Lets Dance Top Ten: Your Mama Dont Dance (#10)

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Hi from Chicago! No, not really, but I'll tell you, the snow I drove through on the way home today was more indicative of Chicago than Louisville! Now that I've slipped and slid for the shopping chores it's time to dance! Here's the first song on my list of songs with "dance" in the title....and one everyone probably saw coming. #10: Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins and Messina Anyone surprised? Anyone at all? I know, just surprised that I'm not using Poison's cover. The biggest hit from Loggins and Messina is the fun ode to the generation gap from the 60s. People probably don't realize this now, but "back then" there was stiff resistance to rock music. If you've ever seen Good Morning, Vietnam you've seen it with the problems Adrian Cronauer had playing "unauthorized music." No, that wasn't just a movie plot, it was the "older generation's" attitude toward rock and roll. So why not have a fun song about it? Kenny Loggins was an unknown staff songwriter when he teamed up with former Buffalo Springfield/Poco member Jim Messina to form the duo. Although their career was brief (1971-76, after which Loggins became the king of movie soundtrack theme songs in the late 70s and early 80s ), they had an impact and left a good body of work, including their best-known song. Your Mama Don't Dance Written by Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina Recorded by Loggins and Messina From Loggins and Messina, 1972 Outta the car, long hair!!