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So you're standing in a club. You're loose, you're feelin ok. The DJ is doing a good job. Then, gradually, as you sip your gin and tonic, you realize that the DJ is doing a GREAT job. The DJ is building something HUGE. And you feel it, you know it, the dance is about to become REAL REAL big. And you look out on the dancefloor and you see... oh, jesus. It's so sad. One girl is walking up and down like it's a catwalk. That's her move. One dude fancies himself Spanish, and is trying to affect a Fandango in his pointy shoes to this HUGE HUGE beat. Everyone else is trying to pretend like they're not embarassed as all hell to be on a dancefloor. It's the most inadequate dancing ever, en masse, to a beat that really moves you.

And then -- AND THEN -- you look down at your feet and realize you're not dancing at all. And who the fuck are you to judge all these people who are at least trying, no matter how much they are hurting the basic idea of dancing? WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?

C/D?

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

dud. drink more, then dance.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

((Insult to injury: catwalk girl walks right up to me, throws her coat over the bar next to me, and says, "Hey, sweetie," while not so much giving me a look as a visual smooch, which I believe translates to, "Dance with me and then take me home." But I have nowhere to take her, so I left, feeling horny and ridiculous.

This thread may or may not be about how I need my own apartment, pronto.))

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:11 (twenty years ago)

dud. drink more, then dance.

With those idiots??

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)

Kidding, kinda.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)

if you had taken her home, that would be a surefire way to get a new place pretty quickly.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)

Or at least to be homeless.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:13 (twenty years ago)

a cardboard box in an alley is still a place.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:14 (twenty years ago)

Not a place to fuck catwalk girl. Don't pretend like you don't understand my problem.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:16 (twenty years ago)

so its true what they say about white americans and dancing

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)

"Hey, sweet little skinny, beautiful girl with that short bob haircut that I like so very very much... let's go back to YOUR place."

Not smooth, somehow. I have to be financially solvent for this to happen. Maybe I need to be financially solvent to dance?

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

so its true what they say about white americans and dancing

Let's say this: I'm a white American, and I'm appalled. It ain't just a Richard Prior joke, no. White people are largely embarassing on a dancefloor.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)

where was this?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:33 (twenty years ago)

'cross the street. I've been going there a lot alone lately.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:37 (twenty years ago)

Everyone else is trying to pretend like they're not embarassed as all hell to be on a dancefloor.

I have never seen this at a club, but then I do not live in North America.

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 05:40 (twenty years ago)

there is a name for this phenomenon..... "poor promotion"

let me get this straight, kenan, a girl made a kissy face at you at the bar, called you sweetie and your reaction was to leave?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 06:09 (twenty years ago)

and it's because you don't have enough money?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 06:09 (twenty years ago)

JUST. GET. ON. THE. FLOOR. AND. BUST! OUT!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 07:53 (twenty years ago)

Tired of people feeling "embarrassment" ...hm, it would help if you danced @ A GAY PLACE HUNNY

― Vichitravirya XI, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:09 (twenty years ago)

(no catwalk girls will approach u there either, problem solved. other things might tho)

― Vichitravirya XI, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:11 (twenty years ago)

like yr conscience

― something about dan aykroyd coming out of a coconut (deangulberry), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:14 (twenty years ago)

1) The worse you dance, the better you feel.

2) As a great philosopher once said, ridicule is nothing to be scared of.

3) If you feel inhibited either a) get more drunk or b) take more drugz.

4) Looking cool and aloof is, as we know from watching Pride and Prejudice, is a surefire way to pull. Therefor, by dancing like a loon, this particular hurdle is overcome.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:23 (twenty years ago)

It might be different in US dance clubs...but here in the UK (the home of dance music) we go to dance clubs to DANCE. And any of those delightful stereotypes (catwalk girl etc.) are treated with the utter contempt they so richly deserve.

Of course the white guy thing (2 left feet and no idea of musical time) is as true here as it is everywhere else.

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 09:08 (twenty years ago)

Everyone else is trying to pretend like they're not embarassed as all hell to be on a dancefloor.

this is a sign that you're not in the right club.

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 09:10 (twenty years ago)

I love this term "dance clubs". It sounds very quaint and refined.

"My dear, would you wish to join me in the dance club"

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

come to one europe

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 10:44 (twenty years ago)

Everyone else is trying to pretend like they're not embarassed as all hell to be on a dancefloor.
this is a sign that you're not in the right club.

