vman4639 said:

Come to think of it - I do remember Bono saying something publicly positive about the Housequake, so maybe he was doing it. I'll correct my earlier statement - 1 person.

When was this?

Remember The Wooden Leg?

That was the hot dance that swept the nation!

Those were the days...

WHo can forget the horrific safety dance...lol

vandeluca said:

WHo can forget the horrific safety dance...lol

I quite liked it!

Glad to see it back on the Lipton Iced tea ads!

The only place I've seen it done was in the 'Sign O' The Times' film. I assume that was it, anyway.

Who would believe Bono's preachy ass?

Why, yes. In fact, I'm doing it right now.

kewlschool said:

Why, yes. In fact, I'm doing it right now.

catpark said:

NouveauDance said:

It wasn't the Twist - It didn't exist outside of Prince world.

Lol, this is so true. The only copying I remember doing in the 80s as a teenager was trying to do the Girls and Boys dance a lot, walking around dressing like him from Mountains, with the wide brim hat(that kept on blowning off my head) and outfit, looking like a complete twat.

I think that was the only drawback of being a Prince fan. You try to look like him, and end up looking like a complete twat. In the great words of MJ "You are not alone, I am here with you."

I was there.

No there wasn't.

Maybe slight hand gestures ala SOTT film - but as a full on dance - um no.

Hell yes... The Housequake gets all the attention at all the major parties...

jpnyc said:

Were any of Prince's dances even meant to be taken seriously? I thought that they were all very tongue-in-cheek. I don't remember ever seeing anyone doing a Prince song at a school dance. I don't even remember any of them being played on radio.

Oh yeah he does intend them to be taken seriously. Especially after The Bird blew up.

PurpleChi said:

daPrettyman said:

When he performs it now, do you see people jumping up and down and stomping? No!

The only thing I remember that may have caught on were the hand gestures from I Would Die 4 U. That's IT.

I do the Housequake when he performs it now.

No Housequake was not a popular dance. It was played in clubs, people did like it. Was it like the Sh*t? No there were other songs. It wasn't THE song at the time. But people liked it. Actually I think Hot Thing was played a lot more in dance clubs than housequake.

Not if you want to ask about The Walk, The Bird thats entirely different.

Never mind the fools who don't understand your question. I respect you for asking.

Well, being English and being old enough to remember, I can say quite categorically that the Housequake was not a popular dance in the UK. I don't even remember hearing the song outside of playing it on the album.

In short:

Here in France the housequake or the "tremblement de maison" as we call it, is a very popular dance, along with the cancan and dancing rock 'n' roll to techno music.

I'm looking out my window now and there is a small group people in berets putting their foot down on the two, jumping up on the one and generally having fun.

It' s a lovely scene

[Edited 4/11/11 7:07am]

eireboy34 said:

Here in France the housequake or the "tremblement de maison" as we call it, is a very popular dance, along with the cancan and dancing rock 'n' roll to techno music.

I'm looking out my window now and there is a small group people in berets putting their foot down on the two, jumping up on the one and generally having fun.

It' s a lovely scene

[Edited 4/11/11 7:07am]

Put this on Youtube...

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Spinlight said:

I believe its the jump and then step move that they do in the movie.

It was all the rage in '87!

Naw, man. It was The Walk that was the shit back in '82!! Anybody remember that one?? The whole country was doin' that shit!!

I remember The Walk I was in 4th grade and this one kid was teaching the class how to do it on the playground lol

I remember the Horny Pony being very popular.

For a dance.

catpark said:

NouveauDance said:

It wasn't the Twist - It didn't exist outside of Prince world.

Lol, this is so true. The only copying I remember doing in the 80s as a teenager was trying to do the Girls and Boys dance a lot, walking around dressing like him from Mountains, with the wide brim hat(that kept on blowning off my head) and outfit, looking like a complete twat.

It's essentially just jumping.

"Put your foot down on the 2

jump up on the 1"

They're beats.

Part of what makes this song so interesting is that it's somewhat of a parody of James Brown. It's a song made for a dance that doesn't exist, and no one's doing it. There's something insular about that which makes it sort of spooky, sort of sad.

Shut up already. Damn.

I also do the ... all the time. It's just as hot at all of Prince's other dances.

Yep, I did and on a good day might. I even tried the Detroit Crawl. Now I would need help getting up.

Tremolina said:

I remember the Horny Pony being very popular.

For a dance.

NOW THAT WAS MY SHIT!!........................how does it go?

lPoeticl said:

eireboy34 said:

Here in France the housequake or the "tremblement de maison" as we call it, is a very popular dance, along with the cancan and dancing rock 'n' roll to techno music.

I'm looking out my window now and there is a small group people in berets putting their foot down on the two, jumping up on the one and generally having fun.

It' s a lovely scene

[Edited 4/11/11 7:07am]

Put this on Youtube...

If I see the people doing it again today on the local square I'll film them, promise.

To be fair people only stopped doing it once they started doing the SHAKE.

I never knew it was a dance. I don't like the song though so haven't heard/watched it much.

Virgo92 said:

Spinlight said:

I was 5. Weren't you cognizant growing up, too? Don't you remember dances and such from your childhood? Don't you have any older siblings? Haven't you ever read up about the 80s?

I remember dances, but not when I was five. You must one he'll of a memory. And what if the dance wasn't popular in the states, but was popular in the UK etc...And I read a lot about the 80's.

Throughout the late 80's, every wedding do I went to, there would be my Aunty Margaret on the dancefloor, having drunk too many G&T's. She'd do that odd leg rub dance that accompanies Wig Wam Bam, did all the actions to Agadoo & then when Housequake was inevitably played*, she'd adopt Cat's trademark stance and perform the titquake movement for the happy couple. Happy days.

*this never happened.

Bohemian67 said:

I never knew it was a dance. I don't like the song though so haven't heard/watched it much.

Ridiculous. Blasphemous. Heathen. Teller of lies. Satan's wench. I CAST THEE OUT!