Can't dance to Beatles songs!
Secret Agentman
I have heard it said that you can not dance to Beatles songs. Is this true
and if not what song is good to dance to?
Ravi Kiran
Secret Agentman wrote:
>
> I have heard it said that you can not dance to Beatles songs. Is this true
> and if not what song is good to dance to?
You can't dance to anything after A Hard Day's Night. It Won't Be Long
is good to dance to. Twist and Shout is great also.
Tom
>You can't dance to anything after A Hard Day's Night. It Won't Be Long
>is good to dance to. Twist and Shout is great also.
How about Everybody's Got Something to Hide? and I can name at least two
people who danced to I Me Mine.
sgoo...@mcione.com
"Tom" <Blac...@msn.com> writes: >
>
>Well what about slow dances? I danced to "This Boy" at a bar
on New Years Eve several years ago. The crowd loved it.
RasMaster
In article <EMCO.117717$Ly.17...@news.internetMCI.com>, <sgoo...@MCIONE.com>
writes:
>"Tom" <Blac...@msn.com> writes: >
>>
>>Well what about slow dances? I danced to "This Boy" at a bar
>on New Years Eve several years ago. The crowd loved it.
But how did "this boy" feel about it?
Bob
Wakko6666
good point and if you are high, you can dance to anything they mdae, expecially
on the Magical Mystery Album
DotSeurat1
Hey...wasn't it Alan Ginsburg (sp?) that tells his famous story about how he
never danced in his life, until he heard "I Want to Hold Your Hand"?
I think "The Word" has a cool groove- I always find myself sorta moving to it.
Thought09
the purpose of music is not to make you dance, even though that's something it
can get us to do......
Anyway, I think 'I want you(shes so heavy)" is kinda danceable,,check out the
latin section in the middle of it.... also....some of the sgt. pep stuff can
get you wanting to move,,,,,oh yeah, lady madonna has a funky groove, try
moving to that one, hell--the beatles did themselves, check out the anth. vid
sgoo...@mcione.com
Beatle songs move your imagination and your intellect and your
soul, not your butt.
jweb
Secret Agentman wrote:
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> I have heard it said that you can not dance to Beatles songs. Is this true and if not what song is good to dance to?
I danced to "Revolution 9" quite enthusiastically. After I was
fingerprinted and eventually released, I learned that your imagination
controls what is dancable and what isn't. Go with your instincts.
Why I chose to dance in the middle of the interstate is something I
am trying to deal with now.
Helpful hint..."Twist and Shout" guarantees at least a foot tap.
K. Dunning
Try East Coast Swing. You can swing to just about any 63-66 Beatles tune.
It's lots of fun. Anything done in 4/4 time you can Swing to.
Karrie Dunning
A Native Seattle-ite
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Kar...@u.washington.edu
"None of your five-bar gate jumps and over sort of stuff."
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LiveLetDie
"Secret Agentman" <has...@nospamhome.com> wrote:
>I have heard it said that you can not dance to Beatles songs. Is this true
>and if not what song is good to dance to?
>
I have always thought it very interesting that their songs are not
generally dance songs. Their earlier songs were and I really think
that was critical in their success, at least in the US. We were
raised with the American Bandstand mentality in judging the quality of
a song -- the famous "It's got a good beat and I can dance to it"
rating. It is a real commentary on their musical talent and appeal
that as the years went by and the music became less and less
"danceable", we continued to follow them. By the end of the 60's, a
song certainly didn't have to be a good one to dance to in order to be
a big hit. (And American Bandstand slipped into being a show that
"used to be big.")
It is also interesting that by the end of the sixties, "dancing" was
radically different from what it had been. Chubby Checker and the
Twist brought on the trend toward dancing without touching your dance
partner and the dance crazes of the sixties were all "solo" dances.
(That in itself could make for an interesting sociological study! Was
it the change in the music? The pill and the individual freedom of
the sexual revolution being demonstrated on the dance floor? Or was it
some baby boom related thing - a generation just so narcissistic (sp?)
we couldn't dance with a partner? )
ANYWAY, I think the reason the Beatles thrived inspite of the
Bandstand criteria for good songs is that we were so enthusiastic
about them that we bought LP's as well as singles. LP's don't work at
the sock hop. LP's you put on at home and listen to while doing
homework and while falling asleep at night. You don't have to be able
to dance to the music on an LP to love it. So when the Beatles music
turned to non-danceable tunes, we didn't care. We were finally
listening to the songs, the music, not just the beat because there was
something there besides the beat.
Diane
King Pineapple
Try doing some of the dances they did back when the songs came out. As the
man in Revolution Number 9 said..."the watusi....the twist..."
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Secret Agentman
some very good points Diane
Tela
you can move to *anything* and call it dancing... that's the beauty of
it.. i like to *dance* to Within You and Without You and anything that
I can spin around to! My advice, if you're a girl, put on a long full
skirt and do some spinning to Beatles music.. you'll feel alot better.
