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* GenreBusting: Klaus is... pop music covering opera performance art with heavy reliance on synthesizers? Let's just say it's New Wave.
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'''Klaus Nomi''' is the 1981 debut album by ... well... Music/KlausNomi. It generated hits such as "Lightning Strikes", "The Nomi Song" and "Total Eclipse". In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen Lou Christie was so impressed by Klaus's version of his song "Lightning Strikes" that he wanted to work on a space RockOpera with him. Sadly this plan never came about.
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'''Klaus Nomi''' is the 1981 debut album by ... well... Music/KlausNomi. It's widely seen as his [[MagnumOpus best album]] and generated hits such as "Lightning Strikes", "The Nomi Song" and "Total Eclipse". In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen Lou Christie was so impressed by Klaus's version of his song "Lightning Strikes" that he wanted to work on a space RockOpera with him. Sadly this plan never came about.
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'''Klaus Nomi''' is the 1981 debut album by ... well... Music/KlausNomi. It's widely seen as his [[MagnumOpus best album]] and It generated hits such as "Lightning Strikes", "The Nomi Song" and "Total Eclipse". In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen Lou Christie was so impressed by Klaus's version of his song "Lightning Strikes" that he wanted to work on a space RockOpera with him. Sadly this plan never came about.
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'''Klaus Nomi''' is the 1981 debut album by ... well... Music/KlausNomi. It's widely seen as his [[MagnumOpus best album]] and generated hits such as "Lightning Strikes", "The Nomi Song" and "Total Eclipse Of The Heart". In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen Lou Christie was so impressed by Klaus's version of his song "Lightning Strikes" that he wanted to work on a space RockOpera with him. Sadly this plan never came about.
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'''Klaus Nomi''' is the 1981 debut album by ... well... Music/KlausNomi. It's widely seen as his [[MagnumOpus best album]] and generated hits such as "Lightning Strikes", "The Nomi Song" and "Total Eclipse Of The Heart".Eclipse". In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen Lou Christie was so impressed by Klaus's version of his song "Lightning Strikes" that he wanted to work on a space RockOpera with him. Sadly this plan never came about.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Exploring new dimension, new lifestyle by intention. Do not ignore advise. You hold the keys of life.'']]
'''Klaus Nomi''' is the 1981 debut album by ... well... Music/KlausNomi. It's widely seen as his [[MagnumOpus best album]] and generated hits such as "Lightning Strikes", "The Nomi Song" and "Total Eclipse Of The Heart". In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen Lou Christie was so impressed by Klaus's version of his song "Lightning Strikes" that he wanted to work on a space RockOpera with him. Sadly this plan never came about.
'''Tracklist'''
# "Keys Of Life" (2:26)
# "Lightning Strikes" (2:59)
# "The Twist" (3:10)
# "Nomi Song" (2:47)
# "You Don't Own Me" (3:39)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "The Cold Song" (4:03)
# "Wasting My Time" (4:16)
# "Total Eclipse" (3:29)
# "Nomi Chant" (1:53)
# "Samson and Delilah" (Aria) (3:43)
!! ''Tropal Eclipse Of The Heart''
* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Samson and Delilah", [[Literature/SamsonAndDelilah inspired by the biblical characters of the same name]].
* BilingualBonus: "Samson and Delilah" is sang in French.
* ClassicalMusic: "The Cold Song" was originally composed by Henry Purcell and "Samson and Delilah" by Camille Saint-Saëns.
* ConceptAlbum: Kind of. In "Keys Of Life" Nomi describes what he sees as he supposedly lands on Earth. "The Twist" and "Nomi Song" also refer to "humans" as if is he is some kind of extraterrestrial alien. The song "Samson And Delilah" ends with a spaceship taking off.
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Spectacularly averted with "You Don't Own Me": "''Don't say I can't play with other BOYS!''".
* CoverVersion: "Lightning Strikes", a cover of the 1966 hit by Lou Christie and Twyla Herbert. "The Twist", a 1959 Hank Ballard cover. "You Don't Own Me" was written by John Madara and David White and is most famous in the 1963 hit song by Lesley Gore. "The Cold Song" is lifted from a work by Henry Purcell and John Dryden, while the aria "Samson and Delilah" was composed by Camille Saint-Saëns.
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "The Twist"
--> ''We're going to twist 'til we tear the house down''
* DeathSong: "The Cold Song"
--> ''Let me, let me''
--> ''Freeze again to death!''
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The black-and-white album cover.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Nomi is featured in a striking stylish costume. Dutch people will be amused to know that the cover was photographed by a man called Michael Halsband [[note]] "halsband" is Dutch for "collar" [[/note]]
* DownerEnding: "Total Eclipse" is about a total annihilation of Earth in a nuclear explosion. It even ends with a LastNoteNightmare by fading into "Nomi Chant".
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Total Eclipse".
