Afternoon Dance Break: M People - "Sight For Sore Eyes"

Afternoon Dance Break - House Of Gypsies

This Latin Tribal House track is actually called Sume Sigh Say, but most people (including myself) remember the "Que Es Lo Que Pasa Aqui" lyric. Back in the day I probably heard this song every Saturday night for a good 2-3 years - and I'm still not tired of it...

Afternoon Dance Break - Paris' Acid Ball

Paris Is Burning + House remix by Hannah Holland = PERFECTION.

Afternoon Dance Break - Brighter Days

Let's celebrate the start of the weekend with this little ditty from 1992 - Cajmere (featuring Dajae) giving us Brighter Days.

Afternoon Dance Break - Brennen's "Yes Dance"

It's Monday and I'm feeling sluggish - so today's Afternoon Dance Break doesn't require any of us to actually dance at all. We'll let little Brennen take care of that for us:

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"Divas To The Dance Floor PLEASE"

Today's Afternoon Dance Break features one of my favorite 90's House tracks EVAH. Back in 1995, all it took was 6 words to get 1000 shirtless Queens to leave the bar, the bathrooms, the couches, etc. and pack onto the dance floor of the Roxy:

"DIVAS TO THE DANCE FLOOR, PLEASE!"

Here is E.G. Fullalove with Didn't I Know (Divas to the Dancefloor):

Afternoon Dance Break - M People - Itchycoo Park

M People (Heather Small + Fierce Beats) + David Morales remix = DANCE FLOOR PERFECTION.

Afternoon Disco Break - The Glow of Love

The Glow of Love (1980) by Change featured vocals by the late, great Luther Vandross:

Afternoon Dance Break - "Took My Love Away"

"Ellis D" was the pseudonym used by Donald Mattern (originally from Lancaster, PA) when he started DJing in NYC clubs during the the 80's. In 1988 Ellis D released Took My Love Away - which was so good that 5 years later (when I moved from PA to NYC) he was still spinning it. But by that time Donald Mattern AKA "Ellis D" was known as Junior Vasquez and was the superstar DJ at the legendary Sound Factory.

Check out this track and see how many different samples you recognize. Fierce.

Afternoon Dance Break - Dream Drums

I most associate Lectroluv's Dream Drums with the old Sound Factory on 27th Street - DJ Junior Vasquez would spin this track for what seemed like hours and everyone would go absolutely INSANE:

Afternoon Dance Break - Money's Too Tight (Fire Island Dub)

CUTBACK! The kitty pictures are a cute touch...

 

Afternoon Dance Break - Boogie 2nite

I found a place, where we can boogie...

Afternoon Dance Break - Hideaway

I love this short video of the De'lacy track from 1995 - Hideaway - because it shows scenes from the NYC I remember as a newcomer to this city. The music and vocals are slammin' also.

Afternoon Dance Break - So Deep, So Good

This M&M (AKA George Morel and Erick Morillo) track was absolutely one of my favorites back in the day. Although it's not exactly poetry set to music - the only lyrics are:

So Deep, So Deep

So Good, Oh, So Good, Oh

So Deep

Repeat (about 50,000 times)

But honey - you don't really need fancy wordplay when the backing track is so slammin' and the gorgeous Queens are mobbing the dance floor of the late, great Roxy.

Afternoon Dance Break - Lift It Up

Inaya Day is one of the GRAND DIVAS of House Music (see my previous post HERE). One of Inaya's best songs - Lift It Up - always plays on my Pandora "Junior Vasquez" channel - and I can't get enough of it. Have a listen for yourself ...

Afternoon Dance Break - 2 The Rhythm

Sound Factory (the dance music duo, not the club) had two big House music hits in 1992 - Understand This Groove and 2 The Rhythm. Club DJ's (especially at the Roxy and Factory) would repeat the "Ecstasy" vocal of 2 The Rythm over and over and over and over - and all us those trippin' biatches on the dance floor would go absolutely apeshitbonkers. Or so I've heard ...

BTW: I used to own the CASSINGLE of this song. Yes, I am ancient and should be studied by a team of archeologists and anthropologists.

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Afternoon Dance Break - Appreciate Me

Appreciate Me by Amuka was one of the last big anthems at the Roxy before it closed in 2007.

Afternoon House Break - Welcome To The Factory

In the early-mid 90's, the Sound Factory (above) on 27th Street was THE place to go "after-hours" (AKA after 4 AM when the other bars/clubs closed). Almost every Saturday night my friends and I would stumble out of Roxy and walk 10 blocks to the Sound Factory to dance while DJ Junior Vasquez weaved his magic web of House Music. 

And many times I remember being greeted on the dance floor with this song - "Welcome to the Factory" - by Angel Moraes. Junior always seemed to play it right as I arrived ...

Afternoon Dance Break - So Many Men So Little Time

Miquel Brown's 1983 hit - So Many Men So Little Time was a dance floor anthem in the "anything goes" gay early 80's, and can still be heard in gay bars to this very day ...

Afternoon Dance Break - My Heart Goes Bang

That last post got me thinking about the 80's, and specifically Dead or Alive - which was fronted by Tranny-Before-Trannies-Were-Cool Pete Burns. Here they are performing My Heart Goes Bang...