Swing Kids (1993) - The Benny Goodman Orchestra - Sing, Sing, Sing

[@everywhere3301]

When I saw this movie in class, I wanted to be part of that dance so bad!

[@mcmjr405]

Depending on where you live there are swing dance classes and groups all over. Go for it! You’ll be glad you did!

[@DH_Artist]

Aether saaaame. We saw this during my US history class and all I wanna do is learn Swing Dance and go to an underground Swing club and just let loose

[@ducksnhell]

Aether me too ugh

[@noahsherwood2445]

Me too

[@lydialilybellevalley2297]

@Pferd Schild it's your taste who are shitty completely lousy , so return listen the doddler girl Bastarda grande or else shit

[@tropics71]

"How do I look? Like gold"and pulls her on to the floor best part💃🕺

[@Pinkranger87]

Now that's a line worth biting

[@NocturnalBM14]

What a hell of a quote....

[@candyqueen0064]

It brings me to my knees omg😍 I'd hit the dance floor with him and not leave until morning

[@johnnysangel0413]

yep !

[@numetalfilth]

I wish my generation went out and did things like this, i know they still have places you can go but its usually old people and i want to be able to go out with my friends and their boyfriends and do this stuff it looks like so much fun

[@mcmjr405]

It’s not just old people.. lots of cities around the world still have stuff like this regularly, and all ages come join the fun.

[@aswiftkickinthejunk]

All ages still do this. Any major city and a lot of smaller ones have swing dancing. Look for swing/Lindy Hop in your area. Expect that it isn't like the movies however, swing dancing is about 1% aerials and movies make it seem like it's 90%.

[@randomnessunleashed14]

darthjeongguk me too

[@Azishome]

What are you talking about, dork? The people who originally did this are the people you're calling old. They had more class and swing than you will EVER have.

[@Axemantitan]

These do still happen, just not quite as rowdy as movies make it seem. Check your local newspapers for social events. I live in a moderate-sized college town, and we have swing, blues, tango, and more. We also exchange with other cities. Their dancers come here and we go there.

[@CadillacOfTheSkies82]

Let´s bring back elegance to life. Suits, hats, dresses, real instruments, good music and class are the weapons. Your attitude do the rest.

[@expressisverbis854]

This will never come back. The world you were born in no longer exists. We’re the new slave class.

[@shapshooter7769]

Funnily enough swing was an expression of rebellion and youthful libertines, not elegance and class 😂. You want class, you go back to the aristocrat times. Pomp, grandeur, excess, all that classy stuff.

[@CadillacOfTheSkies82]

@@shapshooter7769 well, if french absolutism is your interpretation of class, go ahead. Certainly, the swing era and 30s & 40s fashion is mine. I guess that freedom of choice is everything that we have instead of time travelling. 😉

[@davidahlstrom7533]

That was a classic era. The Greatest Generation (at least in some countries).

[@shapshooter7769]

@@CadillacOfTheSkies82 Aesthetic is one aspect of class, which any aristocrat or monarch has an excess of. Class exists beyond aesthetic, after all.

[@HEADBANGERSBALLER]

Such a grand time in an absolutely horribly dark moment in history.

[@starogre]

1993 was a terrible time

[@billiejeandavey7945]

Starogre 1993 was one of the best years of my life 👌🏻 what i what give to be 13 again

[@poshmalosh14]

@@starogre I think he might just be talking about the 1930s

[@АннаКубалова-г5о]

Billy Jean, honestly, you are an egoist, an egotostic monster, an an arrogant maniac, full only of yourself. 1993 was a catastrophe for many people. If you can't understand it I feel pity for you.

[@somebody2474]

@@АннаКубалова-г5о I was born in 1996 so I don't think I understand what you're referring to xD do you mind explaining why that was a terrible time?

[@TheIcehockeyforlife]

Clearly, I was born to the wrong decade. This is joy from heart, and nobody can take it away from them!

[@keithbellic2629]

Except in this very movie the Nazis do take it away from them.

[@justanotherdreamer2264]

Hi Susanna, you know that swing is still being danced almost all over the world?

[@TheIcehockeyforlife]

***** You said it. I agree.

[@TheIcehockeyforlife]

Just another dreamer...where abouts? I'll go there if you name a place.

[@TheIcehockeyforlife]

Keith Bellic Yet just for a moment, we can enjoy it!

[@lesslyrocks]

I always think.... "Wow! These could have been my grandparents"

[@rightinthedome9973]

Our grandparents were way cooler than us

[@dantefernandodantezambrano7910]

You're not wrong, dear. That was how our grandparents had fun.

