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Venetia King

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:45:16 +1200

What’s the music like?
I've only got the Wellington one to go on, they seem to have a different person in charge of playlisting it each time so it does vary. But they post their playlists on their Facebook page after the events – below is the one for the…

Sacha

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 21:27:29 +1200

a bit stern about talking on the dancefloor

conversing leads to bad things

Rich of Observationz

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:12:20 +1200

Intermusicality is pretty prevalent, and often it's unintentional as in these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbrMAZbFpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q29YR5-t3gg

Russell Brown

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:45:52 +1200

I’m pretty self conscious about dancing but last week a friend persuaded me to try a local No Lights No Lycra night – an hour of dancing in the near-dark in comfy clothes with a bunch of strangers. It was great, I reckon I’ll be back. If I get around…

Venetia King

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:23:07 +1200

So late to this, but felt the need to respond after all the 'yes, that!' moments I had about the clips people posted.

I'm pretty self conscious about dancing but last week a friend persuaded me to try a local No Lights No Lycra night – an hour of dancing…

Jason Kemp

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:35:51 +1200

What a wonderful thread. I believe there is a famous quote somewhere like this "Talking / writing about music is like dancing about architecture" sometimes credited to Elvis Costello but you get the idea.

Thanks for all the great music clips in here. One of my fave ever dance scenes…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:19:01 +1200

Chorus Echo...
Not a copy claims Audi,
with backing of Graeme Downes
Well, he would, wouldn't he....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeuy8PD0bFM
Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLz4GL-T6SU
Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine

Russell Brown

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:23:10 +1200

What I was kneading my pizza dough this afternoon, Dub Syndicate's 'Mafia' was playing. It seemed to offer the perfect rhythm for the job:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4BXiyrWmWU

The pizza came out bloody wonderfully. Coincidence? I think not.

Russell Brown

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:17:56 +1200

because the Pet Shop Boys have started pumping out honest-to-god bangers

Yay! I'd totally dance to that!

Lilith __

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 18:39:16 +1200

it is key to yell out “shake your body like a horny pony would!” at the appropriate moment.

Sacha

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:05:39 +1200

Not a copy claims Audi, with backing of Graeme Downes. Cheeky pricks.

Barnaby Nicholls

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:55:49 +1200

Glorious, thank you. Seems to be just like posting on Facebook, which I doubted was the case.

Danielle

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:04:25 +1200

I don’t think a danceable thread is complete without some Prince.

My favourite Prince song to dance to is "Alphabet St". But only the long version, because it is key to yell out "shake your body like a horny pony would!" at the appropriate moment.

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:08:21 +1200

Audi oh! culture?
I finally had a look at that Audi / Land of Plenty ad appropriation...
I note the Audi ad also copies many of the key shots in the Pauly Fuemana clip – it would appear (implicit by their own admission) that the brief from the outset, was…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 12:17:58 +1200

Barnaby,
Just copy
and paste the YouTube or Vimeo url
Like this (but with no gap after the http:
– introduced to fool the machine!)
http: //www.youtube.com/embed/qNR8gQAoYCs

results in:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qNR8gQAoYCs

hmmm, links but doesn’t drop in
– that must have come from an embedded clip somewhere maybe?
if you copy…

Barnaby Nicholls

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 12:09:12 +1200

How the hang do you embed clips in a post? I'm new, and I really hope this works, because the Pet Shop Boys have started pumping out honest-to-god bangers

Ethan Tucker

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:10:23 +1200

Thanks for posting the California Soul remix – I'd not heard that track before. The 1969 original by Marlena Shaw is pretty snappy in its own right too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MMflNf-ocg

JacksonP

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:30:25 +1200

How about some Mantronix? The problem is, which mix? I went for quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH1893n2z0s

And some Herbie live. Spin on your head. Or something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN5ltss0NMA

Matthew Littlewood

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:09:53 +1200

I love dancing. If the choice is, "We could go home and have sex, or stay here and keep dancing,"... I'm going to trying really hard not to answer that question.

