What if...

This role SCL did not do. I wish he had had the opportunity. It would have been an absolute knockout.

If you are not convinced, listen to the clip below where he sings Eleonore!

The return of Captain Invincible!

Sometimes you stumble on wonderful things. This for example.
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) Film on You Tube. I don't suppose It'll stay up for long, so you better check it out ASAP if you havn't seen it. Name your poison! I'm cracking up!!! :-)

I know who I'd fall for, anyway

"But I've got the cash/ And that tie is too wide..."

 

More singing

Just. Listen. To. This. Voice.

In Russian as well. I am fainting.

I am a huge fan of Russian opera. When I lived in St.Petersburg I went to operas and ballets every single weekend. Boris Godunov by Rimsky-Korsakov (about 17th century Russia) is one of the most mighty operas you can experience in a Russian opera house.

For me, to hear Sir Christopher Lee sing this part is more than epic. It is mindblowing!!!

Basically, as you all can hear without knowing any Russian at all, the tsar (Lee sings his part) is going quite mad. In his inner mind he is seeing the ghosts of a young prince that he suppousedly has killed.

I LOVE THIS!!!

It is from the album - Christopher Lee sings Devils, Rogues & other Villains -
from Broadway to Bayreuth and beyond. Very difficult to come across, I have understood. But I just have to find it and buy it.

Thank you to whomever put this out on You Tube.

Elenore - my sweetest Elenore!!!

In the latest Dark Side magazine, (#148) there is a pretty candid text on Lee, from an interview made in 2006. The journalist doesn't hit it of with the man, who only wants to talk about his singing. I am actually cringing reading the text. I am in awe of the journalist. I myself would have crumbled.

"I was on a German album once, but you wouldn't know it because it was in German and based around Edgar Allan Poe. I sang a song called 'Eleonore' based on one of his characters."

Here it is.
Someone ought to make a compilation of Lees best songs - because there are actully lots of them. This would be in it.

Fanmade documentary on Metal Lee

I shed the blood of Saxon men!

Officially - the blood of Saxon men is now shed.

Nuff said. Epic.

Charlemagne arrived today!

I have waited for this album for many weeks now, and today it arrived by mail. Have heard mixed reviews of it. Some are blown away, others more reluctant. I really, really, want to like this. Please be good!!!

The album is dedicated to all of us fans. I really feel it is us that ought to say Thank You!
Sir, you are the best!

Additional note:  Just listening to to the last minutes of the last track of this album - The bloody verdict of Verden (instumental version). I can honestly say I had very little idea of what to expect from this album. I had read some good reviews, some bad ones. The music is a crossover, in my inexperienced ears (I know nothing of metal), of opera, symphony, heavy metal, saga and extremely brutal history.

It does not suprise me why the phrase "I shed the blood of Saxon men" is so frequently qouted from this album. That part is truly astounding. Heavy guitars, Lees dark, extremely powerful voice - it makes my hair stand on end, and I find myself headbanging.

I had wished for shorter narrative chapters and more of those heavy guitars and more of that god all mighty voice! I really, sincerely, hope that there will be more of that on the next album.

This man is the true essence of coolness. Versatile? Yup.

Here is a fanmade video on Metal Lee. Seems very much like him to go to a stage and, after having shed the blood of 4000 Saxon men, appologizing to anyone Saxon in the audience. Squee.

Hilarious!

One more of the singing things! This performance act (quite unbelievable I have to say) is from The Return of Captain Invincible. There are a couple of You Tube versions of this clip, but one of them has been played a quarter of a million times. You can understand why.

Brace your self, this is f***ing great! ROFLMAO! What a wonderful man!

Epic Epicness

Don't really need to comment on this one. Just listen! (Yeah, it does exist in four different versions. Italian, French, German and English.) Be blown away.

An absolute favourite of mine

Lee is seemingly improvising this performance. Totally relaxed, he shows off all his talents. Presence, voice, charm. Not to mention how he moves across the stage. A golden piece of film! And he recites The Raven, too... 

This is actually part of a film, (El Umbracle, 1970) but you wouldn't believe it. It is filmed in a very modern way, moving camera, circulating around him. Not to mention the singing in French. It is beautiful!

 

Ghost Rider

The accent is a bit off, but Johnny Cash most definitely has a competitor in this one. Christopher Lee sings Ghost Rider. The mountains are shivering.