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a listener in their 70's or 80's.

I like big band music even though I'm 30 years too young.

Charlotte NC has a station that plays it, even if it's maybe a couple of songs per hour. Not counting the newer songs in the same styles.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I like big band music even though I'm 30 years too young.
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I just turned 70 and like Big Band music as well although I heard very little of it growing up. My son, in his mid 30's, is also fond of it although it isn't his main like. Most of it was meant to dance to, like Disco, so if it does get played in a crowd the feet will start hopping. Otherwise, it tends to be nostalgic as it was very popular shortly before and during the war years. And, in addition to the bands themselves, there were some very talented vocalists.
 
As for Big Bands, I'll go with BSO, The BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA....great records, but even better Live. However, I will stop with BSO. Truthfully, Big Band music assumed room temperature, when Rock & Roll simply replaced it! It all boils down to this: The guy playing the Strat is gonna get layed, before the guy playing the Clarinet. Now, women playing the Clarinet, is a different story. Whether you like it....or....you don't like it,...it's the Truth!
 
Scooter Lesley said:
As for Big Bands, I'll go with BSO, The BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA....great records, but even better Live. However, I will stop with BSO. Truthfully, Big Band music assumed room temperature, when Rock & Roll simply replaced it! It all boils down to this: The guy playing the Strat is gonna get layed, before the guy playing the Clarinet. Now, women playing the Clarinet, is a different story. Whether you like it....or....you don't like it,...it's the Truth!
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There is a reason Big Band music was played by a BAND and the guitar and drum set was played by a GROUP.
 
a listener in their 70's or 80's

As I travel down life's path, more and more I find that most people's "reality" is their own myopic view of the world. The world does not revolve around rock and roll. There are other immensely popular forms of music. One of them is big band music. To say that big band music assumed room temperature when rock and roll replaced it is the same logic as saying that rock and roll assumed room temperature when hip hop/rap replaced it. And there are many arguments for the latter. Just because something doesn't "rock" does not mean it isn't popular or vital. Ask Michael Buble.
 
Terms get misused all the time, and I too, am guilty of such. However, a "Band" is any number of musicians that play together, whether they sing or not is irrelevant. A "Group" is just any number of people, and/or musicians that are together for anything....(fill in here, if you deem nessesary.). A "Group", referring to a "Band" is just quick slang. It does have correctness though: The Supremes were not a "Band"! "Vocal Group" would clarify duos, to any number, unless it's a crowd, then "Choir" should be employed. Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet,....or just a plain "Mob",...that may start dancing. If there are paid to do so, a "Troup".
........Have a good day, and I thank you....for learning!
 
Scooter Lesley said:
Terms get misused all the time, and I too, am guilty of such. However, a "Band" is any number of musicians that play together, whether they sing or not is irrelevant. A "Group" is just any number of people, and/or musicians that are together for anything....(fill in here, if you deem nessesary.). A "Group", referring to a "Band" is just quick slang. It does have correctness though: The Supremes were not a "Band"! "Vocal Group" would clarify duos, to any number, unless it's a crowd, then "Choir" should be employed. Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet,....or just a plain "Mob",...that may start dancing. If there are paid to do so, a "Troup".
........Have a good day, and I thank you....for learning!
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Dictionary.com defines a "band" as a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays especially for marching or open-air performances. The key here is the number of specialized instruments and a normal band has many as opposed to a "group" which typically has just a few - and far fewer players.
 
landtuna said:


Dictionary.com defines a "band" as a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays especially for marching or open-air performances. The key here is the number of specialized instruments and a normal band has many as opposed to a "group" which typically has just a few - and far fewer players.
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To my astonishment, I agree entirely with Scooter here (once I deciphered his syntax and punctuation).

"Average White Band" is a good example of a small group of musicians that constitute a band and actually use the word in their name. Nobody expects AWB to start playing John Philip Sousa tunes.

Then there is the Alabama song, If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band). A band in that context was a smallish group of people with guitars, a fiddle and a drum set.
 
DavidEduardo said:


To my astonishment, I agree entirely with Scooter here (once I deciphered his syntax and punctuation).

"Average White Band" is a good example of a small group of musicians that constitute a band and actually use the word in their name. Nobody expects AWB to start playing John Philip Sousa tunes.

Then there is the Alabama song, If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band). A band in that context was a smallish group of people with guitars, a fiddle and a drum set.
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It still is. When a solo country artist goes on tour, he or she brings along a group of backing musicians -- his or her band. But often this group will also include a couple of backup singers, who usually don't play an instrument other than the occasional tambourine. Would you consider them part of the band?

I've never heard "band" used to describe accompanists to operatic or jazz singers in concert. "Ensemble" for the former, "combo" for the latter seem to be the accepted terms. But really, what's the difference between a guitarist, bassist and pianist accompanying Patsy Cline and a guitarist, bassist and pianist accompanying Sarah Vaughan?
 
I will be the first to agree that the definition of a "band" is very loose but in the technical sense a band contains more than several players playing more than one or two unique instruments. The definition of a band does not include the music it plays however or whether it is seated or marching.

"Average White Band" is not a definition or description of that group but rather the name and is a good example of how the word is misused (or loosely used).

Anyone care to define the difference between a band and an orchestra?
 
Did I misunderstand the topic of the thread? I thought it was about LISTENERS in THEIR 70s or 80s, not MUSIC FROM the 70s and 80s...
 
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