Dennis Parker - Like An Eagle (1979)

TV Show 'Exclusif' (France)

[@doobieholdin]

thank you nathan fielder

[@chrisandreas3142]

😂 I Shazam this song as soon as i heard it in The Curse ❤

[@evanmaxwell342]

Same

[@michaelscondotto8122]

What's The Curse?

[@evanmaxwell342]

@@michaelscondotto8122tv show that came out last year on showtime. Dark comedy. One of the characters blasts this song from his Camaro.

[@doobieholdin]

@@michaelscondotto8122 its a show, a segment of it uses this song. The guy who created it is named Nathan Fielder.

[@googlyarsetube]

I really love the idea that he's possibly singing the lyrics out loud in the middle of New York without the backing track

[@BlastBeatBreakdown]

The Curse put me on to one of the greatest underground songs ever.

[@MassimoConnolli]

How this was not a huge hit at the time is a real mystery to me. Incredible track!

[@capitolia]

Yep, it's beyond that time!

[@silve8271]

Agree

[@r.thompson2190]

Disco was almost out the door at that point

[@gigigiseleworld]

The music doesn't match ... Good song ".. though 🎶🌹🌺🐴🕯️🐎🎶

[@kenon6968]

it was pretty big in Brazil, they used it as the intro to a soap opera

[@sratus]

the greatest lyric of the 20th century - "always searching, never perching"

[@storageheater]

@未知のギャング i mean he probably never did urch

[@Kane_DIP]

Comme un aigle, comme un aigle, dans la ville, dans le ville ! Vole, survole, chasse nocturne, chasse nocturne ! Je sais pas comment ce Dennis Parker y est parvenu mais il a plagié cette légende qu'est Michel Vedette

[@laurentpoisson3819]

ami troll bonsoir ^^

[@ShiNLENAZE]

cest pas du troll il a raison il a plagié notre michel vedette national

[@Kane_DIP]

@@PjC1060 le mec avait tout prévu

[@furibar2367]

gad l'a vengé xdxd

[@dorpdavid]

C 'est pas plutôt le contraire ? En tout cas , Michel Vedette, c 'est marrant et ça c 'est relou ! ( mon avis)

[@leemiddl]

New York disco period, best place to ever be. Rare disco classic rarely heard. RIP Dennis Parker

[@sawleyram7405]

Not after dark though!

[@McShave]

@@sawleyram7405 Dennis disagreed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqnLmINrhsxkf9k

[@jundellas9202]

The unusual thing that I like the most is the crowd of people turning their heads and looking at him. It give a sense of being in reality. No other video has shown something like that.

[@ultraswank]

No wonder. Some random guy miming to a playback track in the middle of Times Square like there's no tomorrow. I guess back then with all the junkies and weirdos, even this was a bit odd to see.

[@mtsula]

I think you need to watch more videos.

[@gigigiseleworld]

@@ultraswank Mainly people posed for a photographer and not so much for a music video...

[@kennystyles1471]

the reaction on peoples faces is priceless!!!

[@2bewiz]

Like « I’m sure I saw this guy in an X-rated movie… » 😊

[@KaydeyRai]

This song is really beautiful and melancholy

[@markodisco1689]

RIP Dennis Parker ... beautiful sexy man and wonderful voice !

[@gigigiseleworld]

Sad that he never lived long enough to see his music be introduced to a younger generation..

[@Vinsanity76]

La voix-off avait raison, c'est un tube en France, merci Michel Vedette !

[@carlosclemente4583]

Dennis Parker forever, timeless music. I love 70's.

[@deb310red]

Wow, the character he played on "Edge of Night" was so serious. It's great to see another side of this talented man.

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Then you'd be surprised to see him anally penetrate another man alongside Jamie Gillis in gay porn. Haha.

[@gigigiseleworld]

@@fuchsiaswing8545 "I stumbled upon one of his films..he was making out with a brunette female. Guess he was Bi-Sexual"??. He had no problems getting up to speed ". Btw the way do you know where he's buried at"??. I would like to leave flowers one day "?. Maybe he was cremated,., probably".

[@rolandoogum680]

Era homosexual o bisexual cual de las dos solo el lo sabrá era pareja de Jacques Morali

[@gigigiseleworld]

​@@rolandoogum680 Bisexual "! He made adult Film's with women back in the 1970's ...

[@pepeproductions7160]

Finally found this hidden gem of gems 💎

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Dennis had an encyclopedic knowledge of early jazz music. He was an avid record collector and loved the blues. It's quite amusing to see him in this "role," for he was the furthest thing imaginable from being a disco guy. I know he looked back on his brief music stardom with laughter.

[@houseyoung8501]

You knew him?????

[@ispotfai4471]

This is a great song and nothing to be ashamed of, though.

[@lr5081]

Why would he be embarrassed,it’s a great song.

[@tomoflathead]

disco is good

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

@@tomoflathead It's not about whether disco music is good or bad. Dennis was not into the music. In truth, he loved collecting old 78s -- mostly 1920s jazz. He was a talented artist and went to art school to study painting and sculpting. He was a gifted carpenter. He drew patterns for Simplicity Pattern Company on Madison Avenue. But acting and singing were his true passions. I think the failure to find legitimate acting jobs and struggling in that business jaded him a bit. When he dated Jacques Morali, who was completely in love with Dennis, he was seduced by the idea of being a star again. Jacques even offered Dennis a spot in the Village People, but they decided to launch him as a solo star instead. Despite that, Dennis was not a fan of mainstream pop or disco music. He had reservations at first but was enticed by the glitz and glam, I suppose. Jacques made Dennis practice intensely and take singing lessons to prepare for recording the songs. He really worked his tail off, and despite Jacque’s frustrations in the studio with Dennis’ limitations, he never wavered or lost his cool. He was a very generous, mild-mannered guy, and everyone enjoyed him. In the end, we always felt the album didn't do Dennis’ voice proper justice. It would have been interesting if he had been able to make an album that better suited his talent.

[@velmad3091]

I remember when my sister bought this album. I love this song and New York By Night. We thought he was so handsome on the album cover.

[@Multi1628]

R.I.P. Wade Nichols. Will always enjoy this song and his Casablanca L.P. Also, his 1975 film, Boynapped. Thank you for posting this wonderful, beautiful dance classic ~ Cheers, DAVEDJ

[@2bewiz]

Thanks - happy to share it !

[@ratt57]

I played a lot in the 70's but have no memory of this single whatsoever. It's pretty bad.

[@thanosdiscovios2851]

A disco classic produced by Jacques Morali and released from the most famous disco label ever,Casablanca records. '' Like An Eagle '' by Dennis Parker along with '' New York By Night'' was a minor hit in US disco charts back in 1979 reaching number 47

[@billba]

Thanks Discovios you have to kalitero onoma!!!

[@ak11472]

...One of the best disco-songs and we remember Dennis Parker...

[@swilliams9574]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS - IT TAKES ME TO A SPECIAL PLACE..

[@omegavague9042]

The Curse brought me here.

[@TheBoogiedoc]

Wow ! Porno Star aus den 70er !!! und legt hier ein Disco Klassiker hin den man noch in 100 Jahren hört. Das hat er wohl selber nicht gedacht, Disco Kult !!!

[@fonsig1493]

i listened this track in @Sonar Fest 2018 at "Despacio Stage" (2ManyDjs & James Murphy) was incredible i will never forget it!!

[@matthewphilips8333]

Lights up the damn disco ball to this one

[@alejandrobonelli9507]

LA ENCONTRÉ,VAMOS TODAVÍA,MIS MAYOR RESPETO,GENIAL,CÓSMICA❤🕺💃🕺💃🎶🎵🎵🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@carlosclemente793]

Un clásico de la musica disco de los '70, lastima por el destino de Parker, donde esté se le recuerda, bien por Dennis.

[@crackedcraig]

I love this track, the era and Dennis.

[@discomusic1966]

this is a super rare video jem of a classic Disco song largely overlooked by time,New York of 1979 with the disco era in full swing,thanks for posting this time capsule of 1979 and a time long gone but not forgotten

[@denisejefferson3969]

Looking at cha, gonna get cha........fabulous disco track, great video, lovely looking man. I imagine being in NYC in the Andy Warhol studio. What a time (apart for Aids)...rip Dennis Parker in the huge disco in the sky.

[@OOUKFunkyOO]

100% perfection

[@santossantos1990]

I love you Dennis Parker.. forever.

[@oscarmoriano1958]

La mejor epoca de la musica disco 70

[@AzizaAlTawilOfficial]

Just saw him in the film "Punk Rock" - he was great as a tough detective that was no nonsense. Handsome and talented. This brings back the NYC of my childhood for sure.

[@nickylascia9242]

Great Track..... Perfect sound and melody.

