Caught my son...

I don’t know what to do. It is something you fear as a parent, walking in on your son and seeing such a blatant display of self expression. He was enjoying himself so much and yet how did he learn this? Maybe I let him search the internet too much or maybe this was just something you are born knowing. The worst part was he didn’t stop when I caught him. He looked at me and said do you know how to do this?

Of course I know. I’ve been doing that since long before you were born. In fact we used to do that in large groups. It was very popular to do and not only guys but girls enjoy it just as much.

There he was, over and over, again the same motions the same groove... dancing the Macarena.

I didn’t teach him this, how on earth? That song came out in 1995! Who is spreading these terrible habits amongst our children?

“How do you know how to do that?” Just like most any bad habits he replied, “I learned it at school.”

I guess not every hit song is a Beatles classic. But why do we as a society find so much pleasure in stupid dances? The Twist, Hand Jive, The Macarena, Da Dip, Humpty Dance, Solider Boy, Teach me how to Dougie, line dancing as a whole, and most recently any unknown hip hop group trying to be heard (cat daddy).

I guess there are worse songs out there. Honestly with the “quality” of radio music these days, why not a 90s throwback dance craze. Generation X, it is official our classics include Sir-Mix-Alot- Baby Got Back and Mariah Carey – Dreamlover. I guess we can still claim Michael Jackson, just don't tell the kids the bad stuff.

Here are a few links for your viewing and listening pleasure.
Links in case you don’t know:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqVFJNcQ4X0 – The Twist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Rb_AHBvMQ&feature=fvst – Hand Jive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anzzNp8HlVQ&feature=related – The Macarena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZPQdZLyHYE – Da Dip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj9_yW8tZxs – Humpty Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFIYGkROII&ob=av2e – Solider Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZglqkCRNt8 – Teach me how to Dougie

Sure I’ve tried all of these, so what. Don’t judge me.