[Tango-L] "Alternative" Music....

[Nina Pesochinsky]

Hi, Miles, Trini, and everyone,

I am sorry, but the discussion about the "alternative" music always  
gets me and I can't not get into it.  Serious impulse control problems!

Alternative music for tango is an invention of feverish foreign  
(non-Argentine) minds.  Tango is a dance that is danced 2x4.  But if  
you dance it to anything other tango music, meaning tango music that  
is POLYPHONIC is its formation, it is NOT tango, but some other dance,  
originated outside of Argentina, that is only based on Argentine Tango  
moves.

If you ask Argentines what they consider to be "alternative" tango  
music, some who think of music will say "Piazzolla".  Others who think  
lyrics will name singers and songs from Rock Nacional genre, because  
those lyrics are just like las letras de tango.

Best,

Nina







Quoting "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com>:

> 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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Quoting "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com>:

> 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.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tango-L mailing list
>> Tango-L at mit.edu
>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
>>
>
>
> PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society
> Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburgh's most popular social dance.
> http://patangos.home.comcast.net/
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
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