Oh, dear, Another one.
The loss of the lovely Cristina, darling of early 80s New York's artistic post-punk, post-Studio 54 scene; collaborator with August Darnell (of Kid Creole and the Coconuts and Machine fame), Don Was, Jean Paul Goude, Robert Palmer and even John Cale is a great one - for it has brought fond memories flooding back from when I first encountered the lady; with her sardonic and slightly twisted cover of this Peggy Lee classic:
However, this is also the end of another week working in our living-room during lockdown - and I have greater cause for a celebration that even that fact, for as of 4.30 today I will be officially on leave (albeit in similar environs) until after Easter!
Yay!
Thus, we need to lift our spirits and pretend we have a party to plan. And what better way than with another of the lady's faboo numbers - here with admirable support from (an uncredited) Kevin Kline - and Thank Disco It's Friday!!
RIP, Miss Cristina Monet Zilkha (née Monet-Palaci, 2nd January 1959 – 1st April 2020)
She was brave! Peg wasn't a lady who you want to annoy.
ReplyDeleteKevin Kline is seriously handsome there
I'm sure Miss Lee would have enjoyed the reinterpretation no end - the songwriters Leiber and Stoller, however, were much more po-faced about it and successfully sued to get the single withdrawn from release. It made no difference to the lovely Annie Nightingale, who played it on BBC Radio 1 anyway, which is where I heard it. Jx
DeletePS I never found Mr Kline attractive. A decent actor, yes, but not totty.
Well, I think they should bring big moustaches back
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooooooooo!
DeleteWe had quite enough of that with leather queens, Magnum PI and Joe Stalin, thank you very much.
Jx
I really did NOT expect to be accused of fancying Stalin today.
ReplyDelete"If you are afraid of wolves, keep out of the woods." - Joseph Stalin, 1936
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Still think that version of 'Is that all there is' is fab.
ReplyDeleteIt adds a twist to it that really works.
Always sad to loose a creative person. Soon all will be left with is a myriad of plagiarists
Yes, we do appear to be living in a world where there are more "karaoke singers" than genuine creatives... Jx
DeleteEnjoy your leave! I think the weather is going to be kind to you.
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It's very promising! Jx
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