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The 1938 Carnegie Hall version is about 12 minutes.
Very nice.
Worth every second of that 12 minutes. Gairowntee.
Ansugon is right: The 1938 Carnegie Hall version has a livelier, less muffled sound and more powerful performances. Krupa especially Gets Down.
This link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUbgwADLFPM
has the performance (I'm guessing from an LP) and video clips of New York city from the era.
The 1938 Carnegie Hall version is about 12 minutes.
Very nice.
Almost any version of this tune is good and this one of course features Gene Krupa. That said, this one starts to drag at around five minutes. The Los Straitjackets version is shorter and has more dynamics.
ansugon wrote:
You should try the live version from 1938. Probably one of the greatest concerts ever of any genre.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Benny-Goodman-Carnegie-Concert/dp/B000HWXGDO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260283713&sr=1-4
Ansugon is right: The 1938 Carnegie Hall version has a livelier, less muffled sound and more powerful performances. Krupa especially Gets Down.
This link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUbgwADLFPM
has the performance (I'm guessing from an LP) and video clips of New York city from the era.
The first minute is fun, the remaing day and a half annoys me.... Don't care if it's a classic, it makes me wanna hit the mute button... 2
The first minute is fun, the remaing day and a half annoys me.... Don't care if it's a classic, it makes me wanna hit the mute button...
2
I agree. I give this a 10. Brilliant ground-breaking, sexy music, and impossible not to move around to!
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Have you the BRAINWORMS?!!
I see cats
I wish I could get my fat, lazy kitty to dance like that!
You should try the live version from 1938. Probably one of the greatest concerts ever of any genre.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Benny-Goodman-Carnegie-Concert/dp/B000HWXGDO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260283713&sr=1-4
never got much into the swing big band stuff. reminds me of zoot suit stuff. no offense but boring.
Almost any version of this tune is good and this one of course features Gene Krupa. That said, this one starts to drag at around five minutes. The Los Straitjackets version is shorter and has more dynamics.
You should try the live version from 1938. Probably one of the greatest concerts ever of any genre.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Benny-Goodman-Carnegie-Concert/dp/B000HWXGDO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260283713&sr=1-4
Almost any version of this tune is good and this one of course features Gene Krupa. That said, this one starts to drag at around five minutes. The Los Straitjackets version is shorter and has more dynamics.
ditto leathpea
Almost any version of this tune is good and this one of course features Gene Krupa. That said, this one starts to drag at around five minutes. The Los Straitjackets version is shorter and has more dynamics.
Good times.
I see cats
me too
Johnny Quest opening from 1964....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fYTA7bxqP4
then big sighs from everyone dancing... Love it.
I asked Bill about the discrepancy between the ratings on the list and the ratings on each song's page. He said they use two different formulas. The formula for each song's page is simply the average rating, while the formula on the list weights the number of people who have rated the song. This is to avoid the possibility that a new song gets played once and gets rated a 10 by one person, giving it a 10.0 average, and vaulting it to the top of the list. It dampens the effect of the transient whim of the minority.
1. The Beatles - A Day In The Life (9.68) - 9.3
2. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (9.674) - 9.3
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (9.66) - 9.3
4. Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (9.644) - 9.4
5. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (9.629) - 9.3
6. Mozart - Symphony No. 40 - Molto Allegro (9.587) - 9.3
7. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio (9.586) - 9.3
8. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (9.57) - 9.2
9. Pink Floyd - Us & Them -> Eclipse (9.566) - 9.2
10. Vivaldi - The 4 Seasons: Summer (9.543) - 9.2
There must be a bug in the code somewhere.
I asked Bill about the discrepancy between the ratings on the list and the ratings on each song's page. He said they use two different formulas. The formula for each song's page is simply the average rating, while the formula on the list weights the number of people who have rated the song. This is to avoid the possibility that a new song gets played once and gets rated a 10 by one person, giving it a 10.0 average, and vaulting it to the top of the list. It dampens the effect of the transient whim of the minority.
