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Old 23-11-2009, 18:04
Smeddlesboy
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OK a tiny bit off topic, but still dance related.

Is Let Me Entertain you (Robbie Williams) a suitable song for a tango, and do you think it would be a good one for the show?
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Old 23-11-2009, 18:07
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Por una cabeza is the only song for a Tango!
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Old 23-11-2009, 18:25
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No. And no.

Not for amateurs anyway. You'd have to be a blinding dancer to sell the tango to "Entertain".

I'm warning you - you mark my words, there'll be a Charleston to Michael Jackson this weekend or something equally ludicrous!!!!
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Old 23-11-2009, 19:37
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It was a bit worrying early on when the woman in charge of the dress designs said on IT2, that this year it was to have an "eighties theme."

I really believe some stupid BBC "suit" is so worried about Strictly being trounced by X-factor so is influencing some music choices to be as "near as that lot's over there as possible."
It's all about ratings and "engaging" a younger audience, most of whom are watching X-Factor or already on their way down to the pub.

The choices this year have been pretty dire, with a few exceptions when "proper" ballroom tunes have been chosen. I don't mind some contemporary tunes if there's a "strict tempo" but often there's not.

Still, it least we haven't had "Eleanor Rigby" again.
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Old 23-11-2009, 20:35
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No. And no.

Not for amateurs anyway. You'd have to be a blinding dancer to sell the tango to "Entertain".

I'm warning you - you mark my words, there'll be a Charleston to Michael Jackson this weekend or something equally ludicrous!!!!
i think the musical arranger needs to be shot if that happens
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Old 24-11-2009, 11:05
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no i think its an awful song for a tango but i like the traditional music for tango and paso so i would never believe a modern song is that great for this kind of dance
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Old 24-11-2009, 11:15
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no i think its an awful song for a tango but i like the traditional music for tango and paso so i would never believe a modern song is that great for this kind of dance
I think some modern songs work for the paso, as long as they invoke the requiste drama. They don't seem to work at all for the tango though.
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