Coming off such a left-field debut, it was up in the air as to what Klaus Nomi would do for a follow-up. That second album was Simple Man, and if listeners were unsure if the first album was a put-on, this one certainly didn't do much to clear things up. While the album starts out promisingly with an atmospheric fade-in followed by a hard dance number with the occasional Birthday Party-style guitar thrown in, the rest of the album did its damnedest to move the album's overall tone to one of self-parody. Could one really think any differently listening to the hyper-sugary cover of "Just One Look," the faux-country disco number "Rubberband Lazer," or the version of "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead"? As with the debut album, Nomi's true capabilities are shown off by his versions of classical works -- in this case, "Death" (taken from Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas") and "Return" (which is based on a choral number by John Dowland). The thing is, those pieces are right at the end of the album and the listeners who would enjoy them the most will probably already have been long shaken off by all of the kitsch leading up to it.
I worked in a Peach's record store in high school and discovered Lene Lovich's album Stateless when Stiff Records did a marketing blitz in the store. A year later I saw Klaus Nomi's video of Simple Man in a video bar. Intrigued, I bought the album not knowing what to expect.Nomi was a German living in New York City during the early to mid 70's. He grew up listening to American pop and classi...
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I watched the Klaus Nomi documentary _Nomi Song_ this weekend. A fellow mogger (can't remember who) a while back recommended it and I watched it. I knew a few songs by him but by and large I didn't know anything about him. I was surprised at how much of this took place in New York in the mid to late 70's. I'm a big junkie for documentaries from or about this period. Whether it's about art,...
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KLAUS NOMIHere is a track from the Klaus Nomi album "Simple Man" (1982).For those of you that`s not familiar with him, here`s a little info from Wiki.----------------------------------------------Klaus Nomi (born Klaus Sperber) (January 24, 1944-August 6, 1983) was a German countertenor performer, noted for his remarkable vocal performances and unusual stage persona. He became one of the first ...
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I worked in a Peach's record store in high school and discovered Lene Lovich's album Stateless when Stiff Records did a marketing blitz in the store. A year later I saw Klaus Nomi's video of Simple Man in a video bar. Intrigued, I bought the album not knowing what to expect.Nomi was a German living in New York City during the early to mid 70's. He grew up listening to American pop and classi...
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| 1 From Beyond |
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| 2 After the Fall |
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| 3 Just One Look |
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| 4 Falling in Love Again |
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| 5 ICUROK |
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| 6 Rubberband Lazer |
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| 7 Wayward Sisters |
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| 8 Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead |
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| 9 Three Wishes |
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| 10 Simple Man |
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| 11 Death |
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| 12 Return |
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