Paul Cheevers put together a collection of old RTE clips showing some of the body-popping, body-locking dance moves that went on in the era. Footage is taken from Borderline, Newsline, the TV show Boom Babies set in Ballymun and the Top Of The Pops/ The Tube-style show Megamix.
Collection of old dance videos from the Eighties including the programme Megamix which hosted most of the dancers of that era, Paul Cheevers, Badser, Maro, crews dancing solo for Maxi Priest dizzy footwork-style, Bandits, the Floor masters, Mucko, the Ultimate,T ommy Egan and director Fintan Cullen.
The video has a few fine examples of 80s Ireland.
A Flock Of Seagulls-style hairstyle
A serious Ronnie
A Coolock audience unimpressedby the dancers
This guy’s fine business style
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
Loved it – but it seems to have disappeared now ??
Nope, it’s there – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RiML8X2uOw
Good old days haha !
Is Paul Cheevers the new David Lynch? Bizarre sequence of clips. Kept expecting the dwarf who speaks in tongues, to pop up and throw a few shapes too.
Trying to find a video of Indie band One Thousand Violins who did a Megamix performance in Jan 1988. Any suggestions?
david lynch?