Are you a good dancer?
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Topic: Are you a good dancer?
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Subject: Are you a good dancer?
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 06:56
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Somewhere in a thread (I have forgotten where) someone made a relation between listening to prog and not being able to dance. That is interesting. Is it true, that proggers in general are bad dancers? For me it applies, I am a terrible dancer. What about you, are you a good dancer? |
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 06:57
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Not at all ------------- 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 07:01
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Hell naw.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 07:02
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No......I only ever did it to get girls otherwise I have no interest in it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 07:03
Why are girls so obsessed with dancing? I hate it, personally. ------------- 
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 07:07
| I do move along with the music pretty well, and that's called dancing these days. Don't ask me for more, though. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 07:20
I have no idea, but no dancee no girlie! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 08:39
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Not a good dancer, and my wife is very, very good in it.
I got to learn it because of her.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 08:41
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 08:44
How apt.   ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 08:49
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 08:57
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 09:20
| I'm not even a good walker. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 09:30
I hear ya, man...same here |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 10:04
 Dance? That word should read like this d***e. I Don't Dance. Dance?? I think I have to go and spew my buiscuts. Dance??
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 10:20
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O Yes - im wonderfull ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Lizzy
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 10:32
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Oh dear. I guess it's up to me to save PA's honor. So that's big YESSSSS!!!! I always develop coreographies in my mind even when it comes to prog songs with impossible time signatures, and then try to put them in practice. Fun! Okay... now please don't ban me. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 10:33
| Good Lord no. My sister got all the dancing genes. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 10:46
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Well I took a ballroom dancing class a few years ago. While I was in that class, I was an acceptable dancer. Now that I'm done with that class, no way.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 10:46
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I have had four years with Hip/hop and Street mix dancing one time a weak (other times two), one semester with breakdanceing, that carear went down the toilett, I have preformed coreographed dance on stage 4/5 times (in front of an audience 200-300),
before that I was a trance/techno DJ in ca 3 years
I have also 4-5 years behind me as a Tae-Kwon-Do practissian (I have a Red belt), i can kick ass
 then switched over to bass guitar and prog 7 years in and enjoys it -------------  
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Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 11:07
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I'm a headbanger. So, no. -------------  
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Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 11:10
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Oh yes, I'm a brilliant dancer. http://img409.imageshack.us/i/ingmarbergmantheseventh.jpg/">  ------------- 
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 16:10
Horrible dancer, hate it. Had to be dragged out of my chair to dance at my own wedding, that's how much I hate dancing. 
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 16:58
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It appears we can't We're too used to listening to music 64/11 and 10 minute ambiance breaks to really dance |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 17:02
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Dancing is a mating ritual. Girls are interested in the ritual. Men are interested in the results. Enough said. I can't dance. Luckily, my gf hates it also. ------------- 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 17:04
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i'm a Tiny Dancer -------------
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 17:32
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I do consider myself a decent dancer, at least for music that I consider danceable: Jamiroquai, ol' Michael Jackson, Disco, some Pop and some Electronica (Daft Punk, Justice, others).
However, when I go to clubs with my friends you can definitely see me not dancing since the music that is being played, reggaeton and all that crap, for me is un-danceable and I don't get how people can dance to the same rhythm a hundred times.
So, I'll be the second 'Yes', and the first 'Male Yes'.
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 17:39
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I think I'm seing a pattern here . . . . -------------   
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 17:42
| I am terrible, so no. I sometimes wish I was, but then I think "nah". |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 18:12
4 persons tell they are good dancers and only 2 voted 'yes'.  ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 18:34
| I dance as good as I sing. And post. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 19:00
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Not terrible just not that good.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 19:20
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I refuse to dance
So, yes -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 19:41
| someone once told me I'm good at the Macarena |
Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 19:44
| I refuse to dance, at all. I'll shoegaze and headbang though. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 20:02
I'm a bass player... so hell yeah I am. Grew up shaking my ass to James Jamerson and some Motown.... though I must admit I'm better when sauced.. though I have the problem of not being able to keep off of pool tables and losing my clothes. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 21:10
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Posted By: Deleuze
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 22:15
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I only dance when I'm high. I consider myself an excellent dancer...NOT ------------- 
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 22:17
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Yeah, hate to agree but I don't care for dancing, want to, or ever bother too except when a girl wants. Slow dancing is nice actually, but other than that I don't like it. |
Posted By: progvortex
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 00:00
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I'm better at dancing to prog than anyone else I know
------------- Life is like a beanstalk... isn't it? |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 17:52
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FZ's Dancing Fool could have been written about me.
