I saw this movie 2 weeks after my daughter was born. Had I seen it before, her name would have been Kyra. I love this scene where they "mashup" the 2 songs - and they blend so well! I think Gene Kelly kept the 40s part in period with dancin and dress. It's one of my favorite scenes of the movie.
I've been watching clips from the movie today. The nostalgic sentiment I'm feeling is tremendous. I was 12 years old when this movie came out. Hard to believe so much time has gone by. Thank you so very much for the upload :)
One of the best sequences in the movie ("I'm Alive" is also excellent.). As you may or may not know, despite the fact that we see three women "singing" the Big Band portion of the song, Olivia Newton-John is actually doing the singing and the three women are just lip synching.
I think this song is a perfect example of the musical term "counterpoint". Both melodies are great songs independently of one another, yet becomes fantastic when combined. I loved the movie when it first came out & never knew why it was so berated by the critics. I'm glad it's finally been recognized as an Icon of the Boomer generation. ONJ & I are the same age.
@briquetaverne Well it's really referred to as a "mashup" which is taking two independent songs and interweaving them together. Counterpoint is multiple voicing that comes from the same musical piece.
@jrssjdca And the two styles were written as one song (I think...) so they were meant to be "mashed up". And I agree, Glee mash ups are like predigested crap.
@Jadefg John Farrar according to my album, wrote both pieces and may have done so for the purpose of "mashing" them. He's actually listed as one of the guitarists on the Tubes' portion on the studio portion. I don't watch Glee, mainly because I forget, but I've caught a few of their things and they're pretty good. Not all of it is though.
i don't get why people says this movie sucks, it's one of my all time favorites!!! I absolutely adore Michael Beck and Gene Kelly no matter how much older they are than me ;)
@malachaisaac Just because dissenters have opinions too. To some it sucks, to others like me it doesn't. I saw it again a few months ago on streaming video on Blockbuster online, and it was terrific seeing it again since seeing it in the theatre in the beginning.
por favor que vuelva a dar esta peli en la tele estan magica pra mi y paara los que se quedaron en los 80 GENIAL ME ENCANTA Y OLIVIA NEWTON UNA DIVA !!
I gotta say, even though my school used this song in their dancing production and I heard it a million times while I was teching, It STILL gives me shivers. I absolutely adore this song and I have no idea why it was never too popular.
From This,If it was a history lesson,80's sucked. They Did not Folks.We had a great President and Music was growing.There were great groups in the 80's.Some of them were even heterosexuals.
@SmokeBojangles Reagan may have been a good actor, but he was a lousy president. We're still paying the price. And the 80's had its moments of happiness...........but a lot of it was crap too. AIDS, crack, crime, banking and Wall Street abuses...............hmmmmm-kind of comes full circle.
This clip says more than anyone ever could about the common themes of different generations and their music versus some lame argument over when or which music was the best.
goddd, this was probably my favorite part of the wholeee movie. even with two different eras and style of dance and music, the dancing and music just fit together so fuckin' well. wieh0f9whn309o.
@ardenanime seeing this makes me the hap hap happiest creep since bing crosby tap danced w/ danny fuckin kaye (couldn't resist) :D AWESOME UPLOAD THANK YOU
@diddymuck I didn't see it on Broadway, but from what I heard, the musical on stage was kind of a joke, not quite a spoof, but treated as such. I'll never know... unless it is still playing?
@ViciousAlienKlown I tried to think of that same thing but I could never see it working nor would I want too! This is too brilliant to let today's music s**t all over it! :D
@RoxyMoron101 According to the album, John Farrar wrote "Dancin' " which also contains the unnamed 40s song. He also played on the album for The Tubes. The whole movie was based on a fantasy co-conceived by Danny and Sonny (Gene Kelly and Michael Beck), and melding the two songs was the crux of that fantasy. Kelly was more into 40s music and Big Band jazz, while Sonny was a rock and roll guy. Neither one could agree which genre would headline the club, so they used both to great success.
This is my #1 favorite movie and always will be!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! I just got through watching it for the billion time on Ovation channel!!!!!!!!!! Been a long time since I had see it!!
@starladodge4 I hadn't seen it since I saw it in the theatre in 1980. I recently saw it on demand from Blockbuster online, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was interesting watching it again after all these years with the movie being just over 30 years older and seeing it differently.
Saw this for the first time a couple of days ago. It's crazy! and I've seen Zardoz! lol. The musical sequences are good, especially this one but the film as a whole is not totally successful. I can definitely see why it has a cult following though. I'm gonna keep the dvd as a guilty pleasure...lol.x
I LOVE the blonde lady's hair @ 1:10. Waist length crimped hair was very late 70's glamour. I'm almost certain that the man with the blonde fingerwaves was in the Bob Welch video, Ebony Eyes. The costumes for the rock segment were ultra hot.
