Best New Songs

Partner Dancer said:
I come across quite a few people who dislike/hate country music/dancing, but it's
not clear to me if it's because they inherently don't like the music (which spans
many decades and differs widely) or don't care for the genre because they don't
know how to dance/move to it. Music and dancing are usually acquired tastes.

I'm curious how many dancers really don't like (CW2S) songs like this...

Swinging Door - Eden's Edge - 2011

as opposed to a lot of the older (hokey) stuff from decades ago. BTW,
many CW2S songs, such as above, work well/OK for QS also.

Although QS has been my favorite travelling social dance for a long time (because it
"forces" dancers to "use less effort" by maintaining momentum, but not revolve
continuously [and get dizzy and tired] as in VW), there just aren't many dancers
these days that can do/understand decent swinging body flight. CW2S offers
decent (vertical, non-swinging) body flight when some ballroom technique is
infused and dancers can get acclimated much faster because of the simpler
and physically-intuitive motion(s). It's the dance where one learns the need/power
of wind-up and to refine tuning for reducing over/under shoot.

Before I took up Ballroom, I had little interest in Sinatra. But as the dancing
improved, especially when the appreciation of easy swinging motion (which is
really not technically "swinging") and body flight kicked in, Sinatra and FT became
sweet as honey.

I suspect most Ballroom dancers would enjoy country given enough exposure,
especially since W, Cha, and ECS are already part of the deal.
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I love country music and always wondered why others didn't like it. True, some of it is terrible, including those decades you mentioned, but most of it is so great, and really makes you want to dance. JMO
 
Jeravae said:
I love country music and always wondered why others didn't like it. True, some of it is terrible, including those decades you mentioned, but most of it is so great, and really makes you want to dance. JMO
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Around my area and in the events (that have country dance stuff) I've
attended, the dance music is really just a small slice of all the country
music out there (on the radio, etc.). It's only the "danceable" songs
that have tune and flow that suit the trained dance movements (with
lots of room for ad-lib) that get played. So, perhaps the likes and
dislikes are more based on different segments of the big pie, as well
as the ears of the DJs in geographic region.
 
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Old style rap, reincarnated.
Cha Cha , West Coast Swing, Hustle...

24K Magic - Bruno Mars - 2016

The top 15 of the current Top 40 list all seem to have a
similar style/sound, but this one stands separate.
 
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This makes a lovely
2015
rumba
Run Away With Me
Lauren Cole
(cover of a Carly Ray Jepson son)


someone tried - and i super appreciate that, but it just needs a but of tweaking:
2015
Rumba
Run Away With You
 
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Cha Cha, Hustle, West Coast Swing

Burn It Up - Janet Jackson, Missy Elliot - 2015

I like a lot of the dancing in this one...
Janet Jackson Burn It Up
 
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Le Bouf Remix
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
West Coast Swing.
2016

I really like this remix!

 
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