Danielle Dax - BIG HOLLOW MAN

[@Sysperia]

bought this album when it first came out. She isn't a huge star because she's too weird for boring people. she's a goddess

[@alyciamarrison2916]

+T. S. Bath (Sys) Too true!!

[@simonjamesyoung8091]

Ha ha ha 😛

[@oswing]

@@alyciamarrison2916 yes she's really, really weird, it's excellent

[@davidbrayshaw6162]

T. S. Bath too damn right! I’ve got the album too! And the singles off the album too! God she was a dance floor filler in the ole’ club I frequented!

[@cl8149]

An absolute goddess. You are so right. 🌈

[@booga1963]

This tune used to rock the dance floors in the indie clubs I used to work at :-)

[@sheppertonstudios8253]

Rock City, Nottingham, 1987. This would RAM the dance floor on a Saturday night.

[@minakozienowicz5181]

Her music sounds so new and great even now. Yes, she definitely deserves more recognition.

[@BractwoCieni]

sounds 80s AF :D

[@DannyDiess]

Why she wasn't a huge star is beyond me. What a unique pioneer she is.

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

got to see her open for the Sisters Of Mercy in April 1991. No studio trickery - this is exactly how she sounded live that night.

[@markriva4259]

She IS a Huge Star in the minds of those who can truly appreciate her as the Goddess Genius she is.

[@ericotto314]

And we can make her retroactively famous through KZbin

[@cb90222]

It a "her"?? Sounds and looks like a man to me..

[@cannabico6621]

@@cb90222 come on, the voice is mixed with a back up male singer, it's obvious.

[@AStateOfProgressive]

She reminds me of Sheri Moon Zombie

[@harrymay2528]

Still listening to this great track: summer 2020. Miss the 80s so much but this takes me back to better days. Danielle should have been huge and this still only has less than 200,000 views: criminal as it should be in the millions...

[@patrickhussain7163]

British art royalty. I'm inspired 30 years after first buying this - where is her honorary doctorate, her peerage? :) She's unique. I hope she has her fortune, however she sees that

[@jblondejon]

if bowie and kate bush had produced a child this is what she would have sounded like....

[@DJdext]

This tune always fills the dance floor.

[@rhythmicginger]

If it's any consolation, we all LOVED Danielle back in the 80's. The Rock City dancefloor packed out for this tune as I recall :)

[@richardmacleod5253]

Jesus Egg That Wept is one of the best Indie records of the 1980s. D Dax had a strong following in the 1980s she sold out concerts and her singles did well in the Indie charts. I remember reading about her in Mick Mercers Gothic Rock book she was part of the Bat Cave scene her style was a mixture of tribal/biker/silent horror films with hippy. She did quite a bit of T.V as well. Check out Cat House, Flash Back and Pariah, great songs.

[@nevermore3928]

Phenomenal artist... She was played in the Inland Empire goth club scene in Southern Calif in the 90's. The club would thump as so many of her songs are so heavily bass driven.. Got everyone on the dance floor...

[@JBalmoreS]

Yeah definitely cut from the same cloth as Grimes. Both artists made albums from their home with no band. More impressive with Dax when you consider she had all the industry sexism and no internet back then. stillunusual.tumblr.com/post/78009993514/shine-fanzine

[@theoko0707]

I love Dax. I've been listening to her for about 25 years now...but she only charted twice, and once was a cover. "Tomorrow Never Knows" #5 in '91, and Cat-House #19 in '89. Some talent is chart-unfriendly because neither of those are her best, in my opinion.

[@evanwolf6618]

🍎🗽 I visited London in the summer of '83 hit alot of the clubs . . . Dingwall's (Elvis) , Camden Palace , Electric Ballroom (Shriekback) , Lyceum (Anti-Nowhere League) , others . . . and The Bat Cave !!! It was like two quid for a temporary membership. I think they opened at 11 and went pretty late . It was packed . Alot of alcohol going on . I wasn't dressed like the rest of the crowd of what appeared to be mostly regulars in their scene. It was interesting enough . I didn't know who Danielle Dax was at the time. For all I know she was in the crowd !

[@dbmail545]

In 2023 I'm listening to this more and more often. It still gets played occasionally on the radio.

[@TAC200SX]

So I was never a huge Danielle Dax fan... had forgotten I'd ever heard of her tbh... but tonight this song was running round my mind for some completely unknown reason so I googled the lyrics and ended up here. Nice trip down memory lane, thanks!