I wore this bitch out!!! I like the rock segment best, but I still don't fast forward right to it. I just patiently wait for it so that the impact of the two genres merging together is still there..... DAMN! I'm a weirdo. A big cerebral weirdo. When it comes to music, that is!
Gene Kelly, pure elegance. They just don't make them like that any more. This movie is on my top 100 list, good acting and great music- ELO, Olivia Newton John, and the Tubes (the mashers). Oh, and it has a story line that is both entertaining and well developed. If you have not seen the movie I implore you SEE IT.
@666shallk , I agree Gene Kelly was Pure Elegance as you said and Oliva was a great singer and most important Pure Natural Beauty. this was a great movie. the critics may have hated it ( I never listen to them) but then they don't know a good movie when they see it and hate most movies any way.
The best moment of "Xanadu." Who says musicals still can't be done today? The mash-up in the final minute was called 'song-in-counterpoint' back in the day, and is a fantastic sequence.
@IYAMNI I noticed him in the other video 1st and when I came to this video and saw your comment I looked for the sailor and thought it was the same guy. It's a shame that he's gone.
@reno1uest The guy at the back left in the brown argyle vest at 3:17 to around 3:28 also looks really familiar. I wonder if I've seen him in other films...
That Rock Band for some reason reminds of an episode from Buck Rogers where they had this furturistic Rock Band, coincedently came out the same year, 1980.
The best upload for dacin' i add it and like it i had my high school graduat final exam starts next day and i ran to watch it " secretly " !! and ran over and over to watch it when it appeares in any movie theatre ! thank you coecallie v.much
@lasktguy oh isn't that always how it is? were you in this?? god I'd give anything to go back and experience that time period again, especially in New York...
@clemdane no, I wasn't in this. Somehow I never heard about the auditions and seeing as how I had friend who were in it, it kind os sucks that they didn't tell me.
@lasktguy Ouch, sorry to hear that. I love this era of song and dance. I'll watch any films from this period. A bit later than The Eyes of Laura Mars but the aesthetic reminds me of that.
@lasktguy Oh my god, I have to do that. I need to own it. I play the fashion shoot scenes over and over on Youtube. I don't spose you know Jim Devine?
I was a huge fan of the TUBES (the rock band in this clip) before this movie. This was as close to mainstream as they ever got. Despite their 2 top 40 hits. Still a white punk (tho not on dope).
@stockinettestitch it's aparent that you probably don't like rap neither. And you missed the point, which is, big band, jazz, rock, rap etc. are all similar. One might be a slower tempo, others fast, but with creativeness you can blend different eras together. That is one of the greatness of this piece.
@nakamura1958 That would be apparent only to someone who thinks he knows it all. Or that you assume all rap is demeaning as hell.
I was writing about the lyrics. If you can listen to that song and think it's ok for a child (or anyone) to have that blasted into their brain then I find you to be rather ill.
I saw this in the theatre in 1980, and was wowed. Great movie. Gene Kelly mixed in so incredibly well with Michael Beck. It was "young and old" working together like a glove. But this song was scintillating. The meshing was totally unexpected and ingeniously done. The dancing lights up the floor for each genre, the Big Band especially is delightfully catchy, and then their meeting up together at the end was blissfully wonderful. Perfection.
Hey everybody. I was 15 in 1980 when this movie came out (today I'm 45) and I went to see this movie 3 times just in order to see this scene. I think the same than alikishimmies..."the most genius melding of genres in the history of music and dance"... I live in Venezuela and today few people remember this movie and I had to work hard for mor than ten years to find a copy untill finally this year, 2011, I got it.
All of us (adult people) are the ones who lived that magic.
My favorite scene! I love both the 1940s-style close vocal harmonies with a 1980s rock-and-roll/pop electric instrumentation, so when I heard this mash-up, it was a dream come true. I would love to compose something very much like this.
I never have understood why the movie was a "flop" when it came out (then went on to become an underground success). Sure, it has a gaudiness to it, but that's part of what makes it larger than life. I love the "fantasy" and visual effects of it and often use it for graphic inspiration. I wish there were a real place like that and fantasize about it often. I also have a fascination for the little chick in pink that the dude picks up and plays like a guitar! :-)
what a move at 1:30 when he rolls the girl down to the floor. must have been hard to get it right so she wouldn't slam into the floor. I've heared the music from the 40's the big band era and it's good
I kind of get where you're coming from with this, but the entire point of the piece is that music is eternal. We can glorify the past, complain about the present, lose hope for the future, but there will always be music, always be dance - so long as we keep our muses.
