Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Official Video)

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Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Official Video)

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To celebrate 40 Years of 'After Eight' and 'Puttin' On The Ritz', here's the official video for Taco's timeless hit single.
The 40th Anniversary Edition of 'After Eight' is OUT NOW containing the remastered album, instrumentals, bonus tracks, outtakes and demos as well as the very special 'Live In Detroit' show from 1983.
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@randomnessthe3rd Жыл бұрын

I love how fever dreamy 80’s music videos are

@spencerallison3196 Жыл бұрын

Try anything by Stan Ridgeway

@antoniosethias9948 Жыл бұрын

I see the original of this video, without edited. Searching for the original of this clip. The dark side, bad side of unedited version of this video is the "black faces"... I wanted the or also censured version without "black faces".

@peterbelanger4094 Жыл бұрын

MTV was a new thing and the music industry got quite experimental with the new "music video" format. A lot of you just take the idea of a "music video" for granted, but in 1983, it was still a novel concept. And in the 1980's MTV actually DID play music videos!!! 😳 (I know, sounds crazy)

@riskvideos Жыл бұрын

There's a reason putting Vaseline on the camera is a trope.

@LightBeing369 Жыл бұрын

Nobody escapes the bad part of the Trip 😄

@hipstertrash2293 Жыл бұрын

This dude is like a fusion between Tim Curry's Frank N Furter (Rocky Horror) and Tim Curry's characters in Clue and Home Alone 2. Tim Curry levels unparallelled by mere mortals.

@MissShembre Жыл бұрын

I noticed that too!

@grabble7605 Жыл бұрын

*Tim Curry's character in The Worst Witch kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hruYqLOfncXIYIU.html

@hipstertrash2293 Жыл бұрын

@@grabble7605 Tim Curry is a legend... and a character in Legend (1985)

@redzgaming6880 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget when he was Stalin in Red Alert 2

@SUPERMAN3309 Жыл бұрын

More like the joker.

@insufferablepedant Ай бұрын

Hey Taco, I was an 80's kid, I'm 56 now...this song brings me back to the best time of my life, Thanks for being a part of that.

@outatim3216 Ай бұрын

im born 1990 im a 90s kid and the 80s..... that was the best time of my life........

@GwynneWalkerTrujillo 14 күн бұрын

I'm 63 and still dance to this, no matter where I am when I hear it I simply gotta dance

@MightyMac-kk2ip Ай бұрын

The fact that taco responds to comments proves that his level of respect for others is huge

@Taco Ай бұрын

Without UUUUU i`d be singin to the moon!

@dfo627 Ай бұрын

@@Taco Respect for you, sir! One of my favorite pieces of music, and a piece very prevalent in my childhood.

@MightyMac-kk2ip Ай бұрын

Omg he responded omg thank uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

@Westyrulz Ай бұрын

@@MightyMac-kk2ip He always was a great guy.

@miss_michelle Ай бұрын

@@TacoI love you

@gabe_s_videos Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Irving Berlin was still alive in 1983 when this cover was released, which made him, at 95, the oldest living songwriter to have a hit on the Billboard Charts during his lifetime.

@HowToKillAliens Жыл бұрын

well,what did he think about this version of his song?

@gabe_s_videos Жыл бұрын

@@HowToKillAliens idk, I never asked him.

@jonathanbenavidez201 Жыл бұрын

@@gabe_s_videosI did. And he told me his thoughts on his deathbed. But I swore secrecy 🤐

@tchittenden1 Жыл бұрын

He said it left him feeling gay. Take that as you will.

@blazingstar9638 Жыл бұрын

Cool!

@FoxBullet Жыл бұрын

This has such an 80's vampire "recruitment" vibe, I LOVE IT

@ErevanDB Жыл бұрын

Honestly going to use this for this exact scenario in a dnd campaign.

@Mariodash23 Жыл бұрын

This seems like the kinda thing a Toreador from VtM would do. Probably to have more high class humans in clubs for vamps to drink some fancy blood.

@IMCcanTWEESTED Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Made in 1982. Taco has become an overstuffed Burrito in the meantime.

@starlepus9437 Жыл бұрын

@@IMCcanTWEESTED that seems a bit rude. the dude is old

@smiley4995 Жыл бұрын

@@IMCcanTWEESTED I just looked him up and he looks good

@merediththomas8429 2 ай бұрын

Nothing will ever be as fun as 80s videos.

@dhorus28 Ай бұрын

True that !!!

@mariasparano9860 21 күн бұрын

Damn right!

@dawn2wells 8 күн бұрын

Creative! You looked forward to a video, you never could imagine what it'd be like.

@janebook294 2 күн бұрын

I was a teen in the 60s graduated in '69 ,great times movies ,music and cars ! Ditto the 70s ,BUT ! the 80s was the best time of my life again great music and movies but cars were on the downhill run ! If I had a time machine off to the 80,s I would go, no looking back !!! Whats better than Big hair ,arena rock girls in fuzzy sweaters and oh those leg warmers YUM ,YUM !!! hard to believe this mess is the same planet !!!!

