New topic
Printable
Search YouTube for the Harlem Shake and more than 200,000 results pop up: a group of sky divers thrust their pelvises and pump their fists in a wild dance move while falling amid the clouds; members of the University of Georgia men’s swim-and-dive team do similar moves in their trunks underwater; Norwegian Army officers stand stoically in camouflage and berets before breaking into their version of the dance, all set to an electronic groove.
| Author | Message |
The real 'Harlem Shake'.
Anybody remember when the Harlem Shake dance came out back in the mid-80s-90s? When the youngsters were doing that dance in Harlem and where that dance originated? Well what do you think of the latest so-called 'fake-shakers' popping up claiming to do the 'Harlem shake?' Hey, now, don't get me wrong, I don't mind anybody doing it, I mean dance, an art form--is to be shared, but don't take the name of a dance and call it a place where you probably would never visit, then try and take credit for it. Just give credit where it's due..that's all.
So here's some samples of the 'real' Harlem Shake:
I remember this one with Lil' Bow-wow:
http://www.vulture.com/20...shake.html
Five Great Hip-Hop Videos Featuring the Actual Harlem Shake, Not That Fake-Ass One  "Heads up: There’s a bass-infused Internet meme happening right now that will eventually wiggle its way onto your computer screen. It goes by the name “Harlem Shake,” taken from an early-eighties, shoulder-popping dance move that started in Harlem. But this Harlem Shake is not that at all.
These videos feature a backing track by Baauer, a.k.a. electronica producer Harry Rodrigues, and show, at first, a single person jerking to the beat before cutting to an entire group of people dancing erratically (twerking, jumping, you name it) to the track. Problem is, no one’s actually doing the Harlem Shake.
And that’s really too bad, because the Harlem Shake is awesome, albeit incredibly difficult: a jerky twisting motion of the shoulders followed by the occasional brush-your-shoulders-off. It was originally called the “albee” because of its founder Al B, who called it “an alcoholic shake.” The true Harlem Shake first broke out in G. Dep’s “Special Delivery,” but it also became a move much-loved by the formerly “lil'” Bow Wow. Wanna learn? Check out some of the best Harlem Shakes below. (And stop it with that fake-ass stuff already"
(Edited for compliance) - See more at: http://www.vulture.com/20...YCuKw.dpuf
[Edited 3/3/13 10:43am] | |
- E-mail - orgNote -  Report post to moderator |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Thanks Timmy. I remember that vid. The Harlem Shake was very popular at one time. I also remember seeing many youth doing this dance on various streets in NYC, and tourists watching them. Also the 'crunk' dancing that was either in that same era or just following it. Not to mention the dance competitions held at various places. [Edited 3/3/13 9:39am] | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I posted something similar to these video's the other day, on my FB page. It irks the hell out of me that, what people are calling the "Harlem Shake", is just a bunch of people jumping around like they gotta pee... "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
It’s a Worldwide Dance Craze, but It’s Not the Real Harlem Shake
http://www.nytimes.com/20...e-old.html
Brian Harkin for The New York Times
Joseph "No Bones" Collins danced what is known as the original "Harlem Shake" at a teenage dance night at the Union Settlement Association Community Center in Harlem. By KIA GREGORYPublished: February 28, 2013
Brian Harkin for The New York TimesFrom left, Maurice "Motion" Strayhorn, Jesse "Smiley" Rutland and Joseph "No Bones" Collins, of the Crazy Boyz dance crew, helped shape the "Harlem Shake" dance. There is a Harlem Shake puppy edition, a grandma edition and a stripper edition, inspired by a song from the producer Baauer that is currently in its second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 — thanks largely to this deluge of videos. The thing is, this worldwide dance contagion is not the Harlem Shake. The real Harlem Shake, a much more raw, technical, fluid, frenetic dance, was born in New York City more than 30 years ago. During halftime at streetball games held in Rucker Park, a skinny man known in the neighborhood as Al. B. would entertain the crowd with his own brand of moves, a dance that around Harlem became known as “The Al. B.”
[Edited 3/3/13 10:17am] | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Melissa Harris-Perry did a segment on her show this morning, about the real 'Harlem Shake' dance, and told a little history of it, and whare the dance originated. She made it known that some of the vids popping up on youtube claiming the same name, is not the real 'Harlem Shake' dance. So she brought on some young kids who showed what the real 'Harlem Shake' dance looks like. [Edited 3/3/13 10:02am] | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
True. When I first heard about this, and saw the vids, the first thing that came to my mind was, what the *)%$? :lol. A total rip-off of the 'real harlem shake' name, and nothing close to the original one. I'm glad this open the doors for many of the early dancers of the harlem shake dancers, who entered dance competitions back in the day, who have come out and made sure people 'know the difference' between the 'real harlem shake' dance and the 'fake-shakers' who are calling it by the same name.
| |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Did she join in? I would LOVE to see her shimmy.... "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
| |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
After I wrote this, I looked it up on, Youtube. It was really nice to see... "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I was a beast at the Harlem Shake back when I was like 12. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I saw a clip of people from Harlem reacting to the videos and that's what every single one of them says - "They ain't even DOING the Harlem Shake!" Some of them were really offended that their culture would be represented like that.
Of course the people in most of those videos aren't doing any particular dance at all, they're just bugging out, some of them have their pants off, some are in costume. That's kind of the funny thing about it is how goofy and bugged out the people look while trying to "dance".
I don't think anyone meant to say anything negative about Harlem making those videos, they are just goofy white people goofing around. I hope nobody's watching it going "Hmmm so this is the historically accurate way people dance in Harlem, with helmets and Spiderman costumes. Got it." | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I have no issue with them, buggin' out. What I have an issue with is them not doing their research, before they label it, "The Harlem Shake". "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Okay, I admit LeBron had me fooled...
Apparently the heat fooled a bunch of us...27 million hits on youtube.
Thanks for posting the real deal though...I missed the last part of Melissa's show because I wanted to beat the church folks to the grocery store.
Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
It did look for a moment like she was going to lead the demonstration herself. Oh, the fevered anticipation at that moment. "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I bet plenty of fellas were hoping she would 'cuz she's pretty cute. Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Lol. I was surprised to find this thread has been moved to GD. I don't usually post in here, but I guess the mods felt it didn't belong in non-PM&M forum. Oh well.
About Melissa, I try to catch her show every weekend, and I was surprised when she brought the topic up. I remember a lot of young kids doing the Harlem Shake in the city, back in the day, and drawing a crowd full of tourists. I remember that dance being used in some artists' videos as well. She wanted to give viewers a history of where the 'Harlem Shake' actually originated and the popularity of that dance done by youth from back in the day. [Edited 3/4/13 17:29pm] | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Lol | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
you do realize the name of the song they are dancing to is called "harlem shake" by baauer right?...thats why the dance craze is called harlem shake not cause it resembles or copies the old dance style welp | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
