There was this one lindy hopper I heard once who said, "Lindy Hop is done to swing music." What was his name? Oh yeah. Frankie Manning.paul13 wrote:
one more thing. there's no such thing as lindy music
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It's true, I have it on tape.yedancer wrote:There was this one lindy hopper I heard once who said, "Lindy Hop is done to swing music." What was his name? Oh yeah. Frankie Manning.paul13 wrote:
one more thing. there's no such thing as lindy music
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There is no such thing as lindy music? hmmm
the same could be said about foxtrot. There is no such thing as foxtrot music. It is not a musical genre. However, any record you would of seen released in the 30s, a lot of them would say the song name, and then in parenthesis (Foxtrot).
Is there no such thing as tango music? Is there no such thing as polka music? Are polka dancers out there arguing if they should dance to old school polka or to Barbara Morrison?
the same could be said about foxtrot. There is no such thing as foxtrot music. It is not a musical genre. However, any record you would of seen released in the 30s, a lot of them would say the song name, and then in parenthesis (Foxtrot).
Is there no such thing as tango music? Is there no such thing as polka music? Are polka dancers out there arguing if they should dance to old school polka or to Barbara Morrison?
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The same has been said by Al Minns, Sugar Sullivan, Jennie LeGon, Norma Miller, George Sullivan, Mama Lu Parks, etcyedancer wrote:There was this one lindy hopper I heard once who said, "Lindy Hop is done to swing music." What was his name? Oh yeah. Frankie Manning.paul13 wrote:
one more thing. there's no such thing as lindy music
but what do they know.
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Let's just say that because I can waltz doesn't mean that I necessarily want to waltz. Especially if I go to an event billed as a venue for lindy hop.paul13 wrote:what does it matter what kind of music is being played as long as you can dance to it.
Now substitute whatever it is you want to play for "waltz" (WCS, "Groove," what-have-you) and you get the idea of some people's gripe.
Where does that leave all of the great swing tunes that are noted as Foxtrots on their labels?falty411 wrote:the same could be said about foxtrot. There is no such thing as foxtrot music. It is not a musical genre. However, any record you would of seen released in the 30s, a lot of them would say the song name, and then in parenthesis (Foxtrot).
Would you Foxtrot or Lindy Hop to this? Or neither?
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Or this?
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I don't know if I could Lindy Hop to this, but trying to Foxtrot to it would kick my ass all over the dance floor.
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I don't know if I could Lindy Hop to this, but trying to Foxtrot to it would kick my ass all over the dance floor.
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Okay, fair enough, but what would you do today if those songs were played? Also, in the 20s/30s did people only foxtrot to those tunes or did they lindy hop as well? I've never seen a label noted as "Lindy Hop."falty411 wrote:swifty, just so you know. yes you could foxtrot to all of that. we are talking about a late 20s / 30s style of foxtrot which is far different than foxtrot as it is done today.
I'm not really trying to prove any point here, I'm just curious.
This also makes me wonder, why is it okay that modern foxtrot is far different from 20s/30s foxtrot but a modern take on lindy hop is frowned upon by so many? Is it simply a ballroom vs vernacular viewpoint or is it something else?falty411 wrote:swifty, just so you know. yes you could foxtrot to all of that. we are talking about a late 20s / 30s style of foxtrot which is far different than foxtrot as it is done today.
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It was due to marketing as it was thought that something labeled as "Lindy Hop" would not sell as well due to it's "evil" associations.Swifty wrote:I've never seen a label noted as "Lindy Hop."
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It's probably because none of give a rats ass about foxtrot, modern or otherwise. haha.Swifty wrote: This also makes me wonder, why is it okay that modern foxtrot is far different from 20s/30s foxtrot but a modern take on lindy hop is frowned upon by so many? Is it simply a ballroom vs vernacular viewpoint or is it something else?
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