I love the soundtrack to this movie.. I was in my teens when it came out, and anything with ELO I had. I saw the movie a few years later, and said.. bad movie.. great soundtrack!
incredable way of mixing just watch the move of the rock band to the right and concentrate with mix you will found them in Synchro visual and audio. realy awsome awsome awsome
Does ne1 kno the young looking girl in hot pink dancing with the singer? She has so much energy that my eyes are drawn to her whenever she is on screen. And did ne1 see the leap she made @ 5:05? Bouncing and landing behind the singer in high heels? And does ne1 else think that among all the other dancers, that she looks like she is 13 or 14? With that energy I hope she has/had a good dancing career.
@snugglyaquarius79 I'll have to take your word for it, as I couldn't bring myself to finish watching grease 2 thirty years ago. That's one movie that NEVER should have been made. It insults the first one.
@snugglyaquarius79 OH YES! and if she looks anything like she did then, I wouldn't mind seeing her bounce a bit. Maybe that's why the director made her a main dancer, she definitely uses some kind of gravity to pull people in.
I grew up with both genres of music, so when I saw this movie as a kid I immediately fell in love with it. I love how it all comes together in the end. And the trio from the bandstand remind me of The Andrews Sisters, who I listened to a lot growing up because we're huge Abbott & Costello fans and they made frequent appearances in their movies.
@CravenWolf1986 I think a lot of people still don't know that Olivia recorded all three voices for the trio; Jeff Lynne did a lot of the male backing vocals for the entire movie.
The one thing I love about this is that, even though this (clip alone) was filmed in the 80's it's something we can all identify with and love because of the fusion of two totally different eras becoming one. It's just genius! :-D
@DonaldAceDouglass Yeah, the storyline was kinda corny. The producers must have figured the music line-up would be sufficient to carry it off....and they were right, imho. I've got the DVD and if I need a lift, I pop it in and take off for Xanadu! #LOL
Friggin' sisko!!!!!!!
poppaluv 2 days ago
This scene needed Olivia in it!!!!!!! :(
poppaluv 2 days ago
I saw this movie 2 weeks after my daughter was born. Had I seen it before, her name would have been Kyra. I love this scene where they "mashup" the 2 songs - and they blend so well! I think Gene Kelly kept the 40s part in period with dancin and dress. It's one of my favorite scenes of the movie.
L80Kyra 5 days ago
Fantastic!
jcarlosrfilho 5 days ago
what it the rock n roll song called, i love it, its so awesomeeeee
shelbycoolie 1 week ago
@shelbycoolie It's part of the 40s dance routine. The whole thing is a mashup and is called "Dancin'"
jrssjdca 5 days ago
I've been watching clips from the movie today. The nostalgic sentiment I'm feeling is tremendous. I was 12 years old when this movie came out. Hard to believe so much time has gone by. Thank you so very much for the upload :)
pattisgirls 1 week ago
Brilliant Scene. Btw, what's up with the drums? Anyone hear double base drum a little out of sync?
Pagweb 1 week ago
One of the best sequences in the movie ("I'm Alive" is also excellent.). As you may or may not know, despite the fact that we see three women "singing" the Big Band portion of the song, Olivia Newton-John is actually doing the singing and the three women are just lip synching.
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quelle belle performance a cette époque les artiste étais vraiment extraordinaire
x2vwurouge 2 weeks ago
even though the critics slammed this movie...I liked it, and this is one of my 3 fav parts in the film.
vdoman 2 weeks ago 3
The choreography must have been very hard to pull off.
Still, good.
Atreides22222 1 month ago
I think this song is a perfect example of the musical term "counterpoint". Both melodies are great songs independently of one another, yet becomes fantastic when combined. I loved the movie when it first came out & never knew why it was so berated by the critics. I'm glad it's finally been recognized as an Icon of the Boomer generation. ONJ & I are the same age.
briquetaverne 1 month ago
@briquetaverne Well it's really referred to as a "mashup" which is taking two independent songs and interweaving them together. Counterpoint is multiple voicing that comes from the same musical piece.
jrssjdca 1 month ago
@jrssjdca And the two styles were written as one song (I think...) so they were meant to be "mashed up". And I agree, Glee mash ups are like predigested crap.
Jadefg 1 month ago
@Jadefg John Farrar according to my album, wrote both pieces and may have done so for the purpose of "mashing" them. He's actually listed as one of the guitarists on the Tubes' portion on the studio portion. I don't watch Glee, mainly because I forget, but I've caught a few of their things and they're pretty good. Not all of it is though.
jrssjdca 4 weeks ago
i'm 14 , and i love this movie (: , and this part of the movie
stephScrewsYouCx 1 month ago
The Tubes!!!
