Three YouTube Videos Of The "Good Foot" Line Dance To James Brown's 1970s R&B Hit Song "Super Bad"

Jero Green, May 17, 2022
"I do not [own] the rights to this Music Getting on the Foot foot Line Dance Choreographed by Ray Boyd & Kenny’s" -snip- total # of YouTube views as of August 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM EDT= 1,476,198 total # of YouTube comments as of August 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM EDT= 365

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases three YouTube videos of the "Good Foot" line dance to James Brown's 1970 hit R&B song "Super Bad". That line dance was choreographed by Raymond Boyd. 

This post also includes some comments from the discussion thread for these videos. I'm particularly interested in sharing some of the comments that include old or contemporary African American Vernacular English sayings. However, these examples are given without any identification or explanations.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic  purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to R&B singer/composer James Brown for his musical and cultural legacy. Thanks to Raymond Boyd for choreographing this line dance. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bad_(song) for information about James Brown's hit R&B song "Superbad".

These are only three of the videos on YouTube of the Good Foot line dance to James Brown's "Suber Bad". Have fun watching the other YouTube videos of this line dance!.  

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM SHOWCASE VIDEO #1  (found at the top of this post)  
(Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUPJpNAwcRU

1.@patriciaevans5906, 2023
"They look like they are having the best time! Good for them! I saw James Brown in concert when I was 15……to say it was awesome is not saying enough! I was one of about 40 people in the audience who was white…..it was a fantastic experience and loved him! We were all helping him sing and dance! Was truly a pleasure and wonderful experience to see him! I’m now almost 71 and still can remember that nite!"

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2. @roxannecarr8355, 2024
"This took me back.  Now you’re talking my style.  I often clean house with head phones on, living back in time.  I do the same with old gospel.  Shine on my people."

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3. @sandythompson2973, 2023
"Yall looking good! Raymond Boyd of Philly  the choreographer of this dance known as the GOODFOOT..,,is so proud."

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4. @ericwinston9121, 2023
"Nothing like an all white  party with Sistas and  Brothers,  Queens and Kings. Keep on keeping on  dancing in the name of  love!!"

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5. @ritapots1103, 2023
"Go head  and do that line dance  💃 🎶 u guys  are  looking  good  in that white 😉"

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6. @anitathompson7023, 2023
"Alright!  They're getting down.  Looks like so much fun and all are dressed so nicely. Loved it!!!!❤️"

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7. @debramerritt4320, 2023
"Say that again!"

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8. @anitathompson7023, 2023
"@debramerritt4320   They're Super Bad!😀"

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9. @carylwilliams7903, 2023
"Looking good! They are doing a modified version of the Superbad hustle/line-dance done in Detroit and other cities."

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10. @julesjones2442, 2023
"This is beautiful

I can dig it baby !!!"

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11. @avisloreilly2991, 2024
"Make me want to join! You all ate and left no crumbs! Made my day thanks!"

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12. @highpriestess222, 2024
"I know that’s right!!! They did not come to play they came to slay! I promise this is gonna be me in 20 yrs. As soon as I hit 60 I’m showing out!!! 💃🏽💃🏽"

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13. @Imissneo, 2024
"You go for it girl!....✨️🫵✨️"

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14. @THEBlose, 2024
"😂😂😂"

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15. @freddiecopeland6390, 2024
"I saw him when I was 10 years old. The people are dancing and they look great 👍. James Brown fan for life. That's awesome to see y'all 😊 I love this video, it made my day 😊"

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16. @lisaairington1858, 2024
"Y’all did that I ❤it my people keep on keeping on!!! 😊❤"

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17. @kimaletta8943, 2024
"😂😂😂a lot of moves from a hustle from the 70's"

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18. @rubytuesday5567, 2024
"Yougins take note this here is how grown folks party. ❤"

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19. @jeanettetaylor7569, 2024
"My God today, tell the truth and shame the devil!❤❤❤❤"

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20. @mrsgmason
"LOL Right!"

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21. @jamesberry1145, 2025
"We will always set the standard for the perfection for the world to follow, admire and copy❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤"

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22. @kuma1939, 2025
"Y'all so superbad, folks.! Keep on keepin' on.. ❤

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23. @sharonpope1737, 2025
"Go head with your bad selves"

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24. @nataliehale2312, 2025
"Ahhh sookie sookie now🤗"

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25. @TerryDunbar-r8l, 2025
"The good foot hustle was my favorite!  I could not even do it but I loved watching everyone!! It's always a man in a suit and hat that puts his own spin and ends up on beat with everyone when it's time to turn and start over!😂🥰🤍"

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - James Brown Super Bad Line Dance

It's The Dance For Me, January15 , 2011

Purple Charlotte Steppers doing Super Bad Line Dance -snip- -total # of YouTube views as of August 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM EDT= 10,417,634 total # of YouTube comments as of August 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM EDT= 3,058

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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread with numbers added for referencing purposes only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56h2Dk5mmhc

1. @ima-goodgirl, 2023
"That looks like so much fun!  Y’all are good!"

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2. @michawilliams1521, 2023
"Ok I see ya. Grown folk at their best. This is the first time seeing this. You can't go wrong with the God Father of Soul."

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3. @AnthonyJohnson-en4hn, 2023
"See that's what a really good time is all about old school with some younger people getting their groove on and loving every minute of it sho ya right 👍👍👍👍"

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4. @Belinda-lm3ol,2023
"Wish I could have been there I would have tried that cool stuff with those cool people"

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5. @edwardcave1947, 2023
"Now that’s GETTING DOWN"

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6. @janiceal-najjar5093, 2023
"Now THAT'S  the sort of line dance I like.! Smooth,funky and classy. Love Mr Orange shirt ( accidentally?😄) walking into shot and shimmying  off sideways!."

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7. @zacharyspinks6207, 2023
"Aye!, Best Dance line Ever!, James brown's music is Seriously funky❤️❤️😎✌🏽"

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8. @RaptureReady888, 2024
"5/1/2024:  The lady in YELLOW JACKET is so SMOOOOOOTH.   You can tell that the lady in the  front /far right BLACK JACKET & JEANS came to take care of business.  GET IT YA’ll.   (This was recored 13 yrs ago 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🔥)."

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9. @LoisMann-g4u, 2024
"And it still works in 2024❤❤❤

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10.@ec0084, 2024
"Thank you to the godfather of soul James Brown you always brought me UP when i was DOWN 👍👍👍👍"

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11. @tomsullivan7820, 2024
"I was raised in the military and was living on an Army base in '67 - '68. Soul music was the thing back then. Though I was a white boy in the 5th grade, the first album I ever  bought with my own money was James Brown and his Famous Flames, Papa's got a Brand New Bag. I'm thankful to God I live in a world where this wonderful music exists. I love so many of his songs, and though I'm 67 years old, a week doesn't go by that I don't listen to his music. Love it that folks are dancing to it."

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12. @williamseigafuse876, 2025
"Old school does IT best"

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13. @bevjohnson5280, 2025
"The guy in the striped shirt is going off script, and putting some extra flavour on it."

