One of my favorite memories from 1st year at @UVA involves this song. Spring semester the OHill Cafeteria surprised us with a cookout (Grilled burgers/ hotdogs) instead of the usual cafeteria fare ( fried burgers/hotdogs). The D.J., food and atmosphere was very dry
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Also, this the 90's at @UVA - campus was extra segregated, black and white students mostly congregated together, with AAPI and Latino students sprinkled throughout, served by almost exclusively black cafeteria workers. Nobody seemed particularly happy to be at a cookout
After like 40 minutes of lame hits, the DJ puts on "It Takes Two" and I swear, it was like a scene out of a Hollywood musical. First everybody noticed that there was a real beat playing. Then folks starting tapping their feet, then people were dancing in cookout line...
By the time DJ EZ Rock was saying "One, two, three get lose now" the entire first year class was dancing, black white, Asian, even the food services staff was doing the wop, it was incredible, I wish we had cell phone cameras back then, this would've been a viral video
When the song stopped, it was like a trance was broken. Everybody went back to their corners, the staff went back to the grill and it was like it never happened. I swear it did though. And if @ProfMMurray @KBDPHD have any memory of this moment I'll know it wasn't just me 😉
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