--> ''Last dance, let the entire cast dance''
--> ''Do the dismembered blast dance as we get atomized!''
* FaceOnTheCover: Klaus in his costume.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Total Eclipse" fades into "Nomi Chant".
* FakeOutFadeOut: "Samson and Delilah (Aria)".
* GratuitousFrench: "Samson and Delilah (Aria)", even though it's not really French.
* HeavyMeta: "Wasting My Time"
--> ''So I'm singing this song, but I won't stay for long''
* IJustWantToBeFree: "You Don't Own Me"
--> ''Because you don't know me''
--> ''Don't try to shame me in any way''
--> ''You don't own me''
--> ''Don't tie me down 'cause I never stay''
--> ''And don't tell me what to say''
--> ''Don't tell me what to do''
--> ''Just let me be myself''
--> ''That's all I ask from you!''
* IncrediblyLongNote: "The Cold Song" ends with one.
* {{Instrumental}}: "Nomi Chant"
* LastNoteNightmare: "Samson and Delilah (Aria)" ends with a UFO takeoff.
** He does this ''twice in a row'' on this album. The otherwise calm Nomi Chant becomes a ScareChord in it's last second, and his rendition of the aria "Mon coeur c'ouvre a ta voix" from Samson and Delilah ends with what can only be described as him getting back in his space ship and taking off. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It makes sense in his live shows.]]
* MickeyMousing: During "The Twist" Nomi mentions father and mother are sleeping, while snoring sounds are heard in the background.
* NameAndName: "Samson and Delilah".
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Klaus is... pop music covering opera performance art with heavy reliance on synthesizers? Let's just say it's New Wave.
* [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]]: The genre he's most closely associated with.
* {{Opera}}: Nomi uses his countertenor voice in many tracks to provide high singing.
* PepTalkSong: "You Don't Own Me".
--> ''I'm young and I like to be young''
--> ''I'm free and I like to be free''
--> ''To live my life the way I want''
--> ''To say and do whatever I please''
* ThePowerOfLove: "Lightning Strikes"
--> ''She's put together fine and she's on my mind''
--> ''I can't stop! I can't stop myself!''
--> ''Lightning's striking again! And again! And again! And again!''
* ProductPlacement: "Total Eclipse"
--> ''Blow up, everything's gonna up''
--> ''Even if you don't show up in your chemise Lacoste''
* PunBasedTitle: Nomi plays into the fact that his name is similar to "know me" and uses this in "You Don't Own Me" and "Nomi Song"
--> ''If they saw my face: could I still take a bow?''
--> ''Will they know me? Know me, know me now?''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Wasting My Time"
--> ''I'm wasting my time''
--> ''I'm wasting my time on you, on you''
* RecordProducer: Ron Johnsen
* RhymingWithItself:
--> ''Total eclipse! It's a total eclipse!''
* ScareChord: "Nomi Chant".
* SelfTitledAlbum: His debut album.
* SharpDressedMan: Nomi wears his IconicOutfit on the cover: tuxedo, big black tie and lipstick, white make-up and hair stuck up straight.
* SingerNameDrop: "Nomi Song" and "Nomi Chant".
* TheSomethingSong: "Nomi Song" and "The Cold Song".
* TenorBoy: Nomi sings countertenor.
* YeOldeButcheredEnglish: "The Cold Song", which is actual old English.
--> ''What power art thou?''
--> ''Who from below hast made me rise?''
--> ''Unwillingly and slow''
--> ''From beds of everlasting snow!''
--> ''See'st thou not how stiff''
--> ''And wondrous old?''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Exploring new dimension, new lifestyle by intention. Do not ignore advise. You hold the keys of life.'']]
'''Klaus Nomi''' is the 1981 debut album by ... well... Music/KlausNomi. It's widely seen as his [[MagnumOpus best album]] and generated hits such as "Lightning Strikes", "The Nomi Song" and "Total Eclipse Of The Heart". In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen Lou Christie was so impressed by Klaus's version of his song "Lightning Strikes" that he wanted to work on a space RockOpera with him. Sadly this plan never came about.
'''Tracklist'''
# "Keys Of Life" (2:26)
# "Lightning Strikes" (2:59)
# "The Twist" (3:10)
# "Nomi Song" (2:47)
# "You Don't Own Me" (3:39)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "The Cold Song" (4:03)
# "Wasting My Time" (4:16)
# "Total Eclipse" (3:29)
# "Nomi Chant" (1:53)
# "Samson and Delilah" (Aria) (3:43)
!! ''Tropal Eclipse Of The Heart''
* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Samson and Delilah", [[Literature/SamsonAndDelilah inspired by the biblical characters of the same name]].
* BilingualBonus: "Samson and Delilah" is sang in French.
* ClassicalMusic: "The Cold Song" was originally composed by Henry Purcell and "Samson and Delilah" by Camille Saint-Saëns.
