Originally published at: Liberace and young folks performing "Feelin' Groovy" (1968) | Boing Boing
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That was truly painful to watch.
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I’ve never seen squarer people in my life.
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I thought it was campy - but fun.
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Lawrence Welk did it better:
“Don’t you cats know this polka jazz is strictly from Squares-ville? I can’t stand that kind of music.”
Ironically, he reportedly really wasn’t thrilled with the music his audience demanded from him.
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Liberace was great.
And a little Victor Borge just because I miss his PBS specials.
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So brilliantly white…
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Liberace seems to be faking the piano part, but pretty much nailed the dance moves. Funny!
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Even better hip Welk, doing “one of the new songs”:
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Wow, the 60’s were a helava drug… like all of them.
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That cough in the intro is brilliant.
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Now you know why we used to say “Never trust anyone over 30” …
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Sweet mother of God, make it stop.
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Yikes, that clip had zero soul…
O_O
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I discovered recently that Lawrence Welk Show reruns were still being shown on one of our second-tier PBS stations. Who watches this? I mean, my grandparents used to watch it but they and pretty much everyone from their generation aren’t around anymore. Do you get to a certain age where you starting thinking Welk is pretty cool? Should I be scared? Is Welk a gateway drug and soon you’re listening to Mantovani and Mitch Miller and all those guys whose records you find at the thrift store? I have serious concerns.
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Similar “fish out of water” thing for Liberace. Same song, different backing band.
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Goddam, you see those enormous rings he’s wearing, and he still plays piano like that? It’s like seeing someone lap you in a running race, and then see he’s wearing leg irons and a ball and chain. And dressed as a chicken. Oh, and by all accounts, he was a thoroughly lovely bloke too.
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This is pretty much my plan if that situation ever comes to pass.
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There was, of course, a trend for “artists” like Pat Boone to whitewash R&B songs to make them palatable for white audiences (or more often, for the parents of the audiences and the people who owned the radio stations.) Simon and Garfunkel really did not need to be whitewashed!
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