I'm a guitar player...and I'll say this...almost everytime a conversation comes up about guitar players...brian setzer is never mentioned...he might be the most underrated guitar player...without a doubt.
I was thinking the same thing as I just watched his 1:19min RUclips live show in canada tonight when he was only 22 in 1981. He was killin it THEN. I watched the whole dammed thing.
? I'm classically and jazz trained. And while I love my metal guitarists for their technicality...this is pure brilliance in it's best form. Beauty in simplicity. Only I challenge an average, or above average guitarist to do what this man does in his sleep! Not so simple,
Yeah, he was noticed during his time with the Stray Cats, and once again got recognition back during the Swing revival in the late 90's. He got a Grammy for "Sleepwalk" which is 4 minutes of guitar bliss: -highly- recommended. Big band, swing, rock-a-billy music hasn't gotten a lot of airplay in quite some time now, but Brian Setzer's absolutely a master of his craft.
As you tell your kids and grandkids "Yes, there was a time that hip hop, grunge, and swing music coexisted in pop music. We're not sure what the hell was going on."
@Geek37 I distinctly recall having the thought around 1996 or so where I recognized how great music was at the time, and thought "gee, think how great it'll be in the future!" I couldn't give a rat's ass for new music much past 2000... Man was I wrong.
There is absolutely no excuse for Brian not being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The guy exudes more "Rock 'n Roll" in one tune that most so-called rockers exhibit in a LIFETIME of recordings.
The swing revival of the late 90s was such a cool time. I had just graduated from HS in 97 and me and my friends were swing dancing FREAKS! We used to go to this club called Frankie’s Blue Room that had Swing Night on Thursdays and we would dance till we dropped. I never sweat so much or had so much fun. Those were the DAYS!!! Wish it had lasted longer but so much great music came from that little microburst!
The 90s were the best. I love this song but zoot suit riot by the cherry Poppin daddies is better than this. The original video tho. There are two videos. Check out both. But I think the original is better. Tell me what you think??
This song played at my second high school dance. not a single person was sitting down when this song came on. It was so awesome, particularly because it exposed another generation to this type of music. (That dance was in 2023 btw)
I remember this and it was a short lived fad. I'd rather listen to big band music from the original era or rock music. Setzer sound and image was watered down swing music into repetitive pop music format to fit in with the times. Although this isn't bad and still listenable in comparison to today's popular music, if one can even deem today's top 40 as music.
Same, dude. But swing never died, so every day is a potential revival for someone. From what I've noticed, there's been an upturn in these last few years
From Brian to the Cherry Poppin Daddies, The 90’s became a great time for swing again! This was a dance of feel and you better be in shape!! My happy music!
A brilliant throwback to a sound that is sadly mostly lost today. And does anyone else think dancing must have been a LOT more fun back in the fifties and sixties?
Even though the drug culture was prevalent in the 1960's to 1980's, there was still enough people who still continued to dance in those decades and appreciated it (don't forget those are three decades of the prominence on television of "American Bandstand", "Soul Train" and "Solid Gold".) I do feel that perhaps one things that got lost in dancing was some of the more togetherness of couples during more up tempo tunes, although that started to make a comeback and surprisingly so during the late-1970's and the Disco era -- check out the video on youtube for Van McCoy's "The Hustle" to witness that. The later half of the 1980's and the 1990's started to give us more songs that would be able to have couples dance up tempo tunes closer together. But I do agree that has seemed to have gotten loss, since sometime in the last decade, the importance (and even necessity, in my not so humble opinion) of the dance and not just right to the let's go to the bed, part. And this is despite the popularity of such television shows as "Dancing With the Stars". It's almost like people want to watch others dance, but not do so ourselves, which to me is so strange and stupid.
Louis Prima would be soo proud. Brian does this song to perfection. He is an awesome guitar player. My hubby and I love to go swing dancing and these songs are timeless. Jump, Jive and Wail baby!
Still one of the best songs Setzer ever did. He needs to do a Super Bowl halftime. It would be really awesome if they had both the Stray Cats and the Orchestra at the same time. The Stray Cats orchestra would be a sight to see.
Dude, what year were you born? This is what music should be. It's the farthest thing from garbage humanly possible and rap is straight up trash compared to this.