[@michaelrichardroberts579]

Hey yeah, walking in the valley of decision Hey yeah, reap all the wages of sin A big hollow man With a fistful of sham Came a-walking across the sea All leathery charms As he pinwheeled his arms And directed his gaze at me (He said) God will provide the way You read about it every day (I'm telling ya) All you gotta do is pray And furnish his house with silver (Chorus) Liberty's daughter Well primed for the slaughter A space where her brains had been All ribbons and curls She's a good hearted girl Broken by what she had seen (She says) Daddy don't you go away Stay with me and we can play (I'm begging ya) Do it just like yesterday And I can go home to Jesus (Chorus) (Chorus) A regular Joe Who had nowhere to go A space where his home had been A bombing religion A blight on the region To fuel a pious dream (And they said) God will provide the way You read about it every day (I'm telling ya) All you gotta do is pray And furnish his house with silver (Chorus)

[@NenaMataHari]

Timely even now.

[@tygertone]

They played her on KROQ here in LA in '88.......I just love those lyrics ".......as he pinwheeled his arms......" I love the imagination! Love you, Danielle.

[@klouzerk]

They literally just played this 10 minutes ago(at time of this writing)!

[@jomunjr]

This and Cold Sweat were big hits in nightclubs in Houston, Texas USA in the late 1980s. I loved her!

[@CactusScreamO]

she's an awesome singer, and she's beautiful!

[@saloula2]

Just a bit of trivia to brighten your day - I used this for my fashion show at the end of fashion college, and they used to play it at the Fan Club in Leicester! :)

[@saloula2]

Cause her music is not mainstream, it's more niche!

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

That certainly didn't brighten my day at all.

[@berniex2]

I saw that same show in San Diego with Lush, but I went really just to she her. She was wearing this silver strapped hot pants outfit, hair tied tight on top of her head ( really long by the way ) and oh my god probably the most beautiful and talented female musician I've ever seen live and I've seen hundreds of concerts. I wish I could have seen Kate Bush live though. You know it's a sad world we live in now on what people believe is talent and beauty these days. Thanks for sharing.

[@noelgains8433]

Other Danielle Dax tracks to listen too ,white knuckle ride,cat house and on the 12 inch singles are fab b-sides 😊

[@ronrodriguezjr2960]

This and Cat House were big hits at The City in Portland, OR. back in the day. People practically ran to the dance floor for this one.

[@Astrofrank]

Danielle has one of the most versatile voices!

[@sk8ermafia111]

why is there so little Danielle Dax on Spotify?

[@pablobrad100]

I remember this single. Very refreshing!

[@EastCoastDude]

Wow. Just heard of Danielle Dax for the first time today. What a great song here, among many others apparently, and what a smart person in interviews.Wtf! Danielle is something else! Very cool, amazing!

[@barbiewilde]

I had no idea that you did a video for Ms Dax, a brilliant songwriter-singer, in my opinion. She's a goddess and I loved this album. Well done for putting up this video!

[@Maguirearch]

Lady Ga Ga move over...Danielle Dax rules Ok

[@HarryPotter87]

I think Lady Gaga was inspired by her. I mean, take a look at her HUGE wigs!

[@nataliecaudill613]

Love, love, love her!

[@cheekymonkey9718]

Dear R4949 . Thank you so much for this. I used to DJ her music in a small Florida town Drag bar. Most of what i played was alt stuff for early 90's and most times people don't dance to Siouxsie or Lene Lovich and such. Next thing i know, my roommate turned me on to DD. All these years later, in 2020... flash forward to now and a FB friend of mine says her Father worked on some of these mixes. She and her husband do lighting design for stuff in London and abroad, but the World is so damn small, i believe it. I play this every day. Thank you.

[@davidrose731]

Thx.... I shot a live gig back in the day... shall I upload it?

[@cheekymonkey9718]

@@davidrose731 Absolutely. With all due respect, of course. Cheers!

[@handgrenadealienpoliorcete3778]

Brings back memories of Rock City goth nights in the late eighties. Excellent times.

[@Hana-gs2on]

ダニエルダックスが大好きでした。 ロンドンに行った時にライブに行きました。 本物のダニエルダックスが綺麗過ぎてビビりました💓

[@oisian88]

i saw her in England...I love her, and she deserved to be huge!!!

[@ohmythatsweird]

"The Company Of Wolves" , brought me here.

