homeboy,hippie and a funky dred - total confusion - dance energy

homeboy,hippie..-total confusion-dance energy 1991
Genius

[@lostcrow]

Still my fav tune of all time....stuff the other mixes, its all about this one - I still remember my journey to brum to buy the 12" vinyl. Happy Dayz RIP Casper Pound - Thank you brother for all the awesome tunes and memories you gave me 🙏

[@bosstmusic]

Wicked comment.

[@charliemfc]

Massively underrated. I can keep on going for days days days

[@Alligator6002]

The most carefree time in my life, incredible times. Look at that audience man, not a bad vibe in the house, everyone mixing, dancing, getting down, no barriers, no worries, no fuckin' mobile phones,, just being together with the vibes.

[@benbeaumont8110]

Love it

[@cbc7599]

@@benbeaumont8110 love this masterpiece too!

[@2stroketimebomb]

+1 mate!! Yes!!!

[@evieeable]

True fact 💯 ALWAYS a raver, it's in my energy, 50 years young and will always love the scene, glad that the children appreciate this even now, Enjoy the times! Love ❤ Eve

[@ClAy_official]

Remember dancing? It was really big in the nineties.

[@DFECTdnb]

Oh the memories, one of the best tunes ever made. Dance Energy 6.30pm BBC2 Tuesdays after the Fresh Prince...

[@Shan51AudioAlchemist]

Yes Yes!

[@NB-sq7ui]

No one done it like we did in the UK in the early nineties!! :-)

[@thistooshallpass5425]

❤

[@dylvasey]

I actually remember this being televised and hearing this for the first time. Literally changed everything in a few minutes for me. It was everything I'd been looking for musically.

[@TakeMeBackPirateRadio]

The best times growing up in London!! Dancing the night away with no care in the world. This tune gets me charged!!!!

[@evieeable]

Energy revival!!

[@timbolicous]

Early 90s rappers: unpretentious, natural and hot

[@sakaspuds]

a very important record, you can hear house, rap, rave, and techno in this :P

[@H22ABB4M2B4]

Caspar Pound was a total legend. A genious.

[@gwerntudur929]

+Paul Cusden Casper Pound. Genius :)

[@rizone6921]

Yeah I still have the records and this is when u had to travel all New York just to find this record.there was no You tube or computers to find this stuff

[@p-hawk1956]

@@rizone6921 Lol, where are you from? I bought this from Tudor Records, in Lichfield in England for 1.99. If I had known in 91, I would have picked up an extra copy for you

[@martinmarie5169]

P-Hawk Casper pound is my brother in law ! I’m his daughters uncle and the founder of the group! Glad look like the track 😎

[@markowen2705]

Rip Casper. Pound a true innovator met him in Berlin 91 - respect from the British lads Berlin. 89-92 the. Real. Years!

[@ohmythatsweird]

89-92... The only years!

[@gwerntudur929]

Casper was before his time. Genius. Hardcore

[@thecardude762]

Dance Energy ❤❤. With Normski, part of Def II. Learnt so many dance moves from this show!

[@rajeeb3500]

I tried so many dance moves from this show

[@Adrian-bz6wf]

Ultimate tune. I am blessed to have this on vinyl. Golden

[@marchill6027]

1990 the year when the scene peaked!!

[@benbeaumont8110]

Correct

[@JohnJohn-cu7nk]

THIS tune was always my favourite to dance to back in the day.Hits diffrent

[@johnkelly4877]

I still have this on vinyl and wild horses wouldn't separate me from it - awesome!

[@timbolicous]

Yeah but I bet if wild horses ran through your loungeroom there would still be total confusion

[@silocybe83]

word

[@EugVR6]

I've still got this on 12" Vinyl in the in the record collection.......I was 19 then!!!

[@papanoel3999]

I watched dance nrg religiously.

[@vgee3991]

love your avatar =)

[@johnhunt5181]

This kid and silver bullit had talent... shame no one really followed up with them to create a British hip hop scene that meant something.

