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'Evolution of Dance 2': Still grooving?

Jan 12, 2009, 06:00 PM | by Simon Vozick-Levinson

Categories: 100% Pure Cheese, Morning Madness, Music, PopWatch Dance Party, Viral Video!!!

Hey, would you look at that? Judson Laipply -- a.k.a. that one guy who can do reasonably passable impressions of a bunch of popular dances, a.k.a. that one guy who somehow got over a hundred million YouTube views for a clip of him doing these impressions -- has a new YouTube video! It's called "Evolution of Dance 2," natch, and [SPOILER ALERT] it features Mr. Laipply doing some more okay-for-an-office-Christmas-party-quality dancing. He debuted his latest routine on the Today show this morning (embedded below, in case you missed it). The Today producers even did a Q&A with Laipply, wherein the auteur explored his "creative process" and teased the possibility of...wait for it...an "Evolution of Dance 3." Is your mind not blown?

But don't mind jaded ol' me. What do you think of the latest step in Judson Laipply's evolution? Click through to the jump for the full list of songs to which Laipply busts moves and let me know if I missed anything on account of being distracted by the rug-cutting brilliance.

James Brown, "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
The Temptations, "My Girl"
Ike & Tina Turner, "Proud Mary"
Van McCoy, "The Hustle"
Ray Anthony, "The Hokey Pokey"
The Isley Brothers, "Shout"
The Champs, "Tequila"
The Proclaimers, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
Technotronic, "Pump Up the Jam"
Right Said Fred, "I'm Too Sexy"
Marcia Griffiths, "Electric Boogie"
En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
69 Boyz, "Tootsie Roll"
DJ Casper, "Cha Cha Slide"
Terror Squad, "Lean Back"
OK Go, "Here It Goes Again"
Fergie, "London Bridge"
Soulja Boy, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"

More on viral video:
Neither of the "Evolution of Dance" clips made it onto EW's Viral Video Hall of Fame, sadly
…But the original "Evolution of Dance" did wind up on PopWatch's Weekend To-Do List one time
Vanessa Juarez explored life in a YouTube Nation
Two EW staffers tried to become viral video stars in 2006. (69,356 views and counting!)


Raven_Moon Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 06:26 PM EST

The first one was better, but I still enjoyed this one.

Nee Nee Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 02:32 PM EST

Uhh, yeah...the stick with the first one. He just made up his own dances to some of the songs. Soulja boy was good, though

Movie_Dearest Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:12 AM EST

Hello, the reason the first video was so popular is because it is just a "regular guy" doing the dancing.

cruzilla Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 08:04 PM EST

So Simon, how do you really feel about these videos?

wagonmaker Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:33 PM EST

Oh no, not the Hokey Pokey...

Hannah Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 06:24 PM EST

Ugh. The first one was way better.


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