@imanpepion777 2 ай бұрын

This song was so funky back in 1982 people would play this and just think to themselves that the 20s must have been really something else for even a 100 years later it’s still banging and player for real

@Kingx90 2 ай бұрын

My job plays this song all the time overhead. It’s so weird and eerie I had to watch the video.

@Olga-nv9ze 28 күн бұрын

Мне 70. Когда слушали в те молодые годы эту песню,-не думали ни о голубых, ни о вампирах. ...Чудный ритм, классный голос исполнителя!!! Мы делали лёгкий перевод - выглядеть элегантно, как Гарри Купер! И всё,!!!!!!❤❤❤ И вперёд, от бедра, в танец!!!😊

@Olga-nv9ze 28 күн бұрын

Какие заморочки! Если музыка пленит!!!❤😊❤

@Eric4471066 Жыл бұрын

This song was Taco's one and only Top 40 crossover dance hit in America. The song did peaked at the #1 spot on the Billboard Dance chart and it peaked at the #4 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the summer of 1983. Originally, this song was written by Irving Berlin in the early 1930s. I love that Taco put an terrific spin on this classic song. This song is a definitely banger indeed!!! Taco is the man!!!

@grantjohnson2049 Жыл бұрын

Late 20s.

@user-rf8gp4xw2w Жыл бұрын

I heard first arrangement of the song in 1983 and it was more pretty for me.

@laurieberry4814 Жыл бұрын

Boys from tap dancing wore lipstick because that’s what the teacher wanted. The next year there were only girls in the class. I thought that Taco was a model. Yes, tap takes stamina and it’s tiring.

@flyguy5941 Жыл бұрын

He did a video with folks in blackface. It must have been pulled.

@killercan10 Жыл бұрын

@@flyguy5941 Correct. 1:45 to about 3:08 is edited heavily. The entire tapdance part had 2 or 3 dancers in blackface in the original and there was some more beyond that point.

@brianburton1129 Ай бұрын

This is one of the coolest songs not only in the 80s but all time.

@TheApplesauce1992 3 ай бұрын

this song was so far ahead of its time. so amazing.

@mallrat9500 6 ай бұрын

Hello from Moscow, remember how my father played me this song on a pirated cassette on an old tape recorder, and this one was my favorite, I constantly sang along, although I didn’t know a single word) Today firstly saw the clip) Still listen almostly every day, it sends me back to those bright times of calmness, when everything in life was good... 🖤

@Taco 6 ай бұрын

Spaciba,nice to hear about your memories!Enjoy my youtube channel,more is coming soon!

@mallrat9500 6 ай бұрын

New hits - it's never too late! Waiting with love)

@JujuBennie 6 ай бұрын

@@TacoActually, it’s “spasibo”; And Moscow can mean the city in Idaho, not just Russia!

@mallrat9500 6 ай бұрын

actually, im from moscow in russia)

@Oleskii 6 ай бұрын

True. This song was very popular in ussr and post-ussr countries.

@janprah5655 2 ай бұрын

I am 18 years old but this song was really popular on a radio I used to listen when I was 9. I remember I was really happy when it played 😊

@piehound 2 ай бұрын

Are ya happy now ???? Or not so much ??

@janprah5655 2 ай бұрын

@@piehound It could be better but I come back to these songs and it makes me happiee

@kat35lulu88 Ай бұрын

The 80's were surreal. And fantastic.❤

@KCB05_Cosplays Жыл бұрын

This song will never get old! Taco's appearance gives off heavy Tim Curry vibes!

@waynegoodman4787 11 ай бұрын

My wife and I were just thinking the same thing about him looking like and vibing like Tim

@goldilox369 11 ай бұрын

I've always felt that way. It's a real thing.

@MegaDchamp 11 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@myoldmate 11 ай бұрын

Nail on the head.

@Lin17ful 11 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I thought!

@jeffsinfinitygaminglounge2099 Жыл бұрын

This guy has the same energy I have creeping around my apartment at 4 am drunk off busch lite after work

@jonathanbenavidez201 Жыл бұрын

😂 this is great!

@hayteren Жыл бұрын

You over estimate your drunk charm

@ResidentWiseacre Жыл бұрын

This is oddly specific.

@jeffsinfinitygaminglounge2099 Жыл бұрын

Same energy (in my mind)

@ImmortalMEDIAYT Жыл бұрын

Oh god must be charming

@RobinAvocado 2 күн бұрын

We're currently on the way home from vacation, no better music to listen to than this. I LOVE ITT

@lollollolskeet Жыл бұрын

For anyone who has seen this and noticed something off, they took out the clips of the dancers in black face and used alternative footage of Taco during the Super-duper lyrics. The original video is archived online for people to view but its understandable why youtube didn't want it up

@dmullinax1000 Жыл бұрын

I liked that version a lot better. It was creepy, and weird. I liked it.

