jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (03/14/85)
Eugene Fiume asked recently about depressing music, and it's not the first
time the subject has come up in this news group, so I figured I'd put in my
two cents worth. The Cure is one of my favourite groups and they
love to sing about things like death, depression and mutilation, and unlike
some other groups with depressing lyrics (Tears For Fears, for example),
their music is just as depressing as their lyrics and they go together well
to create a very depressing mood. This is especially true of my favourite
Cure album, "Faith". "The Top" and "Japanese Whispers" are other Cure albums
that have appeared in my top 10 for their years.
A completely different kind of depressing music comes from Soft Cell.
They depress by the way they sing about real-life situations that you may
think are not too bad, but their lyrics always show the bad side. My
favourite Soft Cell album is "The Art Of Falling Apart", and "Non-Stop
Erotic Cabaret" is also pretty good.
"Soul Mining" by The The is an excellent depressing album that falls
lyrically somewhere between The Cure and Soft Cell.
It's nice to see some more record reviews on the net. I'm not interested
in reviews of records by groups I've never heard of and never will hear of
unless I go to their home state, but it's very useful to hear about groups
like those above and the ones Eugene mentioned that are widely available but
not very widely played.
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Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073
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