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Julee Cruise is an American pop singer and actress best known for the lead vocal on “Falling”, the theme for the cult television series Twin Peaks. Until recently, she was a frequent collaborator with composer Angelo Badalamenti and director David Lynch, who produced and wrote the lyrics for most of her songs.
Born on 1 December 1956, Cruise studied French horn at Drake University and performed as a singer and actress in New York, where she also worked as a talent scout for Angelo Badalamenti. In 1985, Badalamenti was composing the score for David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, as well as serving as the vocal coach for the film’s star, Isabella Rossellini. A key scene in Blue Velvet was intended to feature “Song of the Siren” by This Mortal Coil, but when the rights to the song proved prohibitively expensive, it was suggested that Badalamenti compose a pop song in the same style, with lyrics written by Lynch. Because the song required a vocalist with a haunting, ethereal voice, Badalamenti recommended Julee Cruise, who had sung “like an angel” in a New York theater workshop that Badalamenti had produced. The result of their initial collaboration was “Mysteries of Love”, which figures prominently in Blue Velvet’s closing scenes.
Positive reaction to “Mysteries of Love” led Badalamenti and Lynch to write and produce additional songs for Cruise, most of which were featured in her debut album, Floating Into the Night. The album was released on 12 September 1989 by Warner Bros. Records, and charted on Billboard the following year.
Born on 1 December 1956, Cruise studied French horn at Drake University and performed as a singer and actress in New York, where she also worked as a talent scout for Angelo Badalamenti. In 1985, Badalamenti was composing the score for David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, as well as serving as the vocal coach for the film’s star, Isabella Rossellini. A key scene in Blue Velvet was intended to feature “Song of the Siren” by This Mortal Coil, but when the rights to the song proved prohibitively expensive, it was suggested that Badalamenti compose a pop song in the same style, with lyrics written by Lynch. Because the song required a vocalist with a haunting, ethereal voice, Badalamenti recommended Julee Cruise, who had sung “like an angel” in a New York theater workshop that Badalamenti had produced. The result of their initial collaboration was “Mysteries of Love”, which figures prominently in Blue Velvet’s closing scenes.
Positive reaction to “Mysteries of Love” led Badalamenti and Lynch to write and produce additional songs for Cruise, most of which were featured in her debut album, Floating Into the Night. The album was released on 12 September 1989 by Warner Bros. Records, and charted on Billboard the following year.
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The Voice of Love
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off_topic wrote:
you are staring at me... Oh, Lala =*
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a_q_u_a_r_i_u_s wrote:
she should have a band with Guthrie. *-*
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Shadowavenger wrote:
If you guys like Julee Cruise you should check out Violet Indiana. Guitarist Robin Guthrie from the Cocteau Twins, and the singer from the UK band Mono. Very beautiful and very much in the same vain and Cruise and Angelo.
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joyadcliffe wrote:
I Remember has to be my favorite. Did a Harry Potter video with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm_T4SmYjbE
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beatsdontstop wrote:
floating - classic
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p1cc4rd wrote:
Композиции из Твин Пикс с ее участием восхищают.
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emcxmc wrote:
Sometimes a wind blows...and you and I...float... in love...and kiss forever...in a darkness...and the mysteries of love...come clear...
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emcxmc wrote:
Happy Birthday, Julee
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RiazorBlues wrote:
обожаю.
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emergingsynergy wrote:
Takes me with her, floating in space....
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olaf_utan wrote:
she is beautiful
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RiazorBlues wrote:
Questions Іn А World Оf Blue...
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optimistic_tour wrote:
love her
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felghen wrote:
<3
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njaunjau wrote:
( ( ((♥)) ) )
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Ithildaria wrote:
Industrial Symphony !!
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emcxmc wrote:
Best music ever created? Mysteries of Love.
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arbetskraft wrote:
the best music created? possibly...
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StaticMedium wrote:
Floating Into The Night is one of the few flawless albums I've heard in my lifetime.
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grybop wrote:
Eerie, aetheral, angelic, mysterious... That's Julee Cruise.
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