Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Official Video)

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  • To celebrate 40 Years of 'After Eight' and 'Puttin' On The Ritz', here's the official video for Taco's timeless hit single.
    The 40th Anniversary Edition of 'After Eight' is OUT NOW containing the remastered album, instrumentals, bonus tracks, outtakes and demos as well as the very special 'Live In Detroit' show from 1983.
    Listen here: bfan.link/afte...
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  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos ปีที่แล้ว +10134

    Fun fact: Irving Berlin was still alive in 1983 when this cover was released, which made him, at 95, the oldest living songwriter to have a hit on the Billboard Charts during his lifetime.

    • @HowToKillAliens
      @HowToKillAliens ปีที่แล้ว +161

      well,what did he think about this version of his song?

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos ปีที่แล้ว +682

      @@HowToKillAliens idk, I never asked him.

    • @jonathanbenavidez201
      @jonathanbenavidez201 ปีที่แล้ว +366

      @@gabe_s_videosI did. And he told me his thoughts on his deathbed. But I swore secrecy 🤐

    • @tchittenden1
      @tchittenden1 ปีที่แล้ว +364

      He said it left him feeling gay. Take that as you will.

    • @blazingstar9638
      @blazingstar9638 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Cool!

  • @randomnessthe3rd
    @randomnessthe3rd ปีที่แล้ว +6294

    I love how fever dreamy 80’s music videos are

    • @spencerallison3196
      @spencerallison3196 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Try anything by Stan Ridgeway

    • @antoniosethias9948
      @antoniosethias9948 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I see the original of this video, without edited. Searching for the original of this clip.
      The dark side, bad side of unedited version of this video is the "black faces"...
      I wanted the or also censured version without "black faces".

    • @peterbelanger4094
      @peterbelanger4094 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      MTV was a new thing and the music industry got quite experimental with the new "music video" format.
      A lot of you just take the idea of a "music video" for granted, but in 1983, it was still a novel concept.
      And in the 1980's MTV actually DID play music videos!!! 😳
      (I know, sounds crazy)

    • @riskvideos
      @riskvideos ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's a reason putting Vaseline on the camera is a trope.

    • @LightBeing369
      @LightBeing369 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nobody escapes the bad part of the Trip
      😄

  • @Duunkaccino
    @Duunkaccino ปีที่แล้ว +14510

    This dude is like a fusion between Tim Curry's Frank N Furter (Rocky Horror) and Tim Curry's characters in Clue and Home Alone 2. Tim Curry levels unparallelled by mere mortals.

    • @MissShembre
      @MissShembre ปีที่แล้ว +209

      I noticed that too!

    • @grabble7605
      @grabble7605 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      *Tim Curry's character in The Worst Witch
      th-cam.com/video/PUhuPn8_d0Q/w-d-xo.html

    • @Duunkaccino
      @Duunkaccino ปีที่แล้ว +236

      @@grabble7605 Tim Curry is a legend... and a character in Legend (1985)

    • @redzgaming6880
      @redzgaming6880 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Don't forget when he was Stalin in Red Alert 2

    • @SUPERMAN3309
      @SUPERMAN3309 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      More like the joker.

  • @merediththomas8429
    @merediththomas8429 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +563

    Nothing will ever be as fun as 80s videos.

    • @dhorus28
      @dhorus28 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      True that !!!

    • @mariasparano9860
      @mariasparano9860 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Damn right!

    • @dawn2wells
      @dawn2wells หลายเดือนก่อน

      Creative! You looked forward to a video, you never could imagine what it'd be like.

    • @janebook294
      @janebook294 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was a teen in the 60s graduated in '69 ,great times movies ,music and cars ! Ditto the 70s ,BUT ! the 80s was the best time of my life again great music and movies but cars were on the downhill run ! If I had a time machine off to the 80,s I would go, no looking back !!! Whats better than Big hair ,arena rock girls in fuzzy sweaters and oh those leg warmers YUM ,YUM !!! hard to believe this mess is the same planet !!!!

    • @DanielAppleton-lr9eq
      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@janebook294 They should include this in the score for Young Frankenstein. LOL.

  • @insufferablepedant
    @insufferablepedant 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +281

    Hey Taco, I was an 80's kid, I'm 56 now...this song brings me back to the best time of my life, Thanks for being a part of that.

    • @outatim3216
      @outatim3216 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      im born 1990 im a 90s kid and the 80s..... that was the best time of my life........

    • @GwynneWalkerTrujillo
      @GwynneWalkerTrujillo หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'm 63 and still dance to this, no matter where I am when I hear it I simply gotta dance

    • @DanielAppleton-lr9eq
      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Compare it to the scene from " Young Frankenstein " with Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle. 😃🤣

  • @FoxBullet
    @FoxBullet ปีที่แล้ว +4996

    This has such an 80's vampire "recruitment" vibe, I LOVE IT

    • @ErevanDB
      @ErevanDB ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Honestly going to use this for this exact scenario in a dnd campaign.

    • @Mariodash23
      @Mariodash23 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      This seems like the kinda thing a Toreador from VtM would do. Probably to have more high class humans in clubs for vamps to drink some fancy blood.

    • @IMCcanTWEESTED
      @IMCcanTWEESTED ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yeah. Made in 1982. Taco has become an overstuffed Burrito in the meantime.

    • @starlepus9437
      @starlepus9437 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@IMCcanTWEESTED that seems a bit rude. the dude is old

    • @smiley4995
      @smiley4995 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@IMCcanTWEESTED I just looked him up and he looks good

  • @imanpepion777
    @imanpepion777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    This song was so funky back in 1982 people would play this and just think to themselves that the 20s must have been really something else for even a 100 years later it’s still banging and player for real

    • @Kingx90
      @Kingx90 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      My job plays this song all the time overhead. It’s so weird and eerie I had to watch the video.

    • @Olga-nv9ze
      @Olga-nv9ze 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Мне 70. Когда слушали в те молодые годы эту песню,-не думали ни о голубых, ни о вампирах. ...Чудный ритм, классный голос исполнителя!!!
      Мы делали лёгкий перевод - выглядеть элегантно, как Гарри Купер! И всё,!!!!!!❤❤❤
      И вперёд, от бедра, в танец!!!😊

    • @Olga-nv9ze
      @Olga-nv9ze 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Какие заморочки! Если музыка пленит!!!❤😊❤

    • @yeismeload
      @yeismeload 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I mean, it was called the 'Roaring Twenties' for a reason.

