100% watched this when it aired back then. Was in HS and that was the dance we all did. Everyone is in great shape, nothing fake. We had peace amongst our own and dating was off the chain romantic. Miss this period so much‼️😢🖤
Wow, the 80's truly was the decade of REAL. YOU almost want to climb into this as dance your soul off. Beautiful people and simple good fun . What happened to US ?
One of the first records that I brought with my own money at the age of 9....because my older cousins in Richmond,Va. where jammin' it! & you didn't hear it almost at all on NYC radio at the time. Funky record!!!!!
That's funny. I remember hearing it on NY radio as a kid. That's what got me deep into DYNASTY, as well as SOLAR, not forgetting Soul Train too. NY was deep into SOLAR and then some I recall.
Look at all the sex appeal on that dance floor and they aren't even tryin'!!! Everyone's hair is styled and the clothes are superbly tailored. We had pride in our appearance back then. During this time in the early '80's, Black folks dressed up to go out and party. Then rap/hip-hop and its despicable culture showed up and now look what we're dealing with: saggin' pants that fall below the butt cheeks, unkempt dirty-looking dreadlocks and overgrown beards, oversized clothes that don't go with the seasons, waaaay too much bling whether real or not, sistas showing all the goods and leaving nothing to the imagination, waaaaay too much make-up, fake hair and fake nails galore. Stevie sung that he wished "those days could come back once more". It's what I wish too!
I saw a G. I've seen it all. Dope, describes my rhymes, making all you MCS cold drop like dimes. You know MCSC is back again, and battling me on the microphone is like committing a sin. MCSC/Mac Gotti
hell yeah. But what in the hell was honey doing in the opening 10 seconds in that spandex? I sincerely can't here the baseline girlfriend is popping her leg to.
wow, I can see why some folks just associate dancing with gayness. If this was all folks saw at some points in their lives they would have steer clear of the groove.
2008topshelf wrote, 'wow, I can see why some folks just associate dancing with gayness. ' that is a young person's odd viewpoint. just as yr generation incorrectly think that shorts( or as you call them short shorts) are only for women or femme gay men. because you grew up in a time when the only people youve seen who wear shorts or dance by pumping their hips(like they are fking), are women or femme gay men. whereas those of us over 40, grew up in eras where everyone both men and women shooook their asses off while dancing, and wore shorts. as it was unisex (after first being masculine, as men created these dances, and men's shorts were the first to rise) according the documentaries on youtube, the badmen from the 1970s,1980s while dressed in the above clothing, and dancing away. those badmen (whether on the street or wholesale), made millions a week compared to the low thousands a week of the last cple decades. so dancing, wearing fancy clothes has no bearing on inherent badmanness --- and wat cauterised male clothing, dancing, music was that in the early 90s AA music was temporarily exhausted, and that allowed gangsta rap after 1992 to hijack the narrative become the dominant form of 'cool'. it was weird to see, all of a sudden the men were not dancing like they had in earlier hiphop vids, were standing like statues, were wearing clothes three sizes too big for them. and the music lost its spirit, soul, funk, complexity and became one level above an (unfunky)seashanty.
Actually I'm your senior and I danced in those days and Jodie Watley, herself, will tell you as she's told me - if you ever lucky enough to meet her - that a swath of those guys were indeed gay on the show. I love to dance but don't get to do it much and I'm fully cognizant of physcal expression - even channeling momentary feminity to a point - but this vid let me apply my elder wisdom to a couple of guys whose future I already can guess what its trajectory was.
2008topshelf thanks for the reply. i understand now the context of your first comment. i had seen the funk in yr playlists and your use of 'folk', so initially thought you were older than me. but then saw other vids and decided you were younger. you guys were so lucky to be around in that era, i once asked my 70yo dad if he wanted to swap ages. we burst out laffing. lol at least i got to experience the last gasp of that era in the early90s. young people have no idea how bleak today truly is musically
They truly don't. Folks who've lived through it know what fucked it up. Even Damon Dash knows as he spoke about in his recent noted in studio radio interview (but HipHop statesman will shoulder no blame in this). Its the technology. Roland and the like started coming out with DAW (digital audio workstations) years ago and with their now product mastery in that segment, the music industry can literally target the idiots in culture - particularly black culture - and pay they actually for being the (musical) idiots they are - Kayne West among them. If you take those products out of the last 30 years and you'd have music produced by people who had to bring it out of their souls - artists.
