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defrogNot the Smiths song, but Bobby Farrell of Boney M., who died last week.
Which I mention for three reasons:
1. I have a soft spot for Boney M, who can rightly claim to be West Germany’s greatest contribution to disco (by way of the Caribbean islands, where most of the actual singers came from, Farrell included).
2. Farrell was a former male exotic dancer before joining Boney M. Which served him well, if you ask me.
3. Farrell died on December 29 – the anniversary of the death of Grigori Rasputin, who is not only my default LJ icon, but was also the subject of one of Boney M’s biggest hit songs.
Even better, Farrell and Rasputin both died in St Petersburg.
So I pretty much have to post this, don’t I?
Russia’s greatest love machine,
This is dF
Which I mention for three reasons:
1. I have a soft spot for Boney M, who can rightly claim to be West Germany’s greatest contribution to disco (by way of the Caribbean islands, where most of the actual singers came from, Farrell included).
2. Farrell was a former male exotic dancer before joining Boney M. Which served him well, if you ask me.
3. Farrell died on December 29 – the anniversary of the death of Grigori Rasputin, who is not only my default LJ icon, but was also the subject of one of Boney M’s biggest hit songs.
Even better, Farrell and Rasputin both died in St Petersburg.
So I pretty much have to post this, don’t I?
Russia’s greatest love machine,
This is dF
