May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
That opening percussive beat. Such a a hook! A drum machine, I’m assuming? A “motorik” beat. Some hear elements of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn within it…but I hear more of Neu’s Wave Mother and La Dusseldorf’s Rheinita. Because I find elements of their music more…emotional. Kraftwerk certainly have an emotional element to their music they never get…
1/12 From the very first time I heard it as a 15 year old. It gave me goosebumps. I sat there stunned. I don’t think I had ever heard a piece so beautiful. I cried. It still makes me feel that way more than 30 years on. Thank you, David, for all the beautiful music….
2/12 “Open up your heart to me / show me all you are.”
3/12 “Don’t ask me! I don’t know any hallways.”
4/12 “Make love only once but dream and dream.”
5/12 “Research has pierced all extremes of my sex – call it a day.”
6/12 “I’m in tears again.”
7/12 “I can see it now. I can feel it die.” This is what this whole album means to me…not just this one song. Watch David. Just watch him! Look at that emotion in this performance! I will never forget you, David. I will always love you ?????? https://youtu.be/a8NBpfkpyZw
8/12 “And I’m phoning a cab ’cause my stomach feels small. There’s a taste in my mouth but it’s no taste at all.”
9/12 “I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey.” https://youtu.be/sYFnpy7tGpE