By Roger Ching, Waipio
There have been roughly 100 million (give or take a million) new tunes composed and recorded by various groups world wide, since the early 30s. And from that group, 90 million are simply not acceptable for whatever the reason. That leaves only 10 million passable. From these, 9 million are strictly for listening and do not really have a beat for dancing. We can automatically throw out that rap crap. That leaves only one million. From these, 900 thousand are nice but not really favorites that social dancers really want to dance to.
What then? That leaves only 100 thousand left and from these, 90 thousand are nice but not that well known by everyone in all parts of Hawaii. That leaves us on Oahu with 10 thousand very good ones for ordinary music lovers to choose from, as our favorite "Oldies But Goodies." That is for most of the social dancers on Oahu. If a disc jockey played 100 different ones per evening it would take him one hundred days to repeat the sequence. So most of our disk jockeys do a great job with such a nice variety of music to choose from.
Of course "Oldies But Goodies" did not really count until this century. "What a nice comfortable beat, nice tune, beautiful arrangement etc." I don't believe that in the last forty years, I have ever heard much said about any of the oldies on our dance floors in Hawaii. And I am talking about my all time favorites. There are so many that are your favorites too. But what do we know? Some disk jockeys are thinking of a playlist. I don't know. Let's help them out if they ask, it would be for our own good and we could look forward to enjoying dancing to the music of our choice,
There have been roughly 100 million (give or take a million) new tunes composed and recorded by various groups world wide, since the early 30s. And from that group, 90 million are simply not acceptable for whatever the reason. That leaves only 10 million passable. From these, 9 million are strictly for listening and do not really have a beat for dancing. We can automatically throw out that rap crap. That leaves only one million. From these, 900 thousand are nice but not really favorites that social dancers really want to dance to.
“Social dancers sometimes feel that they get more yesterday than anybody.
They need some good kind of tomorrow.”
What then? That leaves only 100 thousand left and from these, 90 thousand are nice but not that well known by everyone in all parts of Hawaii. That leaves us on Oahu with 10 thousand very good ones for ordinary music lovers to choose from, as our favorite "Oldies But Goodies." That is for most of the social dancers on Oahu. If a disc jockey played 100 different ones per evening it would take him one hundred days to repeat the sequence. So most of our disk jockeys do a great job with such a nice variety of music to choose from.
"Sweet Someone" by Don Ho
Of course "Oldies But Goodies" did not really count until this century. "What a nice comfortable beat, nice tune, beautiful arrangement etc." I don't believe that in the last forty years, I have ever heard much said about any of the oldies on our dance floors in Hawaii. And I am talking about my all time favorites. There are so many that are your favorites too. But what do we know? Some disk jockeys are thinking of a playlist. I don't know. Let's help them out if they ask, it would be for our own good and we could look forward to enjoying dancing to the music of our choice,
“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us.
And the world will live as one.” ― John Lennon
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