I was Born Before WW2 I'M 81 Still SWING Dancing ..

I could cry. I’m 73 and the world is a mess . Love this

@kirnpu

4 жыл бұрын

Boy I will second that!

@davehempfields2358

4 жыл бұрын

suzie still good stuff around

@marybeach3726

4 жыл бұрын

I am 74. Lost my husband. We use to dance to this after the kids went to sleep. Couldnt afford to go out. So many happy memories!! We will dance again someday!!

@frankiejones7581

4 жыл бұрын

suzie mills Yes indeed it is Susie and I am 71 and I feel just like you do thank God we understand what is really real‼️💞😇

@gleasonparker1684

4 жыл бұрын

Amen Sister

Back when people had some class and style, those days are long gone!

@Walt222

10 күн бұрын

Amen to that Thank God I'm 73 and on my way out .

Father heard the Glenn Miller Band live when he was stationed overseas in Great Britain. He spoke of that experience for decades, as it left such an impression. He went home and married his high school sweetheart, they would dance to this immortal music. Married over 70 years until he was called home to God. As this Fathers Day approaches, I miss him so much. World’s Greatest Dad!

@StephenLyons-tl8ie

Жыл бұрын

May he lie sweetly at rest.

@kelvinsurname7051

Жыл бұрын

A true hero, may he rest in peace, God bless him.

@WODOLEY713

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you ! Look at what America was like in the 1950s and 1970s , and how pathetic and miserable it is now ! All sorts of LGBT + all kinds of riffraff ! Here before there were men so men , women so women ! I feel sorry for YOU ! Greetings from Russia !

@LupitaPolit-ng5pf

9 ай бұрын

Great experiences for decadess and beautiful swing music

@duradim1

15 күн бұрын

The best is yet to come. Believers in Christ will rise again and be reunited, with no memory of the past, but a blessed here and now, Glory to God!

I would like to pay tribute to young people aged 15 to 20 who come here to immortalize the songs and dances of the 40s, 50s and 60s. Congratulations to everyone who has good taste !!

@parmjr1

3 жыл бұрын

@Am Me That's right, i'm going to get Thanks for the illustration.

@afdolspncrmcgee

3 жыл бұрын

Im 15

@parmjr1

3 жыл бұрын

@@afdolspncrmcgee congratulations !

@parmjr1

3 жыл бұрын

@MAGIX 1 congratulations...

@greasycock455

3 жыл бұрын

I smell,,hair spray,,,that is,,VO5?

I love it. Dancing is the best antidote for loneliness and depression. I was born in 1935 and 15 years ago I retired and started going to dances. You could dance every night of the week if you cared to. Up until this ugly COVID 19 fell upon us, I was dancing a couple times a week. I’m itching to get back to cutting a rug again. 💃🏻💃🏻

@lindafigueroa4384

3 жыл бұрын

U can dance at home I know Is not the same but hope one day going back normal 🙏🙏🙏stay safe

@marckco-vi4504

3 жыл бұрын

Goddess !

@mariaalt7107

3 жыл бұрын

Great....old good times!!! 👏👏👏👏🍷

@susanangelahanley9534

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. Can't wait to get back to the dance floor

@-cosmicmakes-8951

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew how to dance like that. There’s tutorials on the basic steps for a few things on youtube and I’ve practiced those but it’s just not the same without a dance partner lol

Did you know the gorgeous curly haired lady dancing in the pleated skirt -Jean Veloz ,died last January 2023 just short of 100 years old ,she looked years younger ,so there must have been something in all that exercise after all ?. A life well lived .

@magnetocheck

Ай бұрын

Here's a link to a video of her dancing on her 90th birthday~! kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5aAo7Slm5arlcY.htmlsi=uesPwZ_O8Zt5eVen

Great to see two soldiers dancing and no one batted an eye

@cesardelgadovillena2247

4 күн бұрын

Se le llama bailar y listo.

Born in 1935.As a kid listened to big band music on my portable radio while collecting newspapers,tires and lard during the war. This music will never grow old.

@6thgear914

3 жыл бұрын

I am much younger, but still have an appreciation for the time when dancing took skill, and when music took lots of skill to play. I enjoy playing jazz/swing on the piano, guitar, and saxophone, and it’s amazing to hear and play. Takes your soul away to a place where you are free, and bound by no limits.

@kimmorrison9169

Жыл бұрын

This is my parents music that I listened to as a young guy. I liked it then and like it now that Im 70. As stated in a different comment, this is real dancing!

I was born in 1951. I danced the twist, the mash potato, the jerk, and the pony. I lived through disco. And I’m here to tell you. THIS IS DANCING!

@gfinnstrom

5 жыл бұрын

AMEN PREACH IT

@prebooomer

4 жыл бұрын

War baby here, I was born in 1942, and my Mother taught me how to swing dance when I was 14, so I would never lack a partner on the dance floor. I became quite good and learned a lot from watching Bobby Banas, dance in the early fifties. Yes this is REAL dancing, Swing grooving, Jive, Jitterbug, Lindyhop whatever you do it is all good. I really like to do the New Orleans Slide type of Shag Dancing, whereas you rarely pick your feet up off the floor, it is really smooth, and I can show off my beautiful wife's great dance moves this way!!

