[Tango-L] "Alternative" Music....
Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
patangos at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 23 13:48:39 EST 2007
Hi Miles,
Sharna Fabiano wrote an article about NeoTango that you
might find interesting.
http://www.sharnafabiano.com/
Trini de Pittsburgh
--- m i l e s <miles at tangobliss.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I hear the term..."Alternative Music" what goes
> through my mind
> is a series of songs that you wouldn't ordinarily dance
> tango, vals
> or milonga to...but you can, if you stretch your mind a
> bit...and
> hear the beat, the rhythm, the opportunities...
>
> Take for instance Sade's - No Ordinary Love. Amazing
> song to dance
> tango to by the way.... Or James Taylor's - The Water is
> Wide, or the
> ubiquitous, Norah Jones's - The Nearness of You.... All
> amazing
> songs that are so danceable and perfect for Tango....
>
> So am I wrong in thinking that this is 'alternative'
> music or is
> there perhaps another meaning....
>
> One that springs to mind is 'alternate' songs by other
> orchestras
> doing classic or golden age tunes....???
>
> Or another is something to Gotan Project, or NarcoTango
> or,
> BalaTango....?
>
> Can anyone enlighten ?
>
> M i l e s.
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