...lest anyone think Lady GaGa is original...
I hardly know where to begin. Marianne Faithfull sounds like she's channeling Greta Garbo. I dunno - tuneless droning in a spangled wimple? Bee-zarre!
And Bowie shaking his chest feathers is very, well, Bowie. Or was. Um. Did he invent manorexia? *sheesh*
Is it just my imagination or do they look a littled hopped-up?
what no mention of the placement of his hands?
ReplyDeleteAC
More than a little disturbing. Maybe Lady GaGa actually channels David Bowie...
ReplyDeleteI have always thought that Tim Curry was drawing heavily on Bowie from this era for his performance in Rocky Horror.
ReplyDeleteAs for hopped up...her definitely but Bowie it's always been a coin toss.
Tole
What? Pop singers in the 70's on drugs? Shocked, yes shocked, I am that entertainers in the 70's were using drugs!
ReplyDeleteAC - Dazzle-camouflage. There's so much to work with there that I didn't know quite where to carve into the beast.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous- for all his strangery, David Bowie had a more gentle arc, I think. Definitely more refined and elegant, for all that space-foo.
Tole - I admit that watching the video for the 40th time (and before posting it) I said "Oh, Rocky!