I saw the Cats at the Hollywood Palladium in the early '80s. Things got wild, and bouncers were chasing stage divers away, and Brian got distracted -- while he kept on singing and playing. The scrum fell away (the Palladium's bouncers were rough) and Brian looked around, and went back to his rock and roll voice. While truly distracted from his performance, Brian's voice was naturally *better* -- much smoother and more refined, with all the notes well within his range and control. Perfect pitch. I realized, at that moment, that his voice was far beyond anyone else I'd ever seen. Brian Setzer had been singing "down" to everyone else's level, to sing as poorly (in comparison with HIS natural voice) as all the other rock and rollers and popular performers, say, Elvis. Or Jerry Lee. Or Eddie. Or anyone -- from Roger Daltry, to Billy Idol, to John Fogerty, Louis Prima, Louis Jordan, the Jordanaires, anyone. ANYONE. He blew them ALL away in that moment of distraction. Brian Setzer may be the best singer who has ever lived. So I rejoice in that. Also, I feel a little cheated. You do you, Brian! Sing, boy! Sing!
This was the music of my grandparents. My grandfather would listen to the music I grew up with (Elvis, Beatles, etc.), then tell me to put HIS stuff on the turntable, grab my grandmother and shake the shit outta that house! I became a HUGE fan of the Big Bands of the 40s! Never forget!
johnny lightning same here!!! these songs were a thing when my parents were born (in the 60s) i’m 15 and i grew up with a band that did purely 50s and 60s songs called the van-dells. my mom has been seeing them 43 out of the 45 years they’ve been around, and i first saw them when i was 2 months. teachers are amazed when i recognise a song like this
@@nikkidahlia2163 , I walked in the house in a Zoot Suit one night back in the day. My dad, usually making a little fun of my punk or new wave clothes, loved it. He said he used to wear them too when he was younger. He showed me some swing moves in the kitchen with my mom. I was blown away. He was born in 29, so he hit the big band era just right.
Me too! My Grampie loved all music, but I think swing was his favorite. I was a teenager in the 80's and if we went anywhere in the car Grampie would let me play whatever music I wanted on the way there. On the return trip he played his music. That was our deal.
Exactly! My dad was born in '27, and i was born when he was 40. I grew up on the sounds of the golden Era of Big Band! To this day, I will hit the dance floor in a flash when I hear a Glenn Miller song. Led to my love of music.
I had the honor of meeting Brian Setzer once in a casino in Atlantic City in the early 00's. Such great talent & a wonderful human being. Keep on rocking, Brian!! ❤️❤️❤️
Big age difference between me and my parents, so I grew up listening to the old bands. The last and the least was Lawrence Welk (And now, our champagne lady, Miss Norma Zimmer, will put all of you out in television land to sleep), but I did hear enough of the good bands to have an appreciation. I was hoping for more back in the 90's but it never came back enough. Although the move The BLues Brothers had Cab Calloway come back , and he really was great despite his age
I saw Brian a couple of years ago. 2 hours of solid entertainment. For a guy who is now 60, he's full of energy. He smiled the whole time he was on stage.
Saw the Brian Setzer Orchestra perform about twelve years ago. It was a BLAST--went home hot, tired and sweaty from all the dancing everybody was doing in the audience. And the Christmas show was even more fun!!
And they just glide around effortlessly, all smilin' and swingin' and twitchin' and jumpin' and jivin'. It DOES look like a whole lotta fun! I especially like the zoot suit, double-pump, one-leg, twist move at 1:06. HE'S having some FUN!
Swing dancing is soooo much fun, and the best exercise. BTW (for those who don't know) all those acrobatics and aerials in the video are *performance* swing. Social swing dancers (the rest of us) do NOT do that on the dance floor --- it's waaaay too dangerous to everyone else. It also hogs all the space, 'cause those moves need a lot of empty peripheral space. But there are plenty of fun (and funny) moves to be had with both feet on the ground. So much fun moving through space, to the music, communicating with your partners through movement. (Most people change partners throughout an evening of dance and dance with all different kinds of people. That's the social part of social dancing!)
YEAH!!!!! This is why I play drums and took up trumpet at age 47! Those horns are just the icing on the cake, then add in Brian's famous "big orange guitar"--a Gretch hollow body, and his playing, and this thing KICKS ASS! And Bernie Dresel holding it all together on drums--man what a big band! Rockabilly, Rock and roll, and big band all rolled up in one! This is the best of the best, and his Christmas albums are simply phenomenal! I still get adrenaline rushes when I play drums to this stuff! Soon it'll be the trumpet! YESSSS!
I remeber my 7th grade year when my high school music instructor offered me a chance to play with the high school jazz band. The first song I played was Jump Jive An' Wail. I'm now in my sophomore year and have been playing since then. this song holds special meaning :)
I can't help but wonder if they had as much fun making this video as I have each time I watch it. Bryan Setzer has a great talent backed by a kick-ass band and the dancers in this video are incredible.
I'll never forget listening to the radio and some woman called in asking for the "Drunk Driving song" I laughed so hard when I heard that and the DJ had a hard time keeping his composure too. Awesome song and a great memory from the late 90's thanks for posting.
