Tuesday, April 29, 2025

A Postscript to Friday's Listomania: "Critical Re-Assessment or Mellowing in Your Old Age?" Part Deux

Okay, so I stumbled upon this video the other day...

...and apart from it being fabulous and funny just in terms of the montage, I was suddenly struck by how much better the song itself was than I remembered.

Seriously -- dead catchy, and it rocks. I mean, what's not to like?

So I got a huge chuckle when I looked it up over at Wikipedia and discovered the following:

In the early 21st century, Blender magazine published a list of the "50 worst songs of all time", with "Dancing on the Ceiling" listed at No. 20.

I mean, wow. There's just no pleasing some people, apparently. 😎

5 comments:

Allan Rosenberg said...

It's okay, but way too eighties sounding for me.

Captain Al

Rob said...

Forg et about the song but for those of us of a certain age this is a collection of some of the best dance routines of the 40s/50s.
I mean c'mon - Astaire in a couple iconic scenes - Crosby/Skelton/Astaire - Oklahoma
Danny Kaye and one of my favorites - Gene Kelly
Thanks Steve, am going to send this clip to my sisters
rob

Alzo said...

It sounds like 'Ghostbusters.' But the clips are terrific.

ken49 said...

Man if that did not put a smile on your face. Incredible job of linking dance routines with the song. Pretty amazing.

Rob said...

Ken, sent it too my Sisters. I challenged them to list the dancers that they recognized.
I got quite a few that they saw.
It was a fun game