The Fu Manchu Omnibus: Volume 1 | 
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Sax Rohmer's adventure thrillers are a guilty pleasure due to their racism and Rohmer's journalistic role in contributing to the racist trope of "The Yellow Peril". His best-known creation is criminal mastermind / anti-colonial patriot, Dr. Fu Manchu. Less well-known is his female counterpart, Sumuru.
Tunes are Desmond Dekker's Fu Manchu, and the original China Girl by Iggy Pop, both of which I love without guilt!
Bookwomble @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 10mo
Bookwomble Desmond Dekker: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Zi3RnDhpNzcEnw6MLaU15?si=3axQEB2bQn670jgMCHsfpg 10mo
Bookwomble Iggy Pop: https://open.spotify.com/track/5nB8x0jxofKalTtaQLpGZL?si=-9eGPk9TRyW54RNxOaSvjA 10mo
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dabbe My roommate in college (back in--gulp--1983) had a 90-minute cassette tape (45 minutes each side) with only “China Girl.“ She played it over and over and over and over ... to this day when I hear it, my hair literally stands on end. Love David Bowie, though! 🤣🤣🤣 10mo
Bookwomble @dabbe And your roommate is now my wife! 😮 (Well, perhaps not 😂). David wrote the music for Iggy Pop's original version, Iggy improvising the lyrics about a failed love affair he'd just come out of. As might be expected, the Iggy version is more raw than David's - I love them both ♥️👨🏻🎤🧑🏻🎤 10mo
dabbe @Bookwomble My hubby ADORES Iggy Pop; me, too! Both are just out of the universe. 💚💙💚 If your wife's name is Brenda, then she is the one! 🤣🤣🤣 10mo
Cinfhen I never knew Iggy Pop had the original version 🫢 #LiveAndLearn 10mo
Bookwomble @dabbe Brenda?! Brenda Bookwomble? A-no! 😄 Iggy is manically fabulous 🦎😊 10mo
Bookwomble @Cinfhen David and Iggy recorded it for the latter's "The Idiot" album while they were in Berlin. Iggy was having some financial problems a few years later, so David included the song on his "Let's Dance" album to earn Iggy some royalties. 10mo
Rissreads Love that story! ♥️ 10mo
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