Best dance track ever.....

[Rog]

Shades of rhythm - sound of eden



so whats your tune?

[BrotherLovesDub]

this is a good question.

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daft punk - alive

[holden]

Whooo boy, that's a loaded question! I'm sure you'll get quite a few distinct answers here. But there are probably some Popular Favorites that will appear on many lists. E.g.:

Moby - "Go"
The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats" or "Setting Sun"
Fatboy Slim - "Rockafeller Skank" or "Praise You"
Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
Prodigy - "Firestarter" or maybe "Out of Space"
Robert Miles - "Children"
Kraftwerk - "Computer Love"
Gary Numan - "Cars"
New Order - "Blue Monday"
The Orb - "Little Fluffy Clouds"
Donna Summer - "i Feel Love"
Afrikaa Bambaata - "Planet Rock"
Orbital - "Chime"
Crystal Method - "Busy Child"
Darude - "Sandstorm"

Are these the best dance tracks? maybe not. But they surely work(ed) the club crowds! And they find their way onto a large number of so-called "Best Dance Traxxx!" compilations! ;)

holden

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Hands down.

Xanadu - Olivia-Newton John featuring ELO.

Think porn, Xanex, and everything in between.

It's a joke, not a good joke, but a joke still.

[BeautifulBurnout]

If I must choose only one, it would be Offshore - Chicane

(the chilled version of which I am having at my funeral, btw, along with Pearls Girl and the Agnus Dei from Faure's requiem :p)

Holden you are cheating again! :D

[joethelion]

hmm...

I think I'd follow Holden's suit, but with a few changes

Moby - "Go"
The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats"
Fatboy Slim - "Praise You"
Daft Punk - "Around the World"
Basement Jaxx - "Red Alert"
Primal Scream - "Loaded"
A Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray"
Happy Mondays - either "24 hr Party People" or "Hallelujah"
Prodigy - "Smack My Bitch Up"
Leftfield - "Open Up"
Kraftwerk - "Numbers" (or maybe "Trans-Europe Express")
New Order - "Blue Monday"
The Orb - "Little Fluffy Clouds"
Donna Summer - "i Feel Love"
Afrikaa Bambaata - "Planet Rock"
Orbital - "Halcyon"
Underworld - "Nuxx"
Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence" (or maybe "Personal Jesus")
Duran Duran - "Girls on Film (Nite Version)"

now... some are not necessarily my 'favorite' tracks by any means

but some have definitely been huge 'hits' or at least have influenced droves of other artists...

like I don't think you could even count the number of songs that have been 'influenced' (ripped off) by Kraftwerk's "Numbers" and well - you wouldn't have "Planet Rock" if it wasn't for "Trans-Europe Express"

the same could be said of "I Feel Love". If I remember the story correctly, when Brian Eno heard it, he got the 12" and rushed over to the studio where he was helping Bowie record the album "Low" and said something to the effect of "This is the music of the future"

and for as much as you want to say about Duran Duran... you have to give them credit for their early stuff... which Soulwax et al have pretty much tried to make their own

[holden]

If I must choose only one, it would be ...

...Holden you are cheating again! :D

Yeah, sorry. I'm indecisive. But these sorts of polls of "best ever" or "greatest ___" always start moving backward through the inspirations (who was first to make electronic music, or dance, or rhythms, etc..."

To be fair, all music is derivative of Caveman Ug-Gok's BC 17,000 masterpiece "Clubbing a mammoth and Grunting". That's where modern music came from.

[qirex]

Orbital - "Halcyon"
Underworld - "Nuxx"

This.

[BeautifulBurnout]

Fair enough, Holden and Joethelion. Some awesome trax in there. I forgot to mention One Perfect Sunrise - Orbital in my music to be cremated by.

[dubman]

hate that one...

oh gosh let's see um...

nope, cant say. too many to think of one above the rest.

although i suppose a strong contender i thought of is juan maclean's "give me every little thing"

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I'm so disappointed in in you lot.

Where's the 242? I'm never coming back here again.

[jose m]

"let the music use you" the nightwriters is unbeatable.it bridges between the soul/disco roots of modern dance and the techno that was about to come.
hairs on the back of the neck material.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Oh, and you also left off Shannon's "Let the Music Play". I just don't know what this world is coming to. Everything is just falling apart. I think I'm being funny here.

[Dirty0900]

I'll probably have to go with an Orbital track, probably Satan. I was 14 when I saw Orbital live and it was my first ever gig. Was only famillier with a few of their songs like Chime and Belfast and was beginning to explore underground electronica stuff as I was only real in to stuff like UW,Chems,Massive Attack etc.

The gig itself was amazing and I'll never forget the sweeping background sounds over the spoken word used in the Satan track. Then it just went loud and mental. As it happened the next day, I had to go in for an eye operation and it was the only reason I was probably allowed to go to some over 18's gig/rave where my parents probably knew people would be slighly off their face. People constantly asked for E and i'll never know what that strange green liquid was that was in a two litre plastic bottle that me and my mate were offered. We didnt drink it as it weren't no limited edition Hulk flavoured Fanta.

