Did rave kill dancing in couples? Stars seen in strange places?

Marking our dance card at the rock and roll hop this week you’ll find … … And Then He Kissed Me, I Saw Her Standing There, Springsteen’s All The Way Home: songs about the theatre of dancing … is there a more influential sleeve than Patti Smith’s Horses? … did Dylan invent the box-set? … records you wish you liked … when the Beach Boys were so off the boil they covered Dylan and three by the Beatles … when did we stop dancing in couples? … Jagger queueing for a sandwich, Beckham in a farm shop, Lady Di in Holland Park and other stars we’ve spotted … Brown Sugar, All Right Now and the daft etiquette of the late ‘60s dancefloor … Like A Virgin: 42-year-old hears Stairway To Heaven for the first time! … “Are you dancin’? Are you askin’? I’m askin’! I’m dancin’! … plus George Faith, train songs, records you’ve not played for years, the anthem Zohran Mamdani was stopped from using, and birthday guest Giles Fraser on stars in unusual places. Help us to keep The Longest Conversation In Rock going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.