I'm not bad at silly dances (the robot, thrust dancing), but as for actual dancing not so much. I wouldn't mind learning ballroom type dancing though. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 18:02
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MWH the master of the robot, thrust dancing, and elegant ballroom. Lets forget your patented dance though, you know the one  |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 19:17
| I wanna see someone dance to The Dance of Eternity. |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 20:15
| I am not a good dancer :) Although I dance with my fiancee sometimes. |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 20:32
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Hell no. I've never even danced, which certainly reinforces the "no" answer ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 20:50
| I don't know. Never really tried. |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 21:05
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Under no circumstances will I ever dance. At least not when anyone's watching. I would be a pitiable sight. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 21:06
Then vote no. Life is not a chick flick. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 21:07
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Well, the more I think about it, the more I wonder if I voted no prematurely. I can waltz fairly well. And I do a killer Electric Slide. Does this count?
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 22:30
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 22:36
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My sister is getting married in November. I am the best man and I have been informed that I will be expected to dance. This fills me with utter dread and revulsion. -------------
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Posted By: Deleuze
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 23:06
take it easy, do what I do ... Go to the washrooms for a while -------------
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 23:09
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Me? Was John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever a good dancer? Just imagine the worst possible parody of that. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 23:45
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I am the best prog dancer on the planet....period. ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 23:55
Congrats sis..whoa look at the time! |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 01:11
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No. Dancing is a war-crime against flooring
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 01:26
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Until my late 20's I used to believe dancing was the most dishonorable thing to do, but a girlfriend worked hard and made me learn to dance (I was born with two left feet) and really liked it.
Since then I'm a pretty decent dancer.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 01:33
| Just came back from dancing... |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 08:11
And escape through the window. Brilliant! ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 08:17
I was joking with you man. Making fun of chick flicks more than I was making fun of you. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 10:26
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I have never danced. Dancing is anethema to me. At high school dances we would go in the back of the cafeteria and drink beer. Sometimes when my buddy would let me fill in as DJ I would put my Guru Guru UFO album on. Wanna see a dance floor clear out fast. Just put Der LSD Marsch on and crank it. Dancing is primitive. Outdated. I don't even dance with my wife. Makes me fell noxious. One ofb the things on this planet that I absolutely HATE. And I know hate is a strong word. ------------- |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 17:56
The fact that your sister is getting married, therefore asking for a government's-sanctioned union to be recognized, fills you with utter dread and revulsion?   -------------
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 18:08
I don't really mind that the government snctions marriage, since they don't take any of my money or infringe on any of my rights to do it. I just don't really see why it is their business. -------------
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 22:49
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I only play music that constantly shifts time signatures around other people so I'll never have to dance! ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 19:16
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The worse ever known to mankind.
------------- It is all a dream, a dream in death... |
Posted By: Chela
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 16:15
I had to stop dancing in order to reply to this poll 
Nahh, I'm just alright.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 16:27
But attempting to dance to prog is the most fun of all. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 16:35
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Friede and UI both love dancing and are very good at it, and inventive too. since we have been practising yoga for years we are very flexible and can do things like raisng one leg over the head while dancing and stuff like that
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: June
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 17:08
| I also refuse to dance. |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: October 16 2010 at 14:45
| Definetely, NO. |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 17 2010 at 10:40
Ahem.... How YOU doin'? /that was a very small joke ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: cyclysm748
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 00:31
I am getting married June '11 and I have been informed I will have to dance. I will be happy to do it for the girl I love, but if it wasn't for her, never. I'm still kind of terrified of the whole thing though. Just have fun and don't care what anyone thinks, kind of like when you're listening to prog in you living room and everyone else is looking at you funny asking why you're listening to circus music.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 02:46
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Why are so many men afraid of dancing? Do they think it makes them appear feminine or even gay? "Strong men don't dance".