@billingersoll1266

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is dancing.

@chiefkirk

4 жыл бұрын

I agree Maureen. I was also born in 1951. My Mom listened to swing and big bands. I was hard core rock and roll but the older I got the more I liked Mom's music. I love it now.

@ceciliajellow-leblanc8461

4 жыл бұрын

Here in Cape Breton N.S. Canada, we are still having a ball jiving. Good Old rock'n roll.😀

Man, I'm a 68 year old heavy rock fan, but this was amazing,. It just goes to show good music is good music, that's it.

@TheDirvish

11 ай бұрын

☝🏻 There it is. A real music fan. None of that "Music these days is crap born in the wrong generation" bs. Good music is good music

Thanks for sharing real music and dancing. Sure beats the trash of today.

I was born in 2002, and my God, how I wish I was born in this era! Teenagers of my age think it's old-fashioned... This is dancing, guys! This is TIMELESS! :))))

@checkinout6000

4 жыл бұрын

2002, why that was yesterday, maybe last week, how did you learn to write so soon?

@checkinout6000

4 жыл бұрын

@Zuma Zuma Wow, yes, they did not allow strangers on movie sets. And ya know what, they still don't even if you were a white male wearing a sailor suit. If you watch the vid, they even included a few black people. Just remember, there was no MTV in the 40's and this was not recorded using someone's phone. It was a studio and not some 'club'. And yes, you did not have the law on your side, as if anyone does now. But people had friends and relatives that took care of business. And things were handled better then. Because if someone offended you, you just kicked their ass or found someone that could. People often just disappeared. maybe I am speaking out of turn since I was born in the 50s. People were either cool or assholes and people took care of their own business. women took care of themselves, especially when most of the men were overseas getting killed. But people sucked it up and kept things to themselves. Justice was meted out but no one really put it in the newspaper. I could tell you a lot of stories, but I wont.

@jesusslushies2192

4 жыл бұрын

I havent been born yet and im diggin it oh yeah

@yleniastivala4391

4 жыл бұрын

Flavia-Andrea Mkheidze same

@Aspenowles34

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I completely agree! I was born in 2004, and nobody likes this kind of music and dancing. I just want to meet somebody who likes this as much as I do to take me swing dancing.... I was definately born in the wrong era!

This is my parents music. When I was a kid they never stopped talking about what a great time they had dancing to this stuff. Now I know why. RIP Mom and Dad. You guys had great taste in music and really knew how to enjoy yourselves.

@marinazagrai1623

Жыл бұрын

My parents were born in ‘43, and they danced to this music about 10-15 yrs later than in the US (late 50s). My mom was about 15 when she started going to parties escorted by her brother so older boys wouldn’t bother her. My parents were dancing a much toned down version of these dances at parties they threw for their friends (the latter never danced).

@stevedallas4942

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Cutchahselfah RUG, Jackson!!

@stevedallas4942

Жыл бұрын

D@mn!! I did ballroom dance for years and ya know what?? Those Cats were STRONG!!

@SusanMarie3

Жыл бұрын

Same with my parents!!

@pasqualemasseria2269

Жыл бұрын

Musica bellissima la ho usata per la mia Gara di pattinaggio fantastica❤️❤️

Back in the days of personal accountability, and class, not perfect, but so proud to be American. All part of the Greatest Generation! Just hardworking, committed people enjoying a weekend of ripping it up without throwing rocks, stealing unpaid property, beating up old ladies, and other helpless people. A strong local, and Federal Government, backed by a no-nonsense punishment clause, yes, those were the days, and they were good ones. Better lived than explained!

@fralinefoster6097

25 күн бұрын

Very well said

This is 20 years before my time, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE swing music

When our grandparents were much cooler then we will ever be!

@alvexok5523

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I know. And our great grandparents who lived it up at those speakeasies, the dancing and fun they had there, nothing today can come anywhere close to that. Well actually, with me, the fabulous 1920s speakeasy music was somewhere between my grandparents and great grandparents generation. The great 1930s and 1940s swing era was my grandparents generation. The quaint romantic quartet music of the 1900s and 1910s is my great grandparents generation, and I love that music too. I love almost everything from between around 1900 and the early 1950s

@DC-kx1qj

4 жыл бұрын

This was my mom's day, but she loved to dance and taught me. Jitterbug is the bees knees and really fun.

@TheDoggybag

4 жыл бұрын

As that novel starts out; "It was the best of times, and the worst of times." All of that great dancing while world war 2 was raging.

@pattygonzales9605

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Young me too

@allegra0

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Shades ....how true

I was born in 42, but this dancing and the music just brings tears to my eyes.

Tengo 83 años. Y estos discos estaban en mi casa Los escuchabamos en fiestas siempre. Familiares..!

@joejordan8371

21 күн бұрын

This lady taught Dancing

@mariaaltieri5246

10 күн бұрын

Good old times forever ❤

Yo tengo 72 y sigo amando esta música que la baile en mi juventud. Hoy la escucho y hago algunos pasos también!!!!

