Do you dance to the beat or the music?

[Emma]

Originally posted by xSalsa_Angelx
Im sure you would craig but would you get many offers to dance to with this song or would it be with your own shadow..??

I'd dance to it as well... Gadget - next time I'm in Scotland, I'll bring the CD!!

[Chris]

Originally posted by DavidB
I'd love to dance to them, but I suspect I might have the floor to myself. 'All The Things She Said' is 90 bpm, and 'Where Is The Love' is 94 bpm. (As a comparison, Wade In The Water is 114bpm). I'm interested where the non 8-count bits are in 'Where Is The Love' - maybe I have the wrong version?
David

If you know the bpms you probably know the song (Black Eyed Peas) better than me but I was thinking of the main charts version, not a remix. Maybe I don't describe the sections that well - but there seems a strong difference between the flowing 'regular beat' sections / chorus (which suggest to me lovely flowing movements) and the 'rap' sections (which suggest a switch to something much more funky). Probably the same bpm but a big difference in the music. Maybe a faster song with similar contrasts would have been a better example. There again, you might fit four 'beats' quite easily into a single 'beat' on 'All the Things She Said' (as the lyrical emphasis does) with small stylish moves . . .

Pleased to know someone else would like to dance to those tracks anyway - maybe someone can weave it into the original topic better than I can!

[Dave Hancock]

Originally posted by Chris
OK - well how many people would dance to "All the Things She Said" or the current No.1 by Black Eyed Peas? Would there be enough people to warrant DJs playing them? Taking Black Eyed Peas, are you going to stick to ceroc moves for the sections that go away from a regular eight beat?

I'd love to attempt to dance to this track, one of my fav's at the mo, though I might not stick to strict Ceroc moves, although you could always just ham up your moves to suit the music if you wanted.

[thewacko]

Originally posted by Gadget
But sometimes I only eat milk chocolate, and sometimes I eat both... it depends on the chocolate. {Although I'm not too keen on white chocolate, so perhaps the anology is not 100% accurate }

BTW SA: I would dance to "the darkness".

POINT 1. Ithought you lot only ate deep fried Mars Bars

POINT 2. on a tuesday at Greenwich we all dance to "the darkness". As Emma "the darkness" is the DJ there

[Lounge Lizard]

Originally posted by Chris
OK - well how many people would dance to "All the Things She Said" or the current No.1 by Black Eyed Peas? Would there be enough people to warrant DJs playing them? Taking Black Eyed Peas, are you going to stick to ceroc moves for the sections that go away from a regular eight beat?

I have played this at Hastings at then end of the night, not mainstream MJ music but good for blues style dancing
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[Chris]

Originally posted by thewacko
thought you lot only ate deep fried Mars Bars

Actually, no. Deep fried Bounty Bars are much nicer IMO - bigger contrast of flavours.

[Emma]

Originally posted by thewacko
POINT 2. on a tuesday at Greenwich we all dance to "the darkness". As Emma "the darkness" is the DJ there

Luckily I have now figured out which light switches to use, so you don't have to dance *in* "the darkness" Though Phil..I am always open to bribery, hun....*evil grin*

[Gadget]

Originally posted by thewacko
POINT 1. I thought you lot only ate deep fried Mars Bars

"only" ?? Chocolate is chocolate - why limit yourself? (and deep frying extends to pizas, banananas, pies, ...)

POINT 2. on a tuesday at Greenwich we all dance to "the darkness". As Emma "the darkness" is the DJ there

actually listened to it a bit closer - the "rap" areas would be challenging , but the chorus and female vocals have the standard beat.

[Chris]

Originally posted by Gadget
"only" ?? Chocolate is chocolate - why limit yourself? (and deep frying extends to pizas, banananas, pies, ...)

I never limit myself, but the chippie round the corner said he'd fry anything (indicating the range of sweets). So I asked for smarties and he said no.

posted by Gadget steering it gently back on topic
actually listened to it a bit closer - the "rap" areas would be challenging , but the chorus and female vocals have the standard beat.

Yeah - that's what I meant I suppose - there's quite a lot of great stuff that fits well with 'Blues' principles of free musical interpretation, but without being classic bluesy-smoochy-lets-get-close-n-cuddly songs. Madonna's 'Die Another Day' and the great new Kylie song spring to mind.

Linking with other threads, Roger C does an excellent 'Romancing the Blues' workshop that gave me the key to breaking moves down into component parts (a big step for most blues dancers at the stage of trying to get away from set moves). Amir also has a workshop advertised for next month: 'How to Modern Jive, Perform and Choreograph to Any Music' which sounds like it might take similar elements perhaps in a more technical way (and more specifically applicable to Ceroc).