Music Suggestions
The Strictly rumour mill seems to have gone a bit quiet in the last few days, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to post a few music suggestions that I would like to see used on the programme. I haven't got one for each dance. These are just a few songs that I think would be great. I have posted YouTube links to the music where possible.
Samba: Loveboat by Kylie Minogue. This is a fairly unknown album track, so the producers would probably turn it down, but it has a brilliant samba bounce to it, and the tempo feels about right to my untrained ear.
Tango: Oelle Como Espíritu Adolescente by the Mandrágora Tango Orchestra. A brilliant tango version of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Need I say more?
Viennese waltz: Theme From 'A Summer Place' by Percy Faith. A pacey waltz with a floaty tune. Perfect for VW.
Paso doble: Poison by Alice Cooper. Pasos are difficult. There's always a conflict on Strictly between the traditional paso music like España Cañí and the pop tunes. Poison would make a paso similar to Brendan & Sarah's Bring Me To Life. A little 'out there'.
Click here for Poison video.
Cha cha: Ride Like The Wind by Christopher Cross. This song screams cha cha to me, and has done for a long while. I think it would be a great choice.
If I think of more, I'll post them later.
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Update Wednesday 12th August.
Foxtrot: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do by ABBA. Think of the fun wedding themed routine you could do!
Click here for I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do video.
Samba: Loveboat by Kylie Minogue. This is a fairly unknown album track, so the producers would probably turn it down, but it has a brilliant samba bounce to it, and the tempo feels about right to my untrained ear.
Tango: Oelle Como Espíritu Adolescente by the Mandrágora Tango Orchestra. A brilliant tango version of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Need I say more?
Viennese waltz: Theme From 'A Summer Place' by Percy Faith. A pacey waltz with a floaty tune. Perfect for VW.
Paso doble: Poison by Alice Cooper. Pasos are difficult. There's always a conflict on Strictly between the traditional paso music like España Cañí and the pop tunes. Poison would make a paso similar to Brendan & Sarah's Bring Me To Life. A little 'out there'.
Click here for Poison video.
Cha cha: Ride Like The Wind by Christopher Cross. This song screams cha cha to me, and has done for a long while. I think it would be a great choice.
If I think of more, I'll post them later.
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Update Wednesday 12th August.
Foxtrot: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do by ABBA. Think of the fun wedding themed routine you could do!
Click here for I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do video.
posted by Loulabelle44 @ 1:38 pm
2 Comments:
At 8:00 am,
Anonymous said…
Hmmm... the tango and the samba are fine. The VW would need slowing down a lot. And the Cha-Cha is very much a Strictly Cha-Cha, i.e. might work out, but has no real Latin flavour to it. And is also too fast.
At 1:35 pm,
Laura said…
Poison would be awesome. I get the feeling there will be a lot of current pop type songs this year, such as Rihanna or Lady Gaga!
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