We will never see this time again, Thank God I can still hear it. ❤❤❤
100% watched this when it aired back then. Was in HS and that was the dance we all did. Everyone is in great shape, nothing fake. We had peace amongst our own and dating was off the chain romantic. Miss this period so much‼️😢🖤
Man, my 80s childhood jam! My mom used to play this cut every Saturday morning while we were doing the household chores. I still love this one ❤❤❤❤.
Another great Disco song! Remembering dancing to this song!
Those were the days, spandex pants, desingner jeans, & neon colors you could tell it's the early 80's!!
They should bring back the re runs of soul train it would be a true honor. I know I would love that real talk.
That record has the Solar sound. It could have been done by the Whispers or Lakeside but Leon Sylvers group Dynasty performed the song!!
my God...i love this song. we danced to this song in parties during the late 70s. in 37secs pop lock is cool.
This was my KUTTTTT as a preteen growing up in the CHI!!! I don't want know other to be my lover...YAASSSS!!!
Wow, the 80's truly was the decade of REAL. YOU almost want to climb into this as dance your soul off. Beautiful people and simple good fun . What happened to US ?
Love Soul Train. And the Soul Train Line never gets old! Hippest trip in America! 🚉
I agree completely.
I could imagine it in my house and in my mind even while sitting still when necessary.
Miss these years
Yeah. Especially now
I just loved Thelma Davis with that short Afro she rocked.
So classy, so refined!
Summer 1980 i was 15 years old going to the 10th grade.
Same. Was AMAZING‼️🖤
Dame we as a people have a lot of SOUL
This kind of spirit must never again be allowed to rise within the black community!
I use to tune in every week to see the guy at 1:04 dance with the white shirt and black pants. I think he's so handsome
Existe uma arte colorida no vestiário que só os Americanos dominava em 70's e80's dançante e arrepiante ✌️👏👏👏👏👏
E temos que reconhecer, belos corpos eles são lindos 😊✌️👍
Oooh, I can feel my head getting hot...I'm getting a case of that "Saturday Night Fever"! :D
One of the first records that I brought with my own money at the age of 9....because my older cousins in Richmond,Va. where jammin' it! & you didn't hear it almost at all on NYC radio at the time. Funky record!!!!!
That's funny. I remember hearing it on NY radio as a kid. That's what got me deep into DYNASTY, as well as SOLAR, not forgetting Soul Train too. NY was deep into SOLAR and then some I recall.
Anybody remember doing The Tilt? Thats the dance theyre doing where theyre leaning (tilting) to one side w/ one arm up.
I loooved doing the Tilt! 😆
Shorty in the turquoise pants in the background @ 1:52 had cakes!
Los Angeles early 80s!
So great ! Love it
Look at all the sex appeal on that dance floor and they aren't even tryin'!!! Everyone's hair is styled and the clothes are superbly tailored. We had pride in our appearance back then. During this time in the early '80's, Black folks dressed up to go out and party. Then rap/hip-hop and its despicable culture showed up and now look what we're dealing with: saggin' pants that fall below the butt cheeks, unkempt dirty-looking dreadlocks and overgrown beards, oversized clothes that don't go with the seasons, waaaay too much bling whether real or not, sistas showing all the goods and leaving nothing to the imagination, waaaaay too much make-up, fake hair and fake nails galore. Stevie sung that he wished "those days could come back once more". It's what I wish too!
Preach!
Yes, yes! Everybody on stage in this clip was fly! Hip-hop brought the raunch and sleaze to ST.
am so fascinated with soul train the music the dancers incredible
...classic soul train
love the couple in red at 00:35
This used to be one of my cuts as a teenager...
Love soul trsin
Wonderfull
Wow. One of those dudes looked like Jeffrey Daniel… though I know he was in Shalamar at the time.
