TACO: Puttin' On The Ritz (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

[ronaldmonster]

Vladimir Puttin' On The Ritz

[ozzyrulls69]

tuxedos fit in this music video

[dontburnthepagan]

anyone else reminded of the fallout series with this song? just sayin'

[pbwulf]

Glad to see it uncensored. Apparently everything offends black people. Go figure.

[sandyFL100]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the information~~ one of my very favorite entertainers~~ In Gratitude, in Peace with Love, Joy and Compassion~~

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@sandyFL100 Thank you for your very kind comment :-)))

[musicguy1793]

i mean mouse



[musicguy1793]

lol hamster at 3:20 :P

[MrAndrewEZ]

I want the cane.

[Twinkystud27]

Love it... it's blue dark and mysterious //_^

[blackarrow189]

The Guy singing and the two people who go *Super Duper* Scare me. I NEED A HUG! LOL

[chevysmiling]

Makin' it rain @0:58!!

[jay1stnewyorker7]

Them silly days .... Brings back nostalgia ... My growing up days, still like this song!!!

[simhopp]

I would love to buy some quality white spats.

it is very difficult to find high quality white spats these days, only very cheaply made ones are available.

[NYerintransit]

Super duper.

[thewildestkitty]

why was this censored to begin with lol

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@thewildestkitty The "blackface" was a spontaneous idea of TACO on the set at that time, a hommage to the famous singer and entertainer Al Jolson, whom he greatly admired and who was also known as a famous "Blackface actor" of the 1920s! MTV had problems with it because they feared it might offend the Black American community!

[thewildestkitty]

reminds me of rock horror

[KellyKellyStarr]

Lol black faces.

[tehpiezorz]

i find this video...unsettling

[thecolaratlady]

Hey Roland? How long did it take to think up the vid, practise etc until you and taco were happy with the end result?

[FNHSHOW]

Taco is a Jedi. :D

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@FNHSHOW And why? Because he has a glowing cane?

[BgMsDangerus]

@RoCoMANAGEMENT Lord, I love this video and I'm still in love with the piano player!!!!

[shadowmantis23]

anyone else notice that around the 3:20 mark especially that it looks like jim carry modeled his character "the mask" after his face/expressions?

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@shadowmantis23 I don't think so but who knows :)

[BgMsDangerus]

@RoCoMANAGEMENT Cannot get enough of this song and video. Your upload is now on my list of favorites. BgMs

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@BgMsDangerus Thanks ;-)

[thecolaratlady]

@shadowmantis23 I looked, i really didnt see that honestly.

[ncdude367]

I've always loved this song ... it always seemed to me that it was supposed to be a sort of "warped" throwback to the 1930s ...

[Agent2171]

You would have to be stupid to think the black faces were related to racism, he was from Indonesia! people just like to get offended without doing any research or even thinking. sometimes you just let stuff go even if it was racist, it was over 20 years ago, jeez

[OPERAKNIGHT]

will taco ever make come back in the music game because todays music talent offens me this man need to have come back world tour and a new CD

[thecolaratlady]

@OPERAKNIGHT He's still popular in Europe, Russia..Roland said a few days ago that Taco is working on a new song

[whitearab2]

one of the greatest songs in the world sung by one of the creepiest, scariest dudes i have ever seen, awesome

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@whitearab2 Well, Taco and I know each other since 1983 but he never scared me :)))

[whitearab2]

@RoCoMANAGEMENT really thats crazy, ive loved this song ever since i was a kid, do you mind if i ask what he thought about the black face paint controversy? i always thought it was ridiculous and was curious what he thought.

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@whitearab2 Taco never understood the decades of discussion at all, because the blackfaces in the video had nothing to do with racism in the furthest as far as he was concerned. Actually it was just a spontaneous idea on the set at that time, a hommage to the singer and entertainer Al Jolson, whom he greatly admired and who was also known as a famous "Blackface actor" of the 1920s!

[thecolaratlady]

@RoCoMANAGEMENT Right, but yet it is very offensive to black people. I dont get it either.

[thecolaratlady]

@whitearab2 it was rediculous wasnt it?

[thecolaratlady]

@whitearab2 He's an adorable older man now with grey hair.

[thewombatsshred]

sooopa doopa !!!

[Reavelt]

Brilliant! What a talented guy!

[TheCandace018]

I want that walking stick! XD

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@TheCandace018 Taco used it only in the 80s and does not find it anymore :)

[xXRavenJayGrayXx]

WTF? HE HAS A LIGHTSABERRRRRRR!

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@xXRavenJayGrayXx IT'S A WALKING STICK! Why do people keep calling it a light saber? Why the hell would he have a light saber? A walking stick on the other fits right in with the lyrics, "Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts."

[xXRavenJayGrayXx]

Were did you get this video? I love this song!

[visitjustin]

Is there an instrumental to this song? i would really like to have to make a remix.

[HorseGal523]

he looks freaky but i looooooooooooooooooooooooooove this song :D i mean he did great it's awsome

[CelesteK]

I don't know why people were so touchy back then? There are "Mammy" bits in this video that I wouldn't have even noticed or been offended about. :p He wouldn't be able to get away with that in this day and age but I know that this is the least offensive video I've ever seen. :)

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

@CelesteK You are perfectly right! I never understood the decades of discussion at all, because the blackfaces in the video had nothing to do with racism in the furthest as far as Taco was concerned. Actually it was just a spontaneous idea on the set at that time, a hommage to the singer and entertainer Al Jolson, whom he greatly admired and who was also known as a famous "Blackface actor" of the 1920s!

[scoobydoorocks10]

@CelesteK Yeah, it just looks like a guy in a tux in a city that looks like the great depression hit. nothing offensive about that.

[David20k]

this brings back so many memories

[jimmybobjesus]

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[jotaudos]

Puttin' On The Ritz (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

[RoCoMANAGEMENT]

Thanks for your nice comments :)

Roland - Taco's manager

[CelesteK]

@RoCoMANAGEMENT You're welcome. Culture Club did the same thing for their Do You Really Want To Hurt Me video and it garnered the same kind of negative publicity. Oh you can't have that in your video. I never would have thought of it as being racist because I was too young to even know what that term meant? But now that I look at it I don't see anything that's racist about it.

[WVPWimpVsPunk]

Puttin' On The Prom... Heard Taco's song the evening of Thursday, May 14, 1998. The night of my senior prom. Played Puttin' On The Ritz again and again while dressing. Felt so Taco in my blue pinstripe button down shirt, tie, and black slacks. Even bought a pair of black socks for the occasion. I was Puttin' On The Ritz. Was until I realized I never purchased shoes. Had to chose boots or sneakers. Oh, well. At least the accompanying music was ritzy.

[thecolaratlady]

@WVPWimpVsPunk Oh Nice! i'm sure you were very handsome..do you have a pic of it? I'd love to see it

[Chelin66]

I just love it!!!!

=)

[xzyza2000]

This song wants to make me groove like a swingah!!!

[xzyza2000]

Great for ballroom dance..

[kash4evs]

love this!!! it always makes me smile wether i wanna or not!!!

[UltraBVR]

So nice to see the "uncensored" version of the video in such good quality. Reminds me of staying up until all hours watching "Night Tracks" on WTBS.