@artemisvega8940 Жыл бұрын

Pathetic revisionism. Are people really so fucking terribly hurt by a bit of archive footage? Taco himself is multi racial and stated it was never meant to be racist and played into the meaning of the song. Should we wipe out or redo everything in the past just because some current political/social trend (which is what it is) is obsessed with making everything baby level safe for people? If so I demand we redo every fucking nasty lgbt etc reference ever because I might be offended. Context is everything. Revisionism is dangerous, that's entering really dangerous territory, like Chinese citizens not knowing about Tiannmen square. The past is the past, good or bad, you can't erase it no matter how hard you try. The response has nothing to do with racism, it's a knee jerk response from social manipulators. It's in the same bucket as pretending Star Trek has never been "diverse" enough or that for some idiotic reason Doctor Who or James Bond should be a woman. Or a black woman. Fuck off. It's fake as shit. Let history be what it is, it's not as if society hasn't improved dramatically. Also it's a fucking cool version of song that pokes fun of privilege. What the fuck more do people want?

@damanyocum149 Жыл бұрын

F You Tube and their censorship

@morkeljakeson9438 Жыл бұрын

This version of the video is fantastic anyway

@L1701 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that is for the best.

@ombra711 Жыл бұрын

The layers to this song..I didn't realize how iconic it actually was till now. This is a masterclass of playful musicality and smooth genre fusions done right!

@annleethagaardpedersen5441 4 күн бұрын

This is not a cheesy song❤ but put in on a ritz❤

@chrisp1601 8 ай бұрын

This song was written in the 1920s, now it’s the 2020s. Still relevant after all these years. This version will always be from the future.

@TheRealSandorClegane 8 ай бұрын

Relevant? Its not that deep lol

@chrisp1601 8 ай бұрын

@@TheRealSandorClegane the wealth divide today is probably far greater than in 1939. So yes.

@travellover3373 8 ай бұрын

⁠@@AnedimeRelevant is relative. Perhaps you should follow your own advice?

@liammeech3702 7 ай бұрын

Still waiting for art-deco to make a comeback

@TheRealSandorClegane 7 ай бұрын

@@chrisp1601 the song isnt makong any deep statements about the damn wealth divide 😂 stfu

@josealdrey7946 Ай бұрын

Loved the 80's. 57 years old here.

@pawemulak2878 24 күн бұрын

@@josealdrey7946 I'm 25 old and I love 80's pop and new wave rock 70's progressive rock and The Beatles. Age doesnt matter at all

@miss_michelle 24 күн бұрын

I'm 43 and I love this song so much

@pawemulak2878 24 күн бұрын

@@miss_michelle This song has unique and interesting rhythmical vocal against the background of a primitive drumbeat and this contrast therefore attracts attention.

@brt-jn7kg 21 күн бұрын

Some absolute blast

@claudioguzmanb4404 13 күн бұрын

@thebluerunner1022 Ай бұрын

Taco is way way underrated in my opinion. Such a smooth and soulful voice

@user-vl4vj8cs2b 25 күн бұрын

Сын завёл в Никитском саду зимой в1989 и... На всю жизнь тепло на сердце.❤

@RedBear-wb1hi Жыл бұрын

This song is so addictive. I just can't stop thinking about it after listening. His voice is so smooth and then the funky music just goes so well together.

@davidtsmith33 Жыл бұрын

True.

@lanabuttacavoli9619 Жыл бұрын

I know

@magicmoonart Жыл бұрын

I can't stop singing it myself!

@Nurdse_326 Жыл бұрын

This song and video has always struck me as creepy, catchy, unsettling, fun, and disturbing. And I'm here for all of it.

@02chevyguy Жыл бұрын

His make-up is a bit too creepy.

@BioHaggard Жыл бұрын

I used to be so scared of the mime!

@rustybricks1924 Жыл бұрын

In combination with the music video it's like a dystopian feeling coupled with a facade of vanity.

@charliegabs Жыл бұрын

In short, vain vampire vibes

@colleen4ever Жыл бұрын

@@charliegabs Have you seen Ed Sheeran;s video for 'Bad Habits'? Think he was influenced by this video.

@DawnGodsil 2 ай бұрын

Love this song and always did as a teen of the 80s 😊😊😊This song fits the 80s perfectly 😊😊

@user-kd4wy8iq2i 3 ай бұрын

Who is listening in 2024 to this classic masterpiece!

@pdumpsterful 3 ай бұрын

@JoeSmith-nz9jp 3 ай бұрын

Ich auch

@nasifali1982 3 ай бұрын

i am

@kerbalspaceinstitute 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely me

@marbeyabeyran6035 3 ай бұрын

Meeee!!!, simple marvellous! ⚓💯

@momoftwo7701 Жыл бұрын

Taco is beyond fabulous. His mouth sings one song and his face and body sing along. 😍

@Taco Жыл бұрын

how sweet of you!

@momoftwo7701 Жыл бұрын

@Taco I'm having a major fan-girl moment right now!

@Taco Жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahahaha@@momoftwo7701

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq Жыл бұрын

@@Taco I heard a snatch of " Another One Bites the Dust " in there, I swear.

@s.hocker9222 Жыл бұрын

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq Same here, but the synths, vocal style, and video are more like Human League.

@madzod0076 6 ай бұрын

I can see him being one of the friendlier spirits of the Overlook Hotel.

@jasongrelli9134 6 ай бұрын

So do I

@johnhewitt564 4 ай бұрын

There are several inspirational themes going on in the video.😂

@emmaspeight5933 3 ай бұрын

You win the internet today with that comment 😅

@Giblets0000 3 ай бұрын

He was definitely in the dog costume at the end.

