- Oh gosh. I just want to let it out.
♪ (electric guitar riff) ♪
- ♪ Shut up and dance with me ♪
- It's hard to sit through a song that says shut up
and dance with me.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we do have a challenge for you
that all the generations seem to enjoy doing.
- Oh, sweet.
- Ooh. What challenge?
- (FBE) This is a "try not to sing" challenge.
- Bull[bleep]. I'm singing.
- This is not gonna go well.
When I'm in the car, if it's something snappy,
it's gonna be a problem.
- I'm a pretty tough gal on these challenges.
I think I will ace this.
- (FBE) All right, well, since this is a Generations React,
we will be showing you songs from every decade
from the 1950s to today.
- That's gonna [bleep] me up.
'50s music is my [bleep].
- Because of my wide and very broad knowledge
of music, this might be really tough.
- (FBE) All right, so as always, no singing, no dancing
or head moving, and no lip singing,
and we aren't gonna X you out of the video if you lose.
- Okay.
- I'll try to be stoic. We'll see.
It feels very unlikely.
- ♪ One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock ♪
♪ Five, six, seven... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock ♪
Love the classics.
- (singing along) ♪ Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock ♪
♪ We're gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪
Bill Haley and the Comets, 1955.
- ♪ Put your glad rags on and join me hon' ♪
- I know this song.
- ♪ We'll have some fun... ♪
- Oh my god, I really just want to dance.
- I'm confident about this one, that you're not gonna get me.
- You guys are lucky I don't know the lyrics to this.
- I'm gonna be seen as so uncultured because I don't know what this is.
- In junior high, they taught us how to dance,
and this was one of the songs, so this is actually very, very hard.
- No. Nice try, Mr. Haley.
I'm literally sweating.
Like, I'm having a sweaty palm because I wanted
to have a little sock hop moment.
- You can't throw that at me and expect me not to dance.
I love those classics. Those are great.
- I'm singing. I don't care.
That's my first rock and roll song that I ever heard
when I was on the beach in Santa Monica with my friends.
- I like the '50s and '60s, just not that song.
That's one generation down. Go up to the '60s.
Let's go.
- ♪ I've got sunshine... ♪
- STOP!!
- Aww, who doesn't love this song?
- Oh my god!
It's hard, too, because I'm watching them dance.
- This one's hard because I want to sway.
- No, this isn't getting to me at all.
I'm chill.
- (singing along) ♪ I guess you'd say ♪
I had to.
That song is my favorite song of all time.
- (singing along) ♪ I guess you'd say ♪
♪ What... ♪
I mean, who can resist that?
- I wonder how the elders are doing right now.
- (singing along) ♪ ...my girl ♪
♪ Talkin' 'bout my girl ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Talkin' 'bout my girl ♪
♪ My girl ♪
Well, I sucked at that.
- (singing along) ♪ Talkin' 'bout my girl ♪
♪ My girl ♪
I was literally raised on them.
- The groove of Motown, you cannot resist.
I'm gonna be tougher next time.
- Okay, no more. No more. I'm done.
(rapping table) I'm done. No more singing.
- I definitely could have held back maybe a little more,
but I didn't want to.
- Nothing too bad so far. I'm doing great.
- ♪ Woo ♪
♪ (disco beat) ♪
- Ooh! Dang, look at him.
- This, you can't sit still when this kind of music's playing.
You're dead!
Am I supposed to go like this?
- Eh... I'm not an M.J. fan.
- I'm good, actually. This is fine.
- First, some context for the viewers.
They're all dancing behind the camera and it's really hard
to not dance or sing.
- Oh my god.
- ♪ Keep on with the force ♪
♪ Don't, don't stop 'til you get enough ♪
- Jesus, I really need to move. I really need to dance.
- I'm holding onto this chair.
Okay, it's over. It's over.
As each year progresses, it's gonna get harder and harder.
- I'm exhausted!
I literally tensed up every single muscle.
- Did I do it? Did I do it?
I did it? Okay, because sometimes I just don't know
if my body's actually doing what I'm telling it to do.
It's gonna get even harder.
I don't even know what the next one could be.
- Yeah!
- This is a kick ass song, and I do love it,
but I will resist moving to it.
- Sounds like some good rock.
♪ (electric guitar riff) ♪
- ♪ I saw him dancin' there by the record machine ♪
- Now, this song was great.
- Oh, this is so hard! - ♪ ...been about 17 ♪
- I'm gonna start sweating.
- Oh gosh!
I just want to let it out.
♪ (electric guitar riff) ♪ I don't care.
- ♪ ...strong ♪
- There was a small head bob, but that does not count.
- ♪ And I could tell it wouldn't be long ♪
- I'm okay.
I haven't heard this song that much.
- (singing along) ♪ ...singin' ♪
♪ I love rock n' roll ♪
I was worried you were gonna throw me Twisted Sister or something.
- ♪ I love rock n' roll ♪
- Oh, I almost said the song title, but it's also one of the main lyrics,
so I think you would have counted me out.