1. The Beatles - A Day In The Life (9.68) - 9.3
2. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (9.674) - 9.3
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (9.66) - 9.3
4. Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (9.644) - 9.4
5. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (9.629) - 9.3
6. Mozart - Symphony No. 40 - Molto Allegro (9.587) - 9.3
7. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio (9.586) - 9.3
8. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (9.57) - 9.2
9. Pink Floyd - Us & Them -> Eclipse (9.566) - 9.2
10. Vivaldi - The 4 Seasons: Summer (9.543) - 9.2
There must be a bug in the code somewhere.
Didn't Bugs Bunny dance to this in one of his episodes?
Love hearing what sounds like Benny missing a cue and starting into a clarinet solo or a different theme just as Gene Kruppa is getting cranked up on the tomtom. (Of course he can't miss a cue, he's directing the band, but something happened!)
The song really is epic in its variety and changing themes throughout, with star-quality performances from his band, playing their hearts out. I read that his band hated having to play this song every night. :)
Mojo
I would guess that the classical recordings were as live as this.
And listen to the quality of Goodman's playing. Nice...
Amazing. For a while this was at 9.7, briefly displacing "A Day in the Life" in RP's number one spot. It just slipped down to 9.5, to 14th place, just above Bach's "Violin Concerto No. 4." (I gave it a ten.)
That was when Sing, Sing, Sing had just been introduced to the playlist, on March 30, 2009, before the song accumulated enough individual ratings to stabilize its position on the chart. On August 4th at 10:42, after Sing, Sing, Sing had been rated 134 times, RP's top ten looked like this:
1. The Beatles - A Day In The Life (9.679)
2. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (9.674)
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (9.657)
4. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (9.628)
5. Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (9.606)
6. Mozart - Symphony No. 40 - Molto Allegro (9.587)
7. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio (9.586)
8. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (9.57)
9. Pink Floyd - Us & Them -> Eclipse (9.566)
10. The Beatles - You Never Give Me/The End (9.543)
Two by The Beatles; two by Beethoven; two by Pink Floyd; one by Hendrix; Benny Goodman's Sing, Sing, Sing; one by Mozart; and one by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. All within a 0.136 point margin on a scale of 1 to 10.
How does one view the RP (whole site) rankings of songs? Where did you ascertain the position of the above songs? (PM me with the info, please!)
Just hit the link on the Music/Artists tab at the top of just about any RP page, then scroll down.
and i agree....Bill...!!! Where do we get the listings, I found it once upon a time, but am currently sober so am lost..... ;-)
MUAHHHHHH......!!!!
Pyro wrote:
Talk about eclectic programming....
How does one view the RP (whole site) rankings of songs? Where did you ascertain the position of the above songs? (PM me with the info, please!)
Amazing. For a while this was at 9.7, briefly displacing "A Day in the Life" in RP's number one spot. It just slipped down to 9.5, to 14th place, just above Bach's "Violin Concerto No. 4." (I gave it a ten.)
Talk about eclectic programming....
How does one view the RP (whole site) rankings of songs? Where did you ascertain the position of the above songs? (PM me with the info, please!)
totally. 10.
For the "only white men" thing: Stephane Grappelli... Really can't compare him with Goodman, but I don't know a better exponent of jazz violin. A fine keyboards player, too.
Dave (not a jazz buff, but loves the music...)
Amazing. For a while this was at 9.7, briefly displacing "A Day in the Life" in RP's number one spot. It just slipped down to 9.5, to 14th place, just above Bach's "Violin Concerto No. 4." (I gave it a ten.)
Funny you say that, I once heard that among jazz buffs that Benny Goodman is one of the only white men to be considered the best ever on his particular instrument. I don't know if that;'s true—but after hearing this, I'd love to hear his better.
c.
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