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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Genesis - I can't dance

Music Appreciation

Music videos during the late 80's and 90's were heavy on fashion and style. For example, George Michael's bleach torn Levi's in Faith or the hip hop style in Bell Biv DeVoe's Poison. The ad placement in music videos was perhaps the smartest thing to do since it caused kids, like me, to ask our parents to buy the various styles.

Phil Collins and Genesis decided to highlight this "false glamour" in their video I can't dance.
Released on December 30, 1991, the song, reached top ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

The music video is best remembered for Phil Collins' parody of Michael Jackson's solo dance at the conclusion of Black or White, which was released a few weeks before I can't dance.





Previous Blog on Genesis' Land of Confusion.
Sources: Wikipedia



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