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14. @ElusvOptmst1, 2025
"I read somewhere he is the dance instructor."

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15. @yvonnecarter8497, 2025
"Now this is music 🎶 and dance 🕺🏽 💃🏽 🎉"

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 -  L-Jet, Instructors Ball - "Super bad" line dancing

go2nate, Nov 29, 2009
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-total # of YouTube views as of August 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM EDT= 129,824 total # of comments as of August 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM EDT= 53 -snip-
Selected comments from this video's discussion thread with numbers added for referencing purposes only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZiGc7t4luY

1. @classtcher, 2010
"Yall are jammin!! The name of this dance is called 'The Goodfoot' choreographed by Philly's own Raymond Boyd."

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2. @1phatboy83,2010
"there she go again in the black pants suit from the wobble line dance video ....she super bad!!!!"

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3. @brownsugababe1070, 2011
"Sis in the front is doin' the damn thing!!! I saw her in the Wobble video and she was tearing up the floor!!! U betta go girl!!!!"

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4. @go2nate, 2011
"@lovelyirv1 The lady in black is Cheryl Williams, the "line dance queen" of Houston Texas and yes she is a line dance instructor. She can be reached by visiting her website "line dance queen . com" (type it in as one word)*

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5. @TheStephaniear85, 2011
"MAAAAAAAAN She was getting it! My aunt was inspired and now we have our own dance group out here in Tulsa, OK and it's FUUUN!"

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6. @MrsDomino, 2011
"Go head Girlfriend get on down wit yo bad self!"

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7. @Ivana316, 2011
"Ms. Cheryl be going off on this!!!"

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8. @LineDanceDiva, 2011
"Go Cheryl and Go Ali!!!!! You guys killed it!!!!"

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9. @nuskoololdschool, 2013
"Looks like one of our Hustle Line Dancing in Chicago back in the 70s to me."

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10. @PerkyBlackChick, 2014
"Woman in the front was straight SHOWING OUT! Get it!"

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11. @WillsJazzLoft, 2022
"Yes she is!"

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12. @ItsSonEyeYah, 2015
"Wish they kept the camera on that one lady the entire time! She killed it!"

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13. @EclecticTEA, 2020
"SISTA GURL STRAIGHT🔥🔥🔥"

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14. @SuperMichelle1226, 2016
"The lady in the front is the line dance queen from Texas. Her name is Cheryl the line dance queen she bad mi"

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15. @LauraSmith-c6t, 2024
"Get down black folks once  you get it you never lose it age is only   number this keeps you healthy good cardio❤❤❤❤❤"

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James Brown & His Band Members Talkin Over Their Funky Groove In Their 1971 Record "Escape-ism" (YouTube sound file & transcription excerpt)t

FUNKTASTIC GROOVES, Aug 26, 2020

PART 1,2,3 & 4

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases James Brown and the JBs' 1971 Funk record "Escape-ism.
That record consists of James Brown and his band talking over the music that they are performing. That talking can be considered to be rapping or pre-rapping.

This post includes information about James Brown and information about his 1971 two part tune entitled "Escape-ism".

This pancocojams post also presents an excerpt of a 2007 online transcription of this record that was made by African American writer Mtume ya Salaam* as well as one comment about that transcription and several comments about that record.

The content of this post is presented for historical, soc-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to James Brown for his musical and dance legacy. Thanks to James Brown's band that is featured in this record and thanks to Mtume ya Salaam for transcribing that record. Thanks to the publisher of this YouTube sound file and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. 
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*Click https://genius.com/Mtume-ya-salaam-aesthetics-of-rap-lyrics for the words to Mtume ya Salaam's 1995 composition "Aesthetics of Rap"

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INFORMATION ABOUT JAMES BROWN
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown
"James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, and musician. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "Mr. Dynamite", "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk", "Godfather of Soul", "King of Soul", and "Soul Brother No. 1".[1] In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres.[2] Brown was one of the first ten inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 23, 1986. His music has been heavily sampled by hip-hop musicians and other artists.[3]"...

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INFORMATION ABOUT JAMES BROWN'S RECORD "ESCAPE-ISM"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape-ism
""Escape-ism" is a funk song by American musician James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label, People Records. It charted #6 R&B and #35 Pop as a two-part single in 1971.[1] Both parts also appeared on the album Hot Pants in 1971, with the previously unreleased nineteen-minute unedited take of the track appearing on the album's 1992 CD re-release. According to Robert Christgau the song was "supposedly cut to kill time until Bobby Byrd arrived" at the studio.[2]

A live version of "Escape-ism" is included on Brown's live album Revolution of the Mind.

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Genre    Funk, proto-rap"

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TRANSCRIPTION EXCERPT- JAMES BROWN'S RECORD "ESCAPE-ISM"
https://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/04/08/james-brown-%E2%80%9Cescape-ism%E2%80%9D-complete-take/  Breath of Life  (Mtume ya Salaam)

"JAMES BROWN / “Escape-ism” (Complete Take) This entry was posted on Sunday, April 8th, 2007

I’m going to try something a little different in this post. Instead of doing a normal write-up, I’m going to attempt to transcribe the lyrics (if we can accurately refer to what James and Co. are doing here as ‘lyrics’) to the uncut version of James Brown’s “Escape-ism.” Why? As I was surfing the net looking for information on this release, I kept coming across people writing about James’ “nonsensical rambling” and “random gibberish” and “undecipherable accent” and so on. One reviewer even said (to paraphrase), “You can’t understand much of what James says on this record, but then, it doesn’t really matter anyway.”

I beg to differ. Throughout not just “Escape-ism,” but much of James’ Seventies-era period, James was dropping some serious philosophical knowledge right along with those serious funk bombs of his. Plus, the back-and-forth between James and the band was often deeply comical. Listening to them, you get a feel (albeit a somewhat sanitized feel) for what a bunch of Southern-born, music-playing cats sound like when they’re just hanging out. True, J.B. and his band members can be difficult to understand. The thing to keep in mind is, there’s nothing unique about the way James talks. There are lots of black men in the South who sound just like him – it’s just that they happen to be auto mechanics or bus drivers or construction workers, as opposed to one of the most often-recorded and truly funky men who ever set two feet on the planet Earth. So for all of our overseas readers (who might have trouble understanding James’ broken English) and for all of our non-Southern readers (who might have a mental block against really listening to what a backwoods Georgia cat has to say) and for everyone else (who might be able to understand James but aren’t as music-obsessed as we here at BoL are), here goes nothing….

J.B.: That’s what’s happening, man. It’s just like, we’ll rap. [Meaning, talk.]

Engineer: We’re rolling.

J.B.: Fellas!

Band: Yeah?

 J.B.: Looka here. Man, I sure ‘nough feel good. I know the jocks [radio disc jockeys] feel good too. ‘Cause we sure coming through with our thing. See, these other cats [are] afraid to get down like this. And, you know, you know, we’re going to say… [stuttering] …we’re going to do our thing, man! You understand. I mean, you heard of Night Train. The Funky Walk. Man, they got a thing called ‘The Funky Train.’ [James is naming dances, presumably.]

