Ivan looks back on the early days of New Wave, the Montreal music scene – and the great story of the incident at an Ottawa bar that inspired “The Safety Dance”! (Clue: blame it on The B-52’s!)įamous Lost Words, hosted by Christopher Ward and Tom Jokic, is heard in more than 100 countries worldwide and on radio stations across Canada, including Newstalk 1010 Toronto, CJAD 800 Montreal, 580 CFRA Ottawa, AM 800 CKLW Windsor, Newstalk 1290 London, 610 CKTB St Catharines, CFAX Victoria, AM1150 Kelowna and 91x in Belleville. Set, of course, to the catchy tune of Safety Dance by Men Without Hats, it features Alaska Airlines employees performing memorable lyrics about what they do to keep you safe when you fly. With the recent loss of Don Everly, we uncovered some rare clips of Don talking about two of the Everlys biggest hits, including why “Wake Up Little Suzie” was banned by some radio stations.Īnd Tom has a brand new chat with Ivan Doroschuk from Men Without Hats, who have a new EP of cover versions out. We also hear from Joe Perry – who talks about his love of touring – and all the things that come with it.Īlicia Keys was in great spirits when she talked to us in 2005 as she told us some very funny stories from her career – including an embarrassing story in which she tripped and came crashing to the stage in front of an important showcase of journalists and music executives.
Tyler even explains why they dropped one of their biggest hits from their setlist. We can dance, we can dance Everybody dan. 'Doing it before the Pope.' We can dance, we can dance everybody tak. and we can dress real neat from our hear. This week’s interview comes from that time period – as they gamely try to hype the film and talk about the band’s past success. 'We can dance if we want to, we can leav.
It was beginning of a downturn for the band’s fortunes.
Men without hats the safety dance lyrics movie#
In 1978, Steven Tyler and Aerosmith made the mistake of starring in the movie flop “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. ARTIST: Men Without Hats TITLE: Safety Dance Lyrics and Chords Capo 3 S-s-s-s A-a-a-a F-f-f-f E-e-e-e T-t-t-t Y-y-y-y Safe, dance / A - / : We can dance if we want to We can leave your friends behind Cause your friends dont dance and if they dont dance Well theyre no friends of mine I say, we can go where we want to A place where they will never find And we can act like we come from.