By 1983, Bauhaus broke up and Murphy went on to new projects not involving Bauhaus members Kevin Haskins, David J, or Daniel Ash. After some brief dabbling with acting and dance - including a slightly odd televised performance to Bauhaus's "Hollow Hills" - he soon formed Dalis Car with Mick Karn, the bass player from Japan.
Murphy's solo career over time became more varied than Bauhaus, ranging from pseudo-pop to haunting ballads that showcased his deep and complex vocals. After the commercial non-start of Dali's Car, Murphy's first solo album was similarly overlooked. Should the World Fail to Fall Apart did spawn several singles, including a cover of Pere Ubu's "Final Solution" that made a minor splash on the club scene.
The followup, Love Hysteria, did much better. It also marked the beginning of a long-term collaboration with songwriter Paul Statham, who co-wrote songs with Murphy until 1995. The resulting singles "All Night Long" and "Indigo Eyes" helped garner a wider following, and the black-and-white video for "All Night Long" entered rotation on MTV.
The pinnacle of Murphy's solo popularity came with the release of Deep. For this album Murphy reinvented himself as somewhat of a rock-god, now sporting hair dyed platinum blonde and performing a much more aggressive alt-rock sound. The single "Cuts You Up" from Deep held on to the top spot on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for longer than any other single before - displacing "So Alive" by his former Bauhaus-bandmates Love and Rockets.
In 2000, Murphy performed his international Just for Love tour, which resulted in the album aLive Just for Love. It is a live recording of the fully uninterrupted set from the El Rey show in Los Angeles on November 30, 2000. During the tour, Murphy chose to perform with only two back-up musicians, Canadian electric violinist Hugh Marsh and Peter DiStefano from Porno for Pyros on guitar, although former Bauhaus bassist David J sometimes joined the trio for an encore. At this point he also contributed to works by noted film composer Harry Gregson-Williams.
Also in 2000, Murphy gave a nod to the North American goth scene, where his solo works and his works with Bauhaus are still very popular, by making a surprise guest appearance at the sixth annual Convergence festival in Seattle, to perform a low-key, acoustic solo set.
In 2004, Murphy signed to yet another new label, Viastar, which was home to several other 1980s pop artists who had moved into more eclectic areas. Despite numerous problems with the label, the album Unshattered was released, showcasing Murphy returning to a more pop sound.
Murphy undertook extensive tours of the U.S.A and Europe to promote 'Unshattered' in 2005, with a live band featuring guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite of The Mission UK and Tricky on guitar, Jeff Schwartoff of Human Waste Project and Professional Murder Music on bass and Justin Bennett of Skinny Puppy on drums. Murphy and the band reconvened in November 2007 for shows in Portugal and Spain, with Nick Lucero replacing Bennett on drums. In May 2008 Murphy recorded a cover of the song "Warm Leatherette" with Trent Reznor and Jeordie White from Nine Inch Nails. This was played live at an intimate studio performance, and the video recording was released on both the official Nine Inch Nails website and YouTube. A full-length album called Ninth was released in 2011, featuring the single "I Spit Roses".
A Strange Kind Of Love
Peter Murphy Lyrics
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A strange kind of feeling
Swims through your eyes
And like the doors
To a wide vast dominion
They open to your prise
This is no terror ground
Or place for the rage
White wash lies
Just a taste for the truth
Perfect taste choice and meaning
A look into your eyes
Blind to the gemstone alone
A smile from a frown circles round
Should he stay or should he go
Let him shout a rage so strong
A rage that knows no right or wrong
And take a little piece of you
There is no middle ground
Or that's how it seems
For us to walk or to take
Instead we tumble down
Either side left or right
To love or to hate
Peter Murphy's "A Strange Kind of Love" is a poetic exploration of the complicated and often contradictory nature of human emotions. The first stanza establishes a powerful sensation: a strange kind of love, a strange kind of feeling that manifests itself in the eyes. This love is not just any kind of love because its depths and richness opens doors into a wide vast dominion. The second stanza sets the stage by dismissing any preconceptions of the ground or place as a source of fear and anger. Instead, the singer desires nothing but the truth, a perfect taste choice, and meaning that lay within the look of a person's eyes, alone and perhaps unnoticed, waiting to be revealed.
The bridge contemplates the choices one must make when facing the intensity of such love what should one take: the light or dark side of this love, be it towards love or the more conflicting feelings of hatred. The singer's response seems to tumble down "Either side left or right/ to love or to hate." The song ends by implying that the choice of whether to stay or go with this love lies entirely within us: "Let him shout a rage so strong/A rage that knows no right or wrong/And take a little piece of you." In interpreting Peter Murphy's voice, we feel vulnerable and exposed as we swim through the depths of these emotions that are often beyond us.
