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Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up, I Just Can't Stop Dancing


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Archie Bell was a soul artist in the late 60s, whose career was interrupted by Viet Nam. He climbed to the top of the charts with Tighten Up, one of the classic all time soul hits. But check out the dancers, and the hippy backup band in the video :lol: they were stylin'

i cant stop dancing was a followup hit - too bad no concert footage was available; im not sure the pretty country pictures match the song - those cows don't seem to be groovin' lol - but whatever, its all I could find - the music is still great.

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Back in the mid 70's Archie Bell lived in an apartment next door to a friend of mine. After my buddy had moved out he mentioned it to me. He had told Archie he had never heard of him and Archie was somewhat insulted. :lol:

I couldn't believe he hadn't heard of him either. :glare:

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Back in the mid 70's Archie Bell lived in an apartment next door to a friend of mine. After my buddy had moved out he mentioned it to me. He had told Archie he had never heard of him and Archie was somewhat insulted. :lol:

That's cause Texans rarely get out of the trailer yard :lol:

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That's cause Texans rarely get out of the trailer yard :lol:

Tighten Up was playing in my trailer park. :lol:

He also knew one of the members of The Five Americans during the same time period. I never met anybody that was famous except a couple of guys that had their pic on the wall at the post office. :(

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Tighten Up was playing in my trailer park. :lol:

He also knew one of the members of The Five Americans during the same time period. I never met anybody that was famous except a couple of guys that had their pic on the wall at the post office. :(

I've met tons and its not that exciting - most look like they belonged in a trailer park :lol:

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I've met tons and its not that exciting - most look like they belonged in a trailer park :lol:

That "trailer park" look is much sought after. You either have it naturally (like me) or you have to spend lots of money and effort to get it (Nick Nolte, Britney Spears). :lol:

"Trailer park" is not just a "look" it is a life style. These two have mastered it.

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That "trailer park" look is much sought after. You either have it naturally (like me) or you have to spend lots of money and effort to get it (Nick Nolte, Britney Spears). :lol:

"Trailer park" is not just a "look" it is a life style. These two have mastered it.

:lol:

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