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David Bowie and Mick Jagger “Dancing in the Streets”

sfilzen — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:37:18 +0000

David Bowie and Mick Jagger “Dancing in the Streets” released 40 years ago today, August 27th, 1985, though it was played for the world during Live Aid on July 13th, 1985 (the two musicians had originally intended to perform it simultaneously in London and Philadelphia but the delay in sound would have made things awkward). Bowie and Jagger’s version, originally recorded by Martha and the Vandellas in 1964 when it went to #2 on the charts and then was covered about a zillion times, hit #7 in the US and went to #1 in the UK. I love their rendition and I absolutely adore the video – it is so very very 80’s and so very very silly – even though it’s considered one of the worst videos of the 80’s, if not all time by, like, everyone (except me). I find this info from Wiki hilarious so pasting here in its entirety:

The video was played twice during the Live Aid event: the first before Bowie’s set, where it was introduced via satellite by the comedian Chevy Chase, and the second time as a filler when the Who’s reunion set suffered sound problems. It has been described as “campy”,”cheesy” and “embarrassing”. Radio X’s Martin O’Gorman remarked: “It’s [Bowie and Jagger’s] playful irreverence that causes many people to cringe.” Readers of The Guardian rated it the worst music video of all time in 2014, while NME placed it at No. 12 in their list of the 50 worst music videos ever. In a 2011 episode of Family Guy, Peter Griffin refers to the video as “the gayest music video of all time”, after which it is played in its entirety. After its conclusion, Griffin states: “That happened and we all let it happen.” In the 2010s, a “silent” version of the video was uploaded to YouTube, featuring grunts and shuffles instead of the music. Bowie himself was a fan of the video, with guitarist Ben Monder saying: “He thought it was hilarious and would just have us watch the whole thing [during the Blackstar sessions].

Here are both the “real” and the “no music” versions of the video so you can decide for yourself. I think both are pure gold.

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The Rolling Stones “Out of Our Heads”

sfilzen — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:03:57 +0000

The Rolling Stones “Out of Our Heads” 1965. Just read the news that Stones drummer Charlie Watts died this morning at age 80 (b. 1941, d. 2021) so I’m spinning one of their earlier LP’s in honor of his incredible career (he continued to perform on tour through 2019). This is the US version of Out of Our Heads; the UK version has a very different track listing due to the UK habit of not including singles on full-length albums. The LP has a mix of covers and Jagger-Richards and Stones originals. The Jagger-Richards penned tracks include the classics “The Last Time” (#1 UK, #9 US), “Satisfaction” (#1 in the US and UK), “The Spider and the Fly” (b-side to the UK “Satisfaction” single) and “One More Try.” Two tracks are credited to Nanker Phelge, which is an alias of sorts indicating the writing credits (and royalties) to the entire band plus their early manager/producer Andrew Oldham: “The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man” and one of my all-time Stones favorites, “Play With Fire.” Covers include “Hitch Hike” (Marvin Gaye), “Good Times” (Same Cooke), “Cry to Me” (Bert Berns, performed originally by Solomon Burke) and a live recording of Bo Diddley’s “I’m All Right.”

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The Rolling Stones “December’s Children (And Everybody’s)”

sfilzen — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 20:31:00 +0000

The Rolling Stones “December’s Children (And Everybody’s)” released in the US on this date, December 4th, in 1965. It’s a collection of previously released UK singles and album cuts, cover songs and a few new tracks; December’s Children went to #4 in the US in 1966. AllMusic describes the LP as “haphazard” in its assembly but definitely worth having for several of the included tracks, most especially the two hit singles “Get Off My Cloud” (#1 in the both the US and UK) and “As Tears Go By” (US-only release, #6; the Marianne Faithful version went to #9 in the UK in ‘64). Some of the cover songs are pretty great, too, including “Talkin’ About You,” originally by Chuck Berry, which first appeared on the Stones’ Out of Heads, “Look What You’ve Done” by Muddy Waters and a live version of “Route 66″ by Bobby Troup, which appeared on the UK live EP Got Live If You Want It! I also really love “I’m Free” (originally on Out of Our Heads) which The Soup Dragons made into a hit alt-psych raver in 1990.

