Flint Expatriate Shawn Chittle wades deep into Hall & Oates, Footloose and Toni Basil to discover "the drumbeat of the early eighties" and, by extension, a core component of Our Lady of Lebanon dances.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Drumbeat of the Early Eighties
Flint Expatriate Shawn Chittle wades deep into Hall & Oates, Footloose and Toni Basil to discover "the drumbeat of the early eighties" and, by extension, a core component of Our Lady of Lebanon dances.
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What was up with Toni Basil's weird cheerleader/drum major aesthetic?
ReplyDeleteEven without playing it, that "Mickey" song is in my head. Curse you Toni Basil!!!
ReplyDeleteToni was a cheerleader in high school so she did that entire video like that..
ReplyDeleteShawn! Thank you so much for finding that beat from H&O! As an H&O superfan I was so impressed that someone took a deep cut such as "Africa" to show the drum beat DNA for that decade! "Footloose" is even in the same tempo! With Loggins and H&O being of the same "pop" genre, I wonder if Loggins did indeed hear that song and moved forward with it? It's a fairly simple beat, but so wild that it's basically the same! Thanks again!
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