“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
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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 ..
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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
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Malcolm McLaren.There. I said his name. Are you angry? Excited? A little bit of both? Angcited?Regardless of what you think of him, you cannot deny the man (or at least his take on history) is fascinating. With "Madame Butterfly" popping up on international runways and people clamoring for the "Deep in Vogue" music video (R.I.P. Willi Ninja), it seems the world is ripe to host his craziness onc...
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Since I can’t say this any better, so I’ll let wikipedia take it from here:His song “About Her”, based on “She’s Not There” by The Zombies, rose to prominence when used by director Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill Vol. 2. He was accused of plagiarism for this song in 2005 for allegedly copying the work [...]
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