Assuming the person in question has some form of music-playing device at their abode, then surely the answer to…

Bevan

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:00:14 +1200

Back when they were Philly soul in the mid-70s, before the disco explosion, Sister Sledge did tunes like this:
Circle Of Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQFUsxqJhc

Also, I once worked as a dancing polar bear at a nightclub in Austria ...

BenWilson

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 09:16:32 +1200

I do like to dance, but it's all a bit wild and moves all over the place. My inspiration, little sis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw1Zt_-OrhQ&list=UUzZKJfOn4A9onC8hj4fNjkA

Nora Leggs

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 08:55:42 +1200

and to start up any Saturday morning – a pinch of Bootzilla

JacksonP

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 07:50:55 +1200

Of course when I started dancing, it was to this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYjbeOsZcY4

Just found the whole Dance Craze movie on YouTube. Sweet, albeit low-ish quality.

And these guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cup2GSu3kR8

Richard Stewart

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:20:39 +1200

This Elvis remix always gets me movin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS5JqAJUk5c

Craig Ranapia

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 01:37:29 +1200

My dance phobia wasn’t helped by two years at drama school where I endured classes in tap, jazz, ballroom, renaissance, free movement (creative writhing) and super-aerobics with Michael Parmenter every morning for a year. The horror.

Hah... so it's not just me. I was a hideously unco child, so I…

nzlemming

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 01:15:17 +1200

I sooo sympathise, Simon.

Peter Darlington

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 00:30:05 +1200

One of my favs from Scuba about 18 months ago. Proper deep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-HGrVZqeA

Wil Maddams from about a year ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2QFgdZbi0I

...and if you got the Garage nostalgia. Hackney Parrot from earlier this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiVe8qePd3Y

Joe Wylie

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:58:24 +1200

Some Scritti.
Thanks for the memory jog, delightful. Here's my fave, from around a year earlier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMv_sftCSnE

Lilith __

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:43:43 +1200

Jai Paul – Jasmine

I like that a lot.

Lilith __

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:39:40 +1200

I don't think a danceable thread is complete without some Prince.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0K4cieh9Y

Simon Bennett

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 22:47:10 +1200

Adore music, but sadly have always hated dancing with an intensity bordering on neurosis. Way too physically self-conscious I guess. Sad, because I love watching dance, and envy people who can just commit to the music and move.

My dance phobia wasn't helped by two years at drama school where…

Hugh Good

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 21:37:17 +1200

This has probably been around for a bit, but it's been making me nod my head for the last few days. Haven't heard it in a club, but the bass line would make it a banger. It's got a kind of 90s video game chord intro to it

Jai Paul…

JacksonP

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 21:29:01 +1200

Could hardly not join in on this. And Danielle, so great to have you and a few others here dancing in our garage. We should do that again.

Fatback Band – Spread Love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uenlDjazDo

I probably came to prefer this to Blue Monday for dancing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEBuqkkQRk

Some Scritti.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIb53kn9fC4

And…

Sacha

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:37:08 +1200

Love dancing

Sacha

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:25:25 +1200

Other guaranteed party-starters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etviGf1uWlg

andin

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:42:28 +1200

Hope you guys have your 'puter connected to yer "stereo"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ip8OsExLJs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEINSBsbeo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXNOL40WxVg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrle0x_DHBM

And theres always Micheal, pity he was was a pedophile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J881QNZfI7Q

Kebabette

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:06:12 +1200

oh man man I love you guys. Young MC, Neneh Cherry ... amen. I am a dancer. I remember getting kicked out of Form 1 art class because I HAD to dance to Antmusic. I do love a good krump. was twerking while Miley was at kindy.

thegirlstefan

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:23:22 +1200

nice-I was just about to post this, or the one at the traffic lights

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:40:39 +1200

If we’re talking classics, and CJ Mackintosh:

Massive flashback on that remix. Haven't heard it in years!

Emma Hart

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:34:08 +1200

I recently told the story of my crappest date on Twitter, when we all went clubbing and my boyfriend spent the whole evening comforting his crying ex-girlfriend. With whom he was "secretly" still sleeping.

