Remember the Swing Revival/Zoot Suit craze?

Remember the Swing Revival/Zoot Suit craze?

Man, this is shit.

I was just talking about this trend of big swing band groups in the 1990s that took influences from the 30s and 40s. They sort of took away the soul of swing music and replaced it with shitty catchy tunes. In the 90s, the bands were usually comprised of white guys in zoot suits singing in vintage microphones to jazzy swing music. Sometimes, the music videos would be filmed in black and white.  Between 93-99, every comedic movie had to have one of their songs in a scene or during end credits.

During this time, you would see douche bags wearing zoot suits out to clubs. Think of it as the skinny jeans of the 90s. For some reason, you had to have “Daddy” “Mighty” or “Zoot” in your name to be a swing band in the 90s. It was some kind of Ska-Swing union rule.   I think people started to notice this re-swing band thing with that famous Gap commercial.

If you put on Gap pants, you will magically learn how to swing dance and will become 20% more attractive.

Unlike the swing songs from the 30s and 40s, the 90s swing music hasn't aged that well. Not everything from this genre was shit though because there are some good songs to come out it. And, there is a bit of a second revival with Cuphead and Bioshock soundtracks and people starting to look back at the old swing music.

Here are a few more songs from the swing revival that I am not a fan of...