Posted March 29, 200718 yr http://www.blogotheque.net/IMG/jpg/scott.jpg Culture Box presents: 30th CENTURY MEN Marc Almond + David Bowie + Nick Cave + Jarvis Cocker + Cathal Coughlan + Brian Eno + Gavin Friday + Paul Haig + Neil Hannon + Richard Hawley + Billy Mackenzie + Scott Walker + Thom Yorke. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vocalist Marc Almond, who was seriously injured in a 2004 motorcycle crash, has signed with Sanctuary for the June release of a new album, "Stardom Road." The 13-track set was produced by Marius de Vries and Tris Penna. "Stardom Road" features covers of tracks like the Dusty Springfield-popularised "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten" (featuring St. Etienne's Sarah Cracknell) and the Roberta Flack/Shirley Bassey-associated "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (featuring Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons). The album also finds former Soft Cell principal Almond reinterpreting Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night," T. Rex's "The London Boys" and Petula Clark's "Happy Heart" Almond will play a few live shows this spring in Europe, beginning Friday (March 30) in Thessaloniki, Greece. Also on tap is sold-out May 4-6 run at London's Wiltons Music Hall. Here is the track list for "Stardom Road": "I Have Lived" "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten" "Bedsitter Images" "The London Boys" "Strangers in the Night" "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" "Stardom Road" "Kitsch" "Backstage (I'm Lonely)" "Dream Lover" "Happy Heart" "Redeem Me" "The Curtain Falls"
March 29, 200718 yr Vocalist Marc Almond, who was seriously injured in a 2004 motorcycle crash, has signed with Sanctuary for the June release of a new album, "Stardom Road." Sanctuary :lol: no surprises there then. thought they might be involved :lol: Happy Mondays also have signed up to a bit of Sanctuary as well. Roberta Flack/Shirley Bassey-associated "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (featuring Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons). think that Antony/Almond song will be worth a blind purchase of the album in its self. however do not know the song but i could imaging them singing the Rhythm Divine . them and David McAlmont that would be a good cover dont you think??? M8sFupDAwvo have you heard that Russian album he did? would like to listen to that as i think thats the kind of thing I will like and anyway I was always fond of t.A.T.u singing in their orig language over the English.
March 29, 200718 yr Author The Russian album is definitely an acquired taste - not really my thing, but it's beautifully done and certainly worth a listen..... the orchestration is gorgeous and he's in fine voice throughout.
March 29, 200718 yr The Russian album is definitely an acquired taste - not really my thing, but it's beautifully done and certainly worth a listen..... the orchestration is gorgeous and he's in fine voice throughout. have you got the album which has the Nico duet?? it was recommeded in a Q list for Nico. Now thats an(other cool dead) artist i want to find out and get more of, the collection has been getting good reviews in the press and i like the idea of some more Teutonic vocalists (even though it says that Nico was actually of Serbian-Croat/Spanish origin) like Claudia Brücken. Only got the VU and Nico album (the only effect the film Factory Girl had on me was to finally play that album B) )
March 29, 200718 yr Author Old dinosaur mag Q recently voted Nico as one of the top 100 singers... of all time. Absolute rubbish - she has an interesting voice - at best... a good one? Never. However, the track she did with Marc Almond is great... a kind of camp showtune, called Kept Boy. It's on his most successful solo album The Stars We Are, which is pretty great start to finish. I like some of her other stuff, too... but a great singer? Hmm..... Factory Girl... possibly the worst film I've seen since... ooo.... the Texas Chainsaw remake - terrible.
March 29, 200718 yr Old dinosaur mag Q recently voted Nico as one of the top 100 singers... of all time. Absolute rubbish - she has an interesting voice - at best... a good one? Never. However, the track she did with Marc Almond is great... a kind of camp showtune, called Kept Boy. It's on his most successful solo album The Stars We Are, which is pretty great start to finish. I like some of her other stuff, too... but a great singer? Hmm..... Factory Girl... possibly the worst film I've seen since... ooo.... the Texas Chainsaw remake - terrible. wouldnt say its one of the worst film of the year seeing i have seen norbit and i want candy :lol: however was boring. i thought the 60s in Popart NYC were supposed to be ultra cool groovy kinda place made it as boring/disapointing as NY seems to be when i went (however didnt do any NY nightlife when i went). Maybe the Michael Alig or Studio 54 era might have been more fun??
