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Music that makes you dance round the kitchen

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janeainsworth Tue 03-Nov-15 09:53:26

We've had the thread about music that makes you cry - what makes you stop what you're doing and dance round the kitchen?

I'm currently rocking to Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Blues smile

Grannyknot Tue 03-Nov-15 09:59:46

Anything by Creedence Clearwater Revival grin e.g. "I see a bad moon rising ..." or "Proud Mary" - when I hear "Looking for a job in the city ..." my dishcloth goes over my shoulder and I boogie.

rosesarered Tue 03-Nov-15 09:59:55

Oh, too many to mention, but anything by Staus Quo, Abba,Dire Straits,Elton John ( you can see there is a bit of a retro theme going here.)

rosesarered Tue 03-Nov-15 10:03:13

And not just dancing in the kitchen, I can dance my way round the whole house!Just remembered a few days ago the radio played Summer In The City and I did a good bit of excercise to that, I can tell you.

KatyK Tue 03-Nov-15 10:05:26

My all time favourite that makes me want to dance is Happy just to dance with you by The Beatles with lovely George on vocals. Also things like I just wanna dance the night away with senoritas who can sway or Mambo Number 5. smile

henetha Tue 03-Nov-15 10:16:23

I go through phases... at the moment it's 80's electro-pop, - Erasure, Pet Shops Boys etc, which make me dance around the kitchen.

Nonnie Tue 03-Nov-15 10:49:00

I am reminded of the time we went to B & Q on a Wednesday (over 60s discount day) and all the music was from the 1960s. I asked the girl on the checkout if it was deliberate and she hadn't a clue what I was talking about.

Mr N and I seem to be rather odd as we cannot sit with music around us without tapping our feet or in some other way reacting. We have looked around at others and noticed that no one else is doing the same. I don't even think I am that musical.

janeainsworth Tue 03-Nov-15 10:55:12

They really don't know what they missed, do they Nonnie? grin

Humbertbear Tue 03-Nov-15 11:13:54

Glory Days by Burce Springsteen and At the Hop by Danny and the Juniors.

NotTooOld Tue 03-Nov-15 11:21:42

The Beatles! Roll over Beethoven! Also keen on ELO, the Stones, Pet Shop Boys, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Georgie Fame, 10cc........and then, of coure, there is Elvis. Anyone know when the prog about Elvis and Joanna Lumley is on? Have I missed it?

Cosafina Tue 03-Nov-15 11:32:48

Aquele Abraço by Gilberto Gil - so joyous and exuberant! smile

Brahaspatinda Tue 03-Nov-15 11:35:15

Don't agree with the lyrics' sentiment but I loved dancing to this : www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1lSIIOQ1Ck
It has a usefully long enough intro so you could dash from the loo if necessary. (Mecca, Leeds, anyone?!)
Could quote you dozens from the same era, mid-sixties, but I made a CD for my GD, including these:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnmlX-WF7vU&list=RDXnmlX-WF7vU#t=5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhGbivQdG4 This last with some historical moves ;)

FarNorth Tue 03-Nov-15 11:36:45

Happy - Pharrell Williams. Two Princes -Spin Doctors.
Lots & lots of others smile

Luckygirl Tue 03-Nov-15 11:36:58

Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues - OH and are "sent" by this. We danced to it live in the student union many moons ago.

My DDs and their spouses are quite into the lovely 60s music. One SIL has all of Bob Dylan. We were so lucky to have such ground-breaking and innovative music as the backdrop to our youth.

EEJit Tue 03-Nov-15 11:38:17

I don't dance around but anything by T-Rex gets the old air guitar going.

Greyduster Tue 03-Nov-15 11:41:12

Lou Bega's Mambo no. 5 ('A little bit of ...)! Can't resist it!

TriciaF Tue 03-Nov-15 11:45:13

Dancing Queen - Abba.
Also as others have mentioned some of the Beatles songs.

TrishTopcat Tue 03-Nov-15 12:07:21

La Bamba, it even got me up on the dance floor on my own on our recent holiday (my DH doesn't dance much, sadly)

Kipper1953 Tue 03-Nov-15 12:21:53

Happy by Pharrell, dancing queen, knights in white satin, tonight's the night by Rod Stewart. Oh love dancing to Beyoncé "You should have put a ring on it". This one I do with my four ur old grand daughter. ??

crossstitchgill Tue 03-Nov-15 12:28:13

Bellowhead! Not on the radio enough!

henbane Tue 03-Nov-15 12:34:21

(Almost) anything by the Stones - still the best little dance band in the world! (Though these days I bop around my walking stick, I'd have to hang on to the cabinets if I were dancing in the kitchen)

merlotgran Tue 03-Nov-15 12:45:53

Mr. Blue Sky - ELO - Never fails to lift my mood.

joannapiano Tue 03-Nov-15 12:55:45

My current favourite is Bills by LunchMoney Lewis.
' I got bills, I gotta pay....'
Gets me moving every time !

Morgain11 Tue 03-Nov-15 13:07:44

Anything by Bruce and any Elizabethan reggae too!!

Zengran Tue 03-Nov-15 14:19:29

Whitney's "I wanna dance with somebody"

Brown Sugar and Start me up by The Stones

Most T-Rex singles

Born to be Wild By Steppenwolf