Unknown band member: Called what?

 J.B.: The Funky Train! … I gotta kick this thing off. Can I kick it off?

Band: Yeah! Yeah, do it.

J.B.: One, two, three, four! … Huh! … Hey! Huh! … Ain’t it good to you. Is it good to you? Is it good to you? Look here! … You know when you forget that grits is…when you forget that grits is groceries and that eggs is poultry, you lose your thing. Now, you can lose your thing out there wandering around. … I was, I was talking to a cat the other night. He said what everybody’s looking for is, what everybody’s looking for today, they’re looking for ‘escape-ism.’

[James almost seems to be talking about himself. The quote about forgetting that “grits is groceries and eggs is poultry” basically means forgetting where you come from or getting so involved in whatever you’re involved in that you forget the obvious truths in life. Also, throughout this ‘rap,’ you’ll hear references to drugs and alcohol. The basic theme of the record is about how you have to stay real and true and not try to get into ‘escape-ism.’ Several times, James says ‘I ain’t got no dust.’ On the one hand, it’s just part of a little rap routine that he’s doing with the band. On the other hand, especially given his later problems with angel dust and the police, you have to wonder if James wasn’t clowning around a little close to home, so to speak. He even ends the record by repeating the ‘I ain’t got no dust’ line then saying he’s going to go because “there’s a whole lot of cars with lights running around,” meaning, the police are coming. He’s joking, of course. But….]

J.B.: Huh! … Huh! … Ain’t it good to you? You know what? I love to get down, Jack. And when I get down, you understand, I don’t have to go into no funny bag, saying [in a proper tone of voice], “I con’t do this.” You know what I mean. I say what I want. “I can’t.” You understand. That’s the way I feel. … You know, I believe I’ll get down right about here.

Bobby Byrd: Go ‘head on!....

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[J.B] You ready, Byrd?

Byrd: Yeah, let’s do it.

J.B.: Get down! [Drum break and the band switches to a new groove.] Huh! Ain’t it good to you? Ain’t it good to you? Ain’t it good to you? 

Unknown: Yeah, I know what’s good too about that.

J.B.: [Laughs.] Huh! Looka here. What you said, Fred?

Fred Wesley: Man, you know we better take it on the lam! [Meaning, run away or escape.]

J.B.: You better watch your man! … I don’t think they heard. What you said, Fred?

Fred: I said, we better take it on the lam out here.

J.B.: Huh. You better watch your man! … Byrd! Come over here, brother. Let me tell you something. You think we’re talking to loud?

Byrd: Hush that fuss!

J.B.: Huh! I ain’t got no dust. … I don’t have to take it on the lam. … Take—.

Unknown: You better watch that man!

J.B.: Huh?

Unknown: You better watch that man!

J.B.: Watch him? Yeah, alright. You’re right. Yeah. Yeah, coming from some funny places. What you say, bro?

Unknown: What’s happening, Brown?!

J.B.: Huh! Trying to get down. … Well, you know. Looka here. We can’t help it.

Unknown: That’s right. Right on!

J.B.: Ain’t no alcohol. Man, I don’t dig it. What you say, uh, Jasaan?

Jasaan Sanford: Say, don’t be so mean!

J.B.: You know I’m clean, now.

Unknown: And on the scene.

J.B.: ‘Scuse me, cat, while I rap! Looka here. Now, what you saying, um…?
I’m walking all over this place, man, ‘cause we’re having a good time.

Unknown: Well, go on and do it!

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Unknown: Go on talk to ‘em, brother! … Go on, rap! … Testify! … Do it! …

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[St. Clair Pinckney solos.]

 J.B.: Wait a minute, Pinck! Pinck! Pinck! Wait a minute, Pinck! Hanh?

Unknown: Look at Pinck going.

J.B.: Hey, Pinck. Wait a minute, Pinck. Pinck. Wait a minute, Pinck. Pinck.

Pinck: Alright, brother.

J.B.: I think Pinck’s doing his do, though. He’s doing his do! He’s doing his do! He’s doing his do!

Unknown: That sure is smelly! … He’s doing his do!

J.B.: He’s doing his do. He’s doing his do.

Band: Doing his do!

J.B.: He’s doing his do.

Band: Just doing his do!

J.B.: He’s doing his do.

Band: Just doing his do!

J.B.: He’s doing his do.

Band: Just doing it too.

J.B.: He’s doing his do.

Band: Just doing it too.

J.B.: You know, another thing about us all. What I really dig about, you know. Everybody here, you know, like we’re from down home. [Meaning, the South.] We’re together. I don’t know about Jasaan though. I think Jasaan’s from down here, but he don’t want to tell it. Know what I’m saying? He says, “I’m from ‘Ohius.’” That ain’t, ain’t no such place name as ‘Ohius.’ I know where ‘Ohio’ is. “Hey, where you from?” “I’m from ‘Ohius.’”

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Um, Pinck. You might as well tell ‘em where you’re from one more time.

Pinck: Yeah, I’m from Georgia too. Yeah.

J.B.: What part [are] you from?

Pinck: Your hometown, bro.

J.B.: No, you ain’t from my hometown, man! I stay on the other side of town. I’m on the other side of the tracks, man.

Pinck: Other side of the tracks?

J.B.: Yeah! I’m from, um, uh, The Terrace. Where you from?

Pinck: From The Terrace?

J.B.: Yeah.

Pinck: [Laughing.] Well, you know you got it.

J.B.: See you was eating a little higher on the hog than me. [‘Eating higher on the hog’ means living better. Poor people ate pig’s feet and chitlins…cuts of meat that come from ‘low on the hog.’]

Pinck: You got it. ‘Cause I’m from [unintelligible].

J.B.: We got a lot of cats, them well-to-do cats like Pinck, that come from the other side of town.

Right, Henry? Oh, Henry, stand up there in the booth. … Where you from, uh, um, Fred? I mean, Thomas. [James is calling Fred Thomas by his last name so as not to confuse him with Fred Wesley.]

Fred Thomas: Washington, Georgia. J.B.: Washington, Georgia? That’s on the other side of, um, um, Thomson.

Pinck: That’s right. That’s right.

J.B.: Between Thomson and Sparks. Right at Albertsons. Oh, I know where you’re from. Down the road a piece from Toccoa!

[Loud laughter from the band.]
[What’s going on here is J.B. is showing off his knowledge of backwoods Georgia. He’s also making fun of both Thomas and himself for being country boys. In other words, if you’re from a small town between two towns that no one outside of Georgia has ever heard of, you’re a real backwoods country boy. And if you know where any of these places are, then you’re a real backwoods country boy too.]

J.B.: But, now, we ain’t gonna let [leave] the other people out. I mean, we love [naming Southern states] Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, you understand, North Carolina, South Carolina, uh, um, Virginia. Where you say you from, ‘Ohius’? Yeah, we like [naming cities in the state of Ohio] Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, all them places. What about you, Cheese?

Cheese Martin: La Grange, North Carolina.

J.B.: What?!

Cheese: La Grange, North Carolina.

J.B: La Grange?! … What? What’d you say?

