Wednesday night on CBS the
2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show proclaimed "The Glamour is Back!" for the annual runway show. According to
Victoria's Secret CEO Sharen Turney:
"The theme of the show is a return to glamour. Victoria's Secret is about sexy and the new sexy is glamorous for this season."
Which begs the question: Where did the glamour go in the first place? Was
last year's fashion show less glamourous? And if this is the "new sexy" what was the old sexy? Perhaps comedian Janeane Garofalo said it best in an old
comedy routine about runway shows:
"They have these runway shows and then they have a commentator going, 'A return to glamor this season. A pretty face is your best asset this season.' As opposed to last season. When ugly girls had a free ride. When back fat was all the rage."
For the
2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the angels flew to Miami Beach Florida to walk the runway at the newly renovated
Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel. The special featured footage from in and around the hotel, including an outdoor fireworks display for the fashion show's finale.
In addition to live performances from Usher and Jorge Moreno, the music for the show was produced by DJ
Jeremy Healy, who has been the musical director for the annual televised Victoria's Secret fashion shows since 2001. As with the 2007 version of the show, this special featured less remixed music than in past shows. Healy offered remixes (in part by a live orchestra) of some runway tracks, including
Kayne West's "Love Lockdown".
Here is the song list of music used in the
2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show:
Ain't That A Kick In The Head by Dean Martin
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What's Your Name by Usher
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Yeah! by Usher
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Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John
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Babalu by Jorge Moreno
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Battle Without Honor Or Humanity by Tomoyasu Hotei
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Human by The Killers
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Mercy by Duffy
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That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings
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This Ain't Sex by Usher
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Shut Up And Let Me Go by The Ting Tings
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Banquet by Block Party
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With You by Chris Brown
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Little Bit by Lykke Li
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Love Lockdown by Kanye West
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Let Me Entertain You by Robbie Williams
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Discuss music used in the Victoria's Secret special in our the
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