Malcolm McLaren’s Madame Butterfly was released in 1984. It was tune that stood out from the mash of new romantic and the emerging hip hop sounds. Madame Butterfly was one of those tracks that either saw in, or said farewell to a big night out, it is a perfect music moment when played very loud on an empty dance floor.

Malcolm Mclaren – Buffalo gals

On Thursday Malcolm Mclaren passed away. The media is awash with tributes from far and wide which piece together the cultural space he developed and operated within which influenced major movements music, fashion, art and the community across the world.

Tony Parsons wrote in the UK’s Mirror a quote that says much of Mclaren’s way – He wasn’t really into music. He was into chaos. And tweaking the establishment’s nose until it squealed.

Read Malcolm Mclaren tributes here.

Australia’s Radio National will be replaying an interview with Mclaren on Andy Ford’s The Music Show today
For the Mclaren podcast visit The Music Show here

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