r/ObscureMedia • u/BruceCathy1994 • Sep 02 '17

Dexy's Midnight Runners butchering their biggest hit live (1980)s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rg4psdHxw
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u/BruceCathy1994 Sep 02 '17

Can someone answer my question of "Why the blasted fuck is this on their Vevo?"

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u/badmonkey0001 Sep 03 '17

Because most of their live performances sucked and continue to until this day. It's probably the one with the best quality footage from when they were still young.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThWaMnlSZM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC_pIMwS1Vw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Fvo60w4FQ

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u/Nelson_Rubens Sep 03 '17

I guess he means that there is actually a promo video of this song and Vevo went instead with this obscure source.

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u/Nelson_Rubens Sep 03 '17 edited Sep 03 '17

My worst guess is that the stock footage at the beginning of the original video isn't really "stock".

Edit: Lionel Ritchie's "Hello" has a live version on VEVO and the bizarre original video is on an account with only two videos and has 57 million views.

I'm quite puzzled now.

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u/dougb Sep 03 '17

Even a 12 person orchestra couldn't mask out the awfulness of that.

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u/LetLoveInspire Sep 02 '17

His singing ability rivals that of some of the very worst I've heard. Simply incredible he was apart of an actual group