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The history of the "Breakin'" movies and breakdancing goes back to about 1974. A very young Michael Jackson appeared on television doing a dance he invented called "The Robot" to the Jackson 5 hit "Dancing Machine". In the summer of 1977, another powerful influence came along, Shields and Yarnell, who were two very talented mimes. They were first seen performing in San Francisco's Union Square, and went on to make a number of guest appearances on television, culminating in their own summer show in 1977. They did their own version of The Robot, moving only one part of their body at a time, and gliding across the floor like they were on wheels. Many people who were watching the show saw not only Mime, but Dance. Life was given to the new Robot dance style, and more and more people started doing it. In 1977, four young Mimes saw Shields and Yarnell perform on television. They were very impressed with what they saw. They read as many books about Mime out of the New York library as they could, and videotaped all of their shows.They formed the first Electric Boogie dance group called The Harlem Pop Lockers. They were originally discovered on their way home from a movie in Greenwich village. They weren't performing at that time, just messing around, but they were an immediate success, and went on to perform on television, dance clubs, and even did a video for German MTV. By the time the Harlem Pop Lockers were formed the Electric Boogie had added the "Float" move. The Back Float or "Moonwalk" was first made famous by James Brown, then Jeffrey Daniels of Shalimar in the early 80's, and most memorably by Michael Jackson. In truth, it was Jeffrey Daniels dancing on the television show "Soul Train" that was most responsible for it's success. He was such a good dancer that when he did it, everyone wanted to do it. Other influences have been prevelant in the growth of the Electric Boogie and the big Californian influence was Boogaloo Sam and Poppin Pete (who appreared in the first Breakin' Movie). In 1977, the Solomon brothers came to Long Beach from Fresno and danced at the Noah's Ark club and Hutch Youth Club downtown. Soon, they had started the west coast poppin sensation. The late 70's and early 80's also saw big advancements in the fields of electronics and computers, and as a result, the danec style being very futuristic, lent itself perfectly to the times. An Egytian dance style called "The King Tut" probably grew from the comedian Steve Martin doing a dance on Saturday Night Live. The Lock came from "Rerun" on the show "What's Happening?". By the end of 1984, thanks in part to the "Breakin'" films, Breakdancing suddenly became a dance craze and spread to every major city. Now it can be seen in films, music videos and commercials.  Sabrina García, Turbo's love interest, only appeared in this movie and "Body Rock" in 1984. We'd have liked to have seen more of her. Ozone and Turbo (Adolfo Quinones and Michael Chambers) appeared in another video, Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You" (1984) -Thanks to Veronica LunaSusie Bono, who plays Ozone's ex-girlfriend Rhonda in the movie, is the host of the famed cable network show about home gardening! -Thanks to Kimberly McDowellDonovan Leitch who starred in 'The In Crowd' in the 80s was a dancer in Breakin 2. You see him in the part when they are in Miracles and dancing on stage. -Thanks to Michael AmbrosiniAdolfo Quinones was married to celebrity actress Lela Rochon and, when she confronts Kelly at the dance club, Ozone's ex is leading the way! -Thanks to Amber DixonOn the scene at the dance club, right before Kelly was approached by Ozone's ex-girlfriend, Ice-T can be seen on stage performing while smashing a record!! -Thanks to Kelli JonesThe things on the wrist of the poppers were called clackers. They were to make a clink noise, to show the hard snap that the better poppers showed off in the days of these movies. Expert Poppers had to show who could hit harder, whether it be their arms, shoulders, legs or just a simple body pop!!! These things made a sound like they were hitting iron to a metal bar or something like that! -Thanks to DJ SuperflexThe young children dancers (flourescent shirts) in and around the hospital and miracles scenes. Some of the teens are from 2 of the West Coast largest dance groups. The children were from "The Rockin Wizards" The others were from the Inland Empires "Breakmasters" managed by Linda Gay - ex-Chip & Dales manager. They