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Sunday, December 31. 2017

Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk

Dancing, like so many things, is about making terribly difficult things look easy



Posted by Bird Dog at 17:12 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Nice! Thanks
#1 RL on 2017-12-31 22:05 (Reply)
Laurel & Hardy dance to The Rolling Stones

Laurel and Hardy dance to Billy Jean


Laurel and Hardy dance to Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker


Laurel & Hardy dancing Despacito
And on and on.
#2 Gringo on 2017-12-31 22:42 (Reply)
What kinda do you like to dance to?
#3 RL on 2018-01-01 01:17 (Reply)
Can't dance a lick.
#3.1 BD on 2018-01-01 08:46 (Reply)
I wonder if there are vids with "contemporary" Blacks
dancing to "classic" White music (e.g. Putting On The Ritz, Yankee Doodle Dandy, etc)
...or, would that be "raaaacist"?
#4 Kauf Buch on 2018-01-01 07:49 (Reply)
Consider this, which admittedly is not 2017 contemporary. Michael Jackson/Fred Astaire/Cyd Charisse: The Master & His Teacher.
#4.1 Gringo on 2018-01-01 19:20 (Reply)
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
I am forwarding it to my very young grand-nieces, one of whom just started walking (but already likes watching motion on TV screen) as a high intensity dose of inter-generational culture transfer. Shirley Temple and Bojangles, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, etc. Excellent.
#5 Ralph Thayer (Link) on 2018-01-01 09:03 (Reply)
I remember when this came out a couple of years ago near Christmas. I think I read then that it's a film preservationist- enthusiast who has a real creative talent. The editing timing is impeccable and the selection of material is superb, down to choosing old clips that appear to show the performers mouthing key words in sync to Bruno's lyrics. An amazing job and clearly a labor of love. I wish the compiler would put together some others. All the Best for the New Year to the community!
#6 Aggie on 2018-01-01 11:13 (Reply)
Neato, keeno! Timing was amazing!
#7 Sam L. on 2018-01-01 11:40 (Reply)

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