FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for August 26, 2020

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 4 years ago

    I don’t want to know, do I?

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    KLSeering  over 4 years ago

    Swing made a comeback in the late 80’s, early 90’s but didn’t last long. Too bad.

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    Auntie Socialist  over 4 years ago

    If it were Jason and Marcus I’d assume they were talking about Java. Of course, these days, Java itself is getting more and more passé

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    HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Passé is merely a perception. Swing is also a style of jazz that is still popular today, especially New Orleans traditional jazz.

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    dflak  over 4 years ago

    Glenn Miller is my favorite band. When I first saw them, they still had some of the original members.

    I’m in the Mood for a bit of swing now. I could just Sing, Sing, Sing.

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    Nyckname  over 4 years ago

    It’s got legs. Crazy legs.

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    hildigunnurr Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I just thought of swingers but then this is a family strip :D

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    retjeff  over 4 years ago

    it was before my time but swing music is the greatest.

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    txmystic  over 4 years ago

    I knew the ’90s craze had jumped the shark when I saw a swing-themed commercial from the Gap

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    Comicgirl81  over 4 years ago

    From what I’ve read, I think they are talking about Electro Swing music that started in the 90’s and made it as far as the 2000’s before it dropped off the map. But also from what I am seeing Electro Swing made a comeback around 2015 when they started make dances to fit with the music and is still hanging around.

    Top 10 – Best Electro Swing Dancers That Are ’Lost in the Rhythm – https://youtu.be/TWOL5Z-abOA

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    bobfjr  over 4 years ago

    In the Cleveland area there are several swing dances every month (normally) and feature music from the 30’s to 60’s. All ages show up, from teens to seniors – even have lesson before the dance.

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    JD'Huntsville'AL  over 4 years ago

    I wouldn’t say Swing is passé — it’s going strong on YouTube. Example:

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpon14HdEMjT3j3rzlHijg

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    Deleted Account2623  over 4 years ago

    I don’t understand this strip at all. Why is Swing having ended in the 40’s a problem? Why is Roger siding with Paige a problem?

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    j.l.farmer  over 4 years ago

    the dad is talking about the dance music craze in the 20s, 30s, 40s. i thought the kids were talking about swing sets……shows you what i know about what kids talk about these days…..lol.

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    bwsevier Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Er, given modern teens, are you SURE they are talking about dance…

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    John W Kennedy Premium Member over 4 years ago

    “Some folks say / That Swing won’t stay / And it’s dying out. / But I can prove / It’s in the groove / And they don’t know what they’re talking about!”—“Wham (Re-bop Boom Bam!)”, 1939

    Besides, every “Babylon 5” fan knows that there’s going to be a big swing revival in the 2240s.

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    whelan_jj  over 4 years ago

    Swing never existed. I know because I checked some “top 100 songs of all time” on the internet and there are nom swing songs in them. For that matter, there’s nothing prior to 1960.

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