Friday Weird Link

Jesse Walker | 1.7.2005 6:11 PM

Aleister Crowley sings!

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kmw 21 years ago

MmmKay.... I'm glad Ozzy does the singing for Aleister these days. (j/k)

I guess he has a pretty good Opera voice, if you're into that kind of thing.
Ken Shultz 21 years ago

Surprisingly, it's not that bad.
Ultimate Fitness Program 21 years ago

I agree, not bad at all. What happens if you play it backwards?
Jesse Walker 21 years ago

You get your soul back...
dead_elvis 21 years ago

Vive le France? I was expecting maybe some Mercyful Fate covers.
Ken Shultz 21 years ago

Merciful Fate? Even back in the day...

...That falscetto!?
NoStar 21 years ago

What's on the flip side, Anton LaVey sings Bo Diddley?
Rick Barton 21 years ago

Well Jesse, at least you didn't call it a "Friday Fun Link". 🙂

Hey that reminds me; does anyone remember the name of that really fast New Wave song, sung in French and parts of it sounded like a Beach Boys song, the OOOooooo parts? I think it was used in a Chevy Chase vacation movie.
Rick Barton 21 years ago

...It has kind of a punk sound.
kevrob 21 years ago

Rick:

Roger Jouret aka Plastic Bertrand released ?a Plane pour Moi (This Life's for Me) back in 1978! PB is from Belgium, BTW.

http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/plasticbertrand.htm

http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=plastic_bertrand

Now, where's my skinny tie?

Kevin
Gary Gunnels 21 years ago

Before WWII it was fairly standard for American school students to learn La Marseillaise. I guess that was their version of "cultural diversity" back then. Anyway, as I recall that's where Ronald Reagan learned France's national, and how he was able to sing it to Mitterand. 🙂
kevrob 21 years ago

After 1940, of course, the music classes just taught Harry Barris' I Surrender, Dear. 🙂

Kevin
Rick Barton 21 years ago

Kevin,

Thanks, wear your Devo sunglasses with pride! Here's a picture of Nena for you, a later one, but still nice. (scroll down and right)

http://www.dforum.de/Fotos/galerien/originale/04-foto03.htm
Gary Gunnels 21 years ago

kevrob,

Nah, it was Edith Piaf's La Vie en Rose. 🙂

Notably she helped thousands of French POWs escape the clutches of the Nazis via the celebrity shots she took with them. The POWs would take the photos, cut out their face alone, and use them on forged documents.
TheRev 21 years ago

This is pretty good, but it's not as good as the gem I stumbled on a couple months ago.

Anton LaVey singing. Even better, he's singing this synth-organ New Wave-ish love song. Apparently he was really into making music for a while, but after hearing this, I quickly understood that that was an illfated ambition.

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