Can you man dance?

Caesar_Bojangle

I'm man i cant dance, whats wrong with that? When i go out with all my friends i appear to be the only guy who cant dance, its probably down to all the zhite pop/dance music they play but who cares, so i make up my own dance routines like playing invisible basketball incorporating a bit of packing the shelves, thumbing down the bus and shooting the rabbits and mingers to try and cover up my lack of skills in saltation. As i'm so tall if i started jumping up and down waving hands et al i'd probably knock somebody unconscious. One friend in particular gives me a load of stick for it because he can dance like some homosexual boyband member to Steps latest release. So to cut it short, am i the only man who cant dance and do women really care if you can dance or make yourself look like a fool trying? My friend who gives me all the stick reckons they do but in all fairness i've scored quite a few times from my innovative dance routines.

Your opinions?

richindub2

i sway from side to side and move my arms about a bit tbh

oeNeo

I can't dance for shit but I can jump up and down and the likes.

sceptre

I can't dance.

Therefore I don't.

Except at weddings (waltzes and dodgy Oirish dances) and where hot chicks have dragged me to the dance floor (hey - it's happened a few times!), I haven't been seen on a dance floor since 1996.

The world is a better place as a result. I've got rhythm, it's just that like Ardal O'Hanlon I'm like Michael Flatley stuck in the body of a tree.

Farls

I wouldn't say i can dance, but i can spend time on the floor and not feel like a total sore thumb.

Women usually go for somebody who is comfortable on the floor so to become comfortable get a few pints in ya and don't be embarressed, move around, dont stay in the one spot and dont try to copy other ppl u just end up lookin worse.

A mate of mine got pro lessons and he is unreal like, can go out on the floor on his own and even women won't go out cuz he'll show them up....just cuz he can dance dont mean he pulls more often but it helps i'd say.

One thing i always **** up is dancing with a girl...can never seem to manage it and enjoy it...hav to work on that...hehe

Farlz

Sev

I don't 'get' dancing, it just doesnt make any sense to me.

Funky

dancing is silly, there could be 2 people doing the same dance and one person look like a complete twát

oeNeo

Originally posted by Sev
I don't 'get' dancing, it just doesnt make any sense to me.

What do you mean you don't get it? What's to get?

Lafortezza

Find a female friend of yours,
mention Salsa dancing to her,
when she creams herself and says its a 'fantastic idea',
allow yourself to be dragged along to the classes that she'll find off the interweb (Temple bar music centre on a tues afaik)

She will take to it like a drunk man to kebabs, and you will feel like a fool as you stand on her toes and elbow her in the ear,

you will never want to go through that humiliation again
she will force you to go the following week

you will go and you will be embarrassed again
but not quite as much as the first week

you can eventually do it without falling over 9 times out of 10
(the simple bits anyway)
you go along the next week but decide its not for you and get a mate to sit with you at the bar and you both watch the lithe spanish chicks in their tight hipsters writhing and twirling on the dance floor
you both decide salsa dancing is the bidness

from the little you've learned at this point you have found some confidence in your dancing skillz for the regular old nightclub style of dancing and you might even remember enough to woo some filly...

here's hoping anyway

El Marco

I normaly flail my arms and legs to the beat. But if you're really stuck and don't want to get lessons, buy a dance mat for the ps most probably the best fun ever

Tbh the is nothing to get really it's just fun exercise to the sound of a beat. I never danced or bothered my arse to go to discos untill I became a host to the no name club, and now I can't help myself but get up and boogie

The Gopher

The type of dance depends on the music.Get the likes of Scooter on and Im nearly dead by the time Im finished.
I,like most people,go for what moe devoted dance fans might term skanger moshing,whereby a minimum of 20 people dive into a circle and jump like mad while singing along.I dont like dance music in general.Me and most peo0ple I know find all that Ibiza club sh1te really boring.

Maybe its just me but when you see poeple on tv in dance cluns the dancing their doing looks so boring!Just shaking one arm and wiggling your body aint hew ya dance laddie!

As said the type of music dictates the type of dance.For instance if there is sort of thumping sounds or whatever(ya know,like 3 of them in a row really quickly)then you might do something like go behind a girl and pretend your doing the doggy on her(well,me and the knackers I know do anyway,perhaps you lot are more refined:D) .Whereas if its really heavy Scooter style hardocre or nu-metal/grunge like Linkin Park or Nirvana you will normally get into a massive mosh and try not to get crushed.

I dunno how some people go out and dont bother dancing.Apart from scoring thats the whole point.

BTW does anybody else think that when they play rubbish you simply cant dance to the rows begin?Last night while they were playing Westlife crap at least 4 people were thrown out for fighting.All these womens groups trying to ban hip hop that encourages violence apparently,completely ignoring the fact that fighting only starts when the masses are standing around bored waiting for Westlife to finish their warbling.:)
I would be fully behind them if they tried to ban Westlife for inadvertandtly encouraging violence:D

Mossy Monk

i can't dance, never will. when i hit a dance floor it's usually the floor! in short i might attempt a dance twice a year. i'm not the worst though. that honour goes to one of my friends. you have to see him dance to believe it lol

Snowball

I remember .... back in the days .... When (here goes the old man again )

When Gambler and myself hung out together we used to dance alot. I kinda tought myself to dance. all u need is a bit of rithum.

