Comments on: They’re dancing in the street (don’t try this at home) https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: fiona https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-619402 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 01:18:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-619402 What did you think of the airFrance commercial?

http://www.infine-music.com/ http://itunes.apple.com/album/piano-concerto-no.-23-in-a/id4

]]> By: Ira https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-619374 Sun, 23 Jun 2013 23:25:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-619374 I hadn’t seen that Martha and the Vandellas video before. THANKS!

]]> By: Gary https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-619370 Sun, 23 Jun 2013 23:06:40 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-619370 Neo loves dance. Of course a rugged guy like me probably wouldn’t notice the beauty and elegance of falderol such as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9PxEurL75c

And wouldn’t crack a big smile at some daft bit of 1960s Bollywood tomfoolery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnBbjc5hmho

]]> By: Matt_SE https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-619269 Sun, 23 Jun 2013 16:02:40 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-619269 I also noted this commercial for its oddity. The man as dance partner represents the car, and the woman has a “relationship” with it. You can see instances of the man/car protecting the woman from the truck, etc.
Mostly, I view this as a blatant attempt to manipulate the female audience into buying the car because of the emotions this ad is supposed to evoke. Once again, selling the “sizzle.”

]]> By: Wry Mouth https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-619164 Sun, 23 Jun 2013 08:25:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-619164 Wow. Nice catch on the dancing. You are right — the fact that it is *not* the usual pop dancing, I think, makes it stand out. And I enjoyed watching it more than I do the usual pop dancing, which is barely at all. Thanks again.

]]> By: IGotBupkis, "Faeces Evenio", Mr. Holder? https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-619157 Sun, 23 Jun 2013 07:51:19 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-619157 I was wondering about the time of release. The quality of the recording said ‘early 60s’ ( as well as the pants-suits, ala Jackie K->O), and the pants-suit/hat had that same ‘mod’ look that you saw in Austen Powers, so that said ‘mid 60s’.

It was released right on the cusp, in 1964.

The wiki article is interesting, too, noting the two 80s covers by Van Halen, and by David Bowie/Mick Jagger

It details the original idea for the song (a ballad) and the changes it went through as Marvin Gaye got ahold of it and then Martha Reeves… And the silly notion the UK press advanced for an alternate meaning.

]]> By: Mike https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-618991 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 23:09:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-618991 If by attack, you mean the way a person dives in head first to their dancing, I think Vera Ellen epitomizes that:

http://youtu.be/MoyB8Ps2nmE

Of course, the fact that I’ve been completely taken with this woman ever since I saw this movie has nothing to do with this whatsoever!

]]> By: parker https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-618973 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 22:45:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-618973 Martha and the Vandellas look far finer in a pantsuit than HCR, Pelosi, Janet the terminator Napolitano, or Michelle. 😉

Liked the dancers in the commercial, liked dancing in the street better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzY28Unb3v0

Everybody wants to dance with sweet little 16.

]]> By: expat https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-618967 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 22:28:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-618967 Re Martha and the Vandellas: Isn’t it nice to see a really joyful smile on the face of a singer?

]]> By: DJMoore https://thenewneo.com/2013/06/22/theyre-dancing-in-the-street-dont-try-this-at-home/#comment-618915 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 20:14:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=29099#comment-618915 Hm. Thanks for the dancer’s perspective. I too noticed the precision, but being a non-dancer, it was not my main focus.

Instead, I noticed the theme of a woman being carried and protected by a man, albeit a rather reserved, if not distant, one.

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