Cheese: La Grange.

J.B: Now, we got a La Grange, Georgia. La Grange, huh? Don’t ‘lay’ so deep in your ‘grange,’ brother. Yeah. … Grange? That’s what the…yeah, that’s what the…that’s what the horses do. They—. No, no, no. That’s right. I was thinking about grazing in the grass. But, uh. Y’all don’t—. No, no, no. Only horses graze in the grass. Right?

[Laughter.] [James is making a marijuana reference.]

Unknown: They want you to get down just a little.

J.B: Get down!

[James Brown solos again.]

J.B.: … Is it good to you? … Ha! …

Unknown: What kind of train you said you know all that from?

J.B.: The Nasty Train! … You know, I used to be sanctified and holy. Yeah. Any kind of way you look at me you could always see my leg. [James is saying he always had holes in his pants.] … Yeah, you know, sanctified—. No, really. Now, no, you’re not really so sanctified I always said to that cat. The cat said, “No, I’m not really sanctified.” I said, “Well, you’re holy,” you understand. ‘Cause, you know, the pants. You understand? Had some extra places in them. But we always covered them up with newspaper and things.

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J.B.: Wait a minute. Now, Fred. What you said? … You know, when we first started playing this thing, what did you say just now?

Fred: We better take it on the lam!

J.B.: You better watch your man! … What about it, Byrd?

Byrd: I think we better hush this fuss.

J.B.: What you say, brother?

Byrd: We better hush this fuss!

J.B.: [Incredulously.] I ain’t got no dust. I ain’t got no dust. I mean, I ain’t got no dust, man. … Say man, like, I see a whole lot of cars coming down with a lot of lights running around. Now, I don’t know what y’all gonna do. You can end it or do what you want to. But man, like, I’m gone! I’ll see y’all….”
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This is the end of that record.

[Transcriber’s comment]

…."despite being nothing more than talking over a groove, “Escape-ism” (in a greatly edited form) actually hit the Billboard charts. In May of 1971, “Escape-ism (Part 1)” peaked at #35 on Billboard’s Pop chart and at #6 on the R&B chart. Unbelievable. Both the shortened hit version and the 19-minute full take of “Escape-ism” are available on the CD reissue of the 1971 James Brown album Hot Pants."
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I reformatted this transcription to enhance its readability

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Here's a comment from that blog's discussion thread: 

Rudolph Lewis Says:

April 8th, 2007 at 11:02 am

"Mtume, the real work you have done in transcribing this “talking over a groove” must be applauded. For work creates value and shows the temper of the man. Like James, you have a worker’s impulse. His was from a working class background—a man of the people. That fact should not be overlooked. I slept uneasily on your commentary, however, and woke this morning thinking of your assertion James is “dropping some serious philosophical knowledge.” One must ask, Can Southern Negroes, a “backwoods Georgia cat,” do “serious” philosophy in a “broken English.” Language is always serious when there are communicants, people digging each other. And it’s obvious these cats are digging each other, even though James is the authoritarian maestro.

Midway you provide some context for this “nonsensical rambling” and “random gibberish.” It’s indeed a typical scene of Negro’s “jiving,” like what occurs on the corner with Richard’s or Colt 45 or in a joint over a fifth of Jim Beam. James is holding court. He’s improvising on the key word “escape.” He begins with, “when you forget that grits is groceries and that eggs is poultry, you lose your thing. Now, you can lose your thing out there wandering around.” He’s speaking about responsibility; the necessity of “taking care business,” of staying focus, of balancing aspects of one’s life, of working in unison with others—family, friends, lovers, one’s people.

In some sense this talk is autobiographical, which is emphasized by JB’s asking the question, “Where’re you from.” Here’s a bit of folk wisdom popping up here: “Don’t put on airs”—acting (talking) like you Mr. Charlie, when you ain’t. That is, don’t pretend you’re something that you’re not. Up North and out West, there was considerable mockery of “country ni-gers”* (those from the South)—you can take the ni—ger* out the country but you can’t take the country out the ni-ger.”* For JB, that latter is a good thing; it is to be savored. There’s gold (value) in them backwoods. One resource is the church and the manner of worship—the sanctified and the holiness churches (where rhythm and the Beat were emphasized), also objects of middle-class mockery. So, Mtume, your impulse is on key. What we loved about James is that he was no phony, never became phony. He realized that he could not escape his history, his lack of formal education, his illiteracy. None of that, in any case, was the determinant of intelligence or insight into the “truths” about and joys of life itself. James exploited to the hilt that which he did know, that which was handed down—the music, the passion, the commitment to hard work. He embraced and expanded on that which was real and native in his people. And for that we loved him, even when at times he was comical and an embarrassment. If you wish to call that “serious philosophical knowledge,” then we jamming. — Rudy
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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Selected YouTube comments from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnUM34orQ0M "James Brown - Escape-ism (Rare Extended Edit Of Full Version)", by soulbrothanumbahone, May 11, 2011

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

1.@mac163, 2014
"James Brown could read the ingredients off a box of pop tarts and make it funky!"

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2. @rubikovakocka1693, 2017
"James Brown - vocals and organ

Bobby Byrd- vocals

Hearlon Cheese Martin, Robert Coleman -  guitar

Fred Thomas - bass

St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone

Jimmy Parker - alto saxophone

Fred Wesley- trombone

John Starks - drums"

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3. @jamesgraham3116, 2019
"Jasaan Sanford,Russell Crimes,Johnny Griggs you missed but I got you."

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4. @bigpoppa3866, 2016
"Can anyone name another artist who can just talk through a session and it's a hit??!! That shows how funky this man and band were!!!"

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5. @missayawk, 2018
"James sounds funky even when he's TALKING over the track"

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6.@babyface142, 2019
"Rip James Brown  this man and his band was doing they Doo when they came out with this hit great jam"
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"doing they Doo" = "doing their thing (thang)"

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7. @gregoryburton1241, 2019

"Authentic musicians, no Auto Tunes here! James is truly The Godfather Of Soul/Funk music."

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8. @rayburton4867, 2020

"Nobody but JB cut a song with a bunch of bruthas chillin and making it so damn funky!"

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9. @martelprayer416, 2023
"A masterpiece of a song by the Godfather of Soul and his legendary band. This music is timeless."

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10. @mamadoudjelyart6557, 2024
"Really ! Master James Brown is the direct ancestor of the HIP HOP CULTURE. No doubt !

1- Listen to the beat and how he sings on it ( here is beatbox and rap )

2- See how he dances ( here is breaking )

Thank you and rest in Peace the GODFATHER."

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James Brown's 1964 R&B Song "Out Of Sight" and Some History Of The Use Of The Phrase "Out of Sight" With The Meaning "Amazing" Or "Great"

James Brown, Mar 16, 2013

James Brown performs and dances to "Out of Sight", live on the TAMI show.

"Out of Sight" was recorded by James Brown in 1964. It was A significant pop hit, reaching #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #5 on the Cashbox R&B chart.

