For me, it's impossible to be in a bad mood and watch disco videos. I love how enthusiastic everyone is about showing off and OMG, Italy, where is that guy now?!
Even in the 90s growing up my mom and our street would throw block parties in the summer. My dad would basically DJ the entire thing, he has a massive CD collection and with his home stereo system he’d bring out the speakers. Whenever he put on any disco songs mostly the women (including my mom) would start dancing in the street. It was the 90s so probably more of The Macarena, Rhythm is a Dancer, Another Night and What is Love type music but the sense of community was stronger. I still live on the same street and we all just sit inside now. Haven’t had a block party in at least 20 years. Wish I knew how to convert VHS to share it online. Authentic 90s block parties. Good times.
@@growingstruggle5493 I already found a TH-cam tutorial on how to do it BUT we have those mini vhs tapes that you could insert and remove from an actual VHS so it might be a little more complicated. Definitely something I’m gonna look further into.
@@0mnicide they sell adapters that convert the smaller vhs tapes to the normal sized ones. I used it to convert a few family videos from 15-20ish years ago.
@Mister Supersonic when seeing old scenes on TV now it does seem strange that I lived through those times, even attending events similar to this. Disco was big. Many of us white folk were even walking round with Afro permed hair and carrying Afro combs (rakes) in our back pockets like people do with their smart phones today. It was all fun, and everybody was appreciating it. There were some grim moments without CCTV keeping things under control like today. I witnessed a few nasty scenes that would be less likely to occur now, but I remember regularly feeling like much of the crowd in this video. I even went out and bought this track when it was in the charts and played it to death
The guy representing New Zealand later revealed in an interview the floor was slippery and several dancers injured themselves during rehearsals, which explains why he only used his arms. He also stated the music was too fast for him, but now wishes this video had never found its way on TH-cam!
I dance in the 1980 UK finals on the same floor. not only was it a little slippy, but there was a fair bit of bounce on it too!! It that wasn't enough it was a live TV broadcast so if you fell - there was no second chance!
@@itsjemmabond Hey jemma, thanks for your interest. I represented Scotland and you can see me (and Sally) at the 4.48 mark on this clip below. The show here on YT were originally recorded off the TV onto my dads video recorder - amazingly the tapes survived my moving to Australia, my marriage and children - in a storage box for over 30 years!! th-cam.com/video/kq_bf-Kk_KA/w-d-xo.html
Your hypothesis seems accurate. Lot of cocaine in that boy! And I love the awful cover of Linda Clifford's "Shoot Your Best Shot" for the sheer camp factor, good lord, what a terrible vocalist in that!
Tracklist .. The music is live cover versions of. Kool & the gang - Celebration Ottawan - Disco Linda Clifford - Shoot Your Best Shot Bobby Thurston - Check out the groove Geraldine hunt - can't fake the feeling
watching this I was thinking that but also realizing that music in general truly brings us together. the globalization of music is a beautiful thing in the way that we all want to share and participate in the sound of our stories on the same beats
I would love to call BS on this statement, but then, I remembered the 80's. Never mind, you win, no wonder we could dance for hours and hours and we were all super skinny!
Lol if you pay attention his legs are broken. He injured himself during practice I believe, but tried his best. I think he did well considering his circumstances
You know the whole world was once civilized when they were all doing disco in this video and having great time there is No race issues no religious issue just people enjoying it
Athiestforlife777: - Celebration = Kool & the Gang - D.I.S.C.O. = Ottawan - Shoot Your Best Shot = Linda Clifford - Check Out the Groove = Bobby Thurston. 😎✌️
It was a dance craze that those disco dancers made up their unique moves - like the split-drop, tornado, snake legs, Broadway strut, drag and close, Travolta pose, the skate, rolling grapevines, funky chickens, hitch kicks and turn, the shake-your-booty with rotation, the heel-dig with spin, the knee drop, and even moves from jazz dancing!!!!
The lyrics were perfect for him. "You're good at the disco , no one moves quite as good as you do, the master of the dancefloor is dancing all that you do" lol
I love that first song Disco , I never heard it in a club but I saw it on dance charts all the time , no one ever danced like this or wore clothes Like this in any of the clubs I went to in calif during this time , but now looking back it looks pretty cool , but back then at age 19 or 20 I wouldn't be caught dead in most of these outfits . But now years later it's very cool in a avant-garde way .
