baby. this is this is this is soul train finally offered amererica its fifirst view o of afrocecentricity. it was a new idea to say, black is beautiful. i would literally run home from church to get home to see soul train. it was thehe one reliaiable plao see the artists you loved. there s no question soul train broke a lot of artists and d introduceded a lot of f a to audiences that they had never performed for. ten years before he did the moonwalk, michael jackson debuted the robot in 1973 on soul train. people had done the robot before. but t there was s a way he d di. it was faster. it was sharper. and it was street. i i could justst see his a afro
individuals. if i could baby i d give you my world two lovely couples, john and chris married. their marriage was on the rocks. anand stevie a and lindsey migh well have been married. that all was falling apart. you can go your own way go your own way you can call it another lonely day we were testifying. and rumors became the church.
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in the front door of that spot wasas insane. i sometimemes would just walk b to watch the people not get in. because that was fun too. oh, you are not shaved. there s no way yous is getting in. it doesn t matter, you re not shaven. listen, just go home. you had to be selected. you had to be chosen to get in. we can t let in everybody who wants to come in. i wish we could. oh freak out le freak c est chic freak out the great sheik, go to ststuo 54 to get in. and they don t. so they write a song. have you heard about the new dance craze listen to us i m sure you ll be amazed it was kind of a diss at studio 54 4 for rejectcting the. the part where they say freak out actually began as something else. freak out it went from something off to freak off to being freak out.
that they had never performed for. rhythmatic, acrobatic she s a dynamite attraction at the drop of a coin, she comes alive, yeah questlove: ten years before he did the moonwalk, michael jackson debuted the robot in 1973 on soul train. graham: people had done the robot before. but there was a way that he did it. it was faster, it was sharper, and it was street. i could just see his afro bouncing because there was so much precision to it. dancin , dancin , dancin she s a dancin machine ah, baby ( please don t go by harry casey, richard raymond finch ) (ping) ( ) please don t go please don t go