Friday, 4 November 2011

"I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance."

This is my beautiful and rebellious grandfather and stand-in-dad, Squizzy Taylor. He is showing me how to dance in 1975.


And this is me all those years .. and all that dancing later, showing you.



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Posted by eden riley at 15:14
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61 comments:

  1. Lavender Luz4 November 2011 at 15:23

    Can't see the video, Mate.

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  2. edenland4 November 2011 at 15:40

    I know Luz, YouTube says it's still processing.

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  3. Schmutzie4 November 2011 at 16:05

    Love!

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  4. gorillabuns4 November 2011 at 16:10

    I LOVE YOU!

    and my husband loves you too.

    your moves are smooth and wonderful like you.

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  5. Stacie4 November 2011 at 16:19

    "Change the world in you."

    Awesome! :-)

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  6. Corinne – Daze of My Life4 November 2011 at 16:22

    I've had a shithouse week, now my cheeks hurt from smiling. Love it. Love you. Thank you!!

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  7. Alexis4 November 2011 at 16:34

    I not only tried it, I danced along with you. Love it!

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  8. Chantel4 November 2011 at 16:35

    I love the new hair cut and the whisps and I love the dancing :o)

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  9. Rachael4 November 2011 at 16:38

    You make me feel like dancing

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  10. Twitchy4 November 2011 at 16:51

    Fan-freakin-tastic. (As opposed to Chinese plastic.) Love a great inspirational, instructional video. have taken notes: include air guitar, mixing bowl and starting the mower. Rock out with your cock out will prove somewhat tricker! LOVED it xxx

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  11. Sandi4 November 2011 at 16:59

    I haven't danced all by myself in way too long, but I will. I just found you, but I think I love you <3

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  12. Jen4 November 2011 at 17:15

    I don't think there's anything in the world better than you Eden! Thanks for the tutorial, I'll definitely try it lol (and thanks for brightening my day! :) )

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  13. Miss Pink4 November 2011 at 17:21

    Bluey says you are awesome (and thanks he is now telling Greenie to "Rock out with your cock out" [it's ok]).

    I am loving the green jeans!
    And I actually have a vlog coming up on dancing, and basically what you said. Oooh now i'm going to look like a copy cat.
    Yes Eden, I am stalking you for your blog idea's. :P

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  14. rex4 November 2011 at 18:08

    Could watch you dance all day, well, I would have to get up and dance too, cause I could never sit on the sidelines....

    Showed me hubby your "rolling in the deep' video dance the other day, he thought you were cooool man! He said "Hey thats the way you dance rex!" cause he always catches me dancing by myself....

    Dance away, Eden. I will be dancing too.

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  15. MummyK4 November 2011 at 18:15

    a) I never regret visiting your site.
    b) You always make me laugh.
    c) You always make me wanna get out of my shell (almost there).
    d) I'm stealing your dance moves.

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  16. MummyK4 November 2011 at 18:16

    Oh and it's okay if your fly was open on the first take, you have undies anyway! Right? ;)

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  17. Rhi @ Hummingbird's Song4 November 2011 at 18:41

    The Little Lion and I dance Every.Single.Day.

    Today, we danced along with you, with huge smiles plastered on our faces.

    xx

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  18. Anonymous4 November 2011 at 18:57

    Can't wait for the vlog of Dave watching you dance. You're both rippers.

    (Don't tell Dave; however, I've got the crush on you, Eden.)

    Paula.

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  19. Sharon K4 November 2011 at 19:19

    picture a busy morning before work, Tel-Aviv, Israel. A hard day ahead,the political situation is horrible, financial status is better not mentioned... and than I got up and danced with you, full volume and pajamas waving! and everything is better... thanks Eden!

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  20. Tess4 November 2011 at 19:34

    Love your work Eden. Thanks for the Friday night laugh. Fantastic !!! I am one of the piviledged ones who has seen you dance in action. Had plenty of flash backs and laughs. You certainly still have the moves. X Tess

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  21. MissPosy4 November 2011 at 19:53

    Nice use of the lawnmower there, Eden ;)

    I got up and danced "with" you - you got a bit too cool busting your moves out at the end for me though, I'm a bit too awkward for such complex moves.

    Is that a motorbike in your front entrance?!

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  22. GiGi4 November 2011 at 19:54

    Oh, Eden, you are the best. Love the dancing! Love you! You make me laugh and you brighten my day. You are an inspiration. Don't ever stop doing what you do. xxxxxxxxxx

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  23. ::The Beetle Shack::4 November 2011 at 20:05

    tears woman, tears.

    I full screened the shit out of that. twice.

    happy heart. cock out.

    xo em

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  24. ::The Beetle Shack::4 November 2011 at 20:06

    also, just quietly- you've got MOVES!