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Like how they combine the music, and its the real thing,,, not like the Gleeeeeeeeeee Muck !!!!
pinballKing012 1 month ago
Just watched the video again. Must've been re-done, 'cause I don't see the little girl in it this time.
brownjack56 1 month ago
Is that little girl that you see with the Tube's lead singer (Fee Waybill) his daughter?
brownjack56 1 month ago
This is fun!
OurGangFan 1 month ago
I LOVE the glasses @ 4:30!!
pandygal 1 month ago
i don't get why people says this movie sucks, it's one of my all time favorites!!! I absolutely adore Michael Beck and Gene Kelly no matter how much older they are than me ;)
malachaisaac 2 months ago 2
@malachaisaac Just because dissenters have opinions too. To some it sucks, to others like me it doesn't. I saw it again a few months ago on streaming video on Blockbuster online, and it was terrific seeing it again since seeing it in the theatre in the beginning.
jrssjdca 1 month ago
por favor que vuelva a dar esta peli en la tele estan magica pra mi y paara los que se quedaron en los 80 GENIAL ME ENCANTA Y OLIVIA NEWTON UNA DIVA !!
vikoedibuo87 2 months ago
Still gives me goosebumps and the first time I saw it was in 1981. The merging was amazing!
vaboxrboy 2 months ago
Damn I love this! The amazing choreography the way this song mashes up so well without sounding like a bunch of noise. It's just so magical.
OnyxDragon01 2 months ago
And thus mash-ups were born.
PaigeyPumphrey 2 months ago
one of my favorites from the movie! wait, they were all like my favorite :P
sherlinaa 3 months ago
excuse my language.. but this scene is f*&^en awesome..♥♥
names5000 3 months ago
Perfect!
The part where the two mix and mingle... very good choreography
Atreides22222 3 months ago
I watched the Xanadu broadway musical and the did a great job on all the songs but butchered this one and made it too short! :(
paulstec1 3 months ago
I gotta say, even though my school used this song in their dancing production and I heard it a million times while I was teching, It STILL gives me shivers. I absolutely adore this song and I have no idea why it was never too popular.
xxjoygasmicxx 3 months ago
The final of this song is great!
Antarktida21 3 months ago
I can't figure out why they didn't have Olivia sing in the middle of that trio,,,I mean it is her singing the song
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CENA CLASSICA DO FILME XANADU!!! ARRANJOS PERFEITOS,CONFRONTO E UNIAO MAGISTRAL DE 2 ESTILOS MUSICAIS DE DUAS EPOCAS DIFERENTES!!! LINDOOOOO
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luderss 3 months ago
From This,If it was a history lesson,80's sucked. They Did not Folks.We had a great President and Music was growing.There were great groups in the 80's.Some of them were even heterosexuals.
SmokeBojangles 3 months ago
@SmokeBojangles Reagan may have been a good actor, but he was a lousy president. We're still paying the price. And the 80's had its moments of happiness...........but a lot of it was crap too. AIDS, crack, crime, banking and Wall Street abuses...............hmmmmm-kind of comes full circle.
Shakeshack78 3 months ago
is hte Tubes song anywhere alone? I dont mind this, but I would love to just have the Tubes song.
clok1966 3 months ago
Second best part of the best movie ever!!!
StaceyMcCNSB 3 months ago
So catchy its always in my head haha I LOVE IT!!!!!!
hirotoXxXkirari1 3 months ago
This clip says more than anyone ever could about the common themes of different generations and their music versus some lame argument over when or which music was the best.
lespaulfanofsparta 3 months ago
Love this!!!
jazzy6307 4 months ago
goddd, this was probably my favorite part of the wholeee movie. even with two different eras and style of dance and music, the dancing and music just fit together so fuckin' well. wieh0f9whn309o.
ardenanime 4 months ago 8
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@ardenanime seeing this makes me the hap hap happiest creep since bing crosby tap danced w/ danny fuckin kaye (couldn't resist) :D AWESOME UPLOAD THANK YOU
lovemusicsomuch 5 days ago
This was my favorite movie as a kid, I loved dancing to this song. :) So cool that someone put it on youtube! :D
fluffycatluv 4 months ago
Only the Hollywood , American can Do it !!!! Bravo!!!! 1982 .
anuchid29 4 months ago
always thought this flick would have been better as a stage play; in 2007 it was modified for broadway and became a smash!
diddymuck 5 months ago
@diddymuck I didn't see it on Broadway, but from what I heard, the musical on stage was kind of a joke, not quite a spoof, but treated as such. I'll never know... unless it is still playing?