April 3, 200718 yr Hello, The Stars We Are is a fabulous album and every collection should have a copy. The follow up album was great too as it had A Lover Spurned on it.
April 3, 200718 yr Great to see him back, and fully recovered from that terrible accident he had a couple of years ago.
April 3, 200718 yr Great to see him back, and fully recovered from that terrible accident he had a couple of years ago. Yes he's is great!
May 7, 200718 yr from teletext (review on page 344) Fans go nuts for Almond Marc Almond was given a standing ovation as he played his first full gig since a near-fatal motorcycle crash. Three years after requiring brain surgery, Almond played three two-hour shows at 150-year-old East End music hall Wiltons on Friday-Sunday. Explaining why he played "reflective" songs, Almond said: "I'm 50 this year, and I'm going to milk it. And I've hardly had any work done." Almond jokes about crash Marc Almond joked about the effects of his brain surgery as he played his first gigs since 2004 at the weekend. He had a music stand with the lyrics on stage at the 400-capacity shows, and told the crowd on Saturday: "I've got brain damage - just a little bit - so I've got the lyrics written here. "It's made me realise how bloody short-sighted I am, I can't read them. If I go 'la-la-la', please forgive me."
May 9, 200718 yr Author I've read an online review - tremendous it was. Wouldn't it be nice to see the Brits award someone DESERVING of that Lifetime Achievement award - for once - and give it to Mr Almond - surely one of our greatest all-time performers?
May 9, 200718 yr I've read an online review - tremendous it was. I heard this news that might interst you mate today on the radio while flicking round from station to station (from bbc website): 8 May 2007 Marc will join the BBC Concert Orchestra for the recording of a special edition of Friday Night Is Music Night on 30 May in London. Tickets are free and must be applied for via the BBC Radio 2 website. Visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/fnimnalmond/ for further details. Please note this event is only open to UK residents. FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT Recording: Wednesday 30 May Don't miss your chance to see Marc Almond performing in an exclusive concert for Radio 2. In a special Friday Night Is Music Night, the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Martin Yates, is joined by special guest Marc Almond, who perfoms songs from his new album Stardom Road. The concert, presented by Paul Gambaccini, will be recorded on Wednesday 30 May at The Mermaid in London. Please note: the BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites.
May 12, 200718 yr Author thanks Tigerboy.... should be god fun, that gig. I saw some footage of his recent Wilton Music Hall gig on YouTube... he was terrific... truly better than ever.
September 23, 200717 yr you might find this good: Marc Bolan: The Celebration, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London Solid gold tribute to the 20th century boy By Simon Price Published: 23 September 2007 There's something in the air in the city today. On the stretch between Golders Green station and the crematorium, people clock each other and smile as they cross paths, recognising a kindred spirit by the odd accessory (feather boa, leopard fur, stovepipe hat) on their way to leave flowers, photos or a china white swan. Across the Thames, your stomach sinks when you approach Queen's Ride in Barnes and first catch sight of the arc of the humpback bridge, and cannot help but envision a Mini Cooper smashing into the trees. The tree, and the bronze memorial and granite headstone near it, are festooned with ribbons, trinkets and poems. Someone is playing "Cosmic Dancer" on a cassette machine. The cause of this curious combination of mourning and celebration is that 30 years ago, Marc Bolan – the pixie prince of glam rock – was killed in a car crash, a fortnight short of his 30th birthday. As you get closer to the venue of tonight's tribute concert, the focus of this September's 30/60 remembrance, the buzz begins to intensify. A grey-haired gentleman wanders along Shepherd's Bush Green, looking slightly lost. This is Tony Visconti, the genius record producer responsible for Electric Warrior and the complete run of classic Bolan hits, unofficially considered "the fifth member of T. Rex". The Empire is thronged tighter and earlier than usual. There's something about Bolan fans. They – or, I should admit, we – feel a certain sense of injustice. The legacies of, say, David Bowie, Bolan's friend and rival, or Elvis Presley, whose death overshadowed Marc's, are set in stone. But it often seems as though the world has forgotten that there was a period when T. Rex were, as Messrs McCartney and Starr said at the time, "bigger than the Beatles". The fact is that Marc Bolan was the saviour of pop, and nothing less. After the beardy seriousness of the hippie era, Marc sprinkled magic fairy dust on rock and, crucially, sexed it up again. The concert is compered by Eric Hall, the football agent and tedious self-publicist who happened to be a childhood friend of Marc's, who delays proceedings with his pointless anecdotes about going to amusement arcades with Marc. One of Hall's stories, however, does hit home: on this very stage, Bolan once performed "New York City" on The Basil Brush Show, with Hall dressed as a frog. It's a reminder that in the second half of the 1970s, Marc's star status had slipped. However, just before his death, a leaner and revitalised Bolan was newly relevant, and acknowledged and adored by the children of the punk revolution. And we're back to the sense of injustice, which I suspect is partly what fuels T. Rextasy, tonight's house band, the tribute act who break all the rules by being bloody brilliant. There's something messianic about lead singer Danielz, and his accuracy and attention to detail, puffing his cheeks in a Bolan pout and threshing his tousled tresses through "Jeepster", strutting the stage in ballet-shoed feet and a smock top that's an exact replica of Marc's. He's uncanny. The calibre of celebrity on show isn't superstellar, but better to have guests who get Marc than lip service from a parade of fakers. First up is Andy Ellison, a man with tight white jeans and a Wilko Johnson stare, who played alongside Bolan in riotous R&B band John's Children. Spitting Volvic and scaling the speaker stack, he's the Iggy Pop you've never heard of. Thereafter we get Clem Burke of Blondie, Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, original T. Rex saxophonist Howie Casey, soul singer Linda Lewis, Shakin' Stevens wonderfully doing some actual Shaky dancing during "Laser Love", Tony Visconti conducting the Dirty Pretty Strings through an original arrangement which had lain untouched in a box for three decades, and Dr Robert, who wore a Bolanesque boa on TOTP in his Blow Monkeys days, reminiscing that "Being a Marc Bolan fan f***ed you up, growing up on the Fens". Similarly, the biggest star of all recalls that his hero "brought a little magic and glitter into a troubled northern teenage life". And a glance at Marc Almond tells you that it's stayed with him: glittering shirt, glittering eyes, glittering teeth, glittering soul. Almond's passionate rendition of "Teenage Dream" is simply extraordinary. And then, a genuine moment. Gloria Jones was Marc Bolan's lover and the mother of his son Rolan (who would be here if he hadn't lost his passport). It would be a harsh person who would blame Gloria for Marc's death (she was at the wheel), when her loss is greater than anyone's. There's nothing but affection among the faithful for her tonight. She's also the woman who sang the original of "Tainted Love", and when she duets with Almond, the man who made it famous, you don't know whether to pinch yourself or press "record" on your cameraphone. As a mass encore of "Get It On" and "Hot Love" draws to a close, Danielz entreats us to "Keep a little Marc in your hearts". It's a message that ought to resonate far beyond these four walls.
September 24, 200717 yr ^ You mean this gig. fhq-o98N3Ys Marc Almond with Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (Shepherds Bush Empire 15/09) For those who have not heard it - here is the Gloria Jones original* version (*not the original, but the first hit version of the song in the USA) NSehtaY6k1U Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (1964) However, even a musical great like Marc Almond can't always resist doing a collaboration that is just..... rank. 1d8P0DbID8g Pussycat Dolls & Marc Almond - Tainted Love (2006) By the way there is a track on Marc's latest album that is/was a potential number 1 hit for someone with GAY following: yg789Sf0DRA Marc Almond - Kitsch Pity Kylie Minogue was stupid enough to turn it down like she turned down (what became) Cher's Believe 10 years ago!
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