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Another cut from their 1987 (I think) album, "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun". At first this band got love from Goths mainly, but their fame grew exponentially with each subsequent album.


And the exceptional "Host of Seraphim". This was recorded just a few years later than the previous track. Their back catalogue is amazing; I'm only sharing a choice few.

 
The most emotionally cathartic modern gospel song. Depeche Mode's "Condemnation", from 1993. The lead singer Dave Gahan was struggling with heroin addiction when he sang this; boy it must have been a visceral experience for him committing this to tape. I read a journalist's review of the 'Mode's music back in 1994, saying, "We have heavy rock, and heavy metal. Now we have heavy plastic.". I don't know if the reviewer sought to deride the band, but I kinda loved the chutzpah of the comment.:cool2:

 
Yesterday, I went off on a mad tangent on the Tucker Carlson thread, comparing the decline of Jordan Peterson to the plight of the Rolling Stones. Awesome in their pomp, a little disappointing in their latter days. Anyhoo, I'm listening to prime Stones at the moment and thought I'd remind folks why they're so well loved to this day. These 2 tracks should convince anyone that they had a mad alchemy at their best. Keith Richards' guitar intro to "Gimme Shelter" remains a high watermark for British rock music. Yeah, their recent stuff (1980's onwards) suffers, but when they were good, they really were something else.


 
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