Originally posted by Brian Scott
Yes, I do "feel" the music, but it's completely mental for me. I have a hard time expressing it physically. I "see" music in a linear format and I think of everything with a mathematical point of view. Dancing is neither linear nor mathematical (outside of the rhythm) and it feels foreign to me if I try it.
How is Asperger's working out for you?
Posted by Domesticated on May-22-2009 21:10:
p.s "ass-burgers"
Posted by Slylee on May-22-2009 21:14:
oh yea i dance too. but i'm a girl
sometimes i'm not in the mood to and i'm sorta like what brian scott said. i'm just sort of mentally feeling it in my own little way. and then other times i've had enough to drink and the music is right and i'm all over the place. i'm down the middle too with my dance skills. i have rythym and i know what to do but you won't find me busting moves with a huge crowd forming a circle around me or anything. i'm also a bit modest with my dancing. i think if i really put my mind to it and practiced a bit, i could definitely be like those people i just described. i have a strong background in dance as a kid and i just naturally have a talent for moving to music and beats.
Posted by Renzo on May-22-2009 21:18:
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Originally posted by Slylee
i have a strong background in dance as a kid and i just naturally have a talent for moving to music and beats.
I'm not sure if you are taking the piss here or being serious. It's funny either way.
Posted by Slylee on May-22-2009 21:19:
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Originally posted by Renzo
I'm not sure if you are taking the piss here or being serious. It's funny either way.
what's so funny about that? when it comes to dancing, you either got it or you don't...i'm just saying i got itPosted by Excess on May-22-2009 21:22:
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Originally posted by kadomony
i danz like this usually
sometimes i'll throw in some poppin & locking and some classic disco moves
vouch, it's true. i've seen it.
as for me, it usually takes me a while to start moving depending on whos around me. if everybody else is going at it i usually dive right into doing whatever. like others, i dont know how to dance. i can keep rhythm just fine and usually just keep to bopping about, shuffling my feet and jumping up and down :P
Posted by bas on May-22-2009 21:31:
I dance like those kids in Breakin'. But NOT Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Posted by itsamemario on May-22-2009 21:41:
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Originally posted by Slylee
ou won't find me busting moves with a huge crowd forming a circle around me or anything
omg that is so fucking gay and tacky and hollywood make me wanna throw up.
OT: my dancing depends on the music.. i do everything from jacking till full on 99 ibiza style..
Posted by Sandsider on May-23-2009 08:08:
'Course I dance . Im the old **** with the elvis shorts .
...and flame away ..
Posted by Ania_xox on May-23-2009 20:28:
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Originally posted by DaRoZa
i dance like a prick
ya i can vouch for that
missed you at Chris Lake!
didn't feel like a thursday nightdreamer event without all my girlfriends asking me to introduce them to you lol
Posted by schr�dingerwin on May-23-2009 20:30:
i used to bedroom rave to trance music when in high school lol
Posted by chach on May-23-2009 20:36:
I dance to have fun and enjoy the music. Not to worry about what some loser girl like ania is thinking.
Posted by Ania_xox on May-23-2009 20:41:
bullshit
you'd totally pull out the Patrick Swayze moves trying to impress
i know you're type kokocha
Posted by chach on May-23-2009 20:45:
mmm kokocha
And no half the time I'm dancing with myself anyways. I like dancing with a girl friend not some random bitty at a club. Other then that it's salsa dancing with old ladies and my mom at her parties
Posted by Renzo on May-23-2009 20:50:
Oh snap, chach loves the cougars. Word.
Posted by Ania_xox on May-23-2009 21:03:
ya dancing alone ftw
I have asked my bf what drove him to ask me for my number at the club, the first night we met
and he said that among other things, it was because I was the only girl on the dancefloor who was doing her own thing and not shaking mad ass like a 90s r&b video
Posted by chimera66 on May-23-2009 23:20:
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Originally posted by Ania_xox
ya dancing alone ftw
+1
Posted by nefardec on May-23-2009 23:40:
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Originally posted by Meat187
Deep House, Techno, anything scarfy: no / hardly
wtf??
are these guys scarfy? get a clue man.
^this guy will out-dance anyone at the party, when he's not behind the decks.
mad mike banks will probably run you over in his street racer if you call his bandana a scarf
and yes i dance quite a lot, if i am feeling the music. if i am not feeling the music i don't even try. my opinion is that if i feel it, i won't even have to try to dance - i won't be able to help dancing.
