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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2019, 12:28:29 am »
We have a comedy thread already, this isn't it.

Better recording of "26 Miles":

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Dinning Sister -  Santa Catalina (Island Of Romance) - (c.1947).

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Sounds like something one might hear on late night AM radio before the big top 40 boom in the '50s and '60s.

Four Preps - Calcutta

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Quando, Quando, Quando - Engelbert Humperdinck

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I never really appreciated this until I heard someone else perform it.



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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #26 on: December 03, 2019, 12:28:38 am »
Now we're groovin', cats!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeDgOUoDTsY&t=83

Funny. The only thing I remember about this movie is "The new phonebook is here! The new phonebook is here!"

As he was discovering his rhythm, he went from snapping on 2 and 4 to 1 and 3. It was probably a continuity flaw in the film, but it works for the story.

Listening to people clap (or snap) on the 1 and 3 is painful to me, which is why I love this clip where Harry Connick, Jr., tricks the audience into clapping on the upbeat (at about the 39-second mark). Watch the drummer (who's probably the one most affected by the downbeat clapping) celebrate in the background.


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Back to Squaresville...

"You're Just in Love" by Eydie Gormé


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #27 on: December 03, 2019, 12:52:10 am »
"Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)" by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra

EVERYBODY SING!


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Here's a song that would probably trigger some folks today. Cultural appropriation or some such nonsense. I'm posting it anyway.

"Little Brown Gal" by Kaleo Na'ea


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I remember performing this when I was in Brownies. (Can we still say "Brownies"?) We weren't nearly as good as this lovely lady. Wish we'd had ways to make videos in those days.


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2019, 04:57:16 am »
"Al Di La" by Emilio Pericoli


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"Allegheny Moon" by Patti Page


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2019, 02:38:50 pm »
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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2019, 09:24:29 pm »
“La Vie En Rose” by Andrea Bocelli featuring Edith Piaf


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #31 on: December 05, 2019, 01:26:41 am »
I'm so glad I started this thread. I've gotten to hear songs I haven't thought about in years. Even added a few to my playlist. Thanks to those who have contributed!

"Whistling Gypsy Rover" by The Clancy Brothers


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"The Unicorn Song" by The Irish Rovers


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #32 on: December 05, 2019, 03:39:27 am »
It might have seemed abrupt when I said this wasn't a "comedy thread" but @jmyrlefuller  has actually already posted, music that belongs in this category, something like this, I forget which one. Also other selections posted prior. I remember when something per Airport was posted, a lot of good postings.

Airport Love Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASln_GIS6us

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Greatest lovesong you've never heard, the Arbols, "Symphony for Susan", I tear up on this one.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt66npv9-6o

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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #33 on: December 05, 2019, 03:47:40 am »
Canadian Sunset

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BJE6hwRpOc

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It seems like I've heard this a million times, so, it's not like it was when I didn't know it well but it grabbed me.

Tommy Dorsey - Tea For Two Cha Cha Cha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21GebEEhMZk

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The Pets - Cha Hua Hua

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffQNaalwdSc

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It amazes me that something like this came out in 1957, this is about the 3rd time I've posted this on the forum. I really like it.


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #34 on: December 05, 2019, 02:48:30 pm »
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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #35 on: December 05, 2019, 05:07:21 pm »
It might have seemed abrupt when I said this wasn't a "comedy thread" but @jmyrlefuller  has actually already posted, music that belongs in this category, something like this, I forget which one. Also other selections posted prior. I remember when something per Airport was posted, a lot of good postings.
The song in the background was what I was aiming for. "Crazy Rhythm" was the name (though there was some irony in the originally frenetic song being played Welk-style). The dancing was a little side humor, fitting in with the "music for squares" theme.

For the record, I missed the memo.

The original, upbeat version:

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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #36 on: December 05, 2019, 07:56:26 pm »
Airport Love Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASln_GIS6us

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@TomSea

This came to mind when I first saw your post Airport post. So haunting. So beautiful.


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #37 on: December 05, 2019, 08:06:21 pm »
You can't leave out the "5 Neat Guys"


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #38 on: December 05, 2019, 08:16:08 pm »
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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #39 on: December 05, 2019, 08:53:57 pm »
The song in the background was what I was aiming for. "Crazy Rhythm" was the name (though there was some irony in the originally frenetic song being played Welk-style). The dancing was a little side humor, fitting in with the "music for squares" theme.

For the record, I missed the memo.

The original, upbeat version:

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@jmyrlefuller

How about a little more crazy rhythm?

"I Got Rhythm"/"Fascinating Rhythm" by Gregory Hines


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #40 on: December 05, 2019, 09:24:40 pm »
Cast Your Fate to the Wind - Vince Guaraldi Trio

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAh4gYZdDUg

Dave Brubeck - Take Five

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs

Donald Fagen - New Frontier (Video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBruAooXPNU
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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #41 on: December 06, 2019, 02:36:54 am »
"Alleycat" by Bent Fabric


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"Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #43 on: December 07, 2019, 01:51:40 am »
Pat Boone - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom Time (note, I think he gives it a singing that seems a bit "intoxicated") Following is Perez Prado's hit version, instrumental.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbAYcKfPxY

Patricia - Perez Prado

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTXIXkeWnEo


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #44 on: December 07, 2019, 02:00:32 am »
Al Hirt - Cotton Candy

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Al Hirt - Java

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His 2 big hits that I'm aware of.  The easy listening, "music of  your life" station would always play "Java", I came to like "Cotton Candy" a bit more.

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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #45 on: December 07, 2019, 05:48:10 am »
"Amapola" by Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly w/ The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra


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"Tangerine" by Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly w/ The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra


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"Green Eyes" by Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly w/ The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #46 on: December 07, 2019, 04:59:46 pm »
I dunno, aren't Vince Guaraldi, Dave Brubeck and several others on this page a bit too cool to be square? Anyway, here's what is perhaps Vince Guaraldi's most recognizable piece of music:



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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #47 on: December 07, 2019, 05:14:19 pm »
Thanks for the version of "Green Eyes"! The only other version I'd heard was by Barry Manilow - very well done, but part of a Big Bands retro album.

When I was in high school in 1970 +/- 2 years "Cotton Candy" was one of our regulars in Marching Band. Speaking of Marching Band memories:



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The year before my freshman year the high school's Marching Band went to the Rose Parade and "Georgy Girl" was one of the songs to which they marched. I missed out on the Rose Parade, but we played it in SF's Columbus Day Parade in my freshman year. OTOH, in my senior year we traveled up to Victoria, BC for the Victoria Day Parade (honoring Queen Victoria's birthday). Missed one cool event, made another cool event. This was all pretty heady stuff for the only high school in a town of 20K-25K.
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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #48 on: December 07, 2019, 09:31:18 pm »
"Besame Mucho" by Andrea Bocelli


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Not the best video of this performance, but it has the words both in Spanish and English. Love that.


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Re: Music for squares
« Reply #49 on: December 11, 2019, 10:23:48 am »
James Last (orchestra) - Washington Square with vocals:

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