# Any Soul Train participants on this board? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829 "2015-10-26T23:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/1 "2015-10-26T23:25:23Z")
Watching Soul Train clips on youtube. Digging on the clothes, the couples, the lack of pretending it was live, the great Don Cornelius shilling for Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen cosmetics… and the relentless parade of the very best soul and R&B talent in the world, show after show. I loved this show as a kid, and love to go down the youtube rabbit hole and watch those clips now. My question is, did anybody here ever participate, not sure what to call it, on Soul Train. Go and dance with their main squeeze? Ask the artists questions? Show off their stuff on the Soul Train shuffle or whatever it was called? I would love to hear (read) all about it. Thanking you! ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/2 "2015-10-26T23:39:10Z")
And of course the next clip I watch, Tower of Power is all the way live. So I guess there was some live music from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/3 "2015-10-27T16:09:36Z")
I made it to a taping back in the day ('73 or '74) with Cecil. I didn’t make it on the air, but Cecil tore it up with a fine foxy lady doing the _Soul Train_!!! Don C. had the best connections for ultra pure C. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/4 "2015-10-27T16:21:42Z")
> [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](#): > > Watching Soul Train clips on youtube. Digging on the clothes, the couples, the lack of pretending it was live, the great Don Cornelius shilling for Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen cosmetics… and the relentless parade of the very best soul and R&B talent in the world, show after show. I loved this show as a kid, and love to go down the youtube rabbit hole and watch those clips now. > > My question is, did anybody here ever participate, not sure what to call it, on Soul Train. Go and dance with their main squeeze? Ask the artists questions? Show off their stuff on the Soul Train shuffle or whatever it was called? I would love to hear (read) all about it. Thanking you! I assume you have seen the Soul Train documentary? A quick Google suggests the one I am thinking of is **Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America** , but may be wrong. The one I saw was a great history of the show, how it evolved, its cultural impact, the music itself. I loved it. And it featured a bit on Rosie Perez - damn, she was _fierce_. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/5 "2015-10-27T17:18:06Z")
I do remember from my youth, on Saturday mornings, hearing that intro. “The Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullll Train!” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/6 "2015-10-27T17:55:50Z")
I’d love some way to get the shows on DVD, especially the Line. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/7 "2015-10-27T23:54:42Z")
God, that cringes me back. It was on Saturday afternoons I think? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/8 "2015-10-28T01:35:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I’d love some way to get the shows on DVD, especially the Line. Time/Life released a 9 volume set of DVDs called _The Best Of Soul Train_ back in 2011. Anyone wanna guess how I know this? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829/9 "2015-10-28T01:54:27Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Time/Life released a 9 volume set of DVDs called _The Best Of Soul Train_ back in 2011. Anyone wanna guess how I know this? 😉 Yes, but it focuses on the artists, not the dancers.