Jacques Morali as remembered by Villager Mark Lee

[JussiK]

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1978 5th LP: American Generation
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In 1978 Belolo also did the "Je Te Tiens, Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette / La Barbichette" album with 2 great vocal Ritchie Family tracks "La Barbichette" and "Forever Dancing", plus an instrumental version of the former. "La Barbichette" sounds something like a mix of "Disco Lucy", "Best Disco In Town" and "YMCA" with French cabaret whoopings. The film has several spectacularily trashy musical numbers and also features the Village People on stage in addition to the Ritchies. The vocals of the girls seem very much like Cheryl, Cassandra and Gwendolyn but it's probably some anonymous French dancers up there lipsyncing. Get the dvd from Amazon France.
Didn't Belolo also produce a disco lp for Les Crazy Horse singers or something like that, a cabaret thing made in France?

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

In 1978 Belolo also did the "Je Te Tiens, Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette / La Barbichette" album with 2 great vocal Ritchie Family tracks "La Barbichette" and "Forever Dancing", plus an instrumental version of the former. "La Barbichette" sounds something like a mix of "Disco Lucy", "Best Disco In Town" and "YMCA" with French cabaret whoopings. The film has several spectacularily trashy musical numbers and also features the Village People on stage in addition to the Ritchies. The vocals of the girls seem very much like Cheryl, Cassandra and Gwendolyn but it's probably some anonymous French dancers up there lipsyncing.

I knew I'd stumbled across something like this before. The page says it was 1979, so it could've been, either the "Amercian Generation" girls, or the "Bad Reputation" girls. Hard to tell from the photo, below. In Europe the groups weren't connected to TK and/or Casablanca. Only to Morali & Belolo. Morali was a great promotions Man. I'll give him credit for that! He got both of his top acts featured in 2 movies, in under a year.

Jussik, are you saying there's a vinyl soundtrack to this movie? If so, I'll start hunting.

Didn't Belolo also produce a disco lp for Les Crazy Horse singers or something like that, a cabaret thing made in France?

All I could find was that apparently While forming the rest of the Village People, Morali & Belolo sent Felipe to The Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris, to choreograph a number for their dancers. I dunno... Sounds a little like a bogus press-release to me. Meant to focus on the dancer reputation, while distracting from the fact that they discovered him, dancing on the bar at The Anvil.

P.S. I worked at The Anvil for about 8-10 weeks, from late '82, into '83. Snagging only one, steady, night-a-week. (Can't remember who the main DJ was, but he had that gig locked-up tighter than a safe, for years!) Oh, Lord! What a fun job that was! My boss was a dick! (Yellow-blonde, tall, skinny guy - sort-of like a redneck version of Peter Berlin - who worked the front door.) But the staff and the crowd were awesome!

P.P.S. This story is just for fun, cuz every great memory weaves into another one...:icon_razz:
I saw Chili Pepper at The Anvil, for the first time, on a night I was working. She did "Don't Leave Me This Way" and, by the end of the number, she was in a straight-jacket, make-up all smeared, in the fetal-position, at the back corner of the stage! Just lip-syncin' and twitchin' through the fade-out. It was brilliant!
So good that, years later, when I did my 1st drag benefit number, I remembered it and went the psycho route, too. Doing Laura Branigan's "Solitare" in full white wedding gown and gloves. At the end, taking out a stilletto and cutting the fake blood-bags hidden in the wrists of the gloves, when she hits the high note (twice) at the end of the Hot Tracks mix. I "died" on stage and they were friggin' throwin' money on me!

GOD! HOW I LOVED WORKIN' IN DISCOS!

[SandraDee]

Doing Laura Branigan's "Solitare" in full white wedding gown and gloves. At the end, taking out a stilletto and cutting the fake blood-bags hidden in the wrists of the gloves, when she hits the high note (twice) at the end of the Hot Tracks mix. I "died" on stage and they were friggin' throwin' money on me!

You big ol' drama queen!:icon_mrgreen: Sounds hilarious,

[JussiK]

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Jussik, are you saying there's a vinyl soundtrack to this movie?

Yes there is, name track with vocal and instrumental versions, "Forever Dancing", "Boogie Lady" by Mimi Coutelier (dressed as a policewoman) plus some Village People stuff. You'll need it for The Ritchies.

[Videoskooter]

La Barbichette (par The Ritchie Family) - fiche chanson - B&M

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

You big ol' drama queen!:icon_mrgreen: Sounds hilarious,

At Uncle Charlie's / Miami, our Employee Turnabout Show was (prior to The White Party) the biggest AIDS Charity Fundraiser in South Florida. Every year I tried to out-do the year before.

Don't have pics from the "Solitaire" number, but here's a couple from the following year. (circa 1986, or '87) Doin' the Ultimix of Aretha Franklin's "Respect / Think". (I started out the number crackin' a big 'ol Bullwhip. But I think I took-out a can-light, or something. So I ditched it to finish the performance "propless".)


Moi, as 'Ms. VaVa Voom'. "Go BIG, or go home!":icon_lol: