Opera Voice is my mom, she is turning 70 this year!! She still gives voice lessons. Get Chills every time I listen; To think how many people hear this song and enjoy her voice.. This is my MOM. 🤯🤯 Inspired
I always assumed it was a sample from one of the well-known opera divas (that might be your mum for all I know!) First came across this as the intro to a wonderful Dior Couture show spring/summer 2007 and it has stuck with me ever since. It’s a beautiful reworking of a classic and she did a fantastic job.
One of the most beautiful tracks to come out from the 80s I will always love this song so beautiful and so different to everything else from that time. A beautiful classic to me.
Ironically Malcolm is buried in Highgate Cemetery near the other music legend who also had a massive hit that year, George Michael, Careless Whisper 1984. They're probably partying somewhere as we sit here in the solitude of lockdown, bless them xx
Such a beautiful fusion! I discovered that i was not imune to the beauty of the Opera as a result of hearing this gem in the 80s. Well done Malcom, RIP.
It's just sublime and like nothing I've ever heard before. So many different music genres, which makes this track unique. Thanks Mr. McLaren, you were a musical genius!💐
Oh, I was so broken hearted at the time of this song. I played this over and over, memorised the lyrics. The song expresses the longing and pain of unrequited love so well.
eric rawson - If you haven't already found it, listen to "The Humming Chorus," also from Madame Butterfly. It plays while Cio-Cio San waits throughout the night for morning, when she believes the man she has waited for for years would return to her and their son. He does...to tell her he's 'really' married now, to a white girl...and to take their son away from Cio-Cio. It's such a beautiful and hopeful piece of music, all the more heartbreaking because while you're listening to it, you know the story already, and you know what she doesn't...what's really going to happen in the morning.
Danced to this at the Starck Club in the wild 80s!!!! Best time of my life😊🎉❤😊. Miss my dear friend Vaal. Worked at the cigarette bar there. Most beautiful woman and artist. She passed due to cancer. Love you girl. You gave me so much!
I have been looking for this for years. My college teacher would play the most wonderful music during our life drawing classes back in the early 90’s. This was one of the artists he favoured. I miss him. I miss those days. I’m going to listen to this today in the studio and channel my wonderful maestro. Wherever youve flown off to Richard Guertain, I hope you are well and living another wild adventure❤️Thank you!
The tragically beautiful and unstoppable qualities of Love are captured wonderfully in this song. The synthesis of modern-jazz -funk with a Puccini opera is musical genius. That there are certain songs that remain Untouched by cover bands and re-make,"artists" is because they were Created in that realm of Once In a Lifetime hits... 'Nuff Respect.
Was 13 in the early 80s when I first discovered this song. I had no idea what words were..but I knew at that tender age it was about unrequited love, it was all mysterious to my young mind. 46 now and still get goosebumps
That opening hints at Buffalo Gals then it totally spins off. What a diverse range Malcolm McLaren had. This was brilliant and just so damned hauntingly beautiful.
its,not, totaly bout 'madam butterfly'theater.malcom wos mor bout 'genre war' n,cors, missin american dads n puttin it in his music.NOT BAD4A PUNK,eh?!
Don't think I've heard this in about 30 years. So many memories, feels like a world away.......always thought it had an edge, a dark mystery this song.
This song makes me feel like my soul is leaving my body. Everytime I listen to this song I'm in an emotional state and peaceful. Without a doubt, a true Masterpiece.
Hated by John Lydon, loved by Viviane Westwood, sold himself as a manipulator but he left us some of the most original songs of the early 80ies. The man was a living mystery, cultivated and endlessly interesting. I remember to have heard Mme Butterfly on a few occasions at parties...memories and moods you wish to last forever. Beautiful
Timeless as the entire decade, this majestic masterpiece never gets old. Malcolm, rest in peace. Seriously, is there anyone out there...to take up the reins and lead us beyond the bleak facade of this current period of history, into a new realm lead with a new paradigm, new politics, and overall new expectations over and above material and mere image? Need we accept or take what has been handed to us? Phones, for Christ sake!? Is that all that these kids will remember, and be remembered for?
