getting down, all over town

February 18, 2009 11:10 PM

100 days. 100 places. 100 dances.
posted by heeeraldo (26 comments total)

The first couple dances I was like :-/. Then once it got going, I was like :D.
posted by Nattie at 12:25 AM on February 19, 2009

This was fake the first time. Is it fake this time too?
posted by Grimp0teuthis at 12:25 AM on February 19, 2009

This was fake the first time. Is it fake this time too?

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but, if you're not: the page you linked notes that the guy who made Where the Hell Is Matt? was being sarcastic when he said it was a hoax.

If you're being sarcastic about his being sarcastic, well, that's just confusing!
posted by Nattie at 12:38 AM on February 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

Fun video, but the music triggers instant flashbacks to songs I can barely remember. It's a very strange sensation having that 2-second "oh, that song! shit, what is it again? dammit!" and then having it repeat over and over again.
posted by spiderskull at 12:52 AM on February 19, 2009

See now, at first I thought this was gonna be like Where's Matt but featuring the local dance styles of 100 different places. So I got kinda excited, cuz that might've been kinda interesting. Then I realized it was a guy dancing in different rooms and some of the dances weren't even all that different but they seemed it because the music was different. So while he was having fun, I was a little let down because I was expecting more of a sociological study of dance and less of a guy dancing to different songs in different rooms.

But hey, that's just me. I'm notoriously difficult to please. :)
posted by miss lynnster at 1:04 AM on February 19, 2009

Doing something like this every day for 100 days takes a lot of commitment, and I appreciate that. Good for him for doing it, and it's nice that it came out interesting enough that strangers on the internet want to watch the whole thing.

I'm pretty pop-culture ignorant - I only recognized about 20 of the songs.
posted by aubilenon at 1:41 AM on February 19, 2009

I don't know if it was 100 days, but it wasn't 100 different places or 100 different dances.
I like it though.

100 Dances / 100 Songs

001. Heart of Glass / Blondie
002. Jimmy / M.I.A.
003. Deceptacon / Le Tigre
004. Im on Fire / 5000 Volts
005. Je Veux Te Voir / YELLE
006. The Way I Are / Timbaland
007. Too Young / Phoenix
008. Over And Over / Hot Chip
009. Stick It To The Pimp / Peaches
010. Say My Name / Destiny's Child
011. Pin / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
012. Geremia / Bonde Do Role
013. Let Me Clear My Throat / DJ Kool
014. Point Of No Return / Expose
015. Bubble Sex / The Seebach Band
016. Pump Up the Jam / Technotronic
017. Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS
018. Hella Nervous / Gravy Train
019. Me Plus One / Annie
020. Don't Go / Yaz
021. Bootylicious / Destiny's Child
022. Electric Feel / MGMT
023. Boys Don't Cry / The Cure
024. Lose Control / Missy Elliott
025. Ride The Lightning / Evans And Eagles
026. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough / Michael Jackson
027. Hearts On Fire / Cut Copy
028. Tainted Love / Soft Cell
029. Between Us & Them / Moving Units
030. It Feels Good / Tony Toni Tone
031. Polaris (Club Mix) / Cyber People
032. You Never Can Tell / Chuck Berry
033. Huddle Formation / The Go! Team
034. Pump That / FannyPack
035. My Love / Justin Timberlake
036. Hung Up / Madonna
037. Justice - D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix) / Justice
038. Cybernetic Love / Casco
039. Creep / TLC
040. When I Hear Music / Debbie Deb
041. B.O.B. / Outkast
042. Bubble Pop Electric / Gwen Stefani
043. Miss You Much / Janet Jackson
044. You Spin Me Round / Dead Or Alive
045. Slide In / Goldfrapp
046. Kelly / Van She
047. Mine Fore Life / The Sounds
048. Disco Heat / Calvin Harris
049. Nighttiming / Coconut Records
050. Club Action / Yo Majesty
051. Pogo / Digitalism
052. Lip Gloss / Lil Mama
053. Heartbeats / The Knife
054. Enola Gay / OMD
055. Goodbye Girls / Broadcast
056. Kids In America / Kim Wilde
057. Kiss / Prince
058. Tenderness / General Public
059. Push It / Salt N Pepa
060. Circle, Square, Triangle / Test Icicles
061. Day 'N' Nite (Crookers Remix) / Kid Cudi
062. Shadows / Midnight Juggernauts
063. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) / Friendly Fires
064. Out At The Pictures / Hot Chip
065. Me Myself and I / De La Soul
066. AudioTrack 10 / Diplo
067. Girls & Boys / Blur
068. Heater / Samim
069. I Wanna Dance With Somebody / Whitney Houston
070. Hands In The Air / Girl Talk
071. Limited Edition OJ Slammer / Cadence Weapon
072. Meeting In The Ladys Room / Mary Jane Girls
073. NY Lipps / Soulwax
074. Lex / Ratatat
075. Gravity's Rainbow (Soulwax Remix) / Steve Aoki
076. Once In A Lifetime / Talking Heads
077. Leave It Alone / Operator Please
078. Half Mast / Empire Of The Sun
079. Hardcore Girls / Count and Sinden feat. Rye Rye
080. Dance, Dance, Dance / Lykke Li
081. Never Gonna Get It / En Vogue
082. Blue Monday / New Order
083. Crazy In Love (Featuring Jay-Z) / Beyoncé
084. 10 Dollar / M.I.A.
085. Love To Love You Baby / Donna Summer
086. Steppin' Out / Lo-Fi-Fnk
087. Karle Pyar Karle / Asha Bhosle
088. Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division
089. Straight Up / Paula Abdul
090. My Drive Thru / Santogold, Casablancas, NERD
091. Like A Prayer / Madonna
092. Freedom 90 / George Michael
093. Black & Gold / Sam Sparro
094. B-O-O-T-A-Y / Spank Rock and Benny Blanco
095. Great Dj / The Ting Tings
096. In A Dream / Rockell
097. Don't Stop the Music / Rihanna
098. Hong Kong Garden / Siouxsie & The Banshees
099. It's Tricky / D.M.C.
100. Bizarre Love Triangle / New Order