  • @KCB05_Cosplays
    @KCB05_Cosplays ปีที่แล้ว +2870

    This song will never get old!
    Taco's appearance gives off heavy Tim Curry vibes!

    • @waynegoodman4787
      @waynegoodman4787 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      My wife and I were just thinking the same thing about him looking like and vibing like Tim

    • @goldilox369
      @goldilox369 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​I've always felt that way. It's a real thing.

    • @MegaDchamp
      @MegaDchamp ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Agreed.

    • @myoldmate
      @myoldmate ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nail on the head.

    • @Lin17ful
      @Lin17ful ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's exactly what I thought!

  • @madzod0076
    @madzod0076 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +797

    I can see him being one of the friendlier spirits of the Overlook Hotel.

    • @jasongrelli9134
      @jasongrelli9134 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So do I

    • @johnhewitt564
      @johnhewitt564 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      There are several inspirational themes going on in the video.😂

    • @emmaspeight5933
      @emmaspeight5933 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You win the internet today with that comment 😅

    • @Giblets0000
      @Giblets0000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He was definitely in the dog costume at the end.

    • @sonjaevans3858
      @sonjaevans3858 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Danny turns a corner on his Big Wheel and Taco is at the end of the hallway tap dancing lol

  • @lekiller2804
    @lekiller2804 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Who in 2024 ?
    Gretings from Canada!

  • @lollollolskeet
    @lollollolskeet ปีที่แล้ว +4901

    For anyone who has seen this and noticed something off, they took out the clips of the dancers in black face and used alternative footage of Taco during the Super-duper lyrics. The original video is archived online for people to view but its understandable why youtube didn't want it up

    • @dmullinax1000
      @dmullinax1000 ปีที่แล้ว +556

      I liked that version a lot better. It was creepy, and weird. I liked it.

    • @artemisvega8940
      @artemisvega8940 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pathetic revisionism. Are people really so fucking terribly hurt by a bit of archive footage? Taco himself is multi racial and stated it was never meant to be racist and played into the meaning of the song. Should we wipe out or redo everything in the past just because some current political/social trend (which is what it is) is obsessed with making everything baby level safe for people? If so I demand we redo every fucking nasty lgbt etc reference ever because I might be offended. Context is everything. Revisionism is dangerous, that's entering really dangerous territory, like Chinese citizens not knowing about Tiannmen square. The past is the past, good or bad, you can't erase it no matter how hard you try. The response has nothing to do with racism, it's a knee jerk response from social manipulators. It's in the same bucket as pretending Star Trek has never been "diverse" enough or that for some idiotic reason Doctor Who or James Bond should be a woman. Or a black woman. Fuck off. It's fake as shit. Let history be what it is, it's not as if society hasn't improved dramatically. Also it's a fucking cool version of song that pokes fun of privilege. What the fuck more do people want?

    • @damanyocum149
      @damanyocum149 ปีที่แล้ว +669

      F You Tube and their censorship

    • @morkeljakeson9438
      @morkeljakeson9438 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      This version of the video is fantastic anyway

    • @L1701
      @L1701 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      Yeah, that is for the best.

  • @elinatpwk
    @elinatpwk ปีที่แล้ว +1570

    This song is so addicting for some reason

    • @Exrylint
      @Exrylint ปีที่แล้ว +35

      IT IS VERY

    • @austinrhodes7650
      @austinrhodes7650 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yes very much so

    • @Attntd
      @Attntd ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I listen to it a least 4 times a day.

    • @starlight_maven
      @starlight_maven ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I couldn't agree more!

    • @lemondemonlover
      @lemondemonlover ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@starlight_maven Same

  • @jeffsinfinitygaminglounge2099
    @jeffsinfinitygaminglounge2099 ปีที่แล้ว +3939

    This guy has the same energy I have creeping around my apartment at 4 am drunk off busch lite after work

  • @lidarman2
    @lidarman2 ปีที่แล้ว +864

    A song right in the transition of disco, rap, and and new wave.

    • @createnewhandle_
      @createnewhandle_ ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Don’t forget the swing revival

    • @riskvideos
      @riskvideos ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Couldn't have come at a better time

    • @brasstacks5319
      @brasstacks5319 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes! And it is as weird and fun to younger people as it it was to the rest of us when it first came out. Im glad that this new classic of a classic is getting another spin! 😁

    • @soulscanner66
      @soulscanner66 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      techno and house too

    • @GroovyDoom
      @GroovyDoom ปีที่แล้ว

      @@YohanesGavraHutajulu 2:48

  • @brianburton1129
    @brianburton1129 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    This is one of the coolest songs not only in the 80s but all time.

  • @Eric4471066
    @Eric4471066 ปีที่แล้ว +1487

    This song was Taco's one and only Top 40 crossover dance hit in America. The song did peaked at the #1 spot on the Billboard Dance chart and it peaked at the #4 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the summer of 1983. Originally, this song was written by Irving Berlin in the early 1930s. I love that Taco put an terrific spin on this classic song. This song is a definitely banger indeed!!! Taco is the man!!!

    • @grantjohnson2049
      @grantjohnson2049 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Late 20s.

    • @ИванХудяков-э2т
      @ИванХудяков-э2т ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I heard first arrangement of the song in 1983 and it was more pretty for me.

    • @laurieberry4814
      @laurieberry4814 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Boys from tap dancing wore lipstick because that’s what the teacher wanted. The next year there were only girls in the class. I thought that Taco was a model. Yes, tap takes stamina and it’s tiring.

    • @flyguy5941
      @flyguy5941 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He did a video with folks in blackface. It must have been pulled.

    • @killercan10
      @killercan10 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@flyguy5941 Correct. 1:45 to about 3:08 is edited heavily. The entire tapdance part had 2 or 3 dancers in blackface in the original and there was some more beyond that point.

