What non tango songs can you tango too?

[pianistamediano]

But that's exactly what makes them interesting, do we always have to wait for the slowest sheep?

And welcome to DF, pianista !

Glad to be here! I suppose you could see them in the same light as late Pugliese then

 

[itwillhappen]

If Elvira Lambo and Michael Nadtochi can interpret "Geometria" by Alejandro Sanz, you can tango too.

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[JournalInTime]

But that's exactly what makes them interesting, do we always have to wait for the slowest sheep?

Changes in tempo and rhythm, and bringing rubato from music to dance, are among the things that keep dancing from getting boring. Other things in this category are changing which instrument or which part of the music (beat, rhythm, melody, . . .) you're dancing on. Yet others are a leader leading one of these things while dancing another. And very big so on.

This suggests that a lot of non-tango music could be made to work. I'm not a huge fan of that, mostly because of mood, but a good DJ can surprise me.

 

[chrisdube]

I hope nobody flames me for this, but I was watching an old Dr. Dre video and they did a cool tango dance in it. Can you believe it? In a hip video. Anyway, it made me start wondering, what other types of songs could you do a tango too, that are not necessarily tango music. Could jazz work? other songs? What are your thoughts?

Quite a few actually. Viva La Vida by Coldplay, Livin' Thing by ELO, Don't Answer Me, by Alan Parsons Peoject, and White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane come immediately to mind.

 

[TTanguero]

Lots! This is a playlist I put together of contemporary music, mixing tango and non-tango tracks, and I've happily danced to all of it. (Much of it was stolen from @Rabbit and then built upon.)

Bentango Contemporary

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