Posted December 31, 200717 yr What are the best dance records ever in an Indie and Alternative context??? now that is ambig so it could be music you dance to whether bouncing up and down or attempting to dance like a member of Jamiroquai while Gay Bar is on. or it could be acts like The KLF, The Prodigy, Justice, Daft Punk, Underworld or like any old electro record Hip-hop B-Boy record based on a Kraftwerk steal, the definition of what is meant by dance is up to you but it must be in in an Indie and Alternative context. thats the rules (so no cascada!!! - too pop)
December 31, 200717 yr Bloc Party - Flux is a recent one that springs to mind, plus records by the likes of Shy Child. :D
January 1, 200817 yr Leftfield/Johnny Rotten - "Open Up" - absolutely fukkin' LEGENDARY. The greatest Dance/Rock collaboration ever IMHO.... Leftfield/Toni Halliday - Original - Again, utterly superb.. The dreamy vocals of Toni Halliday really makes this tune stand out... Fukkin' sublime... PWEI - "Def Con One", absolutely brilliant mash up of "Crazy Horses", "Funky Town" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - GIMME BIG MAC/FRIES TO GO.... An Indie/Dance classic.... The Prodigy - "Their Law" - Crunching guitars, banging break-beats, and Poppies' Clint Mansell spitting out the words "FUKK EM, AND THEIR LAW". Obviously aimed directly at the Tory Govt and the Criminal Justice Bill... Brilliant, rabble-rousing stuff.... The KLF - "America - What Time Is Love"... - A classic, simple as.. Underworld - Cowgirl - Ditto The KLF and Extreme Noise Terror - "3AM Eternal" - Had to be heard to be believed.. They performed this at the Brits in '92 (I think...), and basically just stunned everyone present into silence... Especially when Jimmy Cauty brought out a replica M-16 and fired a volley of blanks into the assembled crowd of Industry scum.... :lol: :lol: Primal Scream - Loaded/Higher Than The Sun - Two brilliant tunes that basically defined the whole 'Rave' generation... That'll do to get everyone started I reckon....
January 2, 200817 yr It was Bill not Jimmy that shot the Brits audience but yeah, what a performance. I'll also nominate KLF's What Time is Love, Flowered Up's Weekender and the Andy Weatherall remix of My Bloody Valentine's Soon.
January 2, 200817 yr It was Bill not Jimmy that shot the Brits audience but yeah, what a performance. I'll also nominate KLF's What Time is Love, Flowered Up's Weekender and the Andy Weatherall remix of My Bloody Valentine's Soon. YES! 'Weekender' is very possibly my favorite of all the indie/dance/alternative era. 12 minutes of bliss - it just pushes all the buttons! Others are... Prodigy - Poison Primal Scream - Loaded Leftfield - Open Up Sub Sub - Past
January 2, 200817 yr Tunes that used to get me up to dance were: Fool's Gold - Stone Roses Kennedy - Wedding Present Can U Dig It? - PWEI Temple of Love - Sisters of Mercy Devil Went Down to Georgia - Levellers
January 2, 200817 yr The KLF are great - Last Train To Transcentral, 3AM (Eternal) and Justified and Ancient are classics. Flux from Bloc Party is a recent good example.
