Meet Alan Grofe, a 72-year old man from Florida who became an internet celebrity when the video of him dancing and enjoying the music Sunset Music Festival went viral on social media!
Videos of him have been watched more than a few hundred thousand times, while many visitors took an opportunity to take a selfie with the ‘Rave-Pops‘.
In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, Grofe explained his love for Electronic Dance music, and here is what he said:
” I’ve loved electronic dance music, as it’s now called, since 1995 when 1995 when my family bought me a Sony Walkman CD player. My son gave me a big stack of CDs, they weren’t even in cases, and said ‘here,’ They were all metal, but there was a green one with no writing on it. I was like, ‘Wow, this is incredible.’ It reminded me of Jean-Michel Jarre. My son later asked, How’d you like the CDs?’ I said, ‘They’re all terrible except for one, but it doesn’t have a name on it. He said, ‘Oh man, that’s my orb CD. You give that back,’ I fought with him over it. I had to give it back to him, but I went to Tower Records and asked about The Orb and they pointed me to this tiny electronica section in the back. I bought five CDs and that was the START! “
Also the man really got surprised with all the attention and his new nickname!
Watch this video!
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