Detroit gets so much respect from me for the music and dancing. Electronic Music owes a huuuuge thanks to Detroit when it comes to Electro/House/Techno. It spread world wide and still till this day is progressing into so many different genres of music. I grew up in NYC but always knew Detroit played a huge part of the Electronic Dance music culture. I am loving watching these videos, especially that it's my own people gettin' down to it. If only we could have more fun like this together.
@@blackestnite I moved to the metro Detroit area from Denver in 1980 and was completely blown away by the radio stations and shows like The Scene. There was so much new, groundbreaking music coming out of Detroit in those days, largely due simply to the DJs and producers embracing electronic dance music. The Electrifying Mojo was a gem, along with Nat Morris and others.
People would say that at parties and everyone would do that thing where they put their hands up and point back in unison to the person in the middle. It was great and a little funny. Being in the middle with everyone watching you was scary but exciting too.
Nat Morris, you were one of my biggest heroes. From the ages of 12-15, I fell in love all over again every day at 6 o'clock (time to rock). Those great dancers saw me through puberty.
I was 14yrs old when this took place.All these people in there late 50's to 60's. In 2022.This my first time in Nov.9,2022 watching this.If it wasn't for RUclips I would of never saw this.im 53yrd old now.
That's a romanticized version of the 80's! LOL! People were indeed fighting. The YBI was a force in the D. Beirut was happening over seas. There was fighting.
Detroit was totally all cumbaya in the 80s & and 90s. Get pulled over by a cop- just challenge them to a dance off over who gets the ticket.. People out there robbing others would ask the victim to a dance off for ownership of the victims belongings. Even gangs got into the dance off scene. Instead of seeking violent revenge for their dead homeboy- they just challenge the other to a dance off.
Go back a decade or two though. They were wearing wigs then. It's fashion just like clothing. But hey I was born in '82 I'm just going by pics I saw of the 60s/70s.
Man this brings me back. I grew up in Windsor and The Scene was the highlight of our evening! Dancing away in our livingroom. The one time me and my siblings actually got along! 🤣
hahahaha!!!! I used to go dance on here all the time.... and I just found myself in THIS video!!!!🤣😂🤣😄🥰 still love you Nat Morris!!!! It has to be said.... "Well it's 6 o'clock and it's time to rock and we rock nonstop till 7o'ckock We don't stop, we don't stop..." Oh yea I STILL remember!!! One of the most fun times of my life for sure! Thank you Nat Morris for this forever memory!!!
I used to love watching this show on ch. 62! I wanted to be on the show so bad. But I was a 13-year-old white girl from Harper Woods who couldn’t dance!
I feel you I was 12 in1983 I lived in Detroit I loved this show watched all the time I could dance and I learned alot of dances off this show I was just too young too be on it I sure do miss it😢
Nat, I tell you. I DJ nightclubs out here in Florida. The energy on the show (especially between 78-83) is what I absolutely long for these days - or something close to it . thank you again for these clips!
I think I saw Moses. He was definitely a regular on here. From 6-7pm I was glued to my TV standing up in my bed popping and shaking 😅😅😅. What a time to be alive❤
As a fellow Detroiter, thank you for sharing these videos and thank you for not putting a huge watermark all over the footage. You, sir, are a true legend!
There are a of 1985 shows that have not been digitized. We are going through the videos to add the year that clip was done so dancers and fans have that information.
This is around mid or late summer of 1983. Could even be fall of that same year. The first song was a huge hit in the L.A. area by August of that year. I don’t remember Reaganomics but it may have been released in mid summer 1983. That song described a dismal view of the economy and there was a reason Reagan was referred to as Raygun. Many working class felt he killed many jobs with his policies. The early 80s was not so good for many people but a heck of a lot better than today.
If Nat Morris and WGPR was trying to be Creative, they could have produced "The Scene" and "The New Dance Show" to expand the popularity perhaps across the nation. Too Bad they didn't think about it back then.
@@firefly48342 At that era, they were up against two dance show entities; Soul Train, and American Band Stand, plus back then Television Production Studios were not in tune with making production and/or sundicate deals with smaller television stations.