First heard this song when I was 15 in 1984 on a now that's what I call music compilation and was absolutely astounded by the vocal from madam butterfly when it kicked in! Even now 35 years later such a brilliant piece of music, incredibly underrated at the time and most people now wouldn't know of it, malcolm mclaren was thought of as a bit of a charlatan and a wide boy, but by god he could produce some spot on music (see also double Dutch and buffalo gals!)
This song has such a powerful effect, the beauty, the tragedy,the passion and sadness. The haunting beauty. It always reduces me to tears. I first heard it as a child and my feelings haven;t changed.
Haunting.... I had completely forgotten about this... I was 16 and It was a long hot summer .... Mate of mine were outside by the front door listening to what I was playing.... they took the P!$$ as they thought i was listening to opera... Lovely to hear this again,,, the graphics work really well with the song, ..... Awesome Job.
I used to listen and love this song when I was a little kid in the 80s. I didnt know get much of it, and didnt know the story. Afterwards, I am surprised the whole story is contained in the song. Benjamin Pinkerton entered into a "temporary marriage." But Maddam Butterfly never gave up faith he would return. When he did, she realized she didn't mean to him, what he meant to her. He married a "yankee girl."
i remember i had this song on my walkman.. i was walking in 1984 in a field and listened .. now i am listening this song at the same spot in front my computer on my earphone, in my living room.. my house is on that spot ;)
Back in Nagasaki I got married to Cho Cho San That was her name in those days And I was her man I'm going back to visit her She got a problem She got a little Cho Cho Cho Cho San was her name And this is her tale of woe Take it away Cho Cho Today's the day when I see clear A tiny thread of smoke appears Where blue skies fall upon the ocean And shake this staid emotion All the while I sing this song I see a dot on the horizon Growing bigger every second Gleaming white in my direction Who on Earth can it be Coming up the path for me? What on Earth will he say? Shall I run to him or run away? You might also like Mockingbird Eminem I Know Places Taylor Swift Suburban Legends (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault] Taylor Swift Freaking out, he's come to get me My feet are stuck and just won't let me Run to him do I dare? Madam Butterfly don't blow it Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly That's the name he used to give me He's my man till the day I die Oh, sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly She's waiting He'll be back, I have faith in this love track Pinkerton's the name Lieutenant Colonel Pinkerton, Sir U.S. Navy I'm a bounder I married a Yankee girl But I went back to visit old Japan Where there she was, Cho Cho San Gotta have something to believe in My white honky, I do miss him Someday soon he'll come around Just to stop my nervous breakdown Call me fool, call me stupid Bend my arrow kill this cupid Say it with me He'll be back I have faith in this love track Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly That's the name he used to give me He's my man till the day I die Oh, sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly She's waiting He'll be back, I have faith Cho Cho San My little wife My sweet butterfly That's the name I'll give her When I return Little sweet sweet Butterfly I hear him crowing faintly He thinks I'm just still sweet sixteen I guess I'll tease him gently Calling Madam Butterfly His angel plucked right from the sky Hide my baby in mystic places I feel the fear that I might die Right in his arms and his embraces Softly kissing my eyelashes Got no right, no right to doubt it Ain't no doubt, no doubt about it Call me fool, call me stupid Bend this arrow kill this cupid I have faith I'll always pray My white honky's here to stay Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly Butterfly, Butterfly have no fear I'll be back to wipe your tears Oh, sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly She's waiting I'll wait for him with unshakable faith He'll be back He'll be back I'll be back
I did not listen to this song for 40 years. 20 minutes before my nightshift ended suddenly it came to my mind. No idea why. Had to check if that song really existed and here I am in 2024
Picked up the extended mix on a 12" record, whatever the mix was called - was in the my early twenties then, and still have it in my vinyl collection. The '80's musical revolutionary explosion after the heavy rock age of the '70's has never been repeated.
