Kann's nicht immer so sein

It's that "bit-in-the-middle" again, dear reader. Nothing to do but hoover up all the excess food in the fridge and wash it down with alcohol - but some traditions remain.

On this Tacky Music Monday, how about a wake-up call from today's birthday girl, one of Germany's finest divas? An obvious inspiration to Danny La Rue in this clip, methinks - or was it the other way round?

Hildegard Knef - Goodbye Jonny

Hildegard Knef (28th December 1925 – 1st February 2002)

Enjoy the week, dear reader - this damned year will all be over soon...

So very Knef, my dear

One might have imagined that on this first Tacky Music Monday back from our holiday, we would be bringing to the fore some sparkling and scary Spanish glamour-puss to perform for us - but no!

One of the bar owners in La Nogalera being German, we spent one rather fabulously camp evening on a diva performance fest, with videos featuring the vocal histrionics of Misses Garland, Piaf, Streisand, Springfield, and... Fraulein Hildegard Knef!

Here she is, complete with mustachioed safety gays and twirling dancers, and a Tapetenwechsel (whatever that means)...

Hildegard Knef - Was ist man ganz ohne Liebe... (Ich brauch' Tapetenwechsel)

Wunderbar!

Hildegard Knef