Dance

I failed at following the prompt, but here is my post. Sorry, Jim, I just couldn’t find something that worked.

“All She Wants to Do Is Dance” is a song written by Danny Kortchmar and performed by Don Henley,  co-lead vocalist and drummer for the Eagles. It was released as the second single from Henley’s second studio solo album, Building the Perfect Beast (1984), and was Henley’s sixth solo single overall. It was one of Henley’s most commercially successful singles, peaking at No. 9 on Billboard Hot 100 and also became his third song to top the Top Rock Tracks chart.

Henley was in the band the Eagles from its formation in 1971 until the band broke up in 1980, when Henley’s solo career began. He and Stevie Nicks were dating at that time.

Don Henley on lead vocals, backing vocals for the song were provided by Patty Smyth of the band Scandal, and Martha Davis, lead singer of the Motels, David Paich on synthesizers, Steve Porcaro, programming, Danny Kortchmar on guitar.

When Kortchmar was asked about the song, he said, “I had the groove and the music going. That record was made back when the technology had just started to really take over in music. I had one of the first  Yamaha DX7s, which was a keyboard that was used a ton in the ’80s, but we ended up luckily getting one of the first ones in the United States. It’s a synthesizer keyboard, and I used it to get that sound that you hear the record starting with.”

“All She Wants To Do Is Dance”

They’re pickin’ up the prisoners and puttin’ ’em in a pen
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Rebels been rebels since I don’t know when
And all she wants to do is dance
Molotov cocktail – the local drink
And all she wants to do is dance, dance

Mix em up right, in the kitchen sink
And all she wants to do is dance….

Crazy people walkin’ round with blood in their eyes
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Wild-eyed pistol wavers who ain’t afraid to die
And all she wants to do is
All she wants to do is dance and make romance
She can’t feel the heat comin’ off the street
She wants to party
She wants to get down
All she wants to do is
All she wants to do is dance

Well, the government bugged the men’s room in the local disco lounge
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
To keep the boys from sellin’ all the weapons they could scrounge
And all she wants to do is dance
But that don’t keep the boys from makin’ a buck or two
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
They still can sell the army all the drugs that they can do
And all she wants to do is
All she wants to do is dance and make romance

Well we barely made the airport for the last plane out
As we taxied down the runway I could hear the people shout
They said “Don’t come back here Yankee”
But if I ever do
I’ll bring more money
‘Cause all she wants to do is dance and make romance
Never mind the heat comin’ off the street
She wants to party
She wants to get down
All she wants to do is
All she wants to do is dance
All she wants to do is dance and make romance
All she wants to do is dance

Thursday Inspiration #293 Walk This Way