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Thread #99291 Message #1978268
Posted By: Azizi
24-Feb-07 - 04:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Thread of 1000 Dances
Subject: Lyr Add: TIGHTEN UP (Archie Bell & the Drells)
I've also remembered these dance names
103. The Butt
104. The Robot
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And for a pure de lux example of a R&B instruction dance song, there's Archie Bell & the Drells' 1967? hit song "Tighten Up"
TIGHTEN UP
Hi everybody
I'm Archie Bell of the Drells
From Houston, Texas
We don't only sing but we dance
Just as good as we walk
In Houston we just started a new dance
Called the Tighten Up
This is the music
We tighten up with
First tighten up on the drums
Come on now, drummer
I want you to tighten it up for me now
Oh, yeah
Tighten up on that bass now
Tighten it up
Ha, ha, yeah
Now let that guitar fall in
Oh, yeah
Tighten up on that organ now
Yeah, you do the tighten up
Yeah, now
I said, if you can do it now
It sure would be tough
Now look here, come on now
Now make it mellow
Let's tighten it up now
Do the tighten up
Everybody can do it now
So get to it
We're gonna tighten up
Let's do the tighten up
You can do it now
So baby, get to it
Look to your left now
Look to your right
Everybody can do it
But don't you get too tight
Come on and tighten up
Let's tighten it up now
Let's tighten it up now
Tighten it up
Do the tighten up
Come and tighten it up
Tighten it up now
Come on now, Billy
Tighten it up
Oh, yeah
Sock it to me now
Tighten it up
http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/1543612720/Archie_Bell_&_the_Drells/Tighten_Up
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Here's a YouTube video clip of Archie Bell & The Drell's "Tighten Up":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n7C1AyU-9QThe
The video is very poor, but you can still get a sense of how the song & the dance goes.
And, with regard to the dance name list:
105. Tighten Up