  • @mallrat9500
    @mallrat9500 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +824

    Hello from Moscow, remember how my father played me this song on a pirated cassette on an old tape recorder, and this one was my favorite, I constantly sang along, although I didn’t know a single word)
    Today firstly saw the clip)
    Still listen almostly every day, it sends me back to those bright times of calmness, when everything in life was good... 🖤

    • @Taco
      @Taco  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +209

      Spaciba,nice to hear about your memories!Enjoy my youtube channel,more is coming soon!

    • @mallrat9500
      @mallrat9500 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      New hits - it's never too late! Waiting with love)

    • @JujuBennie
      @JujuBennie 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@TacoActually, it’s “spasibo”;
      And Moscow can mean the city in Idaho, not just Russia!

    • @mallrat9500
      @mallrat9500 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      actually, im from moscow in russia)

    • @Oleskii
      @Oleskii 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      True. This song was very popular in ussr and post-ussr countries.

  • @RedBear-wb1hi
    @RedBear-wb1hi ปีที่แล้ว +567

    This song is so addictive. I just can't stop thinking about it after listening. His voice is so smooth and then the funky music just goes so well together.

  • @Kimkreative
    @Kimkreative 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    I think i was 12 when this song came out. I'm almost 54. This song marked a huge change in the music industry for the Better. 80's were the Best of times. I listen to this song at least once a month and never get tired of it. Such Original Captivating Talent and a Voice that's Euphonious. And to take a song from the 20s and put your own twist on it and release it when most music was Rock is so Amazing & Cool.I wish You Well Taco. Thank you for Your wonderful music.

  • @Nurdse_326
    @Nurdse_326 ปีที่แล้ว +898

    This song and video has always struck me as creepy, catchy, unsettling, fun, and disturbing. And I'm here for all of it.

    • @02chevyguy
      @02chevyguy ปีที่แล้ว +22

      His make-up is a bit too creepy.

    • @BioHaggard
      @BioHaggard ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I used to be so scared of the mime!

    • @rustybricks1924
      @rustybricks1924 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      In combination with the music video it's like a dystopian feeling coupled with a facade of vanity.

    • @charliegabs
      @charliegabs ปีที่แล้ว +12

      In short, vain vampire vibes

    • @colleen4ever
      @colleen4ever ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@charliegabs Have you seen Ed Sheeran;s video for 'Bad Habits'? Think he was influenced by this video.

  • @cameronphenix2096
    @cameronphenix2096 ปีที่แล้ว +1560

    I don't know if the original was anything other than just a catchy song, but Taco's version with the music video completely re-contextualizes it into pointing out the absurdity of vanity driven fashion and materialism. Absolutely love it.

    • @ElNeroDiablo
      @ElNeroDiablo ปีที่แล้ว +135

      The original song was from the 1930's... which was it's own weird time with vanity, money, and social classes.

    • @PBJECTIVE
      @PBJECTIVE ปีที่แล้ว +174

      It was. The original 1930s version was about fashionable but poor African-Americans living/going out in Harlem (Lennox Ave[Malcolm X blvd]). Using all the money they had to party on their day off, pretending to be more wealthy then they are. In the 1940s it was re-written for Fred Astaire in the movie Blue Skies, which changed the lyrics to Park Ave and took out many references of the original referencing Harlem. Added references to famous white people, Gary Cooper/Rockefeller. And became a satirize about affluent white people instead. Many people only really know the Astaire version of the song as the "original" so in that case it was always meant to be about the materialism but the real is slightly more complex, especially with it being almost 100 years ago.

    • @cheryldeboissiere1851
      @cheryldeboissiere1851 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you believe the absolute garbage 💩 Taco had to put up with because he put the song in its real context? They definitely did like all the Homeless people and it was so appropriate since the Homeless had arrived in America. This was actually a plea to help them, which didn’t happen and still hasn’t happened under Biden.

    • @gerrydooley951
      @gerrydooley951 ปีที่แล้ว

      you must love crap

    • @dawne6419
      @dawne6419 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@Sonia - There's an episode of Jeeves & Wooster where Wooster is trying to learn what I assume is the actual original version and having a hard time of it. Jeeves disapproves, as he seems to do to all of Wooster's musical choices, but offers a suggestion on the tempo(?) that makes it singable. Fry and Laurie, of course.
      Your explanation clears a few things up for me in that bit.
      "...with due expediency, putting on the Regency..."

  • @momoftwo7701
    @momoftwo7701 ปีที่แล้ว +1437

    Taco is beyond fabulous. His mouth sings one song and his face and body sing along. 😍

    • @Taco
      @Taco  ปีที่แล้ว +335

      how sweet of you!

    • @momoftwo7701
      @momoftwo7701 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      @Taco I'm having a major fan-girl moment right now!

    • @Taco
      @Taco  ปีที่แล้ว +174

      hahahahahahahahaha@@momoftwo7701

    • @DanielAppleton-lr9eq
      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Taco I heard a snatch of " Another One Bites the Dust " in there, I swear.

    • @s.hocker9222
      @s.hocker9222 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DanielAppleton-lr9eq Same here, but the synths, vocal style, and video are more like Human League.

  • @josealdrey7946
    @josealdrey7946 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Loved the 80's. 57 years old here.

    • @pawemulak2878
      @pawemulak2878 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@josealdrey7946 I'm 25 old and I love 80's pop and new wave rock 70's progressive rock and The Beatles. Age doesnt matter at all

    • @miss_michelle
      @miss_michelle หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm 43 and I love this song so much

    • @pawemulak2878
      @pawemulak2878 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@miss_michelle This song has unique and interesting rhythmical vocal against the background of a primitive drumbeat and this contrast therefore attracts attention.

    • @brt-jn7kg
      @brt-jn7kg หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Some absolute blast

    • @claudioguzmanb4404
      @claudioguzmanb4404 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      54

  • @ombra711
    @ombra711 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    The layers to this song..I didn't realize how iconic it actually was till now. This is a masterclass of playful musicality and smooth genre fusions done right!

  • @StLProgressive
    @StLProgressive ปีที่แล้ว +828

    My best friend loved this song. I remember her singing it while we were doing balance beams in gym class. She died in 2000. I can’t hear this without thinking of her. So many early 80’s songs are like that. RIP, Debbie. 🙏🏻

  • @paktype
    @paktype 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +194

    Another oddball song from the ‘80s. Part of why that decade had the best music.

