Malcolm Mclaren

Malcolm McLaren was an English impresario, visual artist, performer, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, notable for combining these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He is best known as a promoter and manager of bands the New York Dolls and the Sex Pistols.
1st CD is full of the compositions and arrangements of Malcolm McLaren including his original lyrics and most often his spoken contributions to the pieces. He is certainly a creative musician and conceptual artist. The remake of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'Aime …Moi Non Plus" is very well done. The album also features Catherine Deneauve, the actress; Sonia Rykiel, the clothing designer; and Francoise Hardy, the French pop star sing with him on various selections…

Malcolm McLaren - Paris (1994) {Vogue 74321191392}
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© 1994 Vogue | 7432119139
Jazz / Downtempo / Synth-Pop / Lounge

Malcolm McLaren has never been a musician, at least never in any accepted sense of the word. Rather, he's a self-promoter. Even when he was managing the Sex Pistols, most of his press conferences concentrated on what a great scam he had come up with, not the music itself. On his own records, he's been supported by first-rate musicians who manage to hide his half-baked concepts. On Paris, he has nothing to hide behind – the musicians fade into the background, since the record is essentially a love letter to Paris.

Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra - Waltz Darling (1989) {Epic EK45247}
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© 1989 Epic / CBS | EK 45247
Rock / Pop / Dance Rock / Electronic / Modern Classical

Waltz Darling was a shock to me. I was surprised by how good the album was. Jeff Beck and Bootsy Collins recreate Blue Danube by setting it to pop music. Changing classical music into pop takes some work but Bootsy and his orchestra put in the work. The vocals and music are top notch. Malcolm McLaren has been working hard on trying to become a pop star. After latching on to the punk fad, he switched to the hip-hop then to classical themes. Call him a fink or a snake, but McLaren knows what's hot or soon to be big. He's had a very active music career.

Malcolm McLaren - Fans (1984) {Charisma-Virgin 787361}
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© 1984 Charisma / Virgin | 787361 / MMD CD 2
Modern Classical / Synth Pop / Avant-Garde / Experimental / Hip Hop

A cynical exploitation of some classical tunes, or a prescient mixing of hip-hop with opera, of low and high culture? One never knows with McLaren. Not that the classics had never mixed with pop before (see "Whiter Shade of Pale," "Stranger in Paradise"), but McLaren was determined to bring the stories of opera kicking and screaming into the pop realm as well. On the single, the beautiful "Madam Butterfly," the formula works transcendently. McLaren plays Colonel Pinkerton and leaves the aria alone backed by hip-hop percussion, and the result is a seamless whole. The rest of the album, unfortunately, exists to pad out the single, and the various arias (from Carmen and Turandot) seemed dropped on top of what are some embarrassing funk R&B grooves. Only "Lauretta" (from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi) gets close to a successful second try.

Bow Wow Wow - See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang (1981) {2CD Set, Cherry Red Remaster CDBRED452 rel 2010}
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© 1981, 2010 Cherry Red Records / Sony Music | CDBRED452
Rock / New Wave / Dance Rock

Malcolm McLaren, of Sex Pistols fame, made teenager Annabella Lwin the centerpiece of his next creation. Backing her with members of Adam & the Ants, they were dubbed Bow Wow Wow and released See Jungle! See Jungle! in 1981. The focus was on style and the music was a mix of dance and new wave always with a heavy nod toward percussion. The results are mixed and you sometimes have the feeling that you are hearing the same song repeated. However, it's difficult not to find yourself drumming your fingers to the frantic beats. Lwin makes sure that you never forget that she's only 15, either through her vocal delivery or her outright declarations (as on "Chihuahua"). The band also serves up an interesting spaghetti Western instrumental on "Orang-outang" and everything falls into place on "Go Wild in the Country," with Lwin's uninhibited shrieks touting the merits of getting away from it all.