when Jimmy Eat World- Sweetness starts playing it is essential that you find the nearest parking lot and begin spinning immediately... if you consider spinning to be dancing
and then there are songs like, System of a Down- Chop Suey and The Talking Heads- Psycho Killer, and Alien Ant Farm- Glow, that require you to jump around and be silly
and Cherry Poppin' Daddies- Zoot Suit Riot requires swing dancing, and you can't hear Celia Cruz- Carnaval and not salsa
and the playing of any Shakira song, Kylie Minogue-Chocolate, Sean Paul- Like Glue, Rupee- Tempted to Touch, or the remix of Starsailor- Four to the Floor, and fifty million other songs will result in instantaneous dancing.
Not to mention things like Gunther-Ding Dong Song, Gay Pimp- Soccer Practice, Christina Aguilera- Dirty, and most any bad pop song which will all lead to an attempt to recreate the video.
songs that we sing at camp. not the camp ive been working at the last few years, but the camp i grew up in and worked at my first two summers. like the pirate song. its awsome:)
lullaby of broadway quite a lot of Stevie Wonder the deadwood stage and we're having a gang bang; but these last two are forever linked to a particular northern club, for me ; ) love and blessed be xxx
Pretty much anything with a swing beat (songs by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Brian Setzer and the Squirrel Nut Zippers come to mind) will have me pretending I know how to swing in seconds. This usually lasts until I knock and ankle into something unforgiving and hobble off to get an ice pack.
Most of Tchaikovsky's ballets have a dance itch in them, too. I got to dance the Nutcracker a few times when I was a kid and still thought I could be a ballerina when I grew up (not likely with my bone structure...I would be in a wheelchair right now if I'd ever tried to dance en pointe) and his music still makes me want to do graceful leaps and pirouettes (see icon).
Finally, Celtic dance music or any reasonable facsimile thereof (I have a disc of Nordic folk that contains a few tracks that you could easily clog to if, unlike myself, you actually possessed the coordination to9 clog at all). When there's no one else home, I turn on Joanie Madden, the Chieftains or Cherish the Ladies and pretend I'm Michael Flattley, Lord of the Dance.
Around Christmas one year the Nutcracker Suite started playing and I had to perform the whole thing, (which is really really hard as there are many parts, and I haven't formally done ballet in years,) for my roommate... who nearly died laughing.
Yeah, the Nutcracker is fun. I have read that Tchaikovsky actually hated it, thought it was his worst work. Of course, it's also his most famous and arguably his most beloved work. Goes to show you never can tell what the audience will love, I guess. Tchaikovsky's sacred music is absolutely stunning, but not as dance-able. :)
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Date: 2006-02-17 10:30 am (UTC)But there must be a couple you just can't resist...
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Date: 2006-02-17 07:57 pm (UTC)when Jimmy Eat World- Sweetness starts playing it is essential that you find the nearest parking lot and begin spinning immediately... if you consider spinning to be dancing
and then there are songs like, System of a Down- Chop Suey and The Talking Heads- Psycho Killer, and Alien Ant Farm- Glow, that require you to jump around and be silly
and Cherry Poppin' Daddies- Zoot Suit Riot requires swing dancing, and you can't hear Celia Cruz- Carnaval and not salsa
and the playing of any Shakira song, Kylie Minogue-Chocolate, Sean Paul- Like Glue, Rupee- Tempted to Touch, or the remix of Starsailor- Four to the Floor, and fifty million other songs will result in instantaneous dancing.
Not to mention things like Gunther-Ding Dong Song, Gay Pimp- Soccer Practice, Christina Aguilera- Dirty, and most any bad pop song which will all lead to an attempt to recreate the video.
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Date: 2006-02-17 08:01 pm (UTC)LOL!
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Date: 2006-02-17 12:33 pm (UTC)Oh well, I suppose scoutmasters are the link...
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Date: 2006-02-17 07:23 pm (UTC)everything!.... but -
Date: 2006-02-17 01:10 pm (UTC)quite a lot of Stevie Wonder
the deadwood stage and
we're having a gang bang;
but these last two are forever linked to a particular northern club, for me
; )
love and blessed be
xxx
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Date: 2006-02-17 04:27 pm (UTC)Enjoy the weekend!
*CHEERS*
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Date: 2006-02-17 05:13 pm (UTC)Most of Tchaikovsky's ballets have a dance itch in them, too. I got to dance the Nutcracker a few times when I was a kid and still thought I could be a ballerina when I grew up (not likely with my bone structure...I would be in a wheelchair right now if I'd ever tried to dance en pointe) and his music still makes me want to do graceful leaps and pirouettes (see icon).
Finally, Celtic dance music or any reasonable facsimile thereof (I have a disc of Nordic folk that contains a few tracks that you could easily clog to if, unlike myself, you actually possessed the coordination to9 clog at all). When there's no one else home, I turn on Joanie Madden, the Chieftains or Cherish the Ladies and pretend I'm Michael Flattley, Lord of the Dance.
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Date: 2006-02-17 06:38 pm (UTC)Around Christmas one year the Nutcracker Suite started playing and I had to perform the whole thing, (which is really really hard as there are many parts, and I haven't formally done ballet in years,) for my roommate... who nearly died laughing.
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