In 1978 me and my brother moved back to Los Angeles where we went to Locke High School and created The Originals dance team and trust me there were NOBODY in LA dancing like this....PERIOD. After ruling LA my partner Boppin Andre form a 2 man team that was unstoppable.
Lanny, much respct to you and Close. I only got to see u guys once, at that Scottish Rite, but u guys' legend was huge at the Richmond talent shows. And bak thn it was real street cats who were talkn about Close.
I'm frm Berkeley, livng in L.A. now. Im the gen after Dana and his recollection is similar to yours. Its frustratng talkn 2 yung cats out here in L.A . Thy wnt evn entertain th idea of the Bay scene being first.
I hope ur activ & gettng props for th foundation of this dance. Stay up.
Great to hear from one of the originals of CEFK! Loved watching that TransEurope Express routine. Haha when I first seen that I thought you all made your own music cause the routine was so dang perfect. The FIRE piece was always hard! THAT's what folks should be seeing more of. Keep doing!
My name is Lanny myself, Mark, Dennis(my brother)and Allen(marks brother) were the original members of Close Encounters Of The Funkiest Kind. We all lived on Potreo Hill in the 70's where we started in the projects later moved to the Fillmore District. Where groups like Live Inc., Monty & The Mechincal Midgets, Granny & The Robotroids use to rule the bay area before there were Boogaloo Sam or Deamons Of The Mind. Any questions I can answer....To follow in next comments
Lanny, i used to kick it with george tsutsui and the Dr Grave Cemetary Slaves camp. i was about 11 or so and there seemed alot of good groups
i landed in Vallejo and Jay King & Unknowns were large.
never forget seeing rare CEFK on tv cable, and each guy would come out the line and do individual moves, return to the line that kept sync while another go out.
i swear, the disco fog concealed a member who started floating/gliding so smooth i thought he was on roller skates!!!
My name is Lanny myself, Mark, Dennis(my brother)and Allen(marks brother) were the original members of Close Encounters Of The Funkiest Kind. We all lived on Potreo Hill in the 70's where we started in the projects later moved to the Fillmore District. Where groups like Live Inc., Monty & The Mechincal Midgets, Granny & The Robotroids use to rule the bay area before there were Boogaloo Sam or Deamons Of The Mind. Any questions I can answer....To follow in next comments
My name is Lanny myself, Mark, Dennis(my brother)and Allen(marks brother) were the original members of Close Encounters Of The Funkiest Kind. We all lived on Potreo Hill in the 70's where we started in the projects later moved to the Fillmore District. Where groups like Live Inc., Monty & The Mechincal Midgets, Granny & The Robotroids use to rule the bay area before there were Boogaloo Sam or Deamons Of The Mind. Any questions I can answer....To follow in next comments
i knew boogaloo sam aint invent this shit! u cant just do something from scratch and evolve it. u gotta take somehting from someone before you and add ya own shit too it.
Fresno is also the halfway mark between Oakland and LA. So several athlets from LA were also at these track meets. That's how LA first saw the dance. LA created 'locking', not boogalooin, which is a totally different dance. There is no such dance called 'pop-locking'.
In the 70's Fresno was where alot of state track meets were, and track was a BIG deal back then. Athletes from the Bay Area would go to the track meets with their friends and family and start dancing at these events. That's how Boogaloo Sam(Fresno) picked up the dance.
And the actual origin that sparked the whole dance actual began in 1965-68 at Fremont and Castlemont High Schools in East Oakland. It had become a Northern, CA phenomenon by 1976-77.
I'm from Oakland ,CA. The truth will finally be told. As we've been saying all along...Boogaloo Sam did not invent this style of dancing. He is from Fresno. He picked it up from us and through him it spread to Los Angeles.
This is the type of thing that makes me proud to be from the Bay...O.G's tell you about it and you don't belive it, but here it is! And KRS ONE is speaking on it HERE!!!
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princessdenise96 1 year ago
thats some crazy shit at 1:51
SAllen 3 years ago
stay true to the game I got mine
cant say who is lieing but it dont look good for somebody all i no is if there was a king tut style in oakland or any were in the bay
you would have brought that back to LA too
and it would have to be befor 1976 keep it real keep tutin on em
kingboogalootut1 3 years ago
In 1978 me and my brother moved back to Los Angeles where we went to Locke High School and created The Originals dance team and trust me there were NOBODY in LA dancing like this....PERIOD. After ruling LA my partner Boppin Andre form a 2 man team that was unstoppable.
LannyS1 4 years ago
It would be great if you can upload some footage. But I would definitely love to hear more stories!
bonustokens 3 years ago
Lanny, much respct to you and Close. I only got to see u guys once, at that Scottish Rite, but u guys' legend was huge at the Richmond talent shows. And bak thn it was real street cats who were talkn about Close.
