- (groans) Ah, this is really painful.
- (singing along) ♪ I can't get no ♪
(laughs) I can't stand it.
♪ (ragtime music) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we're gonna be doing a challenge
that we did with the elders recently.
- What kind of challenge?
- (FBE) It's a Try Not to Sing Along Challenge.
- Ah, [bleep] that. I'm singing.
- It's difficult for me not to sing along.
- Ah, that's the worst for me. I sing all the time.
I don't even realize I'm singing. - I love Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga,
I mean, the whole gamut.
- (FBE) However, this time, there's a twist.
We're gonna play one-- not that kind of twist.
We're gonna playing one song from every decade,
starting from this decade and then moving backwards
until the 1950s. - Oh, you are gonna hit me hard.
- There will be a lot of songs I won't be able
to sing along with then. - (FBE) So here's the rules:
There's no singing, no dancing, or head moving, or lip syncing.
- Oh, that's gonna be hard. - No head moving... oh boy.
- (FBE) So we aren't going to X you out of the video if you lose.
- Okay. - Oh really?
- (FBE) But let's just see how you do.
- All right. Okay, I'm going to try not to.
- The 2010s.
- ♪ I got a condo in Manhattan ♪
- Oh, that's my guy. - I don't know these words,
but he's my favorite. - Is that Bruno?
- ♪ Jump in the Cadillac ♪ ♪ Girl, let's put some miles on it ♪
- Wow. - ♪ Anything you want... ♪
- He can dance.
- ♪ You deserve it baby ♪ - He moves beautifully.
- ♪ And I'm gonna give it to you ♪ ♪ Cool jewelry shining so bright ♪
- Oh, my toe is tappin'!
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪ Bam bam ♪
- ♪ Lucky for you that's what I like ♪
♪ That's what I like ♪ - I guess I can say
that's what I like, that's what I like.
- ♪ Sex by the fire... ♪ - I have to sit on myself. (laughs)
Just sit on my hands here.
- He really wants me to dance. I mean, I'm fighting the urge.
- ♪ That's what I like ♪ ♪ That's what I like ♪
- Yeah, big fan of Bruno Mars and I just-- that one I didn't--
I know the song, but I don't know any lyrics.
- I love him. It's Bruno Mars. He's amazing.
- Hard, especially watching somebody who can move like that guy. Golly!
- 2000s.
- ♪ Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh,
oh, no, no ♪ - Oh, that's Beyonce.
- Well, that's my girl, Beyonce. Woo-hoo!
- She's a goddess. - You know, I got to meet her
because of the React Channel. - (FBE) You will be meeting Beyonce.
- (elders cheer and scream) - ♪ ...playing myself ♪
♪ Baby I don't care
♪ 'Cause your love's got the best of me ♪
- I mean-- (groans) Ah, this is really painful.
- No one struts across a stage like Beyonce.
♪ ...looking so crazy right now ♪
- This one's a little TMI for me.
- I wanted to sing the Ladies one.
That's the one I like. - ♪ Got me hoping
you'll page me right now ♪ ♪ Your kiss got me hoping
you'll save me right now ♪ - I kind of get lost
in how gorgeous she is. I gotta be honest.
- Excellent. And I've got her new Lemonade too.
I downloaded that. That was excellent.
- I have a lot of self-discipline. I like actually watching her move
more than probably even her music. (chuckles)
- Singing is not hard, because I haven't gotten
to that decade where I know the lyrics yet.
Trying not to bounce along. Not easy.
- ♪ Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena ♪
- Oh, that's the Macarena.
- I can't remember how to do it, though!
(singing along) ♪ Hey Macarena ♪ I can't remember all the movements.
- ♪ Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegria y cosa buena ♪
♪ Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena ♪
♪ Hey Macarena ♪ - Oh, crap. I just so lost.
- Oh god. This was such a craze at weddings.
- (humming along)
- That is... it's like the greatest song.
It's so fun.
- ♪ Aay ♪ - Oh my god.
We were so into this.
- Yeah, I used to get out there on the dance-- I'd lead this.
- It's got some great-looking gals, too.
- ♪ Aay ♪ - Holgie, you were
bobbing your head to it. - I was bobbing my head
because that's the kind of music I really like.
- That's great. The one hit wonders.
- I've danced to that a bunch of times.
That's such a fun dance. - You could not escape this song.
The kids did it. The adults did it.
I remember doing this in my water aerobics class.
- Back to the '80s when I had brown hair.
- ♪ There's nothing left to talk about ♪
- Olivia Newton-John. - What a talent.
- Let's get... Let's get. - ♪ Let's get physical ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Let's get physical, physical ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Physical, physical ♪
- I used to exercise to that as a matter of fact.
