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There's a new dance craze sweeping the nation and it's called The Apache
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If YouTube
is to be believed, the kids? They love dancing to "Apache." What is "Apache?" It's a song by the Sugarhill Gang (of "Rapper's Delight" fame) that
apparently is irresistible to kids. Especially skinny kids with bad mullets and no chest hair.The YouTube site has no less than 24 videos uploaded by (mostly) kids all dancing to "Apache." The dances are all variations on a theme and feature wiggling hips, some Saturday Night Fever-style pointing, and turning around in a circle while making a lassoing motion.
I'm a 36-year-old mother of two who obviously doesn't have her pulse on what's hot these days. I'm scratching my head. Why Apache? Why so funny? Why is everyone doing the same dance? Is it from a TV show or movie? Can anyone fill me in on where this dance craze started?
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4-11-2006 @ 3:27PM
Melinda said...It is from an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air!
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4-11-2006 @ 3:30PM
Erika said...this is from an old episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," when Will and his goofy cousin Carlton entered a Vegas dance contest and did the dance. Apparently a cult favorite. Don't know why it has suddenly appeared all over YouTube...maybe it has been a popular thing all along, and just started getting uploaded to YouTube? Check out YouTube for clips of the original Fresh Prince episode...it's actually pretty funny!
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4-11-2006 @ 3:36PM
Stefania Pomponi Butler said...Oooh! Okay! That makes it even more hilarious then! The Fresh Prince has been embraced by a new generation. :-)
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4-11-2006 @ 3:52PM
ann adams said...I'm certainly dating myself. My first thought was of the French Apache (spelled same, pronounced differently) of the 1900's where the dancers beat up on each other.
This sounds like an improvement.
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4-11-2006 @ 4:03PM
J said...Hahaha I thought my roommate was the only one who did this dance on a regular basis. It's from the episode of Fresh Prince where Carlton and Will form a duo for a dance competition. "Big Willy" or something like that, and "Boo Boo Shrimp." Classic episode.
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4-11-2006 @ 4:06PM
christy said...I think it could be from this cheesy video from the 1970s that's made the rounds: http://youtube.com/watch?v=eTKL8MNH95Q
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4-11-2006 @ 4:11PM
Inves said...It's from an episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air". I wonder why they so crazy about this song? A commong song as for me
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4-11-2006 @ 6:00PM
LB said...ok..I dunno the FreshPrince thing. But what about that insane I Love Lucy with Apache dancing, it's like DirtyDancing from the 50s.
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4-11-2006 @ 6:17PM
MelissaS said...i have never felt older or more uncool than when I saw this.
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