I'm frm Berkeley, livng in L.A. now. Im the gen after Dana and his recollection is similar to yours. Its frustratng talkn 2 yung cats out here in L.A . Thy wnt evn entertain th idea of the Bay scene being first.
I hope ur activ & gettng props for th foundation of this dance. Stay up.
theyoungcommander 3 years ago
Great to hear from one of the originals of CEFK! Loved watching that TransEurope Express routine. Haha when I first seen that I thought you all made your own music cause the routine was so dang perfect. The FIRE piece was always hard! THAT's what folks should be seeing more of. Keep doing!
DocLock 3 years ago
My name is Lanny myself, Mark, Dennis(my brother)and Allen(marks brother) were the original members of Close Encounters Of The Funkiest Kind. We all lived on Potreo Hill in the 70's where we started in the projects later moved to the Fillmore District. Where groups like Live Inc., Monty & The Mechincal Midgets, Granny & The Robotroids use to rule the bay area before there were Boogaloo Sam or Deamons Of The Mind. Any questions I can answer....To follow in next comments
LannyS1 4 years ago
@LannyS1
Lanny, i used to kick it with george tsutsui and the Dr Grave Cemetary Slaves camp. i was about 11 or so and there seemed alot of good groups
i landed in Vallejo and Jay King & Unknowns were large.
never forget seeing rare CEFK on tv cable, and each guy would come out the line and do individual moves, return to the line that kept sync while another go out.
i swear, the disco fog concealed a member who started floating/gliding so smooth i thought he was on roller skates!!!
peaceJD
dreadstock 2 years ago
My name is Lanny myself, Mark, Dennis(my brother)and Allen(marks brother) were the original members of Close Encounters Of The Funkiest Kind. We all lived on Potreo Hill in the 70's where we started in the projects later moved to the Fillmore District. Where groups like Live Inc., Monty & The Mechincal Midgets, Granny & The Robotroids use to rule the bay area before there were Boogaloo Sam or Deamons Of The Mind. Any questions I can answer....To follow in next comments
LannyS1 4 years ago
Hello,
My name is Lanny myself, Mark, Dennis(my brother)and Allen(marks brother) were the original members of Close Encounters Of The Funkiest Kind. We all lived on Potreo Hill in the 70's where we started in the projects later moved to the Fillmore District. Where groups like Live Inc., Monty & The Mechincal Midgets, Granny & The Robotroids use to rule the bay area before there were Boogaloo Sam or Deamons Of The Mind. Any questions I can answer....To follow in next comments
LannyS1 4 years ago
CRIMINONS!!!
zodiak650 3 years ago
EVERYONE CHECK THE RELATED VIDEOS!
bonustokens 4 years ago
I noticed that the difference between this and the boogaloo's is the boogaloo's had individual freestyle's
PoppinDingy 4 years ago
Yeah, freestyling, or "solo"ing was mando for most of the bay groups by the time the 1980 hit.
theyoungcommander 3 years ago
nice vid but i did not saw boogalooing in that clip it was more like struttin and other robotic movements.but i dont know i wasnt there at that time.
alikweli 4 years ago
i knew boogaloo sam aint invent this shit! u cant just do something from scratch and evolve it. u gotta take somehting from someone before you and add ya own shit too it.
J0HND3LACRUZ 4 years ago
can I download the soundtrack somewhere??????????
wesjes 4 years ago
Fresno is also the halfway mark between Oakland and LA. So several athlets from LA were also at these track meets. That's how LA first saw the dance. LA created 'locking', not boogalooin, which is a totally different dance. There is no such dance called 'pop-locking'.
mistaecko 4 years ago
In the 70's Fresno was where alot of state track meets were, and track was a BIG deal back then. Athletes from the Bay Area would go to the track meets with their friends and family and start dancing at these events. That's how Boogaloo Sam(Fresno) picked up the dance.
mistaecko 4 years ago
And the actual origin that sparked the whole dance actual began in 1965-68 at Fremont and Castlemont High Schools in East Oakland. It had become a Northern, CA phenomenon by 1976-77.
mistaecko 4 years ago
I'm from Oakland ,CA. The truth will finally be told. As we've been saying all along...Boogaloo Sam did not invent this style of dancing. He is from Fresno. He picked it up from us and through him it spread to Los Angeles.
mistaecko 4 years ago
This is the type of thing that makes me proud to be from the Bay...O.G's tell you about it and you don't belive it, but here it is! And KRS ONE is speaking on it HERE!!!
DiscoHank 4 years ago
HELL YEAH. That's what I'm sayin. Thanks fam
GIRNASTY2 4 years ago
When ya'll coming out with it?
DiscoHank 4 years ago
Wow! Had no idea. fo real.
ICSKLE 5 years ago
THE STROBIN IS ILL!!!!
demons of the mind and close encounter of the funkiest kind are ill!!
fuck.. amazing!
Carto0n7 5 years ago
what's name of 2nd song??
kingofpop01 5 years ago
dope footage!
sergioknuf 5 years ago