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A strange kind of feeling
Swims through your eyes
And like the doors
To a wide vast dominion
They open to your prise
This is no terror ground
Or place for the rage
No broken hearts
White wash lies
Just a taste for the truth
Perfect taste choice and meaning
A look into your eyes
Blind to the gemstone alone
A smile from a frown circles round
Should he stay or should he go
Let him shout a rage so strong
A rage that knows no right or wrong
And take a little piece of you
There is no middle ground
Or that's how it seems
For us to walk or to take
Instead we tumble down
Either side left or right
To love or to hate
Occurred to me once - can you imagine if he never had the courage to pursue music and share that incredible voice?! Talk about God-given gift
Definitely a unique voice
Five years later and it's even more out of control - undeniably talented, great catalogue of music and on the dotted occasions I have seen him live over the last nearly 40 years something has always kicked off on stage - with the exception of the very first performance I saw at the Trinity Hall in Bristol, UK back in 1980 where Bauhaus supported the mighty and hugely overlooked Magazine. We got there early and bumped into Mr Murphy and the rest of the band unloading their gear from a very shabby Ford Transit van (not so precious back then it seems) and their performance was excellent and he definitely had future stardom written all over him. I remember noticing John McGeoch and Dave Formula standing at the back of the hall (with us more hearing sensitive punters) and watching as Murphy did his stuff - they clearly liked him too.
One thing is for sure, life would be much the poorer without his music and he is nothing if not great value for money.
Blimey, Trinity Hall was my local church when I was a kid. My sister got married there in the late 60's. Like pretty much every other local church it became "repurposed"... Became a very popular venue and attracted some big names back in the day.
Their website makes fascinating reading...
https://www.trinitybristol.org...
Five years later and it's even more out of control - undeniably talented, great catalogue of music and on the dotted occasions I have seen him live over the last nearly 40 years something has always kicked off on stage - with the exception of the very first performance I saw at the Trinity Hall in Bristol, UK back in 1980 where Bauhaus supported the mighty and hugely overlooked Magazine. We got there early and bumped into Mr Murphy and the rest of the band unloading their gear from a very shabby Ford Transit van (not so precious back then it seems) and their performance was excellent and he definitely had future stardom written all over him. I remember noticing John McGeoch and Dave Formula standing at the back of the hall (with us more hearing sensitive punters) and watching as Murphy did his stuff - they clearly liked him too.
One thing is for sure, life would be much the poorer without his music and he is nothing if not great value for money.
Yeah, I hear Bowie as well and he could also do shifts for The National
Called a baritone. Like David Bowie.
Humanist love is just love. Don't know what you're talking about.
Five years later and it's even more out of control - undeniably talented, great catalogue of music and on the dotted occasions I have seen him live over the last nearly 40 years something has always kicked off on stage - with the exception of the very first performance I saw at the Trinity Hall in Bristol, UK back in 1980 where Bauhaus supported the mighty and hugely overlooked Magazine. We got there early and bumped into Mr Murphy and the rest of the band unloading their gear from a very shabby Ford Transit van (not so precious back then it seems) and their performance was excellent and he definitely had future stardom written all over him. I remember noticing John McGeoch and Dave Formula standing at the back of the hall (with us more hearing sensitive punters) and watching as Murphy did his stuff - they clearly liked him too.
One thing is for sure, life would be much the poorer without his music and he is nothing if not great value for money.
Thanks for sharing. Cool that you you got to experience that show!
Five years later and it's even more out of control - undeniably talented, great catalogue of music and on the dotted occasions I have seen him live over the last nearly 40 years something has always kicked off on stage - with the exception of the very first performance I saw at the Trinity Hall in Bristol, UK back in 1980 where Bauhaus supported the mighty and hugely overlooked Magazine. We got there early and bumped into Mr Murphy and the rest of the band unloading their gear from a very shabby Ford Transit van (not so precious back then it seems) and their performance was excellent and he definitely had future stardom written all over him. I remember noticing John McGeoch and Dave Formula standing at the back of the hall (with us more hearing sensitive punters) and watching as Murphy did his stuff - they clearly liked him too.
One thing is for sure, life would be much the poorer without his music and he is nothing if not great value for money.
If only he could get his ego under control you'd be seeing all of Bauhaus, not just him singing the group's songs.
