Practice Page for
MC Hammer (U Can’t Touch
This)
PERFECT
FOR GETTING A FEW BASIC DANCE MOVES DOWN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eoM8O3mZKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU-r4IqLL1I
WARNING: The last couple of minutes of this second one are weird to the point of scary… cut off after the lesson looks done!
Here’s the Macarena:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z7t-Ox3XvU
This MC Hammer’s "Pumps in a Bump" may have a couple of moves we can borrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNz225f1230
Original
Music Video "U Can’t Touch This"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMzoBkaFxh4
This is tooooo funny… maybe we can mix an element of this too! MC Hammer parody:
Timing of
the following came from this video (which begins with an Emmy introduction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9nptjUs9FM&mode=related&search=
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Lyrics |
Choreography |
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-1:00 |
Ladies: Start mumurring/whispering
amongst themselves about this new aerobics instructor that walks in MC Hammer: Students welcome to your morning workout with me, your instructor. Now you won’t be sweatin’ the oldies, Richard Simmons style, so watch my lead… let’s get warmed up. Lady 1: “OK, this is getting’ boring!” MC Hammer: “Boring?...OK!” MC Hammer: “DJ Change the Music!” |
AEROBICS MUSIC STARTS MC Hammer leads the basic side step stretching your arms out with it. MC Hammer thows off his track suit <<THE LADIES ACT IN ABSOLUTE SHOCK AT THE NERVE OF STRIPPING IN AEROBICS CLASS >> MC Hammer tops it off with the Big Rimmed MC Hammer faded sunglasses! MUSIC STARTS! |
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0:00 16 counts |
CHORUS: Can't touch this Can’t touch this Can't touch this Can’t touch this |
MC
Hammer solo dances while the class watches |
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0:13 16 counts |
My, my, my, my music hits me so hard Makes me say oh my Lord Thank you for blessing me With a mind to rhyme and two hyped feet Feels good when you know you're down A superdope homeboy from the Oaktown And I'm known as such And this is a beat “uh” you can't touch |
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0:29 16 counts |
CHORUS: I told you homeboy,can't touch this Yeah, that's how we livin' and ya know, can't touch this Look in my eyes man, can't
touch this Yo let me bust the funky lyrics, you can’t touch this |
(Ladies
start getting the rhythm) (MC Hammer rounds up his class) |
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0:44 20 counts |
Fresh new kicks and pants You got it like that now you know wanna dance So move out of your seat And get a fly girl and catch this beat While it's rollin' hold on Pump a little bit and let them know it's going on Like that, like that Cold on a mission so fall
on back Let 'em know that you're too much And this is a beat uh they can't touch |
Front
side-step (Start left foot) (1,2,3,4) Turn
side-step (1,2,3,4) Turn
(Back facing) side step (1,2,3,4) Turn
side-step (1,2,3,4) ________________________________ EXTRA 4 COUNTS Forward step (1, 2, 3 4) CLAP |
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12 counts |
SHORTENED CHORUS: Yo I told
you, can't touch this Why you standing there man, can't
touch this Yo sound the bell school is in sucker , can't touch this |
Head
turn (right hand) (1,2,3,4) – double time Head
turn (left hand) (1,2,3,4) – double
time Backward
step (1, 2, 3,4) CLAP Head
turn (right hand) (1,2,3,4) – double time Head
turn (left hand) (1,2,3,4) – double
time |
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20 counts |
Give me a song or rhythm Making no sweat that's what I'm giving 'em So now they know You talk about the Hammer when you’re talking ‘bout a show That's hyped and tight Singers are sweatin' so pass them a wipe Or a tape to learn What it's gonna
take in the 90's to burn The charts legit Either work hard or you might as well quit |
Macarena (hands forward) (1,2) Macarena
(hands on head) (3,4) Macarena
(hands on hips) (1,2) Macarena
(wild dip) (3,4) Macarena (hands forward) (1,2) Macarena
(hands on head) (3,4) Macarena
(hands on hips) (1,2) Macarena (wild dip) (3,4) EXTRA 4 COUNTS Travolta
(1, 2) Hitchhiker
(3, 4) |
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12 counts |
SHORTENED CHORUS: That's word because you know Can't touch this Can't touch this Break
it down! |
Swim
(1, 2) Nosedive (3, 4) Travolta (1, 2) Hitchhiker (3, 4) Swim
(1, 2) Nosedive (3, 4) |
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16 counts |
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) Stop! Hammer time! |
Ladies
dance lightly in place… (MC
Hammer goes wild across the sage!) |
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16 counts |
Go with the flow it is said If you can't move to this then you probably are dead So wave your hands in the air Bust a few moves run your
fingers through your hair This is it for a winner Dance to this and you're gonna get thinner Now move slide your rump Just for a minute let's all do the bump |
Front
side-step (Start left foot) (1,2,3,4) Turn
side-step (1,2,3,4) Turn
(Back facing) side step (1,2,3,4) Turn
side-step (1,2,3,4) |
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16 counts |
Bump bump
bump yeah, you can't touch this Look man, can't touch this You'll probably get hyped boy 'cause you know
you can't,can't touch this Ring the bell school's back in, break it down! |
Forward
step (1, 2, 3 4) CLAP Head
turn (right hand) (1,2,3,4) – double time Head
turn (left hand) (1,2,3,4) – double
time Backward
step (1, 2, 3,4) CLAP Head
turn (right hand) (1,2,3,4) – double time Head
turn (left hand) (1,2,3,4) – double
time |
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16 counts |
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) Stop!
Hammer time! (Music
Stops!!!!) |
Ladies
go wild with Hammer!!! STRIKE A POSE (FINISH!) |
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MC Hammer
moves (for Quintus to practice mostly):
Man, these
kids are good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FYTvR4JBeU&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0qn8Dvxs3M&mode=related&search=
MC Hammer live on Arsenio Hall (1989):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIB4GB8Olss&mode=related&search=
Miscellaneous
Dance moves:
Here are
some good lessons (even if you don’t understand chinese on the first one for the 3-step or 6-step:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN3przSOggc&NR=1