META: "your shoes sparkle in the moonlight, fancy dancer"

Submitted by maizenbluedevil on

"your shoes sparkle in the moonlight, fancy dancer"

I don't get it.

What is this a reference to??  Is it a movie quote?  

I Googled it and all the search results are either nonsense, or refer to MGoBlog in one way or another..  

Can someone explain what it means?

MGauxBleu

January 20th, 2011 at 6:07 PM ^

The new mantra has two functions:

  1. Fictional backhanded compliment to Denard from Hoke
  2. Sarcastic platitudes to the anti-"DOOM" and Coaching Carousel crowd

At least, that is my reading.

RioThaN

January 20th, 2011 at 6:59 PM ^

Shhhht!! hey, keep it quiet, I used it to compliment a girl and she fell for it, so not posting evidence that it's a total rip of from a sporstblog would help...me.

God sometimes I hate google

maizenbluedevil

January 21st, 2011 at 12:38 AM ^

Awesome.

My working theory was that if it wasn't a reference to a movie quote or song lyric, that it was mocking all the over-the-top fawning that some fans and media have been doing over Hoke.  

I like the real explanation better though.

Also, I feel so honored that Fearless Leader has posted in my thread!  This is pretty much the pinnacle of MGoGlory!!

BlueNote

January 20th, 2011 at 10:19 PM ^

As you all know, Brian is a huge fan of soft rock, especially groundbreaking soft rock from the 70's. 

What you MIGHT NOT know is that this amazing 70's soft rock pioneer, a band called Bread, put out a song called Fancy Dancer back in the day.

Allow me to blow your mind:

Bread - "Fancy Dancer"

Watchin' you move across the floor

You're fire up my mind can't take it no more

You're a fancy dancer

Makin' me blind so I can't see

You're a fancy dancer

And you ain't no good for me

You know you're comin' on strong

You're my favorite misery



You captured my soul - imprisoned my heart

You know you control whatever you start

You're fancy dancer

And it ain't too hard to see

You're fancy dancer

And you'll make a fool of me

I know it won't be for long

Until you dance a new song

But just for tonight won't you dance your dance for me



I'm not the first and I won't be the last

Don't want your future - just make the night last

C'mon fancy dancer

Make me blind so I can't see

You're a fancy dancer

And you ain't no good for me

Yeh, we both knew from the start

You'd try do dance with my heart

But just for tonight won't you dance your dance for me

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So you see, Hoke is a "fancy dancer" with his shoes "sparkling in the moonlight."  Who knows if Michignan football will pan out over the next couple years, but his feet were sure on fire in that press conference.  The moon is showering down in shades of maize and blue, Hoke's bellbottoms are swaying to the soft rock.... Brian is intoxicated by Hoke, and for this one night he's just going to submit himself to the emotional tidal wave. 

After my explanation, it seems obvious now, doesn't it?

Aequitas

January 21st, 2011 at 7:53 AM ^

Hoke may have intoxicated Brian to the point that he submitted, emotionally, maybe just long enough to create and post that eerie phrase, but here's me crossing my fingers that Hoke is Bread's "Fancy Dancer" to Brian, rather than the seemingly more personal "Fancy Dancer" The Commodores sang about:

"Look'a here the way you move is such a freaky thrill

Baby it's the way you do your thing

I love the way you twist and turn your body girl

You're like a puppet on a string yeah

Shake it baby, shake it baby"

THE COMMODORES

"Fancy Dancer"


 

Stuey04

January 21st, 2011 at 8:08 AM ^

Something to do with "the situation" when he was on Dancing With the Stars. Brian goes on and on about him in other posts... But dont look for the posts because they are hard to find.