[@giuseppevelardo4246]

Uno dei pezzi piu belli di tutti i tempi x me

[@thanosdiscovios2851]

Another one disco classic produced by Jacques Morali and released from the most famous disco label ever,Casablanca records. '' Like An Eagle '' by Dennis Parker along with '' New York By Night'' was a minor hit in US disco charts back in 1979 reaching number 47.

[@jimmez]

New York by Night is amazing. Just heard it first time now in July 2021. Strange to think, considering I've loved Village People since 1979.

[@gordongekko8884]

Belle chanson !!! merveilleuse introduction en français .... à la radio ... 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@coreyruehling]

This man should have been on Broadway. RIP

[@2bewiz]

Very glad it is pleasing you! I was not sure about posting it but comments received since then make me not regret! Looks like NYC was his in this clip! Thanks!

[@outtcat]

How cool. I only knew him from Edge of Night. Never heard this song. I was in high school in 1979 couple of blocks from where this video was filmed in Times Square. Darnit, didn't see mysel cutting class in the background. :-).

[@billba]

Catt Outt you in the background?

[@Yojimbo1987]

Nice track. the middle section was later use in a 2001 punk techno hit, along with an acapella from the INXS "just keep walking", and then an awesome drum base line done the rest. ParT-One - Im so crazy. Check that out

[@alvinhobson7090]

Just Love that Look,Voice,Man of my Dreams Dennis Parker, hes now Flying Like An Eagle High in The Heavens R.I.P Sexy Man xxx.

[@gayham]

If I had a time machine I want to go back and hang out with Dennis!

[@springfieldkemmer280]

Man beautiful..

[@RachelDavisMatthews]

Quite a theatrical performance. Poor guy, this was one of his last healthy years.

[@lordwockhardt7841]

I love this so much

[@tdeladeriere]

"Gerard Lenorman, si tu veux devenir très vite un vrai New Yorkais, il faut te balader comme ça, dans Central Park, armé d'un énorme transistor, qui te permettra d'écouter ta radio disco préférée. Et là, il y a de fortes chances pour que tu tombes sur cette chanson qui passe quarante fois par jour à la radio ici, et qui peut-être deviendra un succès en France un jour. "Like an Eagle" - Dennis Parker"

[@2bewiz]

👍

[@jfdiseg]

Dougie, Dougie, Dougie!

[@ndeep2092]

Dennis for the People

[@JoxBoxProductions]

Un autre protégé de Jacques Morali et Henri Belollo (Can't Stop Productions - Village People, Ritchie Family, Patrick Juvet) avec la musique de l'orchestre maison, celui de Horace Ott. Gérard Lenormand était à Montréal et à New-York pendant le tournage de cette émission ou la présentatrice rencontrait Patrick Juvet et d'autres chanteurs vivants à NY.

[@rooshyboo]

Wonderful

[@kenon6968]

This is pretty amazing

[@Powers3848]

Rip Dennis Parker aka Dennis Posa aka Wade Nichols.

[@antoniohernandez1711]

Un gran 🎶 clásico 🎶 en una gran voz

[@dandman1575]

Great post for a great song! Always loved this song, now I fianally get to see the original video. Muchas Gracias!

[@gersongaldina5200]

Dênis Parker suas músicas fizeram tremer o chão ,,,, igual essas nunca mas outra vez

[@riccardodriadi8030]

Che tempi

[@a.b.s_productions]

Hard to believe this man shortly if not all ready went on to play a police chief on the ABC soap opera "The Edge of Night" for 5 years, 1979-84.

[@sacflashback]

As vezes eu fico com vontade de mudar pro passado parece que lá é muito melhor de se viver...

[@trainluvr]

I discovered disco in 1979 in Times Square at the Gaiety burlesque when I turned 18. That guy looks like the one of the customers up there in the 'Apollo' room.

[@Alekx-gq2vt]

How this Beautiful

[@2bewiz]

Thanks !

[@yukimizake]

I'm here because of Michel Vedette

[@Dommus50]

Who?

[@1DCCX]

Etienne de Crécy has an even filthier re-lick of Michel Vedette

[@damienguiet8584]

comme un aigleeee toujours fugace ! jamais en place !

[@jetkoondo4082]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 je t attaque je t attaque je t attaque je t attaque 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidoliveira3792]

🤣😉

[@GaelinW]

I can see why it was overlooked.