[@JacksonJk-sc4rj]

Friends ❤

[@mauricehunt3647]

Don’t care wot anyone says, hands down the best hip house record ever!!!!!!!!

[@trapset1539]

Oh mate you could be right! But Doug Lazy let it Roll is still a contender. Man you've got me wanting to listen to Fast Eddie now!😂

[@cubecubesson6779]

Dance Energy👍 Normski. Used to love this. Monday evening if I remember correctly on BBC 2 after The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

[@markbadger265]

yeeess i remember that time , used to watch whilst doing my homework

[@cubecubesson6779]

@@markbadger265 good times man

[@markbadger265]

@@cubecubesson6779 yes mate, great memories 🤙

[@sbrewer2088]

I remember recording this the night it was aired back in the day when we had VHS videos.........I wore the tape out almost --play rewind ---play rewind. Class tune.

[@gerardtyndall7383]

S BREWEr did the same mate 😂

[@wythenshawekid1597]

London i take u all on!!

[@reneg8392]

ahhh....so cool to see this.......went mental in Rotterdam Parkzicht back in the day on this track. DJ Rob spun this track on 3 wheels of steel mixing it till we were all in orbit.....The roof went off!!!!!

[@roberttripp1110]

I think this is one of the first tracks that got me into hip hop rap dancing from 90’s even though did it in early 80’s rap/break dancing 👌🏻50+ now and still goes hard

[@evieeable]

😊 50 and always a raver 🎉

[@cbc7599]

Knowing this song now for over 30 years! I'm 47 (2022), still got mesmerized by this song. There is this strange rollimg thunder low base line andmay more.

[@JacksonJk-sc4rj]

Homeboy hippie and a funky dredd my

[@TheStraightShooter500]

I'm so jealous, I wish I had grown up in England when I was in my late teens early twenties.......yall had all the good jams!!!! America is so wack when it comes to new/different types of music.

[@JohnJohn-cu7nk]

It was mainly underground till the 90s.Break into an empty warehouse and run all the equipment of a generator. Acid warehouse parties with everyone caked on drugs😊

[@cyclingman1493]

The US had Hip House though. T Cooper etc….

[@JohnJohn-cu7nk]

@cyclingman1493 Tyree - Turn up the bass.Masive track over here in uk too. We had Trip hop to .Slightly diffrent and the early roots of Jungle/Drum n Bass. Rebel Mc -Tribal Base

[@JacksonJk-sc4rj]

Pound babies ❤

[@breakfreak3181]

Ha, Dance Energy. Pure nostalgia vibes! Wicked show!

[@thomasbg21]

Oh my God, I was at this taping, wow I feel old!!!

[@oscarsanchez8685]

Eso es musica de verdad, saludos desde Barcelona!

[@falconsandallies]

Still gives me goosebumps.

[@gwerntudur929]

yep.. ;)

[@chrisearle7129]

Exactly.

[@wythenshawekid1597]

London i take u sll on

[@JamesConstableDeadly]

TUNE - watching now in 2022 - where did it all go wrong?

[@fractalign]

The year was 1991 the first day of 1991 and I am sat by the telly watching a NYE music video show called Rage and this comes on and my life was never the same again. I had just experienced my first hardcore track.

[@JacksonJk-sc4rj]

Heavenly mix right now friends

[@eternalabyssfall]

Now well into my 40's, jesus christ, I'm knackered just watchin all that dancin now. I can't believe I had all that energy back in the day when I used to rave to this stuff.