    • @martinpascoe5904
      @martinpascoe5904 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      another classic green screen , very unlike this but also 80s is : ENYA Orinocco Flow, FALCO Der Kommisar & SIMPLE MINDS All the things she said ! but yes this is a one off work of Genius

    • @lukejbarnett1
      @lukejbarnett1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      i just wrote here that that is why the '80s is the best decade of music of all time the fact that they allowed this to become a pop hit and it's bc the '80s was so diverse with the music being made.

    • @freddyfurrah3789
      @freddyfurrah3789 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It was written in 1927 by Irving Berlin.

    • @machoterico69
      @machoterico69 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@freddyfurrah3789For that reason I associated it a lot with the 1930s. I am very attracted to that era. In fact, if I believed in reincarnation I would say that I lived in that era. It reminds me a lot of something I don't know what. I love the music, the cars, the clothes of that time. I was born in 1961. I may have had a previous life - I don't know.

    • @randyb.hughes4609
      @randyb.hughes4609 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Definitely a novelty song..and Novelty songs Have their place in Music History even if You Dont Want To listen to them Like Disco Duck...and this Is way Cooler!

  • @janprah5655
    @janprah5655 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I am 18 years old but this song was really popular on a radio I used to listen when I was 9. I remember I was really happy when it played 😊

    • @piehound
      @piehound 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are ya happy now ???? Or not so much ??

    • @janprah5655
      @janprah5655 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@piehound It could be better but I come back to these songs and it makes me happiee

  • @robdixson196
    @robdixson196 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +253

    A a kid i found this sort of unsettling. I can see what they were doing here now. It is comparing the elite to vampires, and it is still unsettling.

    • @Taco
      @Taco  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

      BINGO!😜

    • @geniusliterature
      @geniusliterature 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@Taco That's alright I swear you never see any famous people doing this. I give you my word, you're the ONLY artist I will actually pay, for every song I download.

    • @jenniferburchill3658
      @jenniferburchill3658 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even more so today. The elite rich keep getting richer at the expense of the rest of society.

    • @_aoe
      @_aoe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Tacothese replies are so cute

    • @_aoe
      @_aoe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@monkimountin 😳 … yea kinda true

  • @jman041987
    @jman041987 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    I am 35 and this song has lived rent free in my brain since I was a kid

    • @PabloPerez-ed9gp
      @PabloPerez-ed9gp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree😢🤪

    • @johnbacus4245
      @johnbacus4245 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      so big deal

    • @sanaaniz
      @sanaaniz ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@johnbacus4245 pretty sure he wasn’t stating it for your approval 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

    • @justinmajors2872
      @justinmajors2872 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Super Duper

    • @annidez
      @annidez ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too, ever since I saw Young Frankenstein.

  • @GeorgeKing-v9g
    @GeorgeKing-v9g 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +543

    Who is listening in 2024 to this classic masterpiece!

  • @wardarcade7452
    @wardarcade7452 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    The irony is that when this video and song debuted in 1982, along with the contemporary generation of teens and youths, there still were a good number of folks who could recall the original Irving Berlin songs showcased during their original releass including 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' (1911) to the title song debuting in 1927. Now, not only have 42 years passed since Taco's interpretation premiered but only those 95 and older would have personal memories of the Depression to compare to the desperation of those times to how Taco interpreted them over a half century later!
    Anyway, he created an enjoyable salute to Mr. Berlin's compositions (and I hope Mr. Berlin who himself was still living at 95 at the time appreciated it)- not to mention somewhat captured both what the majority of folks were enduring at the time as well as how they'd escape their grind via glamorous movies and catchy songs! Thanks!

  • @dibujante2.071
    @dibujante2.071 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Can we talk about how flamboyant that guy looks??? He looks like the living definition of charisma and fashion. Plus the song rocks!1!1

    • @carminemurray6624
      @carminemurray6624 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hot Stuff, hotter than Red Hot 🥵 🔥 Chilli 🌶 peppers 🌶

    • @arthurchadwell9267
      @arthurchadwell9267 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Reagan era was styling!

  • @JessicaSmith-kj6zi
    @JessicaSmith-kj6zi ปีที่แล้ว +202

    "dressed up like a million dollar trooper trying hard to look like gary cooper" gets me every time. i love his song sm.

    • @JodyMeyer-h9v
      @JodyMeyer-h9v 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too...lol.😂

    • @LukeGamerzlol7118
      @LukeGamerzlol7118 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Putting on the ritz

    • @sharonbraselton3135
      @sharonbraselton3135 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gary Cooper mario Koopa bfreom briwserr beach

    • @FriskDrinksBrisk
      @FriskDrinksBrisk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      SUPER DUPER

    • @tinfoil1225
      @tinfoil1225 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's trouper

  • @J0hnny-Gren4de
    @J0hnny-Gren4de ปีที่แล้ว +326

    This dude has off the charts charisma

    • @jo2lovid
      @jo2lovid ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All done in an age before Auto-Tune as well!

    • @swamifakkananda4043
      @swamifakkananda4043 ปีที่แล้ว

      So do you!! Not if the chart is upside down, though.❤😂

    • @GassedCider
      @GassedCider ปีที่แล้ว

      The original singer fred astaire has got more charisma he is the original rizzler.

    • @swamifakkananda4043
      @swamifakkananda4043 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GassedCider but u have more ritz than all of them!!

    • @zirconalian
      @zirconalian 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      bro maxing out the charisma in his special

  • @kat35lulu88
    @kat35lulu88 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    The 80's were surreal. And fantastic.❤

  • @XMattingly
    @XMattingly 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +191

    “Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper… _super duper!_ “ gets me every time 😂

  • @kevingoss635
    @kevingoss635 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +246

    That little side to side "head slide" that he does is so... hypnotic ✌

    • @Taco
      @Taco  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

      Bollywood inspiration!