Line by Line Meaning
A strange kind of love
An unusual and unexpected type of affection
A strange kind of feeling
An unfamiliar and peculiar emotion
Swims through your eyes
Permeates your gaze with intensity
And like the doors
Similar to the entrance points or portals
To a wide vast dominion
Leading to an expansive and boundless territory
They open to your prise
They reveal themselves to your discovery
This is no terror ground
This is not a place of fear or terror
Or place for the rage
Nor a location for anger or violence
No broken hearts
Without any emotional wounds
White wash lies
Deceptive lies that cover up the truth
Just a taste for the truth
Only a desire for honesty and authenticity
Perfect taste choice and meaning
A flawless sense of judgment and significance
A look into your eyes
A gaze at the windows to your soul
Blind to the gemstone alone
Unable to see the preciousness in isolation
A smile from a frown circles round
A transformation of a scowl into a grin
Should he stay or should he go
A question about whether to stay or leave
Let him shout a rage so strong
Allow him to release an intense outburst of emotions
A rage that knows no right or wrong
An anger that lacks a moral compass
And take a little piece of you
And potentially cause harm or hurt to you
There is no middle ground
No neutral territory or compromise
Or that's how it seems
At least that's the appearance
For us to walk or to take
As to whether we should move forward or not
Instead we tumble down
Rather, we fall uncontrollably
Either side left or right
Either one of two options: positive or negative
To love or to hate
To either give affection or detest
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: PETER JOHN MURPHY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@aelfraed1238
A strange kind of love
A strange kind of feeling
Swims through your eyes
And like the doors
To a wide vast dominion
They open to your prize
This is no terror ground
Or place for the rage
No broken hearts, white wash lies
Just a taste for the truth
Perfect taste, choice and meaning
A look into your eyes
Blind to the gemstone alone
A smile from a frown circles round
Should he stay or should he go?
Let him shout a rage so strong
A rage that knows no right or wrong
And take a little piece of you
There is no middle ground
Or that's how it seems
For us to walk or to take
Instead we tumble down
Either side, left or right
To love or to hate
@leonardsimonis2376
I have to agree with you. I can't stand this allround darkness of most gothic bands but there are some i can recommend for you.
1) DEAD CAN DANCE:
idk if you like Peter's DUST album, but Dead Can Dance makes music like that. The two singers of this band have very great voices, especially the woman, Lisa Gerrard, who wrote the soundtrack for gladiator and is the only woman so far that has won a golden globe award. She almost ever sings in an onwn invented, sometimes latin or arabic-sounding language, and has a voice that i would put in the same class like Whitney Houston. But Lisa is like a cooler, more mystical version of Whitney. In their first albums, she has a really high voice like kate Bush (who is also a great artist i can recommend for you, but veeeery strange: check out Wuthering Heights, Violin, Babooshka, The Wedding List, Kite, The Sensual World, The Dreaming, Hammer Horror, James and the Cold Gun...)but then her voice grew larger, and she also began to sang in almost resonating deep lows. so cool, i love it. the other part, the singer Brendan Perry (btw, He and Peter really can't stand each other: http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/05/05/peter-murphy-brendan-perry-tour-bauhaus-dead-can-dance/) has a very great voice too. i would compare it to a alternative-goth version of Jim Morrison. He usually sings in english, often mystical and by greek myths influenced poetic texts, but sometimes he sings like lisa in an own invented language. Yes, they have some very dark tunes, like Joy Division, but also some really happy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJqUbb-WuPQ&list=OLAK5uy_m7uV-GCF_FzmdOf8RdT_oMwwiUXwBkDZI&index=1 (really cool album, listen at least to the first two tracks, then you know what i mean with her language and her low singing, and you can hear a more rocky song by brendan, but the rest of the album ist also great, especially the 4th, 8th and the last track) A bit like Peter's Dust
Anyone who thinks he knows good goth music should know this album. it is veerry dark, but cool, idk if you will like this. the title stands for itself: Within the realm of a dying sun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0vOhdCByA&list=OLAK5uy_kOSn7NV4fEckFaAl9A76iCZks2-n-Ljb0&index=1
Again a Dust-like Album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AAkq2Vm5wQ&list=OLAK5uy_lmvGSdHjzGF5CAoNjRWTtEAtdbSgZeuv8&index=1 (Its the last album before they parted in 1998, but they've made a reunion in 2011.)