When we got back to school, people where all like "who are Orbital" and "electronica" is shit. Pretty much everyone in my school was in to wanky American mainstream rap with no cultural resemblance to the ghettos of Newcastle or very angry sounding nu-metal. Apparantly, you could make electronica by smashing a keyboard a few times and looping the results. Still we've had the last laugh about 9/10 years on. When people squeal my own age squaal "ooo its Phil Hartnoll" from Orbital doing a DJ set, I just laugh as I can at least say I saw them on their last proper tour which I think was The Altogehter one. The send off gigs that came with the Blue album couldn't be classed a full blown tour. Ooo, a few London gigs and Glastonbury only;)

[BeautifulBurnout]

the same could be said of "I Feel Love".

OK. I am really REALLY gonna put my neck on the block here and say this was the first real electronic dance hit ever. I am old enough to remember it, and although I was a rock chick at the time, with my Pink Floyds and my Led Zeps and stuff, I can remember hearing the intro and thinking "Damn. This is going to be amazing". Sure, we had had Autobahn and such at that stage, but it wasn't dance music per se.

I think I can honestly say that it opened my mind to the whole genre (which was still "just" Disco in those days, and considered to be a bit cheesy and naff). Still gives me the shivers when I hear it.

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the ghettos of Newcastle

has fellside park gone into decline? :eek:;)

[big screen satellite]

Shades of rhythm - sound of eden



so whats your tune?


good call...

but its not that one...

mmm... there's one about lager....

[big screen satellite]

being serious though for a while, its virtually impossible to single out one or two tracks...

i mean whats the best song in the world - i couldn't name one on its own... likewise with albums...

then we get onto lists... which defeats the object, imo

so i have to say today i believe its

What Time Is Love - Original Trance Version - by the KLF

there are so many good tracks that some people love and others may loathe - i remember a list a few years back (in mixmag) had Unfinished Sympathy at number one... but is it really a dance track... not really - its a great track by a band who make quality dance music... but you can't really dance to it

i dunno i mean Donna Summer is 1970's - and classic, some greats are from the 80's and some from the 90's less so this decade... so each era and genre has its own 'best dance track'...

anyway's the best place to start is house... because house music from 1988-92 is where the best music was and still is...

go back there and choose anything you like

[Strangelet]

sunday brunch - mid summer nights

mass respect to warner for spinning it on dirty radio for me to here.

[jose m]

if you love that,check out this and see what "inspired" it



http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TrI715zi5YQ


;)

[BrotherLovesDub]

great song. should be some Anne Clark Reissues coming out soon. lots of remixes coming too.

[BrotherLovesDub]

if we're going back, there's this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hKg7ok6xAqI&feature=related

not saying its the best dance track ever but it certainly helped lay the foundation.

[big screen satellite]

if you love that,check out this and see what "inspired" it



http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TrI715zi5YQ


;)

awesome

how come i missed this...

this is great

will track down the 'original'

the KLF still rock a fat one though ;)

[jose m]

[QUOTE=big screen satellite;105718]awesome

how come i missed this...

you're too young !:)

[jose m]

great song. should be some Anne Clark Reissues coming out soon. lots of remixes coming too.



really?

[BrotherLovesDub]

really?

well, yeah, i thought i had read that but upon searching i can't find any info.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Sorry BLD, but that was kind of funny.

[BrotherLovesDub]

Sorry BLD, but that was kind of funny.

still not sure where i got that idea. i bet it was at the bottom of a purple bowl though.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

still not sure where i got that idea. i bet it was at the bottom of a purple bowl though.

I like the nostalgia behind the track. It's just, imagine if that was the best dance track ever?

[Rog]

If I must choose only one, it would be Offshore - Chicane

(the chilled version of which I am having at my funeral, btw, along with Pearls Girl and the Agnus Dei from Faure's requiem :p)

Holden you are cheating again! :D

i know what you mean jani.....favourite dance tune.....not tunes.......

and at my funeral....could only be BORN SLIPPY:D

[Rog]

being serious though for a while, its virtually impossible to single out one or two tracks...

i mean whats the best song in the world - i couldn't name one on its own... likewise with albums...

then we get onto lists... which defeats the object, imo

so i have to say today i believe its

What Time Is Love - Original Trance Version - by the KLF

there are so many good tracks that some people love and others may loathe - i remember a list a few years back (in mixmag) had Unfinished Sympathy at number one... but is it really a dance track... not really - its a great track by a band who make quality dance music... but you can't really dance to it

i dunno i mean Donna Summer is 1970's - and classic, some greats are from the 80's and some from the 90's less so this decade... so each era and genre has its own 'best dance track'...

anyway's the best place to start is house... because house music from 1988-92 is where the best music was and still is...

go back there and choose anything you like

heh! that's the whole point of the post really......it's like...wots yer favourite dance tune ever/ er.......sound of eden......that night.... but tonight its pearls girl and last week it was energy52 cafe del mar or travel-bulgarian or pacifc state or blue monday...or its just at the precise moment in time.........i could write a big list but if you HAD to name one tune tonight what would it be? tonight for me is verracocha........wots yours?....tonight only......i'll ask the same next week and we could compere or if you aint bothered then i'll shut up:p

[IsiliRunite]

Underworld - Dark + Long (Dark Train)

very entrancing but energizing.

[big screen satellite]

[quote=big screen satellite;105718]awesome

how come i missed this...

you're too young !:)

i wish -

1983-1984 was my 7" single buying peak!!!

you underestimate the age of the satellite ;)