In the opening song before this interview, Divine performs “Born to be Cheap” and she sings her song in her signature raspy voice, shouting lyrics that really are about nothing at all, but represent a culture that like John Waters describes as “RAW BEAUTY”. All the while she dances like drunk Uncle Bernie on your wedding day in the suburbs somewhere, anywhere…..I’ll go with Dandenong in Melbourne, or the Crown Casino would definitely be the perfect setting too. (Which is coincidentally where people from Dandenong seem to spend their weekends most weeks and Jesus/God that culture makes me grateful I am banned from the Crown Casino, like I should be).

The performance see’s Divine shuffling around like Grandad on New Years Day at the R.S.L club. With her bleached blonde hair that stands up like she has been electrocuted and a dress I personally think you might only see on a Friday night in Surfer’s Paradise in Queensland. (One of my favourite places on earth).

This is the John Waters trailer for Polyester that is shown on the recording you can not see, Water’s describes it akin to a deodorant commercial (lol). The cheesy music played over the top said it all but below is another preview of Waters same film, just in case you had not heard of him or seen one:

Divine was a muse to many, including Jethro, myself, quite a few sex workers i used to work with, one naming herself Divine after the cross dressing bundle of joy. Divine really was a very special character of the time, and forever she’s seminal and time-less and there will never be another.

She sytarted made brilliant music, so brilliant in fact New Order stole one of her songs and made their song out of it called “Blue Monday.” They shamelessly changed not one note on it, and paid Divine the sum of zero dollars. This would have been when Divine was first starting out in clubs and didn’t have the money to fight the copyright infridgement, she wouldn’t have been the only one to fall victim to the talentless band, who obviously lacked any creativity without Ian Curtis. that is all.

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