[@littleheroes8807]

Why wasn't she a huge star? The truth is, she never had a chance. Dax was her own woman, armed with her own personal visions and artistic pretensions, and unwilling to compromise either. Instead of assuming the Madonna-esque role of "pretty piece of meat" for mass consumption, Dax chose the more difficult, but ultimately more rewarding, path of artiste.

[@wolfdog170]

Saw her live many times and loved inky what a great lady and very creative

[@gregbye331]

Love this! My girlfriend at the time (1988) had the LP of Inky Blotters. I still have a cassette copy. Will now go search for a CD.

[@debkakes]

LOVE HER!! So much! Thank you for posting this, I have never seen.

[@Chrisoula17]

Loved this song the first time I heard it in 1988. Danielle is very talented.

[@MrMcCuinn]

A friend found a copy of Dark Adapted Eye the Extended Cut at a used tape store. Our whole group of friends loved it. We all got copies of it. It's still one of my favorite albums.

[@toddholmes4480]

I got to get out of my cave once in a while. I had never heard of Danielle Dox before. Oh well, better late then never!

[@EblisAzazel]

I love this song is so cool 🖤.

[@flexn5000]

Ive known about this trac since it 1st came out,,,but just today I learned the title of it and who the singer is. I always requested this trac by singing ..walking in the valley of.....and hey yeah.....amazingly the djs always knew which trac to play.

[@alanharvey8385]

Calling out the Vatican in a great pop song isn’t exactly going to achieve a number one on the Billboard charts. It will however, get you a lot of much due respect. Great piece of work.

[@-TimZambra]

'Why wasn't she a huge star?' Because she actually was one. And they just want fakes.

[@80sWavrDude]

Probably because her lyrics offended too many Christians

[@simonjamesyoung8091]

Yup

[@tertiusimpostor]

@@80sWavrDude No, too many Pharisees, Christian hypocrites, whom J.C. himself rejected …

[@stormyweather9917]

​@@80sWavrDudeSTOP IT!!!

[@VisceralMonkey504]

Heard in clubs in Austin and Houston in the late 80's. Good stuff. Hello Numbers :)

[@unlikeavirgin]

The Video Bar in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Tx 1989.

[@VisceralMonkey504]

@@unlikeavirgin Also a great club! My friends in college at that time were all from Dallas and that was one place they would talk about along with Starck Club when it would open from time to time (I got to go once).

[@ullibaumgarten6212]

Ich habe sie zum erstenmal in den 80ern gehört, zusammen mit anderen New Wave-Sängerinnen wie Lene Lovich, Siouxsie, Nina Hagen etc.❤

[@seancoxxx]

Danielle Dax is/was soooooo HAWT!!!

[@sjwillis1137]

Totally!!!!!🤣

[@jamesanderson2234]

Shes awesome. Great lyrics and driving music.

[@Maguirearch]

I love this 80s madness

[@JOOLZNED]

Still got the vinyl album I bought when this came out, great track

[@PeterWesleyBastone]

awesome...shared to the Netshows Radio "Program 146" Playlist on youtube

[@flamencoprof]

Here in NZ, I used to subscribe to NME at the time. I remember her being mentioned, but I don't think anything was released here, so I just thought of her as some 3rd tier obscure act from the UK. Then our flagship TV music show aired this, and I have never forgotten it. Fits my atheism tightly.

[@SarahTheMiddleEarthling]

An absolute talent!

[@callouscallus]

Such and epic tune......used to rock this before going to grade school back in the 80's

[@shaunogorman4644]

My partner told me about this song I love it love the video love Danielle

[@Pootie23]

This freakin song soooo rocks!!

[@sjwillis1137]

Love it . This is me circa 1983...4 🎯🙂😆

[@kellyschiller8166]

And, yes, little old lady was an exotic dancer, this was one of my songs. Ever see her in The Company of Wolves?

[@EyeLove]

Brings back memories-cheers for sharing!

[@daveshaw2342]

Great album . Bought it in Andy's in colchester

[@KristinW67]

This brings back good memories.

[@rustybuckets07]

R4949-she IS a huge star..dont confuse commercial success with actual clout.I cant imagine having growing up without her.I only saw her live once but it was a small venue and a moment I will always remember.I still have a leather jacket with a black and white painting on the back (goth standard) of Danielle.The jacket itself became known as Danielle ..by me and others..weird.I only wish she still fitted me.

[@michaelpaullundrigan8005]

I have all her CD's I don't think she ever made it to Vancouver !! :-( amazing talent she has !! been rocking this out a long time :-) Cheers Danielle Dax

[@4skinmasseure]

Beautiful. Thank you for posting.

