No list of 500 songs would be complete without one or two super cheesy classics of which this masterpiece is Number One!
I heard 'Agadoo' by Black Lace for the first time in the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool. Phil Kerslake had just finished playing the mighty Wurlitzer organ and as he descended into the vaults two girls came out in grass skirts and wearing flower garlands accompanied by a bloke who told us ‘we were gonna dance to a new song which was gonna be massive!’
I was there with my younger brother who was nine(tries to justify the next bit!!) and before long we were pushing pineapples and shaking the tree. I was sixteen at this time!
I must admit that I do have this song on my iPod and as I write this (on the tube this morning) I am listening to it!!!
Despite it's obvious holiday song quality at the time when it was released back in 1984 the idea of the annual 'interactive holiday song' was relatively new and had yet to be tarnished by some of the truly dreadful ones that followed!
I also love the irony of this song as well! Imagine if you were an actual Hula dancer in Waikiki - Would you really want to meet either of the blokes from 'Black Lace' down in the bay and 'teach them much more than how to dance?'
- I think NOT!
Although this is truly dreadful I love it!
Enjoy.......
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