@gustavomayen9450

Жыл бұрын

7

@asphixia5757

Жыл бұрын

Yo también la amo y tengo 28 Hermosa música 🎶 🎶

@CatsandJP

Жыл бұрын

I’m a female 70 yo and till rock, jive, swing and behave like I’m still 21 that’s what like is all about ENJOYMENT ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💃💃💃💃💯💯💯💯

@saturninopascual9551

Жыл бұрын

Tengo los mismos años,no bailo porque no se ,pero el ritmo de estas canciones es brutal yo tocaba la batería en un grupo por los 70,te quiero sigue Bailando 😉😘🤟

@asphixia5757

Жыл бұрын

@@saturninopascual9551 ¿Y si busca un vídeo de gente bailando? Tendría que imitarlos y listo! Ya podría bailar

I was born in 1946 and am still listening to this music.

@lanceguranovich6299

4 жыл бұрын

My father had a route where he collected the money for juke boxes and put new 78's in.i carried his typewriter, so he could type up the labels He brought all of the older 78's home and we had stacks of them He died in 1950 though when I was 7 and those trips with him lit my way for all of the great music from the 30's to the 40's. No better era . The lyrics were unbelievable and nothing needs to be said about the melodies. Never again to be seen..

@juans6639

4 жыл бұрын

@@lanceguranovich6299 What a wonderful story. I also love all that music from that eras. Real music with real lyrics of "Romance" can you believe that? Unlike the garbage of today. A lit of it, anyway.

@isabella.8708

4 жыл бұрын

i was born in 2003,you have luck :(

@itsraspvarry5209

4 жыл бұрын

Wow older then me dad he is born in 1948

@leekaestner6352

4 жыл бұрын

Juan S #

Bring it back, kids need this in their lives, also bring back restaurant's with bands and roller skating. People today don't know how to do it

@chasban

4 жыл бұрын

Errrr.......not many (any) black or brown....or anything but white faces is those clubs and restaurants. In the ‘good old 50’s’ minorities knew their place. Jim Crow laws in the military. Not my idea of good times.

@caitlynmeadors4170

4 жыл бұрын

Already had that in mind! Now I just gotta wait and save!

@caitlynmeadors4170

4 жыл бұрын

@@chasban then bring it back with a twist, no Jim Crow. Jive and jazz are fun, we can't exclude everyone! So include all that want to join!

@mrbats38

4 жыл бұрын

I I got an idea let's get some people and a band and let's go on America got talent and let's do a show I think at this time it would be a hit answer me on Facebook

@neonnyagic8803

4 жыл бұрын

We still havw em here Except for rollerskating rings Never had them

Who's Still Listening and Swinging in 2024?

@AnnieSadler96

2 ай бұрын

I can't dance but I still listen to the music. (I'm 27 😅)

@terribrown8103

2 ай бұрын

@@AnnieSadler96 Nothing wrong with that long as you enjoy.

@The_Genealogy_Wizard

2 ай бұрын

I’m 14 I love this stuff it’s like I’m a reincarnation of my great-grandfather

@terribrown8103

2 ай бұрын

@@The_Genealogy_Wizard Cherisable Memories!

@timetodancedesigns

2 ай бұрын

Doing it in Nicaragua…85 and 80!

What a great era. It just doesn't get any better than this!

@Gaspard-uc4iv

7 ай бұрын

Je pense comme vous

@TiborRozs-sd2kv

6 ай бұрын

Már akkor jobban élték, mint most itt hon.

@DestinyAwaits19

6 ай бұрын

The era was a joke, the music was out dated and dancing even more out dated.

My mother and father were excellent dancers and swing dancing was their best. In my mind I can see them dancing now, 70 years later. Dad served in WWII and was part of the "Greatest Generation" In spite of all all that went on in their lives during this time they were happy, proud and true Americans. This era cannot and will not ever be duplicated.

@annabrahamson4320

2 жыл бұрын

Oh history repeats itself the 1920s were a time not unlike now. The separation of the Uber wealthy and working class was much the same, it came crashing down in 1929. The forties were a rebuilding time. It could be again

@jpmahoney56

2 жыл бұрын

So well said and so true my dad was also in WWII he spent a long time on the Atlantic Ocean deployed on the USS Philadelphia Cruiser while his brother my uncle was in Normandy, they like your parents' my mom and dad could dance up a storm too they were great Americans and patriots. I miss them they taught me so much to live by.

Genial esta música. No imaginaba que el swing pudiera ser el "hijo" del jazz y "el hermano mayor" del rock & roll! Me encantó.

@elenamendoza1500

2 жыл бұрын

Se escucho muy bonito como lo dijiste jaja ♥️♥️

@moonlightfitz

2 жыл бұрын

El Blues es el hermano mayor del rock & roll.

@El_B22

2 жыл бұрын

No se si el hijo, pero buena comparación

@gerryfaccinetto

2 жыл бұрын

Tas chava

@dhanimcca411

2 жыл бұрын

@@moonlightfitz El blues es el papá del Rock and Roll

I watch this often...LOVE the BIG band era of music. Big Band leaders were movie stars of the music business. Chick Webb, Count Basie, Gene Krupa, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, just to name a few.

My dad was born in 1932 and loved this music. It was one of many things we shared.

