Millennial Reacts to 1950s Rock & Roll, Rockabilly dance from lindy hop!

[@robertnicewander8897]

For the masses Rock and Roll kept the footwork but dropped the flips and throws. I danced like that until I was 75. Could hit the dance floor on both knees, slide and pop up. Then decided to stop but young women were still wanting to dance with me. My date and I were called best dancers on the floor New Year's Eve 2007. I will be 81 in January (still dance alone in my apartment).

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

Fabulous!!

[@xaviergarcia6065]

This takes a lot of hard work from the basics to the advanced steps and communication with your dance partner and trust!

[@pegatheetoo1437]

I loved dancing in the late 50s and early 60s. It kept us fit, it kept us young; and you're right, our energy and stamina back then was amazing. If you wanted to dance, you knew you had to be fit to keep up.

[@rachelc8715]

I’m only 34 but I remember dancing like this in our living room with my grandma when I was a kid 🥰

[@spinthepickle1244]

I danced like this with my mom in the living room as a kid:)

[@imweakfordeaky]

I showed my mom this very video a few years ago… she and my dad were young back then, but dad didn’t dance - so mom would enter dance contests with dad’s brother who *did* dance - and they used to win, while my dad and my uncle’s wife cheered them on. And yes, they did all those flips and lifts !

[@PsalmS-vi8zl]

Bill Haley was my mom's first concert, back in the 50's! Love the music, love the dances. Would love to follow a journey through the 50's music.

[@tm2bee]

I love to see the videos of these folks today as the elderly and can still dance. No maybe not all the throws and such but still great dancers. Sometime after this generation the majority of men decided dancing wasn't cool. Such a shame!

[@stevenorth8817]

And now those are great-great grandparents 😀

[@PolyKinkyAndBiOHMY]

This was before my time; however, when I was growing up it was before cell phones, flat screen TV’s, internet, etc. I remember when I was 5-7 the original Nintendo came out and we would get 1 hour to play Duck Hunt or Mario. Music wise we had an 8 track player, record player, or the radio. On the farm us kids had to entertain ourselves. I remember rotary phones as a land line and having to make long distance calls to my grandparents. Heaven forbid you messed up dialing the phone number and had to start over! 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ We also had a CB radio in the truck and my dad was a ham radio operator. Then dial up internet came! That connection sound is something you’d never forget 😂🤣 I did a lot of line dancing growing up. I also remember square dancing with my grandparents. They actually completed! So much fun to watch!!

[@terryduncan31]

My momma and daddy used to do some of these dances in the house when we asked them.

[@harrietetter9321]

im 83 and learned to jitterbug in 1954 -- i never sat down at a dance -- now it makes me tired just to watch it

[@Maydoggie]

I love this. Check out one generation before this. Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, and of course Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

[@jenniferjacobs228]

Professional dancers and choregraphed for the movie but still spectacular. Swing Dance to rock and roll's Bill Haley and The Comets.

[@dagr.johnsen2164]

The Great Bill Haley singing a Little Richard song. 👍

[@ericamcdaniel4318]

That was very entertaining!!! I could watch that kind of dancing all day

[@charliemac64]

There's a big rockabilly festival in Vega$ every year called "Viva Las Vegas." Held in April. Four days of music like this, dancing like this, burlesque shows, and a boatload of classic cars. If you dig this, you should plan your next vacay... ;)

[@dorisryan1933]

That's back when Rock was rock and it was dancing style Rock didn't we know how to dance right by the way I'm 73 years old now I wish I could do it again

[@AmanduhFlawdHog]

I was raised on old music. Now my music runs the gamut from Johnny Horton all the way to Tom Macdonald. Eclectics are key.

[@PINKTOES5150]

Can I share a story ??? When I was younger in the early 70’s … my Mom and Dad would clear out the kitchen and put tube socks on and put baby powder on the floor and tear it up like these folks … that was us Kidd’s entertainment … lol

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

Beautiful memories ❤️

[@steventweed3599]

If you like this, you should check out The Nicholas Brothers dance routine from the 1943 movie Stormy Monday. You'll be blown away. Unless I'm mistaken, it was Hollywood's very first all African-American cast.