- (singing along) ♪ Let's get physical ♪
- ♪ Let me hear your body talk (laughs) Okay, this one I know.
- ♪ Let me hear your body talk ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Let's get physical ♪
- Yeah, this is a great one. Hard not to sing.
- ♪ Let's get into physical ♪
- Oh, this is a riot.
I had no idea that this is what the video was like.
- ♪ Let me hear your body talk ♪
- That's a difficult one not to dance to.
- It gets to you. - It's weird.
I always sing along to things. I'm surprised how
very restrained I'm being.
- '70s. Here we go. - ♪ ...like a fool, I went and... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...stayed too long ♪
- ♪ ...like a fool, I went and stayed... ♪
- Oh, yeah. Stevie Wonder, love him.
- Now, this really brings back memories.
- (singing along) ♪ Ooh, baby ♪ ♪ Here I am ♪
♪ Signed, sealed, delivered ♪ ♪ I'm yours ♪
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Signed, sealed, delivered ♪
♪ I'm yours ♪ - ♪ Signed, sealed, delivered ♪
♪ I'm yours ♪ - Oh, I wanted to repeat
that phrase so badly. - ♪ Here I am, baby ♪
♪ Oh ♪ - That one's really got me
close to tapping my feet. - (humming) Stevie. Oh yeah.
- ♪ Signed, sealed, delivered ♪ - This has a great beat.
And I remember this from the '70s,
which I was only in my 30s. Are you kidding?
- I used to dance to this with my wife. Ha!
I'm not crying, I'm just having fun here.
- He's one of the greats of all time, in my opinion.
His voice is still brilliant. His music, you gotta move to it.
- It's getting harder to not sing along
'cause now I know all the words.
- Okay, this is gonna be harder.
- ♪ I can't get no... ♪ - Oh, the Stones.
- (singing along) ♪ ...satisfaction ♪
- (singing along) ♪ I can't get no... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...satisfaction ♪
- These guys were the bad boys of rock and roll.
- ♪ And I try ♪ I don't know if I can go up.
♪ And I try ♪ - (singing along) ♪ I can't get no ♪
(laughs) I can't stand it. I can't-- (laughs)
- Oh, would I move and groove in the old days with this one.
- (singing) ♪ ...man comes on the radio ♪
- This one is very challenging to me.
- Oh, this one caused such a ruckus.
- It's one of my favorite songs.
- ♪ I can't... ♪ - (singing along) ♪ ...get no... ♪
♪ Ahh ♪ - (singing along) ♪ No, no, no ♪
(claps rhythmically) ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
(chuckles) - I love the Stones.
I like anything they do. - It's just such a classic.
Come on. It's just, like, at a certain point, I just couldn't.
- You remember growing up, certain songs, certain feelings,
certain smells, certain tastes. It reminds you of your youth.
The Rolling Stones qualified for me.
- The '50s. - ♪ Splish, splash... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...I was taking a bath ♪
♪ Long about a Saturday night ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Long about Saturday night ♪
- Bobby Darin. - (singing along) ♪ Rub-a-dub,
just relaxing in the tub ♪ ♪ Think everything was all right ♪
- ♪ Well, I stepped out the tub ♪ ♪ I put my feet on the floor ♪
- (singing along) ♪ I wrapped the towel around me ♪
♪ And I opened up the door ♪ ♪ And a... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...splish, splash ♪
- ♪ I jumped back in the bath ♪
- (singing along) ♪ How was I to know ♪
♪ There was a party going on ♪ - ♪ There was a... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...splishin' and a splashin' ♪
- That was... junior high school for me.
- Black and white, old school. That's when I was young.
That's Bobby Darin, and that was a very
popular song when I was young. - I failed the challenge.
I give in. (chuckles) - I lost, but I won,
because I got to go back in time and enjoy some fond memories.
- (FBE) You didn't sing at anything. - I wanted to win the game,
and I did. - (FBE) So for you,
what decade or era of music do you think still resonates
with you the most? - Most definitely the '50s,
because I'm old. - The '80s.
Those were my formative years, you know, teenage
and then young adult. - We tend to gravitate
towards the things that we like. I still love Dylan to this day.
- The late '50s, the '60s, and the really-- a lot of the '70s.
When we're in our school years, those songs are just so much
a part of our growing. - When I'm in the '50s,
my wife and I would love to go dance, and it was part
of our records we promoted. - A lot of music today,
I just don't enjoy, 'cause I just feel like it's too abrasive.
But then, I go, "Okay, well, this is what your parents
and grandparents thought of your generation's music."
So I think we always end up kind of thinking that.
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