[Tango-L] Classic alternative?

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

Hi all,

First, if you don't like alternative music for tango, please use your delete key.  This thread is not for you.

I've decided I need to work on convincing people here to continue studying traditional music.  Although some alternative music (non-Piazzolla) is fun, most of it is not terribly deep or complex.  So some folks think they are being musical and they really aren't.  I thought one approach would be to point out the enduring quality of the great orchestras that keeps dancers challenged whereas most alternative tangos today only have a lifespan of about 2-3 years, by my estimation.  Piazzolla, of course, is the exception.  Can anyone think of any alternative tango that we might actually be dancing to in 30 years?  I can't.

Trini de Pittsburgh

P.S.  I deejayed a milonga last night and decided to play some swing music since it was the Fourth.  Even though we had swing dancers, to my surprise, people were still trying to tango to it.  A few years ago, everyone would have known that it was swing.


 
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