I also think this is an extremely well-produced video..and I love that the cast is diverse...and what amazing dancers! Of course the band is amazing, too!
@@stevelinkert7131 Well I had a tough year; thanks for asking. My son died by suicide this April 2021. Now this song by a Brian Setzer and the orchestra will still be nice to listen to, but bittersweet because of my holiday memories. How have u been?
@@juliawilkinson Omg that is so sad. I'm sorry about your lost.... You have to be calm I know the memories of our love ones are hard to erased........ I'm good and I would like to be your friend if you don't mind
@@stevelinkert7131 Thank you! Sure.. i need all the friends I can get! I do still have a wonderful daughter so I try to focus on the positive. Hugs and happy holidays to you!!
@@juliawilkinson thank you for accepting me.....I would like to keep talking and I don't know if we can talk outside youtube. I want us to keep talking and get to know each other more better...
@@frank234561 it was a huge fad. I lived near San Francisco. They closed off entire streets on weekends often for swing festivals with dancers and costumes and bands. It was huge but only lasted about 1-2 years: thank the movie "Swingers" for bringing the fad mainstream
@@magdalenem4949 San Francisco is hardly indicative of the US as a whole. I never saw any swing bands or festivals in my home state. Other than Brian Setzer and Cherry Poppin Daddies there were no other mainstream, well known swing bands.
@@frank234561 there was squirrel nut zippers, big bad voodoo daddy, royal crown review and that gave way to the ska movement of the 90s once the swing stuff died down. Movies like swingers and The Mask helped glamorize the genre. Sorry you lived in a bubble (and still obviously do) but big bands were a big deal for a brief time.
Brian is a most-talented guitarist, and he has a stunning collection of Gretsches, some highly unusual, pimped to the max and very rare. One of the really great musicians of our times - I love his stuff (and I am normally a modern jazz, rock & metal man...).
Just another aspect of what made the mid to late 1990s the greatest decade EVER!!!! Who would have thought that swing music would have made a roaring come back in the '90s? But thanks to a little known spiritual revolution, it did!! Thanks to Brian Setzer, Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, all of which is included my rock and roll collection. The 1940's was jamming, baby! The big bands and the dance routines were really cool. This song was a regular staple on the alternative rock stations back then. The best of times, hands down.
Check out zoot suit riot by the cherry Poppin daddies. Probably spelled that wrong. Anyway. I love this song but zoot suit riot ( the original video) I think is way better. Love his facial expressions 🥰
This music video brings me back to the summer of 1998. I just got out of junior high, and upbeat songs like this that were on MTV and radio were like the whole world was celebrating those years being over for me.
Just went to the BSO Christmas Concert... they blew the bottom out of it! Rocked start to finish. Their version of Let There Be Rock was a mind blower! Incredible show.
Heard this at a packer game in 1998 and it still amazing in 2023. I miss the swing/jive music in the mid to late 90s. Then as it was hitting its peak, it died.
When I was a kid, he was my jam. Probably the reason I have such a musical background now. He showed me that not just pop music has to be cool, thanks brian!
My Grandpa Joe had records (78's) that were from a lot of the 'Big Bands', I love that Swing! This video is showing the same dancing that was in the movie 'Dirty Dancing'.
Funny, you should mention it, 'cause Louis Prima wrote, "Sing, Sing, Sing", "Jump Jive an' Wail", and is considered one of the originators of Rock 'n' Roll.
I was there kids, I saw a ton of kids with two left feet trying their luck at dancing. Those same kids ditched their 1950s dancing shoes and got Glow sticks and were dancing to Crystal Method. What a time to be alive.
best video ever,Brian,you always just bring the house down.Your playing is genius and the whole big band thing is genius,too.everyone who digs rock n roll and swing,well we love you.
From 'The Stray Cats' days to the 'Orchestra' to his role in the movie 'La Bamba' as Eddie Cochran, man Brian Setzer just set stages on fire with his performances, the rockabilly style of his back in the 80's I loved as a kid, but when he brought swing out in the 90's with the 'Orchestra', man it was just pure fire and incredibly exciting to witness, definitely a legend of both genres and as a guitarist / singer, respectively, 'Rock This Town' is also a great tune by 'The Stray Cats', also.
Mr FlipperInvader782 I remember Swing as a Kid with the B Grade movies. Everyone danced ( I never could, 4 left feet ) and stayed fit and not a over priced Gym membership in sight. Cheers, Denis.
