‘A Shot of Adrenaline’: Readers take ’90s club classics to new generations | Dance music

IIn John Lewis’ new Christmas advert, a young son presents his father with a vinyl copy of Alison Limerick’s ‘Where Love Lives’, which transports the father to the dance floor of his youth. Powerful stuff.

Of course, this record won’t be everyone’s choice, so we asked readers to tell us which ’90s club tracks they’d pass on to the next generation. Here are some of them.

Breathing – the miracle

Breathe by The Prodigy is a shot of adrenaline for a sick middle-aged body. This was proven to my twenty-year-old son a few years ago, when he saw what happens to a room full of us when the bass starts hitting. We saw them at the Brighton Centre, unfortunately without Keith. “The Fat of the Earth” came out a month after my son was born, so he’s been listening to “The Miracle” his whole life. He used to sleep on this album and still loves 90s dance, Fat of the Land was one of his favorite dances. He was fascinated by the crab on the album cover as well, and for many years referred to the CD as “Crab” whenever we played it. Miranda DePaul, 50, of Seaford, East Sussex

The Real Thing – Tony De Bart

The song is about real connection and not artificial things. What I love about this track is the melody, which takes me right back to the mid-90s, when I was a teenager going to rave parties and techno parties, getting lost in the music and living, then, my best life without any real responsibilities. Now, when I hear it, I focus more on the words and their meaning. “I’ve been looking for the real thing,” and “If I can’t have you, I don’t want anyone.” As a 43-year-old man and father of three, I value the real relationship we build rather than the artificial world of social media we often find ourselves in. Michael, 43, Hampshire

Hi Tech Jazz – Galaxy 2 Galaxy

Outsider’s Pick: Galaxy 2 Galaxy’s high-tech jazz. It’s one of the best pieces of Detroit techno ever – in fact, one of the best. The next generation needs to know the legacy of underground resistance and what can be achieved when making electronic music. I think there are a lot of producers who understand this, but for me there is nothing more important than Mad Mike and Underground Resistance. Their music cannot be categorized, and they showed that instrumental music can contain as much soul as anything produced by a singer or band. Dan Gilbert, 54, London

Back to the UK (full version) – Scooter

Not only is this track stupidly fun, with its spoken intro – “Welcome to the past, present and future… It’s six o’clock in the morning and we find ourselves somewhere in England…” – but it also embodies the American Miss Marple theme, penned by Ron Goodwin – who wrote classics like 633 Squadron and Where Eagles Dare. The madness of thinking back in the UK is 30 years old. M. Jackson, Newcastle

Slippery Boy – Underworld

Underworld’s Born Slippy is absolutely a symbol of what a night out with friends was like, before all the responsibilities of being an adult. Even standing up, arms around your friends – both long-term and recently met – shouting, “Beer, beer, beer,” there was nothing like it. I recently played it with my nine and ten year old, and they both said “yeah, that’s pretty good”. Which, to me, is a glowing review. Guy, 50, The Wirral, Merseyside

Lamborghini – Shut Up and Dance (with Ragga Twins)

I remember that in 1992, at the Soas Students’ Union (I was at LSE, but spent a lot of time in their union bar), the Ragga Twins were let down by a really bad sound system, but they cracked up and kept it real! Even with the restrictions, when they cast silence and dance. It has made us all complicit in something real, raw and special. And then to my kids: Be yourself and stay true to yourself. will prevail. Richard, 53, Hertford

LFO – LFO

LFO by LFO isn’t the best dance track ever, but I played this song when I bought my daughter her first Bluetooth speaker. I’m not sure if it was the shaky windows around the house or if she just enjoyed the music, but she is now the manager of the house and wants me to take her to Ibiza again next year. It’s a great example of the whistling technique. A simple, perfectly repetitive melody with an amazing bass sound that is great to dance to. Perfect for remixing or editing. David Bradbury, Bury St Edmunds