Tuesday, January 28, 2014

BACK TO MY ROOTS

Another of my favorite RuPaul videos. Back To My Roots followed Super Model and House of Love upon RuPaul's arrival on the scene. The house/dance track is a tribute to black women's hairstyles as well as to the tradition of community often found in urban hair salons.  She also names several of her relatives including her mother Ernestine Charles, who at the time owned a hair salon in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother is played by comedienne LaWanda Page, who worked with Ru on several videos, with voice work or starring parts.  I remember hitting the floor with dancing and runways with this song..... Fun way to start the day....Peace, love, and hair grease!!!!!! Love all the wigs.

  

14 comments:

  1. Thanks for that. I needed a little Ru to start my day!

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  2. Love that patriotic stars 'n stripes outfit!

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  3. Makes 6am seem do-able :-)

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  4. i don't think i ever saw this.

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    1. Remind you dear of the Hair Hall of Fame?

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  5. This song and House of Love are my all time favorite songs from RuPaul that I can listen to over and over again ..........

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  6. HAIR WEAVES...Call her Miss Ross!!! LOVE IT!

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  7. Thanks for this "A cahlassic extravagahnza!!!! I don't remember seeing it either!

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  8. I love to see RuPaul do a new video of this song on RuPaul's Drag Race in a upcoming Season or tie it in somehow, this is classic RuPaul! Never saw the video.

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  9. LOVE LOVE LOVE - so many memories! This song brings sooooo many good ones back!

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  10. I have never seen this before. Very nice, catchy tune!

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  11. Rolling back a decade to the best years dancing in the big clubs to this... Standing room barely... at least alittle hip movement possible....Watch that cigarette Queen...spill that drink on me again...God those were the days !!!!

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  12. Love this song, my favorite 90's Rupaul

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  13. Oh yes, this song brings back memories of dancin' at the club!! As many times as I've heard this song (I have the CD) I've never seen this video. Good stuff. "Fried, died, and laid to the side." :-)

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