Dance militants

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Guys or gals in bands who constantly exhort the audience to dance and chastize the non-dancers. Dude from Junior Boys was really big on this at the Chicago show. I can kind of see both sides of the argument here. If you're playing dancey music, it's annoying to play to a huge crowd of people just standing there with their arms folded, and perhaps you are just trying to get people to get rid of their inhibitions and have a good time. On the other hand, I personally don't enjoy dancing, and if someone forces me to dance or gives me a guilt trip for not dancing, I'm not going to have a good time. Plus, if you're playing dance music and no one's dancing, maybe you're just not very good at what you do (though I'm not saying this was the case with Junior Boys).

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

it never really works and is kind of like a comedian exhorting the audience to laugh

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

ha, how many Junior Boys tracks can you really 'dance' to?

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.eblox.com/lechner/01-Dance_Commander.mp3

― LE CHUCK!™ (ex machina), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Sometimes it works, a lot of the time it doesn't. It kind of depends whether the audience is receptive but just hasn't had enough alcoholic lubrication to lose the inhibitions on their own, or if they're standing back staring at you because they think you're rubbish.

Steve.n once got extremely pissed off at Servotron for asking people to dance (everyone else was actually really into it). When he left they called him a fucking hippy. Ha.

― emil.y (emil.y), Monday, 1 November 2004 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I find it annoying (not that I've been to a live show where this happened for a very long time). Find a different audience or play different music. The only good thing is that it might encourage the people who really do want to do dance (but it also draws extra attention to the issue of dancing/non-dancing, so that could make the self-conscious would-be dancer even more self-conscious).

― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 1 November 2004 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

fucking dud

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 1 November 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Everyone should really be posting to this thread. C'mon guys, post on this thread. If you don't, you're not a real fan. If you're not going to post to this thread, could you, like, move to the back so that people who WANT to post to this thread and get up next to the stage?

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 1 November 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't mind being exhorted to dance by girls, though. That's nice, especially if they keep tugging on your hand and being all vivacious and such. I love that.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 1 November 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

me too.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 1 November 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't need much persuading, usually.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 1 November 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

well, there's a big difference when it's a nice lady on the dance floor vs. a needy blowhard onstage (not meant to refer to the jr boys!)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe that's what more frontpeople should do if they want people to dance, personally take an audience member by the hand and dance with them in front of the stage.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

(with sexy results)

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"c'mon, we're shy, everyone move to the front!" & "dance you fuckers!" are pretty classic. Bands which give prizes to the best dancers are pretty great, too.

― etc, Monday, 1 November 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

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