@sonjaevans3858 3 ай бұрын

Danny turns a corner on his Big Wheel and Taco is at the end of the hallway tap dancing lol

@YOKOSHIBAHARA-ko2my 2 ай бұрын

I've listened to this song more than 10 times. It's a song I can't forget once I've heard it. It's impressive.

@Thatfoxatthebowlinglane 4 ай бұрын

One of the best songs from the 80s without a doubt!

@cameronphenix2096 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if the original was anything other than just a catchy song, but Taco's version with the music video completely re-contextualizes it into pointing out the absurdity of vanity driven fashion and materialism. Absolutely love it.

@ElNeroDiablo Жыл бұрын

The original song was from the 1930's... which was it's own weird time with vanity, money, and social classes.

@PBJECTIVE Жыл бұрын

It was. The original 1930s version was about fashionable but poor African-Americans living/going out in Harlem (Lennox Ave[Malcolm X blvd]). Using all the money they had to party on their day off, pretending to be more wealthy then they are. In the 1940s it was re-written for Fred Astaire in the movie Blue Skies, which changed the lyrics to Park Ave and took out many references of the original referencing Harlem. Added references to famous white people, Gary Cooper/Rockefeller. And became a satirize about affluent white people instead. Many people only really know the Astaire version of the song as the "original" so in that case it was always meant to be about the materialism but the real is slightly more complex, especially with it being almost 100 years ago.

@cheryldeboissiere1851 Жыл бұрын

Can you believe the absolute garbage 💩 Taco had to put up with because he put the song in its real context? They definitely did like all the Homeless people and it was so appropriate since the Homeless had arrived in America. This was actually a plea to help them, which didn’t happen and still hasn’t happened under Biden.

@gerrydooley951 Жыл бұрын

you must love crap

@dawne6419 Жыл бұрын

@Sonia - There's an episode of Jeeves & Wooster where Wooster is trying to learn what I assume is the actual original version and having a hard time of it. Jeeves disapproves, as he seems to do to all of Wooster's musical choices, but offers a suggestion on the tempo(?) that makes it singable. Fry and Laurie, of course. Your explanation clears a few things up for me in that bit. "...with due expediency, putting on the Regency..."

@lidarman2 Жыл бұрын

A song right in the transition of disco, rap, and and new wave.

@createnewhandle_ Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the swing revival

@riskvideos Жыл бұрын

Couldn't have come at a better time

@brasstacks5319 Жыл бұрын

Yes! And it is as weird and fun to younger people as it it was to the rest of us when it first came out. Im glad that this new classic of a classic is getting another spin! 😁

@soulscanner66 Жыл бұрын

techno and house too

@GroovyDoom Жыл бұрын

@@YohanesGavraHutajulu 2:48

@sonnenblumefrau2048 2 ай бұрын

Will never tire of this song.

@lekiller2804 Ай бұрын

Who in 2024 ? Gretings from Canada!

@elinatpwk Жыл бұрын

This song is so addicting for some reason

@Exrylint Жыл бұрын

IT IS VERY

@austinrhodes7650 Жыл бұрын

Yes very much so

@Attntd Жыл бұрын

I listen to it a least 4 times a day.

@starlight_maven Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more!

@funtimesatthefunhouse Жыл бұрын

@@starlight_maven Same

@XMattingly 6 ай бұрын

“Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper… _super duper!_ “ gets me every time 😂

@TeenyVGC 12 күн бұрын

My dad was singing this in the car and I thought he was going crazy. Turns out he was just singing this absolute banger

@Taco 12 күн бұрын

🤪🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

@Sum1random1101 3 күн бұрын

“SUPER DUPER”

@briannakinnane4967 2 ай бұрын

I’m 28 and grew up with this camp. So happy about it! From burning the song to a cd to buying on ITUNES TO NOW

@douglas2902 6 ай бұрын

First time hearing this since the 80's takes me back in time. I never thought id be listening to this 40 years later

@Gonzo7HC 6 ай бұрын

awesome

@tacomas9602 6 ай бұрын

This song is much older than I (2002) and it is a fucking bop. I play this while I'm blazin down these farm back roads at 35mph lol

@douglas2902 6 ай бұрын

@tacomas9602 came out In 1982 or 1983

@LoneWolfMusic2001 Ай бұрын

Born in 2001, but I absolutely love and cherish music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. There is just something special about it. real instruments, a lot of passion, and so much heart in every song!

@dibujante2.071 Жыл бұрын

Can we talk about how flamboyant that guy looks??? He looks like the living definition of charisma and fashion. Plus the song rocks!1!1

@carminemurray6624 7 ай бұрын

Hot Stuff, hotter than Red Hot 🥵 🔥 Chilli 🌶 peppers 🌶

@arthurchadwell9267 3 ай бұрын

The Reagan era was styling!

@ldybozz 2 ай бұрын

Memories of junior high in the 80s....wish I could go back 😢

@travismckinnon7649 Ай бұрын

I only live within my memories now

@rosieeecostello 3 ай бұрын

I remember my stepdad showing me this music video when I was six or seven. Fourteen now and I still love it! Absolutely nostalgic! ✨

@kevingoss635 10 ай бұрын

That little side to side "head slide" that he does is so... hypnotic ✌

@Taco 10 ай бұрын

Bollywood inspiration!

