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    And Now It's Time For A Breakdance

    Fergie & Friend Break It Down
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    Image of Cam/ron Cam/ron
    02/22/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    I had a soft spot for The Robot:



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    Image of Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    I have no reason to post this vid other than the fact that I love it. I love the breakdancing in the beginning. How E. Badu cleverly summed up her relationship with hip-hop (and pays homage to the originators). And how they created a video that accurately depicted the many changes hip-hop has gone through in the past 3+ decades. From breakdancing to rapping to d-jaying.



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    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    My son is a genius at doing The Worm.


    The sight of him doing it across a stage in Jamaica at age 6 - pure gold. My would ribs would shatter like cheap glass if I tried it.

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    Image of Ipomoea Ipomoea
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Duuuude. Is it Carlton day today for me or what? I was at Target and almost bought the husband a Carlton T-shirt, but it was a truly heinous shade of yellow. And then I come home to MORE CARLTON!!


    Seriously, if he wore this color around me, I'd go blind:
    [www.urbanoutfitters.com]

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    Image of Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
    02/21/09

    @Ipomoea: The Carlton shirt is cool, but what I really want is a Theo Huxtable circa 1986 shirt. So far, no luck.
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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Clips of Carlton dancing (esp. this one) makee me laugh every single time I see them, no matter how many times I've seen them before.
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    Image of squirrelcop squirrelcop
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Wow! Who knew "Der Kommisar" was good for breakin' and poppin'?!?! Alfonso Ribeiro knew, that's who!


    I recall my only dance move to that song was the 'lightning-strike full-body-shockwave'. The 'caterpillar' was waaaay cooler.

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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Mates of State - Wallflowers unite! (Yes, I wish I had kids so I could watch it legitimately!)



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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    02/21/09

    @Plum-Pie: I will never forget Charlie Brookers review of Yo Gabba Gabba. LOL.
    "Watching Yo Gabba Gabba is a bit like having a dose of sugar amphetaminse shot straight into your eyes. The kingdom of Yo Gabba Gabba is overseen by a mad DJ who stole on of Jamiroquai's hats. Including friends such as cycloptic penis with a case of genital warts."
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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    02/21/09

    @cuteasabutton wants you to mind your p's and q's.:

    I love that YGG has come up more than once on this post. If you go to You Tube and search for "Kids Watching Yo Gabba Gabba" the results are hilarious. That show has some strange effect on children, mine included.
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: I have seen these! Although I can't tell the difference between beat of the Day and bjust lowing raspberries.
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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    02/21/09

    @Plum-Pie: Me too! I don't understand why they have both.
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Also, did I dream this, but did breakdancing enjoy some sort of comeback in the mid-nineties or something? Because I seem to remember a few select douchetards at my high school "breaking" on flattened cardboard boxes, but I was too busy listening to Bikini Kill and putting baby barrettes in my hair to know if it was just them or not.
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    02/21/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: Ditto in the UK and, erm, ditto on my fashion and aural choices at that time.
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    Image of Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
    02/21/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: I don't think that it ever really went away; at least not in some communities. There was a point when it went pretty mainstream, which may be when you witnessed the "douchetards" at your school doing it.


    The kids I knew, never really stopped.

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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Let's take all the way back to da old skool...



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    Image of YourScreenplaySucks YourScreenplaySucks
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Just want to link to one of my fave videos, which features some of the best female bgirls competing right now:
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    02/21/09

    @Your Screenplay Sucks: That is impressive!
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    Image of GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11) GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11)
    02/21/09

    @Plum-Pie: I don't know, I didn't see any "King Tut."
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    Image of KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Well shit. Guess I'm just gonna have to toss out my "Cha Cha-ing with Corey Haim and Feldman" laserdisk...
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    Image of haguenite haguenite
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    I have no desire to learn how to breakdance, but tomorrow I will be dancing in the streets. Literally. To fab samba such as this:


    Which reminds me, I still need to dig up my noise makers and whistle. Wheeee!