Jadefg 4 months ago
i believe this is the first mashup ever!
davidremixer 5 months ago 8
@davidremixer Exactly.
blachubear 3 months ago
What are the two seprate songs called? i want to listen to them seprately!
ugottahavefun1 5 months ago
can you imagine trying to mix 40s music with today's insipid crap? LOL
ViciousAlienKlown 5 months ago 2
@ViciousAlienKlown I tried to think of that same thing but I could never see it working nor would I want too! This is too brilliant to let today's music s**t all over it! :D
cityfolkferal 4 months ago
I don't know if this is true or not, but apparently they wrote these 2 songs seperately and didn't put them together until the recorded it
RoxyMoron101 5 months ago
@RoxyMoron101 According to the album, John Farrar wrote "Dancin' " which also contains the unnamed 40s song. He also played on the album for The Tubes. The whole movie was based on a fantasy co-conceived by Danny and Sonny (Gene Kelly and Michael Beck), and melding the two songs was the crux of that fantasy. Kelly was more into 40s music and Big Band jazz, while Sonny was a rock and roll guy. Neither one could agree which genre would headline the club, so they used both to great success.
jrssjdca 5 months ago 2
Heh heh The Tubes, Gene Kelly & Olivia... I love this movie!
PoppyB2011 5 months ago 2
This is my #1 favorite movie and always will be!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! I just got through watching it for the billion time on Ovation channel!!!!!!!!!! Been a long time since I had see it!!
starladodge4 5 months ago 2
@starladodge4 I hadn't seen it since I saw it in the theatre in 1980. I recently saw it on demand from Blockbuster online, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was interesting watching it again after all these years with the movie being just over 30 years older and seeing it differently.
jrssjdca 5 months ago
Gene Kelly the GOD OF DANCE last shine R.I.P GENE! I love Olivia Newton John more than anything! Kiss kiss kiss
SkankExpose 5 months ago 2
this was my favorite scene from the movie, 40s style vs hard edge rock...
SuperJoeKewl 5 months ago
i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove this
if61 5 months ago
Saw this for the first time a couple of days ago. It's crazy! and I've seen Zardoz! lol. The musical sequences are good, especially this one but the film as a whole is not totally successful. I can definitely see why it has a cult following though. I'm gonna keep the dvd as a guilty pleasure...lol.x
bumblebert 5 months ago
I LOVE the blonde lady's hair @ 1:10. Waist length crimped hair was very late 70's glamour. I'm almost certain that the man with the blonde fingerwaves was in the Bob Welch video, Ebony Eyes. The costumes for the rock segment were ultra hot.
schildno5 6 months ago
Best dance number ever produced!
CSXer 6 months ago
It comes together so well.
hypnoticsneezedoll 6 months ago
I wore this bitch out!!! I like the rock segment best, but I still don't fast forward right to it. I just patiently wait for it so that the impact of the two genres merging together is still there..... DAMN! I'm a weirdo. A big cerebral weirdo. When it comes to music, that is!
CrashN2Me1000 6 months ago
I wore this bitch out!!!
CrashN2Me1000 6 months ago
5 are beliebers.
raulox71 6 months ago
Dam i miss the 80's....music movies TV it all sucks now......
miamimann1 6 months ago
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Me myself it's one of my favorite's oh and if anybody was looking for a place to watch it you can watch it instantly with netflix
anastasiafan1 7 months ago
Gene Kelly, pure elegance. They just don't make them like that any more. This movie is on my top 100 list, good acting and great music- ELO, Olivia Newton John, and the Tubes (the mashers). Oh, and it has a story line that is both entertaining and well developed. If you have not seen the movie I implore you SEE IT.
666shallk 7 months ago 3
@666shallk , I agree Gene Kelly was Pure Elegance as you said and Oliva was a great singer and most important Pure Natural Beauty. this was a great movie. the critics may have hated it ( I never listen to them) but then they don't know a good movie when they see it and hate most movies any way.
Astraldragon1 6 months ago
Respond to this video... I grew up in the 80's and it's my favorite music and I love the music but the 40's Big band era was good.
Astraldragon1 6 months ago
I love the Asian woman's top at 1:04. Anyone know what she's wearing?
clemdane 7 months ago
@clemdane A jumpsuit?
