it's kind of like Suspiria but for synth nerds with perms

December 3, 2022 3:24 PM

The year is very very definitely 1971, and these are Rare Moog Dancers.
posted by cortex (18 comments total)

Not just any Moog Dancers. These are the Rare Moog Dancers.
posted by adamrice at 3:34 PM on December 3, 2022 [6 favorites]

The BBC Choreographic Workshop
posted by phooky at 3:51 PM on December 3, 2022 [8 favorites]

Excellent dancers, like probably from the royal ballet company, with limited rehearsal time, but that period, I thought it was a clip from Laugh In at first.
posted by sammyo at 4:09 PM on December 3, 2022

You had me at Suspiria. You had me even further with synth nerds. You kinda lost me at perms, but then you reeled me back in with the ATV bumper and then I watched the whole video. It reminds me of something my high school friends would have done with the camcorder at one in the morning after a night of too much caffeine, only with slightly higher production values. I love it.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 4:10 PM on December 3, 2022 [3 favorites]

A bit over halfway the ringtones started.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:15 PM on December 3, 2022 [2 favorites]

Seems a bit cruel to make them do wind sprints in the middle of a routine (at ~3:38)
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:19 PM on December 3, 2022 [1 favorite]

Well I know what I'LL be projecting on MY wall at my next party!
posted by wellifyouinsist at 4:24 PM on December 3, 2022 [11 favorites]

I loved the bit with the cameras. And I can just imagine how bemused the camera operators must have been to be included in the dance number.
posted by MrVisible at 4:55 PM on December 3, 2022 [6 favorites]

NERDS!
posted by Artw at 5:01 PM on December 3, 2022 [1 favorite]

For early 70s variety show post-psychedelic weirdness, the clip in the front page post reminds me of this clip for Ballet Zoom, Cats. (No, not that Cats...)
posted by jonp72 at 5:45 PM on December 3, 2022

Do you want Carousel? Because this is how you get Carousel.
posted by meehawl at 7:51 PM on December 3, 2022 [7 favorites]

the background is akin to the palm turning 🏵️
posted by clavdivs at 8:22 PM on December 3, 2022

I would have been happy if the development of technology had stopped exactly at this point!
posted by crazy_yeti at 6:22 AM on December 4, 2022

I like the dancing cameras at about 4:00.

I wonder who wrote the music?
posted by Nelson at 6:55 AM on December 4, 2022 [1 favorite]

I was hoping for Daleks at about the two minute mark. While the cameras were a nice touch, they were not Daleks.
posted by kellyblah at 8:49 AM on December 4, 2022 [3 favorites]

but what is a Dalek, if not cameras persevering
posted by cortex at 9:57 AM on December 4, 2022 [3 favorites]

Looks like YouTube is recommending this channel to which I say ... touché.
posted by credulous at 11:42 AM on December 4, 2022 [1 favorite]

I expected a laugh, but honestly, this was kind of fun. Some parts of it are very silly, but overall I'll bet it was pretty hip for the time. My son is a contemporary (avant garde) dancer, and I will have to get his take on it.

Like others here, I particularly liked the dance of the camera cranes. Very clever!
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 6:22 AM on December 5, 2022 [3 favorites]