What's a Fandango?
Andreas Baus
idea (don't ask me how I got it - I don't know either) that it might be
some kind of dance (of latin-american origin, probably :)...
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Danny Smith
wrote:
>This might be slightly OT, but just what is a 'Fandango'? I have a vague
>idea (don't ask me how I got it - I don't know either) that it might be
>some kind of dance (of latin-american origin, probably :)...
fandango n : a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time;
performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
Wyncz
If I remember correctly, there was a Fandango dance fad here in the
USA some decades ago. It is a Latin-American, or possibly Spanish,
dance and regardless of how it may have been done in its home world,
we had it here as a social dance.
And the word itself seems to show up from time to time in lyrics and
titles because it's fun to say.
I hope someone shows up here with a more illuminating bit of info.
On 30 Dec 1998 14:13:39 GMT, Andreas Baus <an...@fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de>
wrote:
>This might be slightly OT, but just what is a 'Fandango'? I have a vague
>idea (don't ask me how I got it - I don't know either) that it might be
>some kind of dance (of latin-american origin, probably :)...
>
SnowyThing
gather from the game. In the beatnik club at one point, the owner goes up on
stage and recites some of her poetry. One of them has a line in it, to the
effect of "As we dance this grim fandango..." It appears to be some sort of
symbolism the writers thought was neat, and judging from the context, I assume
that the grim fandango is something like death (since that seems to be a main
part of the game, too). Just my interpretations.
SnowyThing
John Ochenduszko
Fan*dan"go (?), n.; pl. Fandangoes (#). [Sp. A name brought, together with
the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]
1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish
America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]
From this web site...just love The Net...
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
Regards,
John O.
IceTigger
<jjo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>OT maybe but here you go ....
>
>Fan*dan"go (?), n.; pl. Fandangoes (#). [Sp. A name brought, together with
>the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]
>
>1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish
>America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
>
>2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]
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>
So if a "fandango" is a lively dance, then a "grim fandango" would be
a similar, though albeit slower. Like someone else already said, it
could be symbolic of death, *or* representative of the slow journey
that Manny has to take across the Underworld.
>>>IceTigger<<<
Dietmar Logoz
To make sure everyone knows what this is about... ;-)
Manny
Hey, how about another poem?
Olivia
Okay!
Olivia
Okay, last one folks.
With bony hands I hold my partner
On soulless feet we cross the floor
The music stops as if to answer
An empty knocking at the door
It seems his skin was sweet as mango
When last I held him to my breast
But now we dance this grim fandango
And will four years before we rest
Manny
That was great.
Dietmar