- That was by far the hardest one.
- That rock guitar don't have the groove in it that moves me.
- ♪ You are my fire ♪
- I'm fine.
NSYNC is better than Backstreet Boys in my eyes.
- ♪ ...desire ♪
- Boy bands don't do it for me at all.
Sorry. I'm a cold-hearted bitch that way.
- ♪ ...when I say ♪
- It's such a good song.
- Backstreet Boys. Uh-huh, one of those boy bands.
- ♪ Tell me why ♪
- (singing along and laughing) ♪ Ain't nothin' but a heartache ♪
♪ Tell me why ♪
- I don't know who this is. I don't know this song.
I like the melody. I like the melody.
- ♪ Tell me why ♪
♪ I never want... ♪
♪ I never want to... ♪ - (singing along) ♪ ...hear you say ♪
♪ I want it that way ♪
- (singing along) ♪ I want it that way ♪
I can't sing. It's so bad.
- All the middle school dances.
- ♪ ...want to hear you say ♪ - Dancing like this.
I'm gonna dance for you.
- ♪ I want it... ♪ - This is how I danced to this song.
- ♪ ...that way ♪ - (moaning)
I don't feel good. I don't feel good,
not singing along to that.
- That was a great song.
I'm familiar with that song, but I didn't have
to sing along with that one.
- Every time you hear it, you just gotta sing.
- ♪ I was up in the club with my homies ♪
- Usher.
- Oh my god, you guys. Come on!
- (struggling) Mmmmmmm!
- Nah, good decade, wrong genre.
- ♪ ...to the floor ♪
- See, this is definitely what was played at my prom.
- ♪ When I told her, I said ♪ - Where did this guy go?
- Now I just have to dance.
(singing along) ♪ ...come and get me ♪
It was just Lil Jon! Lil Jon!
- ♪ I got so caught up ♪
♪ I forgot she told me ♪
♪ Yeah! Yeah! ♪
- I can't sing along because I don't know what the words are.
- ♪ Yeah! Yeah! ♪
- Oh, look at Usher's moves.
- God, Usher, Usher, Usher.
- ♪ Yeah! Yeah! ♪
♪ Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! ♪
- Ooh! - ♪ Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! ♪
- Hot. (chuckling)
- (lip syncing) ♪ Yeah ♪
(laughing)
- Okay, got through that one.
- It's a good jam.
It's one of those throwback songs you hear at the club
every once in a while.
- ♪ Don't you dare look back ♪
♪ Just keep your eyes on me ♪ - (sighing)
Oh god!
(singing along) ♪ She said shut up and dance with me ♪
How can you not sing or dance to this song?
- ♪ Shut up and dance... ♪
- Funny enough is this is the type of song
that would I dance with my kid because I try to teach him
all the awkward dance moves.
- See, I like this kind of song.
I've never heard this before. I don't know who that is.
- I was one of the people that didn't care for this song at all.
- I'm okay. I'm okay.
- ♪ Oh, don't you dare look back ♪
♪ Just keep your eyes on me ♪
- I saw these guys live.
They put on a really good show.
- ♪ She said shut up and dance with me ♪
- It's hard to sit through a song that says shut up and dance with me.
- This literally tells you to dance!
- ♪ (vocalizing) ♪
♪ Shut up and dance with me ♪
- Mmmm. Success!
- The more overplayed the song is, the less likely I am to sing.
- That almost got me.
- He said shut up and dance with me, so I'm like, "Okay,"
but I don't want to because I can't right now.
Maybe later.
- I did lose a couple times.
I couldn't have done better.
I'm very happy with what I lost on.
- Is that everything? Yes! Only one!
I'll take it!
I got through it all last time, but, you know,
one wrong isn't bad.
- I would have won if it wasn't for The Temptations.
I was thinking, well, if she plays some Motown,
I might start moving.
- I really don't care about winning or losing here
because there's no prize.
The songs are interesting and fun. Why not join in?
- (FBE) So finally, did you find it harder
to resist singing to songs from your generation
or other generations?
- It's hard not to sing to older generations because
they've become such classics.
- The past.
Modern music, you hear all the time, especially if it's on the radio
every single hour, you don't want to sing it
over and over again.
- The newer songs get me more than the older ones
because the older ones, I'm like, "What?"
But then the newer ones, I'm like, "Oh god!"
- It's hard to stop myself from singing
from my generation because I know the music.
I'm guessing it's going to work the same way for the elders
if they do it-- it's gonna be super hard
for the '50s, '60s, and now they're gonna be like,
"What the hell is this?"
- It's harder to resist singing songs from my generation
because we grew up on it, we have memories.
- It's harder, when you know the words sort of
and you know it and you have memories of what it did.
Most people watching here, someday, when they're older,
they'll have memories of their songs and their era.
If you're fortunate enough to be healthy and active,
as you get older, you'll have many memories
from these songs and you'll think back about the wonderful times you had.
- Thank you for watching this episode of Generations React.
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- Bye!
- Hey, guys, Vartuhi here, a producer at FBE.
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