Kiya4ever 7 months ago
@Kiya4ever Oh I meant who designed it. Was it just by some costume designer for the movie or is it a known designer?
clemdane 7 months ago
@clemdane Oh I dont know who designed or made it. Sorry. :\
Kiya4ever 7 months ago
The dancing way back then was so fluidic and natural. I kinda miss those days.
rayva1 7 months ago 28
@rayva1 my dick's pretty fluid, too.
azurenscens 4 months ago
God I wish I was a dancer...
clemdane 7 months ago
best.mashup.ever. and it is older than most people who do mashups!
thalliadruid 7 months ago
diablos q recuerdos en mi ecuador yo tenia 12 anos el rock estaba en su maxima expresion los 70s y 80s q lindos tiempos q nunca volveran
alcatraz069 7 months ago
The best moment of "Xanadu." Who says musicals still can't be done today? The mash-up in the final minute was called 'song-in-counterpoint' back in the day, and is a fantastic sequence.
mca1218 7 months ago
I <3 The Tubes. They rocked it.
DadenAlxio 7 months ago
The last minute is pure perfection!
jade3101 7 months ago
RIP Lonnie, who played the sailor. Magnificent gymnast, dancer and a real nice guy.
IYAMNI 8 months ago
@IYAMNI Is he the same dancer that is just to Olivia Newton-John's left in the beginning of the video for the song Xanadu?
reno1uest 7 months ago
@reno1uest As a matter of fact yes! That's him in the dark jacket screen right, Olivia's left. Never noticed him in that scene b4. Thanks :-)
IYAMNI 7 months ago
@IYAMNI I noticed him in the other video 1st and when I came to this video and saw your comment I looked for the sailor and thought it was the same guy. It's a shame that he's gone.
reno1uest 7 months ago
@reno1uest The guy at the back left in the brown argyle vest at 3:17 to around 3:28 also looks really familiar. I wonder if I've seen him in other films...
clemdane 7 months ago
@clemdane I agree that he looks familiar but I do not know a name or where else we might have seen him.
reno1uest 6 months ago
@reno1uest He look a bit like Tommy Hilfiger but I don't think that's it.
clemdane 6 months ago
That Rock Band for some reason reminds of an episode from Buck Rogers where they had this furturistic Rock Band, coincedently came out the same year, 1980.
JENDALL714 8 months ago
"This is the 80's!"
Haroun2k 8 months ago
This is fun!
OurGangFan 8 months ago
I LOVE IT!
AlwaysAlmostXmas 8 months ago
ziggy stardust meet The Andrews sisters....that would be a show I would pay to see in Real life :)
Tinyoak2 8 months ago
Neither one could agree on which style to use, so they combined them with rousing success and awesome results.
Lakerbballfan 8 months ago
I always loved this scene! And the last 2 mins just ROCKS! What a great few minutes of fun!!
DV300Runner 8 months ago
Gene Kelly wins - always
sduross 9 months ago 4
I like the old guy's idea. Other one is good too
lardassrevenge1 9 months ago
love this song so glad I found it. Xanadu is one of my fav. movies
ravenblood379 9 months ago
The best upload for dacin' i add it and like it i had my high school graduat final exam starts next day and i ran to watch it " secretly " !! and ran over and over to watch it when it appeares in any movie theatre ! thank you coecallie v.much
hotblooded6 9 months ago
Goosebumps...every time! Love the mashup!
Remarkibus 9 months ago
I suppose someone else has already mentioned this but the Rock Band in this segment is The Tubes NOT ELO. Thanks for posting this.
BognarRegis 9 months ago
pq nao podemos compartilhar????
Ednatiesu 9 months ago
Best part of my childhood.
TuneinRockoutVideos 9 months ago 4
This is my favorite song from Xanadu! I never get tired of it!
TimeKaiser 9 months ago 4
Блеск!
denisbarybin 9 months ago
pay close attention to the woman from 1:25 to 1:27 you get little too much of a show!
chefjeff2002 9 months ago
So F'n pimp!
cardinaldriver 9 months ago
This is the best part of the movie.Awesome mix.
NarLiv 9 months ago
The guy in the white sailor outfit is so friggin' hot...
clemdane 10 months ago
@clemdane I knew him. He was a stuck up jerk who thought he was better then everybody. But going strictly physically he is good looking.
lasktguy 9 months ago
@lasktguy oh isn't that always how it is? were you in this?? god I'd give anything to go back and experience that time period again, especially in New York...
clemdane 9 months ago
@clemdane no, I wasn't in this. Somehow I never heard about the auditions and seeing as how I had friend who were in it, it kind os sucks that they didn't tell me.
lasktguy 7 months ago
@lasktguy Ouch, sorry to hear that. I love this era of song and dance. I'll watch any films from this period. A bit later than The Eyes of Laura Mars but the aesthetic reminds me of that.
clemdane 7 months ago
@clemdane that's funny you mention that movie. I just recently bought a copy of 'Eyes of Laura Mars.