    • @sharonbraselton4302
      @sharonbraselton4302 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      yess he smdise reak hyórtonic magic sowell

    • @est1989x
      @est1989x 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s weird lol

  • @shakes307
    @shakes307 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    As a boy I loved tap. My mum couldn't afford the lessons so I sat outside the room (primary school hall" On Saturday afternoon and I tried to tap what i heard. I could nail the tap solo in this song. Sucks to grow up in poverty. This song still moves me ty

    • @01dirtydirk
      @01dirtydirk ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Too bad you didn’t have more drive... You could have really made something of yourself

    • @PeaNutttyyy
      @PeaNutttyyy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m a teenager and my family is poor. I’ve never had real lessons since I was 3-4 years old. I just try to look at videos and learn from them.

    • @n.aragil
      @n.aragil ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PeaNutttyyy you can look into coursera financial aid :)

    • @sharonbraselton4302
      @sharonbraselton4302 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yiu need $30000 b9nus

  • @thebluerunner1022
    @thebluerunner1022 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Taco is way way underrated in my opinion. Such a smooth and soulful voice

    • @ОльгаЖураковская-ч3з
      @ОльгаЖураковская-ч3з หลายเดือนก่อน

      Сын завёл в Никитском саду зимой в1989 и... На всю жизнь тепло на сердце.❤

  • @gordonmills2748
    @gordonmills2748 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    The thing I love about this is that it came out at a time when everyone was trying to figure out what this whole "music video" thing was and where it was going. So many creatives throwing ideas against the wall and hoping they would stick. It was a new frontier. The wild west. Other euphemisms. But the songs were good.

    • @vanityscar424
      @vanityscar424 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      even the ones with actual structure and some effort put into it sitting atop a fairly decent production value turned into an untranslatable mess in the end. they weren't exactly Tarkovsky, ya know....

    • @koolarooo
      @koolarooo ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Keep in mind this isn’t the original music video. It’s edited because the original had blackface.

    • @xxfrosty609xx3
      @xxfrosty609xx3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@koolaroooit was removed after the 2020 protests

    • @jjgeoffphhcinkkllee
      @jjgeoffphhcinkkllee ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@xxfrosty609xx3 which is hilariously unrelated in any way, oh well

    • @flazzorb
      @flazzorb ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xxfrosty609xx3 It changed around the end of 2022.

  • @babygerald4645
    @babygerald4645 ปีที่แล้ว +548

    This was all over the radio that summer of '83. This song, Gary Numan's 'Cars' and Murray Head's 'One Night In Bangkok' left a massive impression on my 10-year-old self. My tape collection was all synth pop. This song still sounds ahead of its time with that mix out. Great to see the original video finally here in great quality.

    • @RobinFlysHigh
      @RobinFlysHigh ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks for sharing! Prompted me to listen to One night in Bangkok again. I'll be listening Cars next although I don't think I like it quite as much

    • @raylopez99
      @raylopez99 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah nowadays everything is synthetic but back then it was radical.

    • @timetravellingone
      @timetravellingone ปีที่แล้ว +13

      And Men Without Hats "Safety dance"

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I NEVER see anyone mention "One Night in Bangkok"! I grew up bonkers about the musical CHESS so I was thrilled once I discovered that song was a pop hit & thus more widely known, but past my parents' generation it's still way too obscure lol

    • @onii747
      @onii747 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not quite the original because they cut out the minstrels in this version

  • @douglas2902
    @douglas2902 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +189

    First time hearing this since the 80's takes me back in time. I never thought id be listening to this 40 years later

    • @Gonzo7HC
      @Gonzo7HC 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      awesome

    • @tacomas9602
      @tacomas9602 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This song is much older than I (2002) and it is a fucking bop. I play this while I'm blazin down these farm back roads at 35mph lol

    • @douglas2902
      @douglas2902 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @tacomas9602 came out In 1982 or 1983

  • @eduardodossantosfigueiredo6034
    @eduardodossantosfigueiredo6034 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +235

    Who in 2024???
    Gretings from Brazil!!!!

  • @TheApplesauce1992
    @TheApplesauce1992 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    this song was so far ahead of its time. so amazing.

  • @D4rkF4ll
    @D4rkF4ll ปีที่แล้ว +233

    I can't tell which one impresses me more. The way he sings and his body sings along, his elegant demeanor or how amazing this song is.

    • @laurahall3094
      @laurahall3094 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The song was written in the 30s or 40s. Irving Berlin.

    • @sharonbraselton3135
      @sharonbraselton3135 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. He illusionist like David coprr fikd n agic in hewsrts

  • @redneckextraordinaire3073
    @redneckextraordinaire3073 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

    Here we are in 2023, exactly 40 years, and this song is still a crowd pleaser. Music, lyrics, costumes, backdrops, and a tapdance to boot! Perfection in a nutshell...

    • @0LeeMann0
      @0LeeMann0 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Lot more than 40 years from the original

    • @sharonbraselton3135
      @sharonbraselton3135 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Buy. She'll game magic. Trick kit

    • @sharonbraselton4302
      @sharonbraselton4302 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      chef girkdriñd meet 1⁹83 4⁰ years old ebfgeñt liveez

    • @sharonbraselton4302
      @sharonbraselton4302 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      master girkfriñed found each ojther 1⁹83 ⁸ ywars 5 yearsd boy frubd gurkf8ñd

    • @aiai-j7i
      @aiai-j7i 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Almost one hundred years from the original! 😯@@0LeeMann0

  • @jsconi851
    @jsconi851 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Amazing 😎😎😎🎉🎉 0:10 was the best rhythm ever 🎉

  • @awkwardsavage
    @awkwardsavage ปีที่แล้ว +687

    Played this on a jukebox in a bar last weekend. Everybody in the bar was roughly in their early to late 20s….whole place was jumping. Classic song that has withstood the test of time.
    “Downtown, Uptown, get your kicks at the Ritz.”

    • @5226-p1e
      @5226-p1e ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I like the beginning of this song mostly, but towards the middle and or end, it gets kind of weird and creepy and cringy lol, funny enough still like the song even though the creepy weird cringy stuff is involved.

    • @homersimpson2159
      @homersimpson2159 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You forgot to mention you were at a gay bar

    • @awkwardsavage
      @awkwardsavage ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@homersimpson2159 glad you remembered

    • @homersimpson2159
      @homersimpson2159 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@awkwardsavage It was a deduction not a memory.

