Awesome and Intriguing Video of the Day: Klaus Nomi - Lightning Strikes

Klaus Nomi. I don't even know where to start with this guy. So here goes.

He was a German born pastry chef who lived in New York's East Village. When not making pies for the gay community, he was taking opera lessons and debuted in a vaudeville show. He appeared out of smoke dressed in alien-esque clothing, performed the aria from "Samson et Dalila", then disappeared back into the smoke and darkness. Its pretty intense, I suggest you look it up.

Now lets get into video above. Watch it, then come back. The song is awesome. The video, amazing. My favorite part is when the seamlessly wipe to a scene with three Klaus' on screen. I love how two of them sit on the side of the screen, spinning umbrellas while a huge Klaus sings the tenor style chorus. It rules. Then theres the soprano chorus with award winning lighting effects in the backround. And on top of that, he sings all the vocal parts naturally. Pretty fucking impressive.

Now I'm not a big New Wave/Goth fan, but with this guys vocal range, its hard not to listen. He seems like a pretty big creep, died of AIDS in 1983, and from what I heard he was a big fan of glory holes. Sleep well, sweet prince.