Monday 13 February 2012

Heartfilling?



I think Tacky Music Mondays have been far too cultured of late.

After all, even a two-bit Jayne Mansfield impersonator like Mamie Van Doren is out-classed in the tackiness stakes by Dutch model-turned singer Vanessa with her "classic" Upside Down (Dizzy Does It Make Me)".

Tasteful video, too:


According to her Discogs page:
Vanessa became a singer almost by accident when a demo she recorded for a friend landed on the desk of Dutch Recording Company DURECO. She released her first single in 1981, by 1987 she married her third husband, Free Record Shop boss Harry Breukhoven and retired from showbiz. In 1995 she released a new album, but when the second single flopped she quit again.

In August 2005 she did a blitz performance at the Gay Pride in Amsterdam after a friend asked to perform once again. The success was so heartfilling she considers a comeback.
A suitably badly-worded tribute, methinks...

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