Revisiting old friends
Mar. 5th, 2008 09:02![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillIt's funny... I read cheerful books (fantasy with, largely, happy endings)... but I listen to rather dark music. It occurred to me when I was introducing a friend to XTC -- I hadn't realized how grim a lot of "Skylarking" actually is -- and I'm reminded of it again now. Depeche Mode may have changed the style of their darkness toward mystery and sensuality with "Songs Of Faith And Devotion", but the fact remains that "Music For The Masses" is full of betrayal and unhappiness, and "Violator" is focused on vices.
Still.... nobody sounds like Dave Gahan. Talk about an iconic singer. I may love the way Maynard James Keenan sings, but his isn't a voice that haunts my subconscious.
It strikes me that songs end up being the set of friends that never really leave you. You may outgrow them, and they may mean different things to you at various stages of your life... but you can always go back and visit. I first started listening to "Music For The Masses" when I was fourteen and angsty; I listen to it today and wonder what my "friend" would think of where I am now. I certainly didn't expect to end up here.
Still.... nobody sounds like Dave Gahan. Talk about an iconic singer. I may love the way Maynard James Keenan sings, but his isn't a voice that haunts my subconscious.
It strikes me that songs end up being the set of friends that never really leave you. You may outgrow them, and they may mean different things to you at various stages of your life... but you can always go back and visit. I first started listening to "Music For The Masses" when I was fourteen and angsty; I listen to it today and wonder what my "friend" would think of where I am now. I certainly didn't expect to end up here.
