{"items": [{"author": "Edward", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/249947061756955?comment_id=250098035075191", "anchor": "fb-250098035075191", "service": "fb", "text": "\"minimally phrased old-time ones\" - I claim that is interpretation rather than an essential property of the tune. Approach the tune one way, maybe take out a note or two here, add another there, and suddenly it's maximally phrased.", "timestamp": "1330372161"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/249947061756955?comment_id=250131028405225", "anchor": "fb-250131028405225", "service": "fb", "text": "@Edward: a good musician can do a lot to adjust the tune to suport the dance. With old-time the tunes and traditional playing style have developed alongside beat-focused southern squares instead of phrase-focused contras or new england squares, though, which means the musician has to do a lot more of this adjusting.
If I'm playing for something with a choppy four beat balance-heavy A and a smoother B [1] I can play Lady Anne Montgomery almost straight or I can play Le Tourment to fit. Both will work, both can sound good, but for a given level of musician the former will probably be much better.
[1] Ex: http://www.jefftk.com/contras/dances/lambertville.html or http://www.jefftk.com/contras/dances/heartbeat.html", "timestamp": "1330375105"}, {"author": "Adam Yie", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/114873051319510815414", "anchor": "gp-1330389518789", "service": "gp", "text": "@Jeff Kaufman\n sometimes liking things that were popular in the 80's \nis\n laughably bad taste in music. Also, since it came up in the car trip, this is for you and \n@Julia\n :\n
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\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8\n
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\n(sadly I seem to be wrong about the amount of flying surfboarding, but it still reeks of the 80s)", "timestamp": 1330389518}, {"author": "David German", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/111229345142780712481", "anchor": "gp-1330405059625", "service": "gp", "text": "@Adam Yie\n Sadly...1996: \nhttp://fridirock.blogspot.com/2010/04/david-hasselhoff-hooked-on-feeling-1996.html\n.\n
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\nWere cube effects still cool then?", "timestamp": 1330405059}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1330443403668", "service": "gp", "text": "@David German\n I doubt that video was cool in 1996. The greenscreening isn't even very well done for 1980!", "timestamp": 1330443403}, {"author": "Adam Yie", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/114873051319510815414", "anchor": "gp-1330448893436", "service": "gp", "text": "@David German\n oops, thanks for the correction. Since Reservoir Dogs came out in '92, I figured it was an 80's song. Silly me.", "timestamp": 1330448893}]}