The band is best known for their singles "Ball of Confusion" (1985, a Temptations cover), "No New Tale to Tell" (1987), "So Alive" (1989) and "No Big Deal" (1990).
L&R's first album was 1985's trippy Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven; Seventh Dream was followed in quick succession by 1986's Express;which featured a cover of Ball of Confusion, which became a club hit. 1987's Earth * Sun * Moon and 1989's eponymously titled release Love and Rockets (all on Beggar's Banquet). Love & Rockets was met with cries of sellout due to the overly slick So Alive (the band toured stadiums following the hit single) and the group disbanded. Tracks recorded for an abandoned EP Swing were added to a reissue of Love & Rockets in 2002.
After working on solo albums they reformed, recorded material for Hot Trip to Heaven which infused dance/electronica elements into their sound. Fearing the world wasn't prepared for it yet in 1992, they waited until 1994 to release it. A fire destroyed the studio they were working in, and all material was scrapped. The next album, Sweet F.A. features one of Daniel Ash's charred guitars on the front cover. The final album Lift was an epic dance/electronic swan song, owing much to producer Doug DeAngelis, who was given honorary L&R member status. After the Lift tour, they disbanded again in 1999 to work on solo projects, and to reform Bauhaus for a series of tours. L&R reunited in 2007 at Coachella. Plans for a 2009/2010 release fell through as the band went their separate ways again.
On 23 January 2023, Love and Rockets announced a reunion for an appearance at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California on 20 May 2023, the band's first concert in 15 years. They later announced a 2023 U.S. tour in support of their appearance at Cruel World. A Bauhaus reunion was aborted in 2022 after Peter Murphy forced the band to cancel the tour as he entered rehab. Daniel Ash said that the 2023 tour would be the band's final.
Use Me
Love And Rockets Lyrics
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Use me come on and use me
Say do anything so's that I'm not alone again
Now darkness and emptiness
And happiness can all be mine
Just use me so's that I'm not alone
You really got me come on and fuck with me
Just believe in me come on and use me
Say who you want to use, is it my honey you need?
So what's on my mind again
Abuse me confuse me drink me do me
Come with me so's that I'm not alone
We're not alone not alone
The lyrics to Love And Rockets's song, Use Me, can be interpreted as a plea for connection and companionship. The singer is expressing a desire to be used by another person, in order to avoid the feelings of darkness, emptiness, and loneliness that they are currently experiencing. They are willing to do anything and be used in any way, as long as it means they are not alone anymore.
The repetition of the phrase "so's that I'm not alone again" underscores the importance of this desire for connection. The singer is essentially asking the other person to use them as a means of filling a void in their own life, even if it means being abused, confused, or taken advantage of.
The final line, "We're not alone not alone," suggests that this desire for connection is universal. The singer is not asking to be used by a specific person, but rather by anyone who can provide the sense of connection they crave.
Overall, the lyrics to Use Me are a powerful statement on the human need for connection and the lengths we will go to avoid loneliness.
Line by Line Meaning
Use me come on and use me
The singer wants someone to take advantage of them emotionally or physically
Say do anything so's that I'm not alone again
They are willing to go to any extent to avoid loneliness
Now darkness and emptiness
The singer is currently experiencing feelings associated with depression and emptiness
And happiness can all be mine
However, they believe that if someone uses them, they can also experience happiness
Just use me so's that I'm not alone
Once again, the artist emphasizes that being alone is their biggest fear
We're not alone
By being used, they hope to find a sense of connection with another person
You really got me come on and fuck with me
The singer is willing to be manipulated or taken advantage of sexually
Just believe in me come on and use me
They want their partner to put their trust in them and take advantage of them emotionally
Say who you want to use, is it my honey you need?
The artist is offering themselves up to their partner for their sexual or emotional needs
So what's on my mind again
The artist is once again consumed by thoughts of not wanting to be alone
Abuse me confuse me drink me do me
The singer is willing to endure emotional and physical abuse as long as it means they are not alone
Come with me so's that I'm not alone
They are extending an invitation to their partner to use them in any way, as long as it means they will not be alone
We're not alone not alone
The singer believes that finding someone to use them will bring them closer to the feeling of being connected with someone else
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DANIEL GASTON ASH, DAVID JOHN HASKINS, KEVIN MICHAEL HASKINS
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