[@Biograph1985]

This clip is great. The whole NYC/disco/homosexual/porn/AIDS nexus. This guy covers and entire subgenre between 1977-1984 all by himself.

[@carpking72]

Thanks for this ultra rare clip. Awesome

[@dirtydiscosecrets]

Amazing! Never thought I would see the video to this. A classic cruising cut along with the flip side New York By Night!

[@splitwun]

this is too much ❤️

[@magicmisteur]

Comme un aigle !

[@slaff632]

Truely newyorker☝️🙂

[@EKUSUDANTAI]

Dennis Parker fue excelente

[@harrylime22]

wow thats where that sample comes from !! great video.

[@claertonarcoverde7053]

I like vídeo! very good to see old New York.👏👏👏

[@ryanmalay1849]

Who’s here because of The Curse?

[@AlexSimpsonOnline]

👋 👋

[@michaelscondotto8122]

What's The Curse?

[@ryanmalay1849]

@@michaelscondotto8122 it’s a show starring Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone. It’s featured in the show. I liked the song so much, I just had to find it

[@RachelDavisMatthews]

This is hysterical - so theatrical - but it was at the height of Disco. I feel bad this singer only had a few more years of good health. That damn disease was so awful how it took so many young lives back then, and it stripped one's immune system leaving them with very visible signs of it's presence. It was so horrible to watch a friend try to fight off this disease - when the outcome was demise. Only a select few from the 80's who avoided AZT long enough to take the 'cocktail' of drugs starting in 1995 that have been so effective in living with it. I hope young people take Prep to prevent them from getting this hideous disease.

[@ladyrose3285]

Unfortunately it was the decade of unsafe sex gay or straight.

[@jeannettelopez6836]

Ídolo

[@pheonixrising3974]

Hes The Man

[@tuesdaytwo-minutes3665]

.

[@dirtydiscosecrets]

SO so awesome! thank you!

[@Trevoirio]

Still loving this, as well as the French intro 'Trans-iss-tor". Thanks T

[@sequentialable12]

Brilliant

[@LuLu-mp8zb]

Les gens se foutent de toi mais tu etais beau, tu chantais bien...genre de freddie mercury de la disco. Je t’oublie pas dennis moi et je pense souvent à toi! Rip dennis ❤️

[@moocow220]

thanks mark.....

[@djeefje]

Brilliant!!! Glad to see such a rare clip!! Thx for the upload.

[@macigi7487]

Sigla del programma radiofonico "Lettere a Luciano" condotto da Luciano Minghetti, trasmesso da Radio Capodistria a metà mattina fine anni 70

[@BalletBabyBoy]

Hey I auditioned 2x for that Broadway show Sarava...so long ago.

[@Alekx-gq2vt]

Super 👌

[@2bewiz]

Merci ! 😊

[@booth2710]

It must take guts to go though New York doing all that - well guts or drugs ...

[@a090006]

Brilliant song,a little bit sad,but so good!!!!Very funny nobody looks up when he does his singing,perfectly normal in N.Y.!!

[@MinisterZdrowia]

Genial! When I heard it for a first time I was struck!

[@glapots]

God that's good

[@springfieldkemmer280]

Denis Love vou.. William from brazil

[@puma.89]

Guy crazy 😂😂😂😂😂😂 👆👆

[@michaelshiflett4835]

The reason it wasn’t a huge hit is that by 1979 both disco and punk were basically over. It was pretty brief.

[@mrphilove]

THANKS FOR THIS POSTING GREAT I LOVE HIM

[@dab5141]

LUSTY OOMPAH BAND

[@doccyclopz]

Like An Eagle, so bold and regal, fighting a Seagull and a Beagle what if Smeagol and his brother Deagol helped the eagle against the Beagle Would that mean the Seagull would flee the regal Eagle, to the City, to the city...

[@understandingitall3927]

doccyclopz you are a genius!! I laughed at that!!!

[@1DCCX]

😂

[@Monaghan3000]

What I want to know about is this "Lusty oompah band" at 1:28.

[@JJColb]

Apparently with some digging online, it was a featured band at a famous restaurant called Luchow's, and this band would parade around tables for comic relief. The restuarant closed in 1983.

[@L0B0FER0Z3]

Very best theme of disco eve 1979, At my 15 years old. Better song like the the others in thar year. Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Blondie, Styx, ELO, Dire Straits, and many others.....

[@mircorossi9882]

The Number One

[@EvoRoswell]

Safdie in a convertible Mustang brought me here