# I need some crazy danceable rock music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874 "2004-07-19T20:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/21 "2004-07-20T07:07:20Z")
Yeah, I’m with Hodge… if you like Franz Ferdinand (like me), you’re LOVE David Byrne and the Talking Heads (also like me!). A little quirkier than the Franz, and Byrne’s solo works often get very soulful or orchestral, but shit… _Psycho Killer_. Need I say more? I mean, I CAN say more if you want me to say more… ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/22 "2004-07-20T07:26:24Z")
The B-52’s is a great suggestion. Although theiy’re hugely different to Franz Ferdinand, they certainly qualify as crazy danceable rock. I’d also try The Music. I can’t not dance to them. Lots of energy and a really chaotic sound. If you’re looking for a particular track to test them out, I’d go for “The Truth Is No Words”, “Float”, or the aptly named “The Dance”. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/23 "2004-07-20T15:14:52Z")
> [@Hunter Hawk](#): > > My further contribution (which is probably _not_ what you’re looking for Me rite gud. I meant, those bands I listed are probably not what you’re looking for. They’re more spacerock/krautrock/industrial than most of the others recommendations. Speaking of which, I forgot to add: Pressurehed Secret Machines ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/24 "2004-07-20T16:39:12Z")
> [@mrunlucky](#): > > You might want to try “New York Noise: Dance Music From the Underground 78-82”, a recent comp that features bands doing the new wave/no wave/punk/rock/funk/disco/whatever crossover. It includes some of the bands **Freejooky** mentions. There’s also another comp of British acts on the same great Soul Jazz label called “In The Beginning There Was Rhythm”, but it’s a little bit more abstract, style-wise. Soul Jazz has some great comps for this stuff- “New York Noise” is great, and I think they also released “mutant disco,” which is a collection of that great post-disco, pre-techno stuff. One of the tracks features nona hendryx, who sang backups in the Talking Heads. ---
**Author:** ![Fiona\_Orange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@Fiona\_Orange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiona_Orange)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/25 "2004-07-20T18:02:24Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > Yeah, I’m with Hodge… if you like Franz Ferdinand (like me), you’re LOVE David Byrne and the Talking Heads (also like me!). A little quirkier than the Franz, and Byrne’s solo works often get very soulful or orchestral, but shit… _Psycho Killer_. Need I say more? I mean, I CAN say more if you want me to say more… Once again, that thread on the main page of Cafe Society about Talking Heads–that one’s mine. I love love love love love Talking Heads. Mmmmm, Psycho Killer. I especially love Blind. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/26 "2004-07-20T18:44:59Z")
All good recommendations - I would emphasize bands like the Ramones, add Green Day (Dookie is great for dancing) and I am sure there are plenty of others. But my biggest recommendation would be to go to: [http://www.musicplasma.com](http://www.musicplasma.com) and spend some time surfing around there - you can plug in a band name and see what they feed back as related bands; and if you click on a band, you get other related bands and some music samples. Let your fingers do the walking. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/27 "2004-07-20T20:11:16Z")
Some newer bands… **The Detroit Cobras** - Left, Love and Leaving **The Dirtbombs** - Ultraglide in Black **The Organ** - Grab That Gun **The Sadies** - Tremendous Efforts **The Gore Gore Girls** - Up All Night Somewhat older bands… **The Rezillos** - Can’t Stand The Rezillos **The Jam** - The Very Best of The Jam _or_ In The City **The Cramps** - Bad Music For Bad People **The Gruesomes** - Gruesomology **The Gories** - I Know You Be Houserockin’ **The Barracudas** - Drop Out With The Barracudas Old old bands… **Wanda Jackson** - Queen of Rockabilly **The Rolling Stones** - England’s Newest Hitmakers **Chuck Berry** - The Great 28 ---
**Author:** ![Fiona\_Orange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@Fiona\_Orange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiona_Orange)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/28 "2004-07-21T15:42:21Z")
OK, quick update. I’ve tested out a lot of these bands, and really only one stuck out: Radio 4. This is some damn good funky music. Apples in Stereo is good music, but I couldn’t dance to it at all. I think I’ll include a list of my current favorite bands: !!! Beastie Boys Beck Belle & Sebastian Bjork Blonde Redhead The Clash The Dandy Warhols The Darkness David Bowie Division of Laura Lee Dropkick Murphys Electric Six The Faint Fischerspooner The Flaming Lips Franz Ferdinand George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic Gorillaz Hot Hot Heat IMA Robot Interpol Iron and Wine Jamiroquai Junior Senior Ladytron The Libertines Liquid Tension Experiment Lords of Acid The Mars Volta Massive Attack MC Chris Metric Mindless Self Indulgence The Moldy Peaches Pixies Portishead Prodigy Queen Rammstein The Rapture Red Hot Chili Pepers Save Ferris The Shins Spastic Ink Streetlight Manifesto Talking Heads They Might Be Giants Tool Trouble Funk The Unicorns Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yngwie Malmsteen The Zutons I think you can get a good feel of what music I really dig from this list. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/29 "2004-07-21T16:58:51Z")
Ah, so a band like Dntel only more upbeat? Maybe you would be interested in either the genre of Math Rock or Drum and Bass? DB is more electronic, which is only sometimes good (I really do not like techno much). Math rock, however, can sometimes bleed over into electronic. Try bands like Inlantic or Cranium? The only band I can honestly think of, as of right now, is Menomena. “I am the fun blame monster” is defintely a funky rock CD but I am not to certain if you would dance to it or not. [http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/menomena](http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/menomena) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874/30 "2004-07-21T19:29:51Z")
> [@Fiona Orange](#): > > The Darkness > George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic > Interpol > Save Ferris > They Might Be Giants > > I think you can get a good feel of what music I really dig from this list. Those are the bands I’ve seen live on your list! 😛 Since you like Save Ferris, are you into ska at all? You can’t get much more fun or more danceable than ska music! You ought to try: The Pietasters The Toasters The Specials Less Than Jake Reel Big Fish Mighty Mighty Bosstones Skavoovie and the Epitones Hepcat New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble MU330 Mustard Plug The Slackers Dance Hall Crashers Some of these bands are jazzy, laid-back, old-school ska, and some are much faster and more frenetic, with punk influences. But they’re all GREAT for dancing. I used to play in a ska-punk band called Baker Act, and I’ve got a couple mp3s available for downloading on my website: [http://www.geocities.com/bigbadvoodoolou/bakeract.html](http://www.geocities.com/bigbadvoodoolou/bakeract.html) . Click on the link at the end to go to my Music page, where some links will lead you to other bands and record labels… and from there, more mp3s for you to check out! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-crazy-danceable-rock-music/255874.md?page=1)