Went to England in 2007 and this was big there. I had gone over to visit a member of the rockabilly band (they call them teddy boys, we call them greasers) Riot Rockers. It was a wonderful experience to be in the midst of something that was as popular as when my mother was a teenager
it's a shame more people aren't familiar with this amazing band this is an awesome part of my childhood right here :) thank god and brian is such a talented guy it's not even funny love these guys forever :)
These videos make me miss the energy I had at 19 when I was dancing like this until closing time without really breaking much of a sweat. My knees and hips are screaming at the thought of doing those bouncing lifts over and over and twisting steps now 😭 🤣 Holy crap, it was fun as hell back then though!
![Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/JZm1krVKzBY/mqdefault.jpg)
I'm a guitar player...and I'll say this...almost everytime a conversation comes up about guitar players...brian setzer is never mentioned...he might be the most underrated guitar player...without a doubt.
I was thinking the same thing as I just watched his 1:19min RUclips live show in canada tonight when he was only 22 in 1981. He was killin it THEN. I watched the whole dammed thing.
I think he's the best guitarist alive right now..
? I'm classically and jazz trained. And while I love my metal guitarists for their technicality...this is pure brilliance in it's best form. Beauty in simplicity. Only I challenge an average, or above average guitarist to do what this man does in his sleep! Not so simple,
i have been making this argument for a couple years, glad I am not alone.
Yeah, he was noticed during his time with the Stray Cats, and once again got recognition back during the Swing revival in the late 90's. He got a Grammy for "Sleepwalk" which is 4 minutes of guitar bliss: -highly- recommended.
Big band, swing, rock-a-billy music hasn't gotten a lot of airplay in quite some time now, but Brian Setzer's absolutely a master of his craft.
As you tell your kids and grandkids "Yes, there was a time that hip hop, grunge, and swing music coexisted in pop music. We're not sure what the hell was going on."
Why ppl think I'm all over the place... Thx
We where all happy for the most part and the majority of the young people regardless of race got along
BUT what an AWESOME time it was!
All I know is we liked swing, dresses, panties, hot ladies and sexy men all at the same time as jazz. Dig it.
@Geek37 I distinctly recall having the thought around 1996 or so where I recognized how great music was at the time, and thought "gee, think how great it'll be in the future!" I couldn't give a rat's ass for new music much past 2000... Man was I wrong.
There is absolutely no excuse for Brian not being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The guy exudes more "Rock 'n Roll" in one tune that most so-called rockers exhibit in a LIFETIME of recordings.
Vote for him every time I go.
The swing revival of the late 90s was such a cool time. I had just graduated from HS in 97 and me and my friends were swing dancing FREAKS!
We used to go to this club called Frankie’s Blue Room that had Swing Night on Thursdays and we would dance till we dropped.
I never sweat so much or had so much fun. Those were the DAYS!!! Wish it had lasted longer but so much great music came from that little microburst!
The 90s were the best. I love this song but zoot suit riot by the cherry Poppin daddies is better than this. The original video tho. There are two videos. Check out both. But I think the original is better. Tell me what you think??
Graduated '96... was listening to Stray Cats in the 80's. The swing revival was gold to me.
This song played at my second high school dance. not a single person was sitting down when this song came on. It was so awesome, particularly because it exposed another generation to this type of music. (That dance was in 2023 btw)
I remember this and it was a short lived fad. I'd rather listen to big band music from the original era or rock music. Setzer sound and image was watered down swing music into repetitive pop music format to fit in with the times. Although this isn't bad and still listenable in comparison to today's popular music, if one can even deem today's top 40 as music.
One of the most underrated guitar players ever
Absolutely
I miss the 90's Swing revival.
there was two swing songs, this one and mambo number 5
@@jeffnowak3144 mambo no 5 is barely swing. And dont forget about the cherry poppin daddies and the stray cats.
@@bryankerbow7871 Royal Crown Revue, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bellevue Cadillac, and Squirrel Nut Zippers as well.
I don’t, they just piggybacked off ska to get notoriety which was unfair to the ska movement
Same, dude. But swing never died, so every day is a potential revival for someone. From what I've noticed, there's been an upturn in these last few years
From Brian to the Cherry Poppin Daddies,
The 90’s became a great time for swing again!
This was a dance of feel and you better be in shape!!
My happy music!
The 90's swing renaissance was completely awesome. I got to see it and experience so many concerts with this fabulous atmosphere and dancers!
Brian Setzer is one of the most talented guitarists I've ever seen.
The rockabilly king.
FOR REAL! Brian Setzer is seriously underrated as a guitarist.
Well I could turn you on to tons way more talented that can play any style
Happy 64th Birthday Brian Robert Setzer!(Born April 10, 1959)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍👏🙌
Doesn't matter how many times I watch this, it's still a blast.
A brilliant throwback to a sound that is sadly mostly lost today. And does anyone else think dancing must have been a LOT more fun back in the fifties and sixties?