    • @awkwardsavage
      @awkwardsavage ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@homersimpson2159 more like ducking from the truth lol

  • @jerradwilson
    @jerradwilson ปีที่แล้ว +231

    I had a lucid dream and woke up with this song in my head. I haven't listened to it since I was a little kid 30+ years ago. Amazing song.

    • @TylerVera-v1k
      @TylerVera-v1k 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Baby Genius

    • @sharonbraselton4302
      @sharonbraselton4302 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hyóritzing you magic zpeekl

    • @sharonbraselton3135
      @sharonbraselton3135 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hyortized you nagic speerll

    • @martinaubut5027
      @martinaubut5027 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lucid dream... or acid induced delirium ?

  • @Stabine
    @Stabine ปีที่แล้ว +156

    93 years and its still a banger

  • @ldybozz
    @ldybozz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Memories of junior high in the 80s....wish I could go back 😢

    • @travismckinnon7649
      @travismckinnon7649 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I only live within my memories now

  • @anthony7564
    @anthony7564 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    I never sat down to watch this video from beginning to end before and ... wow! That synth is timeless and this guy's charisma + vision was way ahead of his time. Fantastic energy and attention to detail in every frame of the video which you rarely see even today. I'm extremely impressed.

    • @sireuchre
      @sireuchre ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The original version was a bit... controversial. Don't think you'll find it on TH-cam.

    • @robertwiles8106
      @robertwiles8106 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sireuchre has it been wiped? That's too bad. I saw the old version with all the blacklit blackface on youtube, not all that long ago. In the last 5 years.

    • @jessicaolsen7582
      @jessicaolsen7582 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This shit never gets old!❤😂❤ 2:31

    • @demonpoison13
      @demonpoison13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a beautiful song n great video

    • @ajaugenti1976
      @ajaugenti1976 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love it too!!!!!!!💃🎶

  • @maybenextime5782
    @maybenextime5782 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    My Great Aunt showed me this as a kid and every time I listen to it I think of her. So thank you taco for an awesome song and a great memory I'll have forever. Miss you Aunt Brenda

    • @JesusR.OlmedaThe2nd
      @JesusR.OlmedaThe2nd 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aunt Brenda IS AWE-SOME!!!!!

    • @SrMentos
      @SrMentos 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      aww you great aunt was so cool for sure

  • @Nexus_of_Sominus
    @Nexus_of_Sominus ปีที่แล้ว +196

    I love the way Taco moves, and this song is one of my favorites from the 80s. ♥️

    • @themisfitbrigade
      @themisfitbrigade ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In reality it is from the 1930s

    • @THEWallyWarbles
      @THEWallyWarbles ปีที่แล้ว

      @@themisfitbrigade It was written in the 1920s, and was first sung in 1930.

  • @electraheart7745
    @electraheart7745 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    Nothing beats this 80s synth

    • @laurahall3094
      @laurahall3094 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So great ! The original is great too, this just takes it to 11!!

    • @abbb4460
      @abbb4460 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was just listening to Jungkook's song Standing Next To You Band Version, I knew there was something familiar. It was this song!😮😊
      -90's baby listening to everything from the rat pack, to the gogos, Fred Astaire, to even Paramore, and The Beatles, and yes, even BTS and even Day6, and the rest of Kpop.😁😅

    • @Jellysem_06
      @Jellysem_06 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      _super duper_

    • @wren__7
      @wren__7 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@abbb4460I’ve literally come here just from listening to SNTY because I kept getting reminded of the cool instrumental in this song!! army’s 🔛🔝

    • @nathanrobinson3116
      @nathanrobinson3116 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Uhhhlot of things do.

  • @toddb8951
    @toddb8951 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    Timeless. A piece of music culture of the 80s. Tell me you head or foot isn't keeping beat. Taco always wins!!

    • @AshleyH420
      @AshleyH420 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's why you shouldn't tamper with its original depiction that the artist intended to portray

    • @ademirmochi5423
      @ademirmochi5423 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      only it's not from the 80's though

    • @burstvgc
      @burstvgc ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah this thing is already verging on outdated. Who the hell is Gary Cooper? Why does the singer wanna look like him?

    • @parsnipguy2986
      @parsnipguy2986 ปีที่แล้ว

      puttin' on the ritz more like going off the shitz

    • @robertmoffit1135
      @robertmoffit1135 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ella's version is the best

  • @thefool2007
    @thefool2007 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    I loved this song at age 12...and still do at age 52. No wonder I love synthesizers. Taco is way cool.

    • @kathyscott9555
      @kathyscott9555 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😂we same age..creepy song it had a Halloween feel

    • @Matelk
      @Matelk ปีที่แล้ว +4

      35 and it's a banger, something about it just hits right

    • @bradthomson4830
      @bradthomson4830 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ditto, 59 here and any friday night sittn with friends, Beer and MTV

    • @exceptionallyriso
      @exceptionallyriso ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wow how does it feel to be over half a century old

    • @lisalamb4559
      @lisalamb4559 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i was 14

  • @YOKOSHIBAHARA-ko2my
    @YOKOSHIBAHARA-ko2my 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I've listened to this song more than 10 times. It's a song I can't forget once I've heard it. It's impressive.

  • @agungadhiasto3642
    @agungadhiasto3642 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    Whenever I am running out of good horror movies to watch, I just go watch this

    • @Taco
      @Taco  ปีที่แล้ว +109

      scares the f. outa me too!

    • @mariacespedes3707
      @mariacespedes3707 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LMAO

    • @Twilight_Light_Lord
      @Twilight_Light_Lord ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ​@@Tacothe creator scared with his own creation?
      That's a masterpiece

    • @thatsmyera
      @thatsmyera ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AHAHAHA! You nailed it!

    • @thierrylangford5199
      @thierrylangford5199 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I’d pay good money to see the horror film adapted from this 😂😂😂

  • @jag9608
    @jag9608 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I was a kid when this came out. I remember blasting it on my stereo and pretending that I tapped danced well. I love it still. It's timeless. One of my favorite songs.

  • @DawnGodsil
    @DawnGodsil 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Love this song and always did as a teen of the 80s 😊😊😊This song fits the 80s perfectly 😊😊

  • @ricktheexplorer
    @ricktheexplorer ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This is one of the songs that made the 80's so magical. Gotta Dance.

