Did rave kill dancing in couples? Stars seen in strange places?
· 40 min · Episode 838
Episode Did rave kill dancing in couples? Stars seen in strange places?
Marking our dance card at the rock and roll hop this week you’ll find …
… And Then He Kissed Me, I Saw Her Standing There, Springsteen’s All The Way Home: songs about the theatre of dancing
… is there a more influential sleeve than Patti Smith’s Horses?
… did Dylan invent the box-set?
… records you wish you liked
… when the Beach Boys were so off the boil they covered Dylan and three by the Beatles
… when did we stop dancing in couples?
… Jagger queueing for a sandwich, Beckham in a farm shop, Lady Di in Holland Park and other stars we’ve spotted
… Brown Sugar, All Right Now and the daft etiquette of the late ‘60s dancefloor
… Like A Virgin: 42-year-old hears Stairway To Heaven for the first time!
… “Are you dancin’? Are you askin’? I’m askin’! I’m dancin’!
… plus George Faith, train songs, records you’ve not played for years, the anthem Zohran Mamdani was stopped from using, and birthday guest Giles Fraser on stars in unusual places.
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