lasktguy 7 months ago
@lasktguy Oh my god, I have to do that. I need to own it. I play the fashion shoot scenes over and over on Youtube. I don't spose you know Jim Devine?
clemdane 7 months ago
I was a huge fan of the TUBES (the rock band in this clip) before this movie. This was as close to mainstream as they ever got. Despite their 2 top 40 hits. Still a white punk (tho not on dope).
tallguy3708 10 months ago
I love part of the movie !
dmhandy 10 months ago
i was a sophomore in junior high in st. louis when this came out....aaah...fond memories... :)
justaskoche 10 months ago
The rock song sounds like a declaration of intent to rape. Jesus! I was only ten when I'd listen to this repeatedly. Yikes. He's quite a douche.
stockinettestitch 10 months ago
@stockinettestitch it's aparent that you probably don't like rap neither. And you missed the point, which is, big band, jazz, rock, rap etc. are all similar. One might be a slower tempo, others fast, but with creativeness you can blend different eras together. That is one of the greatness of this piece.
nakamura1958 10 months ago
@nakamura1958 That would be apparent only to someone who thinks he knows it all. Or that you assume all rap is demeaning as hell.
I was writing about the lyrics. If you can listen to that song and think it's ok for a child (or anyone) to have that blasted into their brain then I find you to be rather ill.
stockinettestitch 10 months ago
Still......damn cool after all these years! Love it!
Bubu1969 10 months ago
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Oliva newton john and the cast did a great job but GENE KELLY stole the show. the most underated musical ever
zymmyiscool 10 months ago
got some danc'n to do,indeed!
flairboy100 10 months ago
I saw this in the theatre in 1980, and was wowed. Great movie. Gene Kelly mixed in so incredibly well with Michael Beck. It was "young and old" working together like a glove. But this song was scintillating. The meshing was totally unexpected and ingeniously done. The dancing lights up the floor for each genre, the Big Band especially is delightfully catchy, and then their meeting up together at the end was blissfully wonderful. Perfection.
Lakerbballfan 10 months ago
im only 13 and i grew up watching this movie! i absolutely LOVE this movie! its my favorite musical! it truly is pure magic!!!!!!! (:
shrekkluvrr02 10 months ago
Hey everybody. I was 15 in 1980 when this movie came out (today I'm 45) and I went to see this movie 3 times just in order to see this scene. I think the same than alikishimmies..."the most genius melding of genres in the history of music and dance"... I live in Venezuela and today few people remember this movie and I had to work hard for mor than ten years to find a copy untill finally this year, 2011, I got it.
All of us (adult people) are the ones who lived that magic.
Blessings
Wilmerenator 10 months ago
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My favorite scene! I love both the 1940s-style close vocal harmonies with a 1980s rock-and-roll/pop electric instrumentation, so when I heard this mash-up, it was a dream come true. I would love to compose something very much like this.
princess7strawberry 10 months ago
Lover!!!!..........i won't take the back seat!
66dizzy 11 months ago
This movie is pure magic...a kind of magic we hardly ever see anymore.
Delisle4 11 months ago 2
I need a suit/tie/shirt combo like that rock band...
N734NJ 11 months ago 2
This is my Favorite Favorite Movie next to GREASE of cours! and I love this part of Xanadu! Where did the music and these days go!
PatrishaM 11 months ago 2
I never have understood why the movie was a "flop" when it came out (then went on to become an underground success). Sure, it has a gaudiness to it, but that's part of what makes it larger than life. I love the "fantasy" and visual effects of it and often use it for graphic inspiration. I wish there were a real place like that and fantasize about it often. I also have a fascination for the little chick in pink that the dude picks up and plays like a guitar! :-)
TheMrBlinx 11 months ago
@TheMrBlinx you and me both. did you see my comment about her from 3 months back?
TheReturningShadow 10 months ago
I saw this in the theaters when it came out. I loved it then. I love it now. It was fun and entertaining and the music was great.
Fanadama 11 months ago
probably my favorite part of the movie
IHugShortPeople 11 months ago
Love this. Mash up before mash up was even thought of!
Latas33007 11 months ago 40
Anybody know the lyrics to both parts?
animefan25 11 months ago
This is one of my favorite parts of the movie.I must have watched the movie 1,000 times.
Roxasfan514 1 year ago
Great
saraphinn 1 year ago
what a move at 1:30 when he rolls the girl down to the floor. must have been hard to get it right so she wouldn't slam into the floor. I've heared the music from the 40's the big band era and it's good
Astraldragon1 1 year ago 2
I like both but I overall I like Gene's idea better :) Thats just me ^_^
berrybellcosplay 1 year ago
economic interest or musical ignorance .... but that does not stop being one of the best musical parodies SPECIAL !!!..
rafaelbrodmeier 1 year ago
This song is bloody awesome.
