Favorite Cheesy Dance Tunes

[pygmalion]

Okay, so not all music is great dance music. But, for whatever reason, nostalgia, or something, we love it anyway. I have a lot of songs like that. Soundtrack of my life music, that if I were hear it for the first time today, I wouldn't even listen. But because it goes with a certain time of my life, it will always be great ... to me.

Do you know any songs like that? Truly cheesy, but fun anyway, just because? What are your favorite cheesy dance tunes?

Mine? Anything by Earth, Wind and Fire. You had to be there. LOL.

[Spitfire]

Tom Lehrer's Masochism Tango

How about that raunchy little number known as The Rodeo song. Anyone know which one I'm referring to?

[NeoDevin]

Just downloaded "Masochism Tango", hilarious :lol: :lol:

"The Rodeo Song" is good, but don't know that it'd be as much fun to dance to as the first one.

[jdavidb]

Hollywood Swingin' by Kool and the Gang, You Dropped a Bomb On Me by The Gap Band. These aren't actually cheesy though since they're just fun funk. The bass lines of these songs are the most fun to play too as far as non-chops bass lines go. I replace the synth with bass guitar in the Bomb. Another one like that is Electric Avenue, Eddy Grant. I love funk from serious grooves to silly stuff to hard shredder funk.

I'd like to see a dance number done on stage to Edgar Winter Group's song, Frankenstein.

[pygmalion]

I like the old stuff by George Clinton, et al. Some serious funk! :wink: 8)

[etchuck]

Electric Avenue is a WCS in my playlist. I don't have enough funk, but I'd probably WCS most of them.

The Roxanne tango from Moulin Rouge... at some point someone (I hope Casaphon) will do a strict-tempo version of that. That and the cellblock tango from Chicago.

[pygmalion]

Yes. I've seen a couple routines done to that Roxanne tango, and the issue was a lot of liberties with the timing. One routine was done by two dance pros who handled the non strict tempo very well. One was done by amateurs, who struggled with it.

[Christina75]

I watched American Dreams last night and they had a portrayal of The Lovin' Spoonful. I've had "Do You Believe In Magic" stuck in my head ever since. :D May have to do some chair dancing today.

Christina

[pygmalion]

Ha! A new dance discipline. Chair dancing! LOL. Gotta try that.

[etchuck]

Ha! A new dance discipline. Chair dancing! LOL. Gotta try that.

Now it would be a challenge if your partner were sitting in the chair... Isn't that part of rhythmic gymnastics or hip-hop already? :wink:

[etchuck]

Okay... I know the real point of this topic...

Most of the music I tend to have grown up with (back when I was younger those many days ago :) ), I think I was condemned to the "easy listening music" radio station because my parents didn't like any of the other popular music of the day. I mean "easy listening" as in the music you hear in elevators... completely undanceable. Other than that, I grew up with classical music (hence my enjoyment of waltz and polka), but it wasn't on 24-hours/7-days.

When I finally got the nerve to listen to popular music in my own room when studying for exams in school, some songs that I remember liking (which are only slow-danceable): "Sad Songs" by Billy Ocean, "It Might Be You" from the Tootsie soundtrack by Stephen Bishop, "On and On" by Stephen Bishop... yeah, not very revolutionary.

"Color My World" by Chicago remains the one song I remember from my prom. Yeah, I can do contra/Viennese waltz to it, but my date at the time (and I) didn't know how to do that.

Nowadays, one of my favorite artists is James Taylor (again, not that revolutionary am I), and a lot of those songs I can't really dance to them as well. "Mexico" would be a great cha-cha. One of the DJ's here did one JT song as a WCS, but it just doesn't feel right to me. "Shed a Little Light"... can't dance to it though it is one of my favorite songs.

In terms of life in graduate school (in the clubs), we loved YMCA (which I have found a samba version), "Shout" by the Isley Brothers (which one can do polka), Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners, Time Warp from Rocky Horror Picture Show, and ... argh... Will You Love Me/Let Me Sleep on It by Queen.

[learningtodancewell]

I remember that I loved that song (Hollywood Swingin by Kool and the Gang) back in 1973 or 1974.

I think I have only heard a piece of it since then.

I also bought the Clones of Dr. Funkenstein by George Clinton way back when. I don't remember the music very well as far as dance-ability.

There are so many happy, upbeat songs out there.

I am just getting started with dancing but I really want to find a song that I love that is happy and joyous and learn to dance (well) to it.

