What Is the Firedancer All About? (merged)

[Daysee14]

Okay guys I need your help, my friend and I are having a debate about where the firedancer logo came from! Can someone please set the story straight? thanks!

;)

[Bryan]

Okay guys I need your help, my friend and I are having a debate about where the firedancer logo came from! Can someone please set the story straight? thanks!

;)


Tripping Billies

"We're all sitting
Legs crossed round a fire,
My yellow flame she dances

check out the tripping billies video and you'll see the firedancer make its first appearence! :alumni:

[DMatthewsCutieUF]

Yep.. that is right ...
We have a drummer in our band that has it as a tatoo.. that is cool!! ..

...;-)
...Great icon...

[jenn21]

I've always been told that it was a design Dave came up with because from the stage, that was how the girls in the crowd looked to him when they were dancing. Not sure if it's true but I've heard this a lot. It's pretty cool anyway!

[Rob]

I've always been told that it was a design Dave came up with because from the stage, that was how the girls in the crowd looked to him when they were dancing. Not sure if it's true but I've heard this a lot. It's pretty cool anyway!
I think Dave did draw the design.

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[Daysee14]

Thanks guys! I agree with the Tripping Billies lyrics and my friend said I was wrong! Does it really matter what our interpretation of it is? I guess not thanks for the help!

[DMBFOX7899]

:confused: :confused: :confused: hey just wondering where, how and why the fire dancer became daves "emblem" its one of my favorites and i also was wondering why there is not a lot of stuff with the fire dancer on it. but ne way just wondering:confused:

[Bryan]

:confused: :confused: :confused: hey just wondering where, how and why the fire dancer became daves "emblem" its one of my favorites and i also was wondering why there is not a lot of stuff with the fire dancer on it. but ne way just wondering:confused:
the firedancer is a sketch Dave drew back in the day...it comes from the song Trippin Billies.

"my little yellow flame, she dances"

[buttermuffin4]

the firedancer is a sketch Dave drew back in the day...it comes from the song Trippin Billies.

"my little yellow flame, she dances"No way!! It's all clear now!!!! :boings: :boings: :hypnodisk :thumbsup: :thankyou:

[Danielle41]

i have a kickass fire dancer tattoo. i absolutely love it.

[Rob]

i have a kickass fire dancer tattoo. i absolutely love it.
Post a pic!

r

[CrazyEazy]

post a pic here lets get this thread going with everyones tatts
http://weeklydavespeak.banagale.com/forums/showthread.php?t=757
:thumbsup:

[DMBFOX7899]

the firedancer is a sketch Dave drew back in the day...it comes from the song Trippin Billies.

"my little yellow flame, she dances"
thanks i had a feeling that the lyrics were conected in some way. thanks again:)

[DMBFOX7899]

well now that i got that answered where did the "8" fire dancer come from was that a fan idea to add to the female dancer? or is that a dave drawling also? either way i think they are both cool

[Bryan]

well now that i got that answered where did the "8" fire dancer come from was that a fan idea to add to the female dancer? or is that a dave drawling also? either way i think they are both cool dave drawing

[dmbchick41]

i have a kickass fire dancer tattoo. i absolutely love it.

i'm so jealous that you have one! i'm getting mine done next month...do you mind if i ask how big yours is...cause i want mine really small but im not sure how small they can make it.

[Shannon]

I like firedancers...:boings: I draw one on my left hand every night before I go to bed with a Sharpie.:lol:

[CelebrateDMB]

Does anyone know if there is a meaning or a story behind the Fire Dancer? I know she was dran by Dave and inspired by his mom but does she have any meaning or is she just a cool image?? :confused:

[TheDaveHimself]

The song "Tripping Billies"...

We are all sitting
Legs crossed round a fire
My yellow flame she dances

Wa la! The fire dancer...

[Charles]

Dave uses the reference of the firedancer in the song. But it is an original drawing done by dave along with the dancing 8 and a few others if you do some searching.

[nanycoimbra]

hey everyone, I'm new here and a huge fan . I was looking for this answer but i couldnt find it, does anyone know the meaning of the firedancer on the cover of stand Up ?:confused:

[Bryan]

hey everyone, I'm new here and a huge fan . I was looking for this answer but i couldnt find it, does anyone know the meaning of the firedancer on the cover of stand Up ?:confused:

its been around since the begining...

lyrics to trippin billies:

"...my yellow flame she dances" the actual picture is a drawing Dave did back in the day.... there is another thread on this...im merging you into it.

