1980S ONE HIT WONDER ~ PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ by TACO ~ Retrospective

[@kimr3729]

Great way to start my day! This is one of those songs that you can't get out of your head once it's there! Loved it!

[@playitagainsue]

@@kimr3729 Excellent! I am so glad it started your day off well. It is fun 😊💕

[@robertday1671]

Hey love this video! I liked that you done a reaction to it too! Just love the way he sing the song made it his own way!

[@playitagainsue]

@robertday1671 Thanks Robert. He really did make it his own...fun song 🥰

[@robertday1671]

That was cool!

[@robertday1671]

Yeah 👍

[@JeromeDukes]

Another song I haven't heard in ages. With a better understanding of music I can appreciate this song a lot more now than when I was in my early teens. It was almost like hearing the song for the first time. Very creative song and a fun listen. Loved the tap dance, you kinda knew that had to be in the song considering all the musical tropes present from that era. What was also cool was the synthy voicing for the word "Super-Duper". I beginning to see your "FUN" theme for this week songs. Hopefully Come on Eileen is in the mix for this week.

[@playitagainsue]

@JeromeDukes Yes you have to have tap dancing in a song like this for sure. Great point on the Super-duper...nice effect. Sorry Jason, no Come on Eileen this week. It is a fabulous one hit wonder but I tried to think of ones we don't hear of as often now. That one still gets a lot of airplay on the oldies stations 🤩🩵

[@JeromeDukes]

@@playitagainsue Well you are batting 100%, every song you have uploaded this week has been lost in time for me and you don't hear em today.

[@jessem470]

i don’t consider Come on Eileen a one hit wonder Before C.o.E the Dexys hit #1 with sing called Geno Brass section instead of Fiddles complete different image Love the Dexys My favorite is Dance Stance

[@JeromeDukes]

@@jessem470 Cool I'll give Dance Stance and Geno a listen. Come on Eileen is the only song I know of theirs.

[@robertday1671]

I heard in a interview that Taco actually got to talk with the man who wrote the song. Taco said he was a real hoot to talk too! I think the man lived to be 101 years old.

[@playitagainsue]

@@robertday1671 That is so cool 🤩

[@davidgiles5912]

Enjoying the review. Can't wait for Falco doing "Rock me Amadues".

[@playitagainsue]

@davidgiles5912 haha, we won't be hearing that this week, David...perhaps another time 😊💙

[@jessem470]

Oh cool ! Dexy’s start as a soul band and then Kevin reinvented the band for the Come on Eileen Dance Stance name checks lots of Irish authors because Kevin roots

[@susieq9801]

This song always reminds me of the Frankenstein monster dancing to this song with Gene Wilder in "Young Frankenstein". Hilarious movie. Always enjoy your fun facts.

[@playitagainsue]

@susieq9801 that was a great movie, Linda...so funny. Thanks so much. I enjoy reading up on these songs...so many cool things out there 😊💕

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Didn't mind this one, but I can't say it was much more than radio background music to me .. I thought that I had heard an older version of this without the reference to actor Gary Cooper in the lyrics .. So I checked, and the original lyrics are totally different in the section where Gary is later mentioned .. The version with him in it was a revised one from 1946.

[@playitagainsue]

@wayne_twentyfive Very interesting, Wayne. I had no idea the lyrics were so vastly different prior to 1946. I will have to look up the original lyrics 😊💜

[@south7side]

I am not sure , but this songs was from the 1930's in a movie with Clark Gable.

[@playitagainsue]

@south7side thank you, John 🤩

[@jessem470]

Another hit from mainland Europe , Holland this time Cant help think of the great scene from Mel Brooks movie Young Frankenstein ( I wonder what Irving thought of that ) Maybe it the robotic nature of performance but this put me in mind of a few Steampunk bands definitely a forerunner Have you ever heard of Steam Powered Giraffe ? If not check out their song Honeybee Or some of their great covers like Rhainna’s Diamonds Well worth a visit Have a great day

[@playitagainsue]

@jessem470 Hey Jesse, I have not heard of that band or song but I will check it out. Great comparison to steampunk though. His movements and even outfit and general look of everything else in the video does have a neo-victorian feel which steampunk seems to model itself..great catch on that one. You have a great day too, Jesse 🤩💙

[@jessem470]

Steam Powered Giraffe super weird concept but I always like vocals on Honeybee Would love a review or your thoughts on video