Posted by MSZ on May-23-2009 23:44:
please someone find him a clue -- nigga danzes to trance but not hauz
Posted by MSZ on May-23-2009 23:49:
oo im gettin a ragin clue rite now
Posted by nefardec on May-24-2009 00:08:
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Originally posted by enydo
I don't understand people who show up to shows and don't dance once, not at all. They head to the bar, grab a beer, and then sit in the corner headbobbing eyeing everybody else. That just seems so boring.
maybe i can help you understand one perspective-
not everyone is a gung-ho consumer of the nightclub product. personally, i don't dance unless i am MOVED to dance. If it sucks but I'm there with friends, I'd rather hang out with friends and hope it gets better. I resent the idea that you need to dance if you are at a nightclub, just because everyone else is or because you are in an environment conditions one to dance. Those are the worst parties, those parties where everyone dances because they think they should and they are a little tispy (most nightclub experiences). You end up with a lot of people awkwardly moving in tight social circles and drinking to lose their self-conscious behavior. There are always those people, of course, who just like to dance alone regardless, whether for escapist reasons, exhibitionist reasons, or health, or whatever.
Personally, my take on it is if the music moves me, i won't be able to help myself from dancing. If I am in a crowd where most people can't help themselves from dancing, it feels fucking awesome. You feed off people's energy, feel interconnected, etc. There's no need to get fucked up, no need to cluster awkwardly. I prefer to be in such an environment where everybody loses their shit.
That said, if I'm NOT feeling it, I don't dance. First reason is I don't feel you should give the DJ the wrong impression if you think the music sucks. If you think the music sucks, don't dance. If the DJ changes things up and you like it, show him/her you appreciate it by dancing. A lot of people just dancing to mediocre music because they think they have to just leads to a mediocre experience for everyone.
So like I said, if I'm not on the floor losing my shit, I am probably away from the loud noise, talking with friends and/or watching people awkwardly cluster on the floor or watching some manipulative douchebag work a slut, or I'll just leave and do something else.
The other thing to consider is at some especially 'sceney' parties, most people are there just to hang out with acquaintances and mutually support each other's insecurities. (the insecurities that cause people to become sceney in the first place) I can't stand that shit.
also, i can't stand the concept of 'the show' in dance music. it doesn't belong there. once i had to deejay such a 'show' for like 700 people, where i was on a stage, and i just felt like a huge doofus. That's what I can't stand about DJs at music festivals, eg DEMF. I'll be happy to see a live show on a stage, but I don't want to see a guy playing records, wtf. Also it's just harder to connect as a DJ in such environments if you're not superfamous or playing for a 'best hits' crowd like tiesto at UMF or something.
/negativity
Posted by Fledz on May-24-2009 00:16:
Of course I dance. If I'm clubbing, that's the whole bloody point of going clubbing.
If it's just a regular night out then more of than not I'll dance and hang around during the night. Dance when the music is good and hang around chatting to people. Usually ends up being a great night.
Fucking lol at Slylee too. You say some weird stuff sometimes
Posted by Ania_xox on May-24-2009 00:27:
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Originally posted by nefardec
those parties where everyone dances because they think they should and they are a little tispy (most nightclub experiences). You end up with a lot of people awkwardly moving in tight social circles and drinking to lose their self-conscious behavior
...
The other thing to consider is at some especially 'sceney' parties, most people are there just to hang out with acquaintances and mutually support each other's insecurities. (the insecurities that cause people to become sceney in the first place) I can't stand that shit.
I analyze social situations to no end and I have no clue what you mean by either of these two instances.
The first instance you describe, I can only imagine at a high school dance. How old are you? lol
and how old are the people you party with?
As for the second instance- some people love to hang out with their friends while listening to great music. Does it annoy you that the focus of the night out is being placed on social interaction rather than on the appreciation of the music? I suppose that's understandable if you're passionate enough about the act that night... and you feel that the audience should appreciate the music more. There's really nothing you can do about that though. There is little that beats a night out with good friends and great music.
Posted by nefardec on May-24-2009 00:34:
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Originally posted by Ania_xox
The first instance you describe, I can only imagine at a high school dance. How old are you? lol
and how old are the people you party with?
As for the second instance- some people love to hang out with their friends while listening to great music. Does it annoy you that the focus of the night out is being placed on social interaction rather than on the appreciation of the music? I suppose that's understandable if you're passionate enough about the act that night... and you feel that the audience should appreciate the music more. There's really nothing you can do about that though. There is little that beats a night out with good friends and great music.
these people are in their late twenties and early thirties. i'm not going to name names though. it's not everyone.
some people never grow up i guess
i have no problem with social interaction lol, not sure where you got that. I thought I said pretty clearly that if I don't like the music I hang out with my friends. and i never go to see 'acts'. can't stand that shit. i like to see deejays and musicians pouring their soul out, not a style or marketing image.
when the music is really good and people are all letting go and feeling it, social interaction is everywhere, it's not just with your group of friends - it's a feeling of mutually shared experience, interconnectedness. you can smile at a stranger and have that stranger smile back because you really understand what they are feeling, etc. bring... down... the walls
That said, if I go somewhere to hear music, I go there expecting to hear music. If I want to hang out with friends and listen to music I'd rather hang out at one of our places and throw some stuff on the decks or the stereo, where we can actually hear each other talking.
