Monday, October 10, 2011

Amanda Lear: Chinese Walk is the best tongue-fu

Oh wow. Is Amanda Lear really 72 in November? (or should we say 65?). Well, whatever. Who's counting. A friend heard this great dance track in a Rome nightclub recently - turns out to be Amanda's latest release, Chinese Walk. No doubt the BBC or some other taste-Nazi decreed it didn't quite fit a committee Nappy-Dappy playlist, so listen to it here (click arrow). Amanda was possibly born Alain Tapp, known to April Ashley as Peki d'Oslo when they worked at Le Carrousel, a '50s transvestite revue in Paris. For certain she was a protégée and mistress of Salvador Dalí - oh, but, just listen.

4 comments:

Jasmine said...

Great Europop (pap?) circa 1993.

Anonymous said...

Fab.

Anonymous said...

Very early eighties cheese. But the video's fun

Anonymous said...

It's clever of Amanda Lear not to admit to her sex-change procedure. The moment she does, the story is over, and the press drops her. She's milked the 'mystery' to forge a career. But of course - she's a transsexual.