20's-40's songs about transformation or change?

[edit machine]

Hi guys, I'm wanting to do an electronic cover of a 1920's to 40's era song about transformation / change. Any ideas?

[Digital Send]

Perhaps you could check out some old skool gospel tunes?

There are loads of cds about with pellas from 1930's gospel.

Im not really sure what sort of stuff you are into.....

Other than that, I think its just a case of finding and listening to music from that era, there are loads of sites/blogs dedicated to music from that time (alot of jazz ones especially)........google is your best starting point really.

Be prepared to listen to alot of crap before you find something that really grabs you.

cheers
DS

[chrisso]

I'm not expert enough on pre-war music, but there was a lot less political music around then. Much music was regarded as entertainment.
There is this from the 60's:
YouTube - Bob Dylan-The Times They Are A-Changin

[Simon The Gooch]

I would imagine depression songs would be a good place to start

[boreg]

Originally Posted by Bryan Talbot

"Just around the corner/there's a rainbow in the sky/so let's have another cup of coffee/and let's have another piece of pie."

Heard this song on a great compilation "Drug Songs" - highly recommended if you're into songs of that era.

As for songs about change... "You've changed" maybe?

[lhm1138]

Changed My Name is a good one. It's an old spiritual.

[Quint]

Originally Posted by edit machine

Hi guys, I'm wanting to do an electronic cover of a 1920's to 40's era song about transformation / change. Any ideas?

Probably a good deal of Woodie Guthrie's catalog would suffice for such a thing. Although, I'd have a hard time liking Guthrie songs as interpreted though an electronica format but give it a shot....

[rachel]

Have a listen to some Bessie Smith or some the blues singers from that era
like Robert Johnson. A rich vein that has been mined before, by Stones and Zep and
Cream and the rest. But plenty more that can be done with them.

'....nobody loves you when you're down and out....'


rachel

[crufty]

YouTube - DTV - The Andrews Sisters - Straighten Up and Fly Right etc

[Feinstrom]

Probably older, but "We Are Going Down Jordan" features the line "I was living my life as an Anglican, let me tell you how I changed to a Baptist man"...

Cheers,
Bert

[crufty]

Any luck yet?

Post 50s the search gets easier...not sure a remix is even needed really
YouTube - Nina Simone - Feeling Good

[Beermaster]

Billie Holiday's singing 'Strange Fruit' -

"Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees"

Heavy Heavy subject but about that time period and a pivotal song.

[aeonsound]

snark mode

but... this is the only forum on GS that isn't populated by 90 year olds.

/snark mode




(in all seriousness, i'll be watching this thread closely, because some of the music i've heard from that period has been breathtakingly cool)