On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I heard this wonderful record yesterday by a Rashid-Salam and > Mad Mike himself called "D' Old Skool Dances" (Zero Degrees, ZDR001). > It's a very simple 808 drumbeat with a few sampled chord stabs and > som silly vocal samples that go:
> "Jit jit jit this is the newest dance....about 5-7 years old maybe? fancy foot work. a little like the moves b-boys would do before they spun on their backs....but without the spin. > Smurf ... Smurf" older. 16 years at least. this had a couple of variants (the california and german smurf come to mind). the original was done by shuffling the instep of one's feet inward, while raising one's arms. (you'd have to see it...) > Errol Flynn .... Errol Flynn" THE oldest. 25 years at least. originated on the east side of the city. the myth was--i'm too young to know for sure--that if you did this in some places you'd get beat down. done by stiffening your hands as if they were swords, and "slicing" them in the air. > Schoolcraft ... Schoolcraft" Harder to define...and has a couple of variants too. you jump in place kinda, and kick your feet out. this one is a bit younger than the smurf. peace lks