[@seankeller2027]

saw her open for Sisters of Mercy at the CU field house in 1990

[@jcoup1215]

Saw her open for the som at the Riviera in Chicago. Fantastic.

[@jeffn.2659]

Stil have this album.,...on cassette somewhere...it rocked.

[@pessimystica]

cool!! hadn't seen this video in years. i 1st saw this at #'s Nightclub in Houston... not til late 90s, i was too young in the late 80s ;-) i honestly didn't really care for this song that much, but the more i heard it, it grew on me a lot. her music's kinda hard to come by though!

[@dracojosh]

Seriously love this song and this lady. Miss her.

[@hopetriedit]

Numbers Houston plays this occasionally on classic Fridays. 😊💕🎵🎸

[@johnstag2030]

Hope Tried It They play it almost every Friday at Numbers lately. I'm not complaining though, it's a great song.

[@mrspolson]

Don't think ppl really understand how genius some of her lyrics were, she was so overlooked.....why? x

[@cmarkme]

Amazing.. my new favorite artist...

[@ahzak]

I love her since 20 years and more....Danielle you r beautiful hope you are ok !!!!

[@VikingRaider]

Love BIG HOLLOW MAN!! ..... She's IS great I admit,... but she was up against MEGA stars that were rising quickly around her, and which could produce many top 10 hit singles. Remember: the 80s were the single wildest and weirdest explosion of musical diversity mankind has, or will, ever see!!

[@salvationlane69]

Spun this at my goth night last week 😎

[@adrianpurcell7528]

God she's gorgeous

[@d1jezek]

when this came out i had the Jesus Egg That Wept album and the reissue of Pop-eyes with the Holly Warburton cover and i thought i had a handle on her aesthetic. i was totally unprepared for the sex-kitten image in the videos but it was a whole other dimension to her work which was already so full of contrasts and surrealism.

[@baldieman64]

She was stunning, but every image people saw of her, whether a photo or on video was heavily distorted - BIG MISTAKE. I also don't recall her ever touring either.

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

Bloody love this song!

[@SuperGraceslick]

Danielle Dax was a star if you asked the right people!

[@angelofloveiam50]

Love danielle dax shes one of my favs along with siouxsie

[@SandersAmps]

Rocks my world

[@badtracking]

@rhythmicginger I saw her play live at Rock City in '91 i think it was. Good times!

[@ngilbert9872]

This was her best song...or at least, my favorite. She should have been bigger...I agree.

[@TheWalrusWasDanny]

She was a big star for me!! Danny

[@SlimyboyDave]

Love her!

[@jerryphoto]

LOVED HER!

[@PlatinumDragonProductions999]

I need to be able to like this more... :-D

[@xyaqua]

Uber rocker! She came from money, this is a truly authentic album: She really puts her soul into it, no BS half attempt. That she used her resources to make this is really outstanding. Freaking cool name, voice that could kill on contact.

[@dw1200-w6d]

I used to splatter paint the walls while watching this video. So smoking hot!

[@MsRedredrose]

any one know how i could get permission to use this in a documentary?

[@EchosLens]

+Siobhan Fahey What a great idea! I wish I knew the answer. Best wishes on it and I'll write again if I come up with anything to help further your plan.

[@mattsaunders92]

+Siobhan Fahey There's a facebook group called We Love Danielle Dax run by a guy by the name of Ian Phillips - I know he is in touch with Dax's closest friends so see if he can help.

[@ericotto314]

She is NOW! 🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@EstebanDeSade]

I imagine that she could very well become a universally-known household name in the future, if the earth and humans are able to sustain existence some hundred years or so later when we're all dead and gone... when, or if, the humans actually ever do wake up and someone stumbles upon her magnificent contributions to music, art, and her honest, accurate social observations of this time.

[@boerenlol]

I remember this song from the Summer of 1987, heard it on the on the radio just the once. Initially I thought it was a Belgium singer from the French speaking region. (Beeg 'Ollow Men) ;--))

[@JohnnyLovely2]

this is her best video i think!

[@paulaivens3564]

love it!

[@MrSid1971]

Good stuff...80s indie..cant beat it :)

[@kevinjefferys994]

An Artiste nuff said

[@80sWavrDude]

Lady Gaga has nothing on this goddess

[@wonderwinder1]

Right!?!?! She and Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons run circles around Blah Blah.

[@davidschlessinger9945]

great song!

[@ladyameliecharlotte]

Such a shame that most of her videos have been deleted on here...