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:
Well, fancy that.
JH: Just thought I would post something different and as a contrast to the normal: well, heres a few music vids?
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
md: Accepting you are but a 'sprog', my point was the 'clever' aspect of song arranging, a talent often overlooked.
That was lovely! Thank you.
a5759: My pleasure.
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