SYTYCD Season 6 Music Predictions
I’m sure everyone’s as excited as I am that we don’t have to wait very long for So You Think You Can Dance this year. I’ve been seeing ads everywhere for the new season, which gives me a thrill of excitement each time. Yet somehow, I still missed hearing about the special this past Wednesday. Thanks to Margaret for re-capping it so I didn’t feel like I completely missed out.
One of my favorite things about SYTYCD has always been the music. I’ve always discovered more new favorite songs and musicians from this show than I do from any music show like Idol. Sometimes, particular songs get tied very strongly with routines in my head and I can’t help remembering the performances wherever I am. For example, Duffy’s “Mercy,” any of the Roisin Murphy routines, “Ruby Blue” most notably at the moment, and I have a strong suspicion that Jason Mraz’s “If It Kills Me,” will probably remain a memorable routine song in my head.
Of course, also interesting to me is how the choreographers and dancers can take an artist or song I don’t like and create something special around it. Pretty much any Celine Dion song, for instance. There are several memorable numbers to songs of hers that I really enjoy, but I don’t dig her otherwise.
So I’m finding myself wondering about Season 6’s music. I suspect that several of the top songs from Season 5 will crop up. I always like seeing “Jungle Drum” on the show, though I suspect “O Fortuna” will probably be out, at least for the auditions.
I’m not sure I can really predict many specifics, except that some popular songs will be utilized, probably something from a contestant this year on American Idol (they already used Kris Allen’s cover of “Heartless,” so why not his cover of “Ain’t No Sunshine,” which was the moment I started to take him seriously on AI?).
Well, after checking out my iTunes, YouTube and CDbaby.com favorites, I put together a bit of a list of music I’d love to see on the show. If nothing else, I’ve put together a list of some wonderful music, I think. 🙂
Been dying to see The Magnetic Fields on SYTYCD – Busby Berkeley Dreams or The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
Patty Griffin – something like Kite Song or Rowing Song or Trapeze
Why not some Fleetwood Mac? Tusk or Landslide would be the go-tos, Tusk would be a great group routine
Set Fire to the Third Bar by Snow Patrol, featuring Martha Wainwright
Crying Blood by VV Brown (not at all what you’d think, listen and watch the video)
Still Have My Heart by Caitlin Crosby
Graves by Louisiana’s Benjy Davis Project
This funky 70s song by Dutch group Mouth & McNeal, How Do You Do
Save Me by Joan as Policewoman
For some more Nina Simone action, anything would do, but I’m partial to Do I Move You
Mark Growden’s St. Judas would be interesting to see choreographed
Mason Jenning’s Lemon Grove Avenue
I’d love some Jenny Owen Youngs, but her best song has an expletive in the title and throughout
Something from Lagaan for Bollywood, like Chale Chalo
Alice Smith, anything, but Fake Is the New Real is a good one
Something from Coraline, for a Les Triplettes de Belleville flavor, like Mechanical Lullaby
Lindsay Rae Spurlock (a friend, I must confess) has some great songs, but November (Real World finale) would be good
Maybe Angus & Julia Stone’s The Best is too long and too hard to shorten, but it’d be cool to see anyway
Johnny and June by Heidi Newfield
Dry Your Eyes Mate The Streets
Marked Man Mieka Pauley or her All the Same Mistakes
Theoretical Girl’s Rivals would make a girl Top 2 girls routine
I have to stop myself now. I could do this all day. I haven’t picked much that would work for hip-hop and I’m sure I’ve neglected other styles as well. So y’all will have to suggest some, too. Songs you love? Songs you think are inevitable as SYTYCD routines? What do you think?
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Dead on with Snow Patrol – I was looking everywhere to see if they had done a routine to Set Fire To the Third Bar yet, because I bet it would be absolutely amazing!
Other suggestions…
Vienna Teng – Recessional
Bon Iver – Skinny Love
Dave Matthews Band – Stay or Leave
Dave Matthews Band – Lover Lay Down
The Kin – Nowhere to Now Here
Ferraby Lionheart – Tickets To Crickets
The Ditty Bops – Sister Kate
Tori Amos – Siren
Short Skirt, Long Jacket – Cake (Ok, so I think it would be funny)
She’s Only Happy In the Sun – Ben Harper
Samson – Regina Spektor
Rooftop – Melissa McClelland
Passenger 24 – Melissa McClelland
Reason Why – Rachael Yamagata
Be Be Your Love – Rachael Yamagata
Please Turn Red – Andy Davis
Bigger Than Us – Andy Davis
Ohio – Over the Rhine
Latter Days – Over the Rhine
Light On My Shoulder – Susie Suh
KT Tunstall – Throw Me a Rope
Royal Wood – Juliet
Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden – In the End
Kyler England – Flawless
Quincy Coleman – Give It Away
Terra Naomi – Flesh For Bones
Young Galaxy – Embers
Christa Couture – Day 4
Plushgun – Dancing in a Minefield
Oojami – Chicky (good for Bollywood/belly dance!)
Cary Brothers – Blue Eyes
Angus & Julia Stone – Babylon
Salt Tank – Angels Landing (Jose Padilla & Sunchild Remix) [Couldn’t find this one, so try Eugina ]
I can think of 1,000’s so I will shut up now…but so many songs were just made for dancing! I’m not sure if they’ve already done some of these songs or not?
@Kelly: You have phenomenal taste in music. I’m going to have to look up the few songs on your list I don’t already know and love since I think I’d listen to anything you’d recommend after that. When I get the time, I’ll find your list on iTunes and put links up so folks can download your choices if they’re curious.
Glad you liked the suggestions! I’m just tuning back into the blog after Season 6. Emilie! You’re my music soul-sister! I loved just about every song you listed and was introduced to a few more thanks to your list that I’ve been listening to non-stop (Zee Avi and Patty Griffin most notably). I like digging up music off the beaten path.
For the Salt Tank song, it’s on Café Del Mar Volume 5 – You can hear the full song on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv9_XachcJ8
I’ll have to comment more often. I read the blog all the time and appreciate what you guys do. This is the only show on TV I turn into a pre-teen girl over. lol
@Kelly: I’m SO glad that you liked my suggestions. Zee Avi and Patty Griffin are musts on anybody’s lists. You actually listed a lot of music I’ve been loving lately. I downloaded most of your list. Lol. I’m going to do a suggestions/predictions post soon for Season 7 and I’d love if you’d add some music in the comments, as you did here. You’ve got great taste. What’d you think of Season 6? Check this out.
Hey Kelly, how can I see your Kanye/Taylor song? It said it was privated. 🙂 Will you add me?
[…] I did this for Season 6, but this time, I raising the stakes. I’m not just going to suggest great music for Season 7, I’m going to actually predict music that we’ll see this season. I get two cool points for every song I get right. And…at the end of the season, for every song I get wrong… I’ll lose five cool points. […]
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