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Thursday, March 13, 2008

"Mandolay" - La Flavour (1979)



There's a Spanish disco in a town not far from France...Known throughout the continent where people love to dance... There's a dark-skinned lady there ...whose legs have brought her fame...She dances in the center ring,... and the people call her name...




MANDOLAY, disco music made from actual musical instruments...how refreshing; it gives it more credibility. Only small remark ...I hear a tambourine in the song yet fail to see one being played in the feature; I suspect lip-syncing.


How many times have we all heard this disco classic from this Massillon, Ohio band La Flavour ? Whether it be at a wedding or a nightclub, Mandolay is a standard still used today by many a DJ's repertoire.



It's too bad that those shinny headbands went out of style, what an underrated look. :-)



BTW - I'm curious, what did the MC say @ 1:54 ?

1 comment:

ajm027 said...

What a classic...great stuff. Absolutely lip-syncing. I would also argue that it isn't the real band. They all look like rejects from Village People try-outs.