“I learned you could dance but still look tough anyway” lied Billy Joel in his song Keeping the Faith.
No, men can’t dance and still look tough. Rather, they have a straight choice between inconspicuous and bloody stupid. (Hence Will Smith’s advice to his client in the film Hitch.)
The only other escape is shameless clowning (and this has a strictly limited shelf-life). US guitar band OK Go have deservedly gained a cult following in Blighty for this magnificent single-take routine (which they then topped with this treadmill-based effort).
However, browsing some classic Elvis Costello numbers on Youtube, I stumbled across the real deal. Let these skinny Liverpudlians show you how white male dancing is done…
Greek and Russian men look pretty good dancing, but then they only dance with other men.
ReplyDeleteTo my mind that Russian foldy-arm squat-kicky thing comes under the category 'clowning', and the Zorba the Greek job is just a gayer variant of Hitch's rule.
ReplyDeleteHitch's rule?
ReplyDeleteSee the link in the main post.
ReplyDeleteA man has got to know his limits.
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