were some of the REAL best dancers in Southern California. Too bad the movie had them their for extras not like "Beat Street" where the real breakers were brought in.. to keep it real.. At that time there were two of the East Coast big time dancers from the group "the incredible body mechanics" they were "Tiny" & "Flash" they were better than your average west coast breakers, at that time new york breakers had a great edge. -Thanks to DJ SuperflexMichael Chambers wasn't the person who taught Michael Jackson the "Backslide" (what it really is) NOT the moonwalk.. the moonwalk is slow motion moving forward.. The guys' name is "Henry" he is from Santa Ana California and was about 17. He is famous for the visit from Michael. It is sad to see that Shrimp recieved credit for such a simple thing. These guys danced very seriously. Another correction, The "robot" was done by another one of the LA lockers in 76' before Michael, before most of you'll saw the real thing. His name was "Charles Robot" or "Charlie Robot" from the lockers.. I have the footage... you can talk with Adolfo about that he knows the history; I am suprized that slipped through, knowing he was in "the lockers". -Thanks to DJ Superflex« Click here to add some Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo or 80's Dance / Musical classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Dirty Dancing ..... Pink Floyd: The Wall ..... Breakin' ..... Footloose ..... Xanadu ..... Stop Making Sense ..... Times Square ..... Fame ..... Pennies From Heaven ..... Earth Girls Are Easy ..... Purple Rain ..... Girls Just Want to Have Fun ..... Best Little Wh*rehouse In Texas ..... Back To The Beach ..... 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The breakdance combat scene under the bridge, was filmed in East Los Angeles at 4th Street & Lorena -these are the crossing streets. To get under the bridge use loreana street. [Thanks to Rick Paredes] The park used for the scene where Turbo meets Lucia is Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights, also on 4th street of the 5 freeway in Los Angeles. [Thanks to Rick Paredes] Miracles is located on Euclid St and Pedro Infante St, in Bolyle Heights. [Thanks to Rick Paredes] Can you help? Do you know any of the Los Angeles, S. California filming locations used for Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo, particularly Turbo & Ozone's House, Kelli's parents house etc? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wonderful soundtrack! There weren't a lot of number 1 hits, but nevertheless this soundtrack is a cult classic sure to bring back memories of the clasiic "Breakin'" films when youre driving in your car or just hanging out. A lot of the artists from the first soundtrack return for this soundtrack also. The tracks included are: 1. "Electric Boogaloo" by Ollie & Jerry 2. "Radiotron" by Firefox 3. "Din Dah Dah" by George Krantz 4. "When I CU" by Ollie & Jerry 5. "Gotta Have The Money" by Steve Donn 6. "Believe In The Beat" by Carol Lynn Townes 7. "Set It Out" by Midway 8. "Stylin', Profilin" by Firefox 9. "Oye Mamcita" by Rags and Riches The ceiling dancing idea and set was reprised by Lionel Richie in his hit single and album entitled "Dancing on the Ceiling". Coming in 1986, 3 years after the incredible success of his "Can't Slow Down" album, Lionel and the Breakin' dancers had become firm friends with Turbo and Ozone (Adolfo 'Shabba-Doo' Quinones and Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers) appearing as featured dancers in his "All Night Long" music video. In a song by Method Man and Redman (on their Blackout cd), there is a line that says, "suckers breakin' like Turbo and Ozone". I'm sure that I'm the ONLY person who actually knows what that means. -Thanks to Katie DuffyThe song "Combat", played when TKO and Electro Rock have a breakdance battle behind Miracles, has the exact same background music as the song "Reckless" from the first Breakin', both of which are performed by Ice-T. -Thanks to Nick NapolitanoDuring the broom scene in front of the liquor store, the version of the song "Tour de France" used in the scene is from the group "Kraftwerk". -Thanks to DJ SuperflexIn the song Big Pimpin' there is a verse " When the $h!t get hot, then the glock start poppin' like Ozone". « Click here to add new music trivia for Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo Soundtrack Available: Used On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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