Raquel Welch: Space-Girl Dance
October 24, 2013 7:46 PM Subscribe
I would like to have been her costume for that number. Your point is?
posted by Samizdata at 8:13 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Samizdata at 8:13 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
All those strange structures are from the 1968 olympics.
posted by dhruva at 8:17 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by dhruva at 8:17 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
That doesn't look like a terribly practical space outfit... unless of course she was just limbering up before climbing into her suspended animation pod... but that's just silly....or is it?
This woman is 73 years old. Your results may vary.
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:25 PM on October 24, 2013
This woman is 73 years old. Your results may vary.
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:25 PM on October 24, 2013
This is obviously what Al Gore was going for.
posted by DrAstroZoom at 9:14 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by DrAstroZoom at 9:14 PM on October 24, 2013
And the recommended follow-up video on YT is the snake dance(SLYT) from Fritz Lang's The Indian Tomb.
posted by JoeBlubaugh at 9:19 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by JoeBlubaugh at 9:19 PM on October 24, 2013
She came to some of the screenings when Lincoln Center had a retrospective of her films last year and she still looks fabulous.
posted by brujita at 9:29 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by brujita at 9:29 PM on October 24, 2013
Yay!
posted by Trinity-Gehenna at 9:45 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by Trinity-Gehenna at 9:45 PM on October 24, 2013
GOD DAMMIT! I literally just finished encoding my wall projection video for our Halloween party. Stop the presses, cuz this is going on fo sho!
posted by ShutterBun at 10:28 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by ShutterBun at 10:28 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Also: "She's got a big bottom!"
posted by ShutterBun at 10:28 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by ShutterBun at 10:28 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Talk about bum cakes, that girl's got 'em
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:57 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:57 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
"I want to have... I want to have... Raquel Welch dropped on top of me."
"She's got a big bottom!"
posted by Graygorey at 11:07 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
"She's got a big bottom!"
posted by Graygorey at 11:07 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
That woman is beautiful. Anything is a good excuse to appreciate her. Extra because it's so weird that it was so long ago. Wikipedia says she was "the last star created under the studio system".
posted by Goofyy at 11:29 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Goofyy at 11:29 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
Boy is she a bad dancer though.
posted by msalt at 11:53 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by msalt at 11:53 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
Neon Neon (side project of Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals) made a concept album about John DeLorean called Stainless Style. The album has a song about DeLorean's rumoured affair with Raquel Welsh, which is really great (fan video uses footage from this clip).
Gosh, that was quite roundabout, wasn't it?
posted by distorte at 12:59 AM on October 25, 2013
Gosh, that was quite roundabout, wasn't it?
posted by distorte at 12:59 AM on October 25, 2013
When you have Rachel Welch in her prime, in a bikini, YOU DON"T NEED YOUR HIGH FALUTIN' DUTCH ANGLES!
Even if it is the 1960s.
posted by C.A.S. at 1:41 AM on October 25, 2013
Even if it is the 1960s.
posted by C.A.S. at 1:41 AM on October 25, 2013
Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, Raquel Welch
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:47 AM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:47 AM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
Space bikinis are another future thing we were promised that never arrived, just like hover cars and moon colonies.
posted by JHarris at 3:41 AM on October 25, 2013
posted by JHarris at 3:41 AM on October 25, 2013
From her 1970 TV Special "Raquel!"
In 1970, Welch teamed up with Tom Jones and producer/choreographer David Winters of Winters-Rosen Productions for the television special Raquel!, considered by some viewers to be a classic pairing together of 1970s popular culture icons in their prime. The multi million-dollar television song-and-dance extravaganza was filmed around the world, from Paris to Mexico. The show featured lavish production numbers of classic songs from the era, extravagant costumes, and notable guest performances, including John Wayne and Bob Hope in the Wild West.posted by sweet mister at 5:01 AM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
The Future will have more synchronized dancing. That is my take-away.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:58 AM on October 25, 2013
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:58 AM on October 25, 2013
Wow-wee, she's got all the moves, the swim, the power strut, the reverse power strut and the flounce. This is absolutely fabulous and Mrs Ew says she wants that costume.
posted by Dr Ew at 12:48 PM on October 25, 2013
posted by Dr Ew at 12:48 PM on October 25, 2013
I did not care for the music, but the video synchs OK with the song Prisencolinensinainciusol.
posted by Cookiebastard at 1:36 PM on October 25, 2013
posted by Cookiebastard at 1:36 PM on October 25, 2013
There's always Raquel dancing with a creepy spider-thing on the Muppet Show.
posted by emjaybee at 3:20 PM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by emjaybee at 3:20 PM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
It's hypnotic.
(I suspect Acid was involved in bringing this to our screens).
posted by Mezentian at 5:17 PM on October 27, 2013
(I suspect Acid was involved in bringing this to our screens).
posted by Mezentian at 5:17 PM on October 27, 2013
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