The thing I've been most looking forward to in Spring Term is getting to spend 8+ hours a week in the dance studio again. Aaaaaaaaahhhh!
Those of you who have choreographed before know that you develop a complicated relationship with your music that goes through various stages: 1. Love-Love (where you spend every waking second of your day wanting to listen to the song), 2. Love-Hate (where the initial appeal is starting to fade away) and 3. Hate-Hate (where the song provokes a visceral reaction similar to that of expired milk). Having gone through these stages with more once-beloved Justin Timberlake songs than I care to count, I recently decided to make a playlist of songs that are absolutely off-limits for any possible choreography. If I can't choreograph to them, I can't ever hate them!
OFF-LIMIT SONGS THAT I LOVE TOO MUCH TO TURN INTO DANCES..
"You Rock My World" - Michael Jackson
the first verse of "Stereo Hearts" - Gym Class Heroes w/ Adam Levine
"Gotta Get Thru This" - Daniel Bedingfield (remember him?!)
"Dirty Pop" - N*SYNC
"The Way I Are" - Timbaland (probably most danceable song I have ever heard in my life)
"Feel Good, Inc" - Gorillaz w/ De La Soul
"Somebody to Love" - Justin Bieber
"Captain Bhangre Da" - Ravi Bal (thaaaank you Zumba for showing me this song. I dare you to listen to it and not get addicted.)
"Lovestruck" - V-Factory
"Ayo Technology," - 50 Cent w/ Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
"Mas Que Nada," - Sergio Mendez w/ Black Eyed Peas
and last, but not least,
"LoveStoned," - Justin Timberlake. The single BEST JT song that has ever existed is still untainted! All is well.
