Body popping sure means something different to me now than it did forty years.
Not that I was in any way inclined to bust a move when I saw a group of people, a boom box and a sheet of cardboard back in the day. These days, body popping is more likely the sound made by an unforgiving joint when I try to lift or reach for something. Bust a move? Bust a hip, more like.
Still, I can imagine. Here's ten songs from 1983 given the dub treatment by the likes of John 'Jellybean' Benitez, François Kevorkian, Arthur Baker, John Luongo, Martin Rushent and John Robie.
A Sunday quiz for you (in no way *cough* ripping off someone else's far better executed idea):
1) Which song featured in it's original form in the hit film Flashdance?
2) Which song was co-written with Sting?
3) Which 4AD act and song sampled Din Daa Daa by George Kranz to great effect in 1987?
4) Which act featured the namesake of this legendary English actor?
5) What do German electropop act Boytronic and English girl group Sugababes have in common?
Answers will be posted in the comments later today.
RIP Denis LePage, who passed away on 21st August this year.
1) Angel Eyes (Remix) (Dub Version By Denis LePage): Lime
2) I.O.U. (I Dub You) (Remix By Arthur Baker, John 'Jellybean' Benitez & John Robie): Freeez
3) Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) (Dub-Version By George Kranz & Christoph Franke): George Kranz
4) You (Dub Remixed Version By Boogietunes): Boytronic
5) Riders On The Storm (Dub Version By Wally Brill & David Anderle) (Cover of The Doors): Annabel Lamb
6) Many A Time (Dub) (Remix By Pete Shelley & Martin Rushent): Pete Shelley
7) The Key (Dub) (Remix By François Kevorkian): Wuf Ticket
8) Maniac (Dubstrumental) (Remix By John 'Jellybean' Benitez): Michael Sembello
9) Blind Vision (Instrumental/Dub Version By John Luongo): Blancmange
10) Adventures In Success (Dub) (Mixed By Steven Stanley): Will Powers
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