Thanks for sharing. Best dancers imo are in a row, starting with Canada and ending with France. Best is either Colombia or Finland. Denmark guy very smooth as well; kept it simple but glided around the floor. Did the French girl have hairy armpits?
i vertually lived in this club , back in the 70s . based in chelsea barracks . i entered the dance championships 3 times in tiffanys purley qualifiers .
5:17 - 7yo me after four Hi-C juice boxes. 5:31 - Grandpa after champagne and an extra painkiller. 7:00 - White people after traveling to Africa once. 7:43 - Uncle Shalom thinks he’s at his Nephew’s Bat-mitzvah. 7:59 - When the Molly pill you bought in the bathroom is actually speed. 8:28 - His father wanted him to be a veterinarian. 8:58 - His bedroom has 23 mirrors in it, 10 on the ceiling. 9:13 - Has a herniated disk that started flaring up backstage and hasn’t let up!!!
Hi Mandy, how did you get on the show? Did you know one of the dancers? Were you in the audience? It was a live show as I recall from the Empire...cheers, John
@@mandykilpatrick1635 Hi Mandy, how good was that. I was also at the Empire in 1980 too for the UK finals which was a few weeks earlier than your visit Yep, I'm old too :)
You know what we need to bring back? Those glowy tiled disco floors. They're pretty sweet.
Yea & discos in general! Heard they don't exist, period. Only clubs. I want somewhere without alcohol too
@@MargauxNeedlerTHISSS
😊 💯
Yes! I want that flooring throughout my whole home 🎉😂 I have disco lights on my landing 🎉
Wie heißt das Discolied das da läuft, worauf die tanzen? Das gefällt mir wirklich sehr 👍🏻 Ab 7:22
This is probably the best thing I've seen in a while. The host is just full of life and so are the dancers
Rainbow Star Productions, I think it was cocaine they were full of.
And I think you're jealous and full of shit
I agree. But at the same time, is utter shite lol
@@eddeesalce Exactly. So sick of all these dumbass "cocaine" jokes. Like fuck off, other people can have a good time without drugs.
@@tericruise1861 you’re gonna sit here and tell us that they DIDN’T snort coke.
Many of the dance steps have been incorporated into the current street dance style! We owe Disco big time!!
I just realised that some of them were mixing their country's traditional dance with disco moves.... Lovely
Italy: We’ll just send them the craziest disco dancer in the country
Dancer: 🕺🏻🤪
That was a fun watch. So much talent and diverse style.
For me, it's impossible to be in a bad mood and watch disco videos. I love how enthusiastic everyone is about showing off and OMG, Italy, where is that guy now?!
I would LOVE to see a video on "where are they now?" That would be AWESOME!
I thought the same as you with the guy from italy! He certainly made an impression lol
@@malapoyo me too
I want disco culture back
We all do
Even in the 90s growing up my mom and our street would throw block parties in the summer. My dad would basically DJ the entire thing, he has a massive CD collection and with his home stereo system he’d bring out the speakers.
Whenever he put on any disco songs mostly the women (including my mom) would start dancing in the street. It was the 90s so probably more of The Macarena, Rhythm is a Dancer, Another Night and What is Love type music but the sense of community was stronger. I still live on the same street and we all just sit inside now. Haven’t had a block party in at least 20 years.
Wish I knew how to convert VHS to share it online. Authentic 90s block parties. Good times.
@@0mnicide you could ask on Reddit on the VHS thread.
@@growingstruggle5493 I already found a TH-cam tutorial on how to do it BUT we have those mini vhs tapes that you could insert and remove from an actual VHS so it might be a little more complicated.
Definitely something I’m gonna look further into.
@@0mnicide they sell adapters that convert the smaller vhs tapes to the normal sized ones. I used it to convert a few family videos from 15-20ish years ago.
The guy from Italy went on to power the national grid. Clean energy before its time
Lmao
😂
Not a single sign of irony in the room, they really meant it. And no smartphones.
Wonderful
That’s because smartphones weren’t even around then 😒🤦🏾♂️
@@Zenguy89 that's inane, not zen, Zenguy.
@@ceased2care ok
@Mister Supersonic when seeing old scenes on TV now it does seem strange that I lived through those times, even attending events similar to this. Disco was big. Many of us white folk were even walking round with Afro permed hair and carrying Afro combs (rakes) in our back pockets like people do with their smart phones today. It was all fun, and everybody was appreciating it. There were some grim moments without CCTV keeping things under control like today. I witnessed a few nasty scenes that would be less likely to occur now, but I remember regularly feeling like much of the crowd in this video. I even went out and bought this track when it was in the charts and played it to death
@@ceased2carea few nasty scenes? Like wdym?
