like the idea of having some high energy song slow down the tempo again instead of doing some sudden drop with a new song.
I've seen Basin Street Blues mentioned. One of the versions I have doesn't slow down again but keeps going with double tempo till the end. I think it transitions quite nicely with the drum solo, though you need to pay attention to your phrasing to transition when you're dancing.
There's a Glenn Miller song called Jukebox Saturday Night which starts at about 160 with a slow bit in the middle (it drops to about 75 or so) for almost a minute before speeding back up at the ending.
There's a Glenn Miller song called Jukebox Saturday Night which starts at about 160 with a slow bit in the middle (it drops to about 75 or so) for almost a minute before speeding back up at the ending.
We'll Build a Bungalow
For fun I once subjected a house party to "We'll Build a Bungalow" by Sy Oliver and his Orchestra, which is full of tempo shifts but the dancers who broke out the polka got the last laugh.
I love transitioning from slow to quick with Linnzi Zaorksi's "I Hate Myself For Loving You", which foreshadows the tempo change with a nice double strumming of the guitar. The Cangelosi Cards also do the same with the guitar on occasion.
Great fun
I love transitioning from slow to quick with Linnzi Zaorksi's "I Hate Myself For Loving You", which foreshadows the tempo change with a nice double strumming of the guitar. The Cangelosi Cards also do the same with the guitar on occasion.
Great fun
Try :
Shout Sister Shout by the Local Girls on Let Yourself Go. It changes between 80bpm and 205bpm a few times in the song. I think it's the Boswell Sister's arrangement, but a much nicer recording.
Aba Daba HoneyMoon by Maria Muldaur from Songs for the Young at Heart Starts at 200bpm, goes to 250bpm in the middle and ends around 120.
Shout Sister Shout by the Local Girls on Let Yourself Go. It changes between 80bpm and 205bpm a few times in the song. I think it's the Boswell Sister's arrangement, but a much nicer recording.
Aba Daba HoneyMoon by Maria Muldaur from Songs for the Young at Heart Starts at 200bpm, goes to 250bpm in the middle and ends around 120.
There is a version of Basin Street Blues by Louis Armstrong and the Allstars - it's on the California Concerts 4disc CD; it starts out about 110, after 1:30 or so goes to 170 and has a nice false ending. I think this is the song you are talking about.penguin wrote:I've seen Basin Street Blues mentioned. One of the versions I have doesn't slow down again but keeps going with double tempo till the end. I think it transitions quite nicely with the drum solo, though you need to pay attention to your phrasing to transition when you're dancing.
And then of course there is Darktown Strutter's Ball, which is probably on the other thread.
The other track I use a lot is Honeysuckle Rose with Velma Middleton and Louis Armstrong from Satch Plays Fats. Very danceable tempos on both ends.