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I remember having this both as an LP and 12 single. I think I still have the LP kicking around somewhere, I need to start listening again. I'm 64 now and never realized how much great music on vinyl I collected over the decades, MM being one among many. I'm glad I kept at least some of it.
I was talking with a friend , when he shocks me and mentions this song. I flooded with emotion. And just talked about how it affected our lives , me gay man home straight but we had the same emotions. Yeh he’s a keeper in my life forever.
Oh how I do love this tune. I used to play it constantly on the juke-box; I like the wholw Madame Butterfly any way; also, M. Mclarens' Double Dutch (skipping song), brilliant!
a pure masterpiece that's sadly not played much as it should be due to its time scale on some stations but when it does it gets some fond replies to it being played
It is great when you create a mix of pop and opera. Wonderful this version Malcom Mclaren.Madame Butterfy is a great opera by Puccini! I saw it and was in tears!
One of the most joyest memories of my life was when I had someone who was teaching me about opera. The lesson of the day covered Madam Butterfly. I played her this song afterwards. She laughed like a drain. One of my happiest memories.
I discovered malcolm after hearing him mentioned in ‘paris is burning’ I was broke and in an emotional long distance relationship at the time so I connected so deeply to the madam butterfly story. I have the fans album to thank for that. it will hold a special place in my heart forever.
Opera Voice is my mom, she is turning 70 this year!! She still gives voice lessons.
Get Chills every time I listen; To think how many people hear this song and enjoy her voice.. This is my MOM. 🤯🤯
Inspired
I allways loved this song because of her voice.
I always assumed it was a sample from one of the well-known opera divas (that might be your mum for all I know!) First came across this as the intro to a wonderful Dior Couture show spring/summer 2007 and it has stuck with me ever since. It’s a beautiful reworking of a classic and she did a fantastic job.
She's amazing ❤ tell her big love from me
Wow! Cool! Your mother must've been quite young when this was recorded!
ooh mate, beautifull! She gave me chills everytime I hear this track
McLaren.....was way way ahead of his time....a flawed genius if ever there was one, RIP Malcolm ❤.
One of the most beautiful tracks to come out from the 80s I will always love this song so beautiful and so different to everything else from that time. A beautiful classic to me.
Тебя уносит в то время, назад, в молодость, где всё впереди, ответ, так?
This song is 30+ years old and still sounds great!
Nearer 40-yrs
Very true!
Ironically Malcolm is buried in Highgate Cemetery near the other music legend who also had a massive hit that year, George Michael, Careless Whisper 1984. They're probably partying somewhere as we sit here in the solitude of lockdown, bless them xx
near karl marx
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Damn serious flashback to 1988 at a nightclub around 3 a.m. Man those were some good times.
Great times on the second floor dance club The Continental in Buffalo, NY, in 1988. ☺️
Let's mix a Puccini opera with a dance beat! Only a genius like Mclaren could pull this off...
Magnifique 😍
wish there were more like him...music today is so...unmoving
Oh dear, one born every minute. 🙄
Loved this ? If it brings some people to another music world so be it ? ❤
There shouldn’t be rooms in the world of anything music less of all ❤
Such a beautiful fusion! I discovered that i was not imune to the beauty of the Opera as a result of hearing this gem in the 80s. Well done Malcom, RIP.
Truth. Me too. 🦋
It's just sublime and like nothing I've ever heard before. So many different music genres, which makes this track unique. Thanks Mr. McLaren, you were a musical genius!💐
Who is the singer? Doesn't sound like Malcolm.
@@jasonchastain9826 Malcolm McLaren: Male speaking, Deborah Cole: Vocals, Betty Ann White: Soprano/Aria..
What a decade. What a production. McLaren was an artistic genius.
It's racist kitsch.
@@knish72 We laugh at you. No one cares what you think.
and a manipulative bugger but a genius!
@@brianharris7243 Maybe so, but a genius nonetheless
same guy who produced New Order's ''True Faith'' and Pet Shop Boys in their classic period
Oh, I was so broken hearted at the time of this song. I played this over and over, memorised the lyrics. The song expresses the longing and pain of unrequited love so well.
