ha! this was fantastic! many people are unaware that walken can shake his groove thing like a modern day gene kelly.

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Not really new technology. We've already seen Gene Kelly popping to Singing in the Rain and Fred Astaire shilling for vacuum cleaners...

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http://videosift.com/video/Sitting-Dance-with-Donald-OConnor-and-Gene-Kelly-genius

I think you'll like. Happy.

I'm pretty sure Fred Astaire and Gene kelly would have been mightily impressed with that amazing performance.

Translated lyrics from movits.se

Born in the 80′s
In the middle of it
Then I was just the child, or maybe the grandchild
Not at all interested in tomorrow
Reality, really?
Yeah, whatever
Back then it was Abbey Road, Plura and Rolling Stones
on the grammophone ’til the day I moved away from home
Now it’s Evert Taube, Dylan, Common and Wailing Souls
Wonder where the inspiration’s coming from
————–
They say I sound Oldskool baby
Like Frank and Sammy Davis
Sing in the rain like Gene Kelly
No, I just can’t believe what they say
but they tell me it was better way back in the days…
2x
—————-
Not the one to be strivin’ backwards
But black shoes after 6 PM
I bought sneaks for half of the money
the rest I put in the matress, savin up for a rainy day
No, if thats the way it’s supposed to be
Ain’t really got nothing between the sheets
Meanwhile the oldfolks dream ’bout Jerry Lee
Gamblin away their pension on lottery
The house catches fire – For example
Call the firedepartment – Call the police
Lawyers – Lord Jesus,
Just as long as I don’t miss the reruns
of The Man From Uncle
Garfunkel and Simon
I grew up on A-team, Airwolf and MacGyver
cause I’ve heard from the elders
that everything was better back in the days
even the weather
CHORUS
This is what we in Luleå call a James Brown Moment:
They call it a daydream, sayin it was different
But grandma, it’s allright
That I should grow up, cut my hair and get a job
and not tryin to be James Brown
But was it not the same,
For young mom and dad, when it happened,
Woodstock, back in the 70′s
or was it maybe 69′
im just wonderin’
if it wasn’t just really all the same?

Hey, Xax, I thought this guy was gay from the first sentence he spoke. It wasn't the singing and dancing that led me to think that.

Don't worry about your sons singing and dancing -- no one ever thought Gene Kelly was gay.

The whole thing smacked of fakery -- the only thing that sold it as real was the girlfriend's reaction. She really did have that WTF look.

>> ^deedub81:
Just because he was a dancer/choreographer/singer doesn't mean he's anywhere close to Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
Original? Yeah, I'll give him that


The 8 Tony awards he won and being the first person in the world to win an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy in the same year support your theory

NOT.

Just because he was a dancer/choreographer/singer doesn't mean he's anywhere close to Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

Original? Yeah, I'll give him that

>> ^EDD:
^Danny, you obviously haven't got a clue who Bob Fosse was. The man was a legendary choreographer himself and as a dancer, he's up there with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

Agree with ^danny. There's nearly zero in common with MJ's dancing. Aside from the 720 degree spin, all JB did was crazy legs and jiggly feet.

MJ actually based many more of his moves on those of Gene Kelly.

^Danny, you obviously haven't got a clue who Bob Fosse was. The man was a legendary choreographer himself and as a dancer, he's up there with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

Fixed and thanks.


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>> ^mas8705:
Having to beg for something Family guy related? I never thought I would see the day...


The irony is that this is one of the better clips out there, especially with the side-by-side comparison with the original.