Songs it is impossible to dance to

[alarcojon]

For one reason or another.

I'll start with YYZ by Rush. Great song, but too many abrupt time signature changes to keep any sort of flow.

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Last thing I envison at a hootenanny is anything by Rush.

:D

[asthmaticeog]

6. Anything by Jandek. n/t

[Wapsie B]

2. Did Led Zeppelin have any danceable music?

Not that they needed to.

[alarcojon]

5. Carouselambra?

almost disco, as I recall.

[Wapsie B]

17. I stand corrected.

[tuvor]

11. Rock 'n' Roll!

Their only good song!

:hide:

[dajoki]

42. whole lotta love

:woohoo:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. all my fav singers are undanceable

tori amos. ani difranco. sarah mclaughlin. etc

[LaraMN]

4. As much as I love them-- the Cure's stuff is undanceable.

:-(

[tigereye]

21. used to dance to quite a bit of it back in the day...

:)

[atomic-fly]

33. I used to dance with black-lipsticked girls back in the day.

mmm black lipsticked girls

[no name no slogan]

37. Try "Boys Don't Cry", "A Forest", "Jumping Someone Else's Train"

I used to cover these in a band back in college. We used to squeeze these into our set between Roxy Music and Duran Duran covers. Worked every time! :)

[progressoid]

7. Debussy

[enigmatic]

8. "O Superman"- Laurie Anderson

Without a doubt:)

[alarcojon]

9. Thanks for weighing in, bro

I defer to your vast compendium of musical knowledge.

[enigmatic]

15. Great song

But it's hypnotic to the extreme...

Another one is "Sentimental Journey" (NOT the classic standard)by Pere Ubu; it's like a nightmare on record..

[alarcojon]

16. Close to the Edge

by Yes. Again, frequent time signature changes

oops, meant to reply to original post.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Nope, totally wrong

That's totally dancable. And, unlike pop music, the dance that would come from "O Superman" would actually be interesting, relevant, and worth recording.

[enigmatic]

18. I've tried

And it looked like I was having a seizure; my girlfriend at the time actually called an ambulance for me..

[tigereye]

23. oh

:rofl:

[tigereye]

22. that's very good!

and true. Or songs by The Residents, perchance?

[tuvor]

10. The original theme to Mission: Impossible.

U2 had to change the original's non-pop time signature in order to make their version danceable.

[bliss_eternal]

19. LMAO!

:rofl:

[JVS]

12. God save the Queen

[atomic-fly]

34. pogo!

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. No, YYZ is totally dancable! It's that top 40 shit,

that's designed to be dancable by the drunkest, sluttiest, most ignorant piece of shit willing to spread his or legs for anyone who can buy them an over-sugared pre-made "cocktail", that you can't dance to.

What the fuck good is music that announces every beat with a 400 decibel synthesizer-programmed bass slap?

Fuck that, YYZ is far more dancable than any pop shit you will hear on the radio, or in any club frequented by anorexic chicks with instant-off panties.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

20. Masters of War.

[RedCloud]

32. ROTFLMAO

:rofl:

[tigereye]

24. Anthony Braxton

;)

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. Most John Cage stuff.

[Kablooie]

26. Swan Lake

[DelawareValleyDem]

27. Revolution Nine

[dback]

28. "The Show Must Go On" by Queen

Not unless you have a lot of veils and want to do something interpretive, in which case you'll excuse me while I run screaming for the hills.

[miss_kitty]

29. John Zorn music

Not good for road trips either. x(

[XNASA]

30. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" - The Residents

[atomic-fly]

35. sweet eyes of mine!

[Lilyhoney]

31. Everything until I found

dance, trance, techno, electronica and drum and bass. So I never really danced until I was in my early 20's. Oh sure I "danced" before that but I had'nt really danced.

insert dancing smilie here.

[no name no slogan]

36. Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part II by King Crimson

Give it a try

[The Donkey]

38. "Money" by Pink Floyd

Virtually impossible because it repeats every seven beats, unlike most songs which repeat every fourth.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

39. Flying High Again--Ozzy

[Taverner]

40. Revolution 9 by the Beatles

I tried, beleive me I tried...

[MarsThe Cat]

43. Charles Manson might disagree with you.

nt

[blindpig]

41. Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Doc At The Radar Station. O fuck that poem!

[TrogL]

44. Anything by Emerson Lake and Palmer

New time signature every bar.

[billyskank]

45. I imagine the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony is pretty hard

:silly: