Group Dance Epidemic

Brave Combo - Group Dance Epidemic

Group Dance Epidemic
Our Price: $15.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $6.90 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Listen soundtracks from this album



(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

CD Details

Artist: Brave Combo
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2012-01-26
Music Label: Rounder
Soundtracks:
  1. The Hokey Pokey (Rock Style)
  2. Mexican Hat Dance
  3. Never On Sunday
  4. Limbo Rock/Hand Jive
  5. The Hustle
  6. The Chicken Dance
  7. Mana Vu
  8. The Jeffrey
  9. Peanut Vendor
  10. Jeopardy (schottische)
  11. The Hokey Pokey (Go - Go Style)
  12. The Bunny Hop

Music reviews of Group Dance Epidemic

Music Review: You have to appreciate Brave Combo to enjoy this disc
Rating: 4 Stars

Brave Combo approaches their music with a distinctive tongue-in-cheek humor that is easily shared if you're of the mind to go with it. The group is very tight and adept at handling diverse songs such as The Hustle and Mexican Hat Dance. The rock and roll version of the Hokey Pokey on this CD is dangerously contageous - you may find yourself humming it throughout the day. The CD includes instructions for each dance. What could be more fun than following the instructions for the Chicken Dance? You'll also find new steps for the Jeapordy theme song. All-in-all, this isn't a CD for the unadventurous. For those with an appreciation of this band and their musical approach, though, this is a star addition to your collection of Brave Combo tunes.
More Group Dance Epidemic free music reviews:
1 2

Description of Group Dance Epidemic

Group dancing is taking the nation by storm! All over the United States hundreds of thousands of people are flocking to huge dance halls and ballrooms, fulfilling an urge to synchronize movements with others. From the Mexican Hat Dance to the Limbo to the Bunny Hop, you?ll rediscover old favorites and discover new ones, too! So get with it.

This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.


"We saw new dances like `The Freeze' and `The Achy Breaky' spreading like an epidemic in country dance halls," the members of Brave Combo write in the liner notes to their new album, Group Dance Epidemic. "Then terpsichorean plague struck--`The Macarena.' No one was spared, not even the vice president of the United States." Does Brave Combo, the polka-rock band from Texas, object to these developments? No, they love it. They are fervent evangelists for the democratizing and uplifting values of group dances, no matter how corny (plus it gives them more work). Thus the album features a dozen songs that have been dance-floor-tested for group participation, and the CD booklet comes with dance instructions for each.

"The Freeze," "The Achy Breaky," and "The Macarena" are not included, but Van McCoy's disco classic, "The Hustle," is. Most of the others belong to an earlier age when dancers bent their knees and backs to do the "Limbo Rock," flapped their elbows to the "Chicken Dance," shuffled their soles to the "Mexican Hat Dance," and waved their hands over their heads for "The Hokey Pokey." This is not the sort of album you'll want to sit around and listen to, but if you're having friends over to the house and you're afraid they're going to talk about the federal budget, you might want to put this on.

Because Brave Combo is a bohemian band from Austin, these songs have two layers. At the forefront of the mix, the tune and beat are strong and clear, but in the background, secondary beats and jazzy embellishments are complicating things. The band's approach is reflected in their notes for "The Bunny Hop:" "Cute dance for children or modern fertility rite? That's the same thing, isn't it? This version features an Aboriginal dronepipe (the didgeridoo) and quotations from Peter Cottontail and Duke Ellington's `Cottontail.'" --Geoffrey Himes

Alternative Rock CDs

Music Genres
Bestsellers in Alternative Rock CDs
Maniacal Laughter ImageBouncing Souls - Maniacal Laughter
Release date: 1996-01-26; Music CD
Best price: $30.00
Parallel Lines ImageBlondie - Parallel Lines
Release date: 1994-07-29; Music CD
Best price: $149.98
L.A. Woman ImageDoors - L.A. Woman
Release date: 1993-04-09; Music CD
Best price: $99.99
Phallus Dei ImageAmon Duul - Phallus Dei
Release date: 1997-04-08; Music CD
Price in other shops: $18.98
Melrose ImageTangerine Dream - Melrose
Release date: 1990-10-02; Music CD
Best price: $74.98
Private Music of Tangerine Dream ImageTangerine Dream - Private Music of Tangerine Dream
Release date: 1992-11-10; Music CD
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops: $11.98
Ska Explosion [VHS] ImageSka Explosion [VHS]
Cleopatra; Release date: 1995-02-28; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops: $16.98
Little Earthquakes [VHS] ImageLittle Earthquakes [VHS]
Atlantic / Wea; Release date: 1992-11-10; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $12.50
Price in other shops: $16.98
Exile ImageExile
by Geoffrey Oryema
Music CD
Best price: $4.95
Louder Than Live [VHS] ImageSoundgarden - Louder Than Live [VHS]
A&M Video; Release date: 1991-07-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $202.44
Similar CDs
Musical Varieties ImageBrave Combo - Musical Varieties
BRAVE COMBO; Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $9.80
Price in other shops: $16.98
Box of Ghosts ImageBrave Combo - Box of Ghosts
BRAVE COMBO; Release date: 2003-05-06; Music CD
Best price: $12.79
Price in other shops: $17.98
Girl ImageBrave Combo, Tiny Tim - Girl
TIM,TINY/BRAVE COMB; Release date: 1996-03-19; Music CD
Best price: $15.07
Price in other shops: $16.98
Night on Earth ImageBrave Combo - Night on Earth
Release date: 1992-02-14; Music CD
Best price: $12.11
Price in other shops: $16.98
All Wound Up! A Family Music Party ImageAll Wound Up! A Family Music Party
Release date: 2009-09-22; Music CD
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops: $15.99
Polkatharsis ImageBrave Combo - Polkatharsis
Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops: $16.98
It's Christmas, Man! ImageBrave Combo - It's Christmas, Man!
Release date: 2009-07-10; Music CD
Best price: $49.89
Mood Swing Music ImageBrave Combo - Mood Swing Music
Release date: 1996-10-15; Music CD
Best price: $9.98
Price in other shops: $16.98
No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha ImageBrave Combo - No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha
BRAVE COMBO; Release date: 1993-03-01; Music CD
Best price: $13.28
Price in other shops: $16.98
Polkas for a Gloomy World ImageBrave Combo - Polkas for a Gloomy World
Release date: 1995-06-20; Music CD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops: $17.98
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles