# Lord of the Dance **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314 "2005-03-26T04:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/21 "2005-03-26T17:43:12Z")
Ehh, it’s overrated. I mean, Fellowship of the Dance was OK, but after that . . . ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/22 "2005-03-26T17:54:22Z")
Showing my age here. But [this thread had me in stitches back then and still cracks me up now.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=12479) Especially **AuraSeer** and **voguevixen** ’s descriptions. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/23 "2005-03-26T18:29:02Z")
> [@Hoops](#): > > Ehh, it’s overrated. > > I mean, Fellowship of the Dance was OK, but after that . . . You didn’t get the point about the Pit Rant? It’s all about **The Two Towering Egos**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/24 "2005-03-26T18:33:13Z")
“You leave white peole alone in isolation for thousands of years, you know what their musical contribution to the world will be? Rrrrrrrrrriverdance! I can’t move my hips, I can’t move my head. But below the ankles, I am a rockin’ bag of Gaelic sex, oh, yes I am.” –Greg Proops I took Irish dance lessons for a few years. Very fun. It was such a workout, though (this coming from a girl who had run cross country and track for three years before she started Irish dance lessons). The little girls often had trouble keeping their arms at their sides, so my teacher would make them clench a piece of paper in between their arms and their ribs. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/25 "2005-03-26T18:57:12Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > You know what is really cool? The cloggers that toured with Shania Twain a few years back. Fiddles, clogs, and traditional dances. Done by a large family who were obviously in it for the sheer love of it. (And some fame and money, too.) That would be [Leahy.](http://www.leahymusic.com/)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/26 "2005-03-26T21:07:47Z")
I heard it was a way to dance and not spill your beer! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/27 "2005-03-26T21:21:45Z")
Michael Flately should have stuck to the flute, he is actually a gifted player. All Ireland Champion IIRC. I’ve met him a few times and can confirm he’s a pompous ass. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/28 "2005-03-26T23:47:35Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > You didn’t get the point about the Pit Rant? It’s all about **The Two Towering Egos**! 😃 Actually, volume two is The Pas de Deux Towers. No, wait! The Two Toe-ers. Kill me now. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/29 "2005-03-27T03:38:36Z")
> [@Hoops](#): > > No, wait! The Two Toe-ers. > > Kill me now. I would but I’m afflicted with sloth. Two-toed sloth. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/30 "2005-03-27T04:12:07Z")
The best thing about _Riverdance_ was Jean Butler, the “female lead.” She is stunning. I first saw her dance when she was in her teens, touring the US with the Chieftains (the _An Irish Evening_ tour with Roger Daltrey and Nanci Griffith). She was so obviously talented, I never forgot her dancing or her name, so I was pleasantly surprised to see her in _Riverdance_. Flatley is a moron. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/31 "2005-03-27T09:05:23Z")
You can’t allow the Irish to move their arms. That’s how fistfights start. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/32 "2005-03-28T17:15:20Z")
> [@gum](#): > > You know that sketch in Monty Python, ‘The Ministry of the Silly Walks’? > > Lord of the Dance reminds me of that. ROTFLMAO!! I almost choked on my gum when I read that. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/33 "2005-03-28T18:55:50Z")
Preach it! I studied dance for ten years - ballet, tap, and jazz - and while I appreciate the artistry and know that that’s just how it is, I cannot stand the non-arm moving. That’s what they’re there for, by heavens! ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/34 "2005-03-28T19:29:26Z")
**Denis Leary** refers to Flatley as the “Asshole of the dance” Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/35 "2005-03-28T19:29:39Z")
[Richard Stilgoe and Peter Skellern] We dance like this, because we’ve been conditioned, And because our arms have been decommissioned. [/Richard Stilgoe and Peter Skellern] ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/36 "2005-03-28T19:38:20Z")
> [@Boggette](#): > > I heard it was a way to dance and not spill your beer! 😃 That’s the most reasonable explanation I’ve heard yet! ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/37 "2005-03-29T04:11:06Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > **Denis Leary** refers to Flatley as the > “Asshole of the dance” > > Unclviny Conan O’Brien called him “Swishy McJackass.” ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314/38 "2005-03-29T19:19:52Z")
> [@Cerri](#): > > Er…that’s how Irish dancers are supposed to dance. I thought dancing without moving your arms was how straight men were supposed to dance 😉 . You do realize of course that Traditional Irish Dancing + Moving Your Arms (and Possibly Shaking Your Ass a Bit) = Tap Dancing. In other words, Traditional Irish Dancing performed by Black People :). Personally I like the traditional form. I just can’t stand the cheesy, bombastic, overblown way he presents it. That and the spandex pants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-dance/296314.md?page=1)