patrik wrote:I am looking for modern (or something equivalent) lindy music in the same style as Robbie Williams "Swing When You´re Winning".
So far I have only found Paul Anka "Rock Swings" and Christina Aguilera "Candyman".
More suggestions?
So far I've seen three different categories of suggestions:
* Rod Stewart, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper (whose
"My Baby Just Cares For Me" is fun) and plenty more have put out the opposite -- contemporary artists singing the standards. Lyle Lovett, for example, did
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" and
"Blue Skies".
I wouldn't call Michael Bublé a "Pop" singer, BTW; he's a very talented vocalist in his own right. But yeah, he's contemporary...
I'm sure there are truckload of "tribute"-style albums out there -- or, like, Reggae Swing-type CDs -- with all the old familiars, but with a "hip, fresh" flavor.
They Might Be Giants and Alice Cooper BOTH did
"The Lady Is A Tramp", and the Psychedelic Furs did
"Mack The Knife". Not that I'd recommend DANCING to them, but hey, they're certainly out there...
Sometimes I like to get on AllMusic.com and search by song. I'll pick one of those oft-covered songs and look to see who's performed it; you'd be amazed (and amused for hours, no doubt!)
* The first example you listed, Paul Anka's
"Rock Swings", is a
(*cough*) "vintage" artist doing contemporary songs. (His cover of Oasis's
"Wonderwall" is pretty good, though, I have to admit...)
Along these lines would be bands like
"New Morty Show",
"Eight To The Bar", and even Pat Boone's
"In A Metal Mood" CD.
The Pupini Sisters do a cover of Blondie's
"Heart of Glass". Pure novelty!
*
"Candyman" is different, though -- for better or worse, I happen to like it. It's a contemporary song you can dance to. Granted, it's a blatant rip-off of
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy[*], but hey, the kids dig it.
[* - For proof, see my
"Boogie Woogie Candyman" Mashup. ]
You could probably start a whole thread with this kind of stuff:
"Tell Me 'Bout It" by Joss Stone; Esthero's
"Wicked Little Girls", which samples
"Minor Swing"; people used to play
"Plenty" by Guru w/ Erykah Badu;
"Come Baby Come" by K7;
"Switch" by Will Smith; Jurassic 5's
"Swing Set";
"Idlewild Blue" or
"Call the Law" by OutKast (
See Also:
"OutKast MacGill -- Idlewild Rhythm"); Madonna's
"Hanky Panky" from the Dick Tracy soundtrack;
"Boom Shack-A-Lack" by Apache Indian; lots of stuff by Shaggy; Will.i.am's remake of Sergio Mendes's
"Mas Que Nada" or Sly and the Family Stone's
"Dance to the Music".
The list goes on and on...
These are the songs I tend to slip in about 20 minutes before the end of the night. I don't want to freak out the "normals" who (get this) leave before the dance is over; instead, I reward the die-hards who are on their third or fourth T-shirt.
Yeah, I'm
that guy.
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