Swing a little swing of me

I always love Swing music (which I used to refer as 'old movies tunes') since long time ago. I may be listen to various kind of musics but I always go back to swing. And lately, I've been listening to Swing music a lot. Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Tape Five are some of many Swing singers/group I've been listening to. Tape Five is a multinational German music project that was founded by Martin Strathausen in 2003. They don't have fix members in  the group because Martin would collaborated with many singers and instrumentalists. Their music style is popular musics in the 20's, mostly Swing and Jazz. Their two previous albums focused of on Swing and Lounge and on 2010 they started to focus on Electro Swing. If you ever watched cartoon 'Tom and Jerry', you'll hear electro swing a lot. 

I'm very much fond of old musical movies, hence my musical choice. Listening to Swing music makes me feel like I'm living the musical movies life where you express all your emotions with singing. Yes, I'm into Bollywood too. The good classic ones, not the ones where the actors have too many muscles and the actresses wear... I don't know. 

Listening to Swing music calms me down, makes me happy, makes me smile unconsciously, makes me feel romantic, makes me feel like slow dancing by my self and grab the nearest object to make it as my mic. It makes me appreciate the music, the notes, the sound every instruments make. And isn't it lovely how the sound of trumpet in it makes you smile, lighten your mood?

I really love Louis Armstrong's 'La Vie En Rose' lyrics :

Hold me close and hold me fast
The magic spell you cast
This is la vie en rose
When you kiss me heaven sighs
And though I close my eyes
I see la vie en rose
When you press me to your heart
I'm in a world apart
A world where roses bloom
And when you speak
Angels sing from above
Everyday words seems
To turn into love song
Give your heart and soul to me
And life will always be la vie en rose  

and of course 'What A Wonderful World's. They are simple, as in you don't have to read between the lines to understand the meaning of the songs. And the music gives you romantic vibe. I've been such a romantic hopeless lately, forgive me for that :) 

As for Tape Five, their Electro Swing really lighten up my mood with their fast-tempo songs. Makes me unconsciously clapping during the song and, if God allows, do the fast tempo swing dance. One of my favorite songs from them is 'Cool cat in Town'

And performance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lady Gaga singing 'Baby It's Cold Outside' is a must-watch one. Why? Because it's Joseph Gordon-Levitt

So, why don't us turn up the volume, grab your mic and let's Swing!!!!