The Slow Dance

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I feel your pain.

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Was Lynx Africa ā€˜a thingā€™ back then? Iā€™d argue it was more the scent of Insignia, or perhaps YSL Jazzā€¦

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This was the big end of night one at the disco at Penmaenmawr in North Wales on the summer school trips from Liverpool. Pretty damn balearic listening again

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Aramis or Tabac, surely?

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ā€¦and YSL Kouros too.

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Jesus Iā€™ve not thought about Kouros for probably 30 years. What a flashback, I used to smother myself in it as a teenager (and Paco Rabanne)

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You may well be rightā€¦ I was 13 in 86. More cumulative memories of comp.school years I guessā€¦ using at least half a can of something foul in advance of the disco!

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The ā€˜84 disco in my neck of the woods was adorned with espedrilles, black baggy troosers and t-shirts with Chinese characters a la Breakdance. There was also a smattering of temporary hair dye - blue, red, green - worn by boys and girls alike. And studded gloves. Just the one mind. Never the pair.

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Just looking these 80s bangers up, Kouros is still quite pricey. They must be due a comeback youā€™d think.

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Itā€™s also a Harvey tune. I think he played it in his comeback to the UK (in 2012?).

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1x Studded glove is a strong look whatever decade

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Absolute pipes on this one. She left nothing on the pitch here, at the football cliche goes

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I didnā€™t quite appreciate this at the time.

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My missus and I slow danced to chris isaak wicked game in the makeshift cabin (log platform?) in the wood at one of the Lowlife festies. Sounded amazing. Possibly the only chemically-enhanced slow dance I ever took part in haha

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All time end of the night fumbler

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In 2004, I took a year out from the rat race and spent a year surviving entirely off DJing in cocktail bars. On Weds I did The Grill Room at Cafe Royale, Thursdays the Tikki Bar in Notting Hill or Match Bar nr Oxford Circus, Fridays were The Player in Soho, Saturdays Salvador and Amanda in Covent Garden. Basically lived a semi nocturnal life. And it was quite weird but also fun.

The Grill Room was amazing. Packed full of music industry types with a smattering of celebs and assorted neā€™er do wells. Kylie was there a couple of times, and Bjork, and Tracy Emin asked for Bowieā€™s ā€˜Young Americansā€™ but I think I only had ā€˜Golden Yearsā€™. I got Sasha dancing to ā€˜Back In Blackā€™ by AC/DC. The cocaine was flowing like wineā€¦

But my absolutely favourite memory of the Grill Room was playing this as the last tune and watching people slow dance. Iā€™ll never forget it. I adore this song for making me feel like a clueless teenager every time I hear it.

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Played this to a home crowd in Sheffield last week, with the low lights and disco ball shining it reminded me of this thread :slightly_smiling_face:

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Jam and Lewis in their imperial phase.

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Human League & maybe not slow but not fast