[@rjohnson]

That's in the 40s that's most likely your great-grandparents

[@troyannbladsacker1811]

These could have been my parents. My father was one of the first Navy Seals in WWII. They were called the Argus Unit. I love anything about WWII.

[@fenderstratADHD]

My grandparents were born in 1938 and 1940

[@KimberlyFaith260]

When we watched this movie in class, I started dancing in my seat. I couldn’t help it. As a musical theater kid, this really made me want to dance along.

[@blasterflash7146]

I feel you, buddy, I feel you ✊🏻😉😞

[@candyqueen0064]

Same bestie, same💃🤧 Wish we could just go into clubs like these any other day

[@vanessahenry7238]

Ditto darlin'!

[@bluerosegirl7471]

Me toooo!!! 😂❤

[@BigSmoke-bu6ib]

Where do I meet girls like this?

[@jerlewis4291]

My dad was born in August 1917 so he was right in the middle of this period. He played in a jazz/swing band that did gigs all over NYC and he was an amazing dancer. I never realized it until my cousin Andrea got married in 1969 I was 9 and at her wedding the orchestra played "Sing sing sing" and he and his brothers were on the dance floor with their wives and just took it over. My mom said that when she first met him in 1955 he had shelves full of trophies from dance contests that he had won. My mom said he entered those contests so he could win some money to eat with during the depression. When he was 70 he could still do all these dances and also he could do the Kazotsky (Prisiadki). Might have to Google that one, but it isn't an easy one to pull off.

[@danielsullivan9271]

Yes. I loved that generation. I remember even in the 80s when I first started to go to weddings. Most of them born in the 1920s and 1930s knew how to dance so well from the Big Band Era. I went to my nephews wedding recently they do not play the music anymore sadly. Greatest Generation are gone sadly now many of the silents the parent of Generation X are going fast teens of the 40s and 50s who knew how to dance like that.

[@eluweniestargazer2570]

Just a brilliantly choreographed film! Scary, sad, touching, loving and lively! All the actors are just superb! Thank you for sharing.

[@mcmjr405]

Eluwenie Stargazer that dancing is found all over!

[@Blaine10024]

I always liked this movie. The bandmaster at 01:54 is having the time of his life. Music like this will never die!

[@giantskunk]

Batman and Dr. Wilson know how to make an entrance.

[@rebeccadelafuente5466]

Back when you could flirt with just a look. How do I look? Like gold!… Best line ever no matter the era or the generation!

[@tangent272]

The beauty and poignancy of this scene still makes me cry.

[@OnyxGaming_]

When he says “like gold” I loose it every time

[@sprachen7122]

RIGHT? he's so dreamy

[@sharpsvilleBill]

Swing music and dancing are LIFE!

[@doctorfate3746]

It will

[@doctorfate3746]

Just wait

[@mcmjr405]

It don’t mean a thing...

[@abcde-lq6tf]

@@mcmjr405 if it ain’t got that swing

[@tvplayzfloptok.1]

i wish parties were still like this

[@briandzwoniarek8952]

Underrated movie

[@jaybird74]

I wouldn’t want the conflict nor the anti-semitism of the WW2 era - yet the costumes, class, music - to have that revived would be so sweet.

[@danielsullivan9271]

Amazing. The best bands Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey! WW2 Era!

[@LittleLadyZ]

Peter when he's dancing is my spirit animal

[@Pro-Deo]

One of the best dancing I've seen to this music. Bravo!

[@mymothersdiva]

You really must be kidding. You don't watch much.

[@tropics71]

Swing dance was big in the 90's in Salem,Oregon lots of 20 somethings started it but sadly didn't last💃🕺

[@noahsherwood2445]

I wish I could walk into a dance hall with that swagger

[@tsaeshae]

I love how Thomas and Peter swagger in omg 😍

[@IEnjoyChai]

The conductor is having the time of his life! 🤣

[@robin2000]

How beautiful it was to be free when freedom had to be conquered every day, that was bravery.

[@lynxtouch]

Seems like Dr Wilson loved to dance before he become a Doctor

[@tusk70]

One of the last generations that could dance. We lost that culture today.

[@kck9742]

You mean dry humping to Snoop Dogg isn't dancing?

[@tusk70]

@@kck9742 Or just nod your head...

