The strange bedfellows let their imaginations run wild – you have been warned…
1. Three pieces of music that turn you on:
1. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd. Sounds dodgy, and perhaps a touch psychopathic, but there it is.
2. The Spaceship scene from Einstein on the Beach, aural LSD!
3. Any song that makes both of our ears prick up simultaneously and say, “The Bedfellows HAVE to sing that!!!”
2. Three recordings everyone should own:
1. Grease 2 – oh, come ON; its a classic!
2. Barbara’s Classical Album
3. Strange Bedfellows: Under the Covers – Live at the Vanguard on DVD, available mid-June. In fact, this should probably be number one.
4. Can we add Michael Bolton’s Classical Album? If you haven’t heard it, do yourself a favour – Pourquoi me reveiller is a revelation!
3. Three musical heroes:
1. Elizabeth Connell. She was a vocal force of nature, a supreme actress and a totally mad sweetheart off-stage!
2. Jacques Brel, who can capture the human spirit in three notes and toss you sweating and shattered out the other...
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