January 4, 200817 yr That's what I call the best dance music: :naughty: Leftfield - Release the Pressure Underworld - Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love Jean Michel Jarre - Chronologie 4 Daft Punk - Around the World The KLF - 3am Eternal Royksopp - Remind Me (Someone's Else Mix) Prodigy - Firestarter Saint Etienne - He's on the Phone Aphex Twin - Pulsewidth Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea Biosphere - Novelty Waves The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats Groove Armada - If Everybody Looked the Same Groove Armada - Superstylin' Fatboy Slim - Ya Mamma (Push the Tempo) Apollo Four Forty - Lost in Space New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle Kraftwerk - Computer Love (from The Mix album) Happy Mondays - Step On More to come... ^_^ PS of course I'd like to add the Grim's liste here... Edited January 4, 200817 yr by Alin
January 4, 200817 yr The list continues... New Radicals - You Get What You Give The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize The Chemical Brothers - Leave Home The Chemical Brothers - Life Is Sweet The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds The Orb - Toxygene Daft Punk - One More Time Daft Punk - Aerodynamic Daft Punk - Digital Love Daft Punk - Faster Harder Better Stronger Daft Punk - Da Funk Orbital - Chime Orbital - Halcyon & On & On Orbital - Lush 3-1 Orbital - Lush 3-2 Orbital - Belfast/Wasted The Crystal Method - Name of the Game The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive The Crystal Method - Busy Child The Crystal Method - Born Too Slow The Shamen - Move Any Mountain (Pro Gen 91) The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode The Shamen - Hyperreal The Shamen - Lightspan Underworld - Born Slippy NUXX Underworld - Crocodile Underworld - Mmm... Skyscraper I Love You Prodigy - Breathe Prodigy - No Good Garbage - Not My Idea Garbage - When I Grow Up Garbage - Cherry Lips Republica - Ready to Go Republica - Drop Dead Gorgeous Royksopp - Poor Leno Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
January 4, 200817 yr More: Faithless - Insomnia Faithless - Salva Mea (Dance Version) Faithless - God Is a DJ Faithless - We Come 1 Faithless - I Want More Faithless - Miss U Less See U More Depeche Mode - It's No Good Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode - A Question of Time Depeche Mode - Strangelove New Order - Blue Monday '88 New Order - True Faith New Order - Regret New Order - Crystal New Order - Krafty New Order - Regret Leftfield - Afrika Shox Fatboy Slim - Going Out of My Head Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now Fatboy Slim - Praise You Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That Goldfrapp - Ride a White Horse Goldfrapp - Strict Machine Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child Rogue Traders - We're Coming Home The KLF - What Time Is Love? The KLF - Last Train to Trancentral The KLF - Justified & Ancient ...and something extreme/insane: The Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive :P Edited January 4, 200817 yr by Alin
January 4, 200817 yr New Radicals - You Get What You Give Did you mean to put this in? Is it dance? More pop really. Good list otherwise though :)
January 5, 200817 yr Did you mean to put this in? Is it dance? More pop really. Good list otherwise though :) It's more pop than dance but it has some dance elements on it
January 6, 200817 yr Author It's more pop than dance but it has some dance elements on it well if they play this and your on the dancefloor, and dance to it, then you can have it as a dance record :lol: :lol: - even tho he might have been the first of all the guilty-pleasure-revalists that plague the charts at the moment??? (2 unlimited and whigfield were on the cheesy pop countdown on the hits and so thats valid too) YES! 'Weekender' is very possibly my favorite of all the indie/dance/alternative era. 12 minutes of bliss - it just pushes all the buttons! Others are... So Flowered Up in decent record then??? Listened to 'Take It' on the 100 hits 90s album and for a record to be creditied to Joe Strummer as well, obv not as good as the two records that preceed it (Faith No More and Happy Mondays). from that record not in the same league as those two bands, but obv a few leagues ahead of the twang. :lol: Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child Rogue Traders - We're Coming Home but can anything associated with a Neighbours actor be thought of anything but pop??? (tho where does that place indie-Kylie and Some Kind Of Bliss??? esp seeing thats shes rearly a 'disco' artist) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Kyliesomekindofbliss.jpg
January 7, 200817 yr well if they play this and your on the dancefloor, and dance to it, then you can have it as a dance record :lol: :lol: - even tho he might have been the first of all the guilty-pleasure-revalists that plague the charts at the moment??? have you ever seen the music video of You Get What You Give? ;) yeah, they dance! (esp. the lead singer) XdB5x8Jsgpw but can anything associated with a Neighbours actor be thought of anything but pop??? (tho where does that place indie-Kylie and Some Kind Of Bliss??? esp seeing thats shes rearly a 'disco' artist) really doesn't matter... "associated" or not, their music sounds like almost like an alternative act (esp. Voodoo Child).
January 7, 200817 yr Hmm, I don't agree that Rogue Traders sound alternative either. I know it's a fine line sometimes, but it's the same line that Puretone and Republica treaded - the latter 'just indie enough' perhaps. As for Flowered Up in 'good song shocker'? Come on! All their singles were ace.
January 8, 200817 yr Author As for Flowered Up in 'good song shocker'? Come on! All their singles were ace. i dont know - i only know that song. but i did get the best of album as it seemed cheaper than buying a twang single at the time (esp when its suppose to be similar but better - flying blind here :lol: ) - lost it tho kno rush to find it. probs better than Big Audio Dynamite tho
January 16, 200817 yr ...........and have to agree with richie............Flowered Up........particularly "It's On" Eclectic Plectrum
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