I felt kind of guilty about it, because actually I had a pretty great time that…

davesparks

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:27:08 +1200

If we're talking classics, and CJ Mackintosh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPMfjOoWVnk

That Stereo MCs, good times. : )

Bevan Shortridge

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:18:23 +1200

As Russell quoted Joss Whedon on dancing:

"I can't do the foxtrot or the running man. But there's something about movement that feels better than anything that isn't writing."

Here he combined both, as Numfar, in the series Angel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXjj0lNi48

Julian Melville

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:52:18 +1200

One of my favourite things about working at a stand-up desk most of the time is that I can dance around a bit more when the music is up loud. For the safety of others, I only do it in my home office...

Tom Beard

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:49:36 +1200

Stereo MCs, ‘Connected’.

THIS.

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:30:32 +1200

Other guaranteed party-starters.

Stereo MCs, ‘Connected’. Just has the best bass drop in the intro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVnPR6amHjA

Gwen Guthrie’s ‘Ain’t Nothing Goin’ On But the Rent’:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkO9us2ZmGg

The 1989 Dancin’ Danny D remix of Chaka Khan’s ‘’I’m Every Woman’:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7mzxzITJkY

samuel walker

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:31:14 +1200

I have been known to dance to the sound of a coffee-grinder.

Sometimes all it takes is a phone ringing or a kettle boiling...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxjsFCFJhX8

Farmer Green

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:22:45 +1200

Maybe this time-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p_Yw2T3YUI

samuel walker

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:21:00 +1200

At the risk of offending professional dancers... my credo is to dance to feel good, never look good. Never understood people who laugh at the funny dancers, they are probably having a better time than you!

On the other hand Leatherman in Thank God It's Friday has an approach that's…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:06:40 +1200

(Didn't he also write both of Tone Loc's hit songs? "Funky Cold Medina" and... the other one.)

Wild Thing. Yeah, he was quite the hit maker for a while. And the producers of all those did Paul's Boutique too. They had a genius way with samples that was unfortunately killed…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:04:09 +1200

Tyrion on Sesame Street – with a pastoral, sitar rock groove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkj4i-QjWrQ#t=79

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:02:01 +1200

Their mummy usually takes this as a signal to go out for a run.

Or, more concisely, to run.

Danielle

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:01:23 +1200

OMG, I forgot about “I Come Off”! I liked that one, back in the day. OK, a several-hit-wonder then. :)

(Didn’t he also write both of Tone Loc’s hit songs? “Funky Cold Medina” and… the other one. I know, I know, Google is my friend.)

nzlemming

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:53:20 +1200

I loved dancing as a teenager, but was probably the most uncoordinated lad ever. Theatre parties were great for letting it all hang out. I had to learn to waltz etc. for the stage, but that wasn't dancing to me, it was choreography. As I got older, and the M.E.…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:51:25 +1200

I like a good hiphop one-hit-wonder for some bopping around:

He had a few actually (I love the last one – bassline nicked from The Neville Brothers).

http://youtu.be/JNSAnwf-ebI
http://youtu.be/zE7fs2979Y4
http://youtu.be/cN-n8nlQnUc
http://youtu.be/r8srtQ7cDNE

Greg Wood

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:43:11 +1200

I have been known to dance to the sound of a coffee-grinder.

My Sunbeam Café Series coffeebeast makes a hideous rhythmic grinding pumping sound whenever it's pushing water or steam through anywhere. But once you figure out it's the dirtiest dubstep grunt this side of Mt Eden, just set the…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:38:45 +1200

Is that Zappa link working for anybody else?. Its weird. While I was posting the link kept redirecting to other youtube videos that others posted before me, now it just won't play. What gives eh?.

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:34:57 +1200

A few months ago my husband and I received an invitation to dinner based on our move-busting at a party.

I am not at all surprised. You guys got the moves.