I would say 30s, 40s, and 50s. 60s and 70s is where the drugs started to come in...
Just yes to all those decades
Well yeah people actually danced, now they just basically fuck each other.
Wiggle wiggle wiggle.
Disgraceful
Even though the drug culture was prevalent in the 1960's to 1980's, there was still enough people who still continued to dance in those decades and appreciated it (don't forget those are three decades of the prominence on television of "American Bandstand", "Soul Train" and "Solid Gold".) I do feel that perhaps one things that got lost in dancing was some of the more togetherness of couples during more up tempo tunes, although that started to make a comeback and surprisingly so during the late-1970's and the Disco era -- check out the video on youtube for Van McCoy's "The Hustle" to witness that. The later half of the 1980's and the 1990's started to give us more songs that would be able to have couples dance up tempo tunes closer together. But I do agree that has seemed to have gotten loss, since sometime in the last decade, the importance (and even necessity, in my not so humble opinion) of the dance and not just right to the let's go to the bed, part. And this is despite the popularity of such television shows as "Dancing With the Stars". It's almost like people want to watch others dance, but not do so ourselves, which to me is so strange and stupid.
Louis Prima would be soo proud. Brian does this song to perfection. He is an awesome guitar player. My hubby and I love to go swing dancing and these songs are timeless. Jump, Jive and Wail baby!
Brian is a very underrated guitarist.. He's a really good musician!
you're very tarrdid if you think he's an underrated guitarist'
Still one of the best songs Setzer ever did. He needs to do a Super Bowl halftime. It would be really awesome if they had both the Stray Cats and the Orchestra at the same time. The Stray Cats orchestra would be a sight to see.
I'd pay to see that!
so would I.
Now, If LOVE that!
They ain't ready for all the fun we had
One of the most over-looked guitarists in history,, the man can rip!!!!
+MrDavidr86 Not so much overlooked by other musicians. Those who know what's what, know he can rip it up like nobody's business.
0okamino, Brian Setzer has always been at the top of his game but the biz was more Interested in boy bands.
MrDavidr86 yep
Not from people who were there from the start
He is damn good!
Why do we not have more music like this anymore?!
people these days don't care enough to make great music like this.
Because its garbage.
Dude, what year were you born? This is what music should be. It's the farthest thing from garbage humanly possible and rap is straight up trash compared to this.
@@JohnRambo-wl5hn I don't listen to rap and I was born in 84 and have heard plenty of swing music to know it all sounds the same.
These days, musicians don't have much inspiration.
Great time in the mid to late 90s when this music had a rebirth. Brian is a phenomenally underrated guitar player.
Whether it's his orchestra or the Stray Cats, Brian Setzer can do no wrong.
Man he could do a post pop punk polka band and I would fight someone for the last ticket.
AMEN!😁
I saw the Cats at the Hollywood Palladium in the early '80s. Things got wild, and bouncers were chasing stage divers away, and Brian got distracted -- while he kept on singing and playing. The scrum fell away (the Palladium's bouncers were rough) and Brian looked around, and went back to his rock and roll voice. While truly distracted from his performance, Brian's voice was naturally *better* -- much smoother and more refined, with all the notes well within his range and control. Perfect pitch.
I realized, at that moment, that his voice was far beyond anyone else I'd ever seen. Brian Setzer had been singing "down" to everyone else's level, to sing as poorly (in comparison with HIS natural voice) as all the other rock and rollers and popular performers, say, Elvis. Or Jerry Lee. Or Eddie. Or anyone -- from Roger Daltry, to Billy Idol, to John Fogerty, Louis Prima, Louis Jordan, the Jordanaires, anyone. ANYONE. He blew them ALL away in that moment of distraction.
Brian Setzer may be the best singer who has ever lived. So I rejoice in that. Also, I feel a little cheated.
You do you, Brian!
Sing, boy! Sing!
Absolutely!
@@WatchFamilyTVcom this is the bizarre deep lore I search these comments for
Louis Prima would approve! Brian Setzer is probably the most underrated guitarist ever. That guy is a goddamn maniac on the strings.
This was the music of my grandparents. My grandfather would listen to the music I grew up with (Elvis, Beatles, etc.), then tell me to put HIS stuff on the turntable, grab my grandmother and shake the shit outta that house! I became a HUGE fan of the Big Bands of the 40s! Never forget!
johnny lightning same here!!! these songs were a thing when my parents were born (in the 60s) i’m 15 and i grew up with a band that did purely 50s and 60s songs called the van-dells. my mom has been seeing them 43 out of the 45 years they’ve been around, and i first saw them when i was 2 months. teachers are amazed when i recognise a song like this
@@nikkidahlia2163 , I walked in the house in a Zoot Suit one night back in the day. My dad, usually making a little fun of my punk or new wave clothes, loved it. He said he used to wear them too when he was younger. He showed me some swing moves in the kitchen with my mom. I was blown away. He was born in 29, so he hit the big band era just right.
