Jimmy scott never stops taking our breath away. He was born one of ten children to Arthur and Justine Scott in Cleveland, OH, on July 17, 1925, and he first sang in church. His mother was killed in a car accident when he was 13, leaving him to be raised by foster parents. He suffered from a rare hereditary condition called Kallmann's Syndrome that prevented him from experiencing puberty, such that he stopped growing when he was less than five feet tall and his voice never changed from a boy soprano's.
Shouldnt all that info be enough for you to forget about The Klaxons once and for all?
THIS IS 4 REAL
(or is it? spooky, weird Twin peaks)
Best cover ever.
Only singer that can make Madonna cry
Perfect
"Jimmy Scott is perhaps the most unjustly ignored American singer of the 20th century" The New York Times Magazine
"Jimmy Scott is the only singer who can make me cry" Madonna
"Jimmy Scott had soul way back when people weren't using the word" Ray Charles
"The most extraordinary voice I've ever heard in my life" Lou Reed
PM DAWN stands for the 90s comeback of the century
My god, the song, the video. Magic. Eddie Murphy pre-animated fatty movies too.
And probably because of global warming this song feels just right in the beginning of February:
Also, a panel of powerful people finally buried the common opinion that "Generation X" - people born in the 70s that is - was an ironic, laidback generation. For fxxxs sake, people born in the seventies took themselves way to serious in the 90s. They still do. They are clowns that cry on the inside etc. osv. bl a m m. Not that it's a bad thing. Case in point:
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This shit was DEAD SERIOUS. Ok.
More: We love USA. Please elect Barack Obama for your president. It might sound big, but the entire future of the world depends on it. We know that, because we are smart , read books and have the ability to think ahead. Just like Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone we can sort of see the future, but in a less clear way. We even like Black eyed pees guy, thats how fantastic Obama is.
Our new act Rubies got a single out as of today! "I feel electric" is released digitally. Remix by Max Essa and version by Studio! Album is up early March. Check it out, buy it.
Listen to the single and Studio version of Room without a key.
And check out the video!
Also - the new Vapnet single 'Plötsligt händer det inte' and the TIAC album "Overstaying the welcome" is available for pre-order at our website. Get them while their hot! Shipping within 2 weeks.