Rock & Roll Reunion - Out takes 2
Rock & Roll Reunion - Out takes 2
This tape is out take footage from a WETA show titled "Rock & Roll Reunion". The premise of the show was to have a group of middle aged people meet in a club, dance to the music of their youth and possibly be set up to meet an old high school sweet heart. The show is hosted by TOM CURTIS a funny looking man reminscent of a game show host. There is a lot of footage here of people dancing to oldies - the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach boys, etc. Their style of dance and dress screams early 80s - a lot of funny/silly stuff here. (08:20:17) Opens to shot looking down line of people, line of people runs down stairs to the entrance of a club, people in line chat with one another - they where light winter clothing, a man with a bull horn emerges at the base of the line and tells everybody to move in - camera follows line into club, they walk past doorman/bouncer who says in a gruff voice "Yeah, you wish were 18 again" (08:21:21) Shot pans club where there are various seating areas, 80s club lights and a big bar as well as a large dance floor (08:21:43) Shot closes in on Rock & Roll Reunion host TOM CURTIS sitting at the bar - he is a short man in a suit, he has a moustache, poofy hair and big sideburns, Curtis introduces show explaining its premise and announcing special guest to appear later MORGAN FAIRCHILD (08:22:26) Shot moves to dance floor where large group of people enthusiastically dances to "Louie Louie", most the club patrons wear clothing that looks appropriate to an early 80s office, only a few of them dress with the flair one would expect of a night out at a club, the club patrons are all middle aged - late twenties to late thirties (I disagree with that characterization of middle age!!!)- at the finish of "Louie Louie" dancers all clap, shot continues to move around dance floor but the sound cuts out (08:38:28) (Time code skip) Shot returns to outside club at the end of the line of club patrons - retake of the above Rock & Roll Reunion introduction - this one is cut off when the camera reaches the doorman/bouncer (08:41:15-47:25) Retake of the above introductory segment - this one seems to be the keeper - the sequence is exactly the same as the first five minutes of the tape - however everything runs a little smoother - this time as soon as "Louie Louie" finishes the Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" comes on - crowd on the dance floor grows, many dancers sing along with the lyrics - there is much shoulder shimmying, pelvic thrusting, finger snapping and hand clapping, dancers all applaud at song's end (08:50:11) (Time code skip) Shot of dark dance floor, lights soon after turned up, crowd on dance floor stand and mingle (08:51:06-53:40) "Run Around Sue" is played, crowd dance, clap and sing along on the dance floor, many couples dancing twirl one another (08:57:30-00:30) (Time code skip) Retake of dance floor dancing to "Run Around Sue", this one starts with panning close up of various couples slow-dancing at song's slow beginning, at the end of the song cameraman dances with woman on the floor (09:07:17) (Time code skip) Blurry close up of line of four faces at dance club (09:09:11) Shot of the feet of people standing on dance floor (09:10:07) "Louie, Louie" is played, various shots of smaller crowd of people dancing on dance floor - this might be other footage of the last segment in which "Louie, Louie" was played (09:12:34-16:12) "Satisfaction" is played, slightly increased crowd dances on the dance floor, people put on more of a show when the camera falls on them (09:29:02-32:20) (Time code skip) Crowd mingles on dance floor, "Dance to the Music" soon after comes on and sets the dance floor on fire - the dancing gets a close as it has yet to disco (09:33:31-36:20) "Dance to the music" shot through the eye of a different camera (09:38:42) (Time code skip) Crowd mingles on dance floor (09:39:05-42:38) The Rolling Stones' "Let's Spend the Night Together" , various shots of people dancing on dance floor, shot of dance floor from behind the bar (09:47:35) (Time code skip) Crowd mingles on dance floor (09:47:57-51:25) "Let's spend the Night Together" shot through the eye of a different camera (10:15:53) (Time code skip) Crowd mingles on dance floor (10:16:30-19:07) New song "Stop in the name of love before you break my heart", large crowd on dance floor dances enthusiastically (10:19:08-21:55) Crowd keeps on moving to a contemporary version of "Why do fools fall in love"- dancers early 80s style come fully out in the open (10:37:08) (Time code skip) Crowd mingles on the dance floor (10:37:45) Re-take of the end of "Why do fools fall in love" - camera pulls back from dance floor to expose more of the club, sitting on a couch and a chair off to one side of the floor are a group of people engaged in an enthusiastic conversation (10:42:37) (Time code skip) Shot remains long one of dance floor and couch cluster beside floor, Rock & Roll Reunion host Tom Curtis sits and converses with people on couch (10:43:58) (Time code change) Shot remains the same (10:44:19-47:07) "When a man loves a woman" is played, shot returns to dance floor where couple slow dance in dim lights