[MikeyCarson]

does anyone know the meaning of the firedancer on the cover of stand Up ?:confused:
I think Nany is refering to the fact that it is Silver and not a flame....I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Dave put his Firedancer in the freezer (by mistake of course) and the Silver "fire"dancer is the end result. I actually refer to it as the icedancer.

[Bryan]

I think Nany is refering to the fact that it is Silver and not a flame....I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Dave put his Firedancer in the freezer (by mistake of course) and the Silver "fire"dancer is the end result. I actually refer to it as the icedancer.

actually... i think she is just a newbie and didnt know what the firedancer was at all...and i think a lot of peopel are gonna star associating it with Stand Up...too bad....i hope it doesnt get out of hand.... but as for the silver dancer....you have to ask Stefan...he designed the cover for the album.

[bh16125]

I would say they made it chrome colored just because.... well, .... it looks pretty damn sweet, thats why. I doubt that there is any different meaning behind the silver. Just a design.

[onesuiteworld]

is the fire dancer headless or is it just me?

[Bryan]

is the fire dancer headless or is it just me?

everyone says that....i dont think so....i think the large lump in the center is its head, not its chest like a lot of people say. i see her as kind of looking down.

[DMBFOX7899]

i've thought that too bryan but im just not too sure i guess i will have to take a "longer" look at it again

[k3N70n]

if i remember correctly in 'step into the light' he drew the fire dancer when he was 10 or something. i wish i could remember kuz i hate misleading ppl. plz correct me if i'm wrong.

[mauzyj]

sorry to bring this back up, but i was listening to dave and mark roebuck cover "in god's country" by U2 and caught this line:
"naked flame / she stands with a naked flame"
precursor to the fire dancer? by the way, if you haven't checked out this "Tribe of Heaven" CD, you really need to. pretty nice stuff on there.

[jblu3641]

Tripping Billies

"We're all sitting
Legs crossed round a fire,
My yellow flame she dances

check out the tripping billies video and you'll see the firedancer make its first appearence! :alumni:


ACTUALLY DUDE, I THINK THE FIREDANCER SHOWS UP EVEN EARLIER (IN THE WHAT WOULD YOU SAY VIDEO) DURING ONE OF THE RANDOM FLASHES THERE IS A SCREEN FULL OF THE NANCY IN THE CIRCLE ALA COULD I HAVE BEEN ORIGINAL T-SHIRT (THE WHITE ONE, YOU KNOW?) THAT WAS MY FIRST SIGHTING - BUT YEAH, DAVE DREW THAT SHIT - WHICH IS DOPE

[blairski]

Me too!!! I love it! Its on my right hip/stomach. :woohoo:

[fanofdmb75]

i know that the band has been calling this firedancer the "wet" firedancer.

hey everyone, I'm new here and a huge fan . I was looking for this answer but i couldnt find it, does anyone know the meaning of the firedancer on the cover of stand Up ?:confused:

[Charles]

i know that the band has been calling this firedancer the "wet" firedancer.


Im kinda curious to know where you heard this info..

I meet Stefan a few years back and he even called it a Firedancer.. and I do remember seeing some firedancer stickers back in 01 tour and they called them firedancer too.

[StandUp]

where did that originate?

[blynn03]

As far as I know...its a piece of Dave's artwork. When it originated, I don't know.

[Bryan]

please run searches before starting threads....

[nanciestripping]

which came first?!?! dancing 8 or firedancer? is it possible to know?

and i just wanted to thank you all for this thread i didn't realize the firedancer image was that old - i've almost come to associate it entirely with the new album

and the lines 'my yellow flame she dances' is AWESOME one of my favorite lines of all time

-brad

[he who rocks]

and the award for most time quoting one song in a thread goes to ..................drumroll by carter.................BRYAN!!!!!!!!!!!! you did it man... somehow telling everyone once, just wasnt enough... you went the extra mile, several times.... i honor you.

