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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Tragically Forgotten



I've heard "Can't Touch This" and "Ice Ice Baby" more and more over the past few years. The question is, if MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice are retro-cool, why not Milli Vanilli? In an effort to fix this injustice I've dug up a piece of their golden musical past.

One look at this video and I think you'll agree Milli Vanilli deserve to be remembered. There's Oscar-worthy acting to set the scene at the beginning. Some Michael Jackson-rivaling dance moves (the running stomp is a piece of choreographed genius). And even MC Hammer's parachute pants have a tough time beating the fashion sense of huge shoulder pads. You know it's true.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, that is incredibly bad! The feet stomping... the men's capri-style trousers... the drummer with the mad hair... and to think that they weren't recruited for their singing but for their... I don't know, dancing abilities, sense of style?

colinjwarren said...

I think they're kind of cute. With a bit of practise they could be hired by a Bollywood studio for their dance sequences. One of them looks like René.

Nigel said...

Who's René? I hope you're not insulting someone you know personally.