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Swedish songs for haraang
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 10:56 am
by Kyle
so i was listening to my YahooRadio today, and this awesomely horrible song comes on called The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade) By Freddy Martin.
One, its pretty funny, and two, I can't tell if the chorus is in swedish or not, kinda sounds like it.
I think it would be kinda funny to play for a them night or in Haraang in general.
What other songs could you add to this one to make a complete "Around the world in 80 days" theme night?
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 1:54 pm
by Serg
I picked up a used CD by a WWII era Swedish Swing Band called "Swedish Hot Seven". The CD has a few interesting danceable songs. This bands is all made out of strings (guitar, bass). They sound very much like Cats in the Fiddle.
You should get if you can find it.
Serg
Re: Swedish songs for haraang
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:23 pm
by SpuzBal
Kyle wrote:What other songs could you add to this one to make a complete "Around the world in 80 days" theme night?
Stockholm Stomp
Borneo
Shanghai Shuffle
Belleville (I think it's a real city)
Nagasaki
Songs about the US (Drop Me Off in Harlem, Dear Old Southland, etc.)
Hindustan
Copenhagen
Song of India
There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin
Scotch and Soda (kind of a stretch)
African Jive (Slim & Slam) is probably a little too out there
Hangin' Around Boudon (Django)
China Boy
Björk's jazz album
The Sheik of Araby
Panama
Loch Lomond (i.e. the Goodman version)
Egyptian Fantasy
Spanish Kick (Charlie Barnet)
Non-Stop Flight (Artie Shaw - another stretch)
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho (Sidney Bechet)
Jungle Drums
Russian Lullaby (Oscar Aleman)
April in Portugal (Oscar Aleman)
That's all I've got. But five points (?) to anyone who can come up with a (swing) song for South America or Antarctica. I wonder if there are any.
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:18 pm
by Swingwombat
You missed Australia!!
Di
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:06 pm
by Bob the Builder
Swingwombat wrote:You missed Australia!!
Di
The closest we would get to Australia is
"hop, skip and jump".
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:21 am
by CafeSavoy
Bob the Builder wrote:Swingwombat wrote:You missed Australia!!
Di
The closest we would get to Australia is
"hop, skip and jump".
Wouldn't that be "Didje Didje Roo"?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:05 pm
by Jerry_Jelinek
Do this fit what your looking for?
Slow Boat to China
Autumn in New York
Moonlight in Vermont
California Dreaming
I've Been Down in Texas
Low Down Upon The Harlem River
Georgia On My Mind
Charleston
Chicago
Alabamy Bound
St. Louis Blues
Echoes Of Spain
Swing De Paris
Echoes Of France
Stars Fell On Alabama
Moonlight On The Ganges
Just To Be In Caroline
Georgia Blues
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Borneo
Louisiana
New York, New York
etc....
Actually in thinking, Stan Kenton did an entire 2 LP set of National Anthems of the Worlds in 1972.
Granted probably nothing in the set would be worthwhile for swing dancing!!! But you could get some very obscure places. There are 39 different tracks in the set. This is for 38 different countries.
They did 2 songs for the U.S.A. A medley of american folk related music and then a seperate track for the national anthem.
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:17 pm
by SpuzBal
Swingwombat wrote:You missed Australia!!
Di
Haha, wow, Mr. Moore, the geography nut teacher from my elementary school would be highly disappointed in me...