Walk it out, Gwen
July 26th, 2007 by HeywoodThis has been around the Internet a little based on its 900,000+ YouTube views, but when I saw it today it was new to me and there was no question that it’s Blogadilla material.
I’m a big fan of mashups, but this is a mashup of a different style: music mashed with video. In 2006, Atlanta DJ and rap artist Unk released the addictive track “Walk It Out.” Shortly after, someone took a video clip from a 1960s TV show featuring Gwen Verdon (third wife of Bob Fosse and one of the best dancers of her time) dancing to a song called “Mexican Breakfast,” and had the idea to lay the rap track over the video. I can’t tell you what spurred the idea in the first place, but I can tell you is that the mix works out amazingly well. Check it out for yourself, and then for reference afterward, see the original.
July 26th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
haha! Just goes to show how slutty or just plain goofy a dance can be depends on the music.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
I couldn’t agree more– I saw the mashup first and expected something completely different when I found the original…
July 26th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
That song is the perfect choice . . . it works even better than the original song. HA!
July 30th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Should raise the level of the dancing to be seen on BET.
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May 16th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I’ve been going thru old Blogadilla material, and this my man, this ranks up there with some of the more creative stuff I’ve ever seen.
I actually feel bad for whoever went thru tons of obscure 60s dance vids to find the perfect one!
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