Dancing. In The Name Of Science.
Do you dance?
I marvel at people who can’t dance. It just seems normal to move your body to the beat of music. My best memory about dancing was with one of my first girlfriends who was Puerto Rican. We shook our money maker down on Miami beach.
I grew up in a relatively musical family. My sister and I play no less than 7 different instruments between us. Her children are also growing up with music in the house and will most likely take some sort of instrument lessons.
Anyway, I happen to stumble across this article which asked the pressing question All the Single Babies: Why do Tots Love Beyonce? This question arose after the slew of videos turned up on Youtube of babies dancing to the Single Ladies video. (See a lot of them here.) Turns out, according to the article, babies/tots love high contrast visual stimulation… and a good beat… and repetition. And her video? ALL OF THE ABOVE.
Soooooo, I’m going to visit my sister on Thursday. My niece is 3 1/2. My nephew is 1 1/2. Now, when I arrive, my sister and my brother-in-law will still be at work. And it seems only fitting that I give the nanny a break when I arrive, right?
So, it’s gonna be me.
And the kids.
And my laptop.
That’s right. I’m going to let them watch the video. Over and over. And I’m going to film their reaction.
This is for science, people.
For science.
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Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
You are the PERFECT uncle.
Let’s just hope you can keep a steady hand on the camera while you’re laughing your ass off.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:47 am
If it is true that babies love high contrast visual stimulation and a good beat and repetition, then I am a big fucking baby, lol !
You know what they say, once you go Rican, you never go seekin’………
I hope Little Filthy gets a hold of your camera and films you, for science you know……
November 4th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Awesome! Baby dancing is so fun!
November 4th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Personally, I think that would be sheer torture. I’d call child services on you if I heard you were showing my kids that Beyonce video over and over.
Now if it were an AC/DC video, that’d be totally different…
November 4th, 2009 at 7:09 am
If I said that song is my ring tone, would you respect me any less? I mean, I’m not saying it is or it isn’t. It’s all hypothetical here.
November 4th, 2009 at 7:56 am
@Debra – I can’t wait to see what they think. Kids are hilarious. I hope they instantly just start busting a move.
@Sandra – Little Filthy will be with my parents causing his own brand of trouble. Oy.
@Susan – it’s just hilarious how they move when they hear music. Little knee bends and shakes. Cracks me the hell up.
@CBG – I’m going to youtube to see if there are any pictures of toddlers dancing to AC/DC.
@Jane Wonder – What I want to know is if it is assigned to anyone in particular.
November 4th, 2009 at 8:58 am
We want pictures of you shakin your money maker.
November 4th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Nothing better then little ones dancing. Good luck with your science experiment!
November 4th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
This is humorous. Miss Em loves her some Beyonce. I never gave it a second thought, till I read this!! I’ll have to make some video of her dancing.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Red shoes, baby.
R-E-D S-H-O-E-S.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Why did they have to go get all scientific and ruin it for Beyonce? I bet she just thought kids really liked that song.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Dude… just remembered something. FRESH EXPRESS. Where the hell has she been? Did she stop working there? Because if so, I think she may now work with me.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
November 6th, 2009 at 10:44 am
well….I think they will thank you when they are older and it’s played in an endless loop at their wedding. I have to admit I watched it 5x in a row and laughed my ass off at it. It made me remember the good ole days when my kids were younger and I could exploit them in the name of making my friends and I laugh..sigh..they grow up so fast…
oh fyi….i sort of started a new blog to share the crap that runs through my head and I sort of mentioned that it was due to reading your blog. I shared a link to your blog so if you suddenly notice an increase in readers and insane comments it’s probably from my family and friends..sorry in advance…but it’s hard to keep them contained…