How do you take a big bad street dance into a night club? Ask Firelinks, because he has done it with his flagship dance Hot Mondays.
By Germaine SmithHot Mondays touched down into the Asylum night club for the second week in a row this Monday, bringing into the club just about the same vibes as it was in the streets.
The only difference?
Less space to dance, a lot less space.
Obviously the club cannot accommodate the volume of people as Hagley Park Road and Market Place in St. andrew and La Roose in Portmore, St. Catherine did, but people still swarmed the nightclub just as if they were still lining up on the street. It was toe space only inside as Hot Mondays fanatics crammed the steps, the corners, the bathroom and doorways. Space was tight.
The deejay fraternity made sure they were not left out as well, as Elephant Man, Vegas and a few more artistes passed through. To find them though you had to search properly through the thick mass of dancing bodies mingling with the blinding club smoke.
Several elements of the street atmosphere were missing. No chicken pan man, no Roots man, no high grade sellers, no night sky to look up at. No one cared though, they were there for the vibes, nothing else.
Fire Poppy, Fire Link's other mouthpiece, made sure he took care of the vibes on the microphone. He traced from left to right and the girls loved it. The oldies like Simpleton's Coca Cola Bottle Shape, Terror Fabulous's Perform, Frisco Kid's Backative Weak worked like a charm on the women. Although they could not drop to wine down on their heads, or go down on hands and knees they compensated.
Hot Mondays may have switched locations three times, but the vibes have not switched.
