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[Erik Hoover]

On Sep 26, 2007, at 6:14 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> "Do a little dance! Sing a little song! Get down, tonight!" But,
> seriously, folks, since some music calls for a particular dance,
...

Sing a little song?


KC et alia avoided the conventional parallel structure of "dance" and
"song".  The conceptual breakthrough in "Get down tonight" is to yoke
together love-making and dance-doing.  Revolutionary!



Partial lyrics:

Baby Baby let's get together
Party hearty, me and you
And do the things, ah do the things
That we like to do

Do a little dance, make a little love
Get down tonight, get down tonight
Do a little dance, make a little love
Get down tonight, get down tonight

...



Makes me want to, uh,  dance.



Erik

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