[@mannyuk]

All special places All special faces All special races One love A Homeboy A Hippy & A Funky Dredd - Total Confusion - Confusion Mix 5.36 Radio Stations I question their blackness They call themselves black but we'll see if they play this... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... I see you on the streets and you're dashed and vexed You're taking in the lyrics like your smoking up sess You're getting high Wondering why you can't fly Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies Because the days, crazed and amazed, well I'll rephrase I can keep on going for days, days, days Days will turn to years You'll still be here and if I can't have it I will chop off your ears because I'm hip for being sick Hypnotic You come over here you gonna get your ass kicked until it's hurtin Put under a stone, cold suckers And when I finish that I'm gonna jam at you suckers You're astounding And you're walking around in circles, and it's a big miracle how you still going? you slowing Your battery, you're running low, you try But you pull me back but of course I keep towing you On and on and on, but that's wrong You should be concentrating on rapping your own song cus Rapping is an art But there are many Rappers It takes talent I got plenty of that Plus the fact that I ain't whack - check You come over here you know that you're gonna get slapped back To where you come from Show me the front door London I'll take you all on So produce to mess and yes we're the roughest Manchester in the house here's something To blow your mind into the atmosphere Come on feel the bass 'cos London's here Radio Stations I question their blackness They call themselves black but we'll see if they play this... Radio Stations I question their blackness They call themselves black but we'll see if they play this... With the news removed Breakthrough You're just in And when you feel the vibe, you know what I mean By a place that's kickin from the heart And its prime time, to get started On the things that really matter This is not your average chitt chatter On the microphone You're all alone Talking away like it's the Twighlight Zone Boy You wanna change that, rearrange that Find a sucker on the streets Then played back cus that's played out And I'm paid in full So don't touch that food So produce to mess and yes we're the roughest Manchester in the house here's something So blow your mind into the atmosphere Come on feel the rhythm 'cos Londons here Radio Stations I question their blackness They call themselves black but we'll see if they play this...

[@thatwasthedaythatwas]

A fantastic tune

[@tommcsweeney4168]

Possibly my number 1 tune, very hard to beat

[@swiftcee266]

_Absolutely Bangin' Chooooon_

[@swiftcee266]

*CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON* ...proper. Enough said. Peace out all 90's crew. _When we were Kings, we rocked, we rolled_

[@chrisearle7129]

This Tune was wel ahead of its time.Still get tingles of this tune.

[@djtechnothrash6234]

I really like the end samples, loved the song and it was on all dancefloors in the early 90's TOP!

[@MichaelDOrazioMusik]

I'm not a rap guy, but this was a head of it's time

[@giveusanesirbobholness7199]

Agreed, way way way ahead. Casper pound and these lads smashed it.

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

​@@giveusanesirbobholness7199bollox. very much of its time

[@172Break]

I wonder what music Casper Pound would be doing now if he were still alive. The Rising High Records music he released in 1991-1993 was incredible.

[@daveyloo]

me and my mates in cardiff used to watch and watch and watch this video before we went out. one of the best tracks of the decade!

[@gerasimosstamoulis9252]

All types of the music i love in one track,,i dance with it @90's, & it brings me back to my best decade!!

[@cbc7599]

I agree!

[@benwilliamson135]

SICK 2DAY JUST AS IT WAS SICK BACK THEN. WHO BATTLING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN WITH THE HELP OF THIS TUNE??

[@mapflooring4868]

Love this tune from 1990

[@dominicsmith7496]

Totally takes me back - listen to that bass!

[@btown8210]

Never gets old 👍🙌

[@pierrenedd8206]

thats me at 59 seconds

[@rajeeb3500]

Sweet!you spin like I want to 😅

[@cyclingman1493]

🕺

[@wayneemin7171]

Moves 🕺 The UK Hip-house shuffle ✌️

[@estadiomonumentalantoniove8412]

Supertrack! Makes me think of Silverbullet and Altern8 too

[@johanemmenes9236]

Earlier this evening i found a post in commentsection of the artists who made this gem, including the text of the rap heared These were the days, so glad i was there !!!

[@jonmns77]

Some converse 100s in there and reebok royales, had both myself! Quality

[@mildew808]

Saw these the night after this show in London somewhere. Only about 12 other people there, and we had travelled 100 miles !!! Good night though, love this tune.

