Music for the Black and White Ball 2010

[saebel]

@MonkeyRikku - my bad:  WCS = west coast swing.  Easiest way to explain it is to have the pros do it -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwp6sqhDw4

Boogie was amazing this year.  The All-Stars round was boss.  I was lucky enough to catch Nick King and his partner, that awesome chick from France, from sitting practically at their feet.  Never would be able to get that kind of action at a ballroom comp.


Here are my music offerings so far:

B'z - Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka Ni [Nightclub 2 Step (NC2S)]
BoA - Obsessed [East Coast Swing (ECS)/Lindy]
Faye Wong - Eyes on Me [SLOOOOOW Bolero/Int'l Rumba/NC2S]
globe - Is This Love [NC2S]
globe - Stop! in the Name of Love [Chacha]
Koizumi Kyouko - For My Life [Quickstep]
Namie Amuro - What a Feeling [Chacha]
Namie Amuro - New Look [ECS/West Coast Swing (WCS)/Lindy]
Shimomura Yoko - Somnia Memorias [NC2S]
Sakamoto Maaya - Yakusoku wa Iranai [Viennese Waltz]
Uematsu Nobuo - Waltz for the Moon [Viennese Waltz - yeah, I know, everyone suggests this one]
Utada Hikaru - Flavor of Life (Ballad version) [Slow rumba - good for beginners]
Utada Hikaru - Flavor of Life (Original Karaoke version) [Slow chacha - good for beginners]
Yamaguchi Yuko - Believe [NC2S]

That's all I've got so far for anime/video game/k-pop/j-pop stuff.  I have a far, far bigger list of English/Spanish lang stuff for ballroom, latin, swing, etc I can email separately.

[Eliteslayer]

Off the top of my head, I can only think of one. "Koucha no Waltz," one of Maria's image songs from Hayate the Combat Butler. I'd assume the proper dance is the waltz, going from the name (but I know nothing about dances). You can listen to it on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeS6gvlnZEw and I have an MP3 that I can send if needed.

[Okach]

@Saebel -  I would have sat on the floor too, except that I had to sit in a chair behind the action during most of All-Stars. :p Did you attend the Open or watch it online?

[Drk-X]

Off the top of my head, I can only think of one. "Koucha no Waltz," one of Maria's image songs from Hayate the Combat Butler. I'd assume the proper dance is the waltz, going from the name (but I know nothing about dances). You can listen to it on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeS6gvlnZEw and I have an MP3 that I can send if needed.

Tis' actually a Viennese Waltz

[asngtrst]

you guys should play some K-Pop too, its becoming really popular internationally.  Maybe Kara - "Honey" or 2PM - "Heartbeat"

[Okach]

I already have a list of K-pop songs for WCS.  Your songs may or may not be included depending on my filtering.

[michiko nakano]

Okach, i don't know if this has already been adressed but can we have fast waltzes as well as slow waltzes for people to do the Viennese type waltz?  Would be vereh nice : D

[JiiiWiz]

I don't know if you guys got my email, but here are some songs that can be played for the Ball. Links for the songs are listed as well.

Song requests:


Sakura Kiss String - Ouran High School Host Club - Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r2cVmOADws

Tango Birlliante - Ouran High School Host Club - Salsa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NadqX0_Xrnc&feature=related

Waltz with Adonis - Ouran High School Host Club - Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hybuKshtx4A&feature=related

Mata Ashita - Ouran High School Host Club - Cha Cha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z2FWckN6kI

Locolotion - Orange Range - Cha Cha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZNla2NzNs

[Okach]

@Michiko - Alas, I am not the final arbiter of music.  And not too much Kpop is waltzable to start with :P.

[michiko nakano]

Waltz with Adonis - Ouran High School Host Club - Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hybuKshtx4A&feature=related

well, Like Nami_Misaki said, this one ^ is good for the Vienna waltz. 

so is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p68tNGLN_00

and this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsqbqeSrPjY

cuz they're kinda faster?  the slower ones would be best for the box-step waltz that they teach in the ballroom classes.  It's kinda hard to do the box-step style waltz to faster music. 

... i'm not the best at waltz terminology D:

[HuggalotXOmocha]

.El Tango De Roxanne - [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHO5KWIMZUo ]
.Because we Can(just for fun)- [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5GXO3hChU4 ]
.Michael Buble- Fever
.Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango (This HAS to be there)  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytGOeiW0aE ]
.Magic Waltz - Legend of 1900 [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkT03TK0uqE ]
.Khatchaturian - Masquerade Suite [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNSDJoSNH-g ]
.Rozen Maiden  - Hageshii Omoi [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjQLzcvMlpI ]
.Rozen Maiden - Noble Dolls [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_d1jJJ-fK8 ]


:D

[Okach]

Keep the suggestions going, folks!  There's no chance of anything you want to get played if you don't say what it is...

[Wabbit98]

For the tango we might have to abandon anime music, I have not heard any tango music.  I would prefer music like "Libertango" or even "Roxanne" (though that might confuse people more), I think Roxanne has a bit of a long introduction and then towards the end it gets really quiet and people think it is over until it gets loud again right for the end, I have danced "Roxanne" with an experienced partner and she knew what was happening, but inexperienced people might not know..

Waltz's for now I think should not be Viennese, since we are not teaching that style (at least not at this moment), so something that might be as Viennese (not that I have a problem with the Viennese Waltz).

[michiko nakano]

They did it last year.  Since Viennese is the kind of waltzing that's in disney movies and other non-ballroom movies, two things happen when a viennese waltz comes on: they either do a legit viennese waltz or they do what i call the "default waltz" where they just go side to side because that's what the average person's concept of "the waltz" is.

No worries though, most of the waltzes people have been suggesting (like Waltz with Adonis from Host Club, which I would LOVE to dance to at the ball, not to mention that most of the people there will recognize it) are pretty much Viennese-able so I'm not worried about it.  Here is another suggestion though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaNM2UjE9TY

it's such a neat song!  It's from Vampire Knight (the second part, Vampire Knight Guilty).  It starts out as a waltz but then goes into a great cha-cha song.  and then it ends as a waltz (it's only for a couple bars but it's a really nice touch!!!).

[michiko nakano]

Here is a nice sloooow waltz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLBEWFY9RA

Here is a salsa song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-SXhGKK_tk

Here is another waltz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-SXhGKK_tk

[Okach]

fyi - if you can hear it on youtube, you can rip it using any one of several methods to mp3 and email it to Jim the B&W Ball coordinator.

[michiko nakano]

Ah... I don't know how do that.  Perhaps I can get James to help me ^__^

[tkdteo]

Michiko, your last post of 3 songs from youtube...  you posted the same video twice.  Just fyi.

- Jim
BWBall Head 2010

[Okach]

Michiko, try this site: http://www.video2mp3.net/.  Seems to work fairly well and doesn't destroy too much of the quality.

[michiko nakano]

Michiko, your last post of 3 songs from youtube...  you posted the same video twice.  Just fyi.

- Jim
BWBall Head 2010

Ah, sorry... I'm pretty sure I meant to post this one.  Hopefully I haven't posted it in a different post as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFCadgObWJY