Was disco popular in Elizabethan times? Wouldn't Richard's hump have slowed him down of the dance floor?
2006-08-20 17:11:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Every third winter in the olden days KC and the sunshine band would show up to a giant tent in Stratford on Avon and the whole damn place would boogy down. Richard's hump did have an adverse affect on his dancing, but the peasants were too scared to say anything and just copied him. Unfortunately, this lead to the phenomenon known as " the white boy dance " who's effects can still be seen on dance floors today.
2006-08-20 17:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it wasn't Elizabethan times was it? It was Ricardian times. Nah! Did a hump ever slow anyone down when it came to dirty dancing?
Discos were as popular as they are now ... it was just that they had live music in those days ... sheesh was it steamy! A recorder in those intimate places was quite something and you should try a blast on the sackbut ... that would send shivers up your spine, I can tell you! And the nakers ... oooh!
I just re-read your question ... didn't you miss out an 'n'?
2006-08-20 17:21:35 · answer #2 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They couldn't dance outside in the winter. But then half were dressed as men so no one knew who to dance with anyway. No, disco was on its way out. Around 1200 people learned about Marco Polo from the Chinese, possibly the Arabs, and then they stole everything from those nice, wise, educated foreigners and stopped living in caves. This is reflected in the use of tents and music which Europe had been previously ignorant of. This massive cultural shift is exemplified in the way they called each other 'wonton.'
2006-08-20 17:23:54 · answer #3 · answered by kazak 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the line passed almost unnoticed until the 1970s, when it was seized upon by a bizarre, gold medallion-wearing cult who were eventually destroyed by fanatical followers of a rival Shakespearean quote: 'there is something rockin' in the state of Denmark.'
2006-08-21 13:40:14 · answer #4 · answered by Bowzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not many discount tents up in winter. I believe that came from Richard I.
2016-03-26 23:37:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the line is "Now is the winter of our discontent." and according to the dictionary, there are 2 descriptions of the word discontent:
1) Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction.&
2) A restless longing for better circumstances
Somebody obviously isn't happy about something.
2006-08-20 17:23:03 · answer #6 · answered by kath68142 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hey, it was a Shakespeare Saturday Night.
Hey ding-a-ding-a ding
Hey ding-a-ding-a ding
Hey ding-a-ding-a ding
Sweet lovers love the ...um...Winter.
2006-08-20 17:29:51 · answer #7 · answered by maî 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word is "discontent". Remember,Richard has userped the Crown and is still not satisfied. He still wants more.
2006-08-20 17:20:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It meant that it is high tyme to get ye downe to ye auld dance hall!
(Methinks some people on here doth protest too much...)
(And they actually take you seriously? Forsooth!)
2006-08-21 05:20:18 · answer #9 · answered by sandislandtim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL!!! It's Discontent. Winter being a hard, rough time... it means that it is the deepest, darkest, most difficult time emotionally.
2006-08-20 17:15:24 · answer #10 · answered by Robb 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