Twist and Shout

...of apps + a trio of wines is really fun. Dancing? : Any suggestions for where to go for dancing if (1) over 35; (2) like to dance to "Twist & Shout" type music (i.e., rockabilly, roots r&b) or pre-Motown r&b; and (3) live in the city and...

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...of Chuck Berry's "Rock'n'Roll Music", a throwback to their Hamburg days and featuring his most unhinged vocal performance since "Twist and Shout". The freedom he exudes when working with material not his own is always impressive -- without...

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...Revolution 9 next week please? Thanks. Anyway, Olly declared that he was going to make Twist And Shout sound modern, but then he proceeded to sing it in exactly the same way that everyone on the planet has ever sung it. So can we count his...

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Which leaves for last the album's piece de resistance: the Beatles' party-climaxing reinterpretation of the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout". This gem was the final task in a marathon 12-hour studio session that left Lennon's...

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...her choice of song, warning her: "For the first time in this competition, you're vulnerable." Baby-faced favourite Olly Murs performed Twist and Shout, which featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. After a mixed reception from the judges was...

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...as well. I like him, but he's so Taylor like and it continually amuses me that Simon is totally okay with that on this show. Olly's doing "Twist and Shout," from one of my favourite movies, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," certainly will add to...

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...deviations from the hit factory a such as drummer Gordon Townsend's rendition of the Beatles' If I Needed Someone and their reworking of Twist & Shout by way of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper a were introduced almost...

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...and his career as a choreographer and director. Ortega's credits include iconic dance performances, from Matthew Broderick's 'Twist and Shout' number in Ferris Bueller's Day Off to the hit film Dirty Dancing. He's also introduced...

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Bueller? Bueller? Ferris and director John Hughes still saturate modern pop culture For every time you've hit snooze and seriously considered playing hooky from that insufferable ancient history lecture; for every time you've deadpanned...

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He said that he saw Springsteen in concert the night John Lennon died in 1980 and that he remembered Springsteen soothing the crowd with "Twist and Shout." "There was a real sense of community that night," Mercurio said. "Everybody was...

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