[@joewhitehead3]

Too bad this dancing generation has a tainted

[@lainehuelsmann6485]

Oh my god I love the energy of swing dancing so much! And the ending of the video where he and the girl so loghtheartedly danced together like flowing threw water just *chef's kiss*

[@donotneed2250]

Swing and Big Band music have always been my favorite type of music and I've been listening to it for over 3 score. I like music that makes me move. A couple of years ago I came across a movie out of Japan called Swing Girls and thought I'd give it a watch. Glad I did. Yes, they play Swing...

[@bethmiller1778]

I was lucky to have a dad who listened to Benny Goodman and other fame musicians of that era because he was a part of it. he said we were related to B. Goodman, under our arms! That I didn't understand if it was true or not, because I was too young. Well, I think they say having a creative passion needs to be nurtured from youth and he did a good job with part of this. The dancing is so good.

[@drwilsonstoenailpolish3194]

This movie’s so underrated, I love Robert Sean Leonard so Michael

[@fabiovalenza9811]

Great show!!! Great music...old masterpiece

[@joshthegreatestone3775]

I remember watching this in history class in 9 grade I had the best history teacher ever I will never forget Dakota high school was some of the best years of my life I made life long friendships and I have memories that I will never forget

[@Cats_Bread]

I wish the kids today still doing that kind of thing instead of on their phones or ipad all the times

[@xh7736]

Watched this movie in class today. Love the music in the movie a lot

[@pierez8042]

Yeah

[@jeanines_channel3246]

Helluva great movie. And the soundtrack is just as good.

[@suzanneheuninckx6406]

It's so emotional to see... But great respect for these guys back in this time... Love for you people 😪💯❤️

[@taitburns]

I need the doctor to take me back to the swing era... beeeeest one of all, best singing, dancing, playing, all of it...

[@richardmbowman]

You need a doctor to look at that foot spasm you're having....

[@elvia3068]

My fav movie i first saw this film at age 12 and feel in love 😇 Swing Hail!!!!

[@mildredferguson8221]

Swing HEIL!!!

[@misspomerol]

The first five minutes of this film need to be taught in film school on how to film a dance sequence. It’s perfect. I’m so glad people appreciate this film now because it didn’t really do much at the box office when it first came out.

[@agamemnonpadar5706]

I believe that each generation has their was to go crazy on a party. No reason to look back in nostalgia, as much I LOVE this scene and the music. But we had parties like this during the 80s.. yes... music a little less sophisticated, but as earth shattering, the dress code was less elegant, more to the absurde, but we had fun, so much fun, as much as these kids. All night dancing, drinking, talking stuff our parents would not have understood, being against the establishment,... it was being young, the world and future was ours (apart it would explode due to Cold War), and we fell in love. And we left the house because there was no Internet, WoW etc. And now type please Ok boomer, even I am not a Boomer. Was just happy while typing. Sorry :-(

[@JenBabyJen]

One of my favorite scenes ever! Me and my cousin always tried recreating the dance lmaooo

[@vibbyclips]

Saw this movie in US History during my WW2 unit the ironic thing is that now i'm playing this song (sing sing sing) in my Jazz Band. So now i get to flex on my US History teacher

[@gigischuster3078]

Youth in 21st has no idea how awesome, healthy and fun it was to have no electronics but rather for fun going out and partying 'responsibly' making friends and actually socializing without phones and enjoying a night out on the town not the internet, but rather good ol' fashion fun. Born in the tape player era spent meals together with family and no internet or Iphone to distract you, got outside ate healthy home cooked meals and not nowadays drive through/quick n' easy but rather take time and enjoy one. We didn't have to deal with telemarketers, video games that kept you indoors and yes tv was fun, however the great outdoors offered more than tv at the time, now there's hulu, Netflix and what not so instead of a night on the town having fun now ones glued to the Internet and Tv getting not enough healthy meals nor enough exercise. Health issues are worse than back then especially allergies and today there's rarely any family downtime. Also wages back then people could live off of and not need a 2nd or 3rd job it paid the bills and having a family people could afford. Now its nearly impossible to start a family in 21st century unless your rich, and business especially retail make it impossible for employees to survive off of minimum wag thats less than living and standard housing, health and food costs without going paycheck to paycheck and needing a 2nd job while being over worked and underpaid.

[@bonnyvee]

Well said Gigi! I totally had a blast in my youth...IN REAL TIME!!

[@Kai-lm2qb]

Gigi Schuster Not all younger people are attracted to electronics. Me I'm attracted to playing the drums and its not easy. You need as much energy to play because drumming is fast paced(depending on what you are playing) like I play swing like this and its hard but fun. But I totally agree with your statement as I am only 12 lol

[@poshmalosh14]

I love how your saying this, yet you're watching KZbin yourself right now

[@Krufyre]

Ok, boomer

[@troyannbladsacker1811]

I was born in 1953. I would go back to that time in an instant. It was a simpler life. We visited family or vice versa on Sundays. We played cards and other games as a family. We could stay outside until the streetlights came on and we had delicious home cooked meals every day. I could go on and on.

