eliza jane curtis » dancing http://blog.elizajanecurtis.net Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 i am obsessed with Roisin Murphy http://blog.elizajanecurtis.net/2009/04/07/i-am-obsessed-with-roisin-murphy/ http://blog.elizajanecurtis.net/2009/04/07/i-am-obsessed-with-roisin-murphy/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:28:00 +0000 admin http://blog.elizajanecurtis.net/?p=137 She is a singer from Ireland. She used to be in a group called Moloko (I remember some friends recommending them to me in the nineties but I never fell in love with them until now). Then the past few months I would always hear her music coming from Julia’s studio while I was working and then I started humming these songs all the time and had then I had to get the album (Overpowered) on my ipod and I’m listening to it all the time and I like it.

And THEN i went and looked on youtube at her videos and she has these amazing videos, i like her dancing and prancing and these RIDICULOUS outfits. I love them. I just want to watch Roisin Murphy videos all day. Now I am trying to listen to all the old Moloko albums because now that I know her I think I am going to love all of those too.

what is up with this jumpsuit and head-dress. it is awesome.

]]> http://blog.elizajanecurtis.net/2009/04/07/i-am-obsessed-with-roisin-murphy/feed/ 0 dancing girls (updated!) http://blog.elizajanecurtis.net/2007/10/12/dancing-girls-updated/ http://blog.elizajanecurtis.net/2007/10/12/dancing-girls-updated/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:05:00 +0000 admin http://blog.elizajanecurtis.net/?p=46 I was thinking about a job I used to have, where I sat in a carpeted cubicle, in a fluorescent lit-hallway, in a tall office building in midtown. My job was mind-numbing stuff like counting things and opening envelopes. The best way to get through the day was drinking lots of free powdered sugary beverages from the kitchenette and watching videos on launch.com in one corner of my screen, while typing on my spreadsheet or counting things or opening envelopes or whatever. My favorite then was Kylie Minogue, can’t get you out of my mind. In honor of Kylie, and that summer, I have tried to collect here some of my all-time favorite dancing girls music videos. Sometimes a screen full of dancing girls can really cheer up a boring day.

Walk It Out ladies

Alizée!

Nancy Sinatra, These Boots Are Made for Walking
http://scopitones.blogs.com/scopitonescom/files/boots.mov

France Gall, Les Sucettes.
oh my god, this is weird.

another Scopitone: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Bittersweet Samba

Ladytron, Seventeen

Kylie Minogue, Can’t Get You Out of My Head

MIA, galang

Beyonce, Crazy in Love

Daft Bodies
as soon as I watched this I had to come back to my blog and replace the Francoise Hardy video (which didn’t actually include any dancing) with this dancealicious creation.

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