This just has such a "feel good" attitude about it.

The dancers had fun and so did the bystanders. I've always thought that life should be like the old Elvis movies where occasionally everybody breaks out dancing. :d
 
I've never been a fan of choreographed "flash mobs". Sure, it might be fun for bystanders but it always comes across as somewhat pretentious to me and I don't like the fact that it excludes people. Excessive planning spoils the "flash" element of the mob, in my eyes anyway.

We organise quite a few every year in the fair old city of York, from pillow fights to silent discos and most recently a spontaneous pass the parcel for Christmas.

The latter was great fun with random people just suddenly joining in the second the music started playing.
 
There's only one problem: Noone should sing Steve Perry except for the great Steve Perry. :kilroy:

The rest was cool. I like the ones where everyone freezes the best.
 
Hmmm, sorry. Still can't beat one of the originals. It just seemed more spontaneous, new, and very sweet at the time...

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tigisfat said:
No one should sing Steve Perry except for the great Steve Perry.
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true, imo. i've heard rumours that his voice is going, but i don't really know.

***on a side note, i once recieved an email response from neil shon. he's a really cool guy, and it made my day. i wish i saved it
 
Dain Arns said:
Hmmm, sorry. Still can't beat one of the originals. It just seemed more spontaneous, new, and very sweet at the time...

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This one was anything but spontaneous I'm afraid, it was choreographed a long time in advance with 200 professional dancers to be broadcast on television to promote a reality-type show.
 
cheezyflier said:
true, imo. i've heard rumours that his voice is going, but i don't really know.

***on a side note, i once recieved an email response from neil shon. he's a really cool guy, and it made my day. i wish i saved it
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I have heard the same about Steve, but he's had a full career and has a great legacy if true.

In have a pic somewhere with Neal Schon, one of his side projects was a band called Hardline in the early 90's and I knew the 2 brothers, Joey and Johnny that he played with and we met at a show, nice guy.
 
Chris H said:
This one was anything but spontaneous I'm afraid, it was choreographed a long time in advance with 200 professional dancers to be broadcast on television to promote a reality-type show.
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Give me a break, Chris.
Very obviously it was choreographed.
Said "it seemed more spontaneous" as in regards to a feeling, I am intelligent enough to realize that it literally was not spontaneous. :salute: :mad:
 
Dain Arns said:
Give me a break, Chris.
Very obviously it was choreographed.
Said "it seemed more spontaneous" as in regards to a feeling, I am intelligent enough to realize that it literally was not spontaneous. :salute: :mad:
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No need to adopt that tone. I was simply pointing out that it was very well planned by professionals (something that doesn't fit in with the spirit of a flash mob for me) and was filmed for a TV show. That is all.
 
When there is a corporate sponsor involved in the flashmob, it just isn't the same.
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It's performance art, regardless of sponsorship.

The key is that it must appear to be spontaneous....obviously that is not the case, but the dancers must randomly appear, and must fade back into the background immediately afterward to achieve the affect.

Having participated in a non-choreographed Flash Mob, I must admit it is kind of fun....






Of course you could do what they do in Philly now, and burn and pillage.....:frown:
 
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