So as many of my friends and co-workers would tell you, i have developed a liking for Men Without Hats. This in its own is odd because the group has been disbanded since the 90's and had their greatest success in the early to mid 80's. What would make a man jump on board a long lost bandwagon you ask?
It started last year when I was surfing You Tube on a daily basis looking for songs from my youth to put together a fun playlist of old music videos I enjoyed. Safety Dance was on that list and when looking for a descent version of it I came across a video of them performing it live. It was a copy of a DVD performance that they released a few years ago of one of their concerts from when they were in their prime. The version of Safety Dance was quite different from the MTV version that most of us came to love, midget and all. Also in this live version, they band had incorperated more standard rock equipment, and not just a synth keyboard. The different version with more of a rock feel to it was quite catchy, and i added it to my favorites. I continued to watch other songs from that concert and found myself liking quite a bit of their performance, shocking on its own because of my heavy metal background. I looked around the internet for the original versions of these songs, and the studio versions didn't hold up to the live ones. The album recordings were very pop and synth driven, not my real cup of tea. I now own that DVD, not suprisingly called Live Hats It was a Christmas gift from the wife when she realized my new obsession with that concert. I still play the DVD on occasion, if only to watch my son dance around to the catchy beats.
Check it out for yourself : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JsKlZaYNnM
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