Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) (3:19) Video Phone (Extended Remix) feat. Please never, ever, eva eva eva (in my best Chris Tucker impression) disgrace a Beyonce video again by performing in this manner. 4 (2011) 1+1 (4:29) Best Thing I Never Had (4:15) Countdown (3:33). To be honest, if performing the dance and placing it on YouTube would guarantee me the opportunity to get that close to her, I would probably go shopping for a leotard TONIGHT! These remakes are far to well produced as in the case of Purple Haze or just outright embarrassing as in the case of this Fat Guy! There are so many that compilation videos have been created.Ģ. ACTUALLY GOT TO MEET BEYONCE! Men around the world dream of such a moment. This video clip, uploaded on Youtube, is from a childrens dance competition in which a troop of seven year old girls perform a routine to Beyonces Single.
by emulating a Beyonce video.Īnd these random dorm rude dancer, viral videos as in that of Shane Mercado are getting so much attention that he not only got on a talk show but actually got the chance to meet Beyonce herself. These guys are actually attempting to show their artistic talent and ability. As thrilling of a musical production as it is, Single Ladies wouldnt be cemented in pop culture history today if it werent for the music video. and made me even more jealous of Justin as a result of the Beyonce ass slap). Not performing a spoof like Justin Timberlake on SNL (which was incredibly hilarious I might add. And seriously doing the dance (some of them doing so far too well). Why the hell are 80% of these videos of MEN doing the dance. When I YouTube the single ladies video, more remakes are returned than instances of the actual video. Watching this video for men can be likened to watching your favorite sport on a Saturday afternoon by yourself on the couch with chips, an enormous hoagie and a six pack. You are ruining a newfound past time for 98% of men in the world (sexual orientation disregarded because you're either drooling over beyonce as a straight man or drooling over beyonce's choreography as a gay man). For the lead single off her debut studio album Beyonce hooked up with director Jake Nava - a man she would continue to work with in many videos to come. It would be like the cartoonist at the state fair attempting to recreate the Mona Lisa! Like T-Pain trying to recreate Roger Troutman's vibe. This is 'Beyonc Single Ladies put a ring on it VMA 2009' by sean scott on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. It's not only that you are amateur at best, performing the choreography in dorm rooms and parking lots of grocery stores. There are also references to Rich Mans Frug scene (of Bob Fosses. Of the many things that are wrong with this I would like to point out two that are magnanimous in there absurdity.įirst, and perhaps most important, is the fact that you are attempting to remake a work of quintessential art. Beyonces hit Single Ladies is probably one of if not her most famous songs of. WTF! YouTube is rampant with Beyonce Single Ladies video remakes. Beyonce in fact did own up to Bob Fosse’s work and said she was inspired by the original and used that inspiration in her Single Ladies dance.* I realize the timing of this rant may be tardy, but I felt it necessary anyhow. Frank Gatson with Beyonceīefore diving into your own conclusions, a simple Google search would answer your queries. įrom the looks of it, it does look like Beyonce’s routine was copied from these saucy dancers from the 60’s.įrank Gaston, choreographer of Single Ladies, told the Cosmopolitan that the inspiration came from The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969, where they collectively decided to modernise it. Creating a havoc of sorts, Twitter fans came onto Beyonce, all guns blazing blaming her for ripping off the steps and style from the original jazz artistes in the video. Beyonc, however, never stole the choreography and has owned up to Bob Fosse’s work serving as the inspiration for her fancy Single Ladies footwork. The song was viewed alongside Beyonce’s Single Ladies.
This is what happened when the world witnessed a video and song titled Mexican Breakfast choreographed by the renowned Broadway director and choreographer Bob Fosse for the Ed Sullivan Show in 1969. It’s so sad that we always assume the worst of everything.
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