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| • | The pogo is a dance style which emerged around 1976 and can be encountered at punk concerts. It is said that Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols invented this dance. Jon King of Gang of Four is also occasionally credited with helping popularize this, albeit as a stage move. A circle is formed in front of the stage, a so-called moshpit or pogo mob. Inside this circle, people dance pogo, jumping up and down in an eight-count-rhythm. Occasionally a dancer goes offbeat and collides with other dancers. There is no system to it; dancers follow only their intuition. An uninformed bystander might get the impression that the dancers are beating each other up. Sometimes people do get hurt and injured when pogo-ing. But people who fall to the ground are mostly helped to get up, not trampled. There is an understanding that Pogo is fun, not fight. There are even tougher versions of the pogo, for example the "pig pogo", where people kick and lay about. The risk of injury in this variant is a little higher, although it is not allowed to hurt others on purpose. The pogo originated around 1976 as the anti-disco-dance of the alternative punk movement. The motto was to move against the lullabying discoesque rhythms. At the beginning, punk music was played very fast to distinguish itself from the disco-mainstream. Punk bands play primarily live music, therefore the pogo is danced on the stage as well as in the crowd. Image: [HTTP ] Also, there is evidence of Ringo dancing the pogo in a scene in the 1964 film A Hard Day's Night. Source: [wikipedia: pogo (dance)] |
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| I Go Pogo | ||
| personal website of a pogo enthusiast and collector. includes photos of many collectible items, remembrances of "pogo for president" campaigns, information about the annual pogofest event at okefenokee swamp, letters, links, and items for sale. | ||
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| Xpogo.com | ||
| stunt pogo tips. includes a guide for those choosing a pogo stick including stick reviews, how to modify a stick, how to repair a stick. features stunt photos and videos and a forum. | ||
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