Klaus Nomi TF1 Report - French TV, 1981

A rough translation for those who wanted it (thanks, Raymond Cancrelat) Part1- speaker-man: tomorrow at half past eight pm at the Palace, a new performer in France, Klaus Nomi, That’s quite arstonishing, watch this. woman: It is a big loss for classical music to hear such a voice being spilled in such a place, with a repertoire so meaningless. man: I’m a classical music amateur and I think this performance was very good. woman: I was surprised, it was so wonderful. Part2- *Klaus Nomi singing “wasting my time“* woman: I was surprised, but in a good way! man: very very surprised yes, but... awesome woman: that’s unreal, wonderful. kid: Me I thought it was super good man:Demential *Klaus Nomi singing “wasting my time“* Nomi talking: I think opera music is very conservative, and Rock and Roll music is conservative as well. And that’s why I’m trying to make a bridge between these two elements Part3- Journalist: Elvis Presley.. Nomi: He ’s my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother. Nomi again: I’m singing in an operatic voice for the public , to bring something more to Rock n’ Roll. Because in a Rock and Roll performance, the singer talks to the public whereas in Opera the singer only talks to a character, inside a story. The public sees this as a picture, I want to transport this picture into the room where the public is. Part4- *Klaus Nomi singing* Journalist:Klaus Nomi, if you had a single word to define your music, what would it be? Nomi:“L-O-V-E, because it’s a gift, and you only give something when you feel it deeply Journalist:blablabla, Klaus Nomi tomorrow at night.