Everyone seems grateful and happy to be alive, being together, dancing. Can I have a time machine please?

@mannyradzky493

3 жыл бұрын

Make sure to use the proper setting. If blast yourself into the future you might be even more disappointed. I was born in 1958, and I agree with you!!

@maggieb369

3 жыл бұрын

@@mannyradzky493 yes! Set that device for the past for sure!

@rosaliecaliendo6415

3 жыл бұрын

And this was during WW2.

@Eykime

3 жыл бұрын

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@pointingdog7235

2 жыл бұрын

Can I come with you?

Nothing can ever replace this music, Nothing!

@someoneelse.2252

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@richardscally694

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!! 100%

@romneymarsh6695

3 жыл бұрын

Long live real music.

@casarealalternativa4062

2 жыл бұрын

Ablen en español

I lived through some of this, and how civilized partying was back then, no shootings, no killings, my father was a musician and my mom loved to dance, and that is how i learned to dance with the help of my older brother. i miss these times, so much fun and so SAFE!!!!!!

@CFITOMAHAWK2

Жыл бұрын

GAng Rap produces figths. Rap is all about hate and put down others. Fights..

@WODOLEY713

Жыл бұрын

I lived through some of this, and how civilized partying was back then, no shootings, no killings, my father was a musician and my mom loved to dance, and that is how i learned to dance with the help of my older brother. i miss these times, so much fun and so SAFE!!!!!!

One of my sister's got married they played this song after they got married. Our father was there. He was recovering from a bad heart attack BUT he heard this music and went out on the dance floor and was just as good and as smooth as these guys. NOT as fast I have to say but smoother than butter none the less!. Quite the generation. We have failed them miserably!!!

Just love Big Band, my mother introduced me to this when i was young in the 50s, she was in the war. My mother just passed away in october, I miss every time I here this I think of her, God Bless You Mama.😇💋💖💕😚

@yvonnehardaway257

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Morin it was so much fun back then for sure,I loved it

@romneymarsh6695

3 жыл бұрын

Condolences on your loss.

This is when we realize that are great grandparents and grandparents are cooler than we are.

When The Silent Generation became The Greatest Generation. And watching Jean Velos (1st dancer) in this era is pure delight. And as a child born in the 40's, I still love this music.

Oct 2022 y tengo 39 años... Soy rockero y metalero, escuchar estas obras maestras es un sentimiento indescriptible, se me asemeja mucho a como debe haberse sentido Marty Mcfly cuando llegó a 1955 y vió en la plaza de Hill Valley el cartel de la balada de David Crocket... Qué lindos tiempos pasados...!

@marcelaing.uhliarova9071

Жыл бұрын

..

@CatsandJP

Жыл бұрын

I with you 💯

@CFITOMAHAWK2

Жыл бұрын

Soy latino. PR. Aprendi estos ritmos. Los americanos vagos y fat se sorprenden cuando yo les digo que soy Boricua. They sort of get ashamed of been so fat and lazy.

@adrienbrody23

Жыл бұрын

35 años, amante del Rock, Metal, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Funky, Reggae, Rap, Electrónica... Y disfrutando de este magnífico Swing de los años 30' 🎼🖤

@CFITOMAHAWK2

Жыл бұрын

@@adrienbrody23 Yo soy Boricua. Lo bailo every weekend en bailes en mi county. Only 20 30 people, but we kick asss of the ones that cant and only watch con cara larga.

My mom left the farm in Wisconsin and went to work in the Civil Service at Great Lakes Naval Base near Chicago when WWII broke out. She was 18. She recalls going to Chicago and dancing to all of the big bands of the time. Wow! My mom was cool and I didn’t know it😉.

@davehempfields2358

4 жыл бұрын

you do now dance one for ma

This is before my time but love how manly the men were and how classy the ladies acted. Wish it was still like that!

@bobbennett2602

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@mariluhernandez1701

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobbennett2602 ñññññññ

@mariluhernandez1701

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobbennett2602 no

@karolinesmail489

3 жыл бұрын

Same here not my era was my folks era they gone now but i still love this music

@passion777able

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariluhernandez1701 Marilu, what is your problem????? What kind of a reply is that? All n's ... yeah, the Mexican kind. I'm from Morelia but I still don't understand your comment. What a waste.

Born 1947, and love the swing.

Swing dancing and Swing Big Bands were amazing in both energy and talent. Truly legendary❗🎯💛

My uncle and aunt who just passed away in their 90s were once crowned the Jitterbug King and Queen in a large local dance hall. Amazing to think of them as young people having the time of their lives dancing like all these talented people!

@conniepratt2039

3 жыл бұрын

Our Loved Ones are Always with us...every time you think of them, that's them 'knocking'. That wave of missing them...You are feeling THEM MISSING YOU! Craving their foods? It's them knocking again. Things go missing? Yep! They're messing w/you, trying to get your attention. Talk to them! It doesn't have to be aloud, although they Love to hear your voice. Hearing their songs? Overhear someone use a phrase they used? Yep! It's them! B4 you go to sleep, ask that you're taken Home to visit. Don't forget to ask that you remember it. 🤗

@barbararichmond2167

3 жыл бұрын

@@conniepratt2039 Thanks.