@sharonbraselton4302 8 ай бұрын

yess he smdise reak hyórtonic magic sowell

@est1989x 3 ай бұрын

It’s weird lol

@jman041987 Жыл бұрын

I am 35 and this song has lived rent free in my brain since I was a kid

@PabloPerez-ed9gp Жыл бұрын

Agree😢🤪

@johnbacus4245 Жыл бұрын

so big deal

@sanaaniz Жыл бұрын

@@johnbacus4245 pretty sure he wasn’t stating it for your approval 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

@justinmajors2872 Жыл бұрын

Super Duper

@annidez Жыл бұрын

Me too, ever since I saw Young Frankenstein.

@Ginadelgadocalderon 2 ай бұрын

Mid 20s feel 40s flare with 80s magic 🪄 a classic and still is today ❤️⭐️🙏🏽

@ManulLimon 2 ай бұрын

The connection between times is beautifully shown. Sincerely

@briancomiskey9824 3 ай бұрын

This song, like a fine wine, only gets better by the year?

@babygerald4645 Жыл бұрын

This was all over the radio that summer of '83. This song, Gary Numan's 'Cars' and Murray Head's 'One Night In Bangkok' left a massive impression on my 10-year-old self. My tape collection was all synth pop. This song still sounds ahead of its time with that mix out. Great to see the original video finally here in great quality.

@RobinFlysHigh Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Prompted me to listen to One night in Bangkok again. I'll be listening Cars next although I don't think I like it quite as much

@raylopez99 Жыл бұрын

Yeah nowadays everything is synthetic but back then it was radical.

@timetravellingone Жыл бұрын

And Men Without Hats "Safety dance"

@ItsAsparageese Жыл бұрын

I NEVER see anyone mention "One Night in Bangkok"! I grew up bonkers about the musical CHESS so I was thrilled once I discovered that song was a pop hit & thus more widely known, but past my parents' generation it's still way too obscure lol

@onii747 Жыл бұрын

Not quite the original because they cut out the minstrels in this version

@anthony7564 Жыл бұрын

I never sat down to watch this video from beginning to end before and ... wow! That synth is timeless and this guy's charisma + vision was way ahead of his time. Fantastic energy and attention to detail in every frame of the video which you rarely see even today. I'm extremely impressed.

@sireuchre Жыл бұрын

The original version was a bit... controversial. Don't think you'll find it on KZfaq.

@robertwiles8106 Жыл бұрын

@@sireuchre has it been wiped? That's too bad. I saw the old version with all the blacklit blackface on youtube, not all that long ago. In the last 5 years.

@jessicaolsen7582 Жыл бұрын

This shit never gets old!❤😂❤ 2:31

@demonpoison13 Жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful song n great video

@ajaugenti1976 Жыл бұрын

I love it too!!!!!!!💃🎶

@eduardodossantosfigueiredo6034 2 ай бұрын

Who in 2024??? Gretings from Brazil!!!!

@user-pw1ld8ug9y 2 ай бұрын

Russia

@Juggaglo 2 ай бұрын

Euuu, Brasiill 🔥🔥⚽⚽

@user-si9or3vj4c 2 ай бұрын

Ukraine

@farala1282 2 ай бұрын

Saludos desde España!!! Me encanta!!

@user-wv6mb4be3x 2 ай бұрын

Andorra

@gordonmills2748 Жыл бұрын

The thing I love about this is that it came out at a time when everyone was trying to figure out what this whole "music video" thing was and where it was going. So many creatives throwing ideas against the wall and hoping they would stick. It was a new frontier. The wild west. Other euphemisms. But the songs were good.

@vanityscar424 Жыл бұрын

even the ones with actual structure and some effort put into it sitting atop a fairly decent production value turned into an untranslatable mess in the end. they weren't exactly Tarkovsky, ya know....

@koolarooo Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind this isn’t the original music video. It’s edited because the original had blackface.

@xxfrosty609xx3 Жыл бұрын

@@koolaroooit was removed after the 2020 protests

@jjgeoffphhcinkkllee Жыл бұрын

@@xxfrosty609xx3 which is hilariously unrelated in any way, oh well

@flazzorb Жыл бұрын

@@xxfrosty609xx3 It changed around the end of 2022.

@JessicaSmith-kj6zi Жыл бұрын

"dressed up like a million dollar trooper trying hard to look like gary cooper" gets me every time. i love his song sm.

@user-ix4hb4mt1i 9 ай бұрын

Me too...lol.😂

@LukeGamerzlol7118 9 ай бұрын

Putting on the ritz

@sharonbraselton3135 7 ай бұрын

Gary Cooper mario Koopa bfreom briwserr beach

@FriskDrinksBrisk 7 ай бұрын

SUPER DUPER

@tinfoil1225 3 ай бұрын

It's trouper

@jomarluke 6 күн бұрын

My dad had this on LP and I was a little 8 year old kid. I already liked music from that era (20s), but as soon as I heard this version, my outlook on music changed. It opened up so many different ideas to me. I'm still thankful for being allowed to dance around the living room with this blasting on our system. 😂

@user-qq9xu9le5u 4 ай бұрын

this song regularly pops into my head unprompted and i have to listen to it every time not that i'm complaining, mind you

@est1989x 3 ай бұрын

Same!

