Friday, 6 April 2018
968 Red Hot and Blue
First viewed : 1 December 1990
This was a pop special on Channel Four with artists of the day re-interpreting Cole Porter songs for AIDS charities. Like the Elvis tribute three years earlier, it was a series of specially-made videos rather than a benefit concert. Some of them were filmed by name directors including Jonathan Demme, Alex Cox and Neil Jordan.
Without any of my favourite bands on the bill, I only dipped into it and saw Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry doing Did You Evah ( Cox ) and The Pogues and Kirsty McColl doing a mash-up of Miss Otis Regrets / Just One of Those Things behind a bewildering display of international dance styles ( Jordan ).
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