Where do l find the lyrics ?
@@catherinemardling7827 google madam butterfly lyrics and it should come up 👍
More like betrayal.
yes, this song makes me weep
I’ve still got this. Bought it on 12” vinyl when it came out.
Still sounds as fantastic as the day it came out.
The girl singing. Beautiful voice. ❤️
When I bought this we had paper catalogues to order music from. :)
Find the whole album! "Fans" gives the same treatment to many opera standards! it's sheer genius!
The Soprano is Betty Ann White; Voice (Cho-Cho San) - Debbie Cole; Voice (Pinkerton)
Me too and as an UK import 12”.
I'm no Opera expert but this inspired me to learn about the story of Madame Butterfly.
What a sad story it is.I have to say that it moved my soul.
eric rawson No self-respecting Japanese girl would fall for this. It's a western (male) fantasy.
eric rawson - If you haven't already found it, listen to "The Humming Chorus," also from Madame Butterfly. It plays while Cio-Cio San waits throughout the night for morning, when she believes the man she has waited for for years would return to her and their son. He does...to tell her he's 'really' married now, to a white girl...and to take their son away from Cio-Cio.
It's such a beautiful and hopeful piece of music, all the more heartbreaking because while you're listening to it, you know the story already, and you know what she doesn't...what's really going to happen in the morning.
MM would say....mission accomplished.
@@torchosindeed, he most certainly was a innovator
Maybe I'm just getting old but i miss music like this. It resonates through me. The beat with those vocals . Lush ❤️
Danced to this at the Starck Club in the wild 80s!!!! Best time of my life😊🎉❤😊. Miss my dear friend Vaal. Worked at the cigarette bar there. Most beautiful woman and artist. She passed due to cancer. Love you girl. You gave me so much!
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legendary club, I've never been but I used to hear about it at the time
I have been looking for this for years. My college teacher would play the most wonderful music during our life drawing classes back in the early 90’s. This was one of the artists he favoured. I miss him. I miss those days. I’m going to listen to this today in the studio and channel my wonderful maestro. Wherever youve flown off to Richard Guertain, I hope you are well and living another wild adventure❤️Thank you!
Umm it's about an older guy who screws an underage girl.
The tragically beautiful and unstoppable qualities of Love are captured wonderfully in this song. The synthesis of modern-jazz -funk with a Puccini opera is musical genius.
That there are certain songs that remain Untouched by cover bands and re-make,"artists" is because they were Created in that realm of Once In a Lifetime hits...
'Nuff Respect.
Was 13 in the early 80s when I first discovered this song. I had no idea what words were..but I knew at that tender age it was about unrequited love, it was all mysterious to my young mind. 46 now and still get goosebumps
Yes Am The Same age Fantastic Era This song still gives me goosebumps just Perfect 💞💏💗
Sandy Geoghegan same age gr8 music
mee too :-)
and same effect...up till today!
Me too!!
I'm almost 60 and this song will never get old in my opinion.
That opening hints at Buffalo Gals then it totally spins off. What a diverse range Malcolm McLaren had. This was brilliant and just so damned hauntingly beautiful.
This was before that I think
This has to be one of the best haunting melodies ever heard,will never be beaten
i agree
Dunno about haunting. Draws me in tho.
never b beatn,if only u kno wot its bout
its,not, totaly bout 'madam butterfly'theater.malcom wos mor bout 'genre war' n,cors, missin american dads n puttin it in his music.NOT BAD4A PUNK,eh?!
Spud Herd Well said!
I totally agree!
Brilliant........ Absolutely brilliant. I was 15 when this came out, I knew it was great back then, but I didn’t realize how really great it was!
Don't think I've heard this in about 30 years. So many memories, feels like a world away.......always thought it had an edge, a dark mystery this song.
I just dug my "Fans" cassette out after over 35 years. This is the best song on the album, IMO. That closing soprano high note still gives me chills.
This song makes me feel like my soul is leaving my body.
