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Lee Bartholomew
3rd-June-2008, 03:04 PM
Is there a name for the Line Dance done to Eminems Shake That.

I have seen Lee Easton and co do it at the Royal Oak weekender and some people do it at SP this weekend.

robd
3rd-June-2008, 03:24 PM
I don't know about naming. I had a look on You Tube but could only find this

YouTube - Explicit! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFTstKQeHQc)

and this http://allroundlinedance.dk/Stepsheets/explicit_mtgroove_mag.pdf (http://allroundlinedance.dk/Stepsheets/explicit_mtgroove_mag.pdf)as a stepsheet

Thing is, of course that Lee and Naomi will probably be throwing in all kinds of their own stuff whilst keeping to the basic framework of the steps.

Moondancer
4th-June-2008, 03:38 PM
"Explicit" is the usual linedance done to that track - but it doesn't normally get played at mainline events, only newline events, as the lyrics are somewhat dubious (especially when the dancers tend to shout "SLUT!" at certain points).

...Actually the lyrics aren't dubious at all, they're crystal clear!

Caro
17th-September-2008, 08:19 PM
If you're still interested, the line dance for that is Have fun go mad (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FChs0m2JYNI)...

There used to be a very good teaching vid on youtube but it seems to have gone... :(

Moondancer
22nd-September-2008, 01:13 PM
If you're still interested, the line dance for that is Have fun go mad (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FChs0m2JYNI)...

There used to be a very good teaching vid on youtube but it seems to have gone... :(


No, Have Fun Go Mad is a dance in its own right to the Blair track. It's used as an alternative on the floor by dancers who don't know Explicit

Caro
22nd-September-2008, 01:18 PM
No, Have Fun Go Mad is a dance in its own right to the Blair track. It's used as an alternative on the floor by dancers who don't know Explicit

Quite possibly, but that's the line dance that Lee (Easton) and co were using, so that would answer Lee's (B) question :na:

Sparkles
22nd-September-2008, 05:30 PM
I would so love to learn this...
... modern line dance looks like much more fun than all the traditional thigh-slapping stuff.

Hmm, wonder if there are any decent classes specifically for this in the UK or do you have to go to the States to learn properly?

Caro
22nd-September-2008, 05:32 PM
I would so love to learn this...


No need to go far... Lee teaches line dances every thursday in Enfield and also at every other Bisley workshop :flower:

Lory
22nd-September-2008, 06:15 PM
No, Have Fun Go Mad is a dance in its own right to the Blair track. It's used as an alternative on the floor by dancers who don't know Explicit

There appears to be two different dances, to the same track going on here... one for the 'oldies' and another for the 'young things' :D

YouTube - Have Fun Go Mad (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bAEVwMYJ8jI&feature=related)

Moondancer
22nd-September-2008, 07:29 PM
Quite possibly, but that's the line dance that Lee (Easton) and co were using, so that would answer Lee's (B) question :na:

Yes, that's true, but he might as well know what he's doing if he fancies learning it! The three in front are doing Have Fun Go Mad, the ones at the back are just fitting another (easier) dance to the same music.

HFGM is a newline 'classic' written by Scott Blevins from the USA in 1999 - it fits lots of tracks and it’s pretty easy. Explicit is also a newline dance but was less widely learnt. It was written by MT Groove, who were my weekly class teachers at the time they wrote it in 2006.

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Lee Easton might teach HFGM to the track for Explicit, but I would be very surprised if he didn't make it clear to his class that he was teaching them HFGM, not Explicit. It's also possible that his class learnt HFGM as HFGM but fancied a different track because they were bored of the 'correct' track, which is quite likely – one of my classes often does HFGM to a Michael Jackson Bad/Ghostbusters track. This track switching happens all the time, but the dance is still announced by the name of the dance choreography, not the name of the track. At a social if a track has several dances written to it then it’s usual to announce them all and tell people whereabouts on the floor to stand for which version. It’s quite normal to have a floor split for Explicit with HFGM at the back. A good DJ would have a good idea of what floor splits are commonly danced to a particular track in the area, or some enterprising soul will work out what else fits, start it wherever there is space and then usually other people who don’t know the original will join in. Some teacher/choreographers will even produce a dumbed-down version of a popular dance so that their beginners can manage it too.


I would so love to learn this...
... modern line dance looks like much more fun than all the traditional thigh-slapping stuff.

Hmm, wonder if there are any decent classes specifically for this in the UK or do you have to go to the States to learn properly?


No, the Americans are actually not as up-to-date with their linedancing as we are here, even though they have got some excellent choreographers. This coming weekend sees the annual Leeds Newline event where various choreographers from different parts of the world (including Scott, Michelle and Tracey -MT Groove) will be teaching – guaranteed no thigh slapping in sight! :lol: They and the other choreographers will release their latest brand new dances there which will buzz round the world within the next few days (literally), but the Americans will still be taught them as 'new' at their big events six months down the line, when they are considered quite old hat here.