{"id":122793,"date":"2025-11-05T08:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/122793\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:01:07","slug":"a-shot-of-adrenaline-readers-pass-on-90s-club-classics-to-new-generations-dance-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/122793\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A shot of adrenaline\u2019: readers pass on 90s club classics to new generations | Dance music"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the new John Lewis Christmas ad<\/a>, a young son gifts his dad a vinyl copy of the track Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick, which transports the father to the dancefloor of his youth. Powerful stuff.<\/p>\n

Of course, that record wouldn\u2019t be everyone\u2019s choice, so we asked readers to tell us which 90s club tracks they would pass on to the next generation. Here are some of them.<\/p>\n

Breathe – The Prodigy<\/p>\n

Breathe by The Prodigy is like a shot of adrenaline to an ailing, middle aged body. This was proven to mytwentysomething son a few years ago, when he saw what happens to a room full of us when the bass kicks in. We saw them at the Brighton Centre, sadly without Keith. The Fat of the Land came out the month after my son was born, so he\u2019s been listening to The Prodigy all his life. He used to fall asleep to that album and he still loves 90s dance, Fat of the Land being one of his favourites. He was intrigued with the crab on the album cover too, and for many years referred to the CD as \u201cCrab\u201d whenever we played it. Miranda Diboll, 50, Seaford, East Sussex<\/p>\n

The Real Thing \u2013 Tony Di Bart<\/p>\n

The song is about a genuine connection, rather than artificial stuff. What I love about this track is the melody, taking me back straight to mid-90s, when as a teenager I\u2019d been going to raves and techno parties, getting lost in the music and living my, then,best life with no real responsibilities. Now, whenever I hear it, I focus more on the lyrics and their meaning. \u201cI\u2019ve been looking for the real thing\u201d, and \u201cIf I can\u2019t have you, I don\u2019t want nobody\u201d. As a 43-year-old and a father to three kids, I do appreciate the true, real connection we are building rather than the artificial world of social media we so often find ourselves in. Michael, 43, Hampshire<\/p>\n

Hi-Tech Jazz \u2013 Galaxy 2 Galaxy<\/p>\n

Outsider\u2019s choice: Hi-Tech Jazz by Galaxy 2 Galaxy. It\u2019s one of the best Detroit techno tracks ever written \u2013 actually, one of the best, full stop. The next generation need to know the legacy of Underground Resistance and what is possible to achieve when making electronic music. I think there are several producers who encompass this, but for me none more important than Mad Mike and Underground Resistance. Their music couldn\u2019t be pigeonholed, and showed that machine music could have as much soul as anything produced by a singer or a band. Dan Gilbert, 54, London<\/p>\n

Back in the UK (full length version) \u2013 Scooter<\/p>\n

Not only is this track stupidly fun, with the spoken intro \u2013 \u201cWelcome to the past, the present and the future \u2026 it\u2019s 6am and we find ourselves somewhere in England \u2026\u201d \u2013 but also it samples the US Miss Marple theme, which was penned by Ron Goodwin \u2013 who composed classics like 633 Squadron and Where Eagles Dare. Mad to think Back in the UK is 30 years old. Em Jackson, Newcastle<\/p>\n

Born Slippy \u2013 Underworld<\/p>\n

Born Slippy by Underworld is utterly symbolic of what a night out with friends used to be, before all the responsibilities of being an adult. Up to and including standing, arms around your friends \u2013 either long term or recently met \u2013 shouting: \u201cLager, lager, lager\u201d, there was nothing like it. I recently played it for my nine and 10-year-old and they both said \u201cyeah, this is pretty good\u201d. Which, for my two, is a glowing review. Jay, 50, The Wirral, Merseyside<\/p>\n

Lamborghini \u2013 Shut Up and Dance (feat Ragga Twins)<\/p>\n

I remember in 1992, at the Soas student union (I was at LSE, but spent a lot of time at their union bar), the Ragga Twins were let down by a really poor sound system, but they cracked on, and kept it real! Even with the limitations, when they threw down Shut Up and Dance. It made us all complicit in something real, raw and special. Hence to my kids: be yourself and keep it authentic. You will prevail. Richard, 53, Hertford <\/p>\n

LFO \u2013 LFO<\/p>\n

LFO by LFO isn\u2019t the best dance track ever, but I played this when I bought my daughter her first decent Bluetooth speaker. I\u2019m not sure if it was the rattling windows around the house or that she enjoyed the music, but she is now a house head and wants me to take her to Ibiza again next year. It\u2019s a superb example of bleep techno. Simple melody, quite repetitive with amazing bass and it\u2019s great to dance to. Ideal to remix or edit. David Bradbury, Bury St Edmunds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the new John Lewis Christmas ad, a young son gifts his dad a vinyl copy of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-122793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}