Dancing with the Stars - Soundtrack

[Porfirio Landeros]

Previous Dancing With the Stars Discussions
Preshow and Week 1 Discussion (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9152)
Week 1 Poll (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9845)
Week 2 Discussion (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9909)
Week 2 Poll (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9927)
Week 3 (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=10023)
Week 4 (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=10123)
Week 5 (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=10219)
Finale (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=10312)

Soundtrack (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9893t=10122)
Judges & Contestants (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9928)
In the News (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=10054)
Music (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=10036)
Sold Out (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9883)
Free Tickets (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9233)



Hey All, I thought it might be cool to create a compilation of the season's songs for a soundtrack, since you can find this music at various legal sources as performed by the original artists.

Week 1:

Cha Cha
Respect - Aretha Franklin
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Crazy in Love - Beyonce

Waltz
Come Away with Me - Nora Jones
Three Times a Lady - Lionel Richie / Commodores
I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston

[flyingwolf]

Hey All, I thought it might be cool to create a compilation of the season's songs for a soundtrack, since you can find this music at various legal sources as performed by the original artists.

Week 1:

Cha Cha
Respect - Aretha Franklin
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Crazy in Love - Beyonce

Waltz
Come Away with Me - Nora Jones
Three Times a Lady - Lionel Richie / Commodores
I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston

It will be really hard to dance to some of those 'original' ones, since they were not arranged for dancing...

[Porfirio Landeros]

It will be really hard to dance to some of those 'original' ones, since they were not arranged for dancing...At least 4 out of 6 of those I could dance to out-of-the-box. The only two I would question are Beyonce's, which technically is still a good/funky cha-cha, but the hardest one would be Whitney's, as it is more a Viennese tempo. Some pitch adjusting would be all that is necessary.

[DancingMommy]

I like this idea.... Maybe ABC will packagese in a spiffy box and try to sell it to us? ::ducks::

[flyingwolf]

I like this idea.... Maybe ABC will packagese in a spiffy box and try to sell it to us? ::ducks::
I wouldn't be suprised. I have the album from the first season of BBC's 'Strictly Come Dancing'

[pygmalion]

The ABC version would probably be the TV version, and I have to say I'd strongly prefer music by the original artists. Yes, it's nice to have contemporary music for dancing, but the music on TV sounded a little elevator-ish to me. No offense to the people who said they liked it. At least it is contemporary music. I just think the original artists' songs have more ... spice.

[Medira]

The ABC version would probably be the TV version, and I have to say I'd strongly prefer music by the original artists. Yes, it's nice to have contemporary music for dancing, but the music on TV sounded a little elevator-ish to me. No offense to the people who said they liked it. At least it is contemporary music. I just think the original artists' songs have more ... spice.
I agree with this. I think the originals are far better than the TV version. I think it was a good idea to go with more contemporary music for the show, simply because it would appleal to a wider variety of people...and, let's face it, the network wants it to appeal to the mass market.

[pygmalion]

I guess I should also say that, if there is a soundtrack, I will buy it to support the cause, elevator music or no. 8)

[leftfeetnyc]

Week 1:
Cha Cha
Respect - Aretha Franklin
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Crazy in Love - Beyonce

Waltz
Come Away with Me - Nora Jones
Three Times a Lady - Lionel Richie / Commodores
I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston

I watched clips of the show, and with 4 out of the six songs thought "why are they dancing that, the song is a West Coast"

[pygmalion]

To a WCS dancer, almost everything in 4/4 is a West Coast. :P :lol: :lol:

[leftfeetnyc]

Yea, that and I head the first four songs listed all the time at dances and events. And I really don't like Crazy in Love. But I LOVE September.

[mamboqueen]

I LOVE September, too, but hate to see a great song like that get hacked so badly. Sorry, I guess I'm a purist; and nobody does it quite like EW&F!

[leftfeetnyc]

Very true, somethings should not be touched.

Strange versions of September are wrong. Not as wrong as Kenny G dubbing over Louis Armstrong (Wonderful World), but still very wrong.

[Ashley]

flyingwolf--where did you buy your soundtrack to the BBC's show? I live in the US, so if it's from a local shop, I won't be able to buy it there. ;)

[Porfirio Landeros]

Week 1:

Cha Cha
Respect - Aretha Franklin
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Crazy in Love - Beyonce

Waltz
Come Away with Me - Nora Jones
Three Times a Lady - Lionel Richie / Commodores
I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston
Week 2:

Rumba
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
Endless Love - Lionel Richie / Diana Ross
Hero - Enrique Iglesias

Quickstep
You're The One That I Want - Grease Soundtrack, John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John
Let's Face the Music And Dance - Fred Astaire (Various Others)
It Don't Mean a Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing) - Tommy Burgos and His Swing Shift Orchestra (Various Others)

[Joe]

To a WCS dancer, almost everything in any time signature is a West Coast. :P :lol: :lol:
FTFY. ;)

[pygmalion]

ROTFL! True. True. :lol: :lol:

[Medira]

I haven't been overly impressed with the house band, but I would probably buy a show soundtrack if it's released, simply to support the show. Hearing a non-Earth, Wind and Fire version of September was just wrong though! *sigh*

[leftfeetnyc]

To a WCS dancer, almost everything in any time signature is a West Coast. :P :lol: :lol:
FTFY. ;)

Only because it's the best dance ever! :rocker:

Now that's what they should have on TV, some WCS. It would be much more appealing and tons of guys would come out to learn it after the show. I mean, hello, boobie tops on the girls. Westies know how to dress... :raisebro:

[Porfirio Landeros]

I haven't been overly impressed with the house band, but I would probably buy a show soundtrack if it's released, simply to support the show. Hearing a non-Earth, Wind and Fire version of September was just wrong though! *sigh*All that was missing was the Disneyland "Key-Tar".

[pygmalion]

I haven't been overly impressed with the house band, but I would probably buy a show soundtrack if it's released, simply to support the show. Hearing a non-Earth, Wind and Fire version of September was just wrong though! *sigh*

Especially since the original is very danceable. :?

[dancersdreamland]

Hmmm...

I would like to point out I first tried to begin a discussion of the DWTS Soundtrack in the original message board after the first show. Where's the love, people, where's the love? 8)

[pygmalion]

Where's the love, y'all? (Gotta find my Black Eyed Peas CD. I'm dying to sing/rap along with that song. :lol: :lol:)

[leftfeetnyc]

y'all just set me up with WCS songs here...I'm requesting that one tonight!

[Medira]

I haven't been overly impressed with the house band, but I would probably buy a show soundtrack if it's released, simply to support the show. Hearing a non-Earth, Wind and Fire version of September was just wrong though! *sigh*

Especially since the original is very danceable. :?Hustle all the way baby!

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[smoozer]

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ROTFLMAO

[desidirata]

In Australia our version of Dancing With The Stars sounds very similar to yours and when they released a sountrack at the end of series one it was all the originals to the songs they did a cover of on the show, but at the end of series two they had the songs that the band did on the C.D instead

[pygmalion]

Oh. Okay. I wonder why they used canned music on the show, but originals on the CD. :? Glad to hear it, though. Originals are the way to go, IMO. 8)

[dancersdreamland]

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