It's time for me to revisit my youth and to head back to the suburnan wasteland of Dublin. Not quite New York but still a hotbed of breakdancing activity. I strolled down to the local record store, Sounds Cool, and picked up a copy of 'Breakdance You Can Do It' which I'd seen advertised on TV. It was a K-Tel compilation and used lots of the popular breakdance tunes of the day except they re-recorded them with session musicians so they wouldn't have to pay royalties or something. A free poster came with the album which gave a pictorial demonstration on how to both moonwalk and bodypop. Needless to say it was only a matter of days before I was proficient.
Anyhow, I've dusted off a few seven inches and a couple of 12" remixes and I've presented them here for your collective listening pleasure. Let's get busy with the fizzy. The tracks are as follows:
Hey You Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
Street Dance - Break Machine
Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McLaren
Automatic - The Pointer Sisters
Din Daa Daa - George Kranz
Breakdance Party - Break Machine
Tour De France - Kraftwerk
Step Off - Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Monday, September 17, 2007
the breakdance podcast you've been waiting for
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3 comments:
wow.
great stuff matt!
Agreed, it's a real blast from the past and I really loved hearing ol' Buffalo Gals again...Break Dance Party hasn't aged well though has it?
I'm all dizzy from the headspins.
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