Day 30: Do The Funky Cat (with Antonio Lopez)

Lyrics:
Gonna trim my whiskers
Groom my fur
I'm goin' on the prowl tonight
Because I'm the cat's meow

First you slide to the left
Then you slide to the right
Then you wiggle your whiskers
And you step outside

Gonna flair my ears
Gonna give you pause
Don't you try to run, babe
I got you in my claws

Gonna swing my tail
Gonna arch my back
We can share a scratch
Oh, yeah
Do the Funky Cat

(Guitar vamping & sick dance moves)

Don't be scare of the alley
You'll always land on your feet
We'll have the night of our nine lives, babe
And have a fancy feast

Gonna swing my tail
Gonna arch my back
We can share a scratch
Oh, yeah
Do the Funky Cat

All this prowlin' around
You know it's where it's at
But it really wears you out, baby
Let's go take a cat nap

Details: This was my first time working with Antonio, and it was really fun! I think we wrote a song that neither of us would've written on our own, which almost the definition of a good collaboration. We started with a funky groove by Antonio, then added a few chords. We started building the song around dance steps, then the "Do the Funky Cat" thing came up randomly, and we decided to build around that, too (I had tried play fighting with Antonio's cat earlier, and found out that it likes real fighting, so cats were definitely on my mind). Since we were writing choreography, I was trying to do the steps that we were coming up with, so Antonio suggested I actually do the moves on the video. Against my better judgement, I agreed to do so, and you all get to experience Dancing Dave!

Anyway, this was super fun to write. We took about 2 hours to write it and an hour to practice and record. Enjoy!