http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLBPVG8oEU
I'm happy to report that, old fogey or not, I apparently have kept up with music enough that the above "compendium of dance styles" is still completely recognizable to me....all the songs and all the styles of dance. Sure wish Napoleon Dynamite had this guy's dance chops when he did his prancing around for his campaign for Pedro. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Nothing like oldies but goodies, but I sure wish I could honestly tap > > my foot in time with today's music with a passion that long ago was > > attenuated by many notches. > > > > Someone like Curtis may be expected to have had a larger view of music > > -- he can still find something on the top 40 to get under his radar, > > but what of the rest of us? Curtis is a musician, but what about > > folks who are listeners-only? Has a steady listening to music > > benefited anyone here who's over 60 years old such that they will turn > > on a hip-hop station on their car's radio and get out of that scenario > > whatever they got out of music (meta-wise) in their youth? > > > > I hope so, but for me, I think the train left the station when I > > didn't do enough mindfulness on music as it evolved. I was busy I > > tell ya! > > Because you mentioned ¨Cathy´s Clown.¨ I remember > it, too. But here´s a great quote on what the fact > that we remember it might mean. (-: > > "The music or the misery? People worry about kids playing > with guns, or watching violent videos -- that some sort > of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries > about kids listening to thousands of songs about heartbreak, > rejection, pain, misery, and loss. Did I listen to pop music > because I was miserable, or was I miserable because I > listened to pop music?" > > - Rob Gordon (John Cusack), "High Fidelity" >
