Did anyone catch this. Didnt say anything particularly revelatory, but a couple of nice quotes from Hooky. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
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Radio 2 History of Dance Music
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Exhibition Arsehole wrote: Did anyone catch this. Didnt say anything particularly revelatory, but a couple of nice quotes from Hooky. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
No, looks interesting though.
THIS looks particularly interesting. Wonder what was in the final 20? Voting closed a couple of weeks back and the list of tracks doesn't appear to be up anymore.
When they've had 'open season' on the voting and not a pre-defined list it's always the floor-fillers like 'For An Angel' which come out trumps on this. Or outstanding one-offs like 'Cafe del Mar'. Wonder if their panel of experts would even bother with such tracks, or instead go for summat they considered 'groundbreaking'?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/06_june/06/dance.shtml
The shortlist of 20 songs – in date order – are:
Artist Track Year The Charades Key To My Happiness 1966 James Brown Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine 1970 The Detroit Spinners I'll Be Around 1972 Cymande Bra 1973 Maceo & The Macks Cross The Tracks 1974 Donna Summer I Feel Love 1977 Loleatta Holloway Runaway 1977 Gloria Gaynor This Love Affair 1978 Gwen McRae All This Love That I'm Giving 1979 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 1983 Marshall Jefferson Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem) 1986 MARRS Pump Up the Volume 1987 Steve ‘Silk' Hurley Jack Your Body 1987 Rhythim is Rhythim Strings of Life 1987 S-Express Theme from S-Express 1988 Inner City Big Fun 1988 Fingers Inc. Can You Feel It 1988 Soul II Soul Keep On Movin' 1989 Alison Limerick Where Love Lives 1994 Jakatta American Dream (Joey Negro Mix) 2001
Really good docos! Missed part one of the Hx of danceology, will have to scrape around the net seabed to find it....
DigitalWaters wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/06_june/06/dance.shtml
The shortlist of 20 songs – in date order – are:
Oh right, broad spectrum of tracks then? I thought it was just gonna be a list of modern clubbing stuff (you know the sorta thing: Acid House to the present).
Strings of Life for me, if I had to vote for one of the 20.
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El Jarvo wrote: Strings of Life for me, if I had to vote for one of the 20.
Ditto!
Think,after reading the list that id have to agree with you's there 
Alison Limerick was 1990, not 1994. Good old BBC researchers, don't say much for Pete Tong's knowledge of the tracks does it.
