What kind of dance was that anyway?
2007-10-16 10:54:30 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I love the Girl from Ipanema (sp)! Tall and tan and young and lovely the girl from Ipanema was walking and when she passes, senior moment, ugh
2007-10-16 13:05:48 · update #1
The Bossa Nova is a Brazilian dance.
Part of the Brazilian Jazz scene of the late Antonio Carlos Jobim, Charlie Byrd and Astrid Gilberto. You remember "The Girl From Ipanema", that was part of it, too.
The music is fantastic, just like being in a dark cantina, with lots of people mingling in and out. It was fun stuff!
2007-10-16 11:22:22 · answer #1 · answered by Cranky 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Brazilian, Joao Giberto, invented the Bossa Nova music.
2007-10-16 18:46:55 · answer #2 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think we can blame it on the Bossa Nova. Maybe we'll just do a little of the Brazilian dance while we're at it. Sounds like fun to me.
2007-10-16 19:56:33 · answer #3 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Bossa Nova, the dance of love. Edie Gormet. Great song.
2007-10-16 18:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by Gram 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've been wanting to blame it on the Bossa Nova for weeks now, may I please join this group, you guys really know your stuff. And, I changed it to the boy from ipanema and sang it in the lounge of the c clup in japan in the sixties.
2007-10-16 19:16:47 · answer #5 · answered by Fauna 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It all began with just one little dance, but soon it ended up a big romance...
The dance was kind of unremarkable, and looked similar to a rhumba (to my uneducated eyes, at least... ;-)
The music came first, and was created in Brazil by artists such as Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Stan Getz made it a big hit in the US with his recording of Girl from Ipanema, with singer Astrud Gilberto.
Of course, American producers jumped on the fad, and gave us the above-mentioned gem...
If you're interested, check out Sinatra's duets with Jobim c. 1967. I believe the title was simply, "Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim". Wonderful stuff...
peace
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2007-10-16 18:20:14 · answer #6 · answered by OhYeah?! 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes I DO blame it on the Bossa Nova because I've found out that the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about!
2007-10-16 21:41:44 · answer #7 · answered by AmericanPatriot 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never attempted to learn the dance, looked like one of the latin American things. Can't blame it on the Bossa Nova,it's still politically correct to blame it on G.W.
2007-10-17 12:13:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can blame it on the bossa nova, and we will. Those kids up to know good, what were they thinking dancing like that? lol
2007-10-16 18:13:34 · answer #9 · answered by doxie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the best of the best was Sinatra's album with Jobim. What a pleasure it was to learn that my 20 year old granddaughter loves this album, also. My favorites from the album are "Quite Nights of Quiet Stars" and "Change Partners and Dance With Me". (I think that is the title.) Latin music like this, the samba and rhumba were always the most fun to dance to or just sit and listen.
2007-10-16 19:26:16 · answer #10 · answered by mydearsie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