[@maxiprado1247]

The moves that they did Cristian Bale and Simon Leonard in this movie are really good. Talking about as a teacher and knowing they are actors.. Congrats!

[@mysticloverfairy1]

I think some people didn’t actually see the movie Swing Kids or completely missed the point , these teenagers weren’t just having fun giggling and dancing they were rebelling against the harsh regime of the Nazis,most of the kids were arrested and forced into the German army. While yes the dancing is pretty cool , don’t forget the backdrop is in Nazi Germany and these kids weren’t just dancing they were literally breaking the law

[@troyannbladsacker1811]

I also believe it was a way to survive in such a terrible time of hatred and violence.

[@rivco5008]

The dancer at 1:25; she is having the time of her life.

[@papasmatersbackyardfarming8439]

Very alluring

[@RandomBlake]

Im watching swing kids in History class right now the movie is so good and now i love the music

[@tonybarde2572]

I want to throw a Christmas Party like this

[@Kanooodledoodle]

I fucking loved that movie. And the music!

[@richardbird4784]

So do I. Remembered this movie, after Jamming to video called Swing Dance, from Alfonso Jimenez. I dug it Soo Much, finally found this movie, Gonna Rent it tonight! Wish I could watch it together, with all y’all, Swinging Ladies! Swing Heil! 💃

[@shapshooter7769]

Didn't know Wilson deals with his stress away from House, right here on the dance floor 😂

[@girlnextdoor7]

they don‘t make movies like this anymore

[@joewhitehead3]

Good thing we’ll always have movies like this to come back to

[@angeliquenova7440]

Love, love this movie. Have it in my collection

[@Belle1111Earthangel]

Ugh I love this so much😭

[@bearIyy]

15 year old me in my history class screamed internally when I saw this scene

[@huh4963]

I feel like I was born in the wrong era but I would in no way want to live during that time because of the awful things that happened

[@NewGuy2534]

Swing. Back when you actively trying to take out other dancers with your partner.

[@clickbaitcabaret8208]

Looks a thousand times more fun than dance clubs nowadays.

[@christianlehr9143]

I miss the good old days

[@coryinthehouse5734]

So you were alive at this time?

[@TheItsmegp46]

This flick took place in pre WW 2 Germany, not a very nice place to be back then, especially if you were Jewish.

[@FlowerPower-dw8pd]

+itsmegp46 Nazis ruin everything

[@swashknuckler]

Cory, that's called Anemoia.

[@robinsonsbernardo]

Explosive Benny Goodman...wow...

[@jc9552]

Now they looked like they had a great time! Wow!

[@davidahlstrom7533]

The great Benny Goodman and Sing, sing, sing. I think maybe with Gene Krupa on the drums (depending on the year of the recording). Classic (and imagine how this "American cultural import' got under the Nazi's skin?!

[@mildredferguson8221]

Not to mention NEGER JUDEN music!!

[@sezenaksu2696]

Bester film ever. Für immer

[@joewhitehead3]

The director of this movie, Thomas Carter, also directed To Save The Last Dance & Coach Carter

[@terrybake3690]

The best generation

[@joewhitehead3]

Not really. Considering this was the era of the nazis

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

It was also a time of great moral courage. Yad Vashem has honored 27,921 people from 51 countries, recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, non-Jews who saved ‘undesirables’ because ‘it was the right thing to do,’ despite the danger/risk. @@joewhitehead3

[@suzannejones3414]

I wish I wish I wish I would’ve learned how to dance like this!

[@CarynDPrescott]

I just rewatched the fantastic ballroom scene in Malcolm X (Denzel Washington 1992). This scene is good too 💃🏿

[@Clarinetboy82]

This is a great recording, however this actual version in the movie is not a recording from Benny Goodman. It's an arrangement and recording done by the studio that used Benny Goodman's arrangement because of it's high energy. Benny Goodman really can't be labeled as the artist for this version since it wasn't his band doing this actual recording. Here's the list of musicians and the two guys who did this arrangement: Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By - Robert Kraft Arranged By - Chris Boardman Bass - Chuck Domonico, Hen Wild Drums - Ralph Humphrey Guitar - Dean Parks, Dennis Budimir Piano - Michael Lang Trombone - John Johnson, Bill Reichenbach, Lloyd Ulyate Trumpet - Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Larry Hall Woodwind, Saxophone - Abe Most, Bob Tricarico, Dan Higgins, Gene Cipriano , Curt McGettrick And here's the link where I found the information: www.discogs.com/Various-Swing-Kids-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/5919825

