Tuesday 16 June 2009

La vie moderne

Lest anyone think that my entire life is dictated by birthdays, anniversaries and obscure European pseudo divas, here is a selection of artist(e)s who particularly interest me at the moment...

Mr Patrick Wolf is an eccentric character with a "look" based partly upon a certain Mr (Steve) Strange and partly upon Miss (Shirley) Manson, yet with a voice reminiscent of Mr (Ian) McCulloch or perhaps Mr (Neil) Hannon. He has spectacularly failed to achieve major commercial success so far - despite widespread adulation among fans and critics alike - so let's hope that this rather good tune and video will prove his turning point...


Miss (Roisin) Murphy, however, is a far less fragile and ephemeral character. Having already had a modicum of chart and dancefloor success as a part of Moloko, her bizarre music has caught the ears of American audiences as well as European, and yet she has not lost that individuality that makes her stand out among the general hoi-polloi...


And to complete this triumvirate of British Isles favourites, Miss Ellis-Bextor may well be more of an "aloof" than an eccentric, and more "unusual" than she is "art-form", but this collaboration with the fine gentlemen of the Freemasons more than confirms her position as "Une Icône Gai"!

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