Danielle

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:18:16 +1200

A few months ago my husband and I received an invitation to dinner based on our move-busting at a party. Apparently the exact words were "we need to invite them – the dancing couple". Our immense dorkiness is finally good for something! (It may also have helped that the other…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:13:12 +1200

Had to post this for the three people that have not heard the song . :-)
http://youtu.be/1p_Yw2T3YUI?t=10s
Not insinuating anything but I have seen Rusty dance…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:01:32 +1200

enjoyed a wee bit of solo rug cutting to this last night –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9An9-iBHmZA

almost too cool.

and I'm not so hot on coffee grinders, but the indicator light in the car has a certain snap to it when it finds the groove.

Tom Beard

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:56:42 +1200

Back when I used to drive, I once drove across the crest of the hill into the blazing sunset right as the build hit on that track. That was quite a magical moment.

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:45:54 +1200

Yep. It's a Mazzer :-)

peter mclennan

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:44:33 +1200

LOVE that Shannon tune, heres a few more....Let The Music Play (DUB), Give Me Tonight (DUB), My Heart's Divided (REMIX)

http://youtu.be/c3lfJ_rT0rc

Tom Beard

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:37:43 +1200

Yeah, forget cowbells: the secret to the dancefloor is MOAR 303!

Of course, there's always bluegrass AND techno...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR_EOKcEw1M

Martin Lindberg

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:27:20 +1200

I have been known to dance to the sound of a coffee-grinder.

If it's a Mazzer there's nothing wrong with that.

Evan Yates

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:25:49 +1200

My sister keeps her coffee grinder in a pantry cupboard to muffle the noise when it is running. If you open and close the door rhythmically you can get quite a good electronica beat going.
Try. Record. Post results. Offer a prize for most "liked" submission. :-)

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:24:56 +1200

I have been known to dance
to the sound of a coffee-grinder.
...that takes beans!

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:23:20 +1200

Oh cool! And intense.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:23:09 +1200

Whirling dervishes rejoice...
No need to Sufi in silence,
at last Richmond has an oasis in a desert of bad coffee & food – The Persian Kitchen (ex-Addington) has just re-opened post-quake, at 325 Stanmore Rd (where Henry Africa's used to be – entrance off Avalon St)
– and it tastes…

bob daktari

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:19:35 +1200

bluegrass and hardfloor (I love how they work that 303) – today is a good day

Tom Beard

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:09:13 +1200

I used to think that remixing Blue Monday was like giving the Taj Mahal a shiny new paint job: sacrilegious and pointless. But when I heard Hardfloor's version ... oh my lord, get me to a dancefloor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdea5JhGPfQ

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:07:21 +1200

Here is Denis Lavant dancing by himself to Rhythm of the Night:

I have been known to dance to the sound of a coffee-grinder.

Martin Lindberg

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:04:38 +1200

Any definition of "dancing fool" needs to include the final scene in Claire Denis' film Beau Travail.

Here is Denis Lavant dancing by himself to Rhythm of the Night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKDWk3dgjDs

Dan Horne

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:56:03 +1200

My epiphany came watching the high school reunion in Grosse Pointe Blank. No one had progressed beyond their 80s moves. I remember thinking "Oh ... My .. God ... that's how I still dance." I've never been on the floor since.

Since then, I've seen the Eddie Murphy stand-up routine…

Richard Stewart

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:51:34 +1200

Dancing for me requires a state of mind that can't be turned on at a whim. Although there are certainly certain 'social lubricants' known to assist...
I found this clip from the early 60's and couldn't help thinking that you don't really see this any more – what looks to…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:49:02 +1200

"It's really all about me loving to dance..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHiqPG0526U

Nora Leggs

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:35:58 +1200

With you there Russell. I'm a compulsive dancer. Though (with great difficulty) I do manage to restrain myself in the vege shop where the radio always seems to be playing "Don't stop till you get enough".

bob daktari

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:35:42 +1200

oh cool cheers for the zip file!

I like dance music and all things associated with that... but I rarely dance... I'm a foot tapper head mover but not a let it all out kinda guy (repressed white guy styles)

Today I've been desk sitting (dancing in my world) to…

Public Address

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:35:42 +1200

Discussion from blog post.