At The Movies, Seventies

AT THE MOVIES (March 30, 2023)

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Get out your spandex pants, shine those platform shoes and polish up your glitter balls; we’re heading to Studio 54 cos itā€™s time for some DISCO!

ā€œStayinā€™ Aliveā€ was written in 1977 by the Bee Gees and was the second single from the ā€œSaturday Night Feverā€ movie soundtrack. In 2004, ā€œStayinā€™ Aliveā€ was placed at #189 on the list of Rolling Stoneā€™s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It became one of the Bee Geesā€™ most recognizable and beloved signature songs.

Since my goal is to bring you only the best quality videos I can find, the one today is from the movie ā€œSaturday Night Feverā€. I thought the Bee Geesā€™ official video was visually unappealing but you can check it out for yourself on YouTube.

Here now are the Bee Gees singing and Travolta dancing! Enjoy “Stayin’ Alive”!

Check out those dance moves! Travolta was so young and skinny! How many of you knew he was a dancer before he became an actor?

The question of the day will appeal to trivia buffs (or those of you with great memories). Here we go:

We already know that John Travolta was the star of the movie. What was his character’s name?

The answer will appear here next week.

Here is the question from last week: Noel Harrisonā€™s father was a very famous actor who starred in many different types of movies. Can you name this famous Englishman and any of the musical movies he made? 

The answer is Rex Harrison whose musicals include “My Fair Lady”, “Doctor Dolittle” and “Anna and the King of Siam” (“The King and I”). Thanks for playing along!

Thatā€™s a wrap, folks. Catch you next time At The Movies.

See you on the flip side.

Iā€™m The Sicilian Storyteller

NAR Ā© 2023

37 thoughts on “AT THE MOVIES (March 30, 2023)”

  3. Love the Bee gees and loved Saturday Night Fever. Wasn’t his character named Tony? I think that was his name. I was a kid when this movie was released but still remember how everyone was in a craze over this one. Thanks for the memories, Nancy.šŸ’•

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    1. Hi, Staci! I like your comment; Patrick Swayze (IMO) was a better, more refined dancer than Travolta. I think he was classically trained in ballet. Swayze was also easier on the eyes, don’t you think? But you make a good point … a movie with the two of them would have been excellent; Grease (the movie), perhaps? Their paths crossed in Grease on Broadway.

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      1. I think Swayze would have made Travolta up his game. Also, their choreographers and dancing coaches would have played to their strengths, and most audiences wouldn’t have noticed a large disparity in talent.

        I can’t pick a favorite. I think both men are/were handsome. Travolta’s eyes make me swoon.

        Short of deep fakes or some kind of film manipulation (like when Natalie Cole sang “Unforgettable” with her dad—a favorite of mine, especially since I danced with my dad to that song at my wedding), we’ll never see the two of them share the screen. I guess we have our imaginations…

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  7. I have a friend who is a Flamenco dancer, who has spoken once of Travolta’s dancing background.

    I cannot answer your question, Nancy, because John’s synonymous with Vincent from Pulp Fiction…the rest of his roles are a blur on my mindšŸ˜„

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        Forgot to mention earlier that the song is so potent that regardless the music someone is into, under the right conditions, it will make him/her moove šŸ•ŗ

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            1. Take it easy and do whatever needs to be done to feel better. I’ll be getting some lovely computer guided injections in the back of my neck and lower back for my spinal stenosis. I feel your pain, Misk, and empathize with you. Hope you get some relief. šŸ’•

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