-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), June 15th, 2005.

god too right!

but then i live in manchester, so everyone dances everywhere they can at all times, certainly not just on dance floors!

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 11:56 (twenty years ago)

vic is otm! might be harder to pick up girls at a gay place but what the hell.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:13 (twenty years ago)

I know it's the wrong dance club, but not only is it across the street from me, it's in Chicago instead of a city where people are actually cool, so I'm kinda stuck on that one.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

the anglo-irish contingent here is fulla shit. everybody here needs a shove.

― N_RQ, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

Dud. I'm a dancing snob. If I'm surrounded by people who can't dance, it kind of offends me and I end up getting annoyed and leaving. Or I drink more and openly smirk at the bad dancing.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

I don't understand this catwalk dance move at all. You were right to ignore her and leave, the images I'm getting in my head of this are unpleasant.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

So often I shed one tear for those not born with a biological imperative to shake they ass.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

catwalk girl walks right up to me

Please tell me she CATWALKED right up to you

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

Did she do her little turn on the catwalk?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

Everyone else is trying to pretend like they're not embarassed as all hell to be on a dancefloor

This is exactly why I won’t dance. I feel as though everyone’s watching me and I lock up and walk speedily off the dance floor. I know people have better things to do than watch me dance but it just feels like that.

I haven’t danced for years.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

White people are largely embarassing on a dancefloor.

this is mostly true, but if everyone in the club is white, then its ok - you shouldnt be embarassed. like have you ever been to a dance club in europe? yikes german people dancing = teh funny, but they all look like theyre having fun. me, im told i look like a pokemon when i dance. oh well.

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

I hope no one takes offense at this, but honestly, if you're thinking about how you look while you're dancing, you're missing the point entirely.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 14:04 (twenty years ago)

N-RQ, I seriously have not been in a club where the dancefloor was empty unless the club was empty for about 3 years.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

but then i live in manchester, so everyone dances everywhere they can at all times, certainly not just on dance floors

Everyone except me.

Can’t dance won’t dance, great title for more nonsense reality tv.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

nickalicious OTM. Also unless you are catwalking, flamencoing, or breakdancing (or something else similarly PLEASE PLEASE LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LOOK LOOK OMG OMG LOOK PLEEEEEAAAAAAAAASE) in the club, you are entirely wrong if you think anyone besides your friends (maybe) is watching you do it, so people shouldn't worry as much.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

I dunno about that, my girlfriend and I are constantly pointing at people who dance weirdly, it's like a habit by now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

I live in London, which means people respect my dancing a 1000 times more.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

I mean, where else can you find so many lost/embarassed white guys? Besides a Klan rally?

― BARMS, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

If I ever start dancing normally remind me to kill myself.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

The few times I've been to Smartbar, I've actually been surprised there are not more people dancing.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

Americans ahahaha!

― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

I always make fun of my wife for saying "dance club"!

― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

if you're thinking about how you look while you're dancing, you're missing the point entirely.

This is kinda true.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

I was like one of three or four people actually dancing (instead of just shaking my hips a bit) at the Junior Boys last week, and it was the best show I've seen all year. (And it wouldn't have been if I hadn't been dancing.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

Wait, why is "dance club" a weird phrase? What do you say, Adam?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

If we could all have that freeze-frame, jump to slow-motion and cut-to-16-frames-in-the-future move like they have on that Empty Vee, it wouldn't matter what else you did or if you had any rhythm at all. You could be dancing to a completely different song and it would look all right.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

There is something wrong with my hip.

xp I say "club"

― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

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http://www.hungryalien.com/temp/spideydance.gif
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http://www.hungryalien.com/temp/spideydance.gif

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

i was surved an ice coffee yesterday by a woman wearing a body and soul tank top :) she says she still goes to see danny krivit the first sunday of every month.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 16 June 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

I would like to say that while I have started many threads while drunk and wanted to take then back the next day, this is not one of those threads. It's not about the bad dancing, you have to understand. It's about the reluctance to dance.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 16 June 2005 04:08 (twenty years ago)

I've found that at moments like this, a well-placed hoot can work miracles.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 16 June 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

From an owl? They're assholes, you know.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 June 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)

Everybody thinks there's an owl in their hair, so suddenly they're dancing with real abandon.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 16 June 2005 05:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~shio/gta/gtasa/date_dance.jpg

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 16 June 2005 07:34 (twenty years ago)

The thing about hooting yourself, though, is don't shout and then clamp it off, smiling bashfully at who you're with. That kind never works.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 16 June 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

how about a "learn to dance brilliantly, like an englishman" thread? with fancy ASCII diagrams

― gabe (gabe), Friday, 17 June 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

i find that once i get "in the groove" so to speak that i tend to not really look at other people much. which could be because in my reverie i'm much too crazed to stop dancing and take note at other people looking at MY bad dancing or something.

