Monday, October 3, 2011

Antony and the Johnsons
"I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy"

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I first (consciously) heard Antony (Hegarty) sing on Lou Reed's live Animal Serenade album. My mental image was a tall, lithe, black drag queen wearing gold eyeshadow, and fanning herself with a Japanese, folding, hand fan. The visage that greeted me when I opened the copy I later bought of Antony and the Johnsons's second album, I Am a Bird Now, was rather unexpected, to say the least. That's really entirely beside the point, however. Antony has an absolutely amazing voice and has become a powerful trans icon the world over, with good reason.

3 biased opinions:

Biki Honko said...

what a rich voice! whoa....

Lightning Baltimore said...

Told ya' I don't just like nasally vocalists!

:-P

Biki Honko said...

lol lol yeah you did!