posted by P.o.B. at 2:28 AM on February 19, 2009 [4 favorites]

My friend get down, I get down, I show metafilter, metafilter get down. Why no?
posted by Dumsnill at 2:28 AM on February 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

I think the really amazing thing here is that this guy owns at least 100 different shirts.
posted by clearly at 2:47 AM on February 19, 2009 [2 favorites]

100. Bizarre Love Triangle / New Order

The pasty guy who kinda dance-creeps in from the right sporting the grown out bowl cut, the uber-molestache, and the 70's vest really makes the movie.
posted by clearly at 3:03 AM on February 19, 2009

I suspect my wife would opine that he dances better than I do. For this, I own to some jealousy. And jesus, people still listen to New Order - see, you fuckwits from tenth grade - I have taste. Even if I don't have moves.
posted by From Bklyn at 3:23 AM on February 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

I think the really amazing thing here is that this guy owns at least 100 different shirts.

And one of those shirts is a sky blue and has a big orange kitten on it.
posted by louche mustachio at 3:23 AM on February 19, 2009

Mrs. flapjax is an instant fan. I liked it too.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:50 AM on February 19, 2009

He definitely wore some of the same shirts more than once. That awesome kitten shirt included.

Today is the day that I learned that you can dance to anything. Even Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ratatat, and Go Team. Making it look good may still not be possible.
posted by explosion at 3:54 AM on February 19, 2009

I said a na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na. Na na na na.
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:12 AM on February 19, 2009

This made me smile. Pretty widely.
posted by Dr-Baa at 5:44 AM on February 19, 2009

Today is the day that I learned that you can dance to anything. Even Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ratatat, and Go Team. Making it look good may still not be possible.

dipsetmuthfucka, who has been linked here before proves that you can dance, and dance well to pretty much anything.

He made a dance video every day for more than a year. I guess practice makes perfect...
posted by clearly at 6:53 AM on February 19, 2009

I was worried that one of his dances was going to be the creepy tuck it in Silence of the Lambs dance. It happened when I saw the dance that had the garage door rising. I really need to stop watching that movie when it shows up on AMC.
posted by spec80 at 7:16 AM on February 19, 2009

na nana nana nananana nana nana na....
posted by jonmc at 7:18 AM on February 19, 2009

Preferably this version....
posted by jonmc at 7:21 AM on February 19, 2009

The bigger question that everyone is ignoring: Why Does This Poor Boy Only Own One Pair Of Jeans?
posted by rhapsodie at 7:28 AM on February 19, 2009

098. Hong Kong Garden / Siouxsie & The Banshees

I only remembered the chorus of this but I actually looked at the lyrics for this the other day:

Junk floats on polluted water
An old custom to sell your daughter
Would you like number 23?

Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise
A race of bodies small in size
Chicken chow mein and chop suey

WTF? It is supposedly anti-racist but, er, yeah.
posted by ninebelow at 7:29 AM on February 19, 2009

A boombox is not a toy
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 7:42 AM on February 19, 2009

The video was made by a friend of mine in the Yale design MFA program as an assignment. He wants me to let you all know that after the first month of dancing he acquired more pants. He appreciates the comments about his kitten shirt. It did in fact take him 100 days.
posted by pantsonsteven at 7:59 AM on February 19, 2009 [2 favorites]

na nana nana nananana nana nana na....

I like this one. (It takes a while to get started.)
posted by hapticactionnetwork at 8:58 AM on February 19, 2009

THIS IS AMAZING!!! love trach 8, 12, 13 and 64!!! :)
posted by angel29 at 9:51 AM on March 11, 2009