In memoriam: Malcolm McLaren.

I know next to nothing about the Sex Pistols or the New York Dolls. But here are a few pieces of music Mr. McLaren had his dirty fingers in somehow or another, and they're all spectacular. He was a brilliant bastard of a businessman, and I think the world will be a little less sleazy-interesting without him.


FANTASTIC PLANET: Carry On Columbus

Ah, the rave years. With a melody that sounds like both the Phantasm theme, "Right in the Night" by Jam & Spoon, and "Spanish Caravan" by The Doors.

MALCOLM McLAREN & THE BOOTZILLA ORCHESTRA: Deep in Vogue

Samples from Paris is Burning, and this bad boy predates Madonna's "Vogue" by quite some time.

MALCOLM McLAREN and FRANCOISE HARDY: Revenge of the Flowers

From MMcL's jazz-pop "Paris" project. Love it.

MALCOLM McLAREN: Double Dutch

A global mush of everything, and one of the most enduring leftfield tracks of the early 80s.

MALCOLM McLAREN and ALISON LIMERICK: Magic's Back (The Ghosts of Oxford Street)
McLaren meets Stock and Waterman, with the voice of Alison Limerick (not Double You). Apologies for the wonky quality and the lack of embeddability.

Forgotten Dance Classics: One 2 Many - "Another Man"

It's the Danish take on that glorious hands-in-the-air PWL pop-dance magic of the 80s, from international one hit wonders One 2 Many. Some may remember their U.S. Top 37 hit "Downtown" from 1988, but it's sadly unlikely. Here's to ye, purveyors of majestic dance pop, forgotten by the world.