The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

[Colonel Green]

The Shib Sibs also gave up their Japanese citizenship.

Not really the same thing. The Shibutanis were Americans who also had Japanese citizenship at birth, but by the operation of Japanese nationality law they would have had to renounce their American citizenship by the time they're 21 had they wanted to keep it.

 

[Dobre]

Orihara moved away from Japan while still a junior.

I think of her as one of those incredible stories. Like Vanessa James or Javier Fernandez or Denis Ten. Driven. Knew what she wanted early. Knew it wasn't achievable at home. And was prepared to make the sacrifice to do what she wanted to do.

*Hopefully Cathy Reed's program is changing the situation for young Japanese ice dancers training at home in Japan. It seems that way.

 

[skateycat]

If 90s is the RD, how about

Lovefool by The Cardigans
How Bizarre by OMC
Fly by Sugar Ray

 

[myhoneyhoney]

Enigma’s Principles of Lust would be interesting. I just realized Macarena was 90’s

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh, someone's got to do the Macarena. The Fun Finns would have a field day with it.

 

[Spikefan]

I was thinking Love Shack for the Fun Finns but then saw it was released in 1989.

 

[CassAgain]

Wikipedia says there was a version released in 1999. I agree it would be be perfect for the Yuka and Juho.

Groove is in the Heart is 1990, and I think that would also be a great choice for them.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

I thought I liked 90s music but I don’t like any of the suggestions in this thread

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I thought I liked 90s music but I don’t like any of the suggestions in this thread

The thing is 90s music is so many things. Culture really began major fragmentation then so there were so many different kinds of music being produced. Plus early 90s were pretty different than late 90s. The Billboard Hot One Hundred Hits for the 1990s doesn't even begin to show the diversity of 90s music.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm looking over the link from @Former Lurve Goddess and wondering...

Anyone want to take any bets on Lagouge/Caffa skating to "I'm Too Sexy"?

I'd love it if someone went full-on '90s angst with Meatloaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" - maybe CarPon could give us the necessary melodrama required of that song, lol.

But, yes, that list really doesn't cover just how diversified the musical landscape in the US became during the 1990s.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

The only thing I absolutely NEED next season is a midline step to "You Get What You Give" by the New Radicals.

 

[Spikefan]

I need a Clueless program with a Cher “Ugh, as if” voiceover at the end.

 

[PRlady]

Looking at that list, no wonder I switched to country in ‘91.

 

[Dobre]

When I think of 90's songs, I think of . . .

Step by Step by New Kids on the Block and
Hold On by Wilson Philips because a friend and I listened to them a bunch of times while sharing a walkman on a fieldtrip.

The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks, which was such a big hit that my cousin from the city showed up for a holiday event in cowboy boots.

Kurt Cobain dying. (I never listened to Nirvana, but it was a big thing).

Baby's Got Back (I hated that video) and
Under the Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which were playing on repeat on MTV during an all day, indoor sports event I attended.

The Barbie Song, which was popular when I was in Mexico, where of course, many people didn't care about lyrics and were just listening to it for the beat.

Ace of Base. Ditto but in Spain. (I forget what song).

And, of course,

My Heart Will Go On, which people played on repeat while leaving windows open so that everyone else who wanted fresh air had to hear it again and again and again.


None of these reasons, I would say to ice dancers, is a good enough reason to choose any of these pieces of music for an RD. It's simply what one remembers when a song is so prolific that it winds up associated with a particular memory.

I personally was a Tanya Tucker fan, and her music was definitely not popular. (Though Two Sparrows in a Hurricane played quite a bit after Katrina).

 

[deegee]

i keep thinking that rockafeller skank (in part or whole) by fatboy slim for lop/bri could work

 

[marbri]

There is some really great 90's music but as with the 80's I doubt any of the Seniors will touch most of it.

But Olivia Smart would kill Madonna's "Hanky Panky". That song is made for her.

 

[Colonel Green]

I hope that some teams remember Lopareva & Brissaud's success with the Mylene Farmer program and do something outside the most familiar English-language pop acts.

 

[kwanfan1818]

I need a Clueless program with a Cher “Ugh, as if” voiceover at the end.

Or "You're a virgin. Who can't drive."

 

[tangerine dream]

Or "You're a virgin. Who can't drive."

That was way harsh, Tai.

 

[Jay42]

I was thinking Love Shack for the Fun Finns but then saw it was released in 1989.

Well now I'm retroactively sad no one used it when the theme was the 80's.

The Barbie Song, which was popular when I was in Mexico, where of course, many people didn't care about lyrics and were just listening to it for the beat.

Probably a good thing Piper and Paul did a Barbie and Ken theme this year because I could see them skating to this.

 

[marbri]

Well now I'm retroactively sad no one used it when the theme was the 80's.

Probably a good thing Piper and Paul did a Barbie and Ken theme this year because I could see them skating to this.

I think a junior team may have. The junior teams had overall better music choices from the 80´s but I put a lot of blame on the ISU ice dance committee for the patterns they chose for the two groups. Stupid choice for the seniors.

 

[Spikefan]

Or "You're a virgin. Who can't drive."

Any of the teams waiting for citizenship:
“may I remind you that it doesn’t say “R.S.V.P.” on the Statue of Liberty.”

So many great voiceover options.

 

[litenkyckling]

Wikipedia says there was a version released in 1999. I agree it would be be perfect for the Yuka and Juho.

Groove is in the Heart is 1990, and I think that would also be a great choice for them.

For me, Groove is in the Heart belongs to Green and Parsons - Caroline was made to skate to it in my opinion!

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

If a team is clever enough to do a Clueless/Emma (1996 version) program, I will be in heaven. And I also hope that some teams choose music outside of the Anglosphere. I wonder if any Canadian will choose any Canadian music outside of Bryan Adams and Celine Dion.

 

[Karen-W]

If a team is clever enough to do a Clueless/Emma (1996 version) program, I will be in heaven. And I also hope that some teams choose music outside of the Anglosphere. I wonder if any Canadian will choose any Canadian music outside of Bryan Adams and Celine Dion.

None of the Canadian teams have the sass & panache to pull off Shania Twain, sorry.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

None of the Canadian trams have the sass & panache to pull off Shania Twain, sorry.

Too bad - a Shania Twain program would be awesome. But yeah, I can't see any of the top Canadian teams doing one.

 

[skategal]

If a team is clever enough to do a Clueless/Emma (1996 version) program, I will be in heaven. And I also hope that some teams choose music outside of the Anglosphere. I wonder if any Canadian will choose any Canadian music outside of Bryan Adams and Celine Dion.

I’m hoping for BareNaked Ladies.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I’m hoping for BareNaked Ladies.

Barenaked Ladies would definitely be up Gilles/Poirier's alley. Kurt Browning skated to them a few times as a pro.

 

[skategal]

Barenaked Ladies would definitely be up Gilles/Poirier's alley. Kurt Browning skated to them a few times as a pro.

Yes I was specifically thinking of Piper and Paul.

 

[jmtfti]

For what it's worth, the ISU has specified it wants "dance music with a rhythmic beat" for the rhythm dance, which, on top of the general creativity demonstrated by choreographers and teams over the past few seasons of era party themes, probably means the final products will be a bit less novel than the many good ideas that have been proposed here...