The TAMI Show is a 1964 concert that included performances by numerous popular rock and roll and R&B musicians from the United States and England. TAMI stood for both "Teenage Awards Music International" and "Teen Age Music International". The concert was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964. Free tickets were distributed to local high school students. The best footage from each of the two concert dates was edited into the film, which was released on December 29, 1964. The TAMI Show is particularly well known for James Brown's performance featuring his legendary dance moves and explosive energy.

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This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of James Brown performing his 1964 song "Out Of Sight" on the Tami Show. The transcript of that video is included in this post.

This pancocojams post also includes some information about the history of the phrase "out of sight" with the meaning "amazing" or "great".  

The content of the this post is presented for linguistic, cultural, and entertainment purposes only.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to James Brown for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-does-word-uptight-means-in-stevie.html a closely related pancocojams post entitled "What Does The Word "Uptight" Mean In Stevie Wonder's 1966 R&B Song "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" ".
 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/02/tampa-red-and-georgia-toms-1928-blues.html  for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Tampa Red and Georgia Tom's 1928 Blues Song "It's tight like that" & Comments About The Use Of The Word "Tight" to Mean Something or Someone "Good" or "Cool". "

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-words-out-of-sight-or-out-of-style.html for the related pancocojams post entitled "The Words "Out Of Sight" Or "Out Of Style" In "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" Rhymes & What Those Examples Suggest About Children's Lack Of Knowledge About Michael Jackson And His Song "Billy Jean" ".

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THE TRANSCRIPT OF THAT EMBEDDED VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zieXmNwHGYA

"Video transcript: Wait a second. Wait a second. He's brought down houses from coast to coast. Where are the flames? Cool it a second, would you? And border to border. Where are the flames? The Flames are right here. Tonight. James Brown and his famous Flames Got your highest sneakers on. It's slippin' new. Got your highest sneakers on. And you're slippin' new. You're more than alright. You know you're out of sight You gotta shake the figure, mama. That's keeping me uptight. You gotta shake the figure, mama. That keep me uptight. You're too much. You know you're out of sight. Hey, the way you do the thing. The way you do the thing you do. The way you do the thing you do. Well, you kissed me too. Well you're alright. You're know you're out of sight. You got a sweet disposition. Oh, you're always right. You got a sweet disposition. Oh, you're always right. My heart's delight. That's what you are. You know you're out of sight. You're too much. You're in now. You know just where it's at. You're beautiful, mama. Most of all you're out of sight. There's no doubt, you're out of sight. Out of sight. Ooooh. Oooooh. There's no doubt you're out of sight. Out of sight. Ooooh. Ooooh," ****
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHRASE "OUT OF SIGHT" WITH THE MEANING "AMAZING"
These excerpts are numbered for referencing purposes only.
Online Excerpt #1
From https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/581496/what-is-the-origin-of-out-of-sight-or-outa-sight These numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

1. "What is the origin of "out of sight" or "outa sight" in the sense of amazing/unbelievable?

I had thought that "out of sight" or "outa sight" in the sense of amazing originated in the 1960s. I was surprised to find it used frequently in Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, published in 1893. For example, Maggie is take to a menagerie and her reaction is "Dis is outa sight." Was it a common expression in the late 19th Century? Was it derived from "out of sight" in the sense of hidden (out of sight, out of mind)?"
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2. "It means "beyond the range of sight" and hence very high, very far, or great, exceeding limits or boundaries; this isn't the same as meaning hidden. In this metaphorical sense (not relating to sight), it dates to the 19th century, the 1830s or so.

The OED has an entry on out of sight, adjective and adverb, and it traces the development through three meanings.

"Beyond the range of sight". This can mean hidden or absent but as often means disappeared into the distance. There are very old examples: "When man is out of sight, soon he passeth out of mind" is from Thomas a Kempis c. 1500 (I modernised the spelling). Also, from 1619 "As soon as I was out of sight, I walked further towards the East." From 1745 "She soars clear out of sight." So there's often a sense of disappearing into the sky or exceeding boundaries or going far away, not merely being hidden or going into a dark corner. This leads to the later senses of excelling or exceeding rivals. George Eliot in 1836 uses it with some metaphorical import, implying vast distances and sublimity: "Walking through her own furlongs of corridor and under her own ceilings of an out-of-sight loftiness."

"Extremely well; beyond all comparison." The OED says this is originally American slang (although most of its examples are British); there is one example from 1835 onwards but more commonly late 19th century; it says the phrase is now rare as an adverb but still common as an adjective. Examples 1845 "In most respects my situation is out of sight more suitable than it was at Craigenputtock." 1880 "Under the old management, it was out of sight the most comic journal in England." 1927 "The corn we raise is our delight, / The melons, too, are out of sight." The metaphorical extension seems fairly obvious, but it's interesting to look at sense 3.

As an adverb, slang term from 1839 "To a great degree; to the limit of endurance; utterly; completely." 1839: "She'll talk you out of sight." Also people getting beaten "out of sight" from 1844 and 1890. This is listed as slightly later than sense 2 but in view of the closeness of dates and the fact that there are more examples of it from the mid 19th century than there are of sense 2, it's possible it's slightly older, and that 2 and 3 are closely connected. "Out of sight" equalling "very far" is a natural metaphor from the limits of human vision.

Sources:
"out of sight, adv., adj., and n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2021. Web. 20 December 2021.

Phrase Finder:

Out of sight, The Free Dictionary"
-answered Dec 20, 2021, Stuart F
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Here's some information about the OED:
From https://www.oed.com/information/about-the-oed/?tl=true

"About the OED

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and usage of 500,000 words and phrases past and present, from across the English-speaking world.

As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from dictionaries of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You’ll still find present-day meanings in the OED, but you’ll also find the history of individual words, sometimes from as far back as the 11th century, and of the language—traced through 3.5 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts, song lyrics, and social media posts.

The OED started life more than 150 years ago. Today, the dictionary is in the process of its first full revision. Updates revise and extend the OED at regular intervals, each time subtly adjusting our image of the English language."...

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From https://www.quora.com/Where-and-when-did-the-expression-Its-outta-sight-originate "Where and when did the expression "It's outta sight!" originate?"
1. James Jones, 2021
"I couldn’t give you an exact date, but I first heard it in the mid to late 1960s.

That said, this web page cites two books from, of all things, the early 1890s, that uses “out of sight” in the 1960s sense!

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'Out of sight'.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/out-of-sight.html

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2. David Lincoln Brooks, 2021
" “Outta sight!” was mainly used in the 1960’s and into the early 70’s.

However, I think this slangy expression, like so many of the 1960’s, had filtered down from the lingo of your Black bebop jazz musicians of the 1940’s, and thence from your 1950’s Beatnik enclaves."

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3. Valeta Sue, 2021
" "Out of Sight" is a rhythm and blues song recorded by James Brown in 1964. Of course, the expression 'out of sight has a literal meaning, that is, 'beyond the range of sight', and will have been used that way for as long as the language has existed. However, 'out of sight' as a metaphorical phrase is commonly thought of as the language of the hippie period, and it was so prevalent then as to have been abbreviated to 'outa sight. The derivation of that era's use of the phrase was an extension of another hippie expression - 'far out. Some people or things were so far out they were 'out of sight. Whatever mind-altering substances the person who coined it might have been influenced by the existing phrase ‘out of sight, out of mind’ may also have been an influence. Despite that strong association with California and flower power, both 'out of sight' and 'far out' were coined in the more restrained Victorian period."...

