[Tango-L] Music preferences

[Tango22]

From: "Vince Bagusauskas" <vytis at hotmail.com>
I think that Australians prefer instrumental more so  
too....................

A sweeping statement.  At Milonga Para Los Niños on 31 July  
(Brisbane), excluding 3 brackets from Cuarteto amenabar, I played 31  
instrumental and 25  with vocal, across Tango, vals and milonga.    
Still getting compliments after 3 weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyIg2XX5uMM

We have a similar experience at our monthly outdoor milonga (where the  
music quality is governed by a Bose portable).  The milonga has a good  
reputation, numbers are strong and retention over a night is  
satisfactory, even on cool nights.

So far in this thread, nobody has distinguished between Tango cancion  
and Tango with vocal, where the vocalist sings the "bridge" and  
typically the song starts with up to 1 minute of instrumental.  I can  
not think of an instance that I would play tango cancion for general  
dancing.  Personally, I find milongas without a balance of inst /  
vocal boring.  I can't imagine a milonga without Podesta, Vargas,  
Ledesma, Campos, Castillo, Rufino, Duran..........
John