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26 May 20 - 03:34 PM (#4055359) Subject: Folklore: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: Senoufou I've just watched this 1982 song being performed by Men Without Hats on the TV channel 'That's 80s'. The video shows no end of English folklore traditions, such as Cotswold Morris dancing, a Punch and Judy show and a Maypole. I seem to remember it was filmed in a Wiltshire village (West Kington, near Chipping Sodbury) but I couldn't identify the Morris side (to my shame). The whole song with video can be seen on Youtube. Anyone able to identify the Cotswold Morris side? |
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26 May 20 - 03:54 PM (#4055362) Subject: RE: Folklore: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: punkfolkrocker Sen - The info is out there, because I remember reading it earlier this year. Probably buried in the comments of the video... Or I might have googled it...??? |
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26 May 20 - 03:58 PM (#4055364) Subject: RE: Folklore: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: GUEST,Ed According to Wikipedia: "The Morris dancers seen in the video were the Chippenham Town Morris Men, performing a dance called Monkton Park." |
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26 May 20 - 04:31 PM (#4055370) Subject: RE: Folklore: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: Senoufou Oh well done!! I've never watched Chippenham Town Morris Men at any of the Morris festivals, so perhaps I can be forgiven for not recognising them. Thank you all! |
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26 May 20 - 04:55 PM (#4055371) Subject: RE: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: GUEST,keberoxu I did not see this episode, but when "Dancing with the Stars" (US) had as a guest Marlee Matlin, who you will remember is a very gifted actress who is deaf, they had her and her partner dance to this one. That was when she got voted off the show, or got the losing number of votes, however you want to say it. Her partner was a professional dancer but not used to working with someone deaf. Apparently the lack of coordination and rapport between them was very obvious. |
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27 May 20 - 03:36 AM (#4055412) Subject: RE: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: Senoufou That's so sad keberoxu. Poor lady, after having been brave enough to go on the show. |
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27 May 20 - 08:36 AM (#4055459) Subject: RE: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: Georgiansilver Audio of me singing this song several years back. |
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27 May 20 - 10:31 AM (#4055474) Subject: RE: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: Bonzo3legs I love the original video of the song, I remember watching it on TOTP and went outside afterwards to find my Mk 3 Cortina Estate had been stolen. I got it back a week later minus the battery! |
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27 May 20 - 11:32 AM (#4055478) Subject: RE: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: Senoufou Georgiansilver, that was brilliant! Well done you! And poor Bonzo, what a horrible memory. Did the Police catch the thieves? This song, and the original video, makes me think of that weird film The Wicker Man, set on 'Summer Isle' where all sorts of folksy stuff was going on while the population prepared a human sacrifice. Chilling. Also Glastonbury. A friend who lives in Somerset took me to visit the place many years ago, and the strange, occult New Age stuff made me shiver. Can't explain why. I think as a general observation, folk music and old traditions have direct links to a darker past, when people believed in far more than Christianity and conventional life/leisure. I find this endlessly fascinating. |
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29 May 20 - 08:19 AM (#4055815) Subject: RE: Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance' From: Bonzo3legs No Senoufou they didn't, but I was glad enough to get my car back! Glad you are safe and well. |