I think it is apropos for this site to feature what has gripped the Philippines as the latest dance craze as popularized by a tv game show called "Game Ka na Ba?" (Are You Game?), which is the Papaya Dance. They used the song "Papaya" by Ursule Dudziak. This song so defined my love for the mid 70s dance craze which is the disco hustle---just before John Travolta featured his hot-to-trot steps in the movie "Saturday Night Fever". Here's the original song:
As I've mentioned, the song was resurrected in the famous game show and the craze caught on. Here's a segment from Good Morning America where Diane Sawyer tried (really hard) to follow the steps:
And here's my favorite version of the popularized dance craze as demonstrated by the Street Boys (please wait a little bit as the group will be dancing to the Papaya song after another short introductory song):
Monday, May 19, 2008
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