Me too! My Grampie loved all music, but I think swing was his favorite. I was a teenager in the 80's and if we went anywhere in the car Grampie would let me play whatever music I wanted on the way there. On the return trip he played his music. That was our deal.
Exactly! My dad was born in '27, and i was born when he was 40. I grew up on the sounds of the golden Era of Big Band! To this day, I will hit the dance floor in a flash when I hear a Glenn Miller song. Led to my love of music.
They sound so fun! Wish I had their moves!!💕
I had the honor of meeting Brian Setzer once in a casino in Atlantic City in the early 00's. Such great talent & a wonderful human being. Keep on rocking, Brian!! ❤️❤️❤️
He's on Facebook if your not aware & still traveling the world performing.
I’m currently on Atlantic City listening to this.
As a New Jerseyian that makes myself proud.
I would like to see the swing era come back again
It never really went away.
Big age difference between me and my parents, so I grew up listening to the old bands. The last and the least was Lawrence Welk (And now, our champagne lady, Miss Norma Zimmer, will put all of you out in television land to sleep), but I did hear enough of the good bands to have an appreciation. I was hoping for more back in the 90's but it never came back enough.
Although the move The BLues Brothers had Cab Calloway come back , and he really was great despite his age
I saw Brian a couple of years ago. 2 hours of solid entertainment. For a guy who is now 60, he's full of energy. He smiled the whole time he was on stage.
this man singlehandedly save 2 musical genres in less than a year.Jive and then later Rockabilly
Saw the Brian Setzer Orchestra perform about twelve years ago. It was a BLAST--went home hot, tired and sweaty from all the dancing everybody was doing in the audience. And the Christmas show was even more fun!!
Brian always seems to be having a blast no matter what kind of music he's playing.
You NEVER work a day in your life if you love what you're doing...
One of the best videos ever! Nothing but good feelings!
We need to rock to this in 2023!! 🙂
why is this not on the radio very underated (setzer)
2020 needs you Brian Setzer.....
20 years old and still sounds amazing - and the video is incredible.
I think in all my years of living combined, I haven't had as much fun as any of the dancers in this video.
And they just glide around effortlessly, all smilin' and swingin' and twitchin' and jumpin' and jivin'. It DOES look like a whole lotta fun! I especially like the zoot suit, double-pump, one-leg, twist move at 1:06. HE'S having some FUN!
Mr Raven Poe SAME OMG
Okay now search for the Nicholas Brothers
Swing dancing is soooo much fun, and the best exercise. BTW (for those who don't know) all those acrobatics and aerials in the video are *performance* swing. Social swing dancers (the rest of us) do NOT do that on the dance floor --- it's waaaay too dangerous to everyone else. It also hogs all the space, 'cause those moves need a lot of empty peripheral space. But there are plenty of fun (and funny) moves to be had with both feet on the ground. So much fun moving through space, to the music, communicating with your partners through movement. (Most people change partners throughout an evening of dance and dance with all different kinds of people. That's the social part of social dancing!)
YEAH!!!!! This is why I play drums and took up trumpet at age 47! Those horns are just the icing on the cake, then add in Brian's famous "big orange guitar"--a Gretch hollow body, and his playing, and this thing KICKS ASS! And Bernie Dresel holding it all together on drums--man what a big band! Rockabilly, Rock and roll, and big band all rolled up in one! This is the best of the best, and his Christmas albums are simply phenomenal! I still get adrenaline rushes when I play drums to this stuff! Soon it'll be the trumpet! YESSSS!
I remeber my 7th grade year when my high school music instructor offered me a chance to play with the high school jazz band. The first song I played was Jump Jive
An' Wail. I'm now in my sophomore year and have been playing since then. this song holds special meaning :)
Brian Setzer...man, so much talent...
I can't help but wonder if they had as much fun making this video as I have each time I watch it. Bryan Setzer has a great talent backed by a kick-ass band and the dancers in this video are incredible.
I'll never forget listening to the radio and some woman called in asking for the "Drunk Driving song" I laughed so hard when I heard that and the DJ had a hard time keeping his composure too. Awesome song and a great memory from the late 90's thanks for posting.
😂😂
😂😂😂😂
My sister used to call it that too
I also think this is an extremely well-produced video..and I love that the cast is diverse...and what amazing dancers! Of course the band is amazing, too!