Nice Sounds Rythme Basse Guitare
2:06
😄😄😄 Aaaaaaayyyyyeeee!!! ✊
1:57-2:00 “O.G. Scorpio” gettin his groove on. Classic
this looks like my uncle's basement with the blue light on, with the weed smoke!!!
The couple in the red and white at 0:40 pretty cool. I don't remember that dance
Part of “pop locking”. They just utilized a move from it💃🏽🕺🏽
leon sylers III
Muito bbommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
2021ANYONE????
I saw a G.
I've seen it all.
Dope, describes my rhymes, making all you MCS cold drop like dimes. You know MCSC is back again, and battling me on the microphone is like committing a sin.
MCSC/Mac Gotti
i think the heaviest i seen was 150
Yeah, Everyone was in good shape.
Ive just seen a top I'm gonna get made for myself
и не будет сегодня на работе уже давно нет любви к тому что و خودم هم 1980😎werd is bond son
hell yeah. But what in the hell was honey doing in the opening 10 seconds in that spandex? I sincerely can't here the baseline girlfriend is popping her leg to.
something fishy at 2:15
aie aie aie, les bonnes soirées funk, y'a pas mieux, du bon son, des pas de dance TERRIBLE !!!!
wow, I can see why some folks just associate dancing with gayness. If this was all folks saw at some points in their lives they would have steer clear of the groove.
Your boy Justin Bieber and the rest of your people are looking for you!
2008topshelf
wrote, 'wow, I can see why some folks just associate dancing with gayness. '
that is a young person's odd viewpoint.
just as yr generation incorrectly think that shorts( or as you call them short shorts) are only for women or femme gay men. because you grew up in a time when the only people youve seen who wear shorts or dance by pumping their hips(like they are fking), are women or femme gay men.
whereas those of us over 40, grew up in eras where everyone both men and women shooook their asses off while dancing, and wore shorts. as it was unisex (after first being masculine, as men created these dances, and men's shorts were the first to rise)
according the documentaries on youtube, the badmen from the 1970s,1980s while dressed in the above clothing, and dancing away. those badmen (whether on the street or wholesale), made millions a week compared to the low thousands a week of the last cple decades.
so dancing, wearing fancy clothes has no bearing on inherent badmanness
---
and wat cauterised male clothing, dancing, music was that in the early 90s AA music was temporarily exhausted, and that allowed gangsta rap after 1992 to hijack the narrative become the dominant form of 'cool'.
it was weird to see,
all of a sudden the men were not dancing like they had in earlier hiphop vids, were standing like statues, were wearing clothes three sizes too big for them. and the music lost its spirit, soul, funk, complexity and became one level above an (unfunky)seashanty.
Actually I'm your senior and I danced in those days and Jodie Watley, herself, will tell you as she's told me - if you ever lucky enough to meet her - that a swath of those guys were indeed gay on the show. I love to dance but don't get to do it much and I'm fully cognizant of physcal expression - even channeling momentary feminity to a point - but this vid let me apply my elder wisdom to a couple of guys whose future I already can guess what its trajectory was.
2008topshelf
thanks for the reply. i understand now the context of your first comment.
i had seen the funk in yr playlists and your use of 'folk', so initially thought you were older than me. but then saw other vids and decided you were younger.
you guys were so lucky to be around in that era, i once asked my 70yo dad if he wanted to swap ages. we burst out laffing. lol
at least i got to experience the last gasp of that era in the early90s.
young people have no idea how bleak today truly is musically
They truly don't. Folks who've lived through it know what fucked it up. Even Damon Dash knows as he spoke about in his recent noted in studio radio interview (but HipHop statesman will shoulder no blame in this). Its the technology. Roland and the like started coming out with DAW (digital audio workstations) years ago and with their now product mastery in that segment, the music industry can literally target the idiots in culture - particularly black culture - and pay they actually for being the (musical) idiots they are - Kayne West among them. If you take those products out of the last 30 years and you'd have music produced by people who had to bring it out of their souls - artists.