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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

That video is even more 80’s than the Rah Band one 😂

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve also got a vague memory of someone doing the same to Freeez - IOU possibly on the Tube around the same time but can’t track down a video of it.

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

It takes me back to my teenage years, I was fighting the urge to pull out my old soul moves but I’m on a bus 😂

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone has any other suggestions for its origins and pioneers, please feel to add them to this thread. It’s also worth checking out some of the other videos on YouTube under the ones I’ve posted. End.

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

As we now know btw, this wasn’t the first time but like a lot of things there are different theories about the origins of robotics with some claims that it existed even before the 60’s, who knows? 🤷🏿‍♂️

First ROBOT dance EVER! #robotdance #robot #mj #michaeljackson #jackson5 #dancing #funk #dance #🕺

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

To add to this, by now we all know about Michael Jackson popularising the moonwalk in the early 80’s but did you know he and his brothers were doing robotics a decade prior to this? youtube.com/shorts/brO8l...

YouTube video by Vance Mellen

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Soul Train Dancer Charles Washington Discusses Being A Trendsetter On The Show | American Soul

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

Charles was also a dancer on American tv show ‘Soul Train’. youtu.be/PwpISvN2pPk?...

YouTube video by Soul Train

Robot (dance) - Wikipedia

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

Wikipedia has it down as starting in the late 60’s via a fantastically named couple Charles ‘Robot’ Washington and ‘Robot Ann’. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_(...

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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

Robotics did exist before Tik & Tok though as I can remember kids at my primary school busting these moves around 79/80 and seeing elements of it in advertisements and other media prior to them forming. youtu.be/4tYl-T9Q_X0?...

Lee Cooper Advert 1978

YouTube video by Peaty The Clown

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

If the actress seems familiar it’s because she would go on to play the character of Lou Beale in Eastenders.

Photo of the actress Anna Wing as Lou Beale in Eastenders.

XTRO - GI JOE : Lock up your Grandmothers !

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

They also brought their moves to the horror film Xtro. My mates and I rented the video and must have rewound this scene a dozen times. youtu.be/gj16upPkozE?...

YouTube video by trinkets ofshit

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tik_and...

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

Tik and Tok - Wikipedia

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YouTube video by MrMiister

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

For many of us in the UK our introduction to this new form of dance was by a British duo called Tik and Tok youtu.be/ae2Eyxugl2E?...

Tik and Tok Robotics

Clouds Across The Moon - RAH Band

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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 1d

80’s music videos could throw up some surreal scenarios but what stands out for me in this one is the robotics dancer. I use the term robotics as this was called these moves way before most of us had heard of bodypopping. youtu.be/jL8AgEzg5fI?...

YouTube video by Dominikus Levy

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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 2d

I wish I hadn’t paid attention to the row over The Stereophonics gig in March 2020 and then morbidly tracked the effects of what inevitably followed. I’m still mentally scarred by this.

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 2d

Photo of a chocolate bar with Britain spelt incorrectly.

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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 2d

I woke up in a bad mood but hearing those two have dispelled the clouds 😎

Jamalski - Jump, Spread Out (Original TNT Mix)

Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 2d

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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 2d

I met up with a Inaz Hussain on Saturday. He’s a filmmaker who I’ve worked with in the past when I was supporting young creatives. He’s got a new short film out exploring themes around mental health and wellbeing and is looking for opportunities to show it. If you can help, please let me know.

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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 2d

And followed up with another youtu.be/IE-5xl0EQ9E?...

YouTube video by blacvaginaphinda

Party A La Mazon - Build A Wall Around Your Dreams

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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 2d

YouTube algorithms just pulled out a classic for me youtu.be/tQE-v5V2HmY?...

YouTube video by onofuchi

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

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Posset G @possetg.bsky.social · 2d

Can you imagine this happening in the UK? No, nor can I 😩

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3d

Wild how the Gen Z protests are international:

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruption

www.theguardian.com