Johnette recorded a divine duet in 1990 with Wall of Voodoo lead singer Andy Prieboy, "Tomorrow Wendy," on his solo album ... Upon My Wicked Son. It's a song full of rage, despair and, ultimately, resignation, the true story of Prieboy's friend who, enduring rejection from her family and the judgment of a spiteful society, opts to end it all on a one-way ride on a Mexican horse rather than wait for the AIDS she suffers from to kill her symptom by sympton, indignity by indignity. A heartbreaking performance. It's a song Johnette loved so much she recorded it again for Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting album -- along with "Joey." Both versions are aces.
I bought this album back in the early 90s, a few years after I’d read and everyone else fell in love with Interview With a Vampire. One hundred percent agree with shacking up with Johnette Napolitano’s voice. Maybe I never bought the leather trench coat or called myself Claude Sang de Nuit, but God help me, I loved the girls who were into them.
Yeah, I remember them wearing the tight crushed velvet pants, hair teased to the point of being a halo (this was the main cause of the hole in the ozone layer), puffy shirts, and lots of silver and onyx jewelry.
Johnette recorded a divine duet in 1990 with Wall of Voodoo lead singer Andy Prieboy, "Tomorrow Wendy," on his solo album ... Upon My Wicked Son. It's a song full of rage, despair and, ultimately, resignation, the true story of Prieboy's friend who, enduring rejection from her family and the judgment of a spiteful society, opts to end it all on a one-way ride on a Mexican horse rather than wait for the AIDS she suffers from to kill her symptom by sympton, indignity by indignity. A heartbreaking performance. It's a song Johnette loved so much she recorded it again for Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting album -- along with "Joey." Both versions are aces.
And this is one of many reasons I love having you as a friend - for incredible insight like this.
Marc was my neighbor in the 90s, very sweet person. I didn't know this song was about him til yesterday.
Oh my!
Criminally underrated band and album. When she hits that chorus, you get a full blast of angst/love. Great stuff!
Like Elvis Costello, your aim is true.
I bought this album back in the early 90s, a few years after I’d read and everyone else fell in love with Interview With a Vampire. One hundred percent agree with shacking up with Johnette Napolitano’s voice. Maybe I never bought the leather trench coat or called myself Claude Sang de Nuit, but God help me, I loved the girls who were into them.
Claude Sang de Nuit!!!
Yeah, I remember them wearing the tight crushed velvet pants, hair teased to the point of being a halo (this was the main cause of the hole in the ozone layer), puffy shirts, and lots of silver and onyx jewelry.