[@UnashamedCaliforniagirl]

I watched this movie all the time with my grandma as a kid

[@MelodyCarter1]

I love how this was like how German teens back then gave the middle finger to Hitler, through music and dance

[@fat_sonic]

Makes me wanna swing dance ❤️

[@indiegamesonly6617]

you will never hear music like this again... :( now we have tekashi69 ...sigh

[@Babesinthewood97]

BEAUTIFUL ❤

[@nellienell9746]

I used too love this movie

[@salutations6370]

Dang Dr.Wilson knew how to dance

[@Madlyn_Music]

J'adore. Je vais le jouer!

[@shadowsniper6394]

If clubs and shit were like this I would definitely go and bring my girl

[@saynotohookups]

There is a resurgence of swing jazz and swing dancing. from the 1920s and 1930s. In fact The Great Gatsby Party is making it's return in September 2024 in the USA and in Toronto, Canada. Look them up on KZbin. You can find modern versions of swing music and it sounds great.

[@dennismiddlebrooks7027]

Every film showing 1950's rock and roll or 1940's jitterbug "swing" dancing obviously depict professional dancers engaging in spins, lifts and acrobatics that would have been impossible for ordinary people. This film is a great example of that. Watch old 1950's videos of American Bandstand to see how the hoi poloi actually danced. No white panties on display!

[@mcguinnessus]

That's very true, but it's worth remembering that the pre-war 1930s (when Swing Kids is set) were vastly different from the post-war 1950s.

[@Sophia-cd9cj]

Always wanted to go with friends to swing dance

[@violetcampbell9974]

I wish i could dance like this, its seems like fun

[@rogermansour6085]

Fantastic movie and great dancing. Swing Heil

[@richardmbowman]

Who knew that Batman (Christian Bale) could....uh...swing...?

[@doctorfate3746]

ikr lol

[@cheesebooba]

thats dr wilson bruh

[@misspomerol]

Christian Bale actually comes from a musical theater background. He can sing too !

[@ZX-zw3ge]

Those seemed like fun times, but at the same time it must've been scary having lived in an era where you had to fear danger, especially when Nazi Germany was going on, especially when Hitler was alive. Sad period that is still here with us.

[@kuvasz5252]

Least we forget that the movie is set in Hamburg circa 1939-on, and two decades later the children of these swing kids (who survived the WWII) were dancing to the Beatles in similar music halls.

[@redfoxbennaton]

This is literally what is happening to us Scene kids!

[@Cats_Bread]

So jealous

[@IzumiDaniel]

Good ol'days

[@marcianaur6128]

Fantástico!

[@afelcandy]

Márcia Naur Lembro-me de assistir esse filme em VK7 alugado na época e adorado (I remember watching this movie on rented VCR tape back then and loved it).

[@_fireplayz56_d54]

I WAS BORN IN THE WRONG FREAKING DECADE

[@tammydow6112]

That's my brother Eric...the brave

[@andrewcharles459]

They spend the whole movie setting her up as a character that knows nothing about the scene, then she miraculously knows all the steps...

[@terrybake3690]

A big success for Harlem back when!

[@MANDROKMAD]

2024!!!!

[@dantefernandodantezambrano7910]

The music is really catchy.

[@CompleteNewbie]

Hello. Sorry. I was looking for this exact thing, but without the extra dialogue. If anyone could help, I would be much oblidged.

[@tsaeshae]

Were Trichter and Bismarck actual places they danced at back then?

[@poshmalosh14]

Everyone wants to go back to this era, the era of WWII and the Great Depression

[@mysticloverfairy1]

I like the fashion and the music of that era but I don't need to go back in time to enjoy it with technology and online stores that sell vintage clothes and sites like Spotify and youtube I can wear the fashion and listen to the music, in fact there are people who live their lives like they are from the 1930s and other vintage eras and I think that is the best way to do it .

[@ShadyLurker16]

Literally no one wants to go back to WW II or The Depression lol.

[@Diamond-zq4pi]

Best generation

[@davidsuarez4200]

Dónde encuentro la película completa en español?

[@Hi-wu1se]

I remember having to sing this song in 4th grade required chorus, and I hated it. Watching this movie and this scene a couple years ago brought memories I never wanted to remember