30 October 2009

Astaire and Rogers, dancing cheek-to-cheek


After posting the item below I did a search for "top hat," which of course leads to Fred Astaire. And I realized that for some inexplicable reason I have blogged for almost two years without including an Astaire dancing video. This corrects that oversight. (And I hadn't appreciated until just now the fact that Ginger Rogers does this entire number wearing high heels).

I think I should blog something about top hats - but should it be Astaire? or perhaps that Puttin' on the Ritz parody scene from Young Frankenstein???

Addendum per Mark: "In 2005, Byrne initiated his own internet radio station, Radio David Byrne. Each month, Byrne posts a playlist of music he likes, linked by themes or genres." The current selection list is shown at this link, where you can click for streaming MP3.

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 30, 2009 at 6:18 PM

    In high heels and BACKWARD.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 30, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    "Sure he was great, but don't forget Ginger Rogers did everything he did backwards . . . and in high heels!"
    -- Bob Thaves 1982 in his Frank and Ernest cartoon

    Also attributed to Linda Ellerbee, Ann Richards, and Faith Whittlesey

    A musical about the life of Rogers, entitled Backwards in High Heels, premiered in Florida in early 2007.

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  3. Swift LorisOctober 30, 2009 at 11:49 PM

    The amazing thing about them is that when they were dancing, they seemed absolutely weightless.

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  4. MarkNovember 4, 2009 at 1:52 AM

    You might appreciate David Byrne radio this month. He's got streaming audio of a bunch of classic standards from the golden age of Hollywood, including this song and others like it (in the Billie Holiday vein).

    http://www.davidbyrne.com/radio/index.php

    Stan - might be worth a link on your blog...

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