TS: "do the strand," roxy music v. "the humpty dance," digital underground

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two imaginary dances, two gangsta macks (bryan ferry and shock g), two epochal bands the both of which would spit out marginal members (brian eno and tupac) who would become even bigger and more influential than their parents.

which do you prefer?!? and why?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 12 March 2006 20:03 (twenty years ago)

"Humpty" is far more readily danceable, so there is that. Beyond that, though, both utterly glorious.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 12 March 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I love love the Humpty Dance but Roxy's imaginary world is solider and solider.

― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Sunday, 12 March 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)

I like the "Humpty Dance," but I like "Do the Stand" more (and actually I think it's funnier than "Humpty Dance," which is an important point since the "Humpty Dance" is trying to be funny).

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Sunday, 12 March 2006 20:29 (twenty years ago)

"The Humpty Dance" >>>>>>>>>>> the rest of western culture

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

Humpty Dance bassline >>>>>>>>>>>> all other culture

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Why stop with culture?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:21 (twenty years ago)

Humpty >>>>>>>>>> other people

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:26 (twenty years ago)

Humpty is other people.

― I'm thinking six, six, six (noodle vague), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Do the Strand, it's perfect, and I love the album it's on so much too. I always laugh when Ferry does the "do the..strrandsky"

― Harrison Barr (Petar), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:35 (twenty years ago)

"Do The Strand"'s instrumental break settles it for me.

― Zwan (miccio), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:39 (twenty years ago)

I'm with the Sphinx and Mona Lisa...

Do The Strand

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 12 March 2006 22:02 (twenty years ago)

...not to mention Lolita and Guernica.

"Do the Strand"

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 12 March 2006 22:14 (twenty years ago)

I think I speak for all the citizens of my island nation in giving "The Humpty Dance" my unqualified support. Why does Bryan Ferry never want to shout out to Samoans?

― Okeigh, Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:47 (twenty years ago)

Because he's busy with their women!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:55 (twenty years ago)

Humpty by a nose (sorry)

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 13 March 2006 00:01 (twenty years ago)

hahahahahaha

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Monday, 13 March 2006 00:06 (twenty years ago)

"Humpty Dance" for use of looptid

― Joe (Joe), Monday, 13 March 2006 00:24 (twenty years ago)

Bryan Ferry has gotten busy in many places, but I somehow doubt a Burger King bathroom is one of them.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 13 March 2006 00:39 (twenty years ago)

"I once got busy in the reserved dining room of a five-star restaurant in Brussels" doesn't have the same zing, admitedly.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Monday, 13 March 2006 00:47 (twenty years ago)

TS: Bogart/Groucho
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/crawuncle/humpty.jpg

― Okeigh, Monday, 13 March 2006 00:50 (twenty years ago)

man it's been a rough day and this thread gave me a smile.

i say vocally, roxy; musically, humpty.

― geoff (gcannon), Monday, 13 March 2006 01:47 (twenty years ago)

apples and oranges

― Chantilly Bass (ChantillyBass), Monday, 13 March 2006 02:39 (twenty years ago)

I love me some roxy, but "humpty dance" takes this one by miles.

― electrogrouse (haitch), Monday, 13 March 2006 03:47 (twenty years ago)

I call mashup.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 13 March 2006 05:01 (twenty years ago)

nine years pass...

Did Ferry think Guernica was a person? Or was the whole town doing the strand?

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 9 July 2015 03:44 (ten years ago)

Or did the actual painting do the strand? Whoa.

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 9 July 2015 03:59 (ten years ago)

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