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[Rahawk2]

This has turned into the "Hot Takes" thread! Don't you be hating on ska-punk!!!

Did anyone else briefly wander from ska to the swing craze for that one summer?

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Did anyone else briefly wander from ska to the swing craze for that one summer?

You bet your Squirrel Nut Zipper we did!

 

[Rahawk2]

You bet your Squirrel Nut Zipper we did!

I was actually really into the music we had this club in Philly that was down a gross alley but inside it was this really beautiful swing club . Saw squirrel nut, BBVD, Dem Brooklyn Bums, Royal Crown Review and a bunch others .My wife tried to get me to learn to swing dance and I was so awful that I got frustrated and stopped listening to it.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I was actually really into the music we had this club in Philly that was down a gross alley but inside it was this really beautiful swing club . Saw squirrel nut, BBVD, Dem Brooklyn Bums, Royal Crown Review and a bunch others .My wife tried to get me to learn to swing dance and I was so awful that I got frustrated and stopped listening to it.

I was in Junior High school at the time but I really enjoyed the movie Swingers and learned swing dancing during PE class.

 

[Mather]

I was in Junior High school at the time but I really enjoyed the movie Swingers and learned swing dancing during PE class.

I saw Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in Toronto the year Swingers came out, the stand up bass player came over after the show and hit on my sister and Jon Favreau was there and full on couples swing dancing in front of the stage with a woman who looked exactly like but wasn't Heather Graham.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I saw Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in Toronto the year Swingers came out, the stand up bass player came over after the show and hit on my sister and Jon Favreau was there and full on couples swing dancing in front of the stage with a woman who looked exactly like but wasn't Heather Graham.

 

[Rahawk2]

I saw Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in Toronto the year Swingers came out, the stand up bass player came over after the show and hit on my sister and Jon Favreau was there and full on couples swing dancing in front of the stage with a woman who looked exactly like but wasn't Heather Graham.

Man Swingers brings back some good memories , I saw that movie the day me and my wife got our 1st apt then we got Martinis drove to AC got a steak dinner more martinis and won enough money to buy. a money green leather sofa.

 

[Mather]

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If you could bottle the entire swing phase zeitgeist and serve it in a martini glass, that night was basically a bathtub sized serving. In a Zoot suit. With 5000 olives.

 

[Rahawk2]

Reminds of being in a swing music forum similar to this one ( not as nice ) I think it was called Barhoppers and my user name was Bobby Olives

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Bobby Olives

This is quite charming.

 

[supahypeag]

Did anyone else briefly wander from ska to the swing craze for that one summer?

It might’ve been longer than a summer for me.

 

[scotthilk]

Did anyone else briefly wander from ska to the swing craze for that one summer?

This made me LOLOL

 

[LiamGallaghersBucketHat]

My wife got me this shirt for dad’s day.

 

[Ericj32]

Just realized how gross Cherry Poppin' Daddies is as a band name.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Just realized how gross Cherry Poppin' Daddies is as a band name.







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I had never thought of that but yeah. EWWW.

 

[Viking Dan]

I cultivated my friendships in high school based on whether they or not they liked John Mayer.

My wife got me this shirt for dad’s day.

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"I dont have to be liked by everyone. Some people dont like me. I dont like certain people."

 

[Rahawk2]

Just realized how gross Cherry Poppin' Daddies is as a band name.







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I heard they were originally a ska band then jumped to swing during the craze, one time the lead singer played in a diaper and poured chocolate syrup on himself . And yeah I also just put two and two together on that name.

 

[supahypeag]

I heard they were originally a ska band then jumped to swing during the craze, one time the lead singer played in a diaper and poured chocolate syrup on himself . And yeah I also just put two and two together on that name.

Their wiki page describes some pretty wild elements in their early shows.

 

[Viking Dan]

Seriously, all the rich kids that would bully us in high school were OBSESSED with this guy. Liking him was a sign that you were a part of the in-crowd. Hearing those old songs makes me viscerally ill.

God I'm OOOOLD.
I'm like Foo Fighters in the "Run" video old.


It seems like when most of the forum were choosing which table to sit at in the Cafeteria based on which pop culture celebrity they identified with...I was in Law School.
Hell, I was a 6th year attorney who had moved from Boston to the NYC because I needed some diversity in my life and had been living with my then girlfriend, now wife, for a full year when Johnny Boy foisted Continuum on the High Schoolers of the world.

Gotta keep that shit in mind when throwing my thoughts and opinions around here.
Context is everything..right.
I mean...

I think it’s hard for people to understand that didn’t go [through the same shit you did].

Fuck...where is my walker?

 

[Endtro]

I can’t remember where I saw it first but someone said ska music is what plays inside a kids head when they get extra mozzarella sticks at a restaurant.