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isiahthomas · 09-17-2004, 10:55 AM

I was watching a special on VH1 awhile ago where they were talkin about the corniest songs ever made & Lionel Richie's Dancing On The Ceiling song was one of the songs that people think was corny. There is nothin corny to me about that song. As a matter of fact, i love the song. What's ya'll opinions about it? I think people said the video was corny too cause Lionel & some people in the video were dancing upside down on the ceiling.

vashti1999 · 09-17-2004, 11:10 AM

What is happening here?
Something's going on
It’s not quite clear
Somebody turn on the light
We’re gonna have a party
It’s starting tonight

Oh, what a feeling!
When we’re dancing on the ceiling
Oh, what a feeling!
When we’re dancing on the ceiling

The room is hot...that’s good
Some of my friends came
By from the neighborhood
People were starting
To climb the walls
Ooh, it looks like everybody
Is having a ball

Everybody starts to lose control
When the music is right
If you see somebody hanging around
Don’t get uptight
The only thing we wanna do tonight
Is go round and round
And turn upside down
Come on, let’s get down

So come on, let’s get loose
Don’t hold back
Because it ain’t no use
Hard to keep your feet on the ground
Because when we like to party
We only want to get down

It's right there in the lyrics. You'd think a 10 year old wrote that song. Hell yeah it's corny. Dancing On The Ceiling is probably the crappiest song Lionel Richie ever came up with.

isiahthomas · 09-17-2004, 11:30 AM

Whatever

Dean Winchester · 09-17-2004, 12:35 PM

well, DOTC isn't so bad as a novelty song, but from someone like Lionel Richie, I think people demanded better.

vashti1999 · 09-17-2004, 12:45 PM

I remember before it came out, hearing that the title track from Lionel's upcoming album is "Dancing on The Ceiling" I said, wow that's gotta be a good funky dance song with a title like that. Then I finally hear it and it turns out to be some lame pseudo dance pop crappy single that's a step below generic aerobics music. Ugh

Dean Winchester · 09-17-2004, 12:55 PM

I saw Lionel live a few years back when he toured with Tina Turner, and his live version of the song blows away the original. He actually got most people on their feet, the live version was a bit harder and funkier.

Dr. Jazz · 09-17-2004, 12:58 PM

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Originally posted by vashti1999
I remember before it came out, hearing that the title track from Lionel's upcoming album is "Dancing on The Ceiling" I said, wow that's gotta be a good funky dance song with a title like that. Then I finally hear it and it turns out to be some lame pseudo dance pop crappy single that's a step below generic aerobics music. Ugh

But Rodney Dangerfield was in the video Vash

Dr. Jazz · 09-17-2004, 01:00 PM

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Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
I saw Lionel live a few years back when he toured with Tina Turner, and his live version of the song blows away the original. He actually got most people on their feet, the live version was a bit harder and funkier.

That was funny because I saw Lionel in the early 80's and Tina was opening for him (this was before "Private Dancer" made her a huge star) & then a few years ago it was the other way around - Lionel was opening for Tina!

isiahthomas · 09-17-2004, 02:50 PM

Rodney Dangerfield was in Dancing On The Ceiling video? I haven't seen that video in a long time so he probably is in it. Dancing On The Ceiling album is very good to me. I like the songs Se La, Say U Say Me, Love Will Conquer All, Don't Stop, Ballerina Girl on that album. Lionel said he's gonna reunite with The Commodores some yrs ago for a new album but they still haven't done anything yet. It would be nice to see him do a reunion album with them. I don't know why they kept releasing albums after he left the group LOL. The guy who replaced Lionel in the group wasn't a good replacement. Walter Orange sang lead on most of The Commodores songs after Lionel left but he isn't a better singer than Lionel.

vashti1999 · 09-17-2004, 03:09 PM

Dancing On The Ceiling was the worst album of the 80s. Lionel Richie completely lost his soul by then. The same guy who did Easy, Zoom and all those other great old songs. He lost it with this album. He had the wannabe reggae song with Se La, the wannabe country song with Deep River Woman, the wannabe rock song Tonight Will Be Alright. Too bad they weren't wannabe good. Lyrically, all the songs sound like they were written by a ten year old (Ballerina Girl, you are so lovely, with you standing there, I am so aware, of how much I care for you). WTF? And Say You Say Me? Say what? That song didn't make any sense. That whole album was WACK!!

