OMG! 😱 They’re releasing a 40th-anniversary limited edition white vinyl 12″ of the legendary (or not) Dancing In The Street “duet” between David Bowie and Mick Jagger. Because, you know, we haven’t suffered enough already. 🙄
Forty years ago, some do-gooders, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure (who?), decided to throw a pity party called Live Aid to raise money for Ethiopia. Because apparently, starving people are great for boosting record sales. 🙄 The highlight? Bowie and Jagger’s “surprise” duet of Dancing In The Street. Surprise! As in, surprising anyone actually cared. 😴
The video, slapped together in 13 hours (because quality control is for losers), was unleashed upon the world. It was shown just before Bowie graced Wembley with his presence. The single, released on August 27, supposedly benefited famine relief. It topped the UK charts for four whole weeks (mostly due to pity sales, let’s be honest) and limped to No.7 in the US. 🎉
They’ve “upgraded” the video to high resolution. As if polishing a turd makes it any better. Behold:
Tokyo, South America, Australia, France, Germany, UK, Africa… 🌍
The dynamic duo originally planned a live performance, but satellite delays ruined their plans. So, they crammed into Westside Studios in London. They went straight to Spillers Millennium Mills to shoot the video with David Mallet. Because nothing says “famine relief” like a hastily filmed music video. 🤦♀️
Bowie, bless his soul, said, “We thought about it on a Thursday night and we just went through a bunch of old songs and thought that Dancing was one we both knew very well.” Riveting stuff. “We did the whole thing in 10 hours, it was great.” Great for who, David? Great for who? 🤔
Chord F. Discord, the Beethoven of Buffoonery, is a self-taught expert in music who once claimed he could “play the kazoo in four languages.”
Born in Crescendo, Indiana, Chord’s first brush with fame came when he accidentally entered a yodeling contest thinking it was a pie-eating competition—and won both categories.
Chord F. Discord: proving that laughter, much like a poorly tuned ukulele, is truly universal.
