Hi UD,
I see where you are coming from and in part I agree BUT (how d'ja know that was coming? ) ... if someone says to me play some dance I more often than not think of house, techno, garage et al.

However if someone says play some dance band I think of Glen Miller and that ilk. It is all a question of semantics and perception and like it or not that is a generational thing. Every generation hijacks certain terms, phrases, words etc and attaches their own connotations to them. Whilst the word 'wicked' to me is negative and means a bad thing the same word to my 14 year old nephew is positive and means something is beyond brilliant!

I don't even think it is a case of the 'GenXers' claiming they invented 'dance' per se. More a case of claiming a word to describe a style of music that they identify with and to.

Lord alone knows I don't understand, like or play techno, house, garage etc. Then again I would have been mortified if my parents had found any merit in Soft Cell, Blondie, Eurythmics and other bands of my youth.

Tony