Hey, Dudes, have you met . . .

[cakebelly]

Klaus Nomi? This one is called The Cold Song - Dude was dying of AIDS when he gave this performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGpjsgquqw&feature=related. Just 'met' the feller myself, dig his style, man. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Nomi

[DigitalBuddha]

His art has been commended as being total wild, man. Check out................

Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 - August 6, 1983), better known as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona.

Nomi was known for his bizarrely visionary theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo which flaunted a receding hairline. His songs were equally unusual, ranging from synthesizer-laden interpretations of classical music opera to covers of 1960s pop standards like Chubby Checker's "The Twist" and Lou Christie's "Lightnin' Strikes". He is remembered in the US as one of David Bowie's backing singers during a 1979 performance on Saturday Night Live.

Nomi died in 1983 at the age of 39 as a result of complications from AIDS, a disease poorly understood at that time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Nomi

[Outer Element]

Klaus Nomi? This one is called The Cold Song - Dude was dying of AIDS when he gave this performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGpjsgquqw&feature=related. Just 'met' the feller myself, dig his style, man. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Nomi

I'm digging all the Klaus Nomi videos now (video seems to be busted on this one, though).

On Cold Song:

http://members.chello.at/kuhn/lyrics/coldsong.htm

Henri Purcell
From the semi-opera "King Arthur", 1691
Act 3, pr?lude and aria

What power art thou,
Who from below,
Hast made me rise,
Unwillingly and slow,
From beds of everlasting snow!

See'st thou not how stiff,
And wondrous old,
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold.

I can scarcely move,
Or draw my breath,
I can scarcely move,
Or draw my breath.

Let me, let me,
Let me, let me,
Freeze again...
Let me, let me,
Freeze again to death!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Purcell

Noted cult New Wave artist Klaus Nomi regularly performed "The Cold Song" from King Arthur during his career, including a version on his debut self-titled album, Klaus Nomi, from 1981; his last public performance before his untimely death was an interpretation of the piece done with a full orchestra in December 1982 in Munich. Purcell wrote the song for a bass, but numerous countertenors have performed the piece in homage to Nomi.