Hello Julia, how are you doing and how is the weather with you
@@stevelinkert7131 Well I had a tough year; thanks for asking. My son died by suicide this April 2021. Now this song by a Brian Setzer and the orchestra will still be nice to listen to, but bittersweet because of my holiday memories. How have u been?
@@juliawilkinson Omg that is so sad. I'm sorry about your lost.... You have to be calm I know the memories of our love ones are hard to erased........ I'm good and I would like to be your friend if you don't mind
@@stevelinkert7131 Thank you! Sure.. i need all the friends I can get! I do still have a wonderful daughter so I try to focus on the positive. Hugs and happy holidays to you!!
@@juliawilkinson thank you for accepting me.....I would like to keep talking and I don't know if we can talk outside youtube. I want us to keep talking and get to know each other more better...
I wish the big band fad back in the 90's had lasted longer. These guys cooked.
Big bands and dance orchestras are still around. Ya just gotta see 'em out and them *support* them so they'll keep playing.
Lasted longer? There were only 2 swing bands with hits in the 90's. I'd hardly call that a fad.
@@frank234561 it was a huge fad. I lived near San Francisco. They closed off entire streets on weekends often for swing festivals with dancers and costumes and bands. It was huge but only lasted about 1-2 years: thank the movie "Swingers" for bringing the fad mainstream
@@magdalenem4949 San Francisco is hardly indicative of the US as a whole. I never saw any swing bands or festivals in my home state. Other than Brian Setzer and Cherry Poppin Daddies there were no other mainstream, well known swing bands.
@@frank234561 there was squirrel nut zippers, big bad voodoo daddy, royal crown review and that gave way to the ska movement of the 90s once the swing stuff died down. Movies like swingers and The Mask helped glamorize the genre. Sorry you lived in a bubble (and still obviously do) but big bands were a big deal for a brief time.
The only rock tenor sax soloist not killed in the tenor sax apocalypse of 1980
This song can live in my head rent free!
Brian is a most-talented guitarist, and he has a stunning collection of Gretsches, some highly unusual, pimped to the max and very rare. One of the really great musicians of our times - I love his stuff (and I am normally a modern jazz, rock & metal man...).
Just another aspect of what made the mid to late 1990s the greatest decade EVER!!!!
Who would have thought that swing music would have made a roaring come back in the '90s?
But thanks to a little known spiritual revolution, it did!!
Thanks to Brian Setzer, Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, all of which is included my rock and roll collection.
The 1940's was jamming, baby!
The big bands and the dance routines were really cool.
This song was a regular staple on the alternative rock stations back then.
The best of times, hands down.
How could I forget this song from my beloved MTV's favorite songs
Good music never goes out of style.
Check out zoot suit riot by the cherry Poppin daddies. Probably spelled that wrong. Anyway. I love this song but zoot suit riot ( the original video) I think is way better. Love his facial expressions 🥰
This music video brings me back to the summer of 1998. I just got out of junior high, and upbeat songs like this that were on MTV and radio were like the whole world was celebrating those years being over for me.
One of the best mondegreens of the modern era.
🎶"Drunk Driving and the Jail"🎶
Yeah, as a kid, I always assumed that they were singing drunk driving.
Just saw Brian setter orchestra. Danced all through the show. One of the best shows I've seen.
One of the greatest songs and music videos of all time
Saw them in SF new years eve.
They killed it 💯💥🎸😎
I danced to this song for my dance class two years ago, best dance year of my life
Just went to the BSO Christmas Concert... they blew the bottom out of it! Rocked start to finish. Their version of Let There Be Rock was a mind blower! Incredible show.
Born April 10 1959 30 years to the day of my dad! My dad adored him.
just found this. what a GREAT rendition of this old song. You sure can tell, Brian Setzer is a mad talented genius :D
he was also great as the lead singer of stray cats
Brandon: My goodness: Then he is a genius.
That bassist and sax are DOING WORK!!!
Best rock'n'roll guitarist ever - no question - and what a track! Great dancing!
What a great video! Energy, groove, beat, riff, dance, imagery, hop, jump, jive and wail.
I would happily spend the rest of my life in this video.
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Same here
Anytime
Ha. Love it, good call.
part of what I love about Setzer is how he went for a truly classic 40's style of music.
Some musicians WISHED to be able to play music as memorable and good as this
Heard this at a packer game in 1998 and it still amazing in 2023. I miss the swing/jive music in the mid to late 90s. Then as it was hitting its peak, it died.
Swing should be a Olympic event. This is on a whole ‘nother level.
When I was a kid, he was my jam. Probably the reason I have such a musical background now. He showed me that not just pop music has to be cool, thanks brian!
