Brotherwhitelion, August 8, 2013
Gerald 'Bogle' Levy, aka 'Mr. Wacky', at Rose's Corner, Kingston Jamaica 2005. Bogle was the first to make a name for himself as a Dancehall Dancer/Choreographer, who created as many dance moves, as 'moving' as 'many' to dance. Bogle features on the video clip Weh Di Time, with Delly Ranks and Voicemail. Tragically Bogle was killed... "It Is Nice To Be Important... But It Is More Important To Be Nice" (Bogle 22 August 1964 -- 20 January 2005)
Keeping It Jiggy!' Ites! brotherwhitelion
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a five part pancocojams series about Jamaica's Dancehall Reggae dances.
This post presents information about legendary Jamaican dancer/choreographer "Mr. Bogle" ("Mr. Wacky") and showcases three YouTube videos that feature Mr Bogle. A few selected comments from the discussion threads of various Dancehall videos are also included in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/jamaicas-dancehall-reggae-dances.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. This post presents some online excerpts about the history of Jamaica's Dancehall dances. A partial list of and descriptions of some of Dancehall dances are also included in this pancocojams post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/how-dancehall-dance-willie-bounce-got.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post showcase a YouTube video of the Dancehall dance "Willie Bounce" and provides information & comments about that dance got its name. Information about Elephant Man who first recorded the "Willie Bounce" in 2006 is also included in that pancocojams post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/jamaican-dancer-latonya-styles.html for Part IV of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a YouTube video demonstration of some of the dances that were created by Dancehall dancer/ creator "Mr. Bogle". Selected comments from that video's discussion thread is also included in that pancocojams post.
Click
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/comments-about-some-dancehall-dance.html
for Part V of this pancocojams series. That post presents online article
excerpts and discussion thread comments about some Dancehall dances that
inspired or are similar to or the same as certain African American Hip Hop
dances.
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The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Mr. Bogle for his cultural legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post nd thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/excerpts-about-history-of-jamaicas.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Excerpts About The History Of Jamaica's Dancehall Reggae Music".
Also,click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-real-meaning-of-now-classic-2005.html for the 2020 pancocojams post entitled What The Jamaican Word "Weddy" ("Weh Di") REALLY Means. That post includes the lyrics to Voice mail's 2005 song "Weh Di Time".
And click the Dancehall Reggae tag below for other pancocojams post about that music and dances.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2: Bogle Mr. Wacky The Jamaican Dancehall Legend
Lyric DVD, Sept 2, 2013
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3: TRIBUTE TO BOGLE AKA MR WACKY THE DANCER
video dave ja, June 20, 2021
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INFORMATION ABOUT "MR BOGLE" (also known as "MR WACKY")
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogle_(dancer)
"Bogle (22 August 1964 – 20 January 2005), born Gerald Levy, and also known as Bogle Dancer, Mr Bogle, Father Bogle, and Mr Wacky, was a Jamaican dancehall star, dancer and choreographer. Beenie Man called Bogle "the greatest dancer of all time"[1] and he is recognised as "part of the foundation and as an icon inside of dancehall culture."[2] Bogle created more dancehall moves than any other figure, he is best known for creating the Bogle dance which is named after him.[3] His stage name, Bogle, is a reference to Paul Bogle a National Hero of Jamaica.
Early life
Gerald Levy was born on 22 August 1964 in Trenchtown, West Kingston
in the capital of Jamaica. He was educated at Charlie Smith All Age and spent a
brief period at St George's College. As a child in the 1970s he appeared on
Louise Bennett's television show Ring Ding and in the 1980s he danced on the
Saturday evening television programme Where It's At, both on the Jamaican
Broadcasting Corporation.[3]
Career
Bogle was called the "Dancehall Master" and was
best known for his dancing. He had the ability to seemingly create dances
without effort and his dances would become extremely popular. Creator of the
Willie Bounce (named after Bogle's friend and Black Roses Crew member Willie
Haggart), Wacky Dip, Urkle Dance, Sesame Street, Bogle Dance, Pelper, LOY,[4]
Jerry Springer, Zip It Up, Hotti Hotti Bogle, World Dance,[4] Pop Yuh Collar,
Row di Boat, Out and Bad, Sweeper, Stuckie[citation needed], and many other
popular dances.[2] He was also in Belly.[citation needed]
In the 1990s, Levy created the Bogle dance, the scene's
first crossover dance move. He was also a major influence on breakout artists
such as Elephant Man and Beenie Man, who gave shout-outs to Levy in songs like
"Row Like a Boat": "Seh Mr. Bogle have di brand new style/Come
get di style, come get di style."...
