The Haim play Jungle Love with The Time

There is no explanation for why this happened, but it happened, and it was awesome.

The Time ft Haim - Jungle Love

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Video: Jungle - Time

I don't mean to sound like my dad, but all of Jungle's songs sound the same. And there's only so much luscious, blow-dried funk a man can take.

Still, their videos continue to be excellent. For their new single, Time, they bring out the granddads for a granddad dance-off - which is less exploitative than it sounds.

Jungle - Time

PS: I can't post Jungle - Time, without posting Time - Jungle Love. It wouldn't be right.

The Time - Jungle Love

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Good thing I cook... 'cos you love to eat

After a wasted evening poking around the darker corners YouTube, I chanced across this video of Janet Jackson performing What Have You Done For Me Lately and Nasty with the boys from The Time at the 1987 Grammys. It's pretty spectacular - an awards performance from the days before Vari-Lites and video screens and back projections that relies purely on choreography and charisma. The backflip at 2'50" is really something else.

Janet Jackson - 1987 Grammys

Obviously, the whole thing is mimed - but I've never heard that version of the song before. Anyone know if it's available commercially?

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