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GO GO MANIA
June 2, 2014  | By David Bianculli

TCM, 9:45 p.m. ET

 

Here’s a real rarity, as part of TCM’s celebration tonight of the “Swingin’ Sixties.” It’s a 1965 compilation of what might be viewed as pre-MTV music videos from Britain: a collection of studio performances, lip-synched to original recordings and filmed in color, by such just-breaking groups as The Animals (“House of the Rising Sun”), Herman’s Hermits (“I’m Into Something Good”), and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (“Little Children”). There are go-go dancers, too (hence the film’s title), as well as a pair of film clips – of live concert performances – by The Beatles, who sing “She Loves You” and “Twist and Shout.” It’s the footage that was seen, but not heard, when Jack Paar presented footage of The Beatles just before rival Ed Sullivan featured them live on The Ed Sullivan Show.

 
 
 
 
 
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