I would like it if you could please find my father Jimmie okira Hightower he performed on your show in the late seventies early my father has passed so that would be so special to me if you can find early eighties
This is definitely 1983 because I see that Prince wasn't HUGE yet from the buttons on that guy's jacket at 3:24 even though the 1999 double album should have outsold thriller....
In the D, Prince came out in 1978-79. He didn't hit mass appeal crossover until 82-84. My girlfrend in 79 went to his concert here. Sexy Dancer, Soft n Wet came out in the 1970's
I'm sorry, there must be some kind mix up because this song was rockin over the airwaves in Summer of 1983! I remember that Summer very well and that song was apart of it!
@@jamesgeorge5276 its no biggie , it just depends on the Area where U Lived when it was Released , Remember , there was No Music Outlet in 1983 - 1984 like it is in 2022
We didn't want to dance with males, like you did in NYC. We preferred dancing with the females, and didn't want to carry torn cardboard pieces in order to spin on our heads. Plus the women were way better looking than girls in NYC. Two Miss USA winners from my high school won in 90 and 93.
@@VictoriaHarper-j6v What don't you get? I said we use to break dance and "Dance" to this song in NY in a much different way. I'm referring to other types of dancing besides break dance which you will never understand because you never lived in NY
Detroit gets so much respect from me for the music and dancing. Electronic Music owes a huuuuge thanks to Detroit when it comes to Electro/House/Techno. It spread world wide and still till this day is progressing into so many different genres of music. I grew up in NYC but always knew Detroit played a huge part of the Electronic Dance music culture. I am loving watching these videos, especially that it's my own people gettin' down to it. If only we could have more fun like this together.
@@blackestnite I moved to the metro Detroit area from Denver in 1980 and was completely blown away by the radio stations and shows like The Scene. There was so much new, groundbreaking music coming out of Detroit in those days, largely due simply to the DJs and producers embracing electronic dance music. The Electrifying Mojo was a gem, along with Nat Morris and others.
Everyone getting along!! BEAUTIFUL!!
Sisters were so NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY, and ADORABLY SEXY. I MISS this so much!!
When Young men and Women cared about their appearance....😊
Back when people knew how to have fun
Good times! Now they're mom, dad, aunties, uncles, grandma, grandpa, some are probably retired or dead.
Are you ready to throw down? Yes we are😂
He know how to get them geeked up and hyped. They were definitely throwing down.
People would say that at parties and everyone would do that thing where they put their hands up and point back in unison to the person in the middle. It was great and a little funny. Being in the middle with everyone watching you was scary but exciting too.
Nat Morris, you were one of my biggest heroes. From the ages of 12-15, I fell in love all over again every day at 6 o'clock (time to rock). Those great dancers saw me through puberty.
I was 14yrs old when this took place.All these people in there late 50's to 60's. In 2022.This my first time in Nov.9,2022 watching this.If it wasn't for RUclips I would of never saw this.im 53yrd old now.
I watched this as a small kids with my older cousins! I am 50 years old now!🤩
So the dancers are gen-xers?
@@Kamala_b Yes this is Generation X.
@@Kamala_b what age range is the gen-x???
Just think those that were on Soul Train in the 70's are now in their 70's and 80's...
Why can't we go back to those days? Everyone got along. No fighting ever.
Those was the days
That's a romanticized version of the 80's! LOL! People were indeed fighting. The YBI was a force in the D. Beirut was happening over seas. There was fighting.
Detroit was totally all cumbaya in the 80s & and 90s.
Get pulled over by a cop- just challenge them to a dance off over who gets the ticket..
People out there robbing others would ask the victim to a dance off for ownership of the victims belongings.
Even gangs got into the dance off scene. Instead of seeking violent revenge for their dead homeboy- they just challenge the other to a dance off.
I feel like that too ❤
Naw there was a lot of fighting in those days. There was no social media.
Thanks for sharing. It's nice to see all the woman here are natural no one wearing a wig .
Go back a decade or two though. They were wearing wigs then. It's fashion just like clothing. But hey I was born in '82 I'm just going by pics I saw of the 60s/70s.
???