*i prefer my patchwork skirts...*
:)
kate
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cart...@vianet.net.au
if only the bealtes did 'I can't dance'
but, theres no beatles song that qualifies dance. and that early 60's type
dance where you twist your backside etc (watch those reels of 60's teens
dancing) doesn't qualify as dancing. the beatles disbanded before there
was dancing really
Neohippie
> I danced to "Revolution 9" quite enthusiastically. After I was
>fingerprinted and eventually released, I learned that your imagination
>controls what is dancable and what isn't. Go with your instincts.
I dance to LOTS of Beatle songs, from any era, if you can call it dancing.
Maybe it's just sorta really moving to the music, I don't know. It's something!
Air guitar is good too, and air drums, and lip-syncing in front of the mirror.
HEY! What are you lookin at? There isn't anything wrong with really getting
into the music, is there? Hmmm? What I do in the privacy of my own room is NONE
OF YOUR BUSINESS ANYWAY!
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Peter Kendell
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Odd - I consider that _Tomorrow Never Knows_ is *the* prototype for '80s and
'90s groove and sample-based dance music.
Peter
Rob Hughes
On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Tom wrote:
> How about Everybody's Got Something to Hide? and I can name at least two
> people who danced to I Me Mine.
Yeah, well, that's a waltz, for all of you over ten. Some people play
fast waltzes and some people lay slow waltzes... ;)
Orange
On 16 Mar 1998 02:45:15 GMT, cart...@vianet.net.au thought "Why don't
I post something?", and did just that:
>if only the bealtes did 'I can't dance'
>but, theres no beatles song that qualifies dance. and that early 60's type
>dance where you twist your backside etc (watch those reels of 60's teens
>dancing) doesn't qualify as dancing. the beatles disbanded before there
>was dancing really
Ah, so you mean that what kids are doing today qualifies as dancing?
And here was I, thinking that they were running around half-drunk and
stuffed with pills, not knowing at all what they were doing. My
mistake, I'm sure.
(Just compare with real dancing - that is Waltz, Tango et al)
Christian Henriksson
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Neohippie
>Ah, so you mean that what kids are doing today qualifies as dancing?
>(Just compare with real dancing - that is Waltz, Tango et al)
REAL dancing?! HA!
You can't get more real than what kids do when they listen to rock 'n' roll.
That comes to you naturally, instinctually, without having to be taught.
This thread reminds me of the time I went to that Peatles concert (local
Beatles tribute band). There certainly was plenty of dancing. I was in the big
crowd of teens right up by the stage doing it.
But none of us could hold a candle to this one guy. Not a teenager, probably a
first-gen fan in really good shape. He was doing this dance...I don't know what
it's called, but the only other place I've seen it is on some video of hippies
at some plact like Woodstock. This kinda swirly, twining thing. Do you know
what I'm talking about? Well, it was VERY GROOVY and fit right in with
"Tomorrow Never Knows" and "I Am the Walrus" and stuff like that. And then I
found out I could do it too, not as good as him, but still.
So don't tell me I can't dance to Beatles songs. Hmph! Next you'll be telling
me the Stones aren't danceable. :-)
Orange
On 17 Mar 1998 03:25:45 GMT, neoh...@aol.com (Neohippie) thought
"Why don't I post something?", and did just that:
>>Ah, so you mean that what kids are doing today qualifies as dancing?
>
>>(Just compare with real dancing - that is Waltz, Tango et al)
>
>REAL dancing?! HA!
<snipped>
>So don't tell me I can't dance to Beatles songs. Hmph! Next you'll be telling
>me the Stones aren't danceable. :-)
>
I wrote my stuff in response to the guy who seemed to think that
dancing was invented after the Beatles. Now, what some young people
(I come across as the old fogey here, don't I? I'm 24.) do today, i.e.
rave "dancing", comes nowhere near the dances I listed above. I am
definitely not slamming rock'n'roll and other similar dances. So,
please go ahead, dance your rock'n'roll to the Beatles as much as you
want. Play air-guitar. Only promise you won't do the "rave thing",
OK? :)
Neohippie
In article <350ec20d...@nntpserver.swip.net>,
ora...@hem.passagen.se.REMOVE (Orange) writes:
> So,
>please go ahead, dance your rock'n'roll to the Beatles as much as you
>want. Play air-guitar. Only promise you won't do the "rave thing",
>OK? :)
Rave thing? Huh?
I guess I'm just terribly unhip, but I don't know what you're talking about.
I've already blabbed too much in this thread anyway. I'll shut up now. :-X
Jeff Mills
Secret Agentman wrote in message <6eeo9f$ef7$1...@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com>...
>I have heard it said that you can not dance to Beatles songs. Is this true
>and if not what song is good to dance to?
"I'm Happy Just To Dance With You"
K. Dunning
My Swing Dance instructors use "Birthday" as a demo. You can swing and
lindy to any Beatles tune done in 4/4 time.
Karrie Dunning
A Native Seattle-ite
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Kar...@u.washington.edu
"None of your five-bar gate jumps and over sort of stuff."
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David & Kathy Rose
I used to dance to Beatle songs - they just changed dancing when the music
died. Dancing now is crap and pathetic. Bouncy bouncy wave your arms bouncy
bouncy....
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How could anyone not want to get up and dance to I Saw Her Standing There..
you know "1,2,3,4 She was just 17, and you know what i mean.........
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