Talk:Dab (dance)/Archive 1

Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2016
203.213.49.90 (talk) 03:52, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2016
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Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2016
Under the See Also section, delete the link to Whip as it is the tool, not the relevant dance move.

68.134.221.253 (talk) 03:12, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Whip now points to the article concerning the dance.  General Ization  Talk   03:15, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2016
Cam Newton does indeed Dab after a touchdown and there is a citation for that. Currently it states [citation needed] I'm including a source.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsSLPUTPYMw

Nlk613 (talk) 16:03, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 28 June 2016
Request to add a celebrity dab - June 28, 2016: Julian Casablancas dabs in The Strokes video "Threat Of Joy" at 4:15. Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNgvS-sA-s

Yottiger (talk) 16:01, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 28 June 2016
Request to ADD a celebrity dab - June 28, 2016: Julian Casablancas dabs in The Strokes video "Threat of Joy" at 4:15. Source - http://noisey.vice.com/blog/premiere-watch-the-strokes-perfectly-bizarre-video-for-threat-of-joy

Yottiger (talk) 16:05, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
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Origins;

Originated from moves that Micheal Jackson has done in various dances over a period of his life. Mobradrussell (talk) 21:18, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Its not a dance, its just a dance move
Can't you differentiate between those two? Its just a single dance move. Which doesn't make it a dance. --93.221.246.195 (talk) 13:29, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I've updated the article accordingly now. --V2Blast (talk) 15:02, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Article
Jesus christ I get it. There are examples out there of people dabbing. Do we need to list every single fking example? Player072 (talk) 21:48, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Does everything really need a Wikipedia page... YES IT DOES U DINGUS!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.26.181.250 (talk) 04:44, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Agreed, this article is really bad and is about such an unimportant phenomena that it doesn't deserve it's own page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erikprantare (talk • contribs) 11:42, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

What do you think about this video about Dee Brown's contributions? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2615304-the-night-dee-brown-invented-the-dab — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cowboybuddhaful (talk • contribs) 09:26, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

To properly execute a dab, one must bend elbow to a slight 45 degree angle of their dominate hand, and extend the other arm strait at an upwards angle, while directing their head towards the bent elbow, and leaning the entire body in that same direction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clkyritz (talk • contribs) 21:12, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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You should add that African Americans came up with the dance. Akira johnson (talk) 15:46, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

You should keep your social justice stuff outside of encyclopedias. 99.245.18.14 (talk) 11:49, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

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You should also do more realistic before actually saying it's a dance. This has African moves to it. It orginated in the south by black African American children. Migos also had a big role in it. Have a seat my friend. 😳 Btw change those white kids to black ones 😋👌🏿 Akira johnson (talk) 15:47, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Edit request 28.12.2016
Suggested change in origin: The Dab was aready used in Micheal Jakson's shows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aa9GwWaRv0 by 4:10 the dancers actually perform the Dab way before it was cool.... (1997) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parkpark92 (talk • contribs) 20:47, 28 December 2016 (UTC).

Earlier suggested change in origin: The Dab was used in The Smiths's video for the song "What Difference Does It Make?" (1984). The timestamp is 2:03. Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOx8TyvUmI — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dabhunterz (talk • contribs) 00:09, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Actually a pretty common and natural move. Try to balance your arms with both hands pointing to the same side (say, the left): to keep balance you need to balance your body to the other side(right), and your head finish touching your (right) elbow pit). You saw, see, and will see it on every dancefloor and old and new videos. Just saw several "dab" in Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun Official Video (1983), and Elvis Presley "blue suede shoes" (1970 video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX7hBaoMuT0 at 0:04 ) but I guess you'll easily find instance earlier, in the 60s, before Presley who for sure not even the first to make it.

Mickael Jackson is clearly not dabbing, the gesture is to touch his hat (or top of head). This is a consious move repeated by all dancers and in many shows, so it can be presented as an ancestor to dabbing. The other references are accidental, not even as precise move as Michael Jackson's "hat touch" so are not even worth a mention of dance move.

Only none ever though it worthy of having a name, and to pretend hving invented it. Until recently, it seems. I guess some **** will some day pretend to have invented a dance move where you put your left foot before your right at 45°. What a pity. 2A01:E35:8A8A:FEA0:E41A:AB6C:266F:5676 (talk) 01:44, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2017
Let me edit Bobbitd (talk) 19:53, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2017
Jacobmorg29 (talk) 00:10, 17 April 2017 (UTC)


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Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2017
dab is often showed in an app and is very popular in the app called musically dow I need at least 500 followers please help me. Many Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.100.202 (talk) 13:28, May 8, 2017 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 28 May 2017
I think you are incorrect as to the origins of the dab, watch Post Malones music video for White Iverson which was made in june of 2015 at second 2:01 he was seen dabbing. Quizzywizzy (talk) 01:37, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
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Change in Origin Suggestion July 9, 2017
Suggested change in origin: The "Dab" pose (not the word dab) is in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance. Developed in 2010, this predates all claims of its creation later. Released by Disney & SquareEnix in early 2012. The pose is called "Break Time". Sora holds the "Break Time" pose for several seconds making it unmistakable that this is the pose people associate with "dab".

Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPwG34S7gI4

Photo: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6e26cc7d05309a21fd08d217305983fb5cff8735ea15f1e33be744908f65f600.jpg RavenousFallen (talk) 14:01, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Untitled
This step is performed very clearly way back in 1995 in a Bollywood movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJtkxLJeWWA Skip to 2:50 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vj056 (talk • contribs) 05:05, 20 December 2017 (UTC)  Well your smart...