isiahthomas · 09-17-2004, 04:01 PM

Whatever. It's obvious u & i have different music tastes. I'm a Lionel Richie fan & he's never made a wack album to me even though i haven't heard anymore of his solo albums after Dancing On The Ceiling album. I really like his Can't Slow Down album. He had a lot of tight songs on that album. As a matter of fact, there wasn't one bad song on that album. Every Prince album hasn't been tight so don't let me get started on your boy Prince so i know you're a fan of his. I stopped liking him after Diamonds & Pearls album. Dancing On The Ceiling album is better than Prince's Around The World In A Day & Parade(Under The Cherry Moon) albums. LOL@Big Pun dissin Prince on Fat Joe's My World song saying we've been doing this since Prince was the bomb, even when he changed his name & started making wack songs hahahahahahahahahahaha.

AKA · 09-17-2004, 04:04 PM

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Originally posted by isiahthomas
Whatever. It's obvious u & i have different music tastes. I'm a Lionel Richie fan & he's never made a wack album to me even though i haven't heard anymore of his solo albums after Dancing On The Ceiling album. I really like his Can't Slow Down album. He had a lot of tight songs on that album. As a matter of fact, there wasn't one bad song on that album. Every Prince album hasn't been tight so don't let me get started on your boy Prince so i know you're a fan of his. I stopped liking him after Diamonds & Pearls album. Dancing On The Ceiling album is better than Prince's Around The World In A Day & Parade(Under The Cherry Moon) albums. LOL@Big Pun dissin Prince on Fat Joe's My World song saying we've been doing this since Prince was the bomb, even when he changed his name & started making wack songs hahahahahahahahahahaha.

Shh - your lack of intelligence is showing.

Dean Winchester · 09-17-2004, 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by isiahthomas
Whatever. It's obvious u & i have different music tastes. I'm a Lionel Richie fan & he's never made a wack album to me even though i haven't heard anymore of his solo albums after Dancing On The Ceiling album. I really like his Can't Slow Down album. He had a lot of tight songs on that album. As a matter of fact, there wasn't one bad song on that album. Every Prince album hasn't been tight so don't let me get started on your boy Prince so i know you're a fan of his. I stopped liking him after Diamonds & Pearls album. Dancing On The Ceiling album is better than Prince's Around The World In A Day & Parade(Under The Cherry Moon) albums. LOL@Big Pun dissin Prince on Fat Joe's My World song saying we've been doing this since Prince was the bomb, even when he changed his name & started making wack songs hahahahahahahahahahaha.

Around The World In A Day and Parade were GREAT albums... they just weren't easily devourable the way Purple Rain was. I was actually just listening to Parade yesterday, very underrated.

Vashti IS a Lionel Richie fan, he's said so many times.

isiahthomas · 09-17-2004, 04:24 PM

The way he's dissin Lionel Richie's Dancing On The Ceiling song & the album, i couldn't tell he's a Lionel fan.

AKA · 09-17-2004, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by isiahthomas
The way he's dissin Lionel Richie's Dancing On The Ceiling song & the album, i couldn't tell he's a Lionel fan.

Because it's an awful song. Doesn't make him any less a fan.

09-17-2004, 10:55 AM	#1
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	Lionel Richie's Dancing On The Ceiling Song I was watching a special on VH1 awhile ago where they were talkin about the corniest songs ever made & Lionel Richie's Dancing On The Ceiling song was one of the songs that people think was corny. There is nothin corny to me about that song. As a matter of fact, i love the song. What's ya'll opinions about it? I think people said the video was corny too cause Lionel & some people in the video were dancing upside down on the ceiling.

