| Author | Message | ||
     Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 710 Registered: 09-2006 |
I was going to try to do a completely blank box in tribute, but of course that's impossible here...I've never been a huge mime fan (though think that as targets of jokes and irritation they get it way too hard - it's beyond beyond a cliche now to hate them), and have actually rarely, if ever, seen footage of him performing...but I did love his cameo in Mel Brook's "Silent Movie," especially the brilliant idea of giving him the one word of audible dialogue. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 819 Registered: 01-2005 |
I didn't know that Michael Jackson borrowed his "moonwalk" backwards dance step circa 1983 from Marcel Marceau. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2289 Registered: 03-2006 |
And, he was a member of the French Resistance and both of his parents perished in the Holocaust. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1793 Registered: 05-2005 |
LK that's really really sad, anyone perishing in the holocaust... i quite like mime, david bowie was always trying to get himslf ou of 'that' telephone box, he just about managed it. In the past, touring with The Blue Aeroplanes, they had/still have a guy, Wotjeck, he's the the fittest man alive, I used to love watching him, he used to do lots of his own special miming and runnig around onstage. Getting over his visual statements to the audience, much better than Bez! u can see him strutting his stuff in the white shirt and curly heair http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fTBBJEKTvD 4 he used to be very kind sharing his rider, which consited of bowels of fruit, and lareg pinapples! he used to sleep prior to gigs - bless! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 713 Registered: 08-2004 |
John Peel always liked to tell Bowie fans, DB's best period was when he was doing mime. Howard Jones had a miming chap to make up for the lack of tunes. Allen, the only time I've seen Marcel's work was in Silent Movie. I suppose his legacy is alive in those who mimic the true original. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1795 Registered: 05-2005 |
Throw off your mental chains, that was Howrd's way! (sorry). There's a great bit of commentary on one of the recent Whistle Test DVD comps, with a clip of Howard Jones in the studio, and Mark Ellen and Andy Kershaw are in absolute hysterical bits whilst commentating on the guy and the tune, and most of all the mime artist it really is a must hear... |