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From https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-out-of-sight What is the meaning of "Out of Sight"?
1. James Puntasecca, 2022
"It can mean 2 things. Literal meaning is that something is so far away that it can’t be seem. A very American phrase is “out of sight, out of mind.” If I can’t see you, I am not thinking of you. This is used as a metaphor from the 1960’s also. It means fabulous, pretty, gorgeous, exciting, flashy. fancy, fun. May I suggest you watch two videos? Bobby Sherman live on stage in Tennessee singing “Julie, Julie, Julie” (A girl asks him what he thinks of Nashville girls. He replies, “Out of sight.”) Another song “Uptight” Everything is alright. Uptight. Clean out of sight.” Get it??"
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The second song that was given in the abovecomment is Stevie Wonder's 1966 R&B song "Uptight (Everything is Alright)".

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2. James Michael, 2022
"As several answers have indicated, the literal meaning is fairly obvious, but I presume you were looking for the figurative meaning of the expression. “Out of sight“ is a slang expression, usually referring to something that is terrific or exemplary. It is related to the expression “far out“ which has a similar meaning. Both expressions arise from the idea that if an event, a person, or an idea, is so exceptional that it does not fall on the normal range of similar things, then it is “out” of the realm of the expected.

You could say, for example, that an athlete’s performance in a sport greatly exceeded the performance of all other athletes. You could graph a series of data points, on which that athlete’s performance is far outside the normal range for other athletes. (I think in particular of Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points in a professional basketball game, which no other player has even come close to). Such a performance could literally be described as “far out.” And just like in the physical world an object might be so far outside of our ability to sense it that we can no longer see it, such as when a baseball is hit out of a ball park, so too in the figurative sense something might be so exceptional that we say that it is “out of sight.“

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Examples Of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) Words & Sayings From The Discussion Thread Of A James Brown Line Dance Video

garyjhunter, Jan 15, 2011

Purple Charlotte Steppers doing Super Bad Line Dance [Charlotte, North Carolina]
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A commenter in this video's discussion thread shared that Anthony T. Simpson is the group's line dance instructor. In this video he is wearing pants and a striped shirt. 

The total number of views for this video as of  April 22, 2023 at 5:33 PM =  8,675,675

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This pancocojams post showcases a 2011 YouTube video of the Purple Charlotte Steppers performing a line dance to James Brown's "Super Bad" record.

This post also documents some comments from that video's discussion thread that include African American Vernacular English (AAVE) sayings, words and/or sentence structures.

Based on their accompanying photographs and some of the comments themselves, most of these comments were posted by Black people. Most of those commenters probably are African Americans.

Among other things, this pancocojams compilation provides some information about how African Americans use/d AAVE, how African Americans view/ed line dancing and how African American view/ed themselves (ourselves).

The content of this post is presented for linguistic, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to James Brown for his cultural legacy. Thanks to all the Purple Charlotte Steppers and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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According to a commenter in this video's discussion thread, this line dance is called "Super Bad" or "Good Foot". 

Several commenters either referred to this line dance as a "hustle" or wrote that this line dance reminded them of either "The Hustle" or "The Bus Stop".

According to https://socialdance.stanford.edu/Syllabi/Bus_Stop.pdf, "The L.A. Hustle was one of the earliest disco line dances (circa 1974), renamed the Bus Stop when it migrated to the East Coast. It gained media attention when it was published by the first major magazine article on disco (Rolling Stone magazine) in 1975, and then in a disco book the following year. There were many versions of the Bus Stop."...
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That article mentions the "L.A. Hustle". However, 
https://www.cvideosolutions.com/bridesguide/-origins-of-the-detroit-hustle-dance-a-staple-of-any-good-wedding refers to that dance as the "Detroit Hustle". In the discussion thread for a YouTube video of "The Bus Stop" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqjcIE6XM4g&t=4s  a commenter wrote that that was the New Orleans Bus Stop. This speaks to the last sentence of the socialdance pdf quoted above that "There were many versions of the "Bus Stop". Another commenter in that same YouTube discussion thread wrote "Not the BUS STOP version we danced in the late ‘70’s in my hometown (we called them HUSTLES), but glad this group had fun! 😉👏🏽💃🏽"

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-bus-stop-line-dance-in-1982-chicago.html for the 2022 pancocojams post about a performance of the Bus Stop" line dance In 1982 Chicago, Illinois (led by Chicago DJ Charlie Green)".

Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/03/how-madison-line-dance-got-its-name-and.html for a pancocojams post about the earliest African American originated line dance named "The Madison". That dance was created in the late 1950s and-to my knowledge, was the earliest horizontal formation African American originated ("soul") line dance.

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SELECTED COMMENTS THAT INCLUDE AAVE FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD

Most of the comments in this compilation include examples of  African American Vernacular English (AAVE) sayings, words, and/or sentence structures.

This post doesn't include any definitions for the (AAVE) words or sayings that are showcased in this compilation. This post also doesn't designate the examples of AAVE sentence structure that are found in this compilation.

These comments are given in relative chronological order based on their publishing date, except for replies. Numbers have been given to these comments for referencing purposes only.

Among other AAVE examples, notice the multiple phrases/saying the commenters used to compliment the dancers (steppers) for dancing very well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56h2Dk5mmhc

2012

1. Elijahiced
"the lady with the tall black boot and black blouse she be getting down. I love this dance"

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2. sashofelegance
"They are getting it!!!!! the lady in the tall black boots and the gentleman in the jeans behind her know they are too smooth. They killed it!!!"

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2013

 3. porkchop745
"I can honestly say this is the first time I've seen more than two or three guys participating in a soul line dance."

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4. garyjhunter, 2014
"porkchop745 LOL, I know bunches of guys that do now. They have huge Line Dance parties in the midwest area."

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2014

5. Karen Randolph
"I loved this- SUPERBAD!!! I liked when the guy walked into the frame, and got right into this dance, and Mr. Gray Stripes had some moves"

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6. loveyouall66
"GO HEAD ON. GET DOWN WITH YOUR BAD SELVES. LINE DANCES CAN BE DONE TO OLD SCHOOL MUSIC ALSO. WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE DONE TO JUNIOR WALKER'S " SHOT GUN." "

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7. Peggy Stoute Morin
"Grandma in the white/beige/yellow sweater is not playing!"

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8. garyjhunter
"LOL, they all seriously having a good time."

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2015

9. Always In my heart
"Whoo! That's it, baby! The guy at 3:44! Love it! Instead of backing off he knocks it out of the ball park! LOL!"

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10. Bella Singh
"They used to kill this hustle at the Elks lodge in Detroit. Good times."

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11. DankFamous 1
"Get down my man in the bright shirt 

Some one call the fire dept theses dancers are hot and burning up then wooden floor boards"

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12. Gen Gen
"dude @3:44 slidin' on the good foot!. gohead own bruh!!!"

