Regardless of how some Broadway experts viewed the video, it was acclaimed. Fosse had a subtext to the steps, so that you would be doing something with your hips, but with your eyes and your head, you’re thinking ‘How do you like this?’” You’re in the business of communicating ideas. Whether you’re singing and dancing, you’re acting. Beddow felt Beyoncé was missing the “acting” component of Fosse’s choreography.īeddow explained “The point of his work was it was all about acting. However, she felt Beyonce’s take on “Mexican Breakfast” was reductive. She said Fosse would have been glad to see Beyoncé looking “sexy” in the music video with her backup dancers. Writing for Playbill, Robert Simonson said the “Single Ladies” choreography “was largely lifted (or ‘inspired,’ if you prefer a more generous word) from a Bob Fosse dance.” Simonson seemed upset by Beyoncé’s choice to take inspiration from Fosse.įosse’s underling Margery Beddow had a mixed appraisal of Beyoncé’s routine. I thought, ‘Wow, how amazing would that be now?’ The difficult process of filming ‘Single Ladies’Ī video comparison of the “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” and “Mexican Breakfast” “I saw on YouTube-It’s these three ladies, and one of them is Bob Fosse’s wife, who’s this choreographer, and they’re doing ‘Walk it Out.’ …It’s one take, and it’s black and white. She discussed “Mexican Breakfast” on 106 & Park. The choreography apparently connected with her.īeyoncé has been open about taking inspiration from the clip.
Specifically, she found a clip of The Ed Sullivan Show where three female dancers performed a Fosse routine called “Mexican Breakfast.” One of the dancers was Fosse’s wife, Gwen Verdon. Beyoncé once found a clip of some choreography by Broadway legend Bob Fosse. YouTube is a huge part of many peoples’ lives. Beyoncé with her hands on her hips | Kevin Winter/Getty Images How a YouTube video and a Broadway legend inspired Beyoncé The idea for the “Single Ladies” dance came from an unexpected source.
One of her proudest moments as an artist is her video for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” The dancing in that video remains one of the most impressive choreographed routines in any music video.Īll great artists have influences. Jake Coyle is a syndicated columnist for The Associated Press.Beyoncé is one of the most transcendent icons of our time. Artist pages on MySpace increasingly host music videos, and MTV earlier last year launched the beta version of the impressive, a player that hosts seemingly every music video.Īnd naturally, Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” is one of the most-viewed videos at MTVMusic, too. There’s competition in being an online broadcaster of music videos, too. But as album sales have declined, all revenue streams are more important to labels.Īt the same time, YouTube is aware of how much music videos are part of its lifeblood the site promptly posted a blog entry explaining the situation to users. It’s a somewhat ironic development for a medium - the music video - originally created as an advertisement to sell records (and thus something labels wanted played as much as possible). The takedown included many fan-created videos, as well. (Remember how OK Go’s treadmill clip was such a hit in YouTube’s infancy?)Įarlier last month, though, videos by artists signed to Warner Music Group began disappearing from the site after contract negotiations broke down between the music company and YouTube. Many of the most-watched videos in YouTube’s short history are music videos. It’s a grittier and less-catchy song, though, and the video hasn’t sparked the same attention, drawing less than one million viewers on YouTube so far.īut the popularity of Beyoncé’s videos only reinforce how important music videos are to the Google-owned YouTube. 24, it returns the singer to the simple style of her and two dancers in a plain setting - this time an empty warehouse. (That video also has been watched by millions online.)īeyoncé and her record label, Sony/BMG, surely hope her latest video, “Diva,” also hits a nerve. She also joined the “Saturday Night Live” parody of the video with Justin Timberlake and cast members Andy Samberg and Bobby Moynihan. Beyoncé has spoken about how bowled over she is by all the imitations and met some of the dancers.
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