Time to celebrate! Once again, I'd like to thank all of you for dropping in on Fridays to have a listen.
1 - I'm Happy Just to Dance With You - The Beatles
2 - Dancing in the Street - David Bowie and Mick Jagger
I'll be posting a Bowie set next week to honor the passing of a music giant.
3 - Just Dance - Lady Gaga
4 - Dance to the Music - Sly and the Family Stone
5 - You Should Be Dancing - The BeeGees
If you'd like to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
Welcome to Day 4 of this year's A to Z Blog Challenge. Fridays at A Piece of My Mind are all about music. So for today's challenge --
D is for Dance Club or House Music
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
It's April, and time for my monthly 5 on Friday feature -- The Hit Makers.
Once a month I'm going to feature the songs that launched careers. I'll be looking at different musical styles and the groups or singers from those styles who I love the best.
If you caught my Day 1 post, you'll know that I'm a passionate ballet fan. But I also love all forms of dance, including the everyman variety known as social dance. These days, the music for that is known as Dance Club or House Music. Why 'house' music?
It could refer to a specific Chicago club called The Warehouse where the early forms of house music were created by innovative DJs. It could refer to the term 'house' as the performance venue, which is what all theatres are called. It also could refer to urban slang for 'party'.
Here are five tunes that brought these artists to the forefront of public attention. Some of the artists were actually well-known in their underground niche for years before breaking through to wider public discovery. Some of them were already established in pop dance, and were pushing the boundaries by bringing house music to a wider audience.
1 - Vogue -- Madonna -- 1990
2 - Poker Face -- Lady Gaga -- 2008
3 - In Your Eyes -- Kylie Minogue -- 2002
4 - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) -- Spiller -- 2000
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
Happy Spring Everyone! For anyone on North America's northeastern coast, and even in the middle provinces and states, spring 2014 still feels like winter...brrr...
Let's heat up the weekend starting with this set.
1 - Discotheque -- U2
2 - Rhythm is a Dancer -- Snap!
3 - LoveGame -- Lady Gaga
4 - Give it to Me -- Timbaland, featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
This warrior has a special spot on my list of all-time favorite characters. Battle on, Xena.
1 - Main Title Theme - composed byJoseph LoDuca
2 - Melt Into Me - performed by the late Kevin Smithas Ares
This song is from a musical episode called The Bitter Suite. Kevin Smith's Ares is a particular favorite of mine, and when he began dancing in this segment, I nearly lost my mind (in a good way!)
3 - Joxer the Mighty - performed by Ted Raimi, who played Joxer the comic relief / loyal friend / unrequited love interest of Xena's best friend Gabrielle
This theme appears from time to time throughout the series. In this version, it's used as part of the narrative in The Bitter Suite.
4 -California Sun - The Rivieras
This is a fan vid featuring Aphrodite, the goddess of love played by Alexandra Tydings. Aphrodite was about as far away from the warrior princess as you could get, yet somehow I fell for her charms like any other mere mortal.
5 - Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Xena's complicated relationship with Ares was my favorite part of this series. If I create a fictional relationship with this much heat / longing / fear / rage / control / surrender, I'll be a very happy woman.
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
This wraps up my journey through the decades of recorded popular music, beginning with the 1920s.
And now I shall state for the record that I'm a dance music fan.
I love a lot of musical styles, as you've no doubt discovered through the past year of Travis' captivating musical meme. But the music genre I've always loved and will always love is Dick Clark's favorite:
"It's got a good beat and you can dance to it."
Here are only a handful of my favorite club tunes from the first decade of the new millennium.
1 - Can't Get you Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue - 2001
There's a dark secret in me Don't leave me locked in your heart Set me free
I'm bringing sexy back Them other boys don't know how to act I think it's special, what's behind your back So turn around and I'll pick up the slack
(Take it to the bridge!)
Dirty, babe You see these shackles, baby I'm your slave I'll let you whip me if I misbehave It's just that no one makes me feel this way
(Take it to the chorus!)
- Hills / Timbaland / Timberlake
4 - Don't Get It Twisted - Gwen Stefani - 2006
Don't get it twisted Don't get clever This is the most craziest shit ever
Tick tock I guess I'm late again What are you suggesting there now, Gwen? Don't you know better? What are you talking about? You know it's going to come at any point
Night time Flip flop This time push my luck
He was really looking hot Anticipation building up
Space invaders Turn up all the faders Need a translater
- Kanal / Stefani
5 - Bad Romance - Lady Gaga - 2009
Rah, rah Ah, ah, ah Roma Rome mama Gaga Oh, la la! Want your bad romance
I want your ugly I want your disease I want your everything As long as it's free
I want your love Love, love, love I want your love
All of these are guaranteed to make me groove. Enjoy!
1 - J.U.F. - Super Rifle (Balkan Express Train Robbery)
2 - Gwen Stefani - Don't Get it Twisted
3 - Beck - Timebomb
4 - Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
5 - Jimi Hendrix - Dolly Dagger
6 - Lady Gaga - Love Game
I just couldn't use the official Lady Gaga video for this. The True Blood version is the one that's on my playlist. I need Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) to play the love game. Unfortunately, looking at Lady Gaga takes away from my ability to enjoy her music.
7 - Sean Paul - Get Busy
8 - Blackstrobe - I'm a Man
9 - Gogol Bordello - Not a Crime
10 - OutKast - Hey Ya!
11 - Kylie Minogue and Akshay Kumar - Chiggy Wiggy
Champion of the Arts - I write historical and paranormal fiction, as well as poetry. I love to showcase creative works by artists of all stripes. Blogging from Nova Scotia, Canada
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