  • @alleystar7779
    @alleystar7779 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    I just feel like taco would be an amazing guy and down for whatever. Like you could take him to a dive bar and he would become everyone’s friend dancing around with a tuxedo and a cane. Likeable dude.

  • @jdlaukkonen
    @jdlaukkonen ปีที่แล้ว +32

    1:55 songs these days don't have enough tap dance solos anymore

    • @Mumaye
      @Mumaye 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I just wanna let you know…that is the most accurate thing I’ve heard in a long time 😂it’s my favorite part of this song

  • @oldskoolmusicforever0724
    @oldskoolmusicforever0724 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    THIS MY FAVORITE KIND OF TACO,THE KIND YOU DON'T EAT,BUT YOU JAM OUT 2.

    • @InsaneStryker777
      @InsaneStryker777 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I know all the best tacos.
      The best lengua taco is just a big cow tongue in your taco.
      They don’t even cut it up.
      Just a big slab of lengua.

  • @beckyhicks5889
    @beckyhicks5889 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I remember when this song hit the charts in October of 83. I was 14 and my Dad surprised me with the album that accompanied this song. He drove to Houston Texas to Cactus Records and bought it for me. Sweet memories and good times.

    • @išsaugokkasetęs
      @išsaugokkasetęs ปีที่แล้ว +1

      on vinyl?

    • @pipz420
      @pipz420 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because this song older than the 80s and reminded your dad of his childhood.

    • @aboba8606
      @aboba8606 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, you're from USA?

    • @markbilski8045
      @markbilski8045 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Feb of 83

    • @sharonbraselton4302
      @sharonbraselton4302 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      good for him

  • @redc0rvette
    @redc0rvette ปีที่แล้ว +169

    The first time I listened to this song I felt an electric shock go through my body, this is the only song that's made me feel euphoric. I absolutely adore his expressions and body movements, it all just works perfectly. This song will continue to make my day everytime I listen to it.

  • @d.a.elliottjr.367
    @d.a.elliottjr.367 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I am 60 & this song has lived rent free in my brain since I was 20.

    • @LilyYuriko
      @LilyYuriko 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Don't blame you, this song is super cool!

  • @TeenyVGC
    @TeenyVGC หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    My dad was singing this in the car and I thought he was going crazy. Turns out he was just singing this absolute banger

    • @Taco
      @Taco  หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      🤪🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

    • @Sum1random1101
      @Sum1random1101 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      “SUPER DUPER”

  • @beerlover7460
    @beerlover7460 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    It’s 2023 and this is still one of the greatest songs ever😄

  • @xj770HUN
    @xj770HUN ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I love how Taco takes care about his fan base! He is still checking the comments

  • @nolamisskel
    @nolamisskel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    I tap danced to this song in a dance recital as a child in the 80s . We had the black and white costumes and canes. Core memory unlocked.

  • @sonnenblumefrau2048
    @sonnenblumefrau2048 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Will never tire of this song.

  • @Rain-Dirt
    @Rain-Dirt ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I'm glad Taco revived/revamped this song. The cover is not only a nice production/interpretation, but it also is a lovely piece of parody on "history".
    The original song was officially registered as an unpublished song in 1927, so it is almost 100 years old!

    • @mishroeder9490
      @mishroeder9490 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I believe a family member of mine had the original on record, guess it was my grandma! good remake tho

    • @brewcitymike1
      @brewcitymike1 ปีที่แล้ว

      i thought it was originally done by Irving Berlin?

    • @Rain-Dirt
      @Rain-Dirt ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brewcitymike1 Irving made the song indeed in 1927, albeit still unpublished.
      That is still correct. Harry Richman and Fred Astaire also made a recording during the time Irving finished his movie with the song in it. (coins coins coins)
      Taco made his own version in 1982.

  • @krjames203
    @krjames203 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    I always loved the vocal processing in this song. When you heard the song on the radio back in the '80s, it sounded like it was one step removed from reality, or one step further into the past. You didn't so much hear it on the radio as "hear it on the radio."

  • @Valyrus
    @Valyrus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

    I never get tired of listening to this song, it's almost magical.

    • @Hannahxmariex97
      @Hannahxmariex97 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I completely agree!!!

    • @mariasparano9860
      @mariasparano9860 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My grandmother loved this song

  • @briannakinnane4967
    @briannakinnane4967 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I’m 28 and grew up with this camp. So happy about it! From burning the song to a cd to buying on ITUNES TO NOW

  • @danaripley1200
    @danaripley1200 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Timeless. This never gets old.

  • @rackaribs
    @rackaribs ปีที่แล้ว +430

    This is such an amazing song. I love Taco's new approach to this remake. His voice is so captivating and interesting, and the Gary Cooper part is probably one of my favorite parts of the song. Well done!

    • @Taco
      @Taco  ปีที่แล้ว +102

      Thanx mate!

    • @hoodoo2001
      @hoodoo2001 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The crazy thing was that Gary Cooper and Park Avenue was not in the original rendition... the song was about Black Harlem and Lennox Avenue.

    • @YourFriend2527
      @YourFriend2527 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Taco thank taco your music so good i just discovert it this year

    • @GraysonTreadwell
      @GraysonTreadwell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@TacoHowdy, old crooner.

    • @Taco
      @Taco  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@GraysonTreadwell Hidyho my friend

  • @jvelas101
    @jvelas101 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    The flow to this music is so amazing it's addictive. The song is a enchanted spell make you never stop singing it.

  • @RobinAvocado
    @RobinAvocado หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    We're currently on the way home from vacation, no better music to listen to than this. I LOVE ITT

  • @sarahmelody4204
    @sarahmelody4204 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Honestly, I hear this song, my mind goes straight to Young Frankenstein.... And I LOVE IT!

  • @Thatfoxatthebowlinglane
    @Thatfoxatthebowlinglane 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    One of the best songs from the 80s without a doubt!

  • @JasonNation72
    @JasonNation72 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I almost forgot how cool this song still is.

  • @briancomiskey9824
    @briancomiskey9824 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This song, like a fine wine, only gets better by the year?

  • @LaggingLeland
    @LaggingLeland 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Criminally underrated song.

