Wednesday 23 March 2011

Two songs used to create a third

As we are going to have nothing but politics today, what with Prime Minister's Questions and George Osborne's Budget, I thought something different was called for.


Written in 1984, Dancing in the Dark became, probably, Bruce Springsteen's biggest hit.


Twenty three years previously, 1961, Pat Boone had a hit with a record called Moody River.


In 1985 a little known group, Big Daddy, who specialised in 'mash-ups' (overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another) produced their version of Dancing in the Dark.



6 comments:

James Higham said...

Well, fancy that.

WitteringsfromWitney said...

JH: Just thought I would post something different and as a contrast to the normal: well, heres a few music vids?

microdave said...

And why not? As you rightly observe we need a break from politics!

I'm just a little too young to really like Pat Boone and the Big Daddy version. I need something to get my feet tapping along!

It was quite a few years after Springsteen's hit before the name Courtney Cox (Friends) became well known - she was the girl plucked from the audience to dance with him.

I've just downloaded the original version from here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_JxD0l2uPo

WitteringsfromWitney said...

md: Accepting you are but a 'sprog', my point was the 'clever' aspect of song arranging, a talent often overlooked.

andy5759 said...

That was lovely! Thank you.

WitteringsfromWitney said...

a5759: My pleasure.