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  25. BOB & MABEL4 November 2011 at 20:10

    You are one freakin' cool chick. Love your dancing, I love dancing by myself or with others! Dancing rocks!!!

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  26. Nicole McLachlan4 November 2011 at 20:16

    If I could dance like that, I do nothing BUT dance :)

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  27. bigwords is...4 November 2011 at 20:29

    You are one crazy lady! Loved watching you get your freak on. Love you x

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  28. Diminishing Lucy4 November 2011 at 20:35

    I still to lick those colar bones. And I LUST after those green jeans...

    Groover.

    xx

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  29. Carla4 November 2011 at 20:36

    Girl you got da moves!!! Will you be testing us on these moves at the next blogging conference after party????? But seriously…when are you getting your own TV show???? Freaking hilarious!

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  30. Hayley4 November 2011 at 21:30

    That is $%#&ing hillarious! Thank you for making me laugh, I didnt stop smiling through that whole clip. Love the raver girl, you were spot on - chupa chup and all :)

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  31. Jess@Diary of a SAHM4 November 2011 at 21:48

    You are all kinds of cool! Seriously! I totally danced along with you then.

    Randomly enough I also posted a dancing vlog today, but it wasn't anywhere near this skilled and more of an embarraesmment but who cares! I had fun! :)

    Love your work!

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  32. Maxabella4 November 2011 at 22:59

    I'm simultaneously watching So You Think You Can Dance and reading your blog at the same time and fark if. Can tell the difference!!!!!!

    !!!

    And I love the hair.

    x

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  33. Anonymous4 November 2011 at 23:10

    No wonder i love coming back to your site "you rock" Love the dancing and i actually turned up the volume so yes we just danced together mate! LOL... Miss 12 said "Mum you are funny but your friend is funnier !
    Thanks Eden you made my day now i'm pooped what a great work out :-P xxxx

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  34. areyoukiddingme4 November 2011 at 23:47

    Awesome! That was the best - and I loved the credits too.

    Dancing well involves the ability to move body parts independently of each other. I am mostly incapable of that (and of loosening up). But I don't let that stop me!

    Keep dancing - and get your boys up there too.

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  35. Ms Styling You4 November 2011 at 23:50

    Love the hair and the green jeans - but obsessed with the "schmoopsie" dance move - not sure if I've spelt it correctly but it's got it all over the sprinkler x

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  36. stinkb0mb5 November 2011 at 00:06

    i have so much to say about this post and yet don't have the ability to get it all out properly, so may need to either email you or do a post of my own.

    thank you - you don't know how much this post means to me, no matter anyone else.

    ~x~

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  37. Anonymous5 November 2011 at 00:45

    Z says "more" and is making her dancing sign...



    xoxoxo

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  38. Anonymous5 November 2011 at 01:52

    Quite simply, you are awesome! Love the hair, love the jeans, love the moves.

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  39. Lavender Luz5 November 2011 at 02:25

    I guess I'm just too quick.

    You make it look so easy! I caught myself trying to memorize some of your fabulous moves, but that's not your point at all, is it?

    You are, as ever, inspiring.

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  40. Peggy5 November 2011 at 03:05

    You are HOT! I am sitting in bed with my laptop, earphones in so I don't wake the hubby (it's midnight) and halfway through your vlog my body is bouncing around, I am smiling and wishing I could crank this LOUD and dance with you.

    You're hot Eden. Girl crush.

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  41. Pale5 November 2011 at 04:55

    Holy crap. It's Rocco in a dress!

    You are spectacular. Makin butter. Ah. Those were the days.

    Okay. A mental picture for your laughing pleasure. I had to take 3credits of dance when I was in college. GAH. I had to kill it in a summer session and I ended up in African Dance . AD is awesome. Not so awesome is me, the self-conscious, scrawy Irish kid, trying to figure out how the hell to bob my palms-to-the-floor to twice the beats-per-second as I lifted my knees to my crouching chest. It was like, rub your stomach/pat your head from hell. (To this day, the word Jazzercise makes me cringe ... like exercise isn't annoying enough, it has to make me feel uncoordinated and stupid, too?) Anyway ... African Dance ... coolest instructor ever. Her name was "Fern Hyphenated-Lastname." She's famous, actually. Has her own African Dance troupe. Arty Wisewoman Oldsoul with shaved head and cool jewelry. You know the type. She RAVED about our class. How well we were doing/how talented. Told us everyone was getting an "A." I got a "B." And I think that was just because I showed up, she knew the credits were mandatory and she didn't ever want to see my pale ass again.

