I'm loving the Pogues choice, I love Kirsty, its the anniversary of her death in a couple of weeks, think we should have an entire virtual show to celebrate her - what can I dance to with "In these Shoes"?

I would do a Cha Cha to the 'best of my love' by the Emotions

nice! I wonder if I can shoe-horn some Northern Soul in somewhere? Or some Dusty Springfield, "son of a preacher man" perhaps, although that's also a Liza number.

Roll up the carpets, usher them into a sofa - and dance.

why not, I still have the talc on the floor from when I had my one person northern soul spinning on your head disco the other week

Brilliant thread!

I'm not a dancer and don't know much about music, so I'd have to rely on Dave Arch and his wonderful orchestra to make these possible!

VW - Everybody Hurts by REM (must include the tempo change)

Waltz - How? by Regina Spector

QuickStep - Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant

Foxtrot - Hello Dolly - By Louis Armstrong

Rumba - Jealous Guy - Roxy Music

Jive - Bad Things (True Blood Theme) - Jace Everett

American Smooth - Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosbie

Tango - Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb

Yes I agree with the previous poster great thread. I'm not into music much these days but I would have.

Puttin on the Ritz for Charleston

Rock around the Clock for Jive

Cavatina theme from The Deer Hunter for Waltz

The Skaters Waltz for Viennese Waltz

Can't think of any others at the mo

great list. Love the Marti Webb, Adam Ant, Louis Armstrong and the REM is beyond brave, are you going to do that in week 1

Might start thinking about my show-dance if I can get through with my dodgy frame and messy party latin

Paso Doble to Self Control by Laura Branigan.
VW to Kiss from a Rose by Seal
Foxtrot to Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds.

Your Paso sounds a bit difficult I wonder whether you can do a Paso to Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode?

Foxtrot: "Close To You" by The Carpenters
Quickstep: "Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet

Love Karen Carpenters voice, I like her singing Masquerade, which I think is Sedaka again?

for fear of making a fool of myself - how can you tell which music is suited to a particular dance - i've never been able to work that out

Loved the pro dance to Ballroom Blitz the other week! I thought about a couple of Carpenters songs too.


I think I will start with my Waltz!


I'd like to know that too! I cheated a bit by looking through all the music on my laptop for ideas and then just imagined watching the dances on the show! Couldn't find any ideas for the Salsa or the Samba

Maybe you could start going through the content in these three threads

Strictly Salsa

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1763494

Strictly Argentine Tango

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1763697

Strictly Viennese Waltz

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1765049

Perhaps others will be inspired to come up with similar threads for their favourite dances.

I was waiting for a thread like this!!

Cha Cha - Blurred Lines/Just can't get enough
VW - May Angels lead you in - Jimmy eat world (perhaps it's a bit too slow)
Samba - Smoke weed err'day
Salsa - Jump on it - apache
Rumba - Tom Odell - another love

FUSION of rumba and VW
May angels lead you in - Jimmy eat world

Written by Leon Russell.

Had this all planned out for a while now lol... Too much time on my hands. Just need Anton now.

Waltz
"Beauty and the Beast" - Angela Lansbury

Viennese Waltz
"Once Upon A December" - From "Anastasia"

Foxtrot
"Lets Start Tomorrow Tonight" - from "Smash"

Tango
"Masquerade" - From "Phantom of the Opera"

Argentine Tango
"Madness" - Muse

Quickstep
"Everything's Magic" - Angels and Airwaves

American Smooth
"Starlight" -Muse

Jive
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen

Rhumba
"It Will Rain" - Bruno Mars

Paso Doble
"Kill The Dj" - Green Day

Salsa
"Rhythm of the Night" - From Moulin Rouge!

Samba
"A Little Respect" - Wheatus

Charleston
"Seaside Rendezvous" - Queen

Cha Cha Cha
"Stronger" - Kelly Clarkson

Showdance
"Defying Gravity" - From "Wicked"

Viennese Waltz - "The Green Leaves of Summer" (theme from the original "Alamo" film),.

Rumba - "Take my Breath Away" (from "Top Gun")

Tell me - do you also hear music in places like shops, and think, "That would make a great .. [fill in appropriate dance]"?

I hope Sofakat doesn't drop in on this thread because these will make her want to cry. I quite like dancing Argentine Tango to old jazz artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong et al. I think my liking is to do with the phrasing. Also to some Spanish classical guitar pieces.

I also did an Argentine Tango recently to Cymbaline by Pink Floyd. Hardly an SCD winner though.

Groovy

http://youtu.be/xr7SunYeBbQ

I'll sit that one out ...

This would work on Tango as opposed to AT

ella fitzgerald - hernando's hideaway

http://youtu.be/Cn94wt2CK_o

Nat King Cole - A Media Luz

[I love him but I can't stop laughing at Nat's appalling Spanish pronunciation and can't help myself singing along in a Nat accent. He really should have got some help him]

http://youtu.be/UrgdsbU2J3U

El Choclo (Kiss of Fire) - Nat King Cole

http://youtu.be/0zQn8iVEx18

NAT KING COLE - El Bodeguero - 1950s Cha Cha

http://youtu.be/p9fJTvn6UAI

Found another superb one new to me. I'm smitten.

Gaby Moreno - "Quizás, Quizás,Quizás"

http://youtu.be/AdBM6N2Zbv4

Some awesome songs on this thread!

(I'm a big Dolly Parton fan too, and I love the Carpenters and Louis Armstrong and Ella too)

I've never thought about it but some that spring to mind

Quickstep - Slim Gallard, Communications http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=teaxWYRH9A4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DteaxWYRH9A4

Foxtrot, controversial but this: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-JQTUgLh6mc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-JQTUgLh6mc

Charleston - something manouche, but as it's prime time, I'm
accept a frivolous cover version, like this one - Thr Lost Fingers, Billie Jean http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wjz8Jw9F1kI

American Smooth - Sidney Bechet, Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L6MNx_WvY4E&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DL6MNx_WvY4E

Rumba - Carpenters, Superstar http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Nm_0pC4FM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DF9Nm_0pC4FM

wow! So much stuff to answer since I went to bed and have a look at and homework to do! You tube's gonna be busy!

In terms of how I worked out which songs fit which dance, I didn't really know either. I just looked up some dance lists for various dances to see if I liked the songs suggested, then I noticed that they all had quite similar BPM (beats per minute) so then I started looking for the BPM for the songs I liked, but it wasn't an exact science at all and I just guessed, like someone said earlier "it sounded a bit swingy and right".

and Henry pointed out loads for me to look at too!

Yes!! I soundtrack my life all the time