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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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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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kvaldan wrote:
if you like strange vocals, try http://www.last.fm/music/Yourai
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ruttie88 wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-aDwgrHBE
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babajagata wrote:
She's a legend :)
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ruttie88 wrote:
her voice is honey to my ears! an absolute goddess
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Daxxe wrote:
oh, and for some reason so do i think of cream & honey when i hear her voice :P
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Marquart wrote:
Twin Peaks ***
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