Everytime I listen to this song I'm in an emotional state and peaceful. Without a doubt, a true Masterpiece.
Yes ! 😃
Hated by John Lydon, loved by Viviane Westwood, sold himself as a manipulator but he left us some of the most original songs of the early 80ies. The man was a living mystery, cultivated and endlessly interesting. I remember to have heard Mme Butterfly on a few occasions at parties...memories and moods you wish to last forever. Beautiful
Wonderful production and message. Remember listening to this on BBC Radio 1 in early /mid 80's. 54 now. Still listening.
Mark James snap. Goosebumps included then and now 👌🏼♥️
Still. 54 next year. Moves me to tears .
Moi aussi ! 😃
Timeless as the entire decade, this majestic masterpiece never gets old. Malcolm, rest in peace.
Seriously, is there anyone out there...to take up the reins and lead us beyond the bleak facade of this current period of history, into a new realm lead with a new paradigm, new politics, and overall new expectations over and above material and mere image? Need we accept or take what has been handed to us? Phones, for Christ sake!? Is that all that these kids will remember, and be remembered for?
You forgot the amazing Taylor Swift😂😂Seriously though, you’re right. We are in a world of grey and vanilla.
First heard this song when I was 15 in 1984 on a now that's what I call music compilation and was absolutely astounded by the vocal from madam butterfly when it kicked in! Even now 35 years later such a brilliant piece of music, incredibly underrated at the time and most people now wouldn't know of it, malcolm mclaren was thought of as a bit of a charlatan and a wide boy, but by god he could produce some spot on music (see also double Dutch and buffalo gals!)
McClaren was a genius.
Sex Pistols,Double Dutch & then this.
One extreme to the other.
@ Ms Robinson - From Punk, to Hip-Hop, to Opera and don't forget to add "Deep In Vogue" later on.
Malcolm Mclaren introduces the world to how magnificent opera is. RIP.
A forgotten gem!, & that female vocal...goosebumps every time!
Brought this album for my mum she died 15 years ago. So wished i had kept it for memories. Beautiful piece of music.
Spud Herd well said!!!
I totally agree!!!
Gary you're spot-on
so awsome. yep
Does anyone know who the soprano is? I assume that was sampled from an opera recording, not recorded especially for this song ...
This song has such a powerful effect, the beauty, the tragedy,the passion and sadness. The haunting beauty. It always reduces me to tears. I first heard it as a child and my feelings haven;t changed.
Haunting.... I had completely forgotten about this... I was 16 and It was a long hot summer .... Mate of mine were outside by the front door listening to what I was playing.... they took the P!$$ as they thought i was listening to opera... Lovely to hear this again,,, the graphics work really well with the song, ..... Awesome Job.
Sir Malcolm, missed but never forgotten.
Never forgotten!!!
This has been my absolute favorite song for close to 40 years now. It is a masterpiece!
Mine 2,❤❤❤❤
Cho cho an malcolm forever
Absolutely!!!
If only we had a MML, now in the 2020's!!!
YAHOOOOOOY! STILL LISTENING IN 2022! Thanks to the show Time travelers wife.. 🤩 ❤️
Blast from the past, I was 10 back in ‘84 when this came out. Still a wicked tune 37 years later!
Pure beauty. No pretence just combined two polar opposite sounds to make a feeling of peace and love.
Absolutely love this version of a composition that always make me weep. Beautiful rendition from you mother George, please thank her for me
I think this song reminds most people of that 'special person'. It certainly sends me on a journey.
Class tune from a master. RIP Malcolm McClaren
I used to listen and love this song when I was a little kid in the 80s. I didnt know get much of it, and didnt know the story. Afterwards, I am surprised the whole story is contained in the song. Benjamin Pinkerton entered into a "temporary marriage." But Maddam Butterfly never gave up faith he would return. When he did, she realized she didn't mean to him, what he meant to her. He married a "yankee girl."
Usually how it goes
i remember i had this song on my walkman.. i was walking in 1984 in a field and listened .. now i am listening this song at the same spot in front my computer on my earphone, in my living room.. my house is on that spot ;)
Hmm.....Life IS strange .