― joseph (joseph), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)


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          youdancefloormusic

― ddr, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:52 (twenty years ago)

hahahahaha!

― the PSB signal (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UVV.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

This beat is smokin' like a...
You oughta puff it 'cause we're gonna rough it up
Like you never ever had it done to ya before
Makin' the baseline run right through
Beware because we're comin' out to you
Live is what you receivin', your butt is ready
So we are achievin' the motiveto dance
Forgettin' the boys, leavin' out the romance
Posin' with your posse in a Buffalo Stance
Releasin' the juice that makes you feel dizzy
Now what you're waitin' for to get busy
Now is the chance, the chance that you're takin'
While listenin' to the music we're makin'
Over and on and on and on
Rockin' to the beat till the break of dawn
You gonna like it, boy, you gonna bite it
I'm on the M-I-C so don't fight it

Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo,
Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo doodoo
Well, what's goin' on, yeah
Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo doo,
Doo-doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
What you're waitin' for

You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me
You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me,
Next to me 'cause I want it

Hey baby, are you crazy
Never let the music make you feel lazy
Get on the dance floor, feelin' that backbeat
You never had it so good, you never had it so sweet
Raise your hands up in the air
Shake your derriere like you just don't care
Rockin', rollin', doin' it steady
I do believe y'all are ready to move that body
Move that body, baby
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me
You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me,
Next to me 'cause I want it

Well, what's goin' on

You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me
You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me,
Next to me 'cause I want it

Push your butt in, stick your butt out
Push your butt in, shake it all out
You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about, this one's for you
All the people in the party crew
Now get on up and do what you gotta do
'Cause it's the music we're makin'
Get on up 'cause it's here for the takin'
You want it and we got it
So let's get this party started
On the floor, ask for more
Doin' it all night and you know you just might
Take a bite and then another
You're jammin' so hard, word to the mother
Rockin', rollin', doin' it steady
I do believe y'all are ready to move something, yeah
I do believe y'all are ready to move something
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo,
Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo doodoo
Well, what's goin' on, yeah
Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo doo,
Doo-doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
What you're waitin' for

You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me
You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me
You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me
You've got to move that body, baby,
Move that body, baby
Move that body next to me,
Next to me 'cause I want it

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 03:02 (twenty years ago)

It's "bassline," not "baseline."

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 17 June 2005 04:19 (twenty years ago)

Empty dancefloor surely == more space to dance in!

Going out dancing in Japan, everyone seems to dance in rows facing the front, swaying from side to side and shuffling their feet on a two-four beat. So I kind of feel wierd for dancing in my rubbishy english way, because I'm moving about twice as fast as anyone else and probably look even more like a loon than usual. Doesn't stop me doing it, tho.

― spontine (cis), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:29 (twenty years ago)

go cis!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

(it helps that we get MAYER and SMAGGHE and general goodness.)

Tracer!!

& then you come out of the club into the morning and random japanese clubbing kids are all "HELLO how are you! where are you from! have you been to new zealand! otsukaresama desu ♥" and life is GREAT.

― spontine (cis), Friday, 17 June 2005 07:12 (twenty years ago)

Mondo kawai.

― Negativa, True Believer (Sheryl Crow in a Britney costume) (Barima), Friday, 17 June 2005 08:55 (twenty years ago)

otsukaresama desu ♥

Is that Japanese for 'OMG!!1ONE!LOL!!' ?

― RickyT (RickyT), Friday, 17 June 2005 09:03 (twenty years ago)

yes.

― spontine (cis), Monday, 20 June 2005 05:47 (twenty years ago)

Wait, why is "dance club" a weird phrase? What do you say, Adam?

I don't know what Adam says. but in the Ewe Kay we just say 'club'.

I assume you need to add the 'dance' because you use the term clubs for places just to drink?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 20 June 2005 09:43 (twenty years ago)

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