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The Rock became Let's Work: The Origin of the Classic So supposedly there was a brief fance craze in the early 1980s called THE ROCK and Prince whipped up overnight a dance track inspired by this craze titled THE ROCK but Warner Bros. wouldn't allow him to release it (his first real disagreement w/ the label) and had to re-record he track as LET'S WORK a few months later.
Question #1: Just what is the dance and what does it look like????
Question #2: Has anyone heard the original version of LET'S WORK as THE ROCK???? Is it different apart from lyrics??? | |
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From Princevault: "The track was originally recorded as Let's Rock (named after a dance called "The Rock" Prince had seen in clubs during the summer of 1981), and Prince wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording. Warner Bros. declined, and while Prince liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released to avoid it seeming dated." "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Y'all realize that "Rock With You" by MJ is about the same dance, right? It's not about fuckin', it's about dancing, and "the rock" was a popular (albeit boring) dance at the time. Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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What does The Rock look like?? | |
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Google doesn't seem to know anything about it. I don't remember that dance at all. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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That's what I'm saying!! It's like a Big Weird Mystery!!
Does anyone who was around/living in 8-82 as a teenager or young adult know what the dance THE ROCK was??? | |
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I was around back then... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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But I don't have any memory of this dance at all. That doesn't mean anything though; I certainly wasn't hip to the latest club dances. 
