Dance Blasts From the Past!
By Terri Doss
@gtdoss (1013)
United States
August 18, 2022 4:31am CST
I just recently wrote about my nostalgia over disco songs. Now I'm wondering what kind of dances (from any era) that you might remember.
I remember the Hustle and the Bump, which I actively (groan) participated in, and from before my time, the Mashed Potato and the Madison.
Does anybody else here remember any particular dances that you either do, used to do, or that you've heard of? The only dance I do these days is the Sit in My Chair and Mess About on My Computer Dance, LOL!
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
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@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
18 Aug 22
That is true. I'm kind of out of the loop as far as new dance crazes, so I don't know if they come out one after the other so fast anymore.
@RebeccasFarm (90523)
• Arvada, Colorado
18 Aug 22
KC and the Sunshine ..anything they sang was fine with me.
I saw them at 6 Flags in St Louis or outside of St Louis years ago before my son was even born.
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@FourWalls (69125)
• United States
18 Aug 22
I always loved that song “Ain’t Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman” by Joe Tex. Heck, my mom even liked it! 
I remember the songs (“Loco-Motion,” “The Twist,” etc.) but I was never much on dancing. You know that saying, “Dance like nobody’s watching”? If anyone were watching me dance they’d call an ambulance thinking I was having a seizure! 
I remember the songs (“Loco-Motion,” “The Twist,” etc.) but I was never much on dancing. You know that saying, “Dance like nobody’s watching”? If anyone were watching me dance they’d call an ambulance thinking I was having a seizure! 1 person likes this
@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
18 Aug 22
Four Walls, let me just say that I looked up the song "Ain’t Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman” by Joe Tex. And oh, my goodness, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. It was when he was singing it on Soul Train. It was already funny enough, but then a large-ish woman danced onto the stage and started doing the bump with him, and it knocked him straight onto the floor! I'm sure it was all staged, but it looked extremely legit, LOL! Thanks for letting me know about this gem of a song!
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
18 Aug 22
I remember the Mashed Potatoes but now I only do the Couch Potato
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
19 Aug 22
@gtdoss It's nice though to remember those days when we had fun dancing and all the dance crazes
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@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
19 Aug 22
Oh, yes! The Macarena was popular when we got married, 1996! We were on a cruise, and we danced to the Macarena in the ship's disco!
@dgobucks226 (35770)
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19 Aug 22
I remember doing the Bump. Wasn't a big fan of Disco so the hustle was not on my dance card. Here are a few Oldies dance crazes that were popular: The Twist, The Jerk, Watusi, Swim, The Frug, Bunny Hop. And a couple from the 70's/80's, Y.M.C.A and Moonwalk.