How could ANYBODY be in a bad mood listening to this music?!?! Impossible I tell you, impossible!!

75-80 years ago, the music and dance was amazing! ❤️

@bovnycccoperalover3579

Жыл бұрын

It still is!

Как интересно возможно эти люди уже ушли из жизни а наше поколение смотрит и восхищается их выступлению.

The most optimistic, merry, cheerful music and at the height of wartime. Greatest Generation.

@td8094

4 жыл бұрын

Yah!!🙂

@adamnoman4658

4 жыл бұрын

Seemingly so. But the European world was, nonetheless, coming apart at the seams.

@yiyamurano8530

4 жыл бұрын

Qué época, que música hermosa!!!!

@PastorWmAFagle

4 жыл бұрын

Before Zoot Suits and dirty entertainments.

@yiyamurano8530

4 жыл бұрын

Eso era música!!!

Us four little kids loved watching our mom and dad blow the doors off of house in the mid-50s swing dancing! We grew up loving Big Band music!

Chicas sin complejos, jóvenes orgullosos y encopetados que fuimos orgullo de nuestra época

@Gorgo90

Жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@Gorgo90

Жыл бұрын

Outstanding and Fun

The "CAN DO!" Generation that really got it done. Thank You, You will shine in History forever.

The greatest generation with out a doubt! Brought the country back from the black hole of the depression, saved the world from the plague of the Nazis and won WWII all while jiving to the greatest music in the world. Hats off to them.

@safffff1000

Жыл бұрын

All events orchestrated by the bankers to bring suffering and millions of deaths. All could been avoided if people were political and saw who was in control. Not much better today we know more but are still marionettes to the delites. All soldiers have been dupes since the war of 1812. Every battle since was all for the greed and power of the delites in manufactured wars. People got conned into dying for nothing. Most had noble ideas but didn't realized the con

@kamadokun5420

Жыл бұрын

Los soviéticos hicieron todo el trabajo en Stalingrado , estados unidos y gran Bretaña solo llegaron para finiquitar al imperio nazi debilitado y ni decir de los avances tecnológicos de las 2 superpotencias en la guerra fría

@safffff1000

Жыл бұрын

@@kamadokun5420 Germany would of taken care of the scum commie marxists soviets so now we wouldn't be in this marxist problem if the allies stayed out of it but since the banksters marxists of the allies had to go protect the soviet scum their buddies, millions had to die for nothing. People have no clue to real history. The fascists were created to get rid of evil commies that are now screwing up all the western countries including Spain.

@NealVan

Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree, but you have to acknowledge this other fact. This was the same generation that allowed the corruption to become a’regular’ thing in politics to corporate and media influence. I’m sure you remember the beginning of the CIA and the FBI at the end of WWII? My parents were from this generation and both sides are true sadly. Now look where we are with people like Biden and Pelosi, etc. all in their 80s getting laid for being corrupt and selling out what was the same American values this generation believed in and fought for. Tragically sad, isn’t it? From the best in the world to the laughing stock of the world.

@CrossOfBayonne

Жыл бұрын

And now the Russians in the Ukraine

Let,s do it, Bring all the Big Bands back so we can go dancing every week No one will have a weight problem or be depressed. On top of that there will be no division among political parties or ethnicity. Just listening to this music lifts your spirits

@tenniscourt5831

3 жыл бұрын

Amen brother! Bring back big band music and swing. My teenage daughter would love it too. She swing dances with her dad at weddings and parties. Hes a DJ on the side and always includes a few swing dances.

@romneymarsh6695

3 жыл бұрын

If I could be granted one wish that does not involve time travel to prevent a terrible tragedy or raising the dead it would be this...I would open a club that played live swing music every night as well as serving great food. A supper club if you will. It will be called Swing. Who's with me?

@Melody_Mike.4460

3 жыл бұрын

I’m 16 atm and I fell in loved with the big bands having Glenn miller’s music be my favorite and he is my idol. I hope to bring that music back and find his signature sound. Because the bands nowadays don’t sound as great as it did.

@MyJudyKim

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@wendyparsons7707

3 жыл бұрын

@@romneymarsh6695 Me! Sure would be fun!

This is how they fought the war. The war of post-war depression, grief, deprivation, horrors beyond describing. "Fought" not with therapy or chemicals but with music and dancing like we'd never seen it before. Sorrow was not sentimental but real and sung in heartbreakingly beautiful lyrics and melodies; songs had both intellectual and emotional intelligence - as does every step in these dances and the tunes they dance to. Thank goodness for youtube! It's not over till it's over!

This takes me back to when I was a boy in South Africa and big band music was the rage, as was the Jive. I was with my parents in a large hall for some sort of celebration, and music kept playing and my mother, jumpy, never one to hold back, suddenly grabbed my hand, took me onto the dancefloor, and we jived. I kind of knew everything to do, well enough, anyway, that everyone cleared a space for us and when the song finished, they all went a bit mad and a man hoisted me onto his shoulders and paraded me around. I was ten. I might forget a lot of things now, but I still remember that moment. Robert, UK.

@rpmstudios

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that sounds like an incredible experience.

