i thought a thread celebrating the slightly, and not so slightly, unhinged people of pop music might be interesting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pln7...eature=related

all contributions welcome

one more for inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnIJOO__jVo

Please name your links!

Klaus Nomi

Nina Hagen

Jethro Tull ~ Witch's Promise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWb431tI4Fw

The other night I was flicking around the music channels, and on Vintage there was a programme going back to the 70's (when I was a teenager) so I taped it. It featured Sweet, Slade, Queen, ELO, Brian Ferry, Lulu, plus others, including this man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hPn...eature=related

This is the first time I've actually seen him, though I've heard of him of course

f'kin ell! ok you win

Klaus Nomi & Nina Hagen are among my fave artists! I'm so strange!

Watch Nina perform her song "New York, New York" live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CST7XOxw4Dk



I her voice is amazing!

One day hopefully, a definitve book will be written about Amanda Lear/Alan Tapp/ Peki D'Oslo... Proving life truely is stranger than fiction... A true original!

Amanda Lear - Fashion Pack (studio 54)
http://youtu.be/ngOQFOeskSc

Then theres the rather obtuse glam rock performercalled...

Jobriath - Im A Man (introduced by... Gladys Knight! only in the 70s!)
http://youtu.be/1Lp_e4wUnz4

And lets finish with the queen of the freaks herself, Ladies & gentlemen... Miss Grace Jones! Autobiography please!

old disco Grace - I need A Man
http://youtu.be/KeCPTZMdV_U

newer Grace - Williams Blood
http://youtu.be/uk0VWXa36YM

And finally Marc being, well... Marc
ruby Red
http://youtu.be/AQP_eqbgo4Q

They don't come much weirder than Tiny Tim!