* ConceptAlbum: Kind of. In "Keys Of Life" Nomi describes what he sees as he supposedly lands on Earth. "The Twist" and "Nomi Song" also refer to "humans" as if is he is some kind of extraterrestrial alien. The song "Samson And Delilah" ends with a spaceship taking off.
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Spectacularly averted with "You Don't Own Me": "''Don't say I can't play with other BOYS!''".
* CoverVersion: "Lightning Strikes", a cover of the 1966 hit by Lou Christie and Twyla Herbert. "The Twist", a 1959 Hank Ballard cover. "You Don't Own Me" was written by John Madara and David White and is most famous in the 1963 hit song by Lesley Gore. "The Cold Song" is lifted from a work by Henry Purcell and John Dryden, while the aria "Samson and Delilah" was composed by Camille Saint-Saëns.
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "The Twist"
--> ''We're going to twist 'til we tear the house down''
* DeathSong: "The Cold Song"
--> ''Let me, let me''
--> ''Freeze again to death!''
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The black-and-white album cover.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Nomi is featured in a striking stylish costume. Dutch people will be amused to know that the cover was photographed by a man called Michael Halsband [[note]] "halsband" is Dutch for "collar" [[/note]]
* DownerEnding: "Total Eclipse" is about a total annihilation of Earth in a nuclear explosion. It even ends with a LastNoteNightmare by fading into "Nomi Chant".
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Total Eclipse".
--> ''Last dance, let the entire cast dance''
--> ''Do the dismembered blast dance as we get atomized!''
* FaceOnTheCover: Klaus in his costume.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Total Eclipse" fades into "Nomi Chant".
* FakeOutFadeOut: "Samson and Delilah (Aria)".
* GratuitousFrench: "Samson and Delilah (Aria)", even though it's not really French.
* HeavyMeta: "Wasting My Time"
--> ''So I'm singing this song, but I won't stay for long''
* IJustWantToBeFree: "You Don't Own Me"
--> ''Because you don't know me''
--> ''Don't try to shame me in any way''
--> ''You don't own me''
--> ''Don't tie me down 'cause I never stay''
--> ''And don't tell me what to say''
--> ''Don't tell me what to do''
--> ''Just let me be myself''
--> ''That's all I ask from you!''
* IncrediblyLongNote: "The Cold Song" ends with one.
* {{Instrumental}}: "Nomi Chant"
* LastNoteNightmare: "Samson and Delilah (Aria)" ends with a UFO takeoff.
** He does this ''twice in a row'' on this album. The otherwise calm Nomi Chant becomes a ScareChord in it's last second, and his rendition of the aria "Mon coeur c'ouvre a ta voix" from Samson and Delilah ends with what can only be described as him getting back in his space ship and taking off. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It makes sense in his live shows.]]
* MickeyMousing: During "The Twist" Nomi mentions father and mother are sleeping, while snoring sounds are heard in the background.
* NameAndName: "Samson and Delilah".
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Klaus is... pop music covering opera performance art with heavy reliance on synthesizers? Let's just say it's New Wave.
* [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]]: The genre he's most closely associated with.
* {{Opera}}: Nomi uses his countertenor voice in many tracks to provide high singing.
* PepTalkSong: "You Don't Own Me".
--> ''I'm young and I like to be young''
--> ''I'm free and I like to be free''
--> ''To live my life the way I want''
--> ''To say and do whatever I please''
* ThePowerOfLove: "Lightning Strikes"
--> ''She's put together fine and she's on my mind''
--> ''I can't stop! I can't stop myself!''
--> ''Lightning's striking again! And again! And again! And again!''
* ProductPlacement: "Total Eclipse"
--> ''Blow up, everything's gonna up''
--> ''Even if you don't show up in your chemise Lacoste''
* PunBasedTitle: Nomi plays into the fact that his name is similar to "know me" and uses this in "You Don't Own Me" and "Nomi Song"
--> ''If they saw my face: could I still take a bow?''
--> ''Will they know me? Know me, know me now?''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Wasting My Time"
--> ''I'm wasting my time''
--> ''I'm wasting my time on you, on you''
* RecordProducer: Ron Johnsen
* RhymingWithItself:
--> ''Total eclipse! It's a total eclipse!''
* ScareChord: "Nomi Chant".
* SelfTitledAlbum: His debut album.
* SharpDressedMan: Nomi wears his IconicOutfit on the cover: tuxedo, big black tie and lipstick, white make-up and hair stuck up straight.
* SingerNameDrop: "Nomi Song" and "Nomi Chant".
* TheSomethingSong: "Nomi Song" and "The Cold Song".
* TenorBoy: Nomi sings countertenor.
* YeOldeButcheredEnglish: "The Cold Song", which is actual old English.
--> ''What power art thou?''
--> ''Who from below hast made me rise?''
--> ''Unwillingly and slow''
--> ''From beds of everlasting snow!''
--> ''See'st thou not how stiff''
--> ''And wondrous old?''
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