David Bowie & Mick Jagger: Dancing in the Street (Music Video 1985) Poster

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Abysmal
debradecaro11 August 2023
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I never understood this video. Not even when it came out in the 80s. Why were they isolated in some what looks like suburban, industrial area, alone at night, wearing those clothes? Who dressed like that? The song is called dancing in the street. A celebration. They worked up the energy (obviously..) or they found the energy chemically. Why not film it in the video in the streets, dancing with others -- celebrating. Rio, New Orleans? Okay film it in London surrounded by revelers at pub with ale in hand? Why are you alone at an abandoned warehouse somewhere? I don't believe you are celebrating in the street..

They look more like two strange 14 year old creepy boys alone in the suburbs looking for trouble and their mom's are looking all around for them. Creepfest.
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1/10
Hrmmm
helenahandbasket-937342 November 2021
This actually happened, and we all let it happen.

It's definitely not a bad song per say, but the video adds absolutely nothing to your interpretation of the music, doesn't express any underlying message/meaning, and isn't even just silly for no good reason.

I can absolutely guarantee you, having graduated HS in 1984, no one dressed like this, no one danced like this, and the song was average (in the US, anyway), at best.
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10/10
Underappreciated delight
vodkapickleback17 May 2020
Video shot in a matter of hours for a charity duet cover recorded the same day. Old pals Bee & Jay do indeed dance, exuberantly, in the (empty) streets, as well as a derelict building. Bowie lip-syncs a tiny lyric wrong, but that's okay. No need to re-shoot. It's fine. About mid-video, waiting for his next line, Jagger picks up a mystery can off the ground and drinks from it, then does some light grooming.

These men were not only rock stars, but fashion icons. Bowie wears a smart trenchcoat over a snazzy onesie, which has both sleeves and both legs; this isn't Ziggy Stardust, but a refined, established, post-Serious Moonlight, pushing-40 rock icon. Meanwhile, Jagger's white sneakers introduce the video, immediately banishing any doubts you may have had as to the decade it was produced in. He tops his outfit off with a swishy seafoam blouse that could've clothed both him and Bowie.

Not that these two needed a get-along shirt; the onscreen duet is aflame with all the chemistry you'd expect. Their carefree, improvised moves range from jumping to bouncing to hopping to jazz hands to that swoopy arm thing Bowie does a lot (see: Ashes to Ashes) (and then Jagger does it too). These 3 minutes of music history are dense with rewatch value. Enjoy "DitS" with someone you love - just as Bowie and Jagger made it.
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10/10
This is an awesome video
jacobjohntaylor126 June 2018
This is a great video. With a great song. It also has great sinning and great dancing. If you like music videos you need to see this video it is awesome. This something you deed to see.
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8/10
Mick and David
safenoe28 March 2022
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It's not often you get several user reviews in IMDB for a music video, but here there are three already. Anyway, this video has loads of energy, with Mick and David strutting their stuff to get us dancing in the street. Pure dancing, no special effects, that's what we get.
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