They had wigs...I remember my mother having several...she had hair of her own, but going out was the only time she wore them
I was 7 years old in 1968 and I use to brush my grandmother wigs.
That class in the kids is gone forever. 😢
Detroit before crack ripped it apart.
And violence too
It's better now
U mean During
@@oholm09 nah. It was poppin then too
Shower Posse from Jamaica and the CIA
Man this brings me back. I grew up in Windsor and The Scene was the highlight of our evening! Dancing away in our livingroom. The one time me and my siblings actually got along! 🤣
Someone's great grandma is dancing in this video, or great grandpa. Super cool 😎
And we really used to dress like this for the party. 😊 Damn I miss those days!
hahahaha!!!! I used to go dance on here all the time.... and I just found myself in THIS video!!!!🤣😂🤣😄🥰 still love you Nat Morris!!!!
It has to be said.... "Well it's 6 o'clock and it's time to rock and we rock nonstop till 7o'ckock
We don't stop, we don't stop..." Oh yea I STILL remember!!! One of the most fun times of my life for sure! Thank you Nat Morris for this forever memory!!!
Where you at?
🙇♂⭐⭐😘 Thanks and peace
It's like the electro version of Soul Train. Super cool 😎
Glad you like it!
I used to love watching this show on ch. 62! I wanted to be on the show so bad. But I was a 13-year-old white girl from Harper Woods who couldn’t dance!
I feel you I was 12 in1983 I lived in Detroit I loved this show watched all the time I could dance and I learned alot of dances off this show I was just too young too be on it I sure do miss it😢
Detroit doing The Smurf!!! 1983 Love This!!!
There was the Smurf and the German Smurf
.
@@aaronlattimore9409 ❤️👍👌
Nat, I tell you.
I DJ nightclubs out here in Florida. The energy on the show (especially between 78-83) is what I absolutely long for these days - or something close to it . thank you again for these clips!
the energy is what we called the geek, thus captain geek, lol
@@NatMorrisChannel hahah. it's all making sense now!🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
@@NatMorrisChannel the swag is unmatched 👌
Love this. John Rocca; AEIOU! that was the jam!!! Detroit has changed so much since those days. Party people!! The German Smurf!!
I just told my wife about the jit, the German Smurf, and The School Craft.
can't get any more 80's with this song. 👍
And the dancing 😂
A show like this couldn't exist nowadays cuz kids dont hardly dance no more
During my time as a dancer on there 🎉
I think I saw Moses. He was definitely a regular on here. From 6-7pm I was glued to my TV standing up in my bed popping and shaking 😅😅😅. What a time to be alive❤
Aww, yeah! Throw down indeed! 80's forever--Class of '85 here!
@@nonnobissolum My mom too.
Always had the best music!
As a fellow Detroiter, thank you for sharing these videos and thank you for not putting a huge watermark all over the footage. You, sir, are a true legend!
Damn this song is still amazing to this day. AEIOU
I forgot about the German Smurf. I just got up to see if I could still do it. Yep, can still bounce with it lol
Respect to the Great Nat Morris ✊🏿
I love that joint, I see where my son was listening to Baby Tron I love the new and old school song 💖💖💖💯💯💯 :)
This is one of my favorite songs and I’m ashamed of myself for never hearing this version until now!
those dub versions were GOLD, man. something that I wish the short attention spans of this day and age would allow.
Now you’ll never see a dance floor like this lol 😢
I wish
Hopefully in the future, more from those Disco,Funk years of 1978 -1982 ,it would be great to see those dancers as well
LOVE LOVE LOVE this song/mix! We had the jams!
I was on the scene in the 1985 right before it went off the air looking for the show i I was on.
There are a of 1985 shows that have not been digitized. We are going through the videos to add the year that clip was done so dancers and fans have that information.
0:20! "Are you ready to throw down!?
"YES WE ARE!"
That was the party starter anthem! #IWasThere! 😃🎶💖
No fake bodies here!
The open and close dance line. Classic. Loved it back then. Better than Soul Train.
The girls bang yangs are legendary!