Back when competitions were about their skills and not their sad backstories.
So true
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏spot on ...sooo much drama...these days seeking fame..!!
Yep, there are always sob stories on shows like American Idol or The Voice.
Agreed.
Nowadays it's about their skin color.
The guy representing New Zealand later revealed in an interview the floor was slippery and several dancers injured themselves during rehearsals, which explains why he only used his arms. He also stated the music was too fast for him, but now wishes this video had never found its way on TH-cam!
I dance in the 1980 UK finals on the same floor. not only was it a little slippy, but there was a fair bit of bounce on it too!! It that wasn't enough it was a live TV broadcast so if you fell - there was no second chance!
@@discoreview Interesting. Which region did you represent, out of interest?
@@itsjemmabond Hey jemma, thanks for your interest. I represented Scotland and you can see me (and Sally) at the 4.48 mark on this clip below.
The show here on YT were originally recorded off the TV onto my dads video recorder - amazingly the tapes survived my moving to Australia, my marriage and children - in a storage box for over 30 years!!
th-cam.com/video/kq_bf-Kk_KA/w-d-xo.html
@@discoreview Cool. Thanks a million!
I thought the hand work was amazinggggg so vogue
Italy is probably on mad drugs but he's got some mad moves haha
I know that guy. He sure was a lot energetic when he was younger ahahahha. But he's still in the disco dance world.
Your hypothesis seems accurate. Lot of cocaine in that boy! And I love the awful cover of Linda Clifford's "Shoot Your Best Shot" for the sheer camp factor, good lord, what a terrible vocalist in that!
It's Carlos Puyol before football carreer
Tim Turner u7
Nah, he is just tanked up on 20 cups of espresso
OK... I'm lost on TH-cam again.
Hahahaaaaa
Sorry it took me 4 years to find....you? Where did you go? Hello...? Hey look, people are dancing disco let me watch. ..........i am lost.
Idk how I got here but I somehow needed this
This is absolute GOLD.. amazing! 😂
Its 2019, im watching this 2 mins in and 5 modelos in and having a blast on a friday night lol, imma start disco dancing right now !!!
5 modelos in 2 mins u have drinking problem
5:49pm here in South Florida on a Friday 3 years later- loving it too
all those nationalities in one room and not one bit of hate
bobbi rager
That’s because the cameras are rolling
Lol
That's music for you!
No hate; just disco!
@ NO, IT'S NOT.
That's the power of disco!!!
Tracklist .. The music is live cover versions of.
Kool & the gang - Celebration
Ottawan - Disco
Linda Clifford - Shoot Your Best Shot
Bobby Thurston - Check out the groove
Geraldine hunt - can't fake the feeling
THANKS Marcus!!
thanks for that RESPECT
Thank you so much
the 1980s, what a time to be alive
Disco really brought people together didnt it?
STD
Yes, and rave/acid a decade later
People spent more.time.in person with each other back then
watching this I was thinking that but also realizing that music in general truly brings us together. the globalization of music is a beautiful thing in the way that we all want to share and participate in the sound of our stories on the same beats
Maybe it was the coke lmao
The contestant from Gibraltar was the coolest! I loved her fusion of different forms of dance to make a bunch of fun disco moves! 💕💕
This is what we need in 2020. Cheer everyone up midway through a pandemic
Classic tv programmes. Remember watching these back on Thames Tv back in late 78 to 1980.
This is probably the best video I’ve seen baked
Happiest video ever! What a time to be alive
Could be one of the best laughs I've had in a long time! Yes Tim, I agree that Italy was my favorite!
I love the dancer introductions. Looks like a SNL skit.
Back then everyone would use cocaine to get the energy they need.
*ALOT of cocaine...Alot
What to you mean back then!
Mike R everyone seems low energy these days because the new drug of choice is Xanax
you're an idiot. lol
I would love to call BS on this statement, but then, I remembered the 80's. Never mind, you win, no wonder we could dance for hours and hours and we were all super skinny!
We need more of this. Togetherness love fun happiness and LOVE. "All we need is love" bob marley
You can tell number 15 snorted more than he should 😂
that was part of the contest criterion hahahahahahha
lol of course its italy!
