ClassicCase
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Post by ClassicCase on Oct 15, 2003 6:31:07 GMT -5
#4 on Billboard's Pop Chart.
This is another one-hit wonder for Taco. He also did another show tune rendition called Cheek To Cheek which is believed to be a Fred Astaire number in the 1930s during his "Top Hat" years. However that song was lost in oblivion. If you got the extended version of Ritz, you also could recognize a small montage of classics in the middle of it like White Christmas, There's No Business Like Show Business and Gotta Dance among others all coming from the '30s era. It's a catchy tune released back in late spring of 1983.
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jimmy74747
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Post by jimmy74747 on Oct 15, 2003 8:18:13 GMT -5
Thats a good one. Totaly different from pretty much anything else from the 80's (at least that I remember)
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Post by tico on Oct 15, 2003 10:01:54 GMT -5
Another song I used to sing as a little kid. All these songs take me back. I still like it to this day.
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Post by irock on Oct 15, 2003 12:04:55 GMT -5
This was a highly unusual pop hit, especially considering how very old the tune itself is. I cannot hear or even think of any version of this song but I'm reminded of Young Frankenstein and the side-splitting comic "performance" of POTR by the monster with a top-hat and cane. If you've never seen the picture you owe it to yourself to find a copy somewhere and watch it. The comic genius of Mel Brooks was at its high-water mark when he made this film, and it (along with The Producers - remember Springtime for Hitler? - and Blazing Saddles) represents the peak of his achievements.
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stevie nice
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Post by stevie nice on Oct 15, 2003 12:46:18 GMT -5
p fucking u.
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BillboardBoy
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Post by BillboardBoy on Feb 7, 2004 23:12:43 GMT -5
Yeah, this song reminds me of when I was a youngester. My mom had the 45-single. I always thought it was an odd song.
"If you're blue and you don't know where to go, why don't you go to where fashion sits. Puttin' on the ritz."
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Post by mst3k on Feb 8, 2004 0:19:49 GMT -5
This song reminds me of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.  |
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johnnywest
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 23, 2006 22:22:41 GMT -5
I heard this on AT20 earlier this year. It was so-so.
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Post by freakyflybry2 on Mar 15, 2008 14:54:08 GMT -5
I like this song... definitely a creative spin on a classic show tune!
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WotUNeed
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Post by WotUNeed on Mar 15, 2008 15:35:14 GMT -5
Love this, probably more than is healthy. It's a great song anyway, but this rendition just puts it off the charts
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shocker
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Post by shocker on Jul 8, 2008 6:21:38 GMT -5
"Ritz" is definitely my favorite song of the entire 1980s because it was so unique. Had the techno-pop quality that many '80s hits had, but very different at the same time.
There were 2 videos to this song - the original, and the censored version. The original uncensored version showed people in blackface. The censored version had a picture of Gary Cooper dubbed over the blackface singers when they sang the "super-dooper" part. So it was censored strictly for p.c./racial reasons.
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Post by horchata on Jul 9, 2011 21:12:48 GMT -5
One of my favorite songs of the 80s, love how off beat this is and is a great remake.
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Post by Whi$tlin' Pete on Jul 12, 2011 1:18:28 GMT -5
I loved this tune and bought the '45 when it was popular. I played the flip side and discovered a song that I felt was excellent as well, a little gem called "Living In My Dream World."
Check it out if you have the '45.
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Post by Whi$tlin' Pete on Jul 12, 2011 1:19:45 GMT -5
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halo19
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Post by halo19 on Jul 13, 2011 0:36:24 GMT -5
Interesting blend of show tunes and 80s Europop.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jun 28, 2023 11:26:16 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 30, 2023 15:43:08 GMT -5
Loved this song.
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