Open thread: if it is OK to dance to this song, what should you dance?

Thread: Open thread: if it is OK to dance to this song, what should you dance?

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    David Halitsky said:

    Default Open thread: if it is OK to dance to this song, what should you dance?

    This song:

    Τα λιμάνια - 1960
    Στίχοι: Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης
    Μουσική: Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης
    http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...s&song_id=4933
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfbHLe5Ecgg

    is in straight 4/4 time.

    But to me, it doesn't really sound like a "classic" hasapiko, nor a "classic" tsiftetelli either.

    Is it one of these?

    If not, what should you dance to this song ?
     
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    David Halitsky said:

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    Same question for this song:

    Να είχα το κουράγιο - 1971
    Στίχοι: Αντώνης Μπακιρτζής
    Μουσική: Άκης Πάνου
    http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...ls&song_id=886
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVO64z9HHYU

    If it's OK to dance to it, what dance ?
     
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    Duffy has informed me (via regular email) that according to his knowledgeable source, the song Να είχα το κουράγιο is a straight hasaposerviko.

    But according to the same source,
    Τα λιμάνια is not any clear Greek dance rhythm - it could be interpreted as some kind of syrtis, but also as something Oriental. So it's almost like it's a hybrid kind of rhythm between Greek and Oriental (Oriental like tsiftetelli.)
     
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    This gentleman on Facebook:

    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008600835960

    tells me that Τα λιμάνια is a kalamatiano:

    Τα λιμάνια - 1960
    Στίχοι: Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης
    Μουσική: Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης
    http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...s&song_id=4933
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfbHLe5Ecgg

    But! See next post ...
    Last edited by David Halitsky; 04-04-2015 at 01:49 PM.
     
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    But on the other hand, this article:

    http://www.academia.edu/6666538/The_...1930s_to_1960s

    says on page 71 that Τα λιμάνια IS a 4/4, not a 7/8 kalamatiano.
     
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    For me is "Ta Limania" a 4/4 rhythm.
    Maybe there exists a 7/8 Version, but the Music Clips I could open in YT were always in a 4/4 rhythm.

    On the other hand Ta Limania would not be a song I would dance to. I cannot describe why, just my feeling.