[@davidpitt9528]

Back in the 56 to 62 I went to hops every Sat night and when I got married in 1964my wife and I went dancing every Sat night,we danced to country and rock but we really enjoyed it,I'm +79 and can still dance but to only one song then take a hour break,when I was young I danced to every song they did that night be it fast or slow,I even tried Square Dancing for a time

[@cripplious]

My grandparents at a cousin's wedding were dancing like that in their 70s

[@jbarry1075]

I'm glad you reached to this video. I don't think any other KZbinrs who do reactions have done this one. I'm 27 but I've loved this kind of music for a long time and I'm in a Rockabilly band myself and play similar music. This was from a movie called either Dont Knock The Rock or Rock Around The Clock. I have both on a double feature DVD so I can't remember which one actually but you should check out the other scenes from those movies that include similar things like this!

[@pamagnolia]

Loved that!! I was around then but I was about two feet tall!! 😂 Nice to see you enjoy this Tasha!

[@alanh1508]

Tasha I decided that I no longer will describe myself as a Classic Country Music Fan, I will however be a fan of anything that can make you chair dance and smile as you did in this reaction.

[@jameshobbs1460]

Their are competitions for this kind of dance.. youtube is a great resource.. And.. They still pitch and throw people.. in Country dancing.. just fyi... God Bless you two..

[@Kidrodeo1000]

Can’t get enough of old dance film clips. Great choice. Rock n roll in the old days was so much better compared to now. If you want to have your mind blown I suggest you check out The Ross sisters ‘Solid Potato Salad’ video . Enjoy 🤠👍🏼

[@toyman9642]

Reminds me of the great dances when I was at Riverdale Collegiate in Toronto in the early 1960's.

[@ChicagoDB]

Always loved that era…

[@autumnamber6849]

Not all of us made all those moves , but we had fun.

[@sitbone3]

Trust me, nobody danced like this. These are professional dancers putting on a performance for the camera. It would be like watching Fred Astair and thinking that all men danced like him.

[@CAVERUNLAKE]

Looks like everyone was having a blast, and prop nobody got shot

[@aaronlane1391]

This is very impressive, I would break an ankle within 5 seconds.

[@fredspicker9403]

for some wild dance moves check out Hellzapoppin lindy hop

[@chrisdutton2975]

Agree with you that we've lost something by not doing this type of dancing anymore.

[@williamcabell142]

These are you Great Grand Dads and Moms! Good old Jitter-Bug! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@davidmazon7516]

my mom said that they used to dance swing. and every week they to try and come up with a different move. it seems like that's what they did there also.

[@TexasMagnolia]

So fun! Need to check-out true Country dancing which is The Texas Two Step.

[@melissawilcox5285]

I always wished I could dance like this! My mom used to dance like this when she was young.

[@slongf15]

Salsa is fun to dance but Lindy is so much more fun!

[@MsAmericanMaid]

Love the video as I love dancing in any form! Hope you do more!

[@user-ep6kl1ej2i]

Charlton is also know as swing back in 30-40s.

[@stevebuckskinner5482]

I was very little but I remember people dancing this way.

[@dcool2u2]

"I'm gonna sue" Lol 🤣

[@FrethKindheart]

You need to show this to him.

[@denisetinto1828]

I wonder how many are still in shape enough to do these dances today? Cheers from Canada

[@savsmiles3042]

There’s yt videos of elderly, maybe 70 years old?, still doing these dances.

[@harrietetter9321]

@@savsmiles3042 my friend is 86 and still goes to the moose and dances every friday night -- tall redhead, she just glides -- all the old cowboys stand in line -- she rode her horse till she was 80

[@savsmiles3042]

@@harrietetter9321 that’s awesome

[@donaldk.macbaird5248]

Hello My Beautiful Goddess,I remember trying to learn these dances back when I was a Kid and I turned 69 on the 14 of Oct just a few days ago. Donald

[@ericg2217]

Love this!

[@carlprince2866]

Just a little before my time but damn they had fun.we had roller disco

[@cynthiacampbell7433]

8 more days until I see Chris yall. I can't wait

[@joycesteudel3597]

American Bandstand is the place to go for non professional dancers in the 50's and 60's. Learned to dance from watching that show.

[@killerdillr]

What you see here is Lindy Hop in the style of the 50s, socalled LA STYLE, which Dean Collins was "the father of", and most dancers are in their 30s and are to depict teenagers (haha). They are youngsters from the swing era, late 30s and 40s. This aint fast, take a look at The African.Amaricans doing the real Lindy Hop in Hellzappoppin´ from 1941 or A Day At The Races fro 1937. Some people call this either "jive" or "rock and roll" but it is just different names for Lindy Hop. And by the way, I can dance like this video and still do at my 60 of age .

[@lovebitcoin813]

So thats what we did before KZbin lol

[@Almcingrid3663]

You should react to the Stray Cats “Rock This Town” and “Stray Cat Strut”. Awesome 80s band the a played rockabilly!

