Breakdance - Irene Cara: 1984

[gignaciogb]

I really like tris video and the dance! Brean dance is awesome! Remembers me when I was 14 years old! -:)

[TheItalodancers]

Spectacular !

[care4rfallen34]

I was born December 31, 1974. Lived this decade to the fullest. Still have my Batman T shirt. The original Batman with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson

[sonep511]

@care4rfallen34 Adam West the original.

[Takiboys]

This video was shot in Mannerss Mall Wgtn, Twilight Thrilz Ruled the floors in Wgtn and Joe (From the Poi e Video) was in it with ummmm Kosmo, We would train it into town to hang out in Manners mall and watch B Boys - Mean !. Jason Bell had the best windmill in NZ could feel the win 10 rows back

[Relias]

Are these breakers maoris? I thought first they where new yorkers .

[wiggo4]

helicopter at 1:50. thats what i'm talkin about.

[CTubeMan]

@wiggo4, it makes me wonder how breakdancing never became an Olympic sport!

[Lizfan2]

The volume needs to be louder.

[missjtrep]

damm!!!!! oldskool kiwistylez represent !....... well i neva.... word to the mutha !! :-)

[silent0beast]

at 2:40 thats my uncle junior spining on da guys head

[AxeManJax]

1:48-1:55! Wow! Never seen that move before! :)

[wuniz]

großartiges Lied aber zu leise.5 sterne.

[DocBrewster]

breakdancing...ahem...well that went well didn't it. LOL

[AlexDaLegendaryOne]

lol 1:49

[KingdomOldschool]

But it´s *****Real Oldschool*****  Thx aquiscian!

[lonbrooklyn]

This is not the best video for this song which is otherwise a masterpiece

[teuilabears]

My dad is the kid at the end

[TheLadandLass]

@teuilabears

uh huh!

[thegreenhornet95]

@teuilabears WOW!!!  That's so cool!!

[teuilabears]

@thegreenhornet95 hard :D

[thegreenhornet95]

@teuilabears :)

[blacksultan85]

Irene Cara had hip hop elements in this video COOL!

[euchre888]

what are you maoris doing on an irene cara video clip ...lol

[lovesongwriter94]

in reply to ANDGEakaTAADOW nah dude that was david lynch,jason roe,junior satele from the megazoids.i rolled with the g force rockers from mangere bridge cause there was a falling out with the bopolympic tour so i bounced and went on tour wit dem,and never regretted one bit.But hey thanks for the comments.

[r1pp4]

Wow, spinning people on your head was popular back then. Now it's just popular in the bedroom :)

[Shrekdonkey1973]

Thanks!

[kinmanyuen]

damn that futuristic techno bassline!

[icm1970]

Lived in Wellington from 1982 to 1984. I can remember seeing breakdance performances in D Block at Tawa College during lunch hour circa 1984. This video certainly brings back memories of that time.

[wxyzdetroit]

"You see children, that's where today's hip-hop moves came from" LOL

As much as people think there too cool for the 80s, there's a lot of cultural trademarks of the 80s that are subtly still present today.

[DJRckwl]

wxyzdetroit,

Cultural trademarks, indeed.

And actually, I've noticed that our 80's era (I'm from the c/o '85) gets a whole lot of props from the young crowd on YouTube. It makes me sorta proud, ya know (and old!! lol).

But really though, I think our 80's were sorta "post-modern" in it's music and movies. I say that to mean that, for example, if a song like Planet Rock (1981) was unheard of until now, it could pass as a brand new release. It established a cultural trademark for the future.

[wxyzdetroit]

I understand what you mean how the music and culture was ahead of its time.

I'm 25 years old, and I always loved 80s music... it was an awkward, catalysmic change for me when I was 8-9 (at '91 & 92) when Top 40 music was heading toward grunge, alternative and gangsta rap. Only with the internet am I rediscovering 80s songs I thought was my imagination since I was so young!

[wxyzdetroit]

With electropop overtaking hip-hop in the Top 40 scene, it seems that the lighter/dance synthesizer sound is leading not only pop (Britney, Lady Gaga, Rihanna), but all genres of music...similar to the 80s.

(For example, in rock:

80s: Stevie Nicks "Stand Back", The Cars, Kenny Loggins "Footloose" & "Danger Zone".... & Glam Metal

late 00s: Katy Perry "Hot N' Cold", Metro Station, Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck..."

In urban:

80s: new jack swing

late 00s: T.I., Kayne West, 50 Cent)

[Thebookguy1]

That just means that the 80's are timeless! (I'm 1982)

[DJRckwl]

Word.

[kristofergulevski]

name of the song please

[7olusegun]

it's obvious.

[mb68nz]

geez lots of faces i know...saw joe reihana and Tui(bird)recently - ty 4 posting!

[askewtmdsuk]

It's fun trying to spot KOS..

[83survivor]

The "Worm". Don't forget the "Worm"..:)

[robbietiria]

gOSH how the moves have changed now days... The moves back then look nothing to the moves the kids are doing now days..Remember our moves in the 80s.. The rockapeller, crazy legs hand spins, cant keep up with the names of the moves now days...Ooh yeah in this clip i saw the old camel nomads in there hahaaha classsic 80s shoes

[kinzetik]

Hey gdamage is that Kiri Tekawa from St Bernards at 1:26? I thought he was part of Twilite Thrillz.

[nzredbox]

yup, mostly the Welly crews with a bit of the Megazoids from Auckland. Megazoids were in Aquablue sweat tops, or red satin jackets. Filmed because TVNZ refused to pay the record companies for the right to broadcast music clips, so they made their own!

[yvr604]

hehe, that is so cool, in retrospect

[your37]

LOL, those boys were some of the TWILITE THRILLZ and were they some SMURFS too, cool clip Manners street in Welly was so cool for meeting choice BD talent, THANKS for taking me back to the days of some real hangin around town.PEACE.

[ANDGEakaTAADOW]

forgot to say thanks for the video i always wondered if i ever would see this video again.classik and prolly the best 80s one ive ever seen,i still trying to hunt the Thats Incredible video of Victor alisea,Edison Rumbea from Dynamic Rockers.With floormasters aka Nycbreakers.

[ANDGEakaTAADOW]

I used 2 break against da MEGAZOIDS,them nigguhs was bad,lil homie merlin was da baddest burner,back then we was hollaring ROCK EZY CREW.Reppin REWA,along wid RED ROCKERS.TEENY BOPPERS were OTARA but they had cats from REWA up in there to.Mangere had so many clicks as well.Fave Group in Mangere was TITAN SAINTS and CONFUNKSHUN.The UNITED SIXERS from the City were bad ass!!they was spinning on there backs and shit with no tops on.queen st was packed every wknd

[robbietiria]

hey i just say the tienie boppers from auckland in there

[ANDGEakaTAADOW]

na them were those cats from wellington gee..your role model from poi e,that was his click in the red..the aqua coloured uniforms were troy,merlin and jason from Megazoids Auckland.

[gdamage]

lol i remember this video,classic i think most of the guys in it were from wellington? Thanks for posting this

[your37]

lol alright thats those TWILITE THRILLZ from WELLY and some SMURFS too, choice clip and loved to kick it at Manners Street in da days of LONG AGO.

[Gothiczartan]

cool moves and video!