Absolutely brilliant. Bought the single when it came out . Masterpiece.
Solche Meisterwerke der Musik wird es nicht mehr geben.
Zeitlos schön.....
Es ist gut dabei gewesen zu sein,Danke dafür!!!
...du fandest vor 5 Jahren schön...👍..ich immer noch
einfach nur geil
Back in Nagasaki
I got married to Cho Cho San
That was her name in those days
And I was her man
I'm going back to visit her
She got a problem
She got a little Cho Cho
Cho Cho San was her name
And this is her tale of woe
Take it away Cho Cho
Today's the day when I see clear
A tiny thread of smoke appears
Where blue skies fall upon the ocean
And shake this staid emotion
All the while I sing this song
I see a dot on the horizon
Growing bigger every second
Gleaming white in my direction
Who on Earth can it be
Coming up the path for me?
What on Earth will he say?
Shall I run to him or run away?
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Freaking out, he's come to get me
My feet are stuck and just won't let me
Run to him do I dare?
Madam Butterfly don't blow it
Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly
That's the name he used to give me
He's my man till the day I die
Oh, sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly
She's waiting
He'll be back, I have faith in this love track
Pinkerton's the name
Lieutenant Colonel Pinkerton, Sir
U.S. Navy
I'm a bounder
I married a Yankee girl
But I went back to visit old Japan
Where there she was, Cho Cho San
Gotta have something to believe in
My white honky, I do miss him
Someday soon he'll come around
Just to stop my nervous breakdown
Call me fool, call me stupid
Bend my arrow kill this cupid
Say it with me
He'll be back
I have faith in this love track
Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly
That's the name he used to give me
He's my man till the day I die
Oh, sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly
She's waiting
He'll be back, I have faith
Cho Cho San
My little wife
My sweet butterfly
That's the name I'll give her
When I return
Little sweet sweet Butterfly
I hear him crowing faintly
He thinks I'm just still sweet sixteen
I guess I'll tease him gently
Calling Madam Butterfly
His angel plucked right from the sky
Hide my baby in mystic places
I feel the fear that I might die
Right in his arms and his embraces
Softly kissing my eyelashes
Got no right, no right to doubt it
Ain't no doubt, no doubt about it
Call me fool, call me stupid
Bend this arrow kill this cupid
I have faith I'll always pray
My white honky's here to stay
Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly
Butterfly, Butterfly have no fear
I'll be back to wipe your tears
Oh, sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly
She's waiting
I'll wait for him with unshakable faith
He'll be back
He'll be back
I'll be back
I forgot how stunningly brilliant this is
Totally brilliant. Malcolm's genius.
I did not listen to this song for 40 years. 20 minutes before my nightshift ended suddenly it came to my mind. No idea why. Had to check if that song really existed and here I am in 2024
Brilliant song I think!
Got to be one of the
best 80's songs by far.
Memories of being 11
in middle school. In
I'm listening now.. 24minpast 12 pm.. Saturday.. May 2024
Picked up the extended mix on a 12" record, whatever the mix was called - was in the my early twenties then, and still have it in my vinyl collection. The '80's musical revolutionary explosion after the heavy rock age of the '70's has never been repeated.
Loved this song - and the voices frickin unbelievable.
This is just stunning, an absolute unique masterpiece
Deborah lynne cole is the vocalist....stunning voice..
so much beauty in this song!
Nothing sadder in the 1980's than this being played on the Juke box and an empty pub reflecting on Life.
beautiful beautiful song, I remember I played it at a party, before it hit and everyone loved it . it reminds me of a very special person. great video
Still sounds amazing after all these years......
How could it sound any less amazing just because of the passing years?
R.I.P. Malcolm McLaren
yes. a talent
He was so far ahead of his time , awesome!
Discovered in 2021. OMG! Infinite loop! 80's forever!
How good is this? Way ahead of it's time. 😎 👌 Excellent!
