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July 02, 2003
Jeans On
OK - I finally found that song that was buggin' me for so long - the one that I mentioned in my "Woking" entry from a few weeks ago. The seventies song called "Jeans On" by a chap called David Dundas (thanks to Nigel). Don't ask me how I remember it - because I was a very young kid at the time - and I'm pretty sure it was a pretty awful song in its day - especially given that it was produced as a song for a TV advert for "Brutus Jeans" - remember them? I have a vague recall. Actually - I'll take that back - I just found out that the song was a number 1 hit in the UK music charts for three weeks! And was the first ever "Jeans" ad music to become a hit. Yep way before Levis seemed to set a trend with people taking their jeans off in a laundromat etc. Anyway - I thought I'd celebrate the closure of this issue by producing a Shockwave montage of images from the seventies with the "Jeans On" musical accompaniment. Most of the images I stole from various nostalgia sites - and I selected the seventies images I remember most in the few minutes that I had to gather them. Click on the smiley below to load the Flash and be sure to turn up the volume - because despite the song being so old - it has an infectious quality to it and is best heard LOUD! Enjoy ...Posted by jag at July 2, 2003 11:43 PM
Comments
heh - yeah, I remember a lot of that. Not all, mind, mainly because I grew up in the states! No Pan's People or little bitty milk bottles.
Posted by: Lisa at July 27, 2003 06:09 PM
Hey - I'm surprised you remember most of it really: I originally thought that most of it was quintessentially British! (I wonder if I spelt that right?)
Posted by: Jag at July 27, 2003 09:39 PM
Thank goodness I found this site..>THANK YOU!..Since Keith Urban has re-released this song, it's been totally bugging me as to who originally sang it! :) GOOD WORK!
Posted by: Tracey at July 31, 2003 01:39 AM
Hi Tracey - thank *you* for the THANK YOU! Glad I helped SOMEbody out!
Posted by: Jag at July 31, 2003 10:39 PM
hi jag,
i finally manage to get a hand on tis song thru ymb pal mercurial gem............
can i know how to download n save on my cd......
thanz.......
btw, thanz gem too....
rgds...
Posted by: pete at November 12, 2003 03:17 AM
hi jag,
i finally manage to get a hand on tis song thru ymb pal mercurial gem............
can i know how to download n save on my cd......
thanz.......
btw, thanz gem too....
rgds...
Posted by: pete at November 12, 2003 03:17 AM
Okay - I'm with Tracey - I've been trying to figure out who sang this before Keith Urban...I don't even remember the guy, but I recognize the voice and the song. One mystery solved, thank you very much!
Posted by: Shirley at January 22, 2004 08:44 PM
Hej..
I turned 40 last year... and the theme of my party was the 70'... I made all the guests send me some music wishes... My own of cource was JEANS ON... Great party... and the best thing about remember musik... It feels like you never get any older..
Posted by: Ina at January 30, 2004 07:59 PM
Shirley: many thanks for your feedback! Glad to be of help.
Ina: I absolutely agree with you: remembering music does so much to make you feel young again!
Posted by: Jag at January 31, 2004 11:39 AM
I also was driven mad by who did this song 1st as I love Keith Urban's version; just caught him in concert then bought the cd. however, I totally don't remember this Dundas guy, was he also who sang the song? For some reason I'm picturing someone else doing it. Anyway,thanks for helping me sleep better tonight.
Posted by: deb at April 7, 2004 03:49 AM
BRILLIANT idea - I had completely forgotten the Blue Jeans song. It brought back somany memories, though I am not sure that "a tiger in my tank" would mean much to anyone younger than my 300 years!
Posted by: David at August 7, 2004 02:59 AM
Cool song, thanks for the memory! :-) I'd forgotten who the artist was. I will have to listen to the Keith Urban version.
Neat little website, discovered by accident but now I'm here, I'll have a look around and see what you've been up to on your travels.
Cheers
Joanne
Posted by: Joanne at August 21, 2004 04:05 AM
Thanks I haven't heard the song for many years as the owner of Brutus I remember David Dundas and the 70's very well it was a great time.
Posted by: alan freedman at December 12, 2004 12:36 AM
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Posted by: george at January 29, 2005 11:56 PM