OK - I finally found that song that was buggin’ me for so long - the one that I mentioned in my “Woking” entry from a few weeks ago. The seventies song called “Jeans On” by a chap called David Dundas (thanks to Nigel). Don’t ask me how I remember it - because I was a very young kid at the time - and I’m pretty sure it was a pretty awful song in its day - especially given that it was produced as a song for a TV advert for “Brutus Jeans” - remember them? I have a vague recall. Actually - I’ll take that back - I just found out that the song was a number 1 hit in the UK music charts for three weeks! And was the first ever “Jeans” ad music to become a hit. Yep way before Levis seemed to set a trend with people taking their jeans off in a laundromat etc.
Anyway - I thought I’d celebrate the closure of this issue by producing a Shockwave montage of images from the seventies with the “Jeans On” musical accompaniment. Most of the images I stole from various nostalgia sites - and I selected the seventies images I remember most in the few minutes that I had to gather them. Click on the smiley below to load the Flash and be sure to turn up the volume - because despite the song being so old - it has an infectious quality to it and is best heard LOUD! Enjoy …
The Seventies!
heh - yeah, I remember a lot of that. Not all, mind, mainly because I grew up in the states! No Pan’s People or little bitty milk bottles.
Posted by: Lisa on July 27, 2003 06:09 PMHey - I’m surprised you remember most of it really: I originally thought that most of it was quintessentially British! (I wonder if I spelt that right?)
Posted by: Jag on July 27, 2003 09:39 PMThank goodness I found this site..>THANK YOU!..Since Keith Urban has re-released this song, it’s been totally bugging me as to who originally sang it! :) GOOD WORK!
Posted by: Tracey on July 31, 2003 01:39 AMHi Tracey - thank you for the THANK YOU! Glad I helped SOMEbody out!
Posted by: Jag on July 31, 2003 10:39 PMhi jag,
i finally manage to get a hand on tis song thru ymb pal mercurial gem.….….…
can i know how to download n save on my cd.…..
thanz.……
btw, thanz gem too.…
rgds…
hi jag,
i finally manage to get a hand on tis song thru ymb pal mercurial gem.….….…
can i know how to download n save on my cd.…..
thanz.……
btw, thanz gem too.…
rgds…
Okay - I’m with Tracey - I’ve been trying to figure out who sang this before Keith Urban…I don’t even remember the guy, but I recognize the voice and the song. One mystery solved, thank you very much!
Posted by: Shirley on January 22, 2004 08:44 PMHej..
I turned 40 last year… and the theme of my party was the 70’… I made all the guests send me some music wishes… My own of cource was JEANS ON… Great party… and the best thing about remember musik… It feels like you never get any older..
Shirley: many thanks for your feedback! Glad to be of help.
Ina: I absolutely agree with you: remembering music does so much to make you feel young again!
Posted by: Jag on January 31, 2004 11:39 AMI also was driven mad by who did this song 1st as I love Keith Urban’s version; just caught him in concert then bought the cd. however, I totally don’t remember this Dundas guy, was he also who sang the song? For some reason I’m picturing someone else doing it. Anyway,thanks for helping me sleep better tonight.
Posted by: deb on April 7, 2004 03:49 AMBRILLIANT idea - I had completely forgotten the Blue Jeans song. It brought back somany memories, though I am not sure that “a tiger in my tank” would mean much to anyone younger than my 300 years!
Posted by: David on August 7, 2004 02:59 AMCool song, thanks for the memory! :-) I’d forgotten who the artist was. I will have to listen to the Keith Urban version.
Neat little website, discovered by accident but now I’m here, I’ll have a look around and see what you’ve been up to on your travels.
Cheers
Joanne
Posted by: Joanne on August 21, 2004 04:05 AMThanks I haven’t heard the song for many years as the owner of Brutus I remember David Dundas and the 70’s very well it was a great time.
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Posted by: george on January 29, 2005 11:56 PM