@@DetectiveLobotomy of course what? douchebag
@@valenesco45 why are you upset? would you like to share your inner feelings with this group honey?
@@valenesco45 no need to be salty lol
#15 dancer
"Cocaine's a hell of a drug!!!"
Hell yeah
I lived then and you are correct, sir
Italyyyy
Lmaaao🤣
Some of those were the lamest yet coolest dance moves all at the same time.
Welcome to the '80.
Cool people didn't enter
Soul train is where it's at
How on earth Peter Choo didn't win! He slayed it
Amen!
I absolutely love this decade. ❤️💜
Italy out here hitting every move known to man in a 15 second period lmfao he's so energetic
2:22 still a nation in my heart.
💪🏻❤️
I'm Greek and I have the best friends from Yugoslavia ..💜
@@ArtisticWitches The Greeks are great people!!! 🙂🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
@@MarijanaPantovic644 Thank you Maja! You Serbians are so warm hearted and strong ! You'll always be our friends ..!! 💜❤💕🙏
Lo siento mucho
Disco was such a Happy Time in history! That was y Hey Dey! Love It!
This is ridiculously chipper and wholesome.
Gotta love the guy from New Zealand! 🎆 Gibraltar and Malaysia are also fabulous. ☀️
In case you're wondering , Godfrey from South Africa won
My country
Cool! Thanks for the info
Bloody 39 year old spoiler!!!!
@RBR Of course because all you care about is the fact she put her boobs on display....
Bruh...Italy should have won, like cmon people literally shouted when he came dancing and he was crazy good
Peter Choo deserved to win!
I wish we all agree that the guy representing Denmark has the best moves 5:29
He's the worst, hhhh
This is incredible. Beautiful
All these people are now 65-75. Yet here you see them as young and wild as us today.
They could be younger than 65
These dancers are at the top of their game absolute awesomely unbelievable!!!
9:11 Still directing traffic to this day.
Lol if you pay attention his legs are broken. He injured himself during practice I believe, but tried his best. I think he did well considering his circumstances
The 80s were fantastic
You know the whole world was once civilized when they were all doing disco in this video and having great time there is No race issues no religious issue just people enjoying it
Wow. That's a country you don't hear often--Yugoslavia.
Because it dont exist any more
Nice one dude
I wish I had a list of all the songs used, they sound great
Athiestforlife777:
- Celebration = Kool & the Gang
- D.I.S.C.O. = Ottawan
- Shoot Your Best Shot = Linda Clifford
- Check Out the Groove = Bobby Thurston.
😎✌️
@@discobaby795 Thank youuuuuuuu!!!
@@kmdifo: You're welcome. ✌️
It was a dance craze that those disco dancers made up their unique moves - like the split-drop, tornado, snake legs, Broadway strut, drag and close, Travolta pose, the skate, rolling grapevines, funky chickens, hitch kicks and turn, the shake-your-booty with rotation, the heel-dig with spin, the knee drop, and even moves from jazz dancing!!!!
I’m from New Zealand but I was waiting so patiently for the presenter to call brother Australia
8:27 look at peter choo with the smooth moves!
The lyrics were perfect for him.
"You're good at the disco , no one moves quite as good as you do, the master of the dancefloor is dancing all that you do" lol
@@Mysaviorlives-bh9or holy smokes you're right!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
the versions of the songs sung in the championship were much better than the original ones, in my opinion!
the Danish has the best disco dance moves!!! This is Disco, he could have compete with Travolta.
Legend has it that the Italian guy was used at CERN.
Awesome stuff ! those were some really coll times so much fun everyone had and everyone was into it and could do his own thing simple as that
For as advanced as we supposedly are, we sure as hell have regressed socially which is just my opinion.. Greg
So many things became pc and now are retained to one race..
Wowwww this looks like it was a workout..no wonder everyone looks so fit!! I was too little to of enjoyed Disco..I missed out!
They were all wonderful! I wonder where they all are now...
Prob dead
Hi go great TV and Great Groups.
Go good Data. And Tops.
Mr. D. Branch
This makes me want to go do some
stretches 👏😁✌️💥
This dancing 💃🏻 🕺🏽 is so energetic!!
I love that first song Disco , I never heard it in a club but I saw it on dance charts all the time , no one ever danced like this or wore clothes Like this in any of the clubs I went to in calif during this time , but now looking back it looks pretty cool , but back then at age 19 or 20 I wouldn't be caught dead in most of these outfits . But now years later it's very cool in a avant-garde way .