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The Rolling Stones “Sticky Fingers”

sfilzen — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:56:46 +0000

The Rolling Stones “Sticky Fingers” released on this date, April 23rd, 1971. Swaggering, dirty rock-n-roll blues and one of my favorite Stones albums; our copy is stored in the special LP box because 1. it’s original with the working zipper, perforated belt buckle opening to reveal a guy’s tidy whiteys and 2. the zipper would ruin all of the other vinyl surrounding it on a shelf.

Sticky Fingers rates high on many best-of lists and hit #1 in several countries, including the UK and the US where it remained for 4 weeks soon after its release. The Rolling Stones issued two singles from the LP: “Brown Sugar” (UK #2 and US #1) and the mournfully beautiful “Wild Horses” which only came out in the US where it charted at #28. I like those songs, of course, but also among my favorites are the cover of traditional gospel “You Gotta Move” (the Stones credit Fred McDowell’s version), “Bitch,” “Sister Morphine” which Keith Richards and Mick Jagger co-wrote with Marianne Faithfull (she released the track first in 1969 as the b-side to “Something Better” and it was rerecorded for Sticky Fingers) and most especially “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” which I first got obsessed with during my senior year of college when my roommate and I would blast it, singing along at top-volume, windows open, in our shitty apartment.

Yeah, you got satin shoes
Yeah, you got plastic boots
Y’all got cocaine eyes
Yeah, you got speed-freak jive

Can’t you hear me knockin’ on your window
Can’t you hear me knockin’ on your door
Can’t you hear me knockin’ down your dirty street
Yeah

Help me baby, ain’t no stranger
Help me baby, ain’t no stranger
Help me baby, ain’t no stranger

Can’t you hear me knockin’, ahh, are you safe asleep?
Can’t you hear me knockin’, yeah, down the gaslight street, now
Can’t you hear me knockin’, yes, throw me down the keys
Alright now

Hear me ringing big bell tolls
Hear me singing soft and low
I’ve been begging on my knees
I’ve been kickin’, help me please

Hear me prowlin’, I’m gonna take you down
Hear me growlin’, yeah, I’ve got flatted feet now now now now
Hear me howlin’, I’m all, all around your street now
Hear me knockin’, and all, all around your town

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David Bowie and Mick Jagger “Dancing in the Street”

sfilzen — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:07:41 +0000

David Bowie and Mick Jagger “Dancing in the Street” 1985. First made popular in 1964 by Martha and the Vandellas (#2 in the US, #4 in the UK), “Dancing in the Street” also was a hit for the Mamas & the Papas in ‘66 and Van Halen in ‘82. I’m partial to Bowie’s and Jagger’s ‘85 version which hit #7 in the US and #1 in the UK, its proceeds going to Live Aid’s African famine relief effort.

Mostly I loved the video which MTV played in heavy rotation. I seem to recall critics panning it mercilessly (NME rates it as the 12th worst video ever, describing it as “two rock legends having a nasty outbreak of Fibromyalgia and in the process invent the ‘old men who look like lesbians’ craze’”) but it always seemed to me that the two Brit rockers were just having a ball, the biggest rock stars in the world giddily singing and literally dancing in the street. Jagger’s son, James, had this to say, “The ‘Dancing in the Street’ video, which is hilarious…whenever I’m feeling blue, I just google ‘Dancing in the Street,’ and it makes me laugh. It’s so ’80s, it’s amazing.“ I did and I agree. It’s brilliant, unintentionally hysterical, juxtaposing Jagger’s unbridled gumby-limbed enthusiasm with Bowie’s ultra-suave cool and sly humor. Go and watch it now!

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