The Essentials

[CuriosityInc.]

This isn't intended to be another "favorite songs" thread. Instead, it's meant to discuss a topic which probably hasn't been talked about enough.

In your opinion, what are the classics of DDR? What are the songs that every DDR player worth his or her salt has heard or played at least once? What are the songs that have become so ingrained into the DDR community that they have become synonymous with the words "Dance Dance Revolution"?

In short, what songs could be called "The Essentials"?

My votes are for:
Dynamite Rave
Max 300
Drop the Bomb
B4U
Dam Dariram

Please discuss.

P.S. In case it isn't obvious enough, I'm a first-time poster. Thanks for posting!

[mydixiewrecked]

Drop Out and Paranoia songs are definite DDR classics.

[BUTTS47]

I think D2R should be on that list. And i agree with Max 300 and Dynamite Rave

[Falling/Fading/LostItAll]

Dynamite Rave
Max 300
Dam Diriram
Paranoia
Brilliant2U
Trip Machine

[AFAD]

[MadTaco]

Well, mine and everyone else's opinions are definitely biased, so we'll see some varied results

B4U
Drop Out
CSFIL:SM
Afronova
Max Series
Paranoia Series
.59
R&P

And Love Love Sugar

[Julie QQQ...?]

CuriosityInc., I applaud you for a great newbie post. Well thought-out and if anyone tries to flame you for this one, I'll be a very angry girl.

I'm going to to strictly oldschool with this one, just because I'm biased like that. My choices:

Butterfly and Butterfly Upswing -- When DDR first became popular with 3rd Mix, Butterfly Upswing was THE song to be whored to look cool while playing SSR (Maniac Mode + Flat).

Dynamite Rave -- When DDR first became popular with 3rd Mix, Dynamite Rave was THE song to be whored to look like an idiot with doing the most trite and unoriginal handplants, spins, and kneedrops while freestyling. Once upon a time, you could come to DDR Freak and see a person post, "OMG LYK I CAME UP WIT DA MOST ORIGINAL DR RUUTEEN OMG OMG HANDSLAPS KNEEDROPS", and it would be treated the same as people who post about 10 footer accomplishments outside of the accomplishment thread. Auto flame-mod-lock combo.

Boom Boom Dollar -- I'm sure everyone who started on anything below a 5th Mix would have this song as one of the first three songs they played, up there with Have You Never Been Mellow and Butterfly. Except this one was more annoying sounding and faster, so of course people picked it. And failed. But that's life.

Trip Machine -- When people started to realize they couldn't step on the downbeat to get the perfect all the time, the lightbulb finally clicked on.

Brilliant 2U -- Worst Heavy steps ever, but that's okay, cause you could play the much cooler Orchestra Groove mix! Great song to transition levels (from Basic to Trick, from Trick to Maniac).

Hot Limit -- The only long version song that anyone remembers because it's the only long version song worth playing.

Anything by E-Rotic -- *tear* I miss that stuff.

Afronova -- Essential because when 3rd Mix was around and the only thing to play for a while, Afronova was the "impressive" looking song to play, and when people could A it, it took the crowd's breath away.

Paranoia -- Once upon a time, there used to be a convention in the DDR community that you were a "newbie" until you passed Paranoia on Basic (Light). If you called yourself a "newbie", people would just automatically assume that you hadn't accomplished this feat. It was sort of like the adulthood ritual to being good at DDR. Of course times have changed and the average DDR player is well beyond Paranoia Basic, but still, Paranoia is classic nevertheless.

Drop Out -- The first "fast" song. Ouch! Probably the song that began the bar war.

Max 300 -- First 10 footer. The song that truly ignited the bar war. When someone could PASS this, it was THE news of the DDR community. Oh, how times have changed.

Bag -- The song that ignited the speed mod war. And then we realized triplets were offsync and all hell in the PA community broke loose.

[nick.]

dub i dub
vol 4
do it all night
gentle stress
el ritmo tropical
la senorita

anything from 3rd mix or the 1st mix for playstation. i miss ddr back when only a few played it, back when ddr wasnt seen as the magical road to weight loss for fat people

[T-14]

Absolute
Drop the bomb
AM-P3
Superstar

I would also consider Sakura and bag too, they might not be in any home game yet, but people talk about them so much that you cancall them classics
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[Mckeelsux]

Dam Darriram
all Paranoia
all Maxes (except max. (period))
Dub I Dub
Butterfly
B4U
Dynamite Rave
Burnin the Floor
Tsugaru
all Captain Jack

Thats all i can think of right now
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[Vangulus The Great]

[Julie QQQ...?]

[Paranoia_Brother]

Hello?! Drop the Bomb.... even though some of us don't like it, it's still considered a classic
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[Geostigma]

heres my list


paranoia (any of them)
max300
drop the bomb
boom boom dollar (come on u kno u whored if u ever had DDRUSA!)
dynamite rave
exotic ethnic
afronova

and really alot of the other ones on DDRUSA

[mydixiewrecked]

[PARANOiA -Respect-]

all paranoias, all tripmachines, all maxs, and of course, boom boom dollar.


BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM MONEY MAKE A DOLAR!!! (Techno-ness here)

[DanD]

[xpguardian]

Great first post. my classics are pretty much the same as the ones above so im not gonna bother listing them. Keep up the good work with posting and stuff and you shall be on the " noobs that dont act like noobs" list. I heard someone mention that earlier and i think you should be on it.
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