Henry Purcell, sung by the incomparable, Klaus Nomi.

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1. I really love this guy.

There is no way to describe his genius. Here is another version of him doing the same song, this time two years later:

And his After The Fall, my personal favorite by him:

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2. After the fall is my favorite nt

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3. I discovered him completely by chance . . .

Only four or five years ago, I was looking for an entirely different song by a different artist, when After The Fall came up in the search. After I played it, I simply could not quit listening to it! He can be genuinely Mesmerizing!

This video offers some background to how his career began:

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4. I was a kid

When I first saw him with David Bowie on snl. I never forgot that show.

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5. Last night, someone posted a link to that performance . . .

In case you don't have yet have it:

And here is a clip of those really weird special effects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5yrXg3zTseY

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6. thanks for posting that

that's how I found out about Klaus Nomi.

I was probably about 9 or so when that came out and I shouldn't have seen it. I used to stay the weekends a lot with my uncle and aunt and they had older cousins, and they would stay up and watch snl and somehow I got away with it too.

I always remembered that performance, and a few years ago I went and looked it up, and that is how I first started finding out about Klaus Nomi.

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7. its funny that it came up

because yesterday my son wanted to hear Bowie in the car and tvc 15 came on and I was thinking about this.

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8. I wish this had video

for you, but this to me is the definitive version of this song-

if you have netflix the old snl's used to be on there.

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9. Netflix I do have . . .

And that is a great idea! Thanks for the link as well.

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10. it was snl from 1979

hey they are also on vimeo

http://vimeo.com/3970155

http://vimeo.com/40895664

http://vimeo.com/67640670

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11. Thanks.

Bowie is truly fantastic. It's little surprise he recognized Klaus' abilities as well.

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12. I found a better quality version of the video in my OP.

Here it is for you to enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wQrqgSK8-XU

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13. And here he is in another early performance of another operatic aria.

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14. This is a bit of Klaus on public access T. V.

I love the brief glimpse of his audience: