Fancy, whose real name is Manfred Segieth, is a German singer who will remain in the musical history of the 80s as one of the biggest suppliers of Italo Disco tubes.
He started his career under the name of Tess Teiges but it was with the name of Fancy and the title "Slice me nice" that he experienced his first major success in 1984.
He will know his biggest successes with titles like "Bolero (Hold me in your arms again", "Lady of ice", "Chinese eyes" and other "Flames of love". Titles made in collaboration with Anthony Monn, well known at the time to have signed most of Amanda Lear's hits.
He will also have written many titles for other big names of the Italo Disco, including Grant Miller, Linda Jo Rizzo, Marc Buchner, The Hurricanes, Mozzart.
To discover or rediscover...
Discography (among others ...) :
80s Decade :
Slice me nice 1984
Chinese eyes 1984
Get lost tonight 1984
L.A.D.Y O. 1985
Check it out 1985
Bolero (Hod me in your arms again) 1985
Lady of ice 1986
After midnight 1986
Latin fire 1987
China blue 1987
Raving queen 1987
Flames of love 1988
Fools cry 1988
No tears 1989
Angel eyes 1989
All my loving 1989
Running man 1989
90s Decade :
When guardian angels cry 1990
No way out 1993
Love has called me home 1993
Long way to paradise 1994
The big dust 1996
Deep blue sky 1996
Prince of darkness 1998
Come back and break my heart 1998
Na na na na hey hey hey kiss him goodbye 1999
D.I.S.C.O. (Lust for life) 1999
How do you feel right now ? 1999
2000s Decade :
Gimme a sign 2000
We can move a mountain 2000
A voice int he dark 2001
Fools cry 2001
Jingle bells and candy canes 2004
Snowwhite tigers 2004
Snowflake 2004
For one night in heaven 2008
Moonlight 2008
Forever magic 2008
2020s Decade :
Rockabye me 2021
Lovers 2021
Lost in music 2021
Tracks :
1984 ... a totally surreal clip for a first 1000 % Italo-Disco title. Kitsch at will but extremely effective with the key a first success...
1984 ... things start to get thicker. The rise in power is linear and allows the artist to become one of the biggest Italo-Disco references of the moment...
1984 ... well, on the music side, it holds up. But on the clip side, it's still just as much, but So 80's !
1985...a year 1985 which starts somewhat halfheartedly with a first title which will pass 'through' as they say. Surprising because it all started pretty well...
1985...a 1985 Vintage which will not remain its best vintage of the decade, that is clear. It is true that in Italo-Disco, there is really everything and anything...
1985 ... we finish the year better than we started, that's already it. Anyway, overall, what he produces holds water, it's clear !
1986 ... a transition title before the big fireworks. Things are now well in place and to unroll, it will unroll !
1986...a title which will pass somewhat unnoticed and which nevertheless deserved to be highlighted. They can't all be, that's for sure...
1987 ... the tube machine starts to run at full speed. The singer is now at cruising speed and you can hear it !
1987 ... which will surely remain one of his best titles. Not necessarily the highest ranked but surely one of the most inspired, it's clear !
1987...he will have had a few titles that went 'through' during the 80s, including this one. It happens even to the best as they say...
1988 ... another title So Italo Disco. He will remain as one of the undisputed and incontestable Masters in this field, that's for sure !
1988 ... as an aftertaste of Hi-NRG. Passage required for any artist who wishes to stick to the latest trends of the moment ...
1989 ... well, this time, it is indeed Hi-NRG. Typical of this end of decade and my faith, in this area, he is not ridiculous either, it is clear...
1989...another quality title to end the decade in style. A decade of the 80s which saw him hatch and then explode at the highest level. Not sure that the following decade would be so favorable to him...
1989... he will have to make the most of these last moments at the highest level because the rest will prove to be much more complicated to manage than expected. Hard law of the trade...
1989...a decade of the 80s which saw him fly over his subject with total mastery, to say the least. On the German side, he will have been one of those who counted during this decade, that's for sure...
1990...the adventure will continue, of course, but far from rhinestones and glitter. The unscrewing in the Charts will be, to say the least, violent and almost irremediable...
1993...and yet he tries to adapt to the latest musical trends of the moment by all means. At least he tries...
1993...unfortunately goodwill has its limits, namely that of a competition that does not give any gift and which relegates him somewhat to oblivion...
1994...he is far from being ridiculous, but the level of inspiration is no longer sufficient to compete on equal terms with the competition. This does not prevent him from continuing to believe in it in any case...
1996... he tries all the possible and imaginable recipes but nothing helps, when it no longer wants, it no longer wants. Fortunately, the basic fans are still there...
1996...a 90's decade which will see him mainly doing extras. Afterwards, as long as he enjoys doing what he does, why should he throw in the towel prematurely...
1998... what is certain is that with him nothing is ever over and he likes to remind anyone who wants to listen. He may therefore still be present on stage for a few more years...
1998...as long as there is life, there is hope and as long as there is a minimum of inspiration, there are songs to produce. This is what he repeats himself every day in front of his mirror...
1999... covering the well-known title from Steam dating from 1969 is a bold bet to say the least. Others have ventured there before him with more or less success...
1999...whether or not there are many titles does not change the situation unfortunately. He tries to find the right solution to get back in the race but it's a waste of time each time...
1999... the last title of a decade which will not have been the most favorable to him but which will not have seen him disappear body and soul either. So there is still some hope for him...
2000...and here he is, starting a new decade with the firm intention of never giving up as always. He will go all the way as long as he can...
2000...as he says in his song you can move mountains. At least we can try because moving them is another story and that's what he's been learning the hard way for some time...
2001...impossible to stop him at this stage anyway. He tells himself that he is still there when many artists who started at the same time as him have already disappeared for a long time, which encourages him to continue a minimum...
2001...as always he tries to stick to the latest musical trends of the moment so as not to seem too ridiculous. A wishful thinking as they say...
2004...an album that will undoubtedly remain one of his most inspired for quite some time. Like what nothing is ever finished in music...
2004...moreover an original opus especially by a style which is not really his usual style. Maybe he should have tried this recipe long before...
2004...we will in any case appreciate this desire to show something else. Like what he will not have missed much to reverse the trend...
2008...here he is back in his comfort zone. Not sure that this is the best way to end the 2000s in the best conditions...
2008...an adventure that has lasted for more than 20 years, which is not nothing. And which will last a few more years at first sight...
2008... the last title of a decade which will have seen him manage to stay afloat with more or less difficulty but he will have succeeded anyway...
2021... we thought we would see it again during the 2010 decade as in the other decades, but surprisingly this will not be the case. Beginning of the end, the real...?
2021...beginning of the end maybe but we are only at the very beginning at first sight because he still has things to offer at first sight...
2021...we can only salute his desire to go all the way and it doesn't matter whether there is success or not. A desire to move forward at all costs which undoubtedly commands respect...
Top Bonus : 2022...how to make new out of old. Here he recycles his 1989 title and makes it a special 2020 decade version
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