Uploaded by georgegalloearth on Feb 11, 2008
If Barry Manilow had known that his songs would make people dance like this he might have re-written them. The title song from the TV show where young people just endlessly dance like buffoons in a studio has always bothered me. This is my salutation to an American Saturday morning show favorite!
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I'm confused. First you say you despise this version....then you say you don't. Either way, I respect your taste. I dug some of the big band sounds myself, including the original "Bandstand Boogie"! (Yes, Tre404.....jcghooker is indeed correct about the title of the original!).
peace
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Well, I don't despise it, I just don't like it as much as the original, and I don't like to hear people giving Manilow credit for the tune, he only added the lyrics later. But I have to remind myself that some people were not around back in 1954, when the tune was being played on the radio. But if you like Barry's version, good for you, but I prefer the instrumental. Incidentally, at the time it was recorded, the Les Elgart band was the #1 band in America. Kind of hard to top that, you know.
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IncidentALly, Dick Clark LOVED Barry's version. He even had it as "hold" music on the office phones! Your comments is indeed factual however, the fact that you despise Manilow's version was a comment none of us really care about.
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True that. However, Dick Clark commissioned Mr. Manilow to do his version of it because he (Dick Clark) thought the world of Barry's talent and musicianship! This song was the result of that.
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Dick Clark will always remembered of American Bandstand 50,s 60,s 70,s 80,s 90,s 2012 & 2013
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RIP Dick Clark
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Ah, the greatest dance party ever is being thrown in heaven!
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Was this shot in Philadelphia, where American Bandstand started?
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Thank you, Dick. Godspeed.
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R.I.P. Dick Clark--Thanks for this awesome show for over 30 years and for your New Year's Rockin Eve!! Also one of my fave Barry songs!!
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