Thanks to a conversation with a guest on the morning radio show that I listen to on the way to wherever it is that I go in the morning, I now have Beyonce's Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) stuck in my head. Not that it's a bad thing. It is a catchy tune.
Single Ladies is a song from Beyonce Knowles' 2008 I Am...Sasha Fierce. It is about marriage ("If you like it then you should put a ring on it") but it also seems to be about women demanding better treatment from their men. As in: If you are really as serious about me as you say you are, do something about it! The dancing in the accompanying video was inspired by Bob Fosse. Three dancers set to a plain background was the same formula for Fosse's choreography in Mexican Breakfast.
I'm not sure what Mexican Breakfast is, I'll have to look it up, but I am familiar with Fosse. He is known for his clean, snappy choreography, sometimes with a simple prop like a hat or gloves. His work is featured in the films Sweet Charity (with Shirley MacLaine) and Cabaret (starring Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey.)
Beyonce was originally part of an R&B girl group in the 1990s known as Destiny's Child. Hits from that group are the catchy Bills, Bills, Bills and Say My Name.
Now you'll all be singing these tunes all day.
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