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13. ArcticHellfire
"That's what I'm talking about!"

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2016

14. jealsa
"Sis in the long-sleeved black shirt, jeans, and dangling earrings took me back to the 70's and I've never even been there!! Get it, Girl!!"

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15. teria84
"Ahhyyyeeee! Now that's how real ole Gs cut a rug! Biggups yawl"

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16. Asa Faust, 2020
"Just don't cut it too deep.  Talented people having a funky good time."

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2017

 17. Lee Rhode
"The guy in the stripe shirt knows he has it down. The lady in the black high heel boots is killin' it!"

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18. garyjhunter
"True that!"

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19. jouvie jacques
"BRAVO for the black lady with boots and glasses"

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20. Chev Hardy
"I agree! She is killin' it- and working those stiletto boots!"

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21. Maggie Rae, 2018
"True that. But the guy in the stripe shirt is the instructor for this group. Yessss, he's Super Bad !"

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22. Eva Johnson
"Yessssss, do the All Grow Folks Line Dance"

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23. garyjhunter

"LOL, we trying!"

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24. Luebla Blacknell
"They are "getting down"-if u can get all those steps- u can do ANYTHING!  lol"

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2018

25. Jordie0001
"Man...why can't my local club have this kind of line dancing ? ?? This is what my body and soul needs bad"

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26. StopIWantOff
"My kinda party!!  Old school at its FINEST!"

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2019

27. Stacy Burrell TMI
"I don't know whats more fun, dancing to this or watching them dance lol! Dude in the front is killing it!"

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28. Crecia Bonner
"Go head y'all!!! 😀  The guy in the red tops reaction tho 🤣🤣 once realizing he was in front of the camera.  Was priceless!!  He just danced on outta the way 😂"

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29. Mark Humpage
"If your going to line dance funk it up ✊too cool 😎"

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30. Carla Summerlin
"I wish I was there to dance with y'all. Y'all made Mr.James Brown, proud. You go Brothers and Sisters!"

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31. A. Nious
"The lady in the front with the jeans and black shirt is dancing with an attitude!!! She is on it!!!!"

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32. LaTonya Lewis, 2021
"Omg, yes, she's killing it!!!! Love it."

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33. Unific29, 2021
"Dead on it!!! Mama gettin it!!!!!"

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34. Jennifer Allen, 2021
"She know she's bad!"

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35. Connie Mcmillian
"Now that’s what I’m talking about a mature grown folks having a Good time"

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36. Kristine
"All time favorite moment was the salmon shirt man James Brown footstepping past the camera.  Where are these guys anymore????"

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37. garyjhunter
"We don't get together like this regularly anymore, but once in awhile some will meet up."

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38. Home DivaBeauty, 2021
"@Kristine … Yes, seems like yesterday when someone would have one of those get - down basement or house parties - and these types of brothers would cut up on the dance floor. Such fun and loving times.

Hardly any violence … Black people just coming out to love on each other and have good ‘ol  Fashion Fun.

Oh if we could turn back the clock !💕"

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39. Yardley J, 2021
"He almost stole the show. He forced me to rewind a couple of times."

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40. Kristine, 2021
"@Home DivaBeauty  <3 I am back here AGAIN, this makes me smile watching this so much.  I agree, wish we could turn back the clock - and I had an invitation to the above event!!!"

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41. Kristine, 2021
"@Yardley J  LOL... same..."

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42. Home DivaBeauty, 2021
"@Kristine  … Hey Sis - know EXACTLY what you mean.
We live in Chicago - home of stepping - Chile 💕👍🏼😂💕"

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43. Ann Williams
"Get down ya"'ll! Great moves."

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44. William Carter
"I miss family, love ya ancestors! Get it family! This beautiful, having fun, love this😘"

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45. latoya sims
"Man in the stripe shirt getting down"

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46. Soprecise 1
"Old school at its best !!!"

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47. Island Girl
"This is Old Skool!!!!!!"

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2020

48. Lesa McCree
"This hustle right HERE has always intrigued me, I just love it!"

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49. One_Teck_C
"This is the FLYEST thing over ever seen! Dance is such a wonderful form of expression. They we’re getting doooown! ✌🏾💃🏽🕺🏾🖤❤️💚"

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50. Genaro Ayala
"Great to see I remember when I did the bus stop in the 70s"

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51. Ann Beckner
"The guy in strip shirt got  moves"

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52. Andrea Holmes
"Jamming😘😘😘"

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53. Denise Mitchell
"Gday luv

Bus stop! In NYC back in the day"

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54. mobayguy
"Stright FUNKY !   Woooooh... Get on the Good Foot !!!"

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55. otherZinc
"They got Fired-Up out there!

Awesome!"

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56. Michele Frye
"Love this Line dance .The Guy in the Stripe (Super Bad my Bro) Your  moves are smoother than butter!"

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57. Dolls Way!!!
"Black Folks be JAMMING."

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58. Ms. J Delivered Diva#1
"So cool so much soul!!!!!"

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59. bryan nunez

"Even the old heads are getting it!!!"

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60. Not Me But You
"Looks like great exercise and fun all rolled up into one!! I love moving to good old school music, and who better to move to than the Godfather of Soul??!!!"

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61. Layla20
"I fell out when the brother accidentally found himself in the view and two-stepped on through!  😂😂😂"

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62. Avon Rep!
"Oooohhhh.....weeee! Yall doing the damn thang! Wow! I love it!!❤❤❤"

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63. freestyle
"I did this back in the 90s.....birmingham.....great times"

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64. Leslie Wicks
"MACEO! NOBODY CAN GET U ON THE DANCE FLOOR LIKE JAMES BROWN! MY MAN IN THE JEANS WAS GETTN IT!"

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65. Li B
"They tore that dance up!!! Yes, my people. YEEEEEEES!!!!!! 😄"

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66. TheyCallMe Stoosh
"James Brown was all about freestyle movement! This robotic repetitive line dancing trend among black people is a waste of their natural dancing talent. Leave this to the honky tonk bars."

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67. i_4_see
"listen, I literally applauded the woman in the spike 6 inch heels! LOL ... I used to wear me some spiked heels back in the 70's and 80's...and I would get down like no ones business! LOL .. Hmmm - maybe thats why my feet are all curled up and my back hurts like a mo-fo now?!?!? lol@myself ;)"

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68. _ThaButterfly TV
"This just made my wholeeeeeee day. 💕💕💕✨ Love me some James Brown."

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69. Ann Best hangingout
"YESSSSSSS, STRIPED SHIRT DID THAT!!!!!!! LOVE SEEING BLAC FOLKS ENJOYING THEIR SELVES!!!!!!!!!! BLESS UP............"

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70. yvonne walton, 2021
"Not just black people dancing here"

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71. Michelle Auten
"I love this dance. I add my own flavor and smile like a cheshire cat as I do my dancing thang...... 😉"

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72. View Finder
"Why is this Black Awesomeness just arriving in my feed?!✊🏽 We are Too Lit🔥"

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73. Vincent Lewis
"My people gettin down on it💜"

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74. Sheila Sweeney
"Watch the sista in the jeans & boots!  Cutting a rug!"

