Max Raabe is my new best friend

[freckles_and_doubt]

It's been lining up for a horrible week, all three days of it notwithstanding (and may I add, the South African public holiday schedule is insane). However, it has been materially improved by the discovery of Max Raabe and his Palast Orchestra, who re-interpret contemporary pop songs in the style of Weimar Germany. He sounds like a slightly fuller-voiced Noel Coward. This makes me deliriously happy: I have giggled hysterically for the last thirty minutes, to the point where my stomach muscles are aching. (Memo to self, should go back to gym, really).

I present, for your delectation, the Max Raabe version of "Tainted Love":

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Also, "Oops, I did it again". (This is pleasingly cruel; to succeed in making a Britney song sound like Cole Porter is something of a coup).

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And, finally, "Super Trooper". (This, for some reason, cracked me up completely).

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I owe it all to the Whatever.

Comments

The Swinging 90s

[(Anonymous)]

The Britney track is great! :-)

pK.

[bronchitikat.livejournal.com]

Love it, thanks! Will definitely point my husband in the direction of his Super Trooper - he's an Abba fan (but otherwise a really nice guy!)

[(Anonymous)]

Magnificent. I predict this CD will be my new audio aid of choice in entertaining Scroob Junior.

scroob

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

I just got time to listen to this and ... gosh that's good, lovely voice.

"Tainted Love" has a long history before the well-known cover by Soft Cell, and other overs by the likes of Marilyn Manson and Coil.

[egadfly.livejournal.com]

Delightful!! Especially "Oops", which Iza and I have just literally LOLed to.

And as the Frog says, what a voice.