Change in Origin Suggestion 1992
Look at the guy in 19:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKg2hMFu_Cw Lektor say : " If You don`t have money, olways can use old checked metod. Snif the sleeve." Oryginal dokument was show in TV in 1992. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.229.54.133 (talk) 05:26, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 April 2018
A woman Dabbed behind President Trump during the signing of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA). According to the online newspaper "The Hill", A woman, "identified to reporters as MA — is a sex trafficking survivor who was the first person to sue Backpage.com, a classified ads website that is often used for sex trafficking and the prostitution of minors." 2603:3020:109:A100:C12E:50B:230B:9607 (talk) 13:55, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2018
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Technical 80s origin
Technically this move seems to have originated in the early 1980s with the band Men Without Hats (yes, the Safety Dance band) and the lead singer appears to dab in the music video "Where do the Boys Go?" at around the 2:29 mark (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T3N6a24A9I) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.62.150.77 (talk) 01:17, 25 June 2018 (UTC)


 * The "dab" actually originates from 1970s Japanese popular culture. It first appeared as the "Henshin" pose in Kamen Rider (see A Dab Starts Since 1971). After Kamen Rider, the "Henshin" became part of Japanese popular culture, appearing in countless Japanese media, from tokusatsu shows like Super Sentai and Power Rangers to anime shows like Dragon Ball Z (i.e. the Ginyu Force pose, and Gohan's Great Saiyaman pose) and Sailor Moon. Considering how popular Dragon Ball Z is in the hip-hop community, it's obvious that's where the Atlanta hip-hop scene got it from. If you did the "dab" in Japan, most Japanese will just think you're doing the "Henshin" pose, since they're both the same thing. 190.198.241.187 (talk) 08:04, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Reads like a Know Your Meme article
Do we really need the Popularity section documenting every dab mentioned in the news? I propose that the vast majority of it is removed. w umbolo  ^^^  19:40, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Someone please change this page new info discovered
So I was looking though old music videos when I stumbled upon someone dabbing in one of them. I looked up the date that song was made and it ended up being made in 2008. After finding out the date at which the song was made I looked up when the dab was invented and according to this wiki page it was made in 2010. The songs name is called Shake It and its by Metro Station. The main person who dabs in wearing a blue jump suit and also adds a peace sign while in dab pose.

Thank to anyone who decides to edit the page to correct the date and origin of the dab. -CinderFud

Please Click link number 3 don't know how to get rid of the other links. Link to the video (skip to 2:22 for dab): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wjFahULCK8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by CinderFud (talk • contribs) 23:01, 17 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I have added a sentence about that.  Nixinova   T   C  00:49, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

use in Chinese pop music
The Chinese (PRC) group called Chopstick Brothers appear to have incorporated the move into the dance for their popular song "Little Apple". It appears in the music video at 2:11 among other spots.


 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znWuROdYnNQ

The Korean group T-ARA does not appear to dab in their music video collaboration with Chopstick Brothers. However, there are a couple of videos featuring vocaloids and anime characters that include some dabbing, e.g.,


 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxvA-m0cpAw
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04AZpmDsvXQ

161.11.121.245 (talk) 18:03, 5 October 2018 (UTC) David T Stark, 5 October 2018


 * The dab also appeared in earlier Japanese anime such as Dragon Ball Z in the 1990s (see this video), and also in the Bollywood film Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! in 1994 (see this video at the 3:00 mark). The dab also appeared in Japanese sentai shows like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Power Rangers from the '70s to the '90s. It seems like the "dab" actually originates from Asian pop cultures, before it was appropriated by Atlanta hip-hop culture. 5.105.127.77 (talk) 15:47, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Why is there no mention of pre-2012 dabbing or Japanese or British origins?
I landed on this article by accident and I don't want to make big edits without knowing why the article is currently written as it is, but can someone give a reason for Dab being attributed to America, Atlanta, hip-hop, and the early 2010s, when comments on this Talk page clearly show it's from 70s Japan, or 80s England, or 2000s England? (Or more likely, that various people contributed to the existence of the thing that surged into popularity in 2014.)

I saw one removal of information with the justification that youtube videos aren't an acceptable source. Can someone point to the Wikipedia rule against youtube videos? If the rule exists, then I want to remove the three other sentences in this article that have youtube videos as references. If there's no rule against youtube videos, then the patently obviously info should be re-added. Great floors (talk) 01:42, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Disproving the stated invention dates
I’d just like to interject for a moment. Even though the 'Dab' has gained popularity among younger generations, it is not a new 'invention'. What you’re refering to as 'from the mid-late 2010s', is in fact, much older. While I do not know when the dance move was originally 'invented' I have certain proof that it has been used in the last century, thus disproving the claim in the current article[1].

Therefore I propose to add a clarification, which states that it is unclear when the move was 'invented' and that it has been known for at least 30 years. Alternatively replacing the statements regarding the 'invention' with the proposed clarification might clean up the article even better.

[1]: Music Video of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal, which includes numerous scenes where the dancers perform the so-called 'Dab': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4&t=480 212.18.30.247 (talk) 18:53, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2019
Please change "Another rap group on the that label, Migos" to "Another rap group on that label, Migos" Booperboo (talk) 05:32, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done  General Ization Talk  05:34, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Add the floss
Shouldn't the Floss be added to: See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floss_(dance) &#32;-- Steve -- (talk) 03:34, 2 May 2019 (UTC)