09-17-2004, 11:10 AM	#2
vashti1999 NY METS - #1 Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: The world's greatest city - New York City Posts: 11,404	What is happening here? Something's going on It’s not quite clear Somebody turn on the light We’re gonna have a party It’s starting tonight Oh, what a feeling! When we’re dancing on the ceiling Oh, what a feeling! When we’re dancing on the ceiling The room is hot...that’s good Some of my friends came By from the neighborhood People were starting To climb the walls Ooh, it looks like everybody Is having a ball Everybody starts to lose control When the music is right If you see somebody hanging around Don’t get uptight The only thing we wanna do tonight Is go round and round And turn upside down Come on, let’s get down So come on, let’s get loose Don’t hold back Because it ain’t no use Hard to keep your feet on the ground Because when we like to party We only want to get down It's right there in the lyrics. You'd think a 10 year old wrote that song. Hell yeah it's corny. Dancing On The Ceiling is probably the crappiest song Lionel Richie ever came up with.
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09-17-2004, 11:30 AM	#3
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	Whatever

09-17-2004, 12:35 PM	#4
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	well, DOTC isn't so bad as a novelty song, but from someone like Lionel Richie, I think people demanded better.

09-17-2004, 12:45 PM	#5
vashti1999 NY METS - #1 Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: The world's greatest city - New York City Posts: 11,404	I remember before it came out, hearing that the title track from Lionel's upcoming album is "Dancing on The Ceiling" I said, wow that's gotta be a good funky dance song with a title like that. Then I finally hear it and it turns out to be some lame pseudo dance pop crappy single that's a step below generic aerobics music. Ugh

09-17-2004, 12:55 PM	#6
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	I saw Lionel live a few years back when he toured with Tina Turner, and his live version of the song blows away the original. He actually got most people on their feet, the live version was a bit harder and funkier.

09-17-2004, 02:50 PM	#9
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	Rodney Dangerfield was in Dancing On The Ceiling video? I haven't seen that video in a long time so he probably is in it. Dancing On The Ceiling album is very good to me. I like the songs Se La, Say U Say Me, Love Will Conquer All, Don't Stop, Ballerina Girl on that album. Lionel said he's gonna reunite with The Commodores some yrs ago for a new album but they still haven't done anything yet. It would be nice to see him do a reunion album with them. I don't know why they kept releasing albums after he left the group LOL. The guy who replaced Lionel in the group wasn't a good replacement. Walter Orange sang lead on most of The Commodores songs after Lionel left but he isn't a better singer than Lionel.

09-17-2004, 03:09 PM	#10
vashti1999 NY METS - #1 Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: The world's greatest city - New York City Posts: 11,404	Dancing On The Ceiling was the worst album of the 80s. Lionel Richie completely lost his soul by then. The same guy who did Easy, Zoom and all those other great old songs. He lost it with this album. He had the wannabe reggae song with Se La, the wannabe country song with Deep River Woman, the wannabe rock song Tonight Will Be Alright. Too bad they weren't wannabe good. Lyrically, all the songs sound like they were written by a ten year old (Ballerina Girl, you are so lovely, with you standing there, I am so aware, of how much I care for you). WTF? And Say You Say Me? Say what? That song didn't make any sense. That whole album was WACK!!

09-17-2004, 04:01 PM	#11
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	Whatever. It's obvious u & i have different music tastes. I'm a Lionel Richie fan & he's never made a wack album to me even though i haven't heard anymore of his solo albums after Dancing On The Ceiling album. I really like his Can't Slow Down album. He had a lot of tight songs on that album. As a matter of fact, there wasn't one bad song on that album. Every Prince album hasn't been tight so don't let me get started on your boy Prince so i know you're a fan of his. I stopped liking him after Diamonds & Pearls album. Dancing On The Ceiling album is better than Prince's Around The World In A Day & Parade(Under The Cherry Moon) albums. LOL@Big Pun dissin Prince on Fat Joe's My World song saying we've been doing this since Prince was the bomb, even when he changed his name & started making wack songs hahahahahahahahahahaha.

09-17-2004, 04:24 PM	#14
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	The way he's dissin Lionel Richie's Dancing On The Ceiling song & the album, i couldn't tell he's a Lionel fan.