  • @ChaosAngelMoon
    @ChaosAngelMoon ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Man, this song is still in my head even months later. It has this eerie, disillusioned vibe with a catchy rhythm that captivates the brain and I still love it!

  • @rivahcat8247
    @rivahcat8247 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I've always been fascinated with the 1920s, partly because it was when my grandmother was a young woman. I've always loved this cover of this great song. Taco's performance in it just makes it so completely 80s while keeping the flavor of the 20s.

    • @hoodoo2001
      @hoodoo2001 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree but, the Black essence was completely written out from the original rendition which is very sad, culturally speaking. The song actually brough black white dancers onto the same stage for the first time, admittedly with the separation that was Jim Crow America.

    • @jordanwalker6450
      @jordanwalker6450 ปีที่แล้ว

      This was the same kind of thing that spawned the Dick Tracy movie. There was a real fascination with the 1920s and ‘30s in the ‘80s:)

    • @jimmurphy6095
      @jimmurphy6095 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hoodoo2001 Do a search for the "non official" version of this. There's plenty of it in that one.

  • @kayvalencia2223
    @kayvalencia2223 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    2:52 "us tonight" the way bro says that awakens feelings in me i have no idea how to explain

  • @longWriter
    @longWriter ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Tap-dancing in a creepy dark 80s music video that's based on a much much older hit song.
    ...Yes. Thank you, yes, yes. EDIT: Irving Berlin is one of the legends of the 20th century; I'm glad you gave him a hot sendoff by making him the oldest living songwriter to get his song in the top ten!

  • @ChaosAngelMoon
    @ChaosAngelMoon ปีที่แล้ว +19

    His appearance gives me Dr Frank N. Furter vibes and I'm here for it!
    I love his expressions and gestures!

  • @k.b.tidwell
    @k.b.tidwell 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    Man, you are a blast from my past! In 1983 I was 13, and I remember you singing this song very clearly. After I got married in 1990, I wanted to forget all about everything to do with the '80's because it seemed very uncool. Now that I'm in my 50's I'd give quite a lot to go back to those simpler and fun times. Thanks for the video and the memories!

    • @gregkosinski2303
      @gregkosinski2303 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Youre in your 1950s? Are you a vampire?

    • @baalzeebub4230
      @baalzeebub4230 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I feel it. Born in 71 myself. Another song that trip this switch for me is “rock me Amadeus”

    • @baalzeebub4230
      @baalzeebub4230 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@gregkosinski2303no age shaming! (See, this new generation has it’s uses)

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@baalzeebub4230 agreed! At the time you couldn't turn on the radio without Rock Me Amadeus playing within five minutes it seemed. 😅

    • @skunx74
      @skunx74 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wish I could have appreciated the 80s when I was there. At the time I figured life would always be that way. Like you, I was happy to get to the 90s because the 80s were uncool.... and now I wish I had a time machine to take me back there! Life was so great, and unless you lived through it, there's no way you can comprehend how it felt to be there. I miss it so much!!

  • @NoahB_MusicandGame
    @NoahB_MusicandGame 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Being 17 years old and having a very picky taste in music means I have a narrow playlist, but Sir you’ve surprised me. Adding this song to my playlist right now! I love it! 🎉❤

    • @Taco
      @Taco  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      what an honor!

  • @juniorjames7076
    @juniorjames7076 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The 80s were an artistic Golden Age in practically every medium and we took it for granted!

  • @sshukri2527
    @sshukri2527 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Who is watching in 2024

    • @TembyWemby1368
      @TembyWemby1368 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      sup

    • @alanmac8807
      @alanmac8807 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep Queensland Australia 🇦🇺

    • @ademarb.sallesjunior8528
      @ademarb.sallesjunior8528 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🇧🇷 São Paulo/Brazil - 03/2024

    • @Alex-ed8vj
      @Alex-ed8vj 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Canada!

  • @OscarBravoUSA
    @OscarBravoUSA ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Starting at 3:06, snippets of four Irving Berlin songs. A musical tribute, I suppose.
    "Always"
    "White Christmas"
    "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
    "There's No Business Like Show Business"
    Very well done.

    • @Taco
      @Taco  ปีที่แล้ว +28

      YEP!U nailed it!

    • @bradleycotton3237
      @bradleycotton3237 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I didn’t know what the first song was until now.

  • @classicalmusic9466
    @classicalmusic9466 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Listening to this masterpiece in 2024 is crazy 🔥

    • @Skoda67_bs
      @Skoda67_bs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You defined found this on a "how well do you know fnaf lore video" 😭🙏

    • @classicalmusic9466
      @classicalmusic9466 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Skoda67_bs nope.

    • @classicalmusic9466
      @classicalmusic9466 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Skoda67_bs idk that vid man ☠️

  • @PrimyFritzellz
    @PrimyFritzellz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    This song is such a vibe. It's truly a timeless song.

  • @hgbugalou
    @hgbugalou ปีที่แล้ว +124

    I wish pop music was like this today. Quirky and unique, not the same thing over and over.

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      so, repeat a song from over 50 years ealier?

    • @hgbugalou
      @hgbugalou ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jackson5116 I mean its rewritten and presented completely different so I am not sure this is a completely fair assessment.

    • @georgepruitt637
      @georgepruitt637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hgbugalou Look for the uncensored original on a google search, then compare.

    • @BrookseyJay
      @BrookseyJay ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It can never be done again, because everybody gets offended or pretends to be offended! I see people complaining about black face in the original version. Black people do not get offended by that unless they’re looking for money or clout!

    • @LexusLFA554
      @LexusLFA554 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sadly that time is over.
      Modern music is designed and crafted so it is a guaranteed success, because a "demo" song could break the bank. Awful thinking, and it results in very monotone and boring "hits".
      Even funnier is that we just can't seem to leave the great 3 decades, 70s, 80s and 90s behind. In modern music there is a wannabe cover there (I'm good - Bebe Rexha - God, I hate that song), another sample there (2 die 4 by Tove Lo includes a sample from the riff of Hot Butters Popcorn version) or the original artists even make a new version of it (Summer Remix version of Liquido's Narcotic that has nothing to do with the original anymore, the whole vibe is just gone)

  • @angelfredericksen5199
    @angelfredericksen5199 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I will NEVER get sick of this song