Come on and do the [blank]
November 29, 2017 11:06 PM Subscribe
Well they do all 16 dances - So you're stumped on your next song. Here's a tried and true method to overcome that writers block!
1) Make up the name of a dance move. 2) Make up the dance move. 3) Congratulations, your song is about doing the dance move (preferably with instructions.) Now go! Just be careful out there. [all links to youtube]
1) Make up the name of a dance move. 2) Make up the dance move. 3) Congratulations, your song is about doing the dance move (preferably with instructions.) Now go! Just be careful out there. [all links to youtube]
This post is sadly incomplete without The Time Warp. (And you know Rocky Horror's lyricist used exactly this method)
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:25 PM on November 29, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:25 PM on November 29, 2017 [2 favorites]
Excuse me, I have to take a quick trip to The Land of 1000 Dances... (naaa na na na naaa)
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:54 PM on November 29, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:54 PM on November 29, 2017 [2 favorites]
Open the door, get on the floor!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:20 AM on November 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:20 AM on November 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:27 AM on November 30, 2017
Shift your arm then you pull it back
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:27 AM on November 30, 2017
It's time to do 'em RIGHT!
What’d you say? I’m just askin’.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:47 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
What’d you say? I’m just askin’.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:47 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
SHAKE!
posted by Meatbomb at 1:35 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Meatbomb at 1:35 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
It's safe. yt
yes, I went there
So, you mosh then? Pogo?
(Since that's what that is all about...)
posted by Samizdata at 2:34 AM on November 30, 2017
yes, I went there
So, you mosh then? Pogo?
(Since that's what that is all about...)
posted by Samizdata at 2:34 AM on November 30, 2017
Do The Crusher, you turkey-necks!
RAAAAAIID!
posted by rodlymight at 3:57 AM on November 30, 2017 [4 favorites]
RAAAAAIID!
posted by rodlymight at 3:57 AM on November 30, 2017 [4 favorites]
My name is Humpty, pronounced with an "umpty"....
Ain't nothing wrong, if you
Want to do the butt all night long
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:23 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
Ain't nothing wrong, if you
Want to do the butt all night long
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:23 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm still waiting on instructions for the Hustle.
posted by MrVisible at 4:39 AM on November 30, 2017
posted by MrVisible at 4:39 AM on November 30, 2017
The instructions are actually coded in the flute melody, which is why everybody in the supermarket starts whistling it as soon as it comes on.
posted by uncleozzy at 4:50 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by uncleozzy at 4:50 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
I don't know if this fits here or not, but you're getting it any way. https://youtu.be/V18hFV_amVQ
When I lived in the UK in late 80's, this was everywhere. When I got back to the US, it was played in every after hour gay club coast to coast. My god, did I get sick of it!
posted by james33 at 4:52 AM on November 30, 2017
When I lived in the UK in late 80's, this was everywhere. When I got back to the US, it was played in every after hour gay club coast to coast. My god, did I get sick of it!
posted by james33 at 4:52 AM on November 30, 2017
We saw the B-52s some time in the 90s (edit: it was 8/12/89 at the Citi Club in Boston) and Fred added a 17th dance - the Picture Frame. My wife and I literally looked at each other and both said "THAT'S a new one!!"
posted by yhbc at 5:40 AM on November 30, 2017
posted by yhbc at 5:40 AM on November 30, 2017
Do you know how to Pony
Like Boney Maroney?
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 5:42 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
Like Boney Maroney?
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 5:42 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm still waiting on instructions for the Hustle.
The flute solo is the instructions.
If that isn't clear enough, I'm not sure what else I can do for you.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 5:46 AM on November 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
The flute solo is the instructions.
If that isn't clear enough, I'm not sure what else I can do for you.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 5:46 AM on November 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
Do the twist
Do the fly
Do the swim
Do the bird
Do the duck
Do the monkey
Hey hey, Watusi
Now what about the frug
Do the mashed potata
What about the boogaloo
Ah the Bony Moroney
Come on and do the twist
posted by flabdablet at 5:52 AM on November 30, 2017 [5 favorites]
Do the fly
Do the swim
Do the bird
Do the duck
Do the monkey
Hey hey, Watusi
Now what about the frug
Do the mashed potata
What about the boogaloo
Ah the Bony Moroney
Come on and do the twist
posted by flabdablet at 5:52 AM on November 30, 2017 [5 favorites]
Coming to you from the city of Chicago:
Kemo Step to the Right! Kemo Step to the Left! Now why you mad?
posted by crazy_yeti at 7:52 AM on November 30, 2017
Kemo Step to the Right! Kemo Step to the Left! Now why you mad?
posted by crazy_yeti at 7:52 AM on November 30, 2017
Somewhere out there at a crowded nightclub, a someone sits alone, bewildered by the noise and the flashing lights. They're not a nightclub-person by nature; they're a biologist and their normal life is lived at a quiet, intent, small scale. Their passions are precise and perfect and wondrous, not this dull flailing of arms and legs and bodies around them. Then, as a new beat begins, across the room, a motion, a flash, unlike any other catches their eye, an electrifying signal of familiarity--- as the shy little lab tech they've never noticed before throws them a wink and a double wave, and begins the dance....
posted by The otter lady at 8:00 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by The otter lady at 8:00 AM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
Just like everybody heard, all you need to do's the [word].
posted by progosk at 9:02 AM on November 30, 2017
posted by progosk at 9:02 AM on November 30, 2017
It's not specifically called out as a dance per se, but Do the Bearcat anyway.
posted by CynicalKnight at 11:45 AM on November 30, 2017
posted by CynicalKnight at 11:45 AM on November 30, 2017
"while the other kids were rockin' round the clock, we were hoppin' and boppin' to the crocodile rock"
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:04 PM on November 30, 2017
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:04 PM on November 30, 2017
We saw the B-52s some time in the 90s (edit: it was 8/12/89 at the Citi Club in Boston) and Fred added a 17th dance - the Picture Frame. My wife and I literally looked at each other and both said "THAT'S a new one!!"
I have never seen them live and I regret that more all the time (though I suppose I may get another chance). A few days ago “Roam” came up on shuffle and I was suudenly struck by how I think of “Rock Lobster” and “Planet Claire” and, yes, “Dance This Mess Around” as classic-era songs while the big songs off Cosmic Thing (to wit, “Roam” and “Love Shack”) as recent even though the gap from old to new is about a decade and it has been 29 years since the newer songs were recorded.
I should just sit in my rocking chair and whittle.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:02 PM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
I have never seen them live and I regret that more all the time (though I suppose I may get another chance). A few days ago “Roam” came up on shuffle and I was suudenly struck by how I think of “Rock Lobster” and “Planet Claire” and, yes, “Dance This Mess Around” as classic-era songs while the big songs off Cosmic Thing (to wit, “Roam” and “Love Shack”) as recent even though the gap from old to new is about a decade and it has been 29 years since the newer songs were recorded.
I should just sit in my rocking chair and whittle.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:02 PM on November 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
« Older Wolverman? Spiderine? | breaking rules, not ice Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by equalpants at 11:21 PM on November 29, 2017 [4 favorites]