Get Me Bodied vs. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

The basic problem here, really, is that Beyonce isn't a good dancer.

(to be fair I'm not 100% convinced by "Come On Over")

HELLO PAULA ABDUL

ha yes, good call (not "Opposites Attract", tho)
J.Lo as well

I'm also trying to think of an Aaliyah video that I love because of the dancing and not because she is v.v. pretty.

Also, even though I hate him for the most part, Chris Brown.

Beyonce's dancing = Usher's singing
Beyonce's singing = Jacko's dancing

Her dancing isn't as good as Usher's singing! Come on now.

Her dancing is as good as Taylor Swift's singing; it's perfectly serviceable and enjoayble but no one other than a hyperfan is going to claim it ranks among the best and there are blatant moments where it's off.

you had me until Chris Brown. kid looks like he's having a seizure and really really enjoying it.

her singing isn't as good as michael's dancing!

yeah no way

Beyonce's dancing is fairly crap in parts and she kinda only gets away with it because she's so hot.

Beyonce's dancing = Usher's singing
Beyonce's singing = Jacko's dancing

waht

yeah i mean what is her vocal equivalent of the Moonwalk? and don't say one of those showboating runs in a ballad.

a lot of beyoncé's routines are fairly simple, which is why both she and the legion of youtube amateurs get away with them

best 2 dancers in pop right now = ciara and justin timberlake

and yeah xtina's 'dirrty' and missy/ciara's 'lose control' seconded. there's a reason no one tries to imitate those on youtube - because they can't

yeah stupid kids don't know how to levitate like in the "lose control" video

With, Chris Brown, I was primarily thinking of the "Run It" video, which apparently I completely misremembered/confused with a "You Got Served" promo:

I also forgot to mention Sean Paul's "Get Busy" video:

btw lex what would be the best video from "i am..."? no way it's IIWAB

wouldn't it have to be "Promise"?

oh wait i was confusing Beyonce's IIWAB with Ciara's IIWAB

Beyonce's dancing is fairly crap in parts and she kinda only gets away with it because she's so hot.

lolol supporting evidence for "Beyonce's dancing = Taylor Swift's singing"

i think that's a bit of stretch yeah

i'm not gonna debate how good a dancer beyonce is, but to call Single Ladies "amateurishly choreographed" and then compare it negatively to hyper-edited clips and wade robson aerobics is pretty wtf. People imitate the dancing in "Singles Ladies" because its shown without jump cuts away from the action every 3 seconds, not because even a 7 year old could do it.

"wade robson aerobics" basically blows your argument out of the water

maybe you should watch the video for <a href=";>"bye bye bye"</a> again

d'oh

btw lex what would be the best video from "i am..."? no way it's IIWAB

'diva' > 'if i were a boy' > 'single ladies' >>>>>>>>>>>>> 'halo'

Thank you, croup. Sorry for the blatant pulling of rank, but as likely the only paid choreographer on ILM, DP is mad incorrect about that (although I agree about Bey getting away with not being a tremendously great dancer on the basis of hot). I'll go into more detail when I can watch youtube.

hahahaha yes okay I think I completely conflated the "Making The Video" episode with the actual video, plus I conflated the dancing in "Bye Bye Bye" with the dancing in "Pop" and the dancing on "So You Think You Can Dance"

so basically there's one move they do in the cube that I thought was cool and the rest of it makes "Single Ladies" look like "Swan Lake"

Britney - pick any dance video pre: "Gimme More"
'NSync - Bye Bye Bye, Pop
Janet Jackson - pick a video, any video (except "Love Will Never Do (Without You)")
Usher - pick a video, any video (esp "My Way", "Caught Up", "U Don't Have To Call")
Xtina - "Dirrty", "Candyman", "Come On Over"
Madonna - pick a video, any video
Michael Jackson - pick a video, any video
Missy Elliott - "Work It", "Pass That Dutch", "Lose Control", "Ching Ching"

Hmm... I defer to you, I don't know anything about good dance vs. bad dance. But excluding a couple of Madonna videos, I'd take "Single Ladies" over all of these.

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i just realized that "get me bodied" sounds a lot like sean paul, at least for the beats and the choruses - i've never seen the video but i actually picture it all happening down in that ad-hoc basement dancefloor in the "get busy" video. it's like beyonce finally decidced to turn up afterhours, after putting some facetime in at the sleek superclubs

owen is right about the single ladies video. the whole thing is just as great on snl too btw

btw rev you're a paid choreographer? dope

I still think that Beyonce's finest dancing moment was her bust-pump during the Sean Paul rap in the VMA performance of "Baby Boy" back in 2003.

My housemates and I spent some time trying to perfect that.

"Single Ladies" is pretty close though. It's the monomania of the video clip's focus on her dancing that pushes it so far.

Yeah also rev I now worship my idea of you.

actually the best beyonce dance is the one where she smacks her head like she has an itchy weave. there is a clip of it in this hilarious video by rich of four four fame

wow perfect preview point

this one?

xp

really sean paul couldn't make it out for the vmas huh?

at least for the beats and the choruses

sorry, meant to say beats and VERSES

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ha!

too many people drinkin the koolaid

Yeah also rev I now worship my idea of you.

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i meant to post this earlier, but i was really just hoping "Bodied" would get at least half as many votes as "Single," so this is cool with me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIr8-f2OWhs

INDIE WINS!!!! GUITARS!!!!

SO AMAZING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-GssCjko1Q

that is p seamlessly done musicwise