I notice that many experienced dancers seem to focus on the beat (1,2,3,4 or quick, quick, slow) rather than the song as a whole. I'm sure my focus will change as well.

[Vin]

There is a mixed spanish-english version of Fever, By La Lupe. It is really funny because she sings the english part really stressing her accent strongly, I love playing it for the die-hard swing dancers, they act as if a mortal crime is being committed.

[Spitfire]

A tune I mentioned in favorite dance tune threads before; After Dark by Tito and Tarantula for Rumba. They sound a lot like the Doors.

[salsachinita]

There is a mixed spanish-english version of Fever, By La Lupe. It is really funny because she sings the english part really stressing her accent strongly, I love playing it for the die-hard swing dancers, they act as if a mortal crime is being committed.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Same effect can be achieved by playing salsa versions of famous songs (ie. Beatles etc.)......!

[peachexploration]

DOUBLE DUTCH BUS
Frankie Smith

Give me a HO if you've got your funky bus fare…HO

There's a double dutch bus comin' down the street
Movin pretty fast
So kinda shuffle your feet
Get on the bus and pay your fare
And tell the driver that you're
Goin' to a Double Dutch Affair
Fe Fi Fo Fum
Well I'll be darn here it comes
The Double Dutch Bus is on the street
You'd better get off the curb
Move your feet :lol:

[pygmalion]

Ha! :lol: :lol:

Electric Avenue. Eddy Grant. I didn't like it all that much, but LOVED watching my nephews jam to it. Hilarious. :wink: :lol:

[peachexploration]

Ha! :lol: :lol:

Electric Avenue. Eddy Grant. I didn't like it all that much, but LOVED watching my nephews jam to it. Hilarious. :wink: :lol:

Oh funny. My nephews LOVED this song as well. In my neighborhood, all the little boys loved this song. I wondered what was up with that? It was like a little boy anthem or something. Really cute. :lol:

Other songs: Rod Stewart's "Do you think I'm sexy", B52's "Love Shack", Adam Ants "Goody Two Shoes" :lol:

[Vin]

There is a mixed spanish-english version of Fever, By La Lupe. It is really funny because she sings the english part really stressing her accent strongly, I love playing it for the die-hard swing dancers, they act as if a mortal crime is being committed.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Same effect can be achieved by playing salsa versions of famous songs (ie. Beatles etc.)......!
I can not stand those, it sacrilege, both to salsa and to the beatles.

[Spitfire]

Just downloaded "Masochism Tango", hilarious :lol: :lol:

"The Rodeo Song" is good, but don't know that it'd be as much fun to dance to as the first one.

Well, it's forty below and I dont give a - oops! this is not the Song Game thread. :mrgreen: :lol:

[pygmalion]

There is a mixed spanish-english version of Fever, By La Lupe. It is really funny because she sings the english part really stressing her accent strongly, I love playing it for the die-hard swing dancers, they act as if a mortal crime is being committed.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Same effect can be achieved by playing salsa versions of famous songs (ie. Beatles etc.)......!
I can not stand those, it sacrilege, both to salsa and to the beatles.

I thought that CD was pretty funny, but I can see why you say that. Pretty bad salsa/merengue, and pretty bad Beatles covers, if you ask me. Good for a laugh, though. At least I laughed. But I have a warped sense of humor. :oops: :lol:

[JohnK]

NeoDevin, where did you find "Machismo Tango" to download?

[jdavidb]

One that I rock out to sometimes is the tv theme to Banana Splits. What do you think?... WCS or Hustle?

[youngsta]

C&C Music Factory "Gonna make you sweat" and "Do you wanna get funky" Yeah...I said it! :lol:

[jon]

As to define "truly cheesy", but I like some of the parodies of popular songs, like many by the Capitol Steps (http://www.capsteps.com/) (try the "Fools on the Hill" album). I had a vision of sneaking Weird Al's "Achy Break Heart Song" into the mix at a country dance when it was popular, but just as well I didn't as it might have resulted in lynching.

Neo-folkie Christine Lavin has a couple of (somewhat) danceable, and (very) fun songs with a dance theme, "Sweet Irene the Disco Queen" and "Amoeba Hop".

[peachexploration]

It's peanut butter jelly time, peanut butter jelly time, peanut butter jelly time :banana: :banana:

[Chorus]
Where he at 4x
There he go 4x
Peanut butter jelly 4x
Do the peanut butter jelly, peanut butter jelly, peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat 2x
:banana: :banana:

:lol: :lol: