A lot of people don't know this but Walken originally studied dance before moving to acting. He tries to work a little dance routine into each one of his film appearances.
Walken was also on the yacht the night Natalie Wood drowned. (Walken and Wood had been filming the movie Brainstorm together when she died.) A lot of people, especially Natalie Wood's sister Lana, have made a lot of hay out of it--claiming that Walken and Wood were having an affair, or that Robert Wagner supposedly killed Natalie Wood and that Walken is helping to cover up the death.
I’ve always thought it more likely that Walken and Robert Wagner were having the affair, and Natalie Wood jumped off the boat in shock after she found them together. Secret gay romances were a lot more secret back in those days.
what would I watch to be able to characterize Robert Wagner accurately?
I have no idea. He's been in a ton of stuff, as befits someone with a career that's nearly three quarters of a century long and still going. I suppose if you wanted to focus on an alleged Walken/Wagner affair you'd probably want to watch some of his movies from the 1970s rather than his later TV appearances.
I've loved that vid for a long time. It's just so unexpected that he's a dancer as well, James Cagney and Buddy Ebsen known by most Americans as Grandpa on the Beverly Hillbillies. Yes, that's bonus James Stewart attempting to tap.
When musicals became big box office the studios tried to get pretty much all of their stars singing and dancing... or standing still while someone danced around them. Jimmy actually gets to sing and dance to a frightful little number called "Love me, Love My Pekingese." You can also see Joan Crawford sing and dance and even Clark Gable, if you can stand it! :D
I totally get why people write about Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly)/Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor from Singin' the Rain but I've always wondered why no one gets into all those Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra character pairings - Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Anchors Aweigh and On the Town where Kelly is the uber-confident Casanova and Sinatra is the naive innocent.
I remember my parents showing me "New York, New York" when I were a wee one and I was thinking fuzzily something like "This does not seem completely 100% heterosexual?" except I couldn't even phrase it in those terms then.
One of these days I am totally going to write that slash. There's a moment in On The Town when Gabe and [Frank's character's name] share this gorgeous moment and even say "I love you" and OH MY LITTLE FANGIRL HEAAAAAAAAART
"Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm"
Unless, of course, you WANT to attract a worm, hook your way up its side and ride it. I seem to recall there were devices (thumpers?) that would actually attract a worm so it could be ridden.
It's not possible to walk without rhythm. Every time a group of soldiers is marching to some place, when they come to a bridge they have to stop marching in rhythm, or they could set up a harmonic vibration that will rip the bridge apart. But everybody just sort of drifts back into the marching cadence, unless something interferes.
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Date: 2021-09-19 08:18 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-09-19 08:36 pm (UTC)Walken was also on the yacht the night Natalie Wood drowned. (Walken and Wood had been filming the movie Brainstorm together when she died.) A lot of people, especially Natalie Wood's sister Lana, have made a lot of hay out of it--claiming that Walken and Wood were having an affair, or that Robert Wagner supposedly killed Natalie Wood and that Walken is helping to cover up the death.
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Date: 2021-09-19 11:42 pm (UTC)fights off the plotbunny with a broom and holy water
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Date: 2021-09-20 12:16 am (UTC)STOP THAT YOU WILL ONLY INCREASE ITS POWER
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Date: 2021-09-20 12:39 am (UTC)Yes, just like slash about a canon same sex relationship is still slash.
Also I should not write slash about living people (anymore)
Also what would I watch to be able to characterize Robert Wagner accurately?
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Date: 2021-09-20 12:43 am (UTC)I have no idea. He's been in a ton of stuff, as befits someone with a career that's nearly three quarters of a century long and still going. I suppose if you wanted to focus on an alleged Walken/Wagner affair you'd probably want to watch some of his movies from the 1970s rather than his later TV appearances.
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Date: 2021-09-21 03:00 am (UTC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNFffHQOXMc
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Date: 2021-09-20 06:13 pm (UTC)Also can I slide in Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire? RITA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhhKELUxB0
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Date: 2021-09-20 07:44 pm (UTC)I'm not a big fan of Uptown Funk but this vid makes me smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1F0lBnsnkE
I totally get why people write about Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly)/Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor from Singin' the Rain but I've always wondered why no one gets into all those Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra character pairings - Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Anchors Aweigh and On the Town where Kelly is the uber-confident Casanova and Sinatra is the naive innocent.
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Date: 2021-09-20 07:56 pm (UTC)I remember my parents showing me "New York, New York" when I were a wee one and I was thinking fuzzily something like "This does not seem completely 100% heterosexual?" except I couldn't even phrase it in those terms then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM4J54aUYgo
Also if we're going for hot numbers in sailor suits we've got to include the insta-classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVQ0JFzXMgY
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Date: 2021-09-20 09:10 pm (UTC)This is the best discussion EVER
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Date: 2021-09-21 03:13 am (UTC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW2KdR7QmOU&t=102s
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Date: 2021-09-20 02:11 am (UTC)Unless, of course, you WANT to attract a worm, hook your way up its side and ride it. I seem to recall there were devices (thumpers?) that would actually attract a worm so it could be ridden.
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Date: 2021-09-20 02:17 am (UTC)the lyrics point that out: "If you walk without rhythm Ah, you never learn, yeah"
so get that worm sign and saddle up!
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Date: 2021-09-20 02:30 am (UTC)Ann O.
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Date: 2021-09-21 05:27 am (UTC)why didn't you post the lyrics
Date: 2023-03-13 01:34 pm (UTC)Fatboy Slim
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Break, eject, eject, eject
Break, eject, eject, eject
Break, eject, eject, eject
'For they catch ya chainsmokin', word
(Break, eject, eject, eject)
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
(Break, eject, eject, eject)
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
(Break, eject, eject, eject)
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
(Break, eject, eject, eject)
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
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Come before they catch ya, 'for they catch ya
(Break, eject)
'For they catch ya, 'for they catch ya
(Break, break, eject)
'For they catch ya, 'for they catch ya
(Break, break, eject)
'For they catch ya, 'for they catch ya
(Break, break, eject, break, eject)
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice, yeah
Listen to the sound of my voice
You can check it on out, it's the weapon of choice, yeah
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
It's the new weapon, the weapon of choice
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with us
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with
Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm
If you walk without rhythm, you never learn, yeah
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked now by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
(Can't forget to load it)
Before they catch ya chainsmokin'
(We can't forget to load it)
Before they catch ya chainsmokin'
(We can't forget to load it)
Before they catch ya chainsmokin'
(We can't forget to load it)
Before they catch ya chainsmokin'
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with us
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with
Organically grown through the hemisphere I roam
To make love to the angels of light, yeah
And my girl, I guess you just don't understand
It's gone beyond bein' a man
As I drift off into the night, I'm in flight
She's a boy scout, no doubt
But I'm gonna hold my cool 'cause the music rules, yeah
So groove on, check it out
Halfway between the gutter and the stars, yeah
Halfway between the gutter and the stars, yeah
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with us
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
You can blow with this or you can blow with that
Or you can blow with
Break, eject, eject, eject
Break, eject, eject, eject
Break, eject, eject, eject
Eject, eject, eject, eject
'For they catch ya chainsmokin', word
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
Come before they catch ya chainsmokin', word
Come before they catch ya
(Break, eject, eject, eject)
Come before they catch ya
(Break, eject, eject, eject)
Break, eject, eject, eject
Break, eject, eject, eject
Songwriters: Norman Cook, Andres Titus, Sylvester Stewart, Bootsy Collins, William Mclean, Ashley Slater. For non-commercial use only.