Malcolm McLaren 22/01/1946 - 08/04/2010

I was just getting tomorrow's post together when L shouted up the stairs that Malcolm McLaren had died.

A couple of weeks ago I did a post featuring the 12" mix of Something's Jumping In Your Shirt and I still can't believe that up until yesterday when I cut the link it had been downloaded more than twice as many times as the second most downloaded track which is something that I had not been expecting.

Here are 2 tracks which I think of when McLaren's name is mentioned.

Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90 (which my mate's older brother had on cassette single)

and

Malcolm McLaren - Madame Butterfly (from an album that is actually better than I thought it would be)

Mclaren will probably be cutting a deal with auld Nick as I type.

Something's Jumping In Your Shirt

I've never been a fan of Malcolm McLaren but I've got to give it to him that over the years he has been associated  with some great records.  Whether that be with the Sex Pistols, Bow Wow Wow or the stuff that was produced under his own name.

He certainly had a knack of being a bit of, if not a musical pioneer then someone who brought new styles of  music to the attention of a wider audience, whether that be punk, hip-hop, African sounds or Opera.

Here is the remix of one of my favourite tracks by McLaren. Amongst the production credits on the original are Bootsy Collins and Phil Ramone. The remix was done by Mark Moore and William Orbit.

Lisa Marie with Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra - Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt (Walk The Body mix)