Do the ladies like men who can dance? Yes in my experiance, yes. My score card got real full when we went on the pull dancing, we used to do stupid stuff like dance in the same rithum as the other and stuff like that, gorls used to join in with us, worked like a charm

The best thing is to ignore ur m8s and stop doing silly moves that have names. They make u look to much like a poser. If u just go with the rithum and do whatever u like ppl dont even notice, exept chicks that want to notice u

honeymonster

If you want to learn how to dance just follow the links below. I found them very useful.



http://www.zefrank.com/invite/swfs/index2.html

http://www.zefrank.com/dance2/navigation.html

yellum

Course *I* can dance. Its genetic ....

Funky

Originally posted by lafortezza
Find a female friend of yours,
mention Salsa dancing to her,
when she creams herself and says its a 'fantastic idea',
allow yourself to be dragged along to the classes that she'll find off the interweb (Temple bar music centre on a tues afaik)

She will take to it like a drunk man to kebabs, and you will feel like a fool as you stand on her toes and elbow her in the ear,

you will never want to go through that humiliation again
she will force you to go the following week

you will go and you will be embarrassed again
but not quite as much as the first week

you can eventually do it without falling over 9 times out of 10
(the simple bits anyway)
you go along the next week but decide its not for you and get a mate to sit with you at the bar and you both watch the lithe spanish chicks in their tight hipsters writhing and twirling on the dance floor
you both decide salsa dancing is the bidness

from the little you've learned at this point you have found some confidence in your dancing skillz for the regular old nightclub style of dancing and you might even remember enough to woo some filly...

here's hoping anyway

badivslly he is homo any takesr!?

Mutz

heheh... that was pretty damn good honeymaster..

Mossy Monk

great links

Snowball

lol, ns sites honeymaster

po0k

Originally posted by The Gopher
The type of dance depends on the music.Get the likes of Scooter on and Im nearly dead by the time Im finished.
I,like most people,go for what moe devoted dance fans might term skanger moshing,whereby a minimum of 20 people dive into a circle and jump like mad while singing along.I dont like dance music in general.Me and most peo0ple I know find all that Ibiza club sh1te really boring.

Maybe its just me but when you see poeple on tv in dance cluns the dancing their doing looks so boring!Just shaking one arm and wiggling your body aint hew ya dance laddie!

As said the type of music dictates the type of dance.For instance if there is sort of thumping sounds or whatever(ya know,like 3 of them in a row really quickly)then you might do something like go behind a girl and pretend your doing the doggy on her(well,me and the knackers I know do anyway,perhaps you lot are more refined:D) .Whereas if its really heavy Scooter style hardocre or nu-metal/grunge like Linkin Park or Nirvana you will normally get into a massive mosh and try not to get crushed.

I dunno how some people go out and dont bother dancing.Apart from scoring thats the whole point.

BTW does anybody else think that when they play rubbish you simply cant dance to the rows begin?Last night while they were playing Westlife crap at least 4 people were thrown out for fighting.All these womens groups trying to ban hip hop that encourages violence apparently,completely ignoring the fact that fighting only starts when the masses are standing around bored waiting for Westlife to finish their warbling.:)
I would be fully behind them if they tried to ban Westlife for inadvertandtly encouraging violence:D

Agree 100%

I can kind of dance, generally feel more comfortable when I've a pint or two in me, with a bunch of mates or when there's a good tune on (read Violent femmes, Queen, Guns 'n Roses, Clash, Pixies, Rage Against The Machine, Frames etc.), though if there's a half decent dance tune on (plenty of bass in it, no fart arsing around with breaks an stuff) i'll go to that.

I'v been known to mosh to Shakira on occasion when the mood took me though....

Shinji

I can't dance. I sure as hell have a lot of fun trying to on a regular basis, though.

Runfree

I know I can't dance. Therefore I avoid to. But whenever Im at a wedding or sumthing like that I always get forced to dance arghhhhhhhhh!!!! THE HORROR!!!!

KdjaCL

hmm is swaying at the side of a dance floor with a large bottle of Bulmers considered a dance??

if yes then im teh bestest dancar evar

kdjac

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by SyxPak
I'v been known to mosh to Shakira on occasion

please tell me how this is possible

Sev

Originally posted by Neo-
What do you mean you don't get it? What's to get?

Exactly.

azezil

its not rocket science, u move to the beat....

Lawnkiller

Originally posted by azezil
its not rocket science, u move to the beat....

get enuf drink in u and u can almost getaway with anything as long as you don't fall

Lenny

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Kali

I'm learning to Crapdance(r) at the moment.
Which basically involves taking the piss as much as possible to the lamest songs in the dodgiest nightclubs, absolutely great fun.

I'd only dance properly when its got a decent beat, dn'b or hip-hop stuff...

