awww . . . this CNN headline makes me recall one of my '80s faves . . .

[drlove]

aww ... this CNN headline makes me recall one of my '80s faves -- Blue Mercedes' "I Want To Be Your Property", with its clever inclusion of this famed film star/dancer in its chorus.
Legendary dancer Cyd Charisse dies

sniff . . sob

[drlove]

here's the link to the song's video clip featuring Ms. Charisse IN-PERSON:

YouTube - Blue Mercedes

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

:icon_cry:

[SandraDee]

Whatever happened to Blue Mercedes? They made a few catchy ditties didn't they but never had a big hit. I s'pose there were just so many other similar UK acts at that time like ABC, Climie Fisher, Go West, Pet Shop Biys, Living In A Box etc.etc. They were one of the many acts to utilise SAW's production talents just as the sound was getting a bit too mainstream for dance music fans.
Also on the subject of the late Cyd Charisse, a remix of Gene Kelly's 'Singing In The Rain' is at the top of the UK singles chart at the moment & it's almost exactly 30 years since Sheila B Devotion's version was a UK hit.

[needlefingers]

One of my favorite Cyd Charisse numbers is Baby You Knock Me Out from It's Always Fair Weather.



And a stage version of The Bandwagon is heading to Broadway.

[drlove]

Re: SandraDee's comment:

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Whatever happened to Blue Mercedes? They made a few catchy ditties didn't they but never had a big hit. I s'pose there were just so many other similar UK acts at that time like ABC, Climie Fisher, Go West, Pet Shop Boys, Living In A Box etc.etc.
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SandraDee . . . you were SO lucky to have all of those similar acts at once in your UK music world -- I adore 80s British Pop (not as much as 70s Disco, mind you, but almost as much as I like 60s Bubblegum -- which is ALOT). I think "I Want To Be Your Property" charted right outside the top 20 in the UK, and did worse over here in the U.S. . . .but it was the dance clubs here that ignited for this tune, as the song topped our nation's dance/club play chart for a month straight !!!

[drlove]

thanks, Needlefingers, for that dance clip -- had never seen that before !!! Believe it or not, I generally HATE musicals (though appreciate the art & talent behind the numbers) --- I know, I know, I'm in danger of losing my Gay card !!! :icon_lol:

[Zef]

Crikey!! I've got some Blue Mercedes remix 12"s somewhere. I must go digging under the stairs to try and find. I had a great phase of being into those poppy 80's 12"s when I was at art school and virtually the whole of my year would go tripping off to a club in London called Daisy chain (er hum!!) where we would dance around the performance artiste Leigh Bowery and be amazed that he did not die of heat exhaustion in those outfits.

[SandraDee]

the performance artiste Leigh Bowery .

The late great Leigh was on TV last week on '8 out of 10 Cats' on Channel 4, did you see it Zef? It was a clip of him on the 'Clothes Show' in one of his outrageous outfits.:icon_razz: He was so funny; another unique talented individual lost.

[SandraDee]

SandraDee . . . you were SO lucky to have all of those similar acts at once in your UK music world -- I adore 80s British Pop

Yes, it must've been something in the air but UK music suddenly became really good in the 80s but certainly not since!

[Zef]

The late great Leigh was on TV last week on '8 out of 10 Cats' on Channel 4, did you see it Zef? It was a clip of him on the 'Clothes Show' in one of his outrageous outfits.:icon_razz: He was so funny; another unique talented individual lost.

Shame I missed that one Sandra Dee, he really was funny. Totally insane, you just had to look at him. Those clubs were darned hot and there he was covered head to foot in fake Dalmation fur amongst many other zany creations!

Yep another talent gone too soon.

[PhyllisHyman]

YouTube - Leigh Bowery on The Clothes Show