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 06:19
| ^ I don't think so. I'll assume the explanation is the same as in my case: when you haven't been taught how to dance, the whole idea of even being in a place where you could be asked to dance is very inhibiting. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 06:33
Geeez, are you always on? Just keep talking like that and I'm sure you won't have to worry about anyone wanting to dance with you ... perfectly safe. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 07:52
Dancing is a form of physical activity. I eschew physical activity.  Actually a few nights ago I danced with my daughter to "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (the DJ didn't know what progressive rock was, and when I said "Like Yes," he winced and said, "But Yes is more like classic rock!"  ). Anyway, she loved it- I dipped her to the orchestral hits and moved her around with Rabin's solo. It was fun.  I actually like dancing on occasion. But am I a good dancer? Hells naw. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 08:00
| ^ Seen from very high above, 70s prog IS a subdivion of classic rock. At least that's what I always knew. |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 08:02
I always thought so too. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 08:05
Of course it isn't. Would you consider bands like Henry Cow, Amon Duul II, or The Soft Machine in the larger category of classic rock? ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 08:13
When I look from very above, yes. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 08:16
I think your head is just in the clouds. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 08:17
I prefer my clouds kicked. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 08:18
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 19 2010 at 18:53
In my case, I have a very strong fear of making an ass of myself. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: October 20 2010 at 23:17
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My gf enjoyes dancing quite a bit, and I'm not necessarily Fred Astaire.
So, do the math.
But I'm not that BAD...I get around, I suppose  ------------- 
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: October 27 2010 at 17:56
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Most of the time, I hate dancing. I can dance but no matter the music my body movements are totally 80's. ------------- |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 09:39
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Years ago, a professional dance teacher tried to teach me few steps of Mambo or something like this. She told she would have teached a stone...with me she gave up after 10 minutes. The last time I danced was at a Johnny Clegg's gig in 1990, but don't ask me which kind of dance it was. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 21:58
| *is unable to find the "Hell Yes" option* |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 01:04
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My criteria for a good dancer is one who can dance the ballett "Le sacre du Printemps", so I am not, and few are... maybe these guys. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: LateralMe
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 15:19
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To quote Genesis "I Can't Dance"
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: January 06 2011 at 18:43
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No,because I don't like dancing so much.But I have the rhythm inside me.
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Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 10:13
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If bouncing ever so slightly and clapping along in 15/8 is dancing then I'm a bloody brilliant dancer
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 11:14
I can't dance. ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 11:29
Because they can't dance and don't want to look like idiots.
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Posted By: NinaHoo
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 11:56
So familiar to this kinda explanation you men.. almost all the same answer ! Is it because you are "proggers" ..... Well, I totally understand you guys. I´ve been hanging with my own progger (drummer) over 20 year and been sayin to my friends that he has no sense of rhythm and they totally have had good out of it... |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 11:57
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I'm terrible and look horribly awkward when I do it. Which is frequently, because I enjoy pushing awkward situations to their limits.
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 12:21
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I'm pretty bad but I do it anyway...hiding behind a guitar.
I used to be pretty good at jumping straight up and down to metal. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 20:27
I thought they were naked for a second there and the play button was hiding something. Yes, well they call me The Supernatural Anesthetist. By which I guess I mean that if you saw me dancing it would make you die. By the way, if you can't dance, try doing silly walks: ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 23:46
Ditto. I can do some bitchen moves while laying down the funk on bass guitar, though. No idea why. ------------- 
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Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 02:23
Well we may have rhythm hidden somewhere inside us, a talent never nurtured so to speak, because most of us have no interest in dance music ------------- You must be joking.....Take a running jump...... |