Dance Dance Party Party.
My friend Glennis created this amazing workout group called Dance Dance Party Party.
And it's spreading across our great land faster than a rage virus.
Here's how she describes it:
"Dance Dance Party Party is just like being out at a club with your girlfriends without
the expensive cover charge and sweaty dudes grinding on you (ew) and trying to get
yer number (no)."
It's pretty awesome. Glennis has kindly invited me to create a mix for a session, and I'm excited about it. But the pressure is ON. How do I create the perfect, not-cliche, bumpin' workout mix to get the ladies moving? I've decided to use a process of elimination. Starting with a list:
Some Songs I Definitely Won't Put on My Dance Dance Party Party Mix:
"Me and a Gun" by Tori Amos.
For the obvious reasons, but also because if, for some reason, the group started doing a funky dance to this, I'd feel really really weird.
The Schaefer Beer Theme as performed on the MOOG
Not that I don't really LOVE this jam, but I worry it would be a bit too self-indulgent.
Anything from the soundtrack to "There Will Be Blood".
As hip as it is, since it was composed by a dude from Radiohead and all, I'm just not sure it's the right vibe for a DDPP session. But I'm sure we could do some really interesting exploring with our bodies and animal work, you know? Or we could just sit around for an hour and talk about how much we love Daniel Day Lewis. We'll change the name of the workout to DDLL: Daniel Day Lewis Lewis!
"What's He Building in There?" by Tom Waits.
Because this is the creepiest song ever written and I don't want to scare the ladies.
"Least Complicated" by The Indigo Girls.
Now, I am sure there are lots of people who would love to hear this and I certainly wouldn't judge if it happened to come on when someone else was DJing - hell, I'd join the skipping-in-circles formation that will inevitably commence. But I'm not comfortable being the person responsible for a room full of women frolicking around to this song. There's a point where you pass irony and enter rockbottom territory, and for me, this is it. And honestly, if you're going to pick an Indigo Girls song, could you pick something a little less cliche? They played this shit in the background on a Tila Tequila episode, for heaven's sake. If you're going to go with Indigo Girls, I'd recommend one of their more crazy tracks like "Chicken Man" - that'll get everybody into a frenzy for sure, and we won't feel the need to immediately make friendship bracelets for each other afterwards.
I think this is a good start. Anyway, check out DDPP. It's awesome.