Now slide to the left…
Now slide to the right…
An impasse I am aware of going into this wedding is that there will be people, lets call them “my extended family” who want to dance some Electric Slide, and there will be others, let’s call them “Selena” who will start kicking over sand-castles if they hear that tune come up. Two weeks ago I finally saw what could be a very real compromise. Selena and I were on a cruise to the Bahamas and the DJ at the pool deck played “Celebration”. A crowd started dancing every which way, but a few began doing the Electric Slide. As more people realized that that dance fits perfectly to the beat of “Celebrate, good times, c’mon…” the trend carried until everyone dancing on deck was doing the Electric Slide together.
Two steps this time…
Three steps this time…
So, there may be hope for the ever popular Electric Slide provided it is incorporated into a different tune. I also think that the Chicken Dance has legs provided it is really late in the night, and additional lyrics are introduced, specifically: “I can’t believe… I’m doing this… I must be drunk… *clap * *clap* *clap* *clap*”. We witnessed this at our friends Joe and Kelly’s wedding, and were amazed how something so corny became awesome with just a few added lyrics.
Now cha-cha…
But, I can see no sign of redemption for the Cha-Cha Slide.
- Firstly, it’s a terrible dance that has no place anywhere except in the confines of its own song.
- Secondly, the song doesn’t have any lyrics, just a voiceover barking instructions to tell you what to do next.
- Sixth and lastly, you need those instructions cause the dance is such a mess you’d never remember it on your own,
- Thirdly, which means it can never be transported to another song, and so
- To conclude, it will not be played at our wedding.
Everybody clap your hands, *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*…
We agree 100% on not having the corny songs! Go Greg & Selena!
Is that what that horrible thing is called??? My stupid upstairs neighbors play that song all the time, particularly when they have 50 people over at 2 am on a Saturday night, and I have to hear them doing “Step right!” “Now jump!” “Clap your hands!” Or whatever all that crap is. HATE HATE HATE. Glad to hear it will not be at the Robleto-Kang wedding.
I forget the “Chris-Cross!”
For the love of everything holy, why would your neighbor play that song. If things are going well enough that at 2am there are still 50 people partying, isn’t that success, do you need to push the “fun” envelope with the ChaCha Slide. That’s what I look at it as, a forced mechanism for fun, a desperate measure when things are falling off too quickly. Sounds unnecessary for your neighbor’s parties.
I’d rather stab my eyes out with a blunt spoon than hear that song again in my lifetime.
Thanks for omitting it.
And can you really call it a song? Seems more like a step aerobics class to me.