Five years later and it's even more out of control - undeniably talented, great catalogue of music and on the dotted occasions I have seen him live over the last nearly 40 years something has always kicked off on stage - with the exception of the very first performance I saw at the Trinity Hall in Bristol, UK back in 1980 where Bauhaus supported the mighty and hugely overlooked Magazine. We got there early and bumped into Mr Murphy and the rest of the band unloading their gear from a very shabby Ford Transit van (not so precious back then it seems) and their performance was excellent and he definitely had future stardom written all over him. I remember noticing John McGeoch and Dave Formula standing at the back of the hall (with us more hearing sensitive punters) and watching as Murphy did his stuff - they clearly liked him too.
One thing is for sure, life would be much the poorer without his music and he is nothing if not great value for money.
More musics please ;)
That was me, quoting a college friend. I love Peter Murphy.
Proclivities wrote:
His voice reminds me of Neil Diamond's in this song, not a bad thing really.
His voice reminds me of Neil Diamond's in this song, not a bad thing really.
wonder what he's thinking in that portrait...
"mmmmmm yes I am fabulous, ooohhh these lights, this dusty photo studio, just blah . . . mmm, yes Fabulous "
His playlist here is far too short :-)
I agree...
Bill - how about some others by Mr Murphy, such as Time Has Got Nothing To Do With It, Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem, Cuts You Up, Indigo Eyes, The Sweetest Drop for a start. Four songs in the rotation is just not enough for this voice.
His playlist here is far too short :-)
And I am so over this song. Meh. The joys of RP.....
His vocal delivery and that of David Sylvian's are the 2 best emoters in music. Dave Gahan a close third.
Oi'll give it foive, with an upward trend.
(all the people in my head are dancing to this one)
did I write this? no you twat it was that one over there, oh .. ok i'm boppin along anyway
that a strange lack of verb
SINGING!
No, no: the OTT award for singing definitely goes to Sivert Høyem:
Calling the goats home...
If only he could get his ego under control you'd be seeing all of Bauhaus, not just him singing the group's songs.
A very fine point! I will say the show was amazing. I almost felt guilty knowing that Daniel et al. were missing And still it was great.
If only he could get his ego under control you'd be seeing all of Bauhaus, not just him singing the group's songs.
SINGING!
10
I rarely make song comments and didn't even know there was a "godlike" rating. This is definitely it.
Nice setting for this song...
for example recording these fine records:
2001 - Alive Just For Love
2002 - Dust
2004 - Unshattered
2011 - Ninth
and all worth listening to!
cheers...
10
(all the people in my head are dancing to this one)
"Methinks he thinks"? That seems like a rejected title and/or concept for a Dr. Seuss book.
Minimum standard for a "7".
It's probably already been said somewhere here, but he has a Neil Diamond sound quality to him.
Always wished he would have used a cello instead of that cheesy synthesizer.
Maybe he should have used an oboe! I think that's the effect he was going for. For myself, I like the synthesizer.
...back in college a couple of decades ago, i used to tease a friend very fond of peter murphy exactly thusly - to which he'd counter by teasing my favorite brendan perry for being barry manilow...
edit: ...well gosh, apparently i just repeated a comment i made three years ago - at least i'm consistent!..
Same thing for me while listening to 'Deep' - a friend said Peter Murphy sounded like Neil Diamond.... which made me dislike Neil Diamond... until I saw him in concert in the early 90's and was blown away at how good Neil Diamond is!
The tedium increases with each airing.
...back in college a couple of decades ago, i used to tease a friend very fond of peter murphy exactly thusly - to which he'd counter by teasing my favorite brendan perry for being barry manilow...
edit: ...well gosh, apparently i just repeated a comment i made three years ago - at least i'm consistent!..
BLECH! This is garbage.
Let us not forget that between Bauhaus and Love and Rockets was Tones on Tail (Daniel Ash, Glenn Campling and Kevin Haskins). : )
No, that was Sia, but I see the resemblance.
Uh, no, that song was sung by Steven Kilbey with The Church.
it's in my Netflix queue. need to revisit.
lattalo wrote:
song in the club. I just found the answer, yes. Great movie and song.
Yeah, Peter Murphy was the singer in the group Bauhaus. The song I'm pretty sure you're referring to is "Bela Lugosi's Dead." Great song, great movie from what I remember of it.
Yes, or "Indigo Eyes." But this song has its own appeal.
Sinister menace? Right! It is the booming Viking voice that has you scuttling into dark corners. Don't worry, the threat is over.
And yeah, this is nice.
Thanks for this! Completely forgot about this classic ad. Did not know of him at that time.