klaus nomi
 

so i'm making this thread because klaus nomi was really fantastic and i think is seriously underappreciated.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C_A6IR58Htg

i'm not going to even post any of the new wave stuff because i think that performance pretty much stands on its own but you get the idea.

don't tell me no one here is familiar with klaus nomi. this is a sonic youth board, where are the freaks?

Genius, no less. Check out Leigh Bowery too, I sense that you might like him too.

yes! that man is brilliant.

neevr heard of this guy. checking him out.
don;t know if a fop in psycho mime makeup singing Total Eclipse of the Heart is good or not.

Now I know who's the disturbing guy that did backing vocals for Bowie around 1979 :D:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y13rnq_oZp0

yep.

I saw that SNL when it originally aired. Saw that bio movie last year which was good, kind of sad, I don't think I would have liked him much as a person but his performance was wild.

Nomi is just one example of the cultural destruction that happened on such a massive scale in the US in the 80's due to AIDS. I wonder what our culture would have been like if AIDS hadn't happened.

i watched that documentary on the sundance channel early this morning. i think klaus and i would've gotten along well. the part about him dying...and when they showed the clip of him singing "the cold song" (the one i posted above) was really sad. his earlier performances were amazing. i was hypnotized by the one at the vaudeville show.

well, i'm off to take a bath and then perhaps go out to dinner before i have to leave. i could be back later on. who knows.

I love that Nomi song doc as well.An individualist totally immersed in his art.

Nomi Song is a great doc. I love his voice!

Found this while I was looking for the a link to the Dalston Oxfham Charity Shop mp3 blog:

http://dalstonoxfamshop.blogspot.com...nomi-live.html

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klaus nomi was awesomeness to the max!
i remeber when i worked at a record store and the chick that was working with me put on a record of his, and i had never heard him before, and i ws like, where the fuck did this come from?!?! but once the initial shock passes, he bocomes a very intriguing listen. havent heard him in a while though...