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Here's information about Paul Bogle
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bogle
"Paul Bogle (1820 – 24 October 1865)[2] was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist. He is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica. After leading the Morant Bay rebellion, Bogle was captured by government troops, tried and convicted by British authorities under martial law, and hanged on 24 October 1865 in the Morant Bay court house.[3]"...
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ARTICLE EXCERPT ABOUT MR BOGLE
From https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/01/16/dance-or-die-fighting-for-the-legacy-of-bogle-the-godfather-of-dancehall "Dance or die: fighting for the legacy of Bogle, the
“Godfather of dancehall”
Gerald “Bogle” Levy is to dancehall what Bob Marley is to
reggae. But 15 years after the legendary dancer was shot dead, Jamaica’s dancehall
scene still craves recognition for its fallen hero. Hannah Moore heads to
Kingston, by
"It’s a warm Sunday afternoon in downtown Kingston and in the yard beside Lonsdale “Boysie” Guy’s house, a group of local women have set up a makeshift sound system for the neighbourhood. They lean on the subwoofer, chatting and teasing each other in quick-fire patois, as one aunty pours generous measures of white rum and cranberry into plastic cups. Aidonia’s braggadocious dancehall hit “Big Baller” thumps through the speaker, making the ground shake beneath our feet.
Wearing a white vest, slim-cut navy track pants and socks
with pool sliders, Boysie (pictured above) pulls up a plastic chair and watches
them while he waits to start his dance class. He is the last surviving member
of the Black Roses crew, a legendary dance collective founded by Gerald “Bogle”
Levy, the so-called “Godfather” of dancehall, who was shot dead at a gas
station in January 2005. Bogle’s brutal murder shocked Jamaicans and dancehall
fans across the world. Despite the national outcry, it remains unsolved."....
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A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT "MR BOGLE" ("MR WACKY") FROM SEVERAL YOUTUBE VIDEO DISCUSSION THREADS
These comments are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
Discussion thread #1
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXRnAG0Xn2U&t=131s Bogle Special & Bogle/Delly Ranks/Voicemail ~ Weh Di Time (Official Dancehall Video), published by Brotherwhitelion, August 8, 2013
1. DaPhlyymamee, 2017,
"I first fell in love wit di style of Bogle as a teenager. I
was like: Who is that man in the green pants????👏👏👏👌💃
I was introduced to Ice's style in a Voicemail video. I miss these people that I never had to
blessing to meet. I was so sad when they left this Earth. 😢Mr.
Wacky your dancing will always live on through me! Selah Rest In
Power...Respect Ulaghize!❤💛💚"
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2. Colleth Reid, 2022
"The Man, the History
and the Dance!!!! Bogle legendary dancer.... best 🕺
of all times..... dancer hall still cannot find one that is even close to the
boss."
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3. GhostXLeo, 2022
"🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
R.I.P The Greatest Dancer in The World 🌎 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Dancehall Legend 🇯🇲 Bogle 👏🏾🙌🏾"
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Discussion thread #2
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-8ReMr3Hw MR WACKY / BOGLE " DANCE - HALL LEGEND '' !!!, Big Stone Television, August 18 2011
1. Ryan Mcdonald, 2022
"S.i.p Mr wacky. Always in our nation people's❤️
heart."
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Excerpt #3
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQRIYSRIouc A Jamaican Dance for every Genre by Orville Halls’ Dance Xpressionz, Reggae Month 2020
1. jabrown1978, 2021,
"No mention of doing The Bogle??? EVERYONE, they mama, daddy,
grandchildren, cousins, aunties, uncles, even the unborn was doing that dance
in the 90's! 😂😁😋 To me, it really became a
pop culture reference, and it has to be one of the easiest ones to do."
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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.
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