A bit irish-celtic medieval. the first track is outstanding, also the last, but the tracks in between are great too. the first track is used very often in soundtracks like the netflix series how to get away with murder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iqxzURgQWg&list=OLAK5uy_nJBX6jo0felZ5hbgZw8DzJhR9Vu0RwFyo&index=1
They have a few other albums, i'll link you their first and their actual album. the first was released in 1984 and is a bit joy division like, and their new album in 2018. it is awesome what a difference they made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STuikZ7yg8Y&list=OLAK5uy_nRzJ8LVXLoiS0ZA46V7e_TvGz1FAODdEU&index=1 (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YsC32xLnkY&list=PLD0HK4hSAhD_aWfqgQbliwQDmn6dLid5G (2018)
2) THE SISERS OF MERCY
Gothrock at its best, no more to say. if the singer was'nt such an ********, they would have released maybe more albums. Well, just listen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbl7cWrB5M&list=OLAK5uy_lCnXcRKjslBeWDtuIt8IIOmf91eLbeuBk&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7N51K7Cz-w&list=OLAK5uy_mPZRUA0DBWhgunX03jvJ5q_zLR19c4y7g&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evu3I0ZoERc (Non Album track)
The singer and his bandmates did an album before these two, but split up because he was again such an *********. the result is THE MISSION, a band similar to the sisters, but at least still churning out new material. check them out if you have nothing to do with your time like me
3) KATE BUSH. mentioned above, not gothic at all, but very cool though
4) NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
a completely other direction, but sometimes veery gothic, yet combined with blues and jazz. Nick Cave is like a vampire version of Elvis presley. their first albums are very dark and grungy and full of blues. then they grew more balladic and now they're almost soundtrack like. after the death of his son, nick cave put out two outstanding calm griefful albums. i'll link some of his albums for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlU_wsT20Q (GHOSTEEN 2019)
(very calm and ambient and full of grief and hope. Key tracks: Hollywood, Leviathan, Night Raid, but the album should be experienced as a whole)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iGxoJnygW8&list=OLAK5uy_kQNXGCXRDwRe6zy8Rh-TkBmg1SFU68wZc&index=1 (Skeleton Tree 2016)
(a darker version of GHOSTEEN. key tracks: Jesus Alone, Magneto, Distant Sky)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjF57zEbxpI&list=OLAK5uy_lfuwZP--8I1u77m5R5fVUtRKC3pv8JW0M&index=1 (Push The Sky Away 2013 or so)
(Calm and jazzy, first using techno elements instead of Harmonicas and Blues. Key Tracks: Jubilee Street, We no who U R, Finishing Jubilee Street, Push the sky away)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDkEMBNlXc&list=OLAK5uy_mDMSm7zXgbGhs314cDlRGYhFqqLbpfikk&index=1 (DIG!!! LAZARUS DIG!!! 2009)
(Garbage rock and jazz, cool and moody. Key tracks: Dig Lazarus Dig, Night of the Lotus Eaters, Midnight Man, More News from Nowhere)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02k-obmDw2Y&list=OLAK5uy_kLHQliubwmYsfg8QzL4KmK2XldOJIv69U&index=1
(The Boatman's Call, 1998 i believe)
(Only piano and a few arrangements. classic and soulful. the first nick cave "ballad" album. Key Tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwNxcNCLnKw&list=OLAK5uy_naAb-4-gM6zXnSVrmxqM3B-v3cAZXNuDc&index=1
(Do You Love Me? 1994)
(One of his best albums. dark ambient blues that makes you feel you sit in a bar and smoke cigars while listening to some drunk guys and their stories. Key Tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 10)
Two rocky veeery dark albums:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38rShJc2P-A&list=OLAK5uy_lEWnJQCQtJv6gJciC833ZAJp31lzXTzVo (Henry's Dream, 1992, Key tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXbqD7OdlpQ&list=OLAK5uy_k8hUSyCv44CTlaPF-tEZc8BD_cJqFmcg8 (his second album, The Firstborn Is Dead, 1985, Key tracks: All songs are great!!!)
Hope you'll enjoy
@jenniferhaar7934
This man DESERVES to be recognized more than he is
@anetteekdahl786
And He Is!!❣️♥️👍
@displaced74
He is
@shelparks988
Imagine you see him at a quaint coffee shop, and just casually tell him thank you your music means so much and walk away. I think he'd appreciate that
@alic9353
I could swore I saw him at Wally World once .. did a dbl take the guy was wearing clothes he'd probably wear .. who the he** is Wally ? I was straighton too .. I live in a area where celebrities are known to visit/live .. do do do do do .. twilight zone ..whoever it was he was really polite .. kind of fit the profile i always read how nice he is to everyone ..I also think I saw Vincent Price once at a Safeway in my hometown when i was a kid he was tall and had that sinister quality to him .. ill never forget how he looked at me it kinda scared the crap out of me I'd seen alot of Vincent Prices movies , Gregory Peck was known to live in a small community up in the hills east of my home town according to historical records he had a home there. La Jolla playhouse was where he performed before becoming famous .. you never know .. kinda messes with the mind... like wtf ?? .. 😮 I would of passed out if it actually him ..PM ..❤😊❤
@itorqueutorque5137
😎
@user-hj5je9tx3w
I love his voice. So low yet power in upper rang. Haunting voice.
@fredgiles5768
Probably one of the most beautiful melancholic songs I've ever heard.
@MaryBrooke
Also check out Silent Lucidity from Queensryche.
@GIGI.CABRERAvt1ir
Melancholic...a form of melancholy. Yep. That's the mood.