9:09 I'd head back to NZ and direct traffic if I were you Wayne.
Bringing in the 80's with Gusto and Joy!!
Thanks for sharing.
Best dancers imo are in a row, starting with Canada and ending with France. Best is either Colombia or Finland. Denmark guy very smooth as well; kept it simple but glided around the floor.
Did the French girl have hairy armpits?
Considering French girls were then notable for ditching razors, you're probably right!
This looks like so much fun ;( i wish we could have fun like this again, no matter where you come from
NAME MUSICS PLEASE!
Yesssss
Happy New Year to everyone from country to country there's hope to celebrate the Spiritual Kindness through out the world
So much creativity. I can't believe there was hardly any repetition between all of these contestants. I think I like *Gibralter* the best!
My top 5 best moves:
5.- (17)Malaysia 8:27
4.-(14)Israel 7:43
3.-£16)Lebanon 8:13
2.-(22)Portugal 9:42
1.-(5)Denmark 5:31
5 King Rose my favorite 👌🏻
That chick from Norway had some cans.
We need to bring this back
Dude props to Mauritius he got some style. Wouldn't say no to a car like that 10/10
My mum probably watched this. She liked anything like this 😅
There is a Turkish Flag in 1979 .. it is a big proud for me.. Greetings from Türkiye / 2020...
07:26 The dance of the irish woman is so cool and timeless
i vertually lived in this club , back in the 70s . based in chelsea barracks . i entered the dance championships 3 times in tiffanys purley qualifiers .
5:17 - 7yo me after four Hi-C juice boxes.
5:31 - Grandpa after champagne and an extra painkiller.
7:00 - White people after traveling to Africa once.
7:43 - Uncle Shalom thinks he’s at his Nephew’s Bat-mitzvah.
7:59 - When the Molly pill you bought in the bathroom is actually speed.
8:28 - His father wanted him to be a veterinarian.
8:58 - His bedroom has 23 mirrors in it, 10 on the ceiling.
9:13 - Has a herniated disk that started flaring up backstage and hasn’t let up!!!
AHAHAHAHAHAH You make my day laughing . . hillarious . . !!
C’est ouf ouf ouf !!!! C’est carrément génial ce show
Riccardo della Godenza from Italy 7:57, meraviglioso !!! 😛😂
I was there, so that shows my age lol. It was fun times
Hi Mandy, how did you get on the show? Did you know one of the dancers? Were you in the audience? It was a live show as I recall from the Empire...cheers, John
@@discoreview I was in the audience. We went as part of a youth club group. Everything was disco in those days lol
@@mandykilpatrick1635 Hi Mandy, how good was that. I was also at the Empire in 1980 too for the UK finals which was a few weeks earlier than your visit Yep, I'm old too :)
The closest we ever got to world peace, where the only thing everyone is fighting for is who has the funkiest disco moves.
WOW! Totally awesome! All those countries! Just cool !
Its like fairytale land! Amazing!!!
its amazing how they are all so different to each other, so many moves ive never seen before.
I had to look up where Suriname 🇸🇷 is thanks to this video lol.
lovely people, lovely music and proper dancing!
The house band performing the songs sounds better than the original artists
Hi Quirly, I agree. Te house band (Rey McVey) was full of professional session musicians and it showed through in the shows!!
Yes they did!
I agree
...whoa, that opening number was like trying to herd cats! Hey, Ralph, you hit me in the eye with your flagpole!!!!
Some of these people are someone’s grandparents 😂
*Parents. It was in 1980s, meaning they're in their 40s
@@majaquinn you lack common sense bud, they aren't born in 1980 they must be around 25 back then atleast so they be around 65 today
@@badassmickey9505 lol I forgot about that, sorry BUD
The Holland constestant should do my windows houseworks!!! LOL
That moment you realize your natural dance style is disco 😂
Absolutely laughing my arse off!! Omg - hilarious. Dance has come a long way tf #CommercialDance #Latin
I just realized the order they showcase their dance in is sorted by country name. Simple!
Who is here during lockdown? ✌🏽
I'm a punk who likes disco dance moves
Please help me
Break out these moves at the mosh pit
Ídem: ¡80's wave😍!...💟
Alright, who wants to get the disco floor out? Let's party