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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3See below some comments and suggestions, following the first club rince - perhaps other punters would like to add to the debate?
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Congratulations Joe! A great night. Enjoyed it immensely. Keep it going.
Hi Fidelity top three dance numbers:
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Blue Monday - New Order
Chic - Chic
Not forgetting, in no particular order:
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Rock the Casbah - The Clash
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
You're So Vain - Carley Simon
Sex Machine - James Browne
Without Love -The Doobie Brothers
Pull Up To the Bumper - Grace Jones
Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
Kid Charlemange - Steely Dan
I Can't Go For That - Hall and Oates
Getting Jiggy With It - Will Smith
Native New Yorker - ?
Streetlife - Crusaders with Randy Crawford
One Step Beyond - Madness
Good Love - Basement Jaxx
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Too Much Monkey Business - Chuck Berry
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Thriller -Michael Jackson
Fame - David Bowie
Anything by Parliament
Walking On the Moon - The Police
Somebody Help Me Out -
2,4,6,8, Motorway - Tom Robinson
I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down - Elvis Costelloe
That's The Way - KC and the Sunshine Band
Baby, Baby - The Supremes
Get Back - The Beatles
I'm Down - The Beatles
Hey Negrita - The Rolling Stones
Honkey Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
You Make Me Feel (I'm Real) - Sylvester
Crazy Right Now - Beyonce
China Girl - David Bowie
Drive My Car -The Beatles
Night Fever - Beegees
Can't Get You Outta My Head - Kylie Minogue
Dancing Queen - Abba
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Hi Joe,
had a great time - well done. Liked the room, the general
ambiance, and meeting friends. Would it be possible to have the venetian
blinds open, so we can see the city? Also would like more reggae.
3 most favourite dance tunes: too difficult to answer - but would include
Bob Marley/Police/Doobie Brothers/Tamla Motown
Look forward to the next one,
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what worked well was venue and crowd=v nice ..music? hard to decide..some
sets were well put tog...good 80's stuff. thought the sound was fuzzy
-maybe
acoustics not great there.
my 3 fave ..more bowie(not ziggy stardust)
talking heads/cars...bit of bruce spring steen...rod stewart maggie, status
quo and queen rock and roll, meatloaf bat out of hell...
u name it ..head banging stuff good later in night
will tell friends and will do it again
xx
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Joe
Enjoyed last week. Good to reconnect with people again.
people worked well
Some music difficult to connect to and dance to.
Didnt like theatre group coming in..
Favourite dance music
Tamla Motown..Supremes, Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas
Gloria Gaynor, Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Blondie, Suzy
Quatro, B52s, Who,..you know yourself!!!
PS I cant make next one, but will be back!!
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Joe
The ma says she enjoyed herself enormously - must say it was great to
arrive into a room with so many familiar faces and no march or meeting in
sight! Great atmosphere and the music had us all up at least some of the
time. All I can say is more of the same. And maybe music not quite so loud
initially so we can hear ourselves talk?
May not make 11th but see you at the one after. Musicwise how about a bit
more cuban/latin/african?
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All of those comments and suggestions are unsigned and look anonymous.
Boycott, boycott, boycott.
Wheres the money going? Joes pockets? Johns fanclub? It does not seem to be a fundraiser for any worthy cause.
Editors get on the job and delete this!