http://www.ganyet.com/music/nina-hagen-david-bowie-boy-george-klaus-nomi trapped in the paperless, wireless, timeless and spaceless office Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.ganyet.com/music/nina-hagen-david-bowie-boy-george-klaus-nomi#comment-5734 henkka Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:07:35 +0000 http://www.ganyet.com/music/nina-hagen-david-bowie-boy-george-klaus-nomi#comment-5734 hmmmm, Klaus came onto the scene just at the right time; post-punk, post new wave, no wave, anything goes wave and there were quite a few things that impressed me and my pals when we went to see him and the show at Hurrah and Danceteria and some joint in Long Island City; the first was how theatrical the settings for his songs were, then although there was a live band, probably session musicians, there was also a lot of recorded stuff, something reasonably novel at the time. I just remember seeing him, not knowing what to think except that I witnessed a true star, a real performer, a consummate entertainer and an artist. Some of the stuff was just hilarious, like his version of Lou Christy's "Lightning Strikes" or a Kraftwerky version of Chubby Checker's "The Twist". I was really lucky to have had the chance to see him perform, it made a profound impact on me, having grown up with theatrical type bands like the Tubes, Sparks and Alice Cooper. Rush Limbaugh would be delighted to leave a legacy half as impacting as the one Klaus has and you can be sure he won't. hmmmm, Klaus came onto the scene just at the right time; post-punk, post new wave, no wave, anything goes wave and there were quite a few things that impressed me and my pals when we went to see him and the show at Hurrah and Danceteria and some joint in Long Island City; the first was how theatrical the settings for his songs were, then although there was a live band, probably session musicians, there was also a lot of recorded stuff, something reasonably novel at the time. I just remember seeing him, not knowing what to think except that I witnessed a true star, a real performer, a consummate entertainer and an artist. Some of the stuff was just hilarious, like his version of Lou Christy’s “Lightning Strikes” or a Kraftwerky version of Chubby Checker’s “The Twist”. I was really lucky to have had the chance to see him perform, it made a profound impact on me, having grown up with theatrical type bands like the Tubes, Sparks and Alice Cooper. Rush Limbaugh would be delighted to leave a legacy half as impacting as the one Klaus has and you can be sure he won’t.

]]> http://www.ganyet.com/music/nina-hagen-david-bowie-boy-george-klaus-nomi#comment-3767 kosmar Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:59:50 +0000 http://www.ganyet.com/music/nina-hagen-david-bowie-boy-george-klaus-nomi#comment-3767 theres a movie about him: http://imdb.com/title/tt0402406/ theres a movie about him: http://imdb.com/title/tt0402406/

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