16 33 45 78 » Land of a Thousand Dances http://www.worldofproper.com/16334578 Turntables might wobble but they won't fall down Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys http://www.worldofproper.com/16334578/2010/01/16/summer-dreams-the-story-of-the-beach-boys/ http://www.worldofproper.com/16334578/2010/01/16/summer-dreams-the-story-of-the-beach-boys/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:24:02 +0000 Beezer B http://www.worldofproper.com/16334578/?p=309 The best musician biopic of all-time is “Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys”. It is.
You know that bit at the beginning when they first hear their song playing on the radio? ON THE RADIO! IN A CAR! That shit can still happen in 2010:

Nice to see The Rangers getting some. The kid Langston has been the nicest dancer I’ve seen in a while. The kids are alright.

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The below video is effectively “The autobiography of Soulja Boy, aged 17″.

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If you’re American then Crank Dat Soulja Boy was a number one single and you don’t need an introduction. If you’re over this side of the pond and you haven’t heard of him, all you really need to know is that he is a dance craze and dance crazes are GREAT THINGS.

Nowadays dance crazes play out not so much in the clubs (although they still do) as on Youtube, a service invented strictly for dance crazes.

The second most important thing about Soulja Boy is that he has written his name on his sunglasses with Tip-ex pen, a move clearly meant as a FUCK YOU to Kanye’s designer shits. Tip-ex pen is mightier than the sword. Supermanned!


Do like this…
… in par carks or in your undersized living room…

(Dude on the right: children shouldn’t lift weights)

…learn it in a swimming pool…

…and teach it to Barney!

Now thats what I’m talking about. This is a regular new feature by the way. I will try and cover as many dance crazes, past and present as I can. Mainly because Talib Kweli fans really hate dance tunes. You know? Dance crazes are Kryptonite to Kweli fans. Proof that they are a great thing. Someone should start a dance craze called The Talib Kweli or Crank Dat Little Brother, the internet would implode.

Related dances that I can’t condone at this point:

Crank dat jump rope
Although the whole invisible skipping-rope thing is a YES when done right.

Crank dat Aquaman

This is just a NO, straight. You do Superman, Batman, Spiderman but we don’t need to Crank Dat Aquaman until about 2009 by my reckoning. Surely we can Crank Dat Absorbing-Man first, no?

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