Jamestulk 1 year ago 2
@4:55 - She looks like the bride of synthesizer
bettychuck 1 year ago
Keyboard player at 05:45....he's cool, daddy-o! 8~D
technocrash09 1 year ago
The worlds first mashup!
marilyn80s 1 year ago 15
@marilyn80s: I don't believe they were able to replicate something this creative in the 21st century.
rayva1 7 months ago 19
@rayva1
I kind of get where you're coming from with this, but the entire point of the piece is that music is eternal. We can glorify the past, complain about the present, lose hope for the future, but there will always be music, always be dance - so long as we keep our muses.
elrhiarhodan 4 weeks ago
I love the way the two genres come together :')
What a film!
LiamJamesx91 1 year ago 2
I LOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEE THIS SONG AND THIS MOVIE!! IT TOTALLY ROCKED FROM BEGINNING TO END!! A TRUE CLASSIC!
capnramsey68 1 year ago
me and a friend of mine danced to this song in a talent show. i have been looking for this song forever. it brings back so may memories. love it1
libratexgal 1 year ago
I love the soundtrack to this movie.. I was in my teens when it came out, and anything with ELO I had. I saw the movie a few years later, and said.. bad movie.. great soundtrack!
loves2cook41 1 year ago
best movie ever <3
itsbeckyyyidgaf 1 year ago
incredable way of mixing just watch the move of the rock band to the right and concentrate with mix you will found them in Synchro visual and audio. realy awsome awsome awsome
SuperHagras 1 year ago
Does ne1 kno the young looking girl in hot pink dancing with the singer? She has so much energy that my eyes are drawn to her whenever she is on screen. And did ne1 see the leap she made @ 5:05? Bouncing and landing behind the singer in high heels? And does ne1 else think that among all the other dancers, that she looks like she is 13 or 14? With that energy I hope she has/had a good dancing career.
TheReturningShadow 1 year ago
@TheReturningShadow I have been trying to figure out if that is the girl from grease 2...She looks like Paulette's sister, from grease 2.
snugglyaquarius79 10 months ago
@snugglyaquarius79 I'll have to take your word for it, as I couldn't bring myself to finish watching grease 2 thirty years ago. That's one movie that NEVER should have been made. It insults the first one.
TheReturningShadow 10 months ago
@snugglyaquarius79 I checked out that girl from Grease 2 on IMDB and she has no listing for Xanadu. In fact, Grease 2 was her first movie.
TheReturningShadow 10 months ago
@TheReturningShadow Yeah...Me too. but it looks just like her! She caught my eye too...lol...bouncy little thing, ain't she?
snugglyaquarius79 9 months ago
@snugglyaquarius79 OH YES! and if she looks anything like she did then, I wouldn't mind seeing her bounce a bit. Maybe that's why the director made her a main dancer, she definitely uses some kind of gravity to pull people in.
TheReturningShadow 9 months ago
still crushing on Olivia!!
timothyh71 1 year ago 3
The Tubes !!!
mlmr11 1 year ago
I'm not sure where this version came from, but it is not the same cut as in the movie. Similar, but definitely a different cut.
gonzopoet 1 year ago
I grew up with both genres of music, so when I saw this movie as a kid I immediately fell in love with it. I love how it all comes together in the end. And the trio from the bandstand remind me of The Andrews Sisters, who I listened to a lot growing up because we're huge Abbott & Costello fans and they made frequent appearances in their movies.
CravenWolf1986 1 year ago
@CravenWolf1986 I think a lot of people still don't know that Olivia recorded all three voices for the trio; Jeff Lynne did a lot of the male backing vocals for the entire movie.
jimraw1 1 year ago
Best song from the entire movie - they merging of both music and set - very clever
MikeW62 1 year ago 3
The one thing I love about this is that, even though this (clip alone) was filmed in the 80's it's something we can all identify with and love because of the fusion of two totally different eras becoming one. It's just genius! :-D
cityfolkferal 1 year ago
Love. Love. Love.
itsbeckyyyidgaf 1 year ago
One of the best movie soundtracks and it went with one of the worst movies ever made. This blending of genres is a work of art.
DonaldAceDouglass 1 year ago
@DonaldAceDouglass Yeah, the storyline was kinda corny. The producers must have figured the music line-up would be sufficient to carry it off....and they were right, imho. I've got the DVD and if I need a lift, I pop it in and take off for Xanadu! #LOL
technocrash09 1 year ago
I've seen this film over 300 times. Oh yes. It's rasberrilicious.
ghoulfiend 1 year ago