Famous and Dandy (just like Amos and Andy) See more info box

[SuperUbf]

you put up a video with fred astaire in black face,among others,and have the nerve to type "racists comments will be deleted" posting these images are racist on your part.you are a "disposable zero of lunacy!!"

[mp01juve]

I love that bridge that comes on first at 1:39



[ButherLi55ett]

Like the song. Though I think African independent nationalism is still a form of bourgeois ideology in the main because it rejects class. The description in the video reminds me of forms of Islamic nationalism e.g "Ummah". A muslim 'anarchist' - in reality a liberal in this case was trying to explain the concept to me once. And it is interesting, but it mystifies material reality and class relations. To paraphrase, if one muslim is hurt all muslims suffer (or the whole community).

[bigdave6777]

used to like this love it thanks for uploading this

[omojamie1]

¡me encanto!

[Hembane]

@yrusocrayzee

Loved this track for years, your video is superb... 5 stars!

[MARSHOMEWORLD]

GREAT song, cool vid. Thanks for posting

[raldor47]

BRILLIANT match-up of music & image!!!

I love this video.

[harveydelta]

yrusocrayzee - you should add the lyrics to the more info section

[soulxx1]

Just realised that this isnt the right video that accompanyed their song. Get real.

[yrusocrayzee]

The -more info- discription, the comments box, and the end of the video explain this isn't the original video. I'm not sure if the original is available anywhere. This video is taken from a chicago public access TV show from back in the 90s. The film is a clip originally from "Swing Time" (1936). UMG owns the song. Possibly, if you contact UMG they might know how to get the original video.

[soulxx1]

Been looking for this video from DHH for a long time. Thanks for posting.

[roadnate]

By the way, the line at 1:17 is "We learn to lie to be brand name negroes." Just a small mistake. Thanks for posting this!

[yrusocrayzee]

it's kinda fixed... Thanks

[Braktooth]

Astaire, O'Conner, Robinson... truth is, the Nicholas Brothers were the best.

This is a great song.

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Someone did a remix with the Nicholas Brothers and put it to Kanye's "stronger" music. It's here on youtube.

It's pretty tight

[yrusocrayzee]

MTXSHO9732vV8SHO - Thanx for that info - tight is right

[flatchest32]

@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO It's not about remixing or stronger music. Have you listened to the words(or read them?) Damn, what the hell were you kids taught????

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

@flatchest32 Calm (THE F) down. First of all... I'm no one's 'kid'. I'm 43 and I've been working/paying taxes since before I graduated high school.

NO ONE is trying to take away from any other process of making music. Sure, I've listened to this song and "get" the words/message. I've been a Hip Hop DJ since 1983 and producing since '93. The "POINT" of mentioning that video was that you can take a song and add video of people dancing on an entirely different tempo and it will STILL WORK.

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Which is the EXACT SAME PROCESS that happened here... NOW, you tell me. What were YOU just taught? Now, go point your crooked little finger at someone else. smh.

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Oh... and for the record. I go WAY back with the Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy. Like WAY BACK to 1987 when they were still being interviewed on local, public access TV channels in San Francisco/Bay Area. I've been a fan for a long time. You happy now?

[Indhegoh]

Yeah, I don't think that it was meant to be racist at all. There's a difference between concious hatred and ignorance. He really thought that he was showing respect to him. It's kind of like white kids that say "nigga" - they don't understand how offensive or wrong that can be. Anyway, this is a good song and I wish that I could find the actual video on here - been looking for a while. Amos and Andy were straight up racist but I don't think that Fred Astaire was - just unaware.

[livendapast]

I remember this! 1991 i think! I had the video recorded of Disposibale Heroes of Hiohoprisy.

[yrusocrayzee]

The label said '92 but i think the "beatnigs" (franti's first band) might have released it, although i'm not sure?

Still one of the greatest albums of the

'90s, and still seems relevant today.

[livendapast]

Yeah i haven't really heard tell of them since way back then.

[yrusocrayzee]

Look up Michael Franti on YouTube i think there's a couple of channels. His band is now "Spearhead" He's a little toned down in comparison, but age does that, and he's still righteous.

[machiaveliyoohoo]

does anyone have the original video of this track with the Disposable Heroes on it?

[fredginger2009]

The tribute (without quotation marks) by Fred Astaire is real. Fred Astaire knew John "Bo" Jangles from Vaudeville, and credits him with teaching him a number of steps as well as a mean game of pool. He had the highest respect for African-American performers. Whenever he could, he included black musicians in his movies and in his TV shows. Even in his movies from the 1930's (such as "Shall We Dance") he sang and danced among black singers and musicians. He also encouraged the Nicholas Brothers.

[yrusocrayzee]

Thanks for the insight. At the end of the more info script, i state that the dance was done as a salute to Bojangles. The quotes on "tribute" in the video is because that is how the studio stated it, i was quoting the studio. It wasn't meant as a cynical quote, like saying it with my eyes rolling and making finger quotes. i always have had a mixed feeling about blackface numbers because they were a door opener for actual black performers, although the door should've never been closed.

[yrusocrayzee]

Also, according to what i have read and seen with Shirley Temple (R.K.O) it isn't John "Bo" Jangles, but Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Astaire also was critical of Robinson, saying a dancer should use his whole body, whereas Bojangles was mainly from the waste down. Astaire actually out performs Bojangles on many levels. But he is after all Fred Astaire. And we could argue all night about who's better, O'connor, Kelly, Robinson, or Astaire. (BTW, it's O'connor)

[fredginger2009]

You're right, I made a mistake on the name, but not on the rest. My point is that Astaire's blackface was very different-it was not a put-down or a caricature it really was a salute. Astaire did not dance like Bojangles, he had his own style which incorporated many types of dancing-with tap being only one of them. But he did owe a debt to Bojangles and he wanted that to be known.

[jigga2jones]

cool

[basketcase3]

Why are you so crazy....! Is it because sanity is not all its cracked up to be..? (bit of English slang there)

An awesome collaboration. Brilliant video for a brilliant song. When might we expect this on MTV ??? : )

[yrusocrayzee]

i made this back in the 90's when i had a public access show in the Chicago area with a couple of other guys. i just copied it from old vhs tapes i still have. When the diposable heroes album came out i really loved it and had this old astaire footage and the two seemed to somehow fit together. i just added a few extras. UMG owns the copyrights on the music but allowed me to post. Thanx UMG... and Michael Franti

[pietzsche]

Well done, it's subtle and in your face at the same time, nice combo lol.

Five starsXD

[yrusocrayzee]

Thanx pietzsche

[pietzsche]

great vid did you make it?