“Malcolm McLaren” and “Sex Pistols” are welded together forever, but the supposed Svengali did a lot of interesting things after that. The most creative was probably making hip-hop opera in 1984, taking famous arias and (so to speak) modernising them. Check out “Carmen” on the album Fans for the real triumph, but “Madam Butterfly” is a very close second.Two years before that was an
I wrote my first song when I was thirteen, a short piano piece of no very great interest, dedicated to my piano teacher, who was extremely hot. It was kind of a rip-off of Beethoven's ??Für Elize??, so I inserted her name instead of Elize and it got chosen to conclude a piano recital, which was supposedly something of an honor. Not an entirely deserved honor, I might add; there were at least ..
I was in a meeting marathon today and will be again tomorrow(fun for me!) but not to be outdone by Metal Wednesday and Wired Wednesday, here's New Wave Wednesday: Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals Gang of Four - Is It LoveLet's Active - Every Word Means No