Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Ok, fine, GLORIA stays on the list.

I wasn't on board immediately with GLORIA being one of the greatest jams of all time, but after careful investigation of this youtube video, I am in. This video shows the song in a great light. Laura Branigan looks amazing, the dancers are wickedly terrible and the disco ball is whirring off its hinges. The video also contains: Madame, the puppet (amazing, subversive comedy set), the top 40 of 1982 and a Ronald Reagan impersonator singing Respect by Aretha Franklin. As Gene Kelly once sang "Who could ask for anything more?"
A few other highlights? The exchange between Madame and the gamine Rex Smith at the11:25 mark. Or my "favorite (not favorite)" dance right at the end at the 14:10 mark.
People... what happened to shows like Solid Gold? Now we have Dancing with the Stars, which doesn't reach the train wreck quality that SG brought us. I can remember sitting in our rumpus room, with sponge painted orange walls waiting for that show to come on. The anticipation, the joy, the glee. DWTS rarely brings that "car accident" quality-- except when Lando Calrissian comes up with requisite Ewoks, Troopers and Leia.
I digress. The point is, if GLORIA is your thing, I'm on board.




A-ha-ha, a-ha-ha, Gloria, how's it gonna go down?
Will you meet him on the main line, or will you catch him on the rebound?
Will you marry for the money, take a lover in the afternoon?
Feel your innocence slipping away, don't believe it's comin' back soon



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