Who likes to dance to prog music?
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Topic: Who likes to dance to prog music?
Posted By: Raul
Subject: Who likes to dance to prog music?
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 09:16
| When I hear Close to the Edge or actually a lot of songs like Get 'Em Out By Friday, Song For Jeffrey, Bohemian Rhapsody, etc; I just feel like moving my body (This is not a joke, nor sarcasm). Does anybody else feel that? |
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 09:24
That reminds me of the first Fates Warning video I ever saw. They were
showing "crowd shots", and watching the fans attempt to headbang to odd
time signatures had me on the floor laughing! 
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Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 09:39
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Not me. ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Raul wrote:Posted By: the man machine
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 10:00
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yeah i was doing some kind of strange dance to sweetnighter by weather
report yesterday . although that could have been due to other influences. |
Posted By: jojim
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 10:32
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When I listen to the long version of "America" by YES then my body
revolves. I'm a dancing type of man and I can do it on every
interesting music. "Rock" means "dance". There is no difference to
Top10 titles. Prog_Rock even has much stronger ryhthmic elements than
other music. Is more syncopic. I do dance to GENESIS tracks ("Afterglow", "Dancing with the moon lit" and others), STEVE HACKETT (several), KING CRIMSON (tracks from "Discipline" and "Beat") and many many other groups. But if someone wants really to dance like hell I recommend two songs by HUMBLE PIE "Natural born boogie". That song grooves tremendously. And "Roosevelt and Ira Lee" by Tony Joe White. You go nuts - I promise. - But it's not prog. ------------- YES - Close to the edge / UK - UK / GENESIS - The lamb lies down / KING CRIMSON - Discipline / MIKE OLDFIELD - Tubular bells / JETHRO TULL - Aqualung / GENTLE GIANT - Three friends / TMO - IMF |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 10:34
| I try to avoid dancing, but I know what you mean. Idioteque by Radiohead must be the best dance song ever! |
Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 10:49
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i dance to prog all the time Aaron |
Posted By: Mr. Krinkle
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 10:50
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I find many prog songs suitable for dancing as well. Roundabout, for
example, has an amazing rythm and it wouldnt surprise me to see people
dancing at it. And indeed Jetrho tull has some songs that might make
you move, song for jeffrey is a good example, i'll say, fat man,
driving song too. I know one club that sometimes plays Money (PF) and
well people in general seem to enjoy dancing it. There are loads of
stereotypes and prejudices about wheather some style is danceable or
not, and well in my opinion they are crap. Prog can be danced!! 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 14:14
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Once tried to dance to Tom Sawyer by Rush! That didn't work... So, thats a big NO from me. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Rockin' Chair
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 14:18
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Often I move my hands like I was playin a drum, a guitar or a piano. ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 14:23
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Yep, that sounds like me. 'Air keyboards' are my speciality I often tap and drum on nearby objects too. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 14:23
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Rarely, dancing is something I do alone at 3 am. Yesterday I started to move to The Emperor in his War Room. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: AngleofRepose
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 14:26
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I'm into singing out and rocking about. Kind of dancing...
Although I did recently throw a party and come 2:00 or so forced everyone to danceto Roundabout. It was hard but many obliged me. (and that came on after our favorite (sarcastic) contemporary hip/hop and pop tunes) |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 14:35
| no dancing here, only air instruments. |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 14:54
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On the Special Features section of Spock's Beard DVD Don't Try this at Home, Neil Morse and his kids dance to Tarkus. It's hilarious. ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 15:06
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Anna does: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8602984169868756001&q=mars+volta+dance - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=860298416986875600 1&q=mars+volta+dance ------------- My recent purchases: 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 15:08
I dont dance but I used to play air bass along with DT and others. Now I actually have a bass ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 18:52
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I love to funky-headbang to Zappa and Primus! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Mr. Krinkle
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 19:16
| Primus makes me jump. |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 14:56
| Yeh, my mom does that all the time when she visits my room. Dances like it was the 70's again... it's a bit silly, but hey, she's still got the groove. Ok, I do it too. |
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 15:02
| I don't dance to alot of it, but The Mars Volta make me feel like dancing. I do when I can. |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 15:26
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I dance and I sing the hell out of myself everytime I hear a prog song with a good beat. I like to dance out with the moonlight night  -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |