Awful Music

hereKittyKitty

hereKittyKitty

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I was just listening to a new standard compilation and they had a rendition of Hotel California as a foxtrot-I was skeptical but thought-Hey I'll give it a listen...maybe its alright..... I'm bleeding from the ears now! Its terrible. I know its a matter of personal taste. Its not that I liked the original version of that song either. Has anyone else had this experience lately?
 
several times. And, unfortunately, there's a ballroom dj who does several comps in my area who plays the same kind of stuff as that.

What do you do when the music is just. simply. awful?
 
okay, I gotta' admit, the "I Dream of Jeannie" samba and the "Tea for Two" cha-cha make me wanna hurl....(that wasn't very lady like of me, was it?)
 
I can't believe there's anything worse than the Titanic song as a paso. But the most annoying song to me is that foxtrot about the pants being too long. She could have hemmed them in the time it took her to write a song and sing it.
 
hereKittyKitty said:
I was just listening to a new standard compilation and they had a rendition of Hotel California as a foxtrot-I was skeptical but thought-Hey I'll give it a listen...maybe its alright..... I'm bleeding from the ears now! Its terrible. I know its a matter of personal taste. Its not that I liked the original version of that song either. Has anyone else had this experience lately?
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Isn't that the chronic complaint on DF every time somebody turns on an episode of Dancing With the Stars?
 
there's a song by Swop that's wonderful for foxtrot...xept the lyrics are about a guy whose cat died a few weeks ago, and that there must a cat dying somewhere every day.

the song reminds me of ketchup on filet mignon..."you're ruining it!" :)

thank goodness the song has another "re-sing" version without such silliness.
 
wooh said:
I can't believe there's anything worse than the Titanic song as a paso.
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See, I love "My Heart Will Go On" as a paso for the irony. Played straight it's SO schlocky and syrupy and just plain trite, while it's impossible to paso to it without laughing. Also, as I think someone mentioned on another music thread, that particular paso is almost impossible to mis-count.
 
DL said:
Isn't that the chronic complaint on DF every time somebody turns on an episode of Dancing With the Stars?
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Sure, but I expect this from Dancing With the Stars. Heck, I even expect to hear a few songs I dislike on any CD but it seems they've gotten worse!
 
danceronice said:
See, I love "My Heart Will Go On" as a paso for the irony. Played straight it's SO schlocky and syrupy and just plain trite, while it's impossible to paso to it without laughing.
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for similar reasons, I even appreciate the cheeze & schlock of dream of Jeannie and tea for two. 60s cheezeball can work great with Latin. sometimes. :)
 
latingal said:
okay, I gotta' admit, the "I Dream of Jeannie" samba and the "Tea for Two" cha-cha make me wanna hurl....(that wasn't very lady like of me, was it?)
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Are you kidding? I absolutely LOVE the I Dream of Jeannie samba! Franco & Oxana did a show dance to it once, World Dance Gala 2010. Love love love it!

There's this cover of Enrique Iglesias' Bailamos on a Prandi Sound CD I have. Prandi Sound - International Samba. Terrible, terrible.
 
I've heard some pretty awful techno music. I ditto the DWTS bit. I understand it's probably for publicity purposes, but come on. Would it kill to play a traditional tango or paso once in a while?
 
A song like "Sway" is a very beautiful song. And songs like that tend to get covered a lot. And there are quite a couple of TERRIBLE covers I have heard.

latingal said:
LOL...have you ever had to dance to it at a comp? it's so schloky I just can't take it seriously...
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I'd be glad if I heard it at a competition. But I don't compete, so...have you?
 
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