@2eleven48

Жыл бұрын

@@rpmstudios ...Hey, thank you. Yes, it was. Mind you, I'm 73 now, so, you know, the body isn't quite the same! Still, when some modern stuff comes along that gets me going, I'll twerk around my living room (with the curtains, of course, closed). Robert, UK.

Christmas day 2020, and the best way to say goodbye to this nightmare year is to chill with the best feel-good music ever. This is the music that got the whole world through WWII.

@dutchgirl7947

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, as I was watching in bed Christmas evening 2020 with a smile.

@ronalvarez3999

3 жыл бұрын

Ki I'm sorry injk

@donreed

2 жыл бұрын

2024 might be even worse.

@robertortiz-wilson1588

2 жыл бұрын

God Bless!

@russs7574

2 жыл бұрын

I was too young to be a part of the Swing Era (b. 1956), but when I was in high school, or "jazz band" played a lot of this music (I played trombone). You can't beat it. There are musicologists who consider "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)" to be the first rock n roll record. If you can ever get to see footage of Benny Goodman's famous 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall, the hysteria among the girls in the audience matches that of any that The Beatles generated.

Without a doubt, the coolest music ever recorded.

@LupitaPolit-ng5pf

9 ай бұрын

Great songs for dancing enjoey thank you

Awesome. Wish we could still dance like this.

@yetti4817

9 ай бұрын

@suz4359 I bit late,where are you from?

What a beautiful epoch of music, wowza 😊 I'm 55 but I have a very old soul, much older than My time of birth which was in1967.

The Greatest Generation sure could make music and dance!!! These Glenn Miller hits were my dad's favorites

@prebooomer

4 жыл бұрын

You really should dance Boogie Woogie with this style of dancing it is Flaming hot and fun!!!

@tyedrichill8097

4 жыл бұрын

Glen Miller and Benny Goodman will always get the credit when Count Basie, and Duke Ellington should.

@donnamonroe2635

4 жыл бұрын

My parents played Glen Miller all the time.

@suzannejensen275

4 жыл бұрын

@@tyedrichill8097 I took my dad to go see Count Basie and his band in 1979 and he acted like a kid going to a rock concert. He said the last time he saw him was 1945 at Radio City Music Hall. I was able to get a table up front then got to take pictures with them and get autographs. I'm still so happy I was able to take him it made such a special memory for both of us. He passed away July 12th 1999 two days short of his 76th birthday. He and my mother used to go dancing for years. I wish I could dance like I used to but due to my spinal replacement surgery I'm unable to move like I used to.

what a great sound track for the 1940's and Big Band music ! Thanks !

All my aunts and uncles were from the swing era. Our family parties were such fun with dancing to big bands.

@LupitaPolit-ng5pf

9 ай бұрын

Great music and nice songs

I was born in 1970 and love the late 30'S AND 40's era music. So enjoyable.

@papichulohoy

4 жыл бұрын

So do I, that was a period when music had class and purpose.

@shemstock

4 жыл бұрын

they were in the moment..their egos were not caught up in Social Media like today..they relied on their own individuality and amazing creativity.

@oleh8644

4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@clairemorrisdobie9977

4 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1944 and I KNOW I heard this music while I was in the womb. I grew up listening to it, that's for sure. It's the music I know and love!

@EHagen10

4 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1960 and fell in love with swing (and musicals, jazz and 2oth century classsicals) in my late teens through the radio program "The Swing'n Years."

I am going to be 58 this year and still say that I was born 40 years to late. cannot get enough of this stuff. this is better than any drug and a lot healthier.

Joyas musicales. orquestas de oro que no volverán nunca más.

@grandmalovesmebest

Жыл бұрын

Up to the young folks.

@mauricedebrosse9047

Жыл бұрын

@@grandmalovesmebest Place à une musique sans âme. Place à la vulgarité........ Adieu l’élégance ......

@CFITOMAHAWK2

Жыл бұрын

Colleges and some cities still have them. i do it. And im PR.

@anthonyroberts357

Жыл бұрын

It's like the loss of the big buffalo that once roamed the plains

@CFITOMAHAWK2

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyroberts357 Buffalos needed to go. They destroyed the huts and fences of the cows and horses and other animals. They were all shot due that..

Tuve la oportunidad de bailar con la orquesta de Glenn Miller en 1963 en el Hotel Hilton en Chicago tenia 16 anos ...mi hermano (QEPD) fue director de una orquesta también en Chicago y me llevaba a me y su esposa los bailes en diferentes hotels y salones de baile ...Que clase y música en ese tiempo, que nunca volverán...

@LupitaPolit-ng5pf

9 ай бұрын

Que linda musica de Glenn Miller y otras canciones nunca pasara de moda que bonito para bailar

Watching this on June 4, 2019, the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. What we today owe them...we can NEVER pay...

@paec4454

5 жыл бұрын

They are still the greatest Generation

@brucewarninger9819

5 жыл бұрын

June 8 and I totally agree. God bless all of those greatest generation people.

@CroixdeLorraine

5 жыл бұрын

@@brucewarninger9819 And always will be the Greatest Generation!!! Bless You, Boys!!!🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸✝️⚜️

@CroixdeLorraine

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!✝️⚜️

@paec4454

5 жыл бұрын

@@CroixdeLorraine And Women

Loved this video! My Dad was in the Navy during WWII, and this was his music. He loved Gene Krupa!

