Monday 21 December 2009
Discofinger, circa 210 BC, China
One of the earliest examples of the discofinger has been spotted in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, at the home of the Terracotta Army. It is believed that the Terracotta Army, which contains more than 8,000 statues, was a form of funerary art, the purpose of which was to be able to rule another empire in the afterlife. The figures were buried with the First Emperor of Qin in 210-209 BC.
The significance of the discovery of a discofinger from this time cannot be understated. Its existence strongly suggests that the Qin Dynasty was no stranger to the discofinger, and indeed, it may have been a part of traditional Chinese dance of the time.
Monday 19 October 2009
Japanese for discofinger
Proving yet again that discofinger is a universal display of good times, Kohei gets his finger in the air at Sound Bar + in Tokyo. What a legend.
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Block party discofinger
Another random discofinger found on Flickr, location unknown.
Friday 28 August 2009
A Mozambican discofinger
A Mozambican Wedding from Cameron T. Morris on Vimeo.
Thursday 27 August 2009
You can't keep Kenny's discofinger down
Wednesday 26 August 2009
Mr. Pauli, with his masculine take on The Hague discofinger
Sunday 23 August 2009
Oppenheimer Analysis atomic age discofinger
YTMND discofingers
More proof of the discofingeryness of Magic Waves
Sunday 26 July 2009
Night Flight discofinger
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Bad haircut discofinger
Monday 20 July 2009
Recently discovered German discofinger
Sunday 19 July 2009
Magic Waves Festival discofinger
Saturday 18 July 2009
The Hasbeens show that discofinger is just as relevant today as it ever was
Friday 17 July 2009
De De Mo discofinger
Thursday 16 July 2009
Casco discofingers to Alex Novaga
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Fred Ventura Magic Waves discofinger
Cocadisco discofinger as performed by Irish tourists
Monday 13 July 2009
I-f BLOC discofinger
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Greased discofinger
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Bambi raises a finger
Monday 29 June 2009
Estonian discofinger
"This move is quite popular, but a very frequent one over here is also the rockers' finger - a combination of regular discofinger and the small finger combined (typical Butthead rock move). A very common one - the moving fist in the air, instead of discofinger.
Discofinger and the clap is often used during a beatless break in a song, as it is climbing back to full beat / climax."
Much has we suspected, the discofinger is truly a global phenomenon. Pictures provided by Martin below.
Sunday 5 April 2009
Discofinger media sightings
Perhaps the ultimate validation we have received to date--la Repubblica, the largest newspaper in Italy has done a feature on the discofinger and discofinger.com.
La Repubblica writes (in Italian)"The new mania on YouTube, where there is a channel entirely dedicated to this way of dancing. No matter what music or latitude, in any nightclub or concert of the world there are always those who when excited start moving their finger. A bit like Tony Manero, although the similarities end there. And all videos end up on the web."
And in what we at Discofinger.com consider fighting words, the folks at urlesque.com have called the discofinger "the international symbol of terrible dancers" and say we've "inexplicably culled videos of international demonstrations of the discofinger." Inexplicably? Excuse us?
Eliot Glazer, we at Discofinger.com would like to respectfully challenge you to a dance-off.
Monday 23 March 2009
YTMND features Discofinger
With over 100 entries, the contest has given us ample material to keep you, the discofinger viewer, entertained. One of our favorites is below (click on the link to see it in action) and we will continue to post more over the coming days/weeks/months/eternity.
Check out the contest winner: The Disco of Solitude
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Mr. Pauli discofingers
Mr. Pauli and David Vunk may be disco legends, but they aren't afraid to show where it all started. With the finger.
Tuesday 3 March 2009
Monday 2 March 2009
Intergalactic Gary causes massive discofinger...again
This time, it's at Gold Rush in Berlin to one of our favorite songs. We at discofinger find that Intergalactic Gary makes easy work of it, because the crowd can't help but discofinger. That's why we go to so many of his gigs. Seriously.