[Spang]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXwkWVEIIw

 

[Spang]

Is this the only "favorite" song from the 30s?

 

[Beancounter]

1930's is stretching the demographics of VB just a bit...

I don't know about music, but my dad used to talk a lot about the "shadow" ..a radio program from the 1930's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow

 

[Spang]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beancounter

1930's is stretching the demographics of VB just a bit...

A lot of the music I listen to is older than I am (32).

 

[Beancounter]

You were just born 60-70 years too late.

 

[Capstan]

Well, I thought of Over The Rainbow from The Wizard Of Oz and Cab Calloway's Minnie The Moocher of Betty Boop fame, but I haven't had time to access the videos yet. Don't touch that dial!

There's also a beautiful love song called "I'll Be Seeing You" that's been recorded many times over the decades, but was written in 1938.

 

[Nishani]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beancounter

1930's is stretching the demographics of VB just a bit...

 

[Beancounter]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nishani

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

Oh come on...

Most people on VB barley remember the 90's (thus the lack of response to this thread)

 

[Amy SF]

Good music is good music, regardless of when it was written and first performed.

Quote:

BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME ?
(Jay Gorney / E. Y. "Yip" Harburg)

Recorded by:

Dave Brubeck, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Steve Conway,
Connie Francis, E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, Phil Harris,
Tom Jones, Eartha Kitt, Peter, Paul & Mary, Mel Tormé,
Rudy Valleeand others.

Once I built a railroad,
I made it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and
now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a tower way up to
the sun
Of bricks and morter and lime
Once I built a tower, and now
it's done
Buddy can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, gee we
looked swell
Full of that Yankee-Doodlee-Dum

A half-a-million boots went
slogging through hell
And I was the kid with the drum

Say don't you remember, you
called me Al
It was Al all the time
Say don't you remember, I was
your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a railroad, I made
it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and
now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

I first heard this sung by Judy Collins on her "Judith" album. It's so sad...because it's still timely.

 

[Capstan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P69VtAyn_pU&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRa4X07jdE&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixiwfmQdqg&feature=player_detailpage

 

[Capstan]

Technical note: the film, Casablanca, was released in 1942, making As Time Goes By a worldwide hit, but the song was composed in 1931.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWa6-x0iWRw&feature=player_detailpage

 

[Capstan]

3 songs here. Perfidia and Frenesi are from '39. La Ultima Noche- I'm not sure- maybe from about 1948.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro74JUoI1mk&feature=player_detailpage

 

[Ira]

I didn't even know there was music in the 30's!

j/k

 

[Capstan]

Arguably the most listened-to piece of music of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlseQ1so68k&feature=player_detailpage

 

[IamJen]

Capstan, this was my intro music at our wedding (well, the 50's Cinemascope version). I can still recall the excitement of hearing the fanfare at the beginning of movies when I was a kid. I love when they use it now...it seems a bit hit and miss.

Despite our collective relatively young age, I'm sure VBers can appreciate 30s music.

One of my favorites (though a modern version):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih425d5EoWQ&feature=results_video&playnext =1&list=PLDF457C7554C627F1
(ignore the video...just close your eyes)

 

[healthier]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRa4X07jdE&feature=player_detailpage

kinda heard this from my mother's collection..kinda relate to this as well