I’ll have to look for the original Midnight Special audio with (I presume) Dave Palmer on lead vocals.
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This is even better live.
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Does anyone where this was taped? The Montreal World’s Fair?
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So this is an unexpected cover by Captain Sensible…
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He’s always been keen on musicals:
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Yes. Not just the Ontario Pavilion, but the telephone booth they’re huddling under is a giveaway. That telephone booth has a large conical Perspex “umbrella” over it. You can see the edge of it at the beginning, a faint yellow curving line. (The small blue monorail is also a giveaway.)
That was a helluva party. I never did get into the US or UK pavilions, and Labyrinth (a big experimental cinematic environment) was right out of the question - the lineups were unbelievable on any day. I worked at the Ethiopian Pavilion as a Boy Scout volunteer. The staff were very kind and kept me in Ethiopian spiced bread and coffee the entire time - I came away from it all with an abiding love for these. (Great coffee! Great bread!)
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The youtube algorithm seems to be putting this song out to a whole lot of people. I find it soothing, but I’m just wondering how it seems to be propagating. I mean. 45 million views of this song? It’s weird.
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I heard this on the radio this morning.
Today actually kind of sucked. But the song is still good.
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I’ve been getting my Floyd on lately.
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I’ve heard this song periodically over the years, and I’ve always thought of it as a fairly standard mid-80s pop song.
I found out yesterday that it’s Eddie Murphy singing.
Enjoy.
I’m still not entirely convinced that is Eddie Murphy doing the singing.
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I’m so old that I can assure you it is.
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I’m also not sure that’s actually Rick James’ hair.
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That’s the result of too many lines of cocaine just before going to the salon.
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Performed by “Not the Beatles.”
The audio is from 1964, but I would guess the footage is from ‘66 of ‘67.
This song actually has a more interesting history than I imagined.
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Party All the Time — Update!
Well, it’s nearly been two weeks and I can’t get the song out of my head. I’m very good at the Rick James part: “She like to bar-day owl theh tah-eyem.”
And I’ve found out that Eddie Murphy recorded three (3) albums of music. Who knew?
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I’ve heard that by the second album he was actually beginning to produce decent music. The only thing I heard post-Party All the Time was his Michael Jackson collaboration which MJ dominated fairly easily. Personally, I preferred “Boogie in your Butt.”
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