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Need Some 60s Song Suggestions
Hey all
We’re doing a "Summer of Love" at Poletential and I am teaching two 3-week choreographed dances to songs. I’m trying to stay within the theme and want to pick music from that era. For the first one I’m doing I Put A Spell on You by Creedence. I just can’t decide for the second song!I’ve thought of:
Black Magic Woman, Santana
Nights in White Satin, Moody Blues
Come Together, Joe Cocker remake (I hate the Beatles, sue me…)Also thought of others from the 70s. I’d love something Floyd but it’s all so damn depressing!
Any ideas for me????
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50’s through 70’s is right up my alley! Not sure if they fit with your theme, but here’s the favorites from my oldies playlist:
Mustang Sally – The Commitments
Take Me to the River – The Commitments
My Girl – The Temptations
Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Manfred Mann
I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence
Twentieth Century Fox – Escape Club
Baby I Need Your Loving – Was (Not Was)
In the Still of the Night – Debbie Gibson
More Today Than Yesterday – Spiral Starecase
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
Too Much Monkey Business – Elvis
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
Good Lovin’ – The Rascals
(They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – Carole King
Beautiful – Carole King
Brown Eyed Girl – Van MorrisonEnjoy https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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led zeppelin has some interesting stuff from the 60s and 70s… depends on what sort of ‘feel’ you are going for… some of the zeppelin stuff would be great for slinky /sexy /sensuous…. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Don’t know if this is the right era, but a few songs came to mind. Pulling this from my memory bank from 10 years ago, so not sure on artists/song titles either.
Leave Your Hat On – Joe Cocker
Those Shoes – Eagles
Red House – Hendrix
House of the Rising Sun – Animals
She’s So Heavy- BeatlesJust pulling the instrumental beginning portion of Floyd’s Time would be so bada$$ – I’ve always had that one in the back of my head of one I want to conquer once I have the skills in place.
Sounds like it is going to be a fun class https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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go to pandora.com & type in "60’s" or your favorite artist from that time, random stuff from that time should come up & it will most likely be stuff you wouldn’t have thought of on your own, but i’ll bet you will like a lot of it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
i have a aerosmith channel, jimi hendrix channel & a journey channel on my pandora && those are my favorite ones to use when i pole! mostly its stuff i would have never even thought of (& some stuff i have never heard) but it great!! -
from my "soul, sass, and blues" playlist (a little less tie-dyed than the songs you listed but in the same era and these SCREAM sultry summer to me):
back door man- howlin wolf
cigarettes and coffee- otis redding
whole lotta love- tina turner
the sky is crying- stevie ray vaughn
summertime- leslie west
cry to me- solomon burke
since i’ve been lovin you- led zeppelin
red house- jimi hendrixhttps://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_twisted.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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"Time of the Season" by the Zombies. It’s perfect for Summer of Love theme!
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These are GREAT suggestions, thank you all SO MUCH!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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There’s a lot of 70s suggestions up…if you want something truly psychadelic 60s listen to The Mamas and the Papas – Wild Women.
Or California dreaming. Or like….anything by them. Haha
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How did it go/is it going? Which songs did you/are you using?
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I decided on I Put a Spell on You by CCR for the first one.
For the second, even though it’s from 1964, Fleur convinced me to use Oh Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison. I think it will be fun, although it’s way faster than I usually dance. A challenge for me to be sure!
Thanks for asking!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif -
Sounds great! Nothing wrong with a good challenge!
I look forward to seeing how both dances worked out! Be sure to post vids!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif -
Great songs! I too am looking forward to seeing something of it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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If you like Pink Floyd, ‘Money’ has a hot beat and I think it would be a great pole song, even though it’s from the 70’s. You could time some really cool moves to all the ching-chang’s and jingles https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif Good luck! You should post a clip of how it goes https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_thumright.gif
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OK, the first dance is done. I just posted a video. This dance was taught over 3 weeks to mostly brand new polers, so it’s fairly simple.
It’s a terrible performance, I had danced it a quadbillion times as each student danced one by one and was filmed (I was off camera for each of theirs.) I was tired, stiff, blah blah snore…. But I promised, so there you go! Thanks again everyone for all your ideas!! -
Love Potion #9 was a R&R hit in the 60’s, but Sally Kellerman (of TV Mash fame) made a slow, steamy "torch song" version".
Black Velvet … don’t know if it’s 60’s, but it’s about Elvis!
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