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Category Archives: Daily Reason to Dance
daily reason to dance: L.E.S Artistes
L.E.S Artistes
Santigold
Exploding fruit as guts and gore!
daily reason to dance: Dwarfed Punk
Harder Better Faster Stronger
Daft Punk
Re-post from May 2009.
daily reason to dance: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (R.I.P Whitney)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney Houston (R.I.P)
Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
I’ve done alright up to now
It’s the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls, loneliness calls
Oh, wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
daily reason to dance: You Can’t Hurry Love
You Can’t Hurry Love
The Supremes
How long must I wait
How much more can I take
Before loneliness will cause my heart
Heart to break?
No I can’t bear to live my life along
I grow impatient for a love to call my own
But when I feel that I, I can’t go on
These precious words keeps me hangin on
I remember mama said:
You can’t hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
It’s a game of give and take
You can’t hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes
Recognize the opening riff? They dropped it into the Motown Single Ladies.
daily reason to dance: Michael
Michael
Franz Ferdinand
I’m not a fan of the video, but I like the song. “So come and dance with me…”
daily reason to dance: My Humps
My Humps
Black Eyed Peas
Take in Alanis Morrisette’s wail until you can’t stand it then watch the original in all of its effervescent, misogynist, well produced glory.
daily reason to dance: Many Moons
Many Moons
Janelle Monáe
Where to start? Janelle Monáe originally made her break touring with Outkast. It’s interesting to see all of the stylistic similarities with the Hey ya! video. I love this song – great lyrics, great beat. The video is mesmerizing. If you haven’t listened to the Metropolis/Chase Suite album, the end of the video won’t make much sense — basically she’s being deactivated as punishment for falling in love with a human. I totally recommend listening to the whole album beginning to end, but March of the Wolfmasters gives the basic explanation. Sincerely, Jane is a bit jarring at first, but really grows on you. The live performance at Criminal Records is particularly good. I think Violet Stars/Happy Hunting! is actually the best reason to dance on the album, but the Many Moons video is too good to miss.
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