[@raiderman6542]

The jitterbug

[@oldtexastechman9144]

The jitterbug was big in the 50"s

[@robertprice6830]

You and T should make a vid dancing like that.

[@dustinjohnson7191]

It's hard for me to imagine my grandparents generation doing this buti guess they did

[@jangle4246]

Great fun! I hope you'll also go back to a few songs that are older than the 50s. Here's a suggestion: "Doin' the New Lowdown" (1929) by the Lud Gluskin Orchestra. It really conveys the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, and it will make you want to dance.

[@shockalockabocka]

Black people created Lindy Hop. You should look up Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. It had a revival in the late 90’s and I’ve been part of the scene since then.

[@TexasMagnolia]

Techno Music killed the good dance clubs. I lived in the Dancehalls in Houston on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights! Men could not get in if they didn’t have a button-down shirt on. If was a different time…best memories, going to see/dance at all the Dancehall’s George Strait was playing!

[@mamxdp1369]

this Rockin Roll dance is based on the Lindy Hop what was alredy done in the 30th and 40th . Here you can see a scene of a movie from 1941 th the first Lindy hop in a movie kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6vGaKmPbruHpM0 and this links shows you a 102 year old dancer who was apart of that movie dance but she didn#t see herself never dancing. This was showing her the first time kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJzXoK2AjMd_h8k

[@randybaker6042]

Have to check out Wanda Jackson.

[@jasongilbert2379]

How can anyone dis this…. Not Me!!!

[@thedealer777]

Two words: Little Richard!!

[@RaySawhill]

High spirits!

[@jeffledbetter2762]

Changing the genre abit, but please check out Paul Stanley's Soul Station "O oh" child. You are in for a little surprise from KISS's Frontman

[@kieranshae]

You should look up Hellzapoppin. All Black Lindy Hop dancers from the 1930s.

[@sitbone3]

Or jitterbug.

[@mickeymayfield4192]

Stray cats- stray cat strut

[@whatyoudo9773]

it was the beat too, that beat was up, not heavy rap down stuff where you just stand there and sway...this was pumping jumping music so thats what they did, also these aint McDonalds bodies, these are home cooking America-loving proud bodies, filled with innocence and fitness... no video games no giant TVs with people telling you your wrong for being happy , these are fit lean animal bodies that run, swing bats, do track and jump rope and sing a lot.

[@draxisstormshadow3244]

and aerobics was born

[@lancemcdonald1317]

I used to swing

[@deepfriedscotsman2860]

You should look up Glasgow Jive Dancing

[@arthurvanerman1764]

They didn't need Red Bull back then, Coca-Cola had cocaine in it...😂😎

[@terryduncan31]

Obesity wasn't a problem back then either!

[@atuuschaaw]

☺♥

[@jamesedwards9544]

NF the search please you will like it.

[@stevefriery9086]

It's not that different from the jitterbug. Did that a lot when I was younger (in the 80's). Charlie Daniels' South's Gonna Do It Again and Lynard Skynard's I Know a Little are great jitterbug songs.

[@BelleDede01]

I absolutely love the 50's and early 60's. It was before my time, but I grew up listening to it and still loving it. Thank you for reacting to this one but there are so many others to listen to from The Platters, to Elvis (of course, to Richie Valens, to Frankie Valli, to .... oh boys ... such great music back then. Here's something you should listen to in the meantime. Hope you do a reaction to it. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4CvgJiXjs-Fg6c

[@benjaminjohnson8010]

Fyi this was a little Richard song,and the when black people did these dances they called it jitter but, the songs back then would take a black artists record have a white artist make there verison of it to get air play,even in 🎵 race was a factor, it you notice there were no black couples in that video.

[@edwinmercer9525]

Notice these ladies are not in high heels.

[@michaelprovins2465]

JITTER BUG

[@danareynolds1786]

Wasn't cocaine still an ingredient in Coca-Cola then?!? 🤔🤪

[@saulocruz1]

maybe thats why don't' have obisitty in teen agers in that days

[@EduardoRamirez-uj7ze]

To do those kind of moves you need to trust your partner as well and know the moves also

[@JamesJones-zq7pc]

You'll like hellszapoppin 1941

[@screwyou341]

just so you know those are some what like ( professional dancers.....) dont try that at home.....

[@savsmiles3042]

And they say white people can’t dance lol

[@heavymetalmusicofdestructi3430]

not really a fan

[@grandfresh9196]

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