:: mike errico diary ::

:: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 ::

KLAUS NOMI/LESLEY GORE connection

dude:

can't believe you have not yet hit on the lesley gore-klaus nomi connection.

"Through then-RCA artist David Bowie's connections, the Klaus Nomi LP appeared on French RCA in late 1981. Side One closed with a razor sharp "metal" reinterpretation of Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" (1963), complete with wailing female back-up singers and customized lyrics ("You don't Nomi / I'm not just one of your little toys")."

And that's not all: Klaus Nomi Lives on Rush Limbaugh



"You Don't Own Me" can be heard on the Rush Limbaugh Show as part of a category of update theme. Six degrees between chick singer, German homosexual opera queen, and conservative talk-show host! How much more rocking can THAT be? a pop-culture trifecta, if you will.

-k10

Wow.

Want to know more? Sure, you do. From a bio:

Klaus Nomi dared to be great. He dared to combine opera, 1930's German Cabaret, 1960's American Pop and 21st century synthesizers. He also dared to present the visual image of a high fashion, heavily made-up futuristic robot/alien. The world became aware of Klaus Nomi on December 15, 1979, when he backed David Bowie on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live. Tragically, Klaus Nomi died of AIDS in August 1983. During his lifetime, he issued two albums, Klaus Nomi and Simple Man.

According to band member and songwriter, Kristian Hoffman, "Klaus was a face-- elfin and painted as a Kabuki robot. He was a style--a medieval interpretation of the 21st century via Berlin 1929. He was a voice, almost inhuman in range, from operatic soprano to Prussian general. He was a master performer--a master of the theatrical gesture. Above all, he was a visionary. He said the future is based on the needs of the artist, deciding how to live and living that way every minute. Klaus, the man from the future, lived that way in the present, and held out his hand saying, 'Come with me. You can do it too.' "


Documentary, "The Nomi Song"



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:: mike 10:17 AM [+] ::

FABOLOUS/LESLEY GORE connection

Mike,
If you're going to make a hip hop/Gore connection, how about Fabolous and his hit, "This Is My Party," with its credited "interpolation" of "It's My Party" on his "Street Dreams" from 2003?
Jim

Done and done. My diary is now writing itself. Fabolous! (sic)

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:: mike 7:52 AM [+] ::

LUDACRIS/LESLEY GORE connection

Luda has a new single out called "Number One Spot" which, strangely, occupies the number two slot on his new CD. The song is basically all about him, and his song, "Number One Spot", going to the number one spot on the charts. I have no idea if that has happened, although his video is getting played a lot. In it, Ludacris reworks an Austin Powers theme, even strapping Verne Troyer (reprising his role as Mini-Me) on his body for continuity. Perhaps he didn't watch Verne on VH1's The Surreal Life, where he battled alcoholism and his propensity to urinate freely.

The Lesley link? In the beginning of the video, Quincy Jones makes an appearance, while a sample of one of his songs plays in the background. Quincy produced, among other things, "It's My Party" for Lesley, which did, in fact, go to the number one spot. Quincy went on to appear in bit parts alongside The Surreal Life's Verne Troyer in hip-hop videos.

Oh yeah. And he produced Thriller, too. But don't make me post a Michael Jackson picture.



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:: mike 1:38 PM [+] ::