@suziemills2201

4 жыл бұрын

lindalovesmusic my dad also in the Navy during WW II . South Pacific . My parents music and the best !!!!

@harrykuheim6107

4 жыл бұрын

My Dad had two Records both Swing that he would get Drunk and Play LOUD sometimes ...WW II Liberty Ships and Marines....I liked it at the time...still do

@LupitaPolit-ng5pf

9 ай бұрын

Beautiful songs nice great

Volver a disfrutar esta música te rejuvenece 50 ó más AÑOS .

God, this is so enjoyable...could watch this all day. What a great time in America!! Anything seemed possible!

Born in 1934, lived through the second war. Hear the siren, rushing to the air raid shelters. No television. Went to the cinema once a week. Saturday morning for us kids like me. Utterly amazed when the yanks showed us Jiving and swing dancing. Used to throw us chewing gum as the went past in their military trucks. Rationing everything, 2 ounces chocolate a week. Still manage a few steps!

@pameladrysdale3306

3 жыл бұрын

My memories exactly. Despite the bombing and food shortages, life was full and happy. We were blessed to have those experiences which have enabled us to cope with difficult times recently This too will pass

@colinbryan8265

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Pamela. Nice to know someone else our age. We’ve got a life full of memories, and we also have KZread. I’m located in the uk, after 15 years in Canada. How about you? Alright, we can’t throw ourselves about like we used to, but we keep time to the beat still. I’m guessing, you also remember the foxtrot,waltz, quickstep etc, on a Saturday night at the dancehall. Ted Heath’s Hot Toddy was my favourite. Ah, walking across the floor,and asking some good looking girl like yourself to dance 💃. Those were the days eh?

@mikebruckert2148

3 жыл бұрын

Be sure, we also listened to this music ! Our Wehrmacht radio device could receive the yank frequencies and we tuned in at night ... when the Führer was sleeping :-) Greatings from an old " Kraut" .. also experienced bombing and shivering in our bunker during " Sir" Harris air raides.

We all weren’t born in the wrong era.... we just simply had past lives during those times! Listening to this reminds our souls of those times!

@lostdutchman3838

4 жыл бұрын

Well said...but i still cry about it.

@LashawnaLashawna

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@sharoncarter4086

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely!

@capablemaria

4 жыл бұрын

My past life was in the twenties!

@bringithard6721

4 жыл бұрын

then I must have been a damned good dancer

El swing es muy hermoso!

@giannolascoalejandro329

2 жыл бұрын

Confirmo es lo mejor :')

@Elpichichi87

2 жыл бұрын

Coincido amigo

@chenairmaspielman8526

2 жыл бұрын

@@giannolascoalejandro329 ¹¹.

@Fer_chan47

2 жыл бұрын

Y hay jente que endiosa a el bad buny Pero almenos todavia existen personas que escuchan estas joyas

Absolutely an amazing compilation of music and dancers. Thank you for this trip down memory lane.

The clothing worn back then looked much nicer than todays clothes.

@nameprivate4287

3 жыл бұрын

That was not even my era and I agree !!!

@marybeach3726

3 жыл бұрын

Because clothing was made in the USA...by americans!! Now clothes are made in Vietnam. WTH ??

@rolandringeisen2958

3 жыл бұрын

Oldies

@eugeneendres5846

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. They really had some great styles back then.

@melaniewaldo8212

3 жыл бұрын

Yes ! Not like what ppl wear to stores....pj's, whatever.

I Love the music, I love the dancing, i love the clothes, i love the movies ALL from that era! I was born in 1958 💃🏻 👍🏻

Such a fun, happy dance. I learned this from my best friend's father when I was 18. He learned this as a young man when men knew this attracted the ladies and he was so great at it! One of my very best memories!

@eduardoblancas8452

Жыл бұрын

I also liked to play this music when I was a teen. So, music has no frontier, American bro... Meets and greets from a friend under the wall, in the beautiful Ranch of Las Flechas in the CX!

I got 2 left feet cant dance loved this to watch them dance was magical

When I was a teenager, I used to play sax in a dance band for people my parents' age. What a great experience. They all knew how to dance, and they were all so gracious to us. And the music was so much fun to play.

@stanblaszczyk.6180

4 жыл бұрын

Dean martin

@paintinganimalsonrocks7633

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky Dog! Well, plus all the hard work learning to play. 😜

@spicylou

4 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing. It was so much fun!

@russs7574

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't get paid, but in HS, I played trombone in our school's "jazz band," and we played a whole lot of Swing Era pieces. It was a blast. (I wasn't 1st Chair, but I did get to play the trombone cadenza at the end of Chicago's "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is).

I was totally born in the wrong era. I am an ER nurse and totally love the old soldiers of WWII. I should have been a MASH nurse in the war and Korea. I lone the romance of the WWII era, the dancing, all of it. I did marry a soldier, a combat medic. I am an old soul for sure.

