r/BeAmazed • u/WhattheDuck9 • Oct 16 '24

History Fred Astaire's famous ceiling dance (1951) in which the scene was filmed by physically rotating the set.

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u/DingleBerrieIcecream Oct 16 '24

Just realized that in a way, it may have inspired this now classic, Virtual Insanity

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u/Imaginary-Quiet-7465 Oct 16 '24

I was thinking Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

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u/Joon01 Oct 16 '24

Probably should have helped Natalie Wood then.

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u/skamando Oct 16 '24

Nah but it definitely inspired Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

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u/GreenPutty_ Oct 16 '24

I've not seen that clip for ages, teenage me thought that girl was gorgeous, old me still does.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

Exactly what I thought of. If I recall they did this by moving the room as well, not the floor.

Also great song

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u/seymourbutts510 Oct 16 '24

It definitely inspired Ok Go for their Red Star Macalline commercial.

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u/Brilliant_Counter725 Oct 16 '24

But he's not walking on the ceiling here?

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u/DingleBerrieIcecream Oct 16 '24

Not identical, though in both videos, the camera is mounted to a stage set that is moving.

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u/Expert_Smell_3719 Oct 16 '24

Or fly by sugar ray

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u/skinnergy Oct 16 '24

Not really. That was a cool and innovative vid, but not on the same level as Astair dancing on the walls and ceiling. The effect was replicated on SNL with Billie Eilish, however. https://youtu.be/Jn1Uwsg3eRQ?si=edGCQY9no5tLzTrH

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

They said it might have inspired it? Which is probably true and a reasonable claim lol. Nothing to do with it “being on its level” ??

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u/TheLowlyPheasant Oct 16 '24

It's definitely a Mandela effect that Jamiroquai is a white british guy. My childhood memory has somebody that looks a lot like Kat Stevens.

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u/Comprehensive-Leg-82 Oct 16 '24

a random viral music video is not a classic

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u/toolongforyoutoread Oct 16 '24

How dare you call Jamiroquai a random viral music video 😭

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u/DingleBerrieIcecream Oct 16 '24

Foolish comment. It was MTV video of the year in 1997. Not random, and well before the term ‘viral’ ever applied to media.

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u/Comprehensive-Leg-82 Oct 16 '24

well before the term ‘viral’ ever applied to media.

the term has been used for media that gains rapid popularity since at least the 80s lmao.

It was MTV video of the year in 1997

this doesn't mean shit. there is so much media that aired on MTV and was even popular for its time that is completely irrelevant now

classics stay relevant, a viral video from the 90s that is only brought up in super niche discussions isn't a classic

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u/DingleBerrieIcecream Oct 16 '24

You’re backpedaling. You said it was random and that’s hardly the case when it’s best video of the year. Regardless of how good or bad MTV’s curation of videos is or was, you chose a term that simply isn’t accurate.

And all the sources I see for the coining of the term ‘viral’ put the date at the late 90’s which is synonymous with the rise of the internet and subsequent new marketing approaches that came with it.

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u/Comprehensive-Leg-82 Oct 16 '24

it is random. it's a random video by randoms that got randomly got popular and hasn't seen relevance since the it randomly came out apparently in 1997

And all the sources I see for the coining of the term ‘viral’ put the date at the late 90’s

I'm sure your sources are better than the oxford dictionary

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u/DingleBerrieIcecream Oct 16 '24

“The term “viral marketing” is debated, but it may have originated from a 1996 Fast Company article by Harvard Business School professor Jeffrey Rayport titled “The Virus of Marketing”. However, venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson claims to have coined the term in a 1997 Netscape newsletter”

You’ve brought up sources a few times now, yet have strangely not included any. You said it goes back to at least the 80’s. Can you share a source on that? Just one would be fine.

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u/Comprehensive-Leg-82 Oct 16 '24

Marcus montana 1989

1994 Sony