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75. Sunny Island
"I'm always takin anotha look !

She got me havin a good time & I wuznt even thea !"

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76. Double Cross
"I love this video,grown black folks bring hot sauce to the line dancing 🕺.Where ya meet at cause I got 🔥🔥. GIT DOWN 😎"

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77. Butta Love

"The guy is the stripe shirt is killing it he is getting it in"

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78. Virginia Palmer
"I'm ain't hating nobody in the video ...🤔I just wish I knew how to line dance🥺🥺. They all look good 👍"

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79. JULIA GRAY
"HOMIE IN THE STRIPED SHIRT DID NOT COME TO PLAY!!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽"

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80. Jennifer Allen

"The lady on the other far end with the blue jeans and black blouse working out too!"

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81. Tamara Carroll
"This was 🔥 but I hate line dances!"

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82. Tabitha Watson
"I lov that hustle the man in front with the stripes killing it reminds me of my unk kevin R.I.H lov u I hustle for u 😘😘"

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83. ⭐B.Girl⭐
"AYYYYEEE!!!! GET IT YALL!!!!"

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84. Greg Haley
"One thing about  us we know how to jam"

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85. 2pac Shakur Amauri
"BRO THAT GOT HIS 15SEC OF FAME TIME PASSING THE CAMERA LMAO 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 CLASSIC"

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86. Mary Walton
"the guy in the striped grey shirt   is off the chain"

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87. charles schauer
"Like the guy in the gray..doing that extra mashed potato move.."

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88. Karen Sherman
"There's always that ONE who shows out and dance as if they own thangs. It's obvious who it is here... BROTHA KILT THAT DANCE!!! 🕺🏾"

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89. Julie Mcalister
"Oh my stars I forgot I left that comment but y'all know what the godfather does to us. Hey y'all I luv the best good footer in the gray jeans and striped shirt. I'd marry that man just to watch him get IT on sugar. Luv this from my home state arkansas. That guy in those grey jeans knows just what he's doing♥️♥️♥️♥️💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💃"

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90. Candace Jackson The Chosen One And The Awoken One
"Oooh shookie na"

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91. IAmWisdom Faye
"Well Alright!"

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92. Karen Otte
"Oh boy Do the Hustle"

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93. Shoshanna, 2022
"He's so bad, he's got the whole room in a quiet buck dance with him.  It ain't the women noticing so much as the men quietly eye-balling him and trying to snap it up a bit.  They buck dancing.  There are some smooth, sharp women in there dancing too."

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94. T.C.
"Everyone has their own style, yet all are  pretty much together & on time🤗❤️it!! Go JB go!!!"

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95. silhouette entertainer from Judah Israel

"🔥☎️911"

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96. Antonio Brown
"Mane, we tripping! These "old heads" be having FUN!"

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97. Maria Renteria
"funky ladies 🤩🤩🤩"

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98. Rhonda Johnson
"Like James Brown said Black Folks" GOT SOUL AND WE ARE SUPER BAD"!!!❤❤❤🤣"

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99. Freedom Awaits
"Love it. So many different  variations of this style of dance.

I remember the first one called the "Bus Stop" "

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100. Catresha Phelps
"This looks sooooooooo fun and cool 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩"

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101. QBeeBianka Wallace
"I just love 💕 this the first time I seen this hustle I was at a cabaret on the Eastside of Detroit I really want to learn this one ☝️ day cause baby they was getting on the dance floor at the club thanks for sharing this video 🔵🔴🔵🔴💪🏾😘"

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102. Liz Dawkins
"Babeee they doing that sh-t*. I woulda done tripped and fell a long time ago LOL.... gone black people. James would be proud."
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103. June Watson
"No Body Does it Better Than "WE" Do!
The "O.G.s" of "Steps" & "Soul Train Line

Dancing!💃🤸‍♀️🥳 Yep,Yep!👊💥 👨‍🦱👩‍🦱❤"

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104. Frances Cunningham
"Now that's what I'm talking about, real music and real dancing 😂💖🕺💃🕴️"

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105. Byron Jeffery
"Luv line dancing. Its so fun and fun to watch and when older people get out there and start to cut a rug it be on!!!"

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106. jm11hew
"This is so 😎 cool!!"

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107. Zachary Spinks
"Aye!, Best Dance line Ever!, James brown's music is Seriously funky❤️❤️😎✌🏽"

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108. Susan Bowman
"Very smooth, very cool 🤗✨🙏🏽✨🦋🌼🌸🌹🌼💗🌸🌹🌼💗💗🌺"

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109. Andrew Sampson
"I Love this..  Black ppl having a good time and Innovating at the same time.  We are the Gold Standard."

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110. Leslie Adams
"Sis on the right with jeans and black shirt is on point Yesss!!!!"

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111. Creole Lady
"We do this in Philly especially at senior centers. We call it line dancing."

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112. Laura Quaresimo
"TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE !!!!!!"

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113. RENEE
"We just to move with that groooooove 😎💃🏽💃🏽🕺🏾🕺🏾"

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114. Laura Quaresimo
"That guy in the front is really diggin' the music !!!"

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115. LivingRoomJazz_by_William
"Hey Gary, that ball and chain is the ill part of the move. It seems like you get that, and then you've got the routine cold. Also, is kick-cross-1-2 done to a four count like everything else? Is it done four times"

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116. Diwi
"Lady in the boots was killllinggg 👢👢"

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117. Chelcie Rhodes
"I never seen this dance where I'm from but I like it tho it's smooth"

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118. Xochitl T
"This was the baddest line dance I've ever seen. They are jamming super bad lol ."

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119. Crystal Mason
"Where u at grandma ?!!!"

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120. Peter Morton
"The Original🧚🏿‍♀️🧚🏿🧚🏿‍♂️ Black👤👥🗣 Melanated🌅 People👪🏿"

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121. Lisa M
"Check out the man in the front with the gray on. He's getting his JB ON!!!"

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122. Scott Davis
"Three words...Off the chain!!"

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123. Byron Cole
"I love Me some James Brown 🤎🤎"

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124. Debbie Miller
"Damn puts the Electric Slide to shame!"

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125. Janice Al-Najjar
"Now THAT'S  the sort of line dance I like.! Smooth,funky and classy. Love Mr Orange shirt ( accidentally?😄) walking into shot and shimmying  off sideways!."

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126. CBEST HELPER
"The lady on the far right with the jeans and black top and shorter hair knows exactly what she's doing and why she's out there.  She could tear up the floor all by herself."

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127. Lisa Johnson
"Now that’s  how y get down with bad selves  🔥🔥🇬🇧💛"

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128. Linda Lewis
"The lady in the black and white printed dress and heels she's getting down baby with that dance!!"

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129. RJ
"Grown folks getting it in. This what is all about."

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130. Edward Cave
"Now that’s GETTING DOWN"

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131. Bronx Charm
"The guy in the striped shirt is 🔥"

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132. D P
"Good Gawd.. I love black people!😍"

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