Mercury_Tilt

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Lenny

You know I a do always be merc

Seraphina

i wouldn't trust a guy who dances really well.
the fact that i cant dance and dont want to be shown up also comes into play

if you're talking abt dancing in nightclubs and such, don't worry abt it. Most people don't know how to dance. The people who look like they do, would probably say that they don't. Generally i head onut on the dance floor, and have a laugh. If people look at you and think you're a prat, then they're not worth thinking about. I actually find the people who never dance the funny ones, since they're in a dance-club. (if they want to drink till 2:30, just go to a late-bar)

ballooba

Every time I see a dance floor my heart starts beating like a bag of bunnies falling down a set of stairs, I smell the spirit of Michael Flatley in the air and start dancing like one of the cartoon characters from the lyons tea ad.

But seriously, I usually pretend I've got fire ants all over me and start flailing about like a baboon on E.

i find it helps to focus on a certain woman, and force any thought of looking bad to the back of my head. If i'm admiring a woman it helps.

Sangre

Originally posted by ballooba
Every time I see a dance floor my heart starts beating like a bag of bunnies falling down a set of stairs, I smell the spirit of Michael Flatley in the air and start dancing like one of the cartoon characters from the lyons tea ad.

But seriously, I usually pretend I've got fire ants all over me and start flailing about like a baboon on E.

LoL the guy who was in that ad was in my school, he got some serious abuse for that

i love the sig btw >>>>> When I was a child I used to believe I had an imaginary friend who'd walk beside me, play with me, comfort me and grant me wishes.
Then I grew up and stopped going to church

Cake Fiend

When I'm out proper-clubbing, I dance like a crazy person.
If I'm in some craphole semi-club (Zanzibar etc) I can't really dance to poppy stuff unless I've had a fair few tankards. I won't dance to most poppy crap no matter how many pints are in me.

Runfree

Originally posted by KdjaC
hmm is swaying at the side of a dance floor with a large bottle of Bulmers considered a dance??

if yes then im teh bestest dancar evar

kdjac

Well if that was the case(well swap the bulmers for a pint of Guinness) then I can dance too.

But Im afraid that isn't considered a dance

Typedef

I used to rave alot when I was (*umm) younger.

At house parties and illegal raves organised (wherever).

So I guess if the fancy takes me I can dance.
In fact, I'd say I'm a brilliant dancer.

so there

Typedef

Kolodny, amp, The Corinthian, Jak's girlfriend and Beru can dance too.... if memory serves.

schrodinger

Just mosh.

Jak

I used to dance when I was younger - 15-19 kinda thing. But other than maybe dancing to a slow set with the girl or something like that, I have absolutely zero interest in it (this excludes the big drunken circles thing that happens at Xmas new year etc...)

I don't know what has changed, but I simply get zero kick out of it. I prefer late bars, pub atmoshphere etc. - a night out with everyone dancing and not really talking to each other is a ****ing waste in my view.

Also I find that almost nobody *can* dance. You may think you can, or you look good, but generally picking out any individual on a dancefloor rather than watching the writhing mass will let you notice it is all crap. I am not talking about proper dancers here - just your regular nightclub in Dublin scenario.

I dunno, I have nothing against it, but it ain't for me. Personally I get my kicks out of training, diving, kitesurfing etc and when the gf decides she wants to come out on the water, then maybe I will go watch a salsa class with her.

I don't need dancing for a release or excersise, I have excersise for that, and for a release, drinking with pals works just fine.

JAK.

Beruthiel

Originally posted by Typedef
Kolodny, amp, The Corinthian, Jak's girlfriend and Beru can dance too.... if memory serves.

see, this comment here proves that Typie is one intelligent man!
I am the Dancing Queen*

*the drunker I am the better I consider myself to be!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i can dance, right beruthiel?

Beruthiel

Originally posted by Mordeth
i can dance, right beruthiel?

yup! all night long if I recall

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

quality *and* quantity..I 0wn man dancing

Sangre

Originally posted by klaz
i love the sig btw >>>>> When I was a child I used to believe I had an imaginary friend who'd walk beside me, play with me, comfort me and grant me wishes.
Then I grew up and stopped going to church

Its funny cause its true, one year I asked him for the gift of rhythem, and guess what? All I got was eternal happiness, what a gyp!


I love the old dancing, my favourite is with one of my pals go out onto an empty dancefloor, push imaginary ppl out of the way and start making a fool of myself, e.g robot dance or mime. I feel its the effort that counts, also if u have self confidence it looks a lot better then being able to get jiggy with the beat

azezil

i've danced in cages (and striped ) and on stage....

tony 2 tone

I cant man dance but i can Bat dance...............

Shinji

I don't know what has changed, but I simply get zero kick out of it. I prefer late bars, pub atmoshphere etc. - a night out with everyone dancing and not really talking to each other is a ****ing waste in my view.

I see where you're coming from on this - in general if I'm going out clubbing, I go to the pub first and drink pretty lightly (boozing heavily before going to a club is a bad bloody idea) until closing time (11pm in London, bah) before heading off to a preferred club, so you pretty much get the best of both worlds.

Of course, lots of decent clubs have relatively quiet chill-out areas in them too, which are great for just meeting random people and talking crap. In some ways that's the best bit of a club night out for me - the dancing and the music is fun, but the weird selection of people you get to meet is even more fun