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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    02/21/09

    @haguenite: I loooove samba! If I were rich I would go to the Rio de Janeiro carnival and dance my silly arse off.
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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    02/21/09

    @haguenite: I haz a huge jealous! Have lots of fun! Im seriously considering coming to visit you one day...
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    02/21/09

    @cuteasabutton wants you to mind your p's and q's.: DO!
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    02/21/09

    @haguenite: Aw, a few years back I took some samba classes - they were great fun. Nice to see some northern European spirit in that clip!
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    Image of Rare Affinity Rare Affinity
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    The video says that break dancing is suitable for all ages. I'll take a copy along to the Old Folks home. About time they tried something new.
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    Image of Ailanthus-altissima Ailanthus-altissima
    02/21/09

    @Rare Affinity: Well, they'll really put the break back into break dancing.
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    Image of Rare Affinity Rare Affinity
    02/21/09

    @Ailanthus-altissima: Breakdancing is for wimps. The Jitterbug is where it's at.

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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    THIS!!

    I was recently rained in with my toddler which lead me to desperately seek any music related movies on the TV. We wound up watching the dancing parts of Step It Up about a jillion times in a row last week. We were both trying to copy all the moves.

    It lead me to my next endeavor. All the moms in my play group are doing pole dance classes which I REFUSE to do. I am fully aware of how to seduce my husband thank you very much! So now I am looking for Breakdancing classes. Is that too weird? Do they even offer classes or do I have to find a little dance gang on the street to teach me?
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    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: Yes you can haz breakdancing classes! I used to street dancing which is like all of it mixed up and it was awesome and hurt like a mofo! But great exerecise and loads of fun. I would totally veto the pole dancing classes too.
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    Image of Ailanthus-altissima Ailanthus-altissima
    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: There must be classes. I think break dancing > pole dancing. Especially because you can teach Littlebear some moves on rainy days.
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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    02/21/09

    @cuteasabutton wants you to mind your p's and q's.:

    They can have their short shorts and clear heels. I am going to look and see if there are classes in my area.

    Have you heard of that dance-fighting? I think it is called Kapauera (sp?) I want desperately to try it. But my husband who was a professional fighter for a time says he would die of shame.
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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    02/21/09

    @Ailanthus-altissima:

    The pole dancing as exercise thing makes my brain hurt. When I work out I like to get sweaty and grunty and not sexy at all. And not once have I ever looked at a stripper and thought, "gee, I wish I could do that!"
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    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: Oh Capoeira? Ive heard that is really good. A friend of mine was a b-girl and used to do that as well and loved it.
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    02/21/09

    @cuteasabutton wants you to mind your p's and q's.:

    LOL color me embarrassed at my terrible attempt at spelling that.


    What is a B girl?

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    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: I have a friend who does capoeira - it's really great exercise and looks fantastic to watch.
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    Image of Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear:


    B-Girl: a female breakdancer. Or a female immersed in the hip-hop culture through dance, d-jaying or rapping.

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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    02/21/09

    @Ulookinatmyjunk: Diary of a Mad Black Blogger:

    Thank you!

    My husband is currently mocking me. He grew up in Boston and understands this stuff. I grew up in Utah. Whatever, we'll see whose laughing when I breakdance kick his arse.
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    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: Yeah! Breakdance off!
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    Image of Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: Hey...I was born in Utah! And not just from Utah...but black and from Utah. Believe me I know.
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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    02/21/09

    @Ulookinatmyjunk: Diary of a Mad Black Blogger:

    Wow! I thought I had it rough being raised by heathen hippie types who drank beer and got divorced and stuff. How long did you live there?

    There are times that I miss my mountains and that tight feeling of community that comes from being not of the dominant culture. But I can't imagine raising children there.

    I love talking to other ex Utahans...no one else really understands that it is like living in another country sometimes.
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    Image of Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
    02/21/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: I left when I was pretty young. However, my entire family lives there, so I visit quite a bit. I'm from Ogden...so, there's like, NOTHING to do. However, when I look around, I realize that it is such a beautiful place to be from...aesthetically. However, we were black, southern baptists, so that made living there a bit tricky.
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    02/21/09

    In reply to And Now It's Time For A Breakdance
    Don't knock it these moves saved lives in Philly.
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