@davehempfields2358

4 жыл бұрын

sweet

@maria-melek

4 жыл бұрын

STDs were common in WWII

@td8094

4 жыл бұрын

Big❤,for the right people 👍

@dulceangel191

4 жыл бұрын

The "romance"of the war era?????? Which romance?

@jockellis

4 жыл бұрын

You do know that 25% of WW II nurses got pregnant, don’t you? Probably caused by this dancing.

Awesomeness. Got me groving here love this stuff

This times Will never comes back again, when people could rock truly.

My heart goes out to the young people of today. We really connected decades ago. I am so pleased I was born in the 40ties. Come on young people put your phones down and get out and connect.

@bluesky-pb9di

5 жыл бұрын

Get saved too. Cause we are living in a fallen state.🇺🇸😭😭

@prebooomer

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, quit using your damned UNSOCIAL MEDIA, and get off your asses and TALK to each other in real life, like we used to do. and LEARN how to dance that lard off your butts and you will live a lot longer, and have more fun also!!!

@michaeldamico7002

4 жыл бұрын

go girl!

@maria-melek

4 жыл бұрын

@@prebooomer How when now people are forced to work more and go to school longer? But yeah you can still add in some free time.

@dulceangel191

4 жыл бұрын

Can't go out 'cause of Corona virus.

I was born in the 60's and my favorite decade is the 80's, but this dance in the 40's is fantastic!

Era una epoca irrepetible

@LeydiRodas-bf2oz

8 күн бұрын

Simón

Dios, quiero saltar y meterme a la pantalla a bailar con ellos ❤

Big bands and swing dancing. What a wonderful time it was!

I love knowing that I’m not the only one listening to this in January 2021. Great music and amazing dancing!

Golden era of jazz music! And legit dance! This is so good to see! I listen to this in my car all the time!

Que GENIOS DEL BAILE 🎶!!!! 🥰 ❤ 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 QUE MÚSICA HERMOSA 🥰 🌹 🙏

I am 85 and love these young men and women even though they would be old enough to be my parents, and regretfully most of them are long gone ?

Oh my goodness, I'm loving this nostalgic music and the big band still sounds amazing in 2020! I wish we could bring back these good old days!🥰

Que geniales estos bailarines de la década de los 50 cómo se movían con ritmo y buena música

Brother, that is a REAL party!

Que maravilla como se vdivertian nuestros Padres y Abuelos con buenas Orquestas desde Chile.Bravom.Hay que sacarse el Sombrero ante nuestros Mayores.

@ffaf21Vzla

3 жыл бұрын

Les tengo envidia a mis abuelo.. fueron las mejores musicas

If only I had a time machine I would go back to these delightful times were everyone seemed so happy dancing away to this wonderful sound

What memories Larry Elgart brings back to me as a young kid. Pure class!

Yo en pleno 2021 apunto de cumplir 38 estoy feliz de seguir escuchando este tipo de música me encanta la mayor parte de la música sea la que sea .de ayer y de hoy a disfrutar la vida que es muy corta 🥰 bendiciones tú q me estás leyendo 🙏

@RobertLopez-jo9cq

2 жыл бұрын

Hola tita. Soy Dany de Rosario .Y buscando y buscando encontré esta joya a mis 45 años lo sigo disfrutando 😊😄🙋 .Gracias por seguir compartiendo! !!

@mariaceciliapinillareyes751

2 жыл бұрын

Fantástica por siempre 💖😍😘😍

@pamelagonzalez4728

2 жыл бұрын

Pienso lo mismo! Acá desde buenos Aires, 23 años. Me encanta este género

@RobertLopez-jo9cq

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariaceciliapinillareyes751 gracias Maria! !!!😉😉😉

@RobertLopez-jo9cq

2 жыл бұрын

@@pamelagonzalez4728 gracias Pamela X compartir las mismas emociones! !!!😙😙😙😙😙

The moves on the men dancing in this are stupendous, absolutely stupendous. Thanks to any who are still alive and might read this.

@jamessullivan1742

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there, how are you?

@bobbywimsy6741

2 жыл бұрын

Hope: Romantic, and otherwise: Heaven Originating Potentiating Energy.. I shot an arrow into the air...

@bobbywimsy6741

2 жыл бұрын

Hope: Romantic, and otherwise: Heaven Originating Potentiating Energy.. I shot an arrow into the air...

@LupitaPolit-ng5pf

9 ай бұрын

Stupendous songs thank you

Now, that's what I call REAL dancing.....what steps, movements and energy those dancers had and right with the beat of the music!...Great video!

My Dad's favorite music...I was born in 1951, but I listened to this and Bennie Goodman with my Dad...great memories ❤️

@christopheranderson601

Жыл бұрын

Wow that's great...How are you doing Karen?

@LupitaPolit-ng5pf

9 ай бұрын

Beautiful great music thank you

@LupitaPolit-ng5pf

9 ай бұрын

Nice for Dancing and great

Para está si es buena música, llámese el genero que sea rock AND roll,cumbia, salsa, mambo, danzón , cha cha cha, en fin está si es buena música para bailar, y no la porquería de ahora

@alejandrocandelasperez6758

Жыл бұрын

Eso es sierto

Just wish my bad knees would go away so I could enjoy my swing dancing again --------- music to keep you young and happy -- what could be better