I chose today’s Sparkle Video because I’ve been taking German lessons and well, sadly, I still don’t understand a word they’re singing. However, any time you get a couple of people to dress like angels with devil horns in skimpy bedazzled outfits and punk rock hair- I’m in. The quasi-disco track and bouncing balloons just add more to the fun and though I have no idea what’s going on…I like it!
Today’s Sparkle Video begins with a fabulous bracelet entrance by the lovely Taffy who smartly points out her dazzling gems right away and then KABLAM! She follows it up with a whole body of pizzazz starting from her geometric pompadour styled hair and goes all the way down her slinky sequined tigress dress which is accented by a glittering celestial applique that twinkles magically from glorious star filters. Also, at the bottom of the screen it says she’s an Aquarius which means her birthday is somewhere around now and what a coincidence! It’s also Dave Danger’s birthday this weekend and to whom this video is dedicated. Happy Birthday Soldiers!
Today’s Sparkle Video had me from the moment the boot shaped mirror ball hit me with a dazzling sparkle onslaught. I love that People Under The Stairs chose to style “Trippin’ At The Disco” after our beloved vintage music shows and they definitely hit upon the most important elements. Flashing lights, smoke machine and star filters are all included here and there’s even some old school rolling video effects for just the right touch of camp. It’s obvious the boys are feeling the fabulosity of the era and even though they’re having a laugh overall, what’s no joke is their silky rap stylings layed over a classic disco beat.
On a more serious note, I know I touched upon this topic last week, but pay special attention to Thes One’s lyrics about seeing a hipster at the disco who is too cool to have fun. “With his can’t dance pants and a can’t dance beard” and that he may have grown up in a “can’t dance house with a can’t dance mom”. A “Can’t Dance Mom”? Soldiers, if you are going to take on the responsibility of raising another human being that the rest of us have to deal with, bring your children up to value what’s important. First and foremost: when you are on a dance floor…DANCE!
It’s the very first Sparkle Video Day of 2012 and it’s starting out with a jewel encrusted bang! This is truly one of the best videos I’ve ever seen for many reasons, but mostly because it reminds me of a night at the disco recently where the crowd was standing on the dance floor. Not dancing, just standing and watching the DJ. Watching for what I don’t know, but while they were not dancing, me and R. Wayne were sparkling madly and throwing it down freak style all around them. Anyway… back to Starf*cker and their video where a bunch of bland hipsters are having the most boring toga party on earth. Enter the mysterious stranger in a bedazzled spandex outfit who comes in and proceeds to strip, fondle and lipstick tattoo each and every one of them and you know what? It worked! Who would’ve guessed that this was the recipe for unjamming giants sticks from peoples’ posteriors and for turning any party into righteous “Quality Time”? Now that I know this trick, I’ll be more than prepared- I’ll be armed and extremely dangerous.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS: This is an update to the original post from this morning. I have been informed that once again, today’s video is not viewable in Germany- and who knows where else. Thanks a bunch youtube. I have also added a clip of the same song from the much better and cooler vimeo. It’s a different version, without the fancy party in the background, but you still get the vibe. It’s placed at the end so scroll down to view. Peace and Sparkles!
Today’s Sparkle Video, the last one of the year, is from our beloved Boney M because there’s no better way to start the holiday weekend! Here they perform the joyful and uplifting “Sunny” in all its disco glory for a room full of revelers in formal attire which makes me long for the days when wearing gowns to a party was the norm. Just looking at all the dandies in tuxes and ladies in flowing floor length dresses already puts me in a sparkling mood, but then it’s kicked up a few glittering notches by the words in the song. “The dark days are gone and the bright days are here” is something we can all relate to as we ditch “used and abused 2011” and welcome in “shiny and new 2012” which, according to my sources, is going to be ultra-sparkling!
Today’s Sparkle Video is a holiday treat! The lovely ladies from Legs & Co are dancing up a special number for the Top of the Pops Christmas Special dressed like scantily clad Poinsetta Elves trimmed with silver tinsel and sexy ankle boots. Who wouldn’t want to wake up and find these hot nymphs setting up their toys while they work it out robot style to Funky Town? Let’s all start a new tradition we can get behind and forget about Santa and that boring plate of cookies. From now on Soldiers, it’s all about leaving flutes of champagne!
Today’s Sparkle Video is like an episode of “Lost in Space” gone fabulously right. Our beloved “Supernature” gets reworked by the boys of Erasure who’ve turned that stage into a dreamy planet of colorful flashing lights and disco smoke where everyone wears spandex spacesuits accented with dazzling sequins. All of this yumminess is dramatized by their slow motion movements, strobe light pods and monsterous eyeball plants hovering about like they’re going to eat them all at any second. Oh l’amour!
I know, I know. I have not been keeping up on my duties to write about all things sparkly since I got back from Berlin, but in my defense, I’ve returned to NYC at the height of holiday party season. Too many parties keeping Da General busy at night and my days are being spent shopping for sparkly things to wear. So not that much has changed really, I just need to work on my time management so that it includes champagne hangovers. However, the one thing you can always count on Soldiers, no matter what, is Sparkle Video Day.
That’s right! I have not missed a Sparkle Video Day since I started this campaign of fabulosity and I am committed to making sure your Fridays are filled with glittering inspiration. That said- I must confess I am growing increasingly annoyed with the corporatization of youtube. When it’s not shoving some company paid promotion or commercial down your throat, it’s taking down amazing and rare vintage disco clips. So today, I am pulling from vimeo and what a glorious gem I have found for you!
Today’s Sparkle Video features two of my all time favorite things, Sylvester and Roller Disco. Sylvester is one of my heroes for many reasons, but mostly because we share the exact same view of fashion and also because he was truly blessed with the ability to turn anything into “an outfit”. Here, he’s wearing a clearly customized purple bedazzled top paired with some sort of uniform pants, but it works.. it works Soldiers, because he oozes fabulosity! I’m also totally feeling Martha Wash’s asymmetrical blue satin caftan that encompasses one leg in a clever harem explosion. Sprinkle in some hotties on skates and gobs of flashing lights accentuated by glorious star filters and there you have it- PERFECTION.
I’m just getting back in the swing of the Big Apple after having the most wonderful time in Berlin. With so many great people to hang out with and so many fun parties to go to, a girl really gets to show off her jewel encrusted Press-On-Nails! In keeping with my most recent mission abroad, today’s Sparkle Video is from those kawaii pandas from Cholorphorm TV, Joost and Laura. Once again, they’ve captured the glittering spirit of what Join the Sparkle Army means and if i might add, they only go to the coolest and most fabulous parties so it’s always a gorgeous compliment to have them at ours.
If you were there- relive the moment. If you weren’t- I hope you’ll make it next time!
Today’s Sparkle Video is a great example of what happens when you mix rock n’ roll, girls in sparkling bikinis and the most awesome air guitar ever. Well, it’s more of a whole air band and I can’t help but get excited over the likeness of the shirtless guy to Iggy Pop, one of my all-time faves. I think Vitalic hit on a such a super hot concept that I think you’ll agree you can’t watch it just once. But, go on… I dare you!
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