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@@baldieman64 Not Even Close!!
I remember having this both as an LP and 12 single. I think I still have the LP kicking around somewhere, I need to start listening again. I'm 64 now and never realized how much great music on vinyl I collected over the decades, MM being one among many. I'm glad I kept at least some of it.
Still stands the test of time (still just as fantastic as the first time I heard it, years ago)
This my jam.. Blast this on a daily basis my kids will know this song hehe
Thank you Sherry for this beautiful upload - I just wonder how come I missed this gem, while growing up in 80’s - feeling grateful!
Wow 36 years ago still sounds awesome will never tire of this don't what else to say but oh yeah
I was talking with a friend , when he shocks me and mentions this song. I flooded with emotion. And just talked about how it affected our lives , me gay man home straight but we had the same emotions. Yeh he’s a keeper in my life forever.
I think this was on Now that's what I call music 4 compilation. It made me understand that all pop music wasn't equal.
Oh how I do love this tune. I used to play it constantly on the juke-box; I like the wholw Madame Butterfly any way; also, M. Mclarens' Double Dutch (skipping song), brilliant!
a pure masterpiece that's sadly not played much as it should be due to its time scale on some stations but when it does it gets some fond replies to it being played
Takes me back to '84 drugs beauty n death. Like a butterfly short & so so sweet. & deadly.
@@traceystone8104 Why, were you always stoned, Tracey?
this song was one of my favourites in the late 80ies. Unbelievaale nice music until today !
Thank you for uploading this, it's got 80's beats mixed with opera music.
writing this from old Japan. Peace. ☮️
Brings back great memories of incredible possibilities.
Why the 80s rule? Check this song. One more divine proof. Beautiful.
Awesome by Malcolm McClaren...chills.
Fantastic tune love it wow even in these difficult times we face I listen to this & everything seems OK
Simply amazing beat, lost in a trance, picture yourself dancing around on the dance floor
Still have the original vinyl of this gem of a song when I used to dj. Club used to play it around 6-7am to start slowing things down lol
One of the best songs ever written.
It is great when you create a mix of pop and opera. Wonderful this version Malcom Mclaren.Madame Butterfy is a great opera by Puccini! I saw it and was in tears!
i love this song....
absolutely brilliant from the legend. gone but never forgotten. RIP
One of the most joyest memories of my life was when I had someone who was teaching me about opera. The lesson of the day covered Madam Butterfly. I played her this song afterwards. She laughed like a drain. One of my happiest memories.
Love it! Song when I was a child,
never knew who the artist was! I'm so exited to discover it here!
my favorite Malcolm MC Clarence track.got this on vinyl somewhere!
This is what it sounds like when a heart gets broken.
Grand, audacious, beautiful.
Sums it up perfectly
Such an incredible song I think,so creative and beautiful at the same time.
Thought provoking and
evocative too.
maybe the best song of the 20th century . thanks for it .
Completely forgot about this one from my childhood. Brilliant song.
..genialer song..hab ich schon in den 80ern gehört..hab sogar noch die vinylscheibe im keller😊
I discovered malcolm after hearing him
mentioned in ‘paris is burning’ I was broke and in an emotional long distance relationship at the time so I connected so deeply to the madam butterfly story. I have the fans album to thank for that. it will hold a special place in my heart forever.
Combination of Puccini, Malcolm Maclaren and excellent production= excellent
I want my loving 80s and 90s back, it not fair.
a fantastic rendition of this song
Dior haute couture 2007! This took the show to a whole different galaxy!
This song is heartbreak in melody.....
...Seit 30 Jahren gesucht, war am Ende einer 60 min. Casette !!! Endlich gefunden und gleich Maxi Single !!! gekauft. Danke😂😆😆
Beautiful song! R.I.P. Malcolm. Thanks Sherry for sharing :)
Prob already commented on this but awesome tune thanks again always loved this gorgeous song thank you
Jane Pilling thanks Jane! Love this song so made a video on my Mac IMovie application way back then
I LOVE This Song !!! 👍