This is the one and only original: the amazing Delilah in "Conversations," with music by Steve Flynn. This was the basis of my remix "Whatever Lola Wants" which has been very popular, so I expect a lot of people want to see the original! Vist her website at www.visionarydance.c om.
This is a revised reposting of my favorite scenes from THE BEST MONSTER MOVIE EVER! All the good bits without the conversation scenes between the cops, etc. This revision includes a different background score- this time I used music from the Symphony No. 3 by the American composer Anthony Iannaccone (b.1943-). It's available on Albany Records TROY486.
Live TV at its best!
here's a link to what I believe was the first posting of the original, unaltered video:
http://br.youtube .com/watch?v=k7qS4EV raZM
The Woman Hunter was a pretty decent "woman in peril" ABC TV Movie from 1972 written by Brian Clemens (who penned more than 30 Avengers episodes). The stars were Robert Vaughn, Stuart Whitman and, of course, Barbara Eden in her first major role since I Dream of Jeannie. Enough talk. Watch this!!!!
Don Gillis (1912-1978) was Arturo Toscanini's producer for the NBC Symphony broadcasts and a fine composer in the "wide-open spaces" American style. Just the same, this music seems to work with this classic Melies film.
A tribute to the wonderful Sadie set to Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66's version of this hit song from 1966. I got the idea from seeing her in Samba costumes on her website's photo gallery.
Two instant classics: this remarkably sensuous, hypnotic performance by the renowned Delilah and the 1953 Bill Russo arrangement of "Lover Man" played by Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
An all-time wonder (one of my favorites, Natalia Antipova) meets the one-hit wonder of "Rock Me, Amadeus" by Falco.
(Is it just me, or does Antipova look a lot like Courtney Cox in some of these shots?)
Laurie Johnson's terrific main theme from one of the most beloved series of the 1960s. The blonde Czech dancer who appears at the beginning and end is named Veronika Panochova and, yes, she is very, very, very, very, very cute.
The full title is, of course, "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals," one of dozens of eccentric and delightful "chamber jazz" pieces by Raymond Scott (1908-1994). His music is well-known since so much of it - like "Powerhouse," "Boy Scout in Switzerland" and this one were incorporated by Carl Stalling into his scores for Warner Bros. cartoons.
Are they or aren't they? Only their choreographers know for sure! Anyway, the usual image of Middle-Eastern dancers is of "raven-haired beauties." But more and more blondes are having fun performing. Here are some of my favorites who can be found on YouTube!
This favorite scene from "Frasier" brings back memories of the famous "Broadway Melody" dance number between Gene Kelly and the late Cyd Charisse in "Singin' in the Rain," so, as an experiment, I overdubbed the film music to see what would happen...