3. Ruud Gullit - Not The Dancing Kind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCXzyCAsFBw Before even getting to Gullits vocals, it is important to tackle the sound of the beat. It resembles the automatic reggae demo noise of your childs small battery operated electric piano. Most children could never be bothered to learn how to play anything remotely talented, so would just hit the various demo buttons before putting the toy down and moving their attention elsewhere. It appears the writers of the music behind Not the Dancing Kind had the same approach to making a record. Now onto Gullits role; the Dutchmans contribution was pretty straight forward, he has to say not the dancing kind, ooh but I want to be with you over and over and over again. In fact, you will hear those twelve words an impressive eighteen times should you wish to listen to the record from start to finish. There are a couple of bridges to break up the chorus, but otherwise it is essentially just a chorus on repeat. Gullit had a second attempt at a record, but that effort is much harder to mock as it was entitled South Africa and was an anti-apartheid song. Therefore we will just leave the ridicule to Not the Dancing Kind and its poor attempt at being reggae music.
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