Vanz Kant Danz (music video) - John Fogerty (performer) (1985)
Title
Vanz Kant Danz (music video) - John Fogerty (performer) (1985)
Subject
Clay animation films
Music videos
URL
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Description
Content description from ElectricBayou (https://sites.google.com/site/theelectricbayou/songs/zanz-vanz-kant-danz):
"Zanz (Vanz) Kant Danz" is the closing track of the original Centerfield album, the third solo LP of John Fogerty who was incognito for eight and a half years before the comeback in mid 80's. Like all the songs on the LP, "Zanz (Vanz) Kant Danz" was recorded at The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, and engineered by Jeffrey Norman and Mark Slagle. The album went #1 in the USA.
Fogerty wrote the phrase in the chorus of the song in the aftermath of the Hoodoo album (1976). Elektra/Asylum head Joe Smith had called Fogerty after rejecting the album. The artist was telling him about his troubles with his former label, and Smith mentioned how the Kinks had written a song about some guy who screwed them, and they got it out of their system that way. As Fogerty went to hang up the phone, the words "Zanz Kant Danz" popped into his head. He ran to his studio and wrote it down (John Fogerty, Fortunate Son, 2015).
Musically, "Kant Danz" stands out of the rest of the material on Centerfield. It has quasi-reggae beat and almost one-minute-long instrumental break dominated by electronic drums.
Ephemera: none available.
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"Zanz (Vanz) Kant Danz" is the closing track of the original Centerfield album, the third solo LP of John Fogerty who was incognito for eight and a half years before the comeback in mid 80's. Like all the songs on the LP, "Zanz (Vanz) Kant Danz" was recorded at The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, and engineered by Jeffrey Norman and Mark Slagle. The album went #1 in the USA.
Fogerty wrote the phrase in the chorus of the song in the aftermath of the Hoodoo album (1976). Elektra/Asylum head Joe Smith had called Fogerty after rejecting the album. The artist was telling him about his troubles with his former label, and Smith mentioned how the Kinks had written a song about some guy who screwed them, and they got it out of their system that way. As Fogerty went to hang up the phone, the words "Zanz Kant Danz" popped into his head. He ran to his studio and wrote it down (John Fogerty, Fortunate Son, 2015).
Musically, "Kant Danz" stands out of the rest of the material on Centerfield. It has quasi-reggae beat and almost one-minute-long instrumental break dominated by electronic drums.
Ephemera: none available.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
John Fogerty (performer and musician)
Will Vinton (director)
Publisher
Warner Bros
Date
1985 July 10
Citation
“Vanz Kant Danz (music video) - John Fogerty (performer) (1985),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed June 12, 2026, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/221.