[@NEWCASTLE-UNITED-1892]

Wow, The memories 😍 miss those days

[@MajicTV]

Brilliant. A dance party on bbc2 on a midweek dinner time is pure 1990 😊

[@JacksonJk-sc4rj]

Mr pound and daniel levington ❤😂

[@thefugetive1979]

Thanks for the upload, good memory come up.

[@SB-ss2yg]

Total confusion 🙌🙌

[@steefkuus5037]

great dance song!!

[@silocybe83]

rocked us up north even with the manchester in the house assumption

[@FarRightFred]

was popping double doves around this time!

[@bigjamieboy1]

Still got it on 12" vinyl. Never been played.

[@bombaymatt]

Loved this show, i used to tape it too, i got tickets to go but didbt for some reason. This tune is still a regular on my turntables, still sounds as fresh as the first time i heard it.

[@steefkuus5037]

thanks for this song!!

[@JacksonJk-sc4rj]

I like ❤da flags 😂

[@charliemfc]

I can keep going for days days and days

[@kenpokarate4187]

KEEP the GOOD TIMES ROLLING!

[@technocrew1878]

Amazing

[@johnhunt5181]

Manchester in the house is something... an acknowledgement that we started this thing... belting tune

[@mikef4963]

They’re from London though.

[@johnhunt5181]

@@mikef4963 I know pal.... " an acknowledgement "......

[@charliemfc]

Well Chicago did

[@urbanvikingalereview]

I used to do the rap to this all the time and to this day I know I fucked up the words big time but I didn't care! Fucking landmark tune. I see you on the street and you're dashed and vexed, you're taking in the lyrics like you're smoking on sess, you're getting high. Wondering why you can't fly, ask me no questions and I will tell you no lie because I'm dazed, crazed and amazed well I'll rephrase, I can keep on going for days days days days will turn to years, you'll still be here

[@michieldrijver]

1 of my best memories from THE start of XTC !!!!!! Thanks 4ever...

[@namafarm]

Massive Fusion Sound.Cmon feel the Bass cause London's Here! Nothing but the truth, SakaSpuds.

[@jutwilton2805]

Stall as bad ass now as it was when I was a week 19 year old lad !

[@martinackbar7876]

those were the days

[@rico0429]

Boccaccio for ever 🤩

[@EPV5]

Temazo

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

luv that stab sound

[@Keithholliday2707]

Heard this first time played by the main man grooverider , rap n all . What days eh

[@benji.B-side]

Club Havana in Middlesbrough, MC Lee and DJ Huey dropping this track, total Heaven for all us ravers going mad to it on the floor. Special times. I rushed out and bought it at first opportunity : )

[@veronicacorningstone8059]

good ol 90’s and the running man

[@jayvalintino2869]

Casper Pound on the keyboard RIP

[@Warp75]

Dance Energy looking back was like Soul Train. Dance moves

[@derekandrews8057]

Orlando, Fl at the club Big Bang. 1993. This song became a Classic!

[@THEE4DARKESTCORNERZ23]

Rakim Supreme Alan goat 🐐 ❤

[@1dewymmer]

Best tune ever !

[@drstevie]

Brilliant.

[@johnmorley2658]

Yeeeh tune!!

[@oggy657]

love it fav rave tune even theother version is class

[@renegadepharmacy2297]

incredible time to be alive xxx

[@whizz282]

I wonder what happened to Normski loved watching dance energy got this tune big back in the day

[@JacksonJk-sc4rj]

Mr pound made the heavenly mix ❤

[@JayArgonaut]

I haven't heard this in 20 years! I'd swear they were sampling elements of 808 State and I recognise the obligatory Chuck D sample that was on every track back then. Looks like they're using multiple Roland W30's ala Liam Howlett.

[@djhatstand7312]

The top keyboard is a Roland D-50, hard to make out what the one underneath is, could be a W-30

[@roberttripp1110]

I remember listening to this track awesome

[@ayslav1290]

Лучший трек 90х

[@DANPOSITIVEUNITRACKS]

TEMAZO EN TODAS SUS VERSIONES¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@thingamajacky]

big at the Melbourne raves. ❤