    You have to video Dave and the drums. Please. :)

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  42. Pale5 November 2011 at 05:05

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtn5VlcNRU

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  43. Heather5 November 2011 at 06:14

    LOVE IT!!! I dance ALL THE TIME!! Makes you feel so much better :o)

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  44. BabyMac5 November 2011 at 06:55

    Daise just watched that with me and she said "she's funny Mum". GREAT dancing. Smokin' arse. I kind of want to do a dance off post right back atcha. Like a dance off? PErhaps next week...x

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  45. Rikki5 November 2011 at 07:09

    Are you sure you aren't classically trained?
    Poetry in motion. Love your abandon. I am on way to my dance studio- think I might pull all the fledging ballerinas in to a prayer circle and pray we can all find the black man trapped inside.
    Starting the day with a smile and may I add a throbbing, pulsing sensation as my inner groove gets louder.

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  46. LeighRex5 November 2011 at 08:13

    BROZE - LOVING the shorter do man - and the green jeans, HOT!!! Freaken love your wild abandon - Jonnie says you're on crack! LOVE you man xxooxx

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  47. Catherine5 November 2011 at 14:15

    Amazing. Loved this so much. I was a dancer (then got too old and too many injuries to continue), but sometimes I do blast music at home and dance the day away. It is the only time I feel completely free of my anxieties. For me, dance gives me a sense of freedom that I can't seem to find anywhere else.

    Thanks for reminding me.

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  48. Fi5 November 2011 at 18:21

    Goddamn you're sexy! And wise. And funny. And so real.
    Loved it so much! You rock babe!

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  49. GSP5 November 2011 at 18:40

    Thanks Eden. I heard you. Xxx

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  50. The Empress6 November 2011 at 01:52

    Crying.

    Crying b/c that dance says what words can't,

    Fuck you, Cancer!

    Fuck you, the shit from growing up.

    Fuck you, to what life decided to throw my way.

    FUCK YOU!

    I will dance with my cock out.

    Oh, Eden...you..just don't know.

    That little screen isn't big enough to contain you.

    You need to Full Screen your life.

    Thank You.

    xo

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  51. Lucky136 November 2011 at 06:36

    You're the sexiest bitch. I will never dance alone again without thinking of this. xoxo

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  52. Anonymous7 November 2011 at 00:39

    Seriously dude, Z is addicted to your video. Everytime I am on the computer she says "E-a-me's" and then bobbles her head in her universal sign for dancing. She wanted to watch you when ELMO was on.

    She loves the putting on the hooded sweatshirt, glasses and lolly.

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  53. Naomi8 November 2011 at 11:07

    I was at a wedding on the weekend. There was a dance floor. It had a pole. What could I do but dance.
    It may have taken me until I'm almost 40 but I get it - and if people are watching? Well sucks to be them sitting in their chairs while I two step with a pole to Dancing Queen.

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  54. dragonflygal10 November 2011 at 21:35

    You, Eden, are CLASSIC! You are so much more inspiring than so many of the blogs I read, because you are just so GODDAM REAL! Love it :)

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  55. Julie Cottle11 November 2011 at 22:49

    Thank you! I haven't done that for years. It's one of those things that I forgot makes me feel hap, hap, hap, happy! I'm tempted to get my groove on now.. but I'll wake the kiddies and the hubsta up. Tomorrow I'll rock out with my cock out.
    And everyone else is right, you have the moves gurl x

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  56. Anonymous13 November 2011 at 15:25

    I have always, ALWAYS danced alone. And with others. But alone, too. And that is maybe the best fun.

    Current vibe - I am definitely feeling 'dancing while doing the dishes' - takes the mundane right into my joy zone. Oh, yeah!

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  57. Kristy @ Diary of a Supermum14 November 2011 at 11:59

    Mate, you are so fucking funny! And I LOVED dancing in front of my computer with you - hilarious and most of all, liberating!

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  58. kim at allconsuming16 November 2011 at 22:16

    You're a modern day Mork.

    And I love you.

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  59. Kathryn18 November 2011 at 18:55

    I have NEVER danced in my loungeroom, either with or without abandon.

    Seriously .. am I even alive???

    The music will be cranking tomorrow, and my kids will be very very afraid and embarrassed ... and that will rock :)

    Always. Love your heart.
    K xx

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  60. m19 November 2011 at 11:56

    Eden, you are the hotness, and I love this vlog. Love it.

    And would love to know whose song you are rocking out to - fantastic soundtrack!

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  61. Beth @ Achoo You16 December 2011 at 01:21

    It's 12.19am and I've only just discovered you!! But you know what I did I danced like I've not danced ever! I've had a f****** week/month and I feel better, so much better, I can get up in the morning I can face my day..... Thank you Eden

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