@StLProgressive Жыл бұрын

My best friend loved this song. I remember her singing it while we were doing balance beams in gym class. She died in 2000. I can’t hear this without thinking of her. So many early 80’s songs are like that. RIP, Debbie. 🙏🏻

@Finallybianca Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss.

@canonegro666 Жыл бұрын

Some pain never fades

@toohot2trott322 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤🙏🏾

@shaggynwhitt6672 Жыл бұрын

Truly sorry for your loss

@StLProgressive Жыл бұрын

@@shaggynwhitt6672 Thank you. 🙏🏻

@Nexus_of_Sominus Жыл бұрын

I love the way Taco moves, and this song is one of my favorites from the 80s. ♥️

@themisfitbrigade Жыл бұрын

In reality it is from the 1930s

@THEWallyWarbles Жыл бұрын

@@themisfitbrigade It was written in the 1920s, and was first sung in 1930.

@Emmie.the.Kraken11 9 сағат бұрын

This was a tasteful edit. Still capturing the class and whimsy of the original. Good job :) 10/10

@user-oo3rs8nz2x 2 ай бұрын

Тембр голоса невероятен ,можно слушать до бесконечности,какая-то магия

@paktype 5 ай бұрын

Another oddball song from the ‘80s. Part of why that decade had the best music.

@martinpascoe5904 5 ай бұрын

another classic green screen , very unlike this but also 80s is : ENYA Orinocco Flow, FALCO Der Kommisar & SIMPLE MINDS All the things she said ! but yes this is a one off work of Genius

@lukejbarnett1 5 ай бұрын

i just wrote here that that is why the '80s is the best decade of music of all time the fact that they allowed this to become a pop hit and it's bc the '80s was so diverse with the music being made.

@freddyfurrah3789 3 ай бұрын

It was written in 1927 by Irving Berlin.

@machoterico69 2 ай бұрын

@@freddyfurrah3789For that reason I associated it a lot with the 1930s. I am very attracted to that era. In fact, if I believed in reincarnation I would say that I lived in that era. It reminds me a lot of something I don't know what. I love the music, the cars, the clothes of that time. I was born in 1961. I may have had a previous life - I don't know.

@randyb.hughes4609 20 күн бұрын

Definitely a novelty song..and Novelty songs Have their place in Music History even if You Dont Want To listen to them Like Disco Duck...and this Is way Cooler!

@maybenextime5782 7 ай бұрын

My Great Aunt showed me this as a kid and every time I listen to it I think of her. So thank you taco for an awesome song and a great memory I'll have forever. Miss you Aunt Brenda

@JesusR.OlmedaThe2nd 7 ай бұрын

Aunt Brenda IS AWE-SOME!!!!!

@SrMentos 7 ай бұрын

aww you great aunt was so cool for sure

@linnea5109 28 күн бұрын

Woah I really liked this song as a kid and happened to discover it again and now I can't stop listening !!

@jerradwilson Жыл бұрын

I had a lucid dream and woke up with this song in my head. I haven't listened to it since I was a little kid 30+ years ago. Amazing song.

@user-cl5in4jz9x 9 ай бұрын

Baby Genius

@sharonbraselton4302 8 ай бұрын

hyóritzing you magic zpeekl

@sharonbraselton3135 8 ай бұрын

Hyortized you nagic speerll

@martinaubut5027 8 ай бұрын

Lucid dream... or acid induced delirium ?

@D4rkF4ll Жыл бұрын

I can't tell which one impresses me more. The way he sings and his body sings along, his elegant demeanor or how amazing this song is.

@laurahall3094 10 ай бұрын

The song was written in the 30s or 40s. Irving Berlin.

@sharonbraselton3135 9 ай бұрын

Yes. He illusionist like David coprr fikd n agic in hewsrts

@cameronrashaudunlimited 4 ай бұрын

The combination of the rhythm and the atmosphere of this song definitely hype up the vibes.

@Mr.man1231xd 3 күн бұрын

This song is 1000 times better than I thought Very good ❤

@shakes307 Жыл бұрын

As a boy I loved tap. My mum couldn't afford the lessons so I sat outside the room (primary school hall" On Saturday afternoon and I tried to tap what i heard. I could nail the tap solo in this song. Sucks to grow up in poverty. This song still moves me ty

@01dirtydirk Жыл бұрын

Too bad you didn’t have more drive... You could have really made something of yourself

@Dear_Lola Жыл бұрын

I’m a teenager and my family is poor. I’ve never had real lessons since I was 3-4 years old. I just try to look at videos and learn from them.

@n.aragil Жыл бұрын

@@Dear_Lola you can look into coursera financial aid :)

@sharonbraselton4302 9 ай бұрын

yiu need $30000 b9nus

@jag9608 Жыл бұрын

I was a kid when this came out. I remember blasting it on my stereo and pretending that I tapped danced well. I love it still. It's timeless. One of my favorite songs.

@monkimountin Ай бұрын

this is just amazing, classic, wonderful, whatever you want to call it, if you're calling it good 😁😁

@FreddysFamilyDiner 22 күн бұрын

This is one of the only 'old' songs that I unironically enjoy! Good job!

@Lord-Me Жыл бұрын

This dude has off the charts charisma

@jo2lovid Жыл бұрын

All done in an age before Auto-Tune as well!

@swamifakkananda4043 Жыл бұрын

So do you!! Not if the chart is upside down, though.❤😂

@GassedCider 11 ай бұрын

The original singer fred astaire has got more charisma he is the original rizzler.

@swamifakkananda4043 11 ай бұрын

@@GassedCider but u have more ritz than all of them!!

@zirconalian 8 ай бұрын

bro maxing out the charisma in his special

@awkwardsavage Жыл бұрын

Played this on a jukebox in a bar last weekend. Everybody in the bar was roughly in their early to late 20s….whole place was jumping. Classic song that has withstood the test of time. “Downtown, Uptown, get your kicks at the Ritz.”

@user-tp5yb4hr4w Жыл бұрын

I like the beginning of this song mostly, but towards the middle and or end, it gets kind of weird and creepy and cringy lol, funny enough still like the song even though the creepy weird cringy stuff is involved.

@homersimpson2159 Жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention you were at a gay bar

@awkwardsavage Жыл бұрын

@@homersimpson2159 glad you remembered

@homersimpson2159 Жыл бұрын

@@awkwardsavage It was a deduction not a memory.

@awkwardsavage Жыл бұрын

@@homersimpson2159 more like ducking from the truth lol

@lavinagann3610 4 ай бұрын

31 & still one of my favorite songs to just have fun with my kiddo’s it uplifts our spirits and help with my depression 🎉

@starhikariblue Ай бұрын

I swear when I listen to 80s music, it makes me feel like I had a past life there. And I love it ❤ I love how relaxed this is, too!

@toddb8951 Жыл бұрын

Timeless. A piece of music culture of the 80s. Tell me you head or foot isn't keeping beat. Taco always wins!!

@AshleyH420 Жыл бұрын

That's why you shouldn't tamper with its original depiction that the artist intended to portray

@ademirmochi5423 Жыл бұрын

only it's not from the 80's though

@burstvgc Жыл бұрын

Nah this thing is already verging on outdated. Who the hell is Gary Cooper? Why does the singer wanna look like him?

@parsnipguy2986 Жыл бұрын

puttin' on the ritz more like going off the shitz

@robertmoffit1135 Жыл бұрын

Ella's version is the best

@thefool2007 Жыл бұрын

I loved this song at age 12...and still do at age 52. No wonder I love synthesizers. Taco is way cool.

@kathyscott9555 Жыл бұрын

😂we same age..creepy song it had a Halloween feel

@Matelk Жыл бұрын

35 and it's a banger, something about it just hits right

@bradthomson4830 Жыл бұрын

ditto, 59 here and any friday night sittn with friends, Beer and MTV

@exceptionallyriso Жыл бұрын

Wow how does it feel to be over half a century old

@lisalamb4559 Жыл бұрын

i was 14

@JoshuaWilson-rz4qm Ай бұрын

This man makes such great music its so Addicting to listen too especially "trying hard too look like gary cooper super duper" it just itches that spot in my head i cant explain it love you so much 💚💚💚

@BeetyVanBeety Ай бұрын

When I firsr heard this song I search up on google "Songs with Gary Cooper" because that was the main part that stuck out to me. It is so addictive

@TheBrecktersOfficial 27 күн бұрын

My father listens to this song...even to this day. I genuinely love this song as well. No wonder why he listens to this every day.

@ricktheexplorer Жыл бұрын

This is one of the songs that made the 80's so magical. Gotta Dance.

@agungadhiasto3642 Жыл бұрын

Whenever I am running out of good horror movies to watch, I just go watch this

@Taco Жыл бұрын

scares the f. outa me too!

@mariacespedes3707 11 ай бұрын

LMAO

@Twilight_Light_Lord 11 ай бұрын

@@Tacothe creator scared with his own creation? That's a masterpiece

@thatsmyera 11 ай бұрын

AHAHAHA! You nailed it!

@thierrylangford5199 11 ай бұрын

I’d pay good money to see the horror film adapted from this 😂😂😂

@iAMJM27 2 ай бұрын

Another one bites the dust 🎶

@Taco 2 ай бұрын

NOT YET!!!!!

@iAMJM27 Ай бұрын

@@Taco 🙌🏽!!

@classicalmusic9466 Ай бұрын

Listening to this masterpiece in 2024 is crazy 🔥

@Skoda67_bs Ай бұрын

You defined found this on a "how well do you know fnaf lore video" 😭🙏

@classicalmusic9466 Ай бұрын

@@Skoda67_bs nope.

@classicalmusic9466 Ай бұрын

@@Skoda67_bs idk that vid man ☠️

@redc0rvette Жыл бұрын

The first time I listened to this song I felt an electric shock go through my body, this is the only song that's made me feel euphoric. I absolutely adore his expressions and body movements, it all just works perfectly. This song will continue to make my day everytime I listen to it.

@sharonbraselton4302 9 ай бұрын

yes reàl magic speel😊

@sharonbraselton4302 9 ай бұрын

thats hyoertizinbg nagiç soeel

@sharonbraselton4302 8 ай бұрын

hyrtizubg ñagu sóeekl

@wetsockfullofhotmeat Жыл бұрын

My parents were 80s kids, so I grew up listening to a lot of 80s songs like this. I'm convinced it's what made synth pop one of my favorite genres

@thirstfast1025 Жыл бұрын

lol your name is awesome. Keep it Ritzy!

@nicholassullivan1239 Жыл бұрын

Don't underestimate the vocal talents of the time. Still a time when you needed top quality vocals (unlike 90's-present).

@ReddCrystal Жыл бұрын

@@nicholassullivan1239 Do wish more music focused on vocals nowadays. You get some gems but a lot of singers are lacking in one department or another. I still like the music, but it just feels a little like it's missing something.

@sharonbraselton4302 9 ай бұрын

master cgef was aroubfd kid 1980 bir dexember 26 1975

@sharonbraselton4302 8 ай бұрын

need go byrdines fash skmhow naguc show fashiñ show midel was chef gurjfribd

@fabwax8812 Күн бұрын

one of the first 12 inch singles I ever bought! Thanks Taco!

@robdixson196 6 ай бұрын

A a kid i found this sort of unsettling. I can see what they were doing here now. It is comparing the elite to vampires, and it is still unsettling.

@Taco 6 ай бұрын

BINGO!😜

@geniusliterature 2 ай бұрын

@@Taco That's alright I swear you never see any famous people doing this. I give you my word, you're the ONLY artist I will actually pay, for every song I download.

@jenniferburchill3658 Ай бұрын

Even more so today. The elite rich keep getting richer at the expense of the rest of society.

@_aoe Ай бұрын

@@Tacothese replies are so cute

@_aoe Ай бұрын

@@monkimountin 😳 … yea kinda true

@alleystar7779 6 ай бұрын

I just feel like taco would be an amazing guy and down for whatever. Like you could take him to a dive bar and he would become everyone’s friend dancing around with a tuxedo and a cane. Likeable dude.

@char1737 4 ай бұрын

The best part 0:01 Taco & that rat !

@AndreaG-dl6iu 2 күн бұрын

Taco reminds me the joker!, very great song!!! And also love the vibe

@rackaribs Жыл бұрын

This is such an amazing song. I love Taco's new approach to this remake. His voice is so captivating and interesting, and the Gary Cooper part is probably one of my favorite parts of the song. Well done!

@Taco Жыл бұрын

Thanx mate!

@hoodoo2001 Жыл бұрын

The crazy thing was that Gary Cooper and Park Avenue was not in the original rendition... the song was about Black Harlem and Lennox Avenue.

@YourFriend2527 11 ай бұрын

@@Taco thank taco your music so good i just discovert it this year

@GraysonTreadwell 9 ай бұрын

@@TacoHowdy, old crooner.

@Taco 9 ай бұрын

@@GraysonTreadwell Hidyho my friend

@Stabine Жыл бұрын

93 years and its still a banger

@PabloPerez-ed9gp Жыл бұрын

😎✨✨✨

@vikcxi6666 Жыл бұрын

for real!

@Mariodash23 Ай бұрын

This gives of massive Toreador from Vampire: The Masquerade vibes. Just waltzing around, using his Presence to coax a bunch of people into his night club for some decent blood.

@Taco Ай бұрын

🤩🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🧛

@moch9986 Ай бұрын

Eu estava maluca procurando essa música, que eu amava qdo pequena, amo ainda!! Não paro nem me canso de assistir. Obra-prima!! Anne do Brasil!

@beckyhicks5889 Жыл бұрын

I remember when this song hit the charts in October of 83. I was 14 and my Dad surprised me with the album that accompanied this song. He drove to Houston Texas to Cactus Records and bought it for me. Sweet memories and good times.

@išsaugokkasetęs Жыл бұрын

on vinyl?

@pipz420 Жыл бұрын

Because this song older than the 80s and reminded your dad of his childhood.

@aboba8606 Жыл бұрын

Oh, you're from USA?

@markbilski8045 Жыл бұрын

Feb of 83

@sharonbraselton4302 9 ай бұрын

good for him

@-KillaWatt- 5 ай бұрын

Always got to appreciate when an artist engages with their audience. Every time I come back to this song I see new comments and Taco engaging with people.

@isaiahbarnett13 Ай бұрын

I was born in 2010 and I still think this song is one of the best I’ve ever heard. Proves how good this song truly is.

@milliondollarsooner 4 ай бұрын

One time I was at my cousins house, late one night and he starts playing this song over a speaker. I’ve been addicted since! Also love the twist Taco put on it

@krjames203 10 ай бұрын

I always loved the vocal processing in this song. When you heard the song on the radio back in the '80s, it sounded like it was one step removed from reality, or one step further into the past. You didn't so much hear it on the radio as "hear it on the radio."