I miss these days!!!! ❤️
"Loved" your channel too
This just took me back to Jr High😂😊
This is around mid or late summer of 1983. Could even be fall of that same year. The first song was a huge hit in the L.A. area by August of that year. I don’t remember Reaganomics but it may have been released in mid summer 1983. That song described a dismal view of the economy and there was a reason Reagan was referred to as Raygun. Many working class felt he killed many jobs with his policies. The early 80s was not so good for many people but a heck of a lot better than today.
Where we really live. I grew up on this the sister wore there own hair
That's Me in the morning he 3rd open and spread! The tall good looking one hahaha
Anyone remember a dancer named Napoleon who was a scene dancer in the 80s? ❤
at 3:36 we called that dance in Rockford, Illinois the watergate...but in Milwaukee they changed it to the popeye
It's totally different vibe
The Scene was the blue print for parties. The DJ had be live, and everyone was on the floor, no music breaks because of bad song selections.
Learn you vowels boys and girls. A, E, AEIOU, U, U and sometimes Y.
I lOVED that song!
Does anybody know of any clubs that still have this vibe and play this music today? In USA? Anywhere? I swear I’ll even fly there 😅
I wish!
Come to the next Scene Reunion if and when we have one.
Yassss 💯💯💯👍🏽🔥🔥🔥👑
1:51 German Smurf
lolol....it is...where you from...we did that dance in milwaukee
If Nat Morris and WGPR was trying to be Creative, they could have produced "The Scene" and "The New Dance Show" to expand the popularity perhaps across the nation. Too Bad they didn't think about it back then.
I read somewhere that he tried to syndicate it but it didn’t work out.
@@firefly48342 At that era, they were up against two dance show entities; Soul Train, and American Band Stand, plus back then Television Production Studios were not in tune with making production and/or sundicate deals with smaller television stations.
Hopefully those available can do a reunion??
Some of those outfits were for the club, work, and church 😂.
Was there another dance show out of Detroit? I remember a guy wearing a cape & they did a line dance like on Soul Train
Yes, that show came after the Scene and is/was called The New Dance Show
I would like it if you could please find my father Jimmie okira Hightower he performed on your show in the late seventies early my father has passed so that would be so special to me if you can find early eighties
I posted a reply and picture 5 months ago on the Community page.
@@NatMorrisChannel that phone had got hacked and I had to get a new I appreciate it if you can send it to me
@@WendellHightower email me at thescenedetroit@aol.com and let me know when you do.
Everyone is so skinny!!!😊
Are you ready to throw down?
This is definitely 1983 because I see that Prince wasn't HUGE yet from the buttons on that guy's jacket at 3:24 even though the 1999 double album should have outsold thriller....
In the D, Prince came out in 1978-79. He didn't hit mass appeal crossover until 82-84. My girlfrend in 79 went to his concert here. Sexy Dancer, Soft n Wet came out in the 1970's
When girls wore their hair natural and wearing their work clothes or church clothes to dance in 😂
This like SoulTrain.
What makes it like soul train and not American bandstand
this isnt 1983 , the song Aeiou an sometimes Y wasnt released until 1984, i will give this Video around 1988 -
the clip was labelled 1983 in our library. Check out Wikipedia here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebn_Ozn
@@NatMorrisChannel Good Look
I'm sorry, there must be some kind mix up because this song was rockin over the airwaves in Summer of 1983! I remember that Summer very well and that song was apart of it!
@@jamesgeorge5276 its no biggie , it just depends on the Area where U Lived when it was Released , Remember , there was No Music Outlet in 1983 - 1984 like it is in 2022
@@1968-b3n 👍😊
Club or Church
Black women in Detroit haven't had class since
Blame toubob etc
I dubb u by freez😊
We used to break dance and dance to this song in NY in a much different way from this kind of boring moves
We didn't want to dance with males, like you did in NYC. We preferred dancing with the females, and didn't want to carry torn cardboard pieces in order to spin on our heads. Plus the women were way better looking than girls in NYC. Two Miss USA winners from my high school won in 90 and 93.
@@VictoriaHarper-j6v What don't you get? I said we use to break dance and "Dance" to this song in NY in a much different way. I'm referring to other types of dancing besides break dance which you will never understand because you never lived in NY
Whatupdoe detroit L🤎✌🏾E🛸