Regular raincoaster fans (an irregular bunch, for sure) are well aware that around these parts (these ones right…here, to be specific) we recognize no gods; none but Cthulhu and Christopher Walken.
Mr Walken’s thespian skills are indisputed, but perhaps fans are less familiar with his amazingly powerful prose reading ability. Regular raincoaster readers will be familiar with his astonishing reading of The Three Little Pigs; new readers are welcome to click through and review before moving on to the new material.
Now, from the homeland of Alistair Cooke himself (via SeriouslyOMG), comes this stunning recording of Ronald Christopher Walken performing a dramatic reading of the poet Lady Gaga‘s masterpiece, Pokerface.
God knows, others have tried and failed to interpret this most elusive of musical geniuses:
But this, my friends?
This will never be topped.
I had the pleasure of getting to know the odd Mr. Walken when I was night concierge and security at Viva Tower way back when. He was in town shooting Excess Baggage. Nice but strange guy (as could be suspected). Close talker. Often smelled of cooked sausage.
Oooh, awesome. Kosher sausage, or Mennonite sausage?
Also, very cool blog. And I don’t say that very often, trust me; I’m a bitch!
And who could forget how much of an aficionado for the cowbell Mr. Walken is?
Nobody can forget, however hard SNL tries to take down all those YouTubes.
Excess Baggage?
My friend Max wrote that script. You can find her blog here:
http://celluloidblonde.wordpress.com/
“Often smelled of cooked sausage.”
Jenny McCarthy said similar and I would take it she’s an expert…on the many varieties of sausage.
She DID? I didn’t know that!!! That’s totally awesome. Max is, of course, totally awesome, but we knew that already.
Finally! I knew something before you did, Rain. It’s going to be a glorious day indeed!
Walken should be God.
Amen.
~m
But Walken IS god. Surely you’ve heard of the First International Church of Walkenism? Their hymn even got to #1: These Boots are Made for Walken.
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