Let’s Just Call It The ‘Mockery’ For Short
We finally know who to blame for the “La Macarena” dance craze that invaded everyplace from the Democratic National Convention to Seafirst Stadium: Diana Patricia Cubillan, a 25-year-old, 5-foot-3 Venezuelan flamenco dancer.
Cubillan says she was the inspiration for the song of the same name when she performed with the flamenco duo Los del Rio: “When Antonio (Romero) saw me dance, the words just came out. His inspiration was me. Why would that be - because of the shape of my body? the way I danced? What do I know?”
As for the current success of the song and dance in a U.S. revival, she says: “I don’t believe it. It’s like a dream … I believe in fate, and I think my fate is this.”
Loose talk
Dennis Miller, on emceeing the MTV Video Music Awards: “I thought this day would never arrive. I’ve been sitting on 30 or 40 Macarena jokes that are as stale as the condom in Strom Thurmond’s wallet.”
But she’s still pretending that she’s 39
Chrissie Hynde turns 45 today.
Guess you could say that he’s just a gig hobo
The reunited Van Halen appeared at the MTV awards, with Eddie Van Halen affirming, “We’re actually friends now.” So will original singer David Lee Roth rejoin the band for good? “I’m already packed,” he said. “I’m ready to go. I have nothing at home. I have no property. I was fired from two hotels in Las Vegas. I have nothing to do.”
And would you like that with or without teeth?
One of the backstage highlights at the MTV bash came when a reporter innocently asked heavy metal mavens Metallica what would be the ingredients in a Metallica sandwich. Replied motor-mouthed drummer Lars Ulrich: “Tongue.”
She must have been a pretty good warmup act
Meanwhile, on the rock ‘n’ roll romance front, No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani, whose band opened for Bush on the tour that stopped at the Spokane Arena in April, is said to be keeping close company with Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale.
Except Michael does a much better moonwalk
So how is Michael Jackson’s popularity holding up? The crowd that welcomed his arrival in Prague this week to begin his “HIStory” world tour was bigger than the one that recently turned out to greet Pope John Paul II. Said a newspaper vendor: “It’s just like the arrival of (cosmonaut) Yuri Gagarin many years ago.”
Wait - shouldn’t that be, ‘You are our Man-dy?’
And speaking of faithful fans, Barry Manilow’s “Maniloonies” were out in full force at a concert this week in Schenectady, N.Y., bearing such signs as, “You are our Man! And don’t forget it!” “We’re all here for the same reason,” Manilow told his adoring audience. “To love me.”
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