Live Set: Dance, Sucka'!
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01 Yello - Move Dance Be Born
Welcome Shlep Music Club to my dance party!!!
02 Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
The brothers Gibb ain’t wrong – get on the floor.
03 Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)
04 The Jacksons - Dancing Machine
One of the YouTube commenters stated that puberty voice change Michael was their favorite.
05 Archie Bell and the Drells - Tighten Up
“we dance just as good as we want”
06 Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
07 Danny and the Juniors - At The Hop
I fuckin love this song. Protopunk
08 Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
We all know the dance…
09 The Capitols - Cool Jerk
Arranged by the Motown house band, the Funk Brothers, the song was originally to be called "Pimp Jerk". This was taken from watching neighborhood pimps, who would dance in the clubs but were too "cool" to do the jerk like regular folks. The producer was afraid that a song with the word pimp in the title would be banned or fail to receive much positive attention, and had the title changed to its current form
10 Little Eva - The Locomotion
How many songs are classics of the girl group, Brill Building, and rock'n'roll dance novelty genres, as well as reaching #1 in both the pop and R&B charts? A 1962 single that did all that was Little Eva's "The Loco-motion," written by the pre-eminent Brill Building songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
11 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Rachel and I saw this song performed live, not once, but twice at an 80s nostalgia tour this last July. Most of the artists on the bill saved their “one-hit wonder” for the encore. Men Without Hats said fuck it and played it right out of the gate. Then they played it again at the end. Bravo!
12 Q-Feel, Dancing in Heaven
13 The Donnas - Dancing with Myself
Went with the excellent Donnas version just to change it up.
14 KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes
KC was a monster of the dance genre. Hard to pick just one.
15 Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
For Chuck and Joel.
16 James Brown - Get On The Good Foot (Pt.1 & 2)
Even elderly, drug-addled James Brown can outdance you.
17 Prince - D.M.S.R.
Minneapolis is a dance town. Nuff said.
18 Cameo - Shake Your Pants
19 Mary Jane Girls - In My House
I heard this song pumping from the speakers at an amazing smelling rib and chicken food truck at a street fair. Sign me up!
20 Van Halen - Dance the Night Away
21 Electronic-Big Beat Mixdown
A mix of some of my favorite club hits. First up is the dean and now elder statesman of the craft, Fatboy Slim with Weapon of Choice. Add Bootsy Collins and Christopher Walken for the win!
Basement Jaxx – Where’s Your Head at?
Groove Armada - Superstylin'
Confidence Man - Catch My Breath
One of my favorite more recent discoveries, current group, Australia’s Confidence Man draws inspiration from 90s dance
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
Love this one. From 2002.
22 Vaughan Mason and Crew - Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll
The first of a few Rollerdisco tunes, this song was famously sampled in Daft Punk’s “Da Funk”
23 Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
“Put on your skates, don’t forget your rope
Cuz I know I’m gonna see you at the double dutch show”
24. Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
I love this on so many levels:
The Nutbush, originated in Sydney, Australia in the 1970s as part of an effort to modernize the state's physical education curriculum in schools. The New South Wales Department of Education invented the dance and distributed it in 1975 as a teaching aid. The dance became popular in Australia in the 1980s and has since gained popularity internationally through TikTok.
Go grade school gym teachers!
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