[Bryan]

and the award for most time quoting one song in a thread goes to ..................drumroll by carter.................BRYAN!!!!!!!!!!!! you did it man... somehow telling everyone once, just wasnt enough... you went the extra mile, several times.... i honor you.

its because people dont search and create new threads and i have to merge them.... every time you see me explain it again it was a new thread that i merged.

[he who rocks]

i salute you

[djurzi]

i've almost come to associate it entirely with the new album

It seems that people tend to do that more and more since Stand Up.


and the lines 'my yellow flame she dances' is AWESOME one of my favorite lines of all time

-brad

One of my favorites as well. Mainly because it refers to the firedancer. I had that verse from that song in my sig for a while.

[nanciestripping]

i like the firedancer but i also think of that as a way to describe a woman and quite simply i think its without a doubt one of the sexiest metaphors i've ever heard

dunno why but somthing about it is just mmmmmm money


-brad

[he who rocks]

money money money moneeey moooonnnaaaayyyy

btw... somehow i typed that in response to the firedancer... and it became a thread in chicago river...weird

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[TheStone77]

cuz of trippin billies

[firedancer33]

I have also heard that it is a drawing/creation of Dave's!

I now have one tattooed on my ankle and it is awesome!

[one0more0drink]

my friend has an awesome firedancer tattoo on her back its great.i want one so bad but ill go for henna and just keep redoing it

[firedancer33]

I have a firedancer on my ankle. It is freakin awesome!

[petevii]

i thought the firedancer also came from trippin billies...... but i also heard a few times that it was from dancing nancies. my teacher used to call the firedancer a dancing nancie. i always thought he was wrong but then i saw a shirt on sale from dmband.com that had the firedancer with dancing nancie lyrics in a circle around it. what do yous think?

[Bryan]

i thought the firedancer also came from trippin billies...... but i also heard a few times that it was from dancing nancies. my teacher used to call the firedancer a dancing nancie. i always thought he was wrong but then i saw a shirt on sale from dmband.com that had the firedancer with dancing nancie lyrics in a circle around it. what do yous think?

read this whole thread...its explained exactly where it came from.

[petevii]

read this whole thread...its explained exactly where it came from.
yeah i read the thread. but r you all exactly sure its from tippin billies? i know the line u r talking about in the song "my yellow flame she dances" but has the band conformed that he made the firedancer after that line. or did we just hear the line and assume hes describing the firedancer? idk if im making sence. one person said that he read in 'set into the light' dave drew it up when he was 10. so wouldnt that mean trippin billies written when dave was 10?

[Bryan]

yeah i read most of it. but r you all exactly sure its from tippin billies? one person said that he read in 'set into the light' dave drew it up when he was 10. so wouldnt that mean trippin billies written when dave was 10?

its from Trippin Billies. positive.

[he who rocks]

why is this thread attracting so much stupidity, for like the 9th time..... btw, post grand

[Paizan426]

Bryan said you can see the fire dancer in the Tripping Billies video, i just watched it and I i didnt see it anywhere. Can someone help me?

[Pantala1]

Bryan said you can see the fire dancer in the Tripping Billies video, i just watched it and I i didnt see it anywhere. Can someone help me?

Yeah, I couldn't find it either. I think he meant the lyrics refer to it, though. The only music video the fire dancer is in is What Would You Say. Look at the bottom left corner (right at the beginning) and there is a button with the image on it. It's surprising it goes back that far...

[cantstop41]

I think Bryan was referring to the lyrics. "My yellow flame she dances"

[Dwill26]

heres an early fire dancer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cQ10A8WY4

around 1:05

[michsieg]

I found this interesting sculpture online today and I imediately saw the connection with the Fire Dancer. http://1930.fr/040807.htm The art house says that it is probably a work from Franz Hagenauer, who died in the 80s. I wonder if Dave saw it before drawing the design.

[smoothrider03]

I found this interesting sculpture online today and I imediately saw the connection with the Fire Dancer. http://1930.fr/040807.htm The art house says that it is probably a work from Franz Hagenauer, who died in the 80s. I wonder if Dave saw it before drawing the design.

Good find! I definitely see the resemblance, especially with that silver color and how the firedancer is often silver (see Stand Up cover). Makes you wonder if it was an influence or just a strange coincidence