AWESOME!! I will never laugh at my mom again, takes stamina to dance like that! Brian Setzer! What can I say..great tune, great vibe. Love it!!
My Grandpa Joe had records (78's) that were from a lot of the 'Big Bands', I love that Swing! This video is showing the same dancing that was in the movie 'Dirty Dancing'.
Thanks for 'watching' Michael B. All 4 of them, in fact. ;-)
Brian Setzer one of the most under rated guitarists ever.....he is a genius.
+Terry Walsh he is underrated musician in general
I hate how my generation cant appreciate real music like this..
Happy 60th Birthday Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer a rock/swing retro hero of mine. the swing dancing in this video is great.
That black girl was killing it! Such a fun song... swing/big band music is so awesome.
Hello Vicky, how are you doing
When Benny Goodman and his "Sing, Sing, Sing" and Chuck Berry collide, this is the amazing result!
Funny, you should mention it, 'cause Louis Prima wrote, "Sing, Sing, Sing", "Jump Jive an' Wail", and is considered one of the originators of Rock 'n' Roll.
You cannot listen to this song or music genre and NOT wanna get up and dance! And swing dance at that! Wish I could dance like this...looks SO FUN!!
Anyone remember the GAP commercial that made this song famous (again)?
Khaki Swing!
@@j.l.5966 You got it - with music by the late great Louis Prima - ruclips.net/video/XJ735krOiPo/видео.html
One of the best guitarists ever to graze this planet. Very charismatic as well. I love this man.
Agree love Bri xxxx
We need another revival like.this
I was there kids, I saw a ton of kids with two left feet trying their luck at dancing. Those same kids ditched their 1950s dancing shoes and got Glow sticks and were dancing to Crystal Method. What a time to be alive.
Let's bring swing back again 😊
I'm 38 and know how to swing dance thanks to this song in Jr high 🥰
Brian’s a helluva guitar player.
...a timeless classic...
Love Brian Seltzer especially when he started with The Stray Cats
Diamond Girl he was the stray cats
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Seltzer😆
I always know when you're not a huge fan of Brian Setzer - you always say "Seltzer" and not Setzer
As I get older I can really dig SWING!!!!!!!!!!! Big Bands of the 40's, we don't see that kind of talent anymore!
best video ever,Brian,you always just bring the house down.Your playing is genius and the whole big band thing is genius,too.everyone who digs rock n roll and swing,well we love you.
Brian Setzer is soooo underrated!! That short solo he does is bad ass!!!
This lindy hop stuff looks hard as hell
cool music amazing clothes the whole vibe
Who's here to jump, jive, and wail? Who's here for the dirty boogie?
I wish this music was still in style. I loved it
Brian Setzer le meilleur des meilleures voi et musicien
une vrai légende bien vivante. Bravo Brian a bientôt.
This is REAL music.
From 'The Stray Cats' days to the 'Orchestra' to his role in the movie 'La Bamba' as Eddie Cochran, man Brian Setzer just set stages on fire with his performances, the rockabilly style of his back in the 80's I loved as a kid, but when he brought swing out in the 90's with the 'Orchestra', man it was just pure fire and incredibly exciting to witness, definitely a legend of both genres and as a guitarist / singer, respectively, 'Rock This Town' is also a great tune by 'The Stray Cats', also.
Big Band stuff at it's absolute Best. Go Brian Go.
Mr FlipperInvader782 I remember Swing as a Kid with the B Grade movies. Everyone danced ( I never could, 4 left feet ) and stayed fit and not a over priced Gym membership in sight. Cheers, Denis.
Not only is the dancing fantastic, but the camera work is outstanding! Particularly in the last minute or so. Great dance filming! Inspired!
Hello There, how are you doing and how is the weather with you
We're playing this in our jazz band in school and i was so happy when i found out we were playing it haha. this song is amazing
Hello Abigail, how are you doing and how is the weather with you
Went to England in 2007 and this was big there. I had gone over to visit a member of the rockabilly band (they call them teddy boys, we call them greasers) Riot Rockers. It was a wonderful experience to be in the midst of something that was as popular as when my mother was a teenager
it's a shame more people aren't familiar with this amazing band this is an awesome part of my childhood right here :) thank god and brian is such a talented guy it's not even funny love these guys forever :)
I just got reminded that this song exists. It's such a fun song
I thought I needed CPR after I danced this long time ago!!! LOVE THIS!
Only Brian Setzer could pull that suit off...dude is a baddass on guitar
These videos make me miss the energy I had at 19 when I was dancing like this until closing time without really breaking much